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[NickFitz]

Lunch: a bacon butty

Still gloomy and breezy out. Soon, I shall venture forth on sundry missions. First, I need to pop up to the bank branch where I paid off the mortgage to pay in a tax refund cheque, as HMRC print them in a format that isn't supported by either of my banks' phone apps. Then to Big Sainsbury's. And from there, rather than the usual route home, I go the opposite way round the ring road to get to the parcel depot. It's very near Glenfield Hospital, so at least I know the way back from there

[WTFH]

This was followed by a second rinse cycle, a steam wand clean, and finally a nice Paris blend coffee. (all billable time)

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Wednesday.

Grey.

Sunless.

Damp.

Dreary.

Chilly in here at 13.8 deg, 12.5 deg in the kitchen & leanto.

1005 mBar, 29.6776 in Hg, 753.8119 Torr, 14.576 psi, (up from 1003 last night), 70% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 12th of December 2019 NF was off to vote & visit Greggs, voting early & often, LM was tidying the flat so she could return to a tidy flat after a trip, WTFH woke an hour early by mistake, and Scruff gave advice on how to run a bead of silicone around the kitchen sink, something I've never successfully achieved ever.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom, timed correctly because it's drizzling now.

Lunch: brunch. Really getting through those Weetabix (BBE 14/11/2014) now.

Entertainment: Y&Y waffling on about water bills, followed by imported Septic snacks with illegal food ingredients. Who knew that mineral oil is a food ingredient?

[WTFH]

And lo, the coffee machine descaler arrived, and the machine took me through the process step by step. It is currently on the rinse cycle.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Windy day out and with a damp feel, despite there being no rain until this evening. As predicted it's 12°C at the moment and will remain there until it starts to get colder around sunset. The barometers have plummeted to 990/998mB

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Overcast and wet out. Currently 13 degrees with a high of 14 expected. Rain forecast off and on in varying levels of enthusiasm all day. Barometer down to 1006 mBar.

Tired today. I keep waking up in the 4am hour, overheating. Then I spend ages trying to get back to a comfortable sleeping temperature (too cold, too hot, too cold) and never properly get back to sleep before the alarm goes off.

[xoggoth]

Overcast out and quite a strong breeze

Ditto. Group walk later then book reading thing. Tired, not sure I can be bothered with either of em.

[WTFH]

Morning all
Overcast out and quite a strong breeze.

As Nick has been waiting for his Harveys Bristol Cream, I've also been waiting for my coffee machine descaler.
The machine is currently telling me I have 14 coffees until it locks me out.
Royal Mail say the package is out for delivery today.
Based on a quick check, I believe it's going to be delivered by the postie. Up until last month that would have been Vicky, but since she quit, it's now one of 3 or 4 different people.
Let's hope they deliver.

[NickFitz]

Back in July 1916, George Sherston and his comrades have been involved in the first day of the Battle of the Somme, with one of his friends being killed by a sniper while grinning at him; and due to the strange way wars are operated, his company has then ended up being parked fifteen miles behind the line for several weeks with very little to do, before being sent back to roughly the same place

It's become very windy out and there was a brief spell of rain earlier. Yet overnight it'll keep getting warmer, and should be up to 12°C by sunrise

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been lamb cutlets with chips and beans

Accompanied by a new Police Interceptors. It's still from Northants, after the strange reversion to Notts for a couple of episodes

[ladymuck]

Uneventful day at the coal face.

Christmas cards have been written and I'll post them tomorrow. I have a birthday card that needs to be written too.

I ought to pop to Sainsbury's and pick up some tonic (currently on offer) as HWMBO returns tomorrow.

[NickFitz]

Still no delivery…

The website still shows my parcel as "out for delivery" and no other contact (email, SMS) has been made. I finally decided they were unlikely to be here today and went to check out the "Collect from depot" option on the website. On that page - not on the order tracking page, but on the page you only go to once you're despairing of them - it showed that the delivery had been rescheduled to tomorrow

It's only across town so I'm going to get it myself, on the way to do the shopping I would have done today if they'd told me what was going on

[xoggoth]

Not been for me wonky today. I'll go round the village later to look at all the xmouse lights.

[NickFitz]

Homemade sausage rolls for lunch

Still no delivery…

[xoggoth]

I was renewing the sealant around the kitchen sink.

Ah! What fun he had back then!

Me just back from old arty farty thing. Gave me neighbour a lift again. Must remember to send her my invoice.