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[NickFitz]

Shopping done!

Big Sainsbury’s today because, as previously noted, it’s Viz Week. Having secured that first, I then got everything else that I remembered needing, along with a few things I probably don’t

And so home, where the cars before and behind my favoured parking space had created a bit of a squeeze when getting out, and were still there, making it also a bit tricky getting back in. But I managed

Of course, I’ve just seen the one that was behind leaving. Would have been more convenient if they’d done that twenty minutes ago

As I was putting the shopping away, there was a knock at the door which turned out to be a chap come to read the water meter. I used to submit readings online, but somebody’s attended in person since a couple of years ago. I don’t know if they don’t trust me, or if they’re just creating work. Anyway, the meter’s in a very convenient spot for reading so it’s not a problem if they want to come and have a look a couple of times a year

Nearly time for lunch now

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Overcast and dull. Currently 9 degrees with a high of 11 expected. Rain forecast for this afternoon. Barometer up to 1021 mBar.

Sunrise 06:36; Sunset 17:50 GMT

The sceptics put their clocks forward this weekend, which messes up my diary and creating clashes until the UK does its clock tinkering nonsense at the end of the year.

I'm tempted to just stick to GMT and behave like it's everyone else on the wrong time zone.

David Lammy on R4 Today this morning being completely unable to say, "No, the orange twat should not decide who rules Iran".

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Friday apparently <checks clock>.

Dry now after torrential rain overnight that woke me up at one point coz it sounded like it was coming in.

Grey with hints of blue to the west.

Hints of sun.

Chilly in here at 14 deg, something 1 something in the kitchen, 10.5 in the leanto.

1018 mBar, 30.06 in Hg, 763.6 Torr, 14.76 psi, (up from 1012 last night), 68% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 19th of March 2020 eek, LM, covbob, NF, and Brillo popped in, covbob got the zenchury, whilst NF was making scotch broth without any free space in the freezer, what with it being viz week again, and LM had finished with one client and was about to start with another.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the greyish gloom & wan sunshine: much less warm than a couple of days ago: the scarf was pressed into use & no sweat was raised.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: my tinnitus. The R4 thing about pain.

Speaking of which: I'm back on the ibuprofen after months and months of cold turkey: the discomfort in the neck/shoulder finally reached "feckit, pass the pills" stage. 600mg/day at the moment.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey morning today, with even a hint of mistiness when looking far away. No rain though, and none expected. It’s 7°C and will pretty much stay there apart from a brief rise to 8° late in the afternoon, and the barometers are up a bit at 1009/1017mB

I had a very good night’s sleep, definitely improved by not being awoken by an alarm

[WTFH]

Morning all

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s reading has been some more of the stories in Ted Chiang’s Exhalations

Tomorrow I go to Big Sainsbury’s, for it is Viz Week

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

I unmade the bed this morning and left it to air, but now it has been remade and I shall have a nice, comfy night

[NickFitz]

Tea was brought to me from the Turkish place, because I couldn’t be bothered to cook

To go with it, the third part of Netflix’s Three Mile Island series, in which the capitalists are skimping on and rushing the cleanup to save money - though they’re still somehow finding the resources to spy on the local residents who are opposed to them restarting the undamaged reactor

[NickFitz]

Another week done!

Couple of big meetings this afternoon, of the kind where one just sits and listens. One of them was the developer hour, in which one of the devs I’ve never worked with talked about various problems they’d had with tech debt. She turns out to be a bit manic and very funny, peppering her talk with swear words in an entertainingly unprofessional manner

I also liked her succinct observation that “We shouldn’t try to reinvent the wheel, but we do and now we’ve all got six wheels that look a bit weird”

[NickFitz]

Lunch: a couple of cold southern not-fried drumsticks

Still CBS here

Peaceful day as far as work is concerned, as almost everybody has gone to London for a quarterly planning session. So I’ve been able to quietly research some stuff I’m planning to implement without being interrupted by meetings or questions

[xoggoth]

Yeh. Blue again here. Off to Mahjongy thing soon, after I drop off laminated posters to history group lady. Nowt else on today except dump and shopping. How exciting.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Blue sky, not a wisp to be seen. Currently 11 degrees with a high of 17 expected. Barometer down to 1016 mBar.

Sunrise 06:38; Sunset 17:49 GMT

Laundry will be the main non-billing task of the day. If I get it on early enough, it'll be worth putting it out in the garden for a while in the sunshine.

[WTFH]

Morning all
No dog to walk this morning.VW Up! rental car from Avis parked outside. Flight was fairly uneventful although a bit choppy in the last couple of minutes until we landed.
Grey and miserable outside.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Thursday judging by the racket of the Recycling Engineers out on the road.

Dry.

Blue sky in parts.

Wanly sunny.

Chilly in here at 13.9 deg, 13 in the kitchen, 11.5 in the leanto.

1009 mBar, 29.795 in Hg, 756.8 Torr, 14.63 psi, (down from 1018 last night), 68% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 19th of March 2020: as per yesterday.

Bedding out on the line.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked as it picked with rain.

Returned just in time to stick it all in the TD as the rain began in ernest.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment?: thing on R4 about pain FFS. Noon o'clock news. The bottom line. <click>

Looked at the gravestone in the cemetery: it wasn't for the woman referred to in the thing watched by NF, rather it was some poor 18 year old strangled in her flat in 1998.

Bed remade: no beginner's error there then. .

Still raining. Not much water out of the TD so that was good.

Book. Other book. Other other book.

Tea: beans on toast. Nice enough. Entertainment: PM. Apparently the Orange Moron has decided that said Orange Moron will decide the New Glorious Leader of Iran. . <click>.


Sky Arts: The Lady Killers.

Sky Arts: Classic Literature & Cinema: Great crime & punishment adaptations. from The Rue Morgue onwards.

AI thingie with Hannah Fry. 2/3.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Sunny start here, and it’s going to be a warm one: only 7°C now, but a whole 16° expected this afternoon, albeit briefly! The barometers seem pessimistic though, being down to 1004/1012mB, and tomorrow may be rainy and won’t be as warm

As I forgot to sign off last night, mainly due to more email back-and-forth about Irish citizenship, let me here record that I finished This Is How You Lose the Time War. A strange but enjoyable book