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In Random Acts of Senseless Violence, the diarist is becoming more streetwise in the company of her new friends from the block. A few blocks away in Harlem, the army is on the streets trying to quell the rioting. And the President has been killed, again; Presidents aren't lasting long in those troubled times
I'm off to Big Sainsbury's in the morning, for it is Viz week!
This was made using belly pork out of the freezer, which made room for some stuff out of the old freezer. I'm not sure what's going on with the latter. I turned it off overnight in the hope that a rest might reset something, then turned it on again this morning, and although it hasn't run properly, it was quietly making noises and doing something. I checked the thermometer I keep in one of the drawers at lunchtime when moving as much as would fit in the other one, then checked it again a couple of hours later, and it had gone down about two degrees! So it's making some kind of attempt to freeze, but obviously not finding it easy. It'd help if it can limp along for a little bit longer, but I'm not sure it's viable
That's another week done! Timesheet was submitted earlier and has already been authorised, so the weekend may definitely commence
This morning mainly involved some rather dull stuff about upgrading a bunch of things to the latest version of something or other
And this afternoon there was a long discussion about using GitHub Actions for a bunch of stuff I don't work on
With that out of the way and only a couple of hours left, I set to work dealing with the out-of-date mandatory training stuff. Not very interesting, but I suppose it has to be done. I got about halfway through it
Kipper fillet wiv bread, butter and Polish Horseradish for lunch.
I'm bored again, might go back to work early, if my new PC doesn't arrive soon.
lets see, any more extreme righty's I can wind up??
<naffs off to other threads>
Old lady Mahjong thing this morning, loony lady 2 later. Got to get house a bit cleaner for my nephew visit tomorrow.
Some nice people about. I asked the builders filling a skip up the road if I could pay them to take away two sacks of plasterboard, as my local tip won't take it, and they insisted on doing it for free.
I like that - it's good to find people with a little courtesy and consideration for others isn't it?
Old lady Mahjong thing this morning, loony lady 2 later. Got to get house a bit cleaner for my nephew visit tomorrow.
Some nice people about. I asked the builders filling a skip up the road if I could pay them to take away two sacks of plasterboard, as my local tip won't take it, and they insisted on doing it for free.
Chilly in here at 17.2 deg, 17 in the kitchen, 15.5 in the leanto.
1023 mBar, 30.21 in Hg, 767.3131 Torr, 14.84 psi, (up from 1018 last night), 63% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 21st of February 2020 BR14 popped in, had dinner, and watched more Hill Street, whereas I watched Death Wish I and Death Wish II, followed by some prog on Dmax about a luny building a buggy for a desert race somewhere, NF remarked that it had got dark, and LM was out on the lash. Hic.
Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the grey gloom.
Lunch: brunch.
In a fit of insanity I decided to repair the front gate. I wish I hadn't removed the good old leaded paint that was on it previously, only to replace it with that Hammerite crap.
Chopped out various bits rusted beyond repair (as in: not there any more. .
Found another bit of pipe of the right (ish) diameter & chopped bits out to fit the new spaces.
Used the bench grinder in Ernie's shed for the first time. I've only owned it for about 25 years or so.
By the time I'd done the needful grinding it was 16:45 so the welding will have to wait until tomorrow.
Can't decide whether to use that Lidl(tm) inverter welder or the good old buzz box.
Tea: beans on toast etc. with scrambled egg. Noticed that a couple of the eggs in the carton were cracked but they smelled & tasted ok. So far so good. .
Entertainment: PM. It went <click> a lot and finally went <click> altogether. Hasn't sommat else other than Gaza happened today? Hasn't the Orange Moron killed more fishermen? Just askin' for a friend, like. .
Dunno if there's owt to watch on the idiot lantern this evenning. I still haven't recovered from the lack of Maigret yesterday. .
Stuff I watched last Thursday is unlikely to continue this.
Discovering Richard Dreyfuss on Sky Arts, followed by Discovering Sidney Lumet. The Spike Milligan thing isn't very inneresting so it'll probly go <click> shortly.
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