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[NickFitz]

The new blinds for the balcony door and the small side window in the living room arrived unexpectedly this morning. No email from Dunelm to say they were coming, no "We've got a parcel for you" text from DHL. But they're here, so I suppose I'll have to get my act together and install them over the weekend

And this morning, I found time to strip the bed and leave it to air, so I'd better make that soon to avoid an unpleasant surprise tonight

[NickFitz]

Walked round to the chemist's to get the monthly prescription. They actually had it ready, which was quite impressive given that they'd apparently failed to order it this month so I had to do it myself

Coming back, I decided to walk along the shopping road to the junction with our road by the park, rather than back the way I'd come through terraced streets. The distance is the same, but I thought it would make a change. This meant I encountered in rapid succession the delicious aromas coming from the tapas bar, the Indian restaurant, and the Korean takeaway, so I'll do that again

[ladymuck]

We decided to book an island tour and, in order to get a hefty discount, agreed to attend a timeshare sales pitch. The offer wasn't bad but it's not one we're going to take up.

We're now recovering with a G&T in the hotel bar before we take a walk into town to spend a discount voucher in Blandy's wine shop.

[NickFitz]

Bacon bap for lunch

[NickFitz]

Shopping has been done at Not As Big Sainsbury's. As predicted, I didn't need very much of such things as they had, so there was a bit of a focus on stuff that's handy to have reserves of. I helped an elderly partially-sighted lady who was looking for skin-on chicken thighs while I was after the same thing, and my reward for this virtuous act was that the pack underneath the one I'd handed to her had a use-by date that was several days later than hers

The car didn't start first time outbound, but I heard the solenoid pop on the starter motor, so I think that was just due to it having been sitting outside in a week's worth of variable and not particularly nice weather. It fired up on the second go, and first time for the return journey

Now I need to think about lunch. N-A-B-S doesn't have a lukewarm food counter so there's no easy option

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Cloudy. Currently 18 degrees with a high of 21 expected. There is a chance of some rain showers throughout the day. Barometer steady at 1028 mBar.

Sunrise 08:09; Sunset 18:27

The rest of the week is set to be cloudy and potentially damp so those swimming costumes were a good investment

Not sure what we're going to do today. It's just nice relaxing tbh.

[WTFH]

Max has just farted he's on the sofa at the far side of my office. I'm on a conference call and trying not to retch or cry.

The call is about the same topic that I have spent maybe 12 hours on calls this week and last. I've done the work I need to do, the others are arguing about their bits and what excuses they have for not doing them. Most of their "questions" are recorded in a spreadsheet, and each call they create a new column. They hide the previous day's column and type in new text. the rows are aligned with another spreadsheet. Each day the new text ends up almost identical to the previous day, because they have done nothing.
8 people on today's call (down from 15). So far my contribution has been: Yes I've done what I've been asked to do. No, I cannot design the technicalities of your system for you. Yes, I can guide you on how the business and other systems, if you want to listen.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Friday.

Grey.

Dark.

Dank.

Damp.

Dreary.

Sunless.

Cold in here at 10.9 deg, 9 deg in the kitchen, 7.5 deg in the leanto.

1030.5 mBar, 30.43 in Hg, 772.93 Torr, 14.95 psi, (up from 1029 last night), 64% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 20th of December 2019 NF had M&S haddock & M&S crinkly chips, though the origin of the beans was unstated, whereas BR14 had something else with brown sauce in tribute to the ailing Brillo, and I had almost watched all of S5 of Angel and was contemplating S2 of Joan of Arcadia and didn't watch "Peeping Tom (1960)" on the vintage film channel of yore.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: the thing on R4 at 11:45 about the FBI use of wavelet functions algorithm for fingerprint analysis.

Thing about the tech bros and their concerns about masculine identity. Or something. <click>.

Shopping trip to Morrisons. I forgot some stuff.

Freecell score: 93%, running average: 81%.

Tea: soup etc.

Entertainment: PM.

The News Quiz.

The Directors: The late David Lynch.

Lucy Worsley: 1066 & all that. . .

Strange Things Bollox on Blaze.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey day out but dry withal - maybe a bit of a heavy dew, but no rain. Reasonably mild for the time of year too, being 3°C (though said to "feel like" 0°) with an expected high of 6° this afternoon. The barometers are up a bit more at 1023/1031mB

I still haven't decided whether to go shopping today but I probably will even if I don't need to, just out of habit

[WTFH]

I remember that. I think there was a sequel mooted at some point?

Turns out yes, there is a third one, due to be released later this year: Wake Up Dead Man

[WTFH]

Morning all
Not foggy this morning, just a bit cloudy.
Max decided to wake me at 5:20 and did not want to settle after that, so we had a long early walk.

TFIF, etc.

[NickFitz]

No further telly tonight but in Apollo 13, they're still working out how to get everybody back home

It's interesting to read about various aspects of it all that were glossed over or omitted entirely from the film. Once I've finished the book, I think I'll watch the film again for purposes of comparison

Friday tomorrow! I don't need much in the way of shopping; indeed, I'm thinking I might be able to get away without doing any, but I'll see

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

Just been watching Glass Onion. Very enjoyable. Seemed quite topical.
Not for everyone though.

I’m hoping there’s another one. That lead actor - Daniel Craig - does a great southern drawl. A few more roles for him and he might become well known.

I remember that. I think there was a sequel mooted at some point?


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HWMBO and I have had a very nice, relaxing day. Topped off with a lovely dinner at a place over the road from the hotel that looks, on paper, to be a potentially dodgy tourist trap but actually turned out to do delicious food with a great choice of wine.

[WTFH]

Just been watching Glass Onion. Very enjoyable. Seemed quite topical.
Not for everyone though.

I’m hoping there’s another one. That lead actor - Daniel Craig - does a great southern drawl. A few more roles for him and he might become well known.

[NickFitz]

Tea: pork cutlet with chips and beans

This was accompanied by the latest Inside the Factory which revealed the dark magic behind Quavers, along with some interesting side quests to do with Bombay mix, filmed at a local factory over the road from the back of B&Q, and other snack-related topics