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[NickFitz]

Popped down and gave the inside of the fridge a quick wash with some warm soapy water, and left the door slightly ajar so it has a chance to dry overnight. I probably didn't do a perfect job, but it's free and no longer has any obvious spills so what more do they want

I would have done it earlier if I'd thought it through, though. The overarching storeroom and all the little storerooms off have concrete floors, which aren't that comfortable to kneel on when it's getting chilly. And as it's dark, I had to come back up and get the head torch so I could see what I was doing without dragging it out under the lights, which are also on countdown timer switches and thus turn off after a couple of minutes anyway

Next, I need to clean the shelves as they're slightly too big for the dishwasher, though the plastic trays from the door and the "salad crisper" ones from the bottom fitted in there. Once that lot's taken down and reinstalled tomorrow, it'll be ready to go to its new home - they're collecting it around 7pm

[xoggoth]

Just went for a local walky as so gray, left my planned one for a nicer day. Lucky got huge open access woods almost on my doorstep.

[WTFH]

Just been advising a ClientCo manager that "requesting a new report 3 months after go live" (my words) is not the same as an "urgent bug fix" (his words).
The system works the way it was designed to based on the requirements that he was involved in creating. If we were not made aware of the requirement during design or testing, and it's taken 3 months after go live for it to be thought up, then it's not a) urgent or b) a bug.

[NickFitz]

Lunch: a Pukka steak slice

There's still some fluffy bits hither and yon, but it's generally cleared up and started turning sunny sooner than forecast

[WTFH]

Afternoon all Off to see the paternal figure later.

[ladymuck]

Morning all, still in Sussex

Dull and damp out. Much rain overnight. Currently 8 degrees with a high of 9 expected. Barometer at 1009 mBar.

I am hoping the boiler work completes before 2pm so I can head home in nicer driving conditions. I have a 4pm meeting so if that cut off is missed then I'm here till gone 5pm.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Wednesday.

Damply dry.

Grey.

Hints of blue sky but not many.

Hints of sun through the gloom.

Chilly side of chilly at 13 deg in here, 12 deg in the kitchen, 9.5 deg in the leanto.

Sun's out.

1010.5 mBar, 29.84 in Hg, 757.94 Torr, 14.656 psi, (up from 1008 last night), 57% RH (Lidl electronic with the dehumidifier on for an hour & a half).

Meanwhile on the 4th of December 2019 more BTVS & Angel were watched along with some criticism of JW who thought he could produce 3 shows at the same time, including Firefly, which, oddly enough, he couldn't, and the quality shows, whereas NF's soup had come to fruition in very acceptable terms, with five portions for the freezer, presumably in addition the one that was consumed immediately.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom: not very sprightly this morning for some reason. Probably did too much yesterday with the Tesco & Aldi shop on top.

Sun's still out.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: Y&Y waffling on about "my voice is my password" and how to get around that to steal everybody's money.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Gloomy, grey, rainy start out

Back to not-so-warm too: currently 4°C but not getting any better than 6°. The barometers are back down a little at 998/1006mB. And the rain is expected to continue for another couple of hours with the gloom persisting after that, though it may clear up late in the afternoon - though this will just cause a cold night, dipping below freezing again

[NickFitz]

I found time to do some more mucking around with Swift and Bluesky stuff until, inevitably, I got bogged down on something and gave up for now

Then to reading: I resumed Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema, in which Ealing Studios is getting off to a very shaky start but is about to be saved by the arrival of Gracie Fields and George Formby

Wednesday tomorrow! Get through that and I only have to get through Thursday!

Goodnight all

[xoggoth]

I checked Freecycle and there were people asking for both

Useful, Freecycle, I moderate for my local town. Used it to get rid of a whole lot of heavy tiles that were filling up my shed. Builders etc. always order far more stuff than they use.

Just back from Karaoke.

[NickFitz]

Tea has been pork cutlet with chips and beans

This was accompanied by part two of Hunting Mr Nice

[DoctorStrangelove]

I made it clear that I couldn't deliver right at the start when I contacted them. The big surprise is that they noticed that I'd said it!

In fact, the washing machine woman stated in her "wanted" post that she could get it collected. This lulled me into a false sense of security - I thought she'd be the easy one to deal with

Ah, the sweet innocence of youf. .

[NickFitz]

Wot? They didn't ask if you could deliver? That's the favourite around here. .

I made it clear that I couldn't deliver right at the start when I contacted them. The big surprise is that they noticed that I'd said it!

In fact, the washing machine woman stated in her "wanted" post that she could get it collected. This lulled me into a false sense of security - I thought she'd be the easy one to deal with

[DoctorStrangelove]

Lunch was a bacon bap (white)
In the meantime, I'd finally decided that having the washing machine and fridge from the old flat taking up most of my little storeroom downstairs was stupid, and I should find new homes for them. I checked Freecycle and there were people asking for both, so I let them know.

Wot? They didn't ask if you could deliver? That's the favourite around here. .

[NickFitz]

Lunch was a bacon bap (white)

I haven't been busy today, as the chap who knows what he's doing and is supposed to be passing this wisdom on to me is off sick. I've been asking questions of a chap on the service we're supposed to be working with, and he's been responding a couple of hours later when he has time, and then I'm able to make a one or two line edit to some documentation. I've tried asking the rest of the team if they have anything I can help with, via Slack, and have received no response

In the meantime, I'd finally decided that having the washing machine and fridge from the old flat taking up most of my little storeroom downstairs was stupid, and I should find new homes for them. I checked Freecycle and there were people asking for both, so I let them know.

The woman asking for a washing machine started being a bit fussy; how do I know it still works after two years, can she have photos, and all that. I popped down at lunchtime and hauled everything out of there so I could take some photos, which turned out to be worth doing anyway as I've got the space more neatly organised now - things had originally just been shoved in there as and when I brought them over. Then it turned out you can't include photos in messages, so I had to upload them somewhere and send her a URL. No response to that yet; if she doesn't get back to me soon, there's somebody else posted wanting one this morning, who perhaps won't be such a fusspot

Meanwhile, the chap looking for a fridge was just "I can come at these times, do I need to bring help get it down any stairs" and so on. I'd checked it while I was down there and it needs a bit of a clean. So I've arranged for him to come and get it on Thursday evening, to give me time to spruce it up. Much less hassle