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[NickFitz]

Tried something new for lunch today in the shape of Heck® smoky pork sausage rashers. I had a couple in a bap (white) and it was nice enough; I might have three in there next time, as they’re large baps. I had them sauceless as I wanted to check out the flavour, but I reckon they’d benefit from whatever one’s preferred sauce (of the two kinds, which is all the sauces there are in this world) might be

[NickFitz]

No Covid vaccine for me, because they’d run out!

So I’ll be back there on Monday at 11, which may be early enough that there’s a dose or two left

No mention was made of my eligibility or otherwise, but perhaps they only check that when they’re going to actually do something. Or maybe I look even more decrepit than I thought, and it never occurred to them that such a ruin of a man wouldn’t be eligible

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Overcast but quite bright. There has been some rain. Currently 15 degrees and that's the high for the day. Rain set to continue off and on for the remainder of the day. Barometer down to 1004 mBar.

Sunrise 07:06; Sunset 16:24 GMT

Sunrise is getting late enough that I am less concerned about ensuring it doesn't disturb me in the mornings.

Busy day so far. Meetings started at 9am. Much to do.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Yet another grey day! Quite mild again too: 12°C now, 14° expected for the whole of the afternoon, though it’ll possibly (50%) rain a bit around and after lunchtime. The barometers are steady at 993/1001mB

The lunchtime rain is to be expected as that’s the only time I have to go out, for I have an appointment to get a Covid jab at the chemist’s! As far as I know I can still get this on the NHS; I think that’s what the GP practice nurse said when I was getting my flu jab, so that’s what I’ll tell them

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Friday apparently.

Damp.

Wanly sunny.

Blue sky in parts, looking dark towards the south west.

Chilly in here at 17.7 deg, 17 in the kitchen, 14 in the leanto.

997.5 mBar, 29.456 in Hg, 748.2 Torr, 14.467 psi, (down from 999 last night), 66% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 28th of February 2020 much laundry was being done by me and NF, AndyGarbs, Covbob, eek, and opm popped in, and I went to town on the bus, still having a Bad Leg, like.

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

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Noon o'clock news. Antisocial with some feckwit influencer waffling about something of zero innerest and of great danger to blood pressure <click>.

Some minor potching with the front garden gate. I'm sure I used to be able to weld stuff, but there's precious little sign of that these days.

Then it started raining which brought it all to an end before the effing and blinding got even louder than it was already. WTF is going wrong is a bit of a mystery. Especially to me.

[WTFH]

Morning all

TFIF, etc.
Overcast and a mild 13C out on our walk. Rain not due until around 9am.

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s viewing was all three parts of The Diamond Heist on Netflix, about the guys who tried to steal those diamonds from the Millennium Dome, only to find the police had been on to them all along. This is excellent! They’ve got the guy who planned the job, a bunch of the police who kept them under surveillance for months before nicking them, even the guy from De Beers who was responsible for the security setup (and keeps complaining about how much it cost and how useless it turned out to be). Well worth your time if you have access

And then on to Terraplane, the fourth Dryco novel (though second to be written)

I also managed to get the mundane laundry done

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

I really need to try the fish and chip shop at the bottom of my road. It's just reopened after a refurb, and had a name change. I guess that means new ownership.

This evening I watched some tat on YouTube and then the last two episodes of Unforgotten series 2. Although it was a very good ending, I also wanted a bit more closure. Always leave them wanting more!

[NickFitz]

Another week done!

I may be enjoying the work more, but I’m still glad when it stops for a few days

As soon as I’d finished, I headed out to Not as Big Sainsbury’s to get the shopping out of the way. I don’t usually go at that time because it’s the rush hour, and it turned out to be even worse than I expected because of temporary lights at some roadworks a mile or more down the main road. But I got there eventually and it wasn’t too busy, so I was able to get such things as I remembered to get quite quickly

Coming home, I made a detour to the VAT fraud chip shop, which was also not as busy as I thought it would be. So tea has been haddock and chips, and very nice it was too

[xoggoth]

Thoroughly grumpy after drive back from me toothpaste inspection took me an extra 20 mins due to yet more *** road works. Cheering meself up by listening to Fleetwood Mac CD. Nowt has ever compared to Fleetwood Mac or The Moody Blues.

Another old fart thing at local cafe tomorrow. Dunno. Tues was art thing, Wed local history thing, this morning Mahjongy thing. Think I'm old farted out.

[NickFitz]

Lunch: Heinz chicken soup and white toast

And amidst work and meetings, I found time to put a bedding wash on - duvet cover, sheet, and pillowcases. This is one of the rather heavy duvet covers so I’ve now got that drying separately, while the rest waits damply in the laundry basket. I don’t know if the theory that it’s quicker to dry such a load in two halves is true, but I do it anyway

[Pondlife]

Afternoon,

Wind 4 kt from the East, varying between East/Northeast and East/Southeast
Temperature 14°C
Humidity 94%
Pressure 1004 hPa
Visibility 10 km or more
Broken clouds at a height of 1200 ft
Broken clouds at a height of 2000 ft
Overcast at a height of 2700 ft


Lazy permies are doing my box in today. Oh well.

[sadkingbilly]

Morning all

Dull. Overcast. Damp. Currently 14 degrees with a high of 16 expected. Potential for rain all day. The sun might make an appearance shortly before setting. Barometer down to 1006 mBar.

Sunrise 07:04; Sunset 16:25 GMT

Tired this morning.

The accountants finally sent through my accounts yesterday. Now to check it all as they've found some 'rounding error' which simply doesn't happen. I reconcile to the penny as there's really nothing complicated going on that means 27p should go adrift. It being divisible by 9 makes me think two numbers have been transposed somewhere. I spent 9 years doing accounts and was taught by someone who believed in getting it right irrespective of how big the company is.

Once I've cross referenced their CT calculations against FreeAgent and understood the reason for any differences, I am likely to bin them off as the service since they merged with another firm has not been great.

This is why i'm happy with my new gig.
self employed freelance consultant. I do my own accounts (excel) but have freeagent available if HMRC insist.
I think i'll knock it on the head at the 20% tax threshold though .
watch this space................

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull. Overcast. Damp. Currently 14 degrees with a high of 16 expected. Potential for rain all day. The sun might make an appearance shortly before setting. Barometer down to 1006 mBar.

Sunrise 07:04; Sunset 16:25 GMT

Tired this morning.

The accountants finally sent through my accounts yesterday. Now to check it all as they've found some 'rounding error' which simply doesn't happen. I reconcile to the penny as there's really nothing complicated going on that means 27p should go adrift. It being divisible by 9 makes me think two numbers have been transposed somewhere. I spent 9 years doing accounts and was taught by someone who believed in getting it right irrespective of how big the company is.

Once I've cross referenced their CT calculations against FreeAgent and understood the reason for any differences, I am likely to bin them off as the service since they merged with another firm has not been great.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Thursday apparently.

Grey.

Damp.

Water receding in next door's garden.

Sunless.

Chilly in here at 17.8 deg, 17 deg in the kitchen, 16 in the leanto.

998.5 mBar, 29.486 in Hg, 748.9 Torr, 14.48 psi, (up from 998 last night), 66% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile onthe 28th of February 2020 AndyGarbs, BR14, Brillo, and DaveB popped in, as did NF. Apparently there was a millennium looming.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the grey gloom. Canal a lot lower today.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: stuff on R4 including bottom line, sliced bread, TWATO.

Raining. I was going to address the quantity of live brambles in the greenhouse. I may do so still if I can be arsed.

It stopped. Brambles in greenhouse duly dealt with ready for the next bonfire. Ashes from yesterday's added to the "compost heap" which will probably upset some worms.

Pane of glass in roof of greenhouse noted to be cracked with a piece missing. Dunno when that happened.

Worked up quite a sweat on my brow. Now that doesn't happen often. .

Last time was in the summer when I was repairing the two drawer unit thingie that fits under the work bench.

Tea: beans on toast etc. Enhanced by adding everything I could think of to the bland tasteless Morrisons low everything beans. Must make sure I never ever buy those again.

Entertainment: the science thing. PM. <click> when Lammy came on.

ST Voyager: "Distant Origin": the one with the evolved dinos who'd seen the asteroid coming & had buggered off to the Delta Quadrant. It's amazing how far you can go in 65 million years.

Nazi programme: Japan. The Fall of Singapore and The Burma Railroad.

Classic movies: Highlander. "there can be only one". And yet they made Highlander II.

BBC Alba: Cold War Stories: E3/3.


BBC2: Once upon a time in Space: cooperation with Russia. .