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[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s a mostly clear sky out so likely to be sunny later if it holds up, but it’s pretty windy too. Not quite as mild either: currently 9°C (“feels like” 1°) with a high of just 11°, which isn’t bad for the time of year but isn’t as warm as it has been. The barometers are bouncing back though, at 997/1005mB

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s viewing was E1 of The Man in the Mask: An Orkney Murder on iPlayer

And in the GSG 9 book, they’ve finally got an opportunity to put their training into practice as they prepare to storm a hijacked Lufthansa airliner at Mogadishu airport

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been a pork cutlet with fried mashed potato cakes and beans

I’m not sure if the cakes count as tattie scones, but they were very nice. Enough left for another meal too, so I might freeze them

[NickFitz]

Another day done, and only two more to go this year!

I managed to complete the stuff I was hoping to get done today, despite the people wittering on about stuff all the way from Newcastle

Because of that, our sprint changeover meetings (retrospective, backlog refinement, planning) have been pushed back to Thursday. So I’ll spend much of that day involved in planning for a sprint for which I won’t be present

Then again, the other dev is taking several extra days off here and there in the run-up to Christmas too. So I don’t think there'll actually be much to plan for

[Pondlife]

Afternoon all,

Wind 17 kt from the West/Southwest with gusts up to 32 kt
Temperature 12°C
Humidity 88%
Pressure 999 hPa
Visibility: 5000 m
Broken clouds at a height of 2600 ft, Towering cumulus.
Broken clouds at a height of 3900 ft
light rain showers

Not the nicest out there to be honest.

[WTFH]

Went the back roads and it took and extra 5 minutes going, and 10 coming back

[ladymuck]

A very late lunch today was a fish finger sandwich.

I really ought to make some tartare sauce but the mayonnaise and hot sauce mix did well enough.

[WTFH]

Have to go and pick The Wife up from the train. Main road is flooded. The "locals" diversion is a single track road with no passing places. Those same lanes will be full of ladies in SUVs going to pick up their children from school. I'm guessing a 10 minute journey will take half an hour.

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been a roast pork bap (wholemeal) with apple sauce

I finally used up a bit of roast pork that was lost at the bottom of the freezer for who knows how long, but I daresay it’ll be fine

Meanwhile at ClientGov, today is the quarterly portfolio planning meeting, which is happening at the Newcastle office. I’m not there, obviously, but am apparently supposed to observe activities remotely. So I’ve been working as usual this morning while the sound of various people talking about metrics and goals leaks out of the government MacBook Pro next to me, and will be doing the same this afternoon

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull. Damp. Some precipitation ongoing. Currently 13 degrees ('feels like' 11) with a high of 14 expected. Rain expected all day. Barometer down to 1004 mbar.

Sunrise 07:55; Sunset 15:52 GMT

Lots of meetings today. Although the first one has been postponed to Friday afternoon.

[ladymuck]

Currently watching Only Connect.

It was a good result!

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday.

Dark.

Dank.

Damp.

Dreary.

Grey.

Sunless.

Semigale.

NotSoChilly in here at 15.1 deg, 13 deg in the kitchen, 13.5 in the leanto.

993 mBar, 29.3232 in Hg, 744.8 Torr, 14.4 psi, (might have been 997 or untapped last night), 68% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 5th of March 2020 NF had watched two electric buggies having a race across the pedestrian crossing, followed by making an appointment for an MOT & battery change on the car, LM made a joke about my Bad Leg, cheeky mare, nladuk popped in, and I cooked chilli con carne. Haven't done that for a while. .

Hammering down sideways now. I love horizontal rain.

Marsh is full: high tide at 09:50.

The puddle is back & getting bigger again.

I noticed yesterday that gardens further along are also blessed with this, being lower, like.

Puddle's grown bigger again. .

Freecell score in the dark grey sloughe of desponde of the morning: 88%, running average: 84%.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: the Australian customs thing. No frog fat yet.

Garage even more like a swamp than it was yesterday.

Freecell score in the wan sunshine of the afternoon: 83%, running average: 84%.

Tea: soup etc.

Entertainment: PM waffling on about the latest pronouncements of the Orange Morther****ing Moron. <click>. Oh LHO how you are needed.

Freecell score: 89%, running average: 86%.

Time to Remember: The Edwardian Era. A fine selection of funny hats in that one, especially at Edward's funeral: some of the assembled wouldn't make to 1918.

The Mind of Mr J. G. Reeder S2 E7: "Find the lady": white slavery by the evil orientals. It had a warning before hand. .

[WTFH]

Morning all
Stormy overnight, but following our walk it has now turned to mild drizzle and a very light breeze

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s been rainy overnight, and is likely to resume being rainy soon, and again later in the day. Still mild if you discount the fairly strong breeze, being 12°C (“feels like” 3° again) and aiming for 14°. The barometers are heading down once more, at 987/995mB

[NickFitz]

In the GSG 9 book, they’ve managed to recruit people and worked out how to train them without too many of them accidentally shooting themselves or falling out of helicopters when attempting to abseil, but then… there was nothing for them to do! But it’s the autumn of 1977, and the Red Army Faction et al. are about to change that…

Goodnight all