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[WTFH]

New washer-dryer should be here a week on Friday! A fancy (and rather expensive) Miele, no less

Make sure you get it delivered to exactly where you want it. They aren't light.

[NickFitz]

New washer-dryer should be here a week on Friday! A fancy (and rather expensive) Miele, no less

[NickFitz]

Herbs and spices! Long past time they were sorted out

A visual comparison of a pot of cayenne pepper purchased recently with the one that's been here for ages confirms that it's supposed to be red, not yellowy-brown, so the old stuff can go. Similar results for olfactory testing of various herbs: this undated pot with a less faded label smells the same as this one with a BBE date in 2010, so it may be of more recent origin but the contents are of equally limited culinary usefulness

Quite a few duplicates too, though they tend to be more recent purchases. In particular, I clearly kept forgetting that I'd already bought more of Sainsbury's steak seasoning. I suppose I'll just have to eat lots of steaks

[NickFitz]

Sausage roll (from the batch baked on Monday) for lunch

I'm putting various bits from the kitchen through the dishwasher for a proper clean; draining rack and so on. I was trying to do them on the hottest cycle, as that's also the quickest other than things like the one for glassware and the rinse only one, but it kept stopping after filling up. At least it was doing it before it got to the point of releasing the capsule. Anyway, after four failed attempts, I tried it on the eco cycle, which is cooler but takes longer, and it's fine! I suspect it gets worried that it may be overheating and stops for that reason; it's built in under the counter so it doesn't get much airflow round it, and it's very warm in there today. Anyway, it's now an hour in and chugging along nicely

I've also managed to make a start on sorting out the cupboards. There's a load of baking stuff like almonds and sultanas and the like which were originally brought here from the old flat and were already on the aged side then - I haven't got around to doing much baking since I moved. So I reckon it's best to get rid of that lot as it won't give satisfactory results if and when I get around to using it

[sadkingbilly]

Morning.

Actually Wednesday apparently.

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Afternoon
yeh, it's hump day, and, appropriately, I've got hemorrhagic curvature of the upper spine.
cans of worms agogo.
still, it's wot i'm paid for, i suppose,
more still:

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Cloudy. Currently 22 degrees ('feels like' 25) with a high of 25 expected. Risk of a shower at some point. Barometer at 1014 mBar.

Sunrise 05:45; Sunset 20:28 BST

Pleased it's cooling off a bit. The air conditioning in ClientCo's office isn't too fierce but I did bring a cardigan, just in case. As expected, I am sat at a random desk, talking to no-one and the two meetings I have will be on Teams. Other than having one conversation in person, that would otherwise have been done over Teams chat, I could be at home.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Sunny day today, as expected, though closer inspection reveals that the sunlight is actually being attenuated to some degree by a uniform layer of high haze, which is expected to thicken somewhat during the day, resulting in partial cloud cover. The heatwave is in full flow, though: already 24°C, and with an expected high of 30° that will both arrive sooner and last longer than yesterday's. The barometers aren't much changed at 1002/1010mB. There is, apparently, a bit of a breeze but not really enough to make a big difference

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Actually Wednesday apparently.

Grey.

Sunless.

Dry.

Looks like November.

Warmer side of cool in here at 22.7 deg, 24 in the kitchen, 22 in the leanto.

1017 mBar, 30.03 in Hg, 762.8 Torr, 14.75 psi, (up from 1016 last night), 70% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 7th of February 2020 opm was off out to the Fleetwood beer festival later on, Brillo popped in, NF was doing the washing, I'd done my washing & by the time I went out for a walk it was raining, so came back after 200 yards, whereas LM took an anklebiter to get some presents, then returned home in time to pretend to be working late on a Friday afternoon. WTFH found that the snow in Memphis had mostly melted.

Two big blips on the power. Hope I don't have to reset the bedroom clock again.

Walk (tow path) walked in the grey gloom.

Amazingly met David who used to mow the lawns back in the day. He's in his 90s & was strimming the grass in St Anne's in Tonna.

Actually had 3 conversations today. That's at least 3 more than normal.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Y&Y scam day. <click> My tinnitus. Drugs of hallucination .

Book. Vannevar Bush gets a mention. I discovered the other day that his name is pronounced Vann Eva. Who'd have thunk? Then again who in their right mind would call a kid that in the first place? Then again, there's a woman in NM whose name is pronounced Why Von Eee.

Minor potching with some kit was I played with a preselector idea for a radio. It didn't work.

It's as grey as an 's arse out there but it's still as humid as a gorilla's armpit.

Tea: Tesco battered haddock. Nice enough. Almost more cooking than I can be arsed with these days.

Entertainment: PM. <click>. Much on the Orange Micropenised Moron, someone too stupid to know that Putin is laughing at him.

Maigret.

Foyle's Cold War S8 E2. Penultimate ep.

[WTFH]

Morning all
Misty this morning, in fact it might even be considered mizzle.
Didn't sleep well, I'll blame the humidity, but then didn't get out of bed until about 5:50, so a curtailed walk wasn't even 10,000 steps.

[NickFitz]

Well, that thing with the retired mercenary became even stranger, if anything. A remarkable, if not particularly laudable, life

The story in Project Hail Mary continues to develop in unexpected but satisfying and enjoyable ways

Bit warm, innit? Currently 26.3° in my bedroom

Goodnight all

[xoggoth]

Just back from a late local walk. Past sunset but it's still horribly warm and humid.

[NickFitz]

Tea has been the last of the chilli lamb burgers in a sesame seed bap with ketchup, and fries

To watch along with this, and continuing now because it's quite long: Storyville - Dogs of War on iPlayer, being the story of a bloke whose career ranged from safecracker to mercenary to arms dealer, and who seems relatively unrepentant about any of it. Fascinating stuff; he's just been lucky enough to get blown up in Angola and flown out shortly before his commander "Colonel Callan" went mad (or madder) and started executing his own men. So now he's back in London and at a loose end, he's joining a plot to assassinate the president of Togo

[xoggoth]

Arty thing this morning then a haircut, 1st I've had in, dunno, ages. Not been for walk yet, too hot.

Where is atw? Need his advice. Where have all the squirrels gone? Normally see quite a few on me walks but not seen any for ages this summer.

[ladymuck]

Dammit. I have to go into the office tomorrow.

[NickFitz]

More stuff done in the kitchen, including giving the air fryer the most thorough external cleaning it's had since it was bought, a little over four years ago. And then the wall behind it, which as expected had become a bit grease-stained; the tiles wiped down OK, but I'll need to do something about the grout

It's now moving down to the end of that counter where it'll be better ventilated and can also be pulled away from the wall a bit when in use. I may even move it over to the cooker side, where the extractor hood has a chance of doing something about it, but I'll need to rearrange a bunch of other things over there first so it can reach a plug

Still, it feels like I'm getting somewhere with it all