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[WTFH]

It appears that having 3 sheds for indoor wood is a bit excessive, particularly when you point out that the two big piles are outdoor wood and will be stored separately.
New log store is now about 1/4 full and I think we’ve got 10+ years of outdoor wood and at least 4 years of indoor, excluding the pile of indoor to be split/sawn and the pile of tulip wood (not a swear word) from the tulip tree (not a swear word) at the other house.

If we had a log-fired electricity generator, we could go off-grid.

anyway, TFBSZ.

[NickFitz]

For tea, a cold chicken leg with a bag of plain crisps

Accompanied by S1E1 of Cheers because I've never seen all of them and now seems as good a time as any to start

Earlier, lots of Monkey Life this morning

And this afternoon, I eschewed the endlessly repeated Colonial borders and roads policing in favour of a four part documentary on All4: Merseyside Detectives, a fly-on-the-wall thing about the investigations into the unrelated 2022 murders of Ashley Dale and nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel

I think I'll watch a film tonight, but I haven't decided what yet

[NickFitz]

Lunch: sausages and bacon in buttered white toast

Turned gloomy out again, and looks very breezy too

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Sunny, dry. Lots of lumps of cloud moving at pace, although the wind speeds at ground level are much gentler. Currently 20 degrees and that's the high for the day. Barometer notably up to 1015 mBar.

Not visiting Mum today so I called her instead.

Making some bread. I watched a video featuring Richard Bertinet yesterday to help me fathom how to work with high hydration dough that isn't amenable to the traditional kneading techniques. Let's see how much I remembered when today's loaf comes out the oven.

[NickFitz]

Meanwhile on the 5th of November 2019 WTFH was unRetired, I went for a walk to the viewless point & nearly fell over, NF went to Sainsburys and found a silver racing bike concealed by the SMC when he returned. Did we ever hear tell of the fate of the bike, I wonder?

It turned out it had a broken chain. I left it there for a few weeks in case the rightful owner had put it there temporarily and planned to come back for it, but that didn't happen - though somebody pulled it out from behind the car one day, presumably intending to steal it, but left it behind when they realised it wasn't ridable.

Eventually I took it in, vaguely planning to get a new chain, but that never happened. It was still in the back yard when I moved out

[WTFH]

Perambulation completed and a trip to the tip all before breakfast. Now to get back to log store construction.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Was sunny: now grey.

Damp.

Dreary.

Cool in here at 18.4 deg, 19 deg in the kitchen, 16.5 in the leanto.

1012 mBar, 29.884 in Hg, 759.06 Torr, 14.6778 psi, (up from 1007 last night), 71% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 5th of November 2019 WTFH was unRetired, I went for a walk to the viewless point & nearly fell over, NF went to Sainsburys and found a silver racing bike concealed by the SMC when he returned. Did we ever hear tell of the fate of the bike, I wonder?

Entertainment: Fringe S1 E16, E17, E18, E19, E20 plus all the remaining extras for s1.

Lunch: there was lunch.

Tea: beans on toast.

Entertainment: Fringe S2 E1, E2 which turned out to have some named Markle in a supporting role.

Fringe S2 E3.

Sledge Hammer: the one where he's accused of murder.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Sunny start here, though expected to get a bit breezy. Currently 13°C and aiming for 18°, while the barometers are up again at 1008/1013mB

[WTFH]

Morning all
CBS, etc

[NickFitz]

Lots of Monkey Life earlier, followed as usual by more wildlife stuff, in which they've now managed to shake the shark obsession almost completely

And this evening, I finally found time to read some more of To Catch a Spy in which Peter Wright has now managed to convince himself that his boss is, like almost everybody else (in his view), a Russian spy

Early night now, as Monkey Life is on the early shift again tomorrow

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

It finally brightened up and is quite a nice evening. I took advantage of this to take a walk round to the kebab shop for tea

[ladymuck]

There must be some form of sporting event on the telly as the lads in the flat upstairs are getting somewhat agitated

[ladymuck]

The clouds parted and there was about 2 hours of lovely sunshine. Then it came over all dark and ominous. The heavens opened with a mild rumble of thunder.

I was going to pop to the shop but I shan't bother now.

[xoggoth]

Dry and getting a bit bright now, so off for a late wonky.

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Overcast, dull, wet. A light rain has fallen pretty much all day. Currently 16 degrees and the high was 18. The rain is supposed to stop and the sun come out early evening. Barometer down to 1002 mBar.

Weather apps reckons it'll be a sunny and warm bank holiday.

This morning I popped over the road to the farmers' market and bought more pullet eggs. They don't take back the trays for reuse. So much for sustainability.

This afternoon I went through all the skills assessments on the national careers service website. Apparently I'm well suited to a life in the legal profession because I can read even though I said I didn't like persuading people to my point of view. Because I got one question wrong on the numeracy test they don't recommend I do any work with data. I did very well on the mechanical, visual spatial tests but less well on abstract image stuff.