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[NickFitz]

Lunch: Heinz oxtail soup and white toast

When going to get the bread for this, I discovered that the freezer from the old place seems to have finally given up the ghost. It's been struggling for ages, just about managing to get to around -12°C rather than the desired -18°, but it was at -8° and the compressor (or whatever it is) wasn't kicking in at all, suggesting it's done. I tried turning it off and on again and it flashed its light and sounded its alarm for being too warm, but was unable to start trying to rectify the situation

I've only been using it for stuff that doesn't turn poisonous at higher temperatures such as bread and frozen chips; there's no meat in there, not even leftovers. I'll see what the situation is this evening but if it's defunct, I'll have to start changing my shopping habits and so on, as the freezer part of the built-in fridge-freezer here is relatively small and unable to handle the amount of stuff I'm used to having around

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Wednesday.

Damp.

Blue sky in parts.

Grey.

Sunless.

Cool in here at 18.2 deg, 18 in the kitchen, 17 in the leanto.

1018 mBar, 30.06 in Hg, 763.6 Torr, 14.76 psi, (unchanged), 65% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 21st of February 2020 NF had hot buttered toast for lunch, then was off out to Sainsburys, I had poached egg & tomato on toast, WTFH was busy getting the guineas and chickens out of next door's vegetable patch, LondonManc popped in, and LM was off out to the Baltic.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the wan sunshine alternating with grey gloom.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: that Chinese lady thing: today how her grandmother's feet were bound.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Lots of high, thin, flat cloud again, though there are some near-gaps here and there and some blue on the horizon to the northwest. It's much as it has been temperature-wise: 13°C reaching 16° for most of the afternoon - though the wind is lower, so the "feels like" figure now is 11°. The barometers are steady at 1011/1019mB

[NickFitz]

In Random Acts of Senseless Violence, things continue to fall apart; the centre is unlikely to hold, and we all know what happens after that

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea: cottage pie

This was accompanied by NEW! Police Interceptors

And there's also NEW! normal Traffic Cops, as opposed to the motorbike cops one. Spoilt for choice!

[ladymuck]

Today was uneventful.

Supposed to have a telephone call with my GP around 1130, and it was 1430 before they got around to calling. Just as I was about to join a meeting.

Now watching Cleopatra's Final Secret which was aired on National Geographic recently. About people who think they found where she was buried. It's amazing to think how ancient Egypt was in her day.

[NickFitz]

Another day done and, as I keep forgetting every Tuesday, that means I'm halfway through the week!

A productive afternoon, I thought

[NickFitz]

Lunch: pork cutlet in a wholemeal bap with apple sauce

[NickFitz]

Well, that's been quite an enjoyable and productive morning!

I'm not usually that keen on "pairing" for programming tasks. But the other dev understands the rather complex and occasionally ramshackle system we're working on much better than I do, so it's the only viable option a lot of the time, or at least makes more sense than me badgering her with questions as I try to work on one thing while she's trying to work on something else. She was the one operating the keyboard while I tried to offer helpful suggestions and talk through complicated bits yesterday, so today the roles have been reversed, and it's been working very well for us

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday?

Dry.

Grey.

Sunless.

Cool in here at 18.1 deg, 18 in the kitchen, 17 in the leanto.

1018.75 mBar, 30.08 in Hg, 764.1 Torr, 14.7757 psi, (down from 1019 and a bit last night), 64% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 21st of February 2020 BR14, Brillo, and AndyGarbs popped in, LM suggested Brillo should burn his socks, I was in with the hoi polloi and NF mentioned the previous day's mundane washing.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath), walked in the grey gloom.

Shopping trip to Aldi done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away. Easier to find the needful buyings this time, though stocks seemed a bit limited so I bought all I could find.

No covid jab for me this year. Well there's a thing.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment Y&Y waffling on about house purchase.

"A Lawless Street (1955)" with that Randolph Scott chap and Angela "Jessica Fletcher" Lansbury.

Am Dro. Swiss Valley Llanelli. Gwbert to Mwnt, Cardigan (teaching student at Ye Sloughe of Desponde). Clorach, Anglesey: Hairy Handed Will. Bethesda: more slate.

Tea: soup etc.

Entertainment: PM. <click>.

Dial 999. "Payroll job (1958)". Didn't we have proper money delivery trucks in 1958.

The Mind of Mr J. G. Reeder "The Poetical Policeman (1969)".

Why does everyone hate the British Empire? South Africa.

[sadkingbilly]

Morning all

I'm on holiday! a new concept for me.
Well, revisited, anyway.
Just working out ways to spend this extra wonga that's come into my possession .
got a new PC ordered, but that doesn't even dent it.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

There was some blue sky earlier but the clouds covered it up. Currently 14 degrees with a high of 18 expected. Barometer up to 1025 mBar.

Sunrise 07:12; Sunset 18:25 BST

Nothing noteworthy planned for the day.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It's a grey sort of day, though the high cloud layer appears fairly thin; altostratus, I think it may be. Still not as cold as it might have been at 11°C ("feels like" 8°) with an expected high of 17° this afternoon. The barometers are up a touch at 1011/1019mB

[NickFitz]

I finished The Andromeda Strain. It's good but the film is basically exactly the same story, so there weren't many surprises in it

And then I started reading Random Acts of Senseless Violence by Jack Womack. It's written as the diary of a twelve year old girl from New York, recording the gradual collapse of civil order in the USA as a society wracked by division and inequality descends into violence; so basically a guide to what's going to happen over there in the next few months

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

A positive catch up with one of the directors of CosultancyCo today. More work, not less, coming my way. There was me thinking I ought to start looking for another gig.

A new cover for my garden bench arrived and it fits perfectly. Now the waiting game to find out if it's actually waterproof.

The last episode of High Potential season 1 was a good one! I need to acquire more of S2 before I start watching it.