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[NickFitz]

It doesn't seem as windy as yesterday at the moment though.

Whoever had "local road closed due to fallen tree" on their bingo card can cross it off. I stand corrected (unlike the tree)

[NickFitz]

Morning all

Stand back, I've got the lurgy.

<- manly and socially distanced

[NickFitz]

Maybe it's only taxed for the summer. It's doing about a 1000 miles a year.

Could be; not the kind of car you'd want to be taking out in gritty slush

Back in 2007 or 2008 I was down The Harp on the day the bankers got their bonuses, and a group thereof were standing near me discussing what they were planning to do with their newfound disposable income. I overheard a woman in the group who can't have been thirty saying "Yeah, I was thinking of going for the Aston too". It's nice to have options

[WTFH]

Morning all

Stand back, I've got the lurgy.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Another sunny start, yet once again it'll supposedly be windy all day. It doesn't seem as windy as yesterday at the moment though. Currently 8°C, no better than 12° due later, and the barometers are still lurking at 983/991mB

Friday!

[DoctorStrangelove]

Tonight's car was an Aston Martin DB7, MOT till August but SORN. Maybe it's just having a little rest.

Maybe it's only taxed for the summer. It's doing about a 1000 miles a year.

Morning.

Friday.

Damp.

White sky.

Chilly in here at 13.4 deg, 13 deg in the kitchen, 12.5 deg in the leanto.

994 mBar, 29.353 in Hg, 745.56 Torr, 14.416 psi, (unchanged), 74% RH (GDR hair), 72% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 13th of May 2019 NF had assembled a five feet tall stack of periodicals for the recycling though he kept the issue of PCW with the review of one of his games from 1987, whilst I used the recently acquired etch tank to etch some pcbs. Said pcbs were drilled & assembled & tested over the following couple of days and have resided unregarded in a cardboard box in the junk room ever since. Plus la change as those Frenchies are wont to say.

I woke rather early due to a most unpleasant dream involving someone chained to a railway locomotive. The Spirit of Gricer was strong in this dream. .

Sun came out.

Changed to go out for a walk.

The rain started immediately. Ho fecking hum.

Inspired by something on Another Site, just dug out a Griffin & George geiger counter and made some measurements.

Background count is low (the Cobalt Thorium G is well shielded).

The uranium glass jug & saucer thing raises the count quite a lot.

The mantle in the camping gaz gas lamp is comparatively hot hot hot.

The mantle in the more recent Lidl(tm) gas lamp is inert.

Well there's a thing.

Sun's out again. Time for a walk.

[NickFitz]

Tonight's car was an Aston Martin DB7, MOT till August but SORN. Maybe it's just having a little rest.

And more gold hunters got their seasons off to starts of varying quality.

And after that, S1E6 of Severance.

And then I finished The Power. A very good book; it'll be interesting to see what the TV series is like
There's been more rain but it doesn't seem as windy as it was, though apparently it will become so overnight

Friday tomorrow!

Goodnight all

[WTFH]

TFBSZ

[NickFitz]

Tea has been oniony chicken casserole with chips and peas

[NickFitz]

It appears I may be coming down with something.

Hope you both have it on easy mode <- manly

[WTFH]

It appears I may be coming down with something.

[ladymuck]

Just checked with my Mum and it is indeed called shared care. AIUI you both have to fill in a form from her GP specifying you as the person who can be spoken to about her medical affairs, and once it's in place, they're allowed to discuss that stuff with you

Thanks. I'll check with my brother what he's arranged. I think he's been added to a contact list to be informed of upcoming appointments. It worked because he received a call to let him know about a date for Mum to have her memory assessment

[NickFitz]

Thanks for the tip, I'll look into it

Just checked with my Mum and it is indeed called shared care. AIUI you both have to fill in a form from her GP specifying you as the person who can be spoken to about her medical affairs, and once it's in place, they're allowed to discuss that stuff with you

[NickFitz]

Been raining here too. I had thought of popping to Sainsbury's, but it seems the rain will be on and off for a couple more hours

I'll go tomorrow morning instead. I need to go to the bank and pay in a cheque as well - Eon sent me one for the balance on my account at the old place, but they've made it wider relative to its height than the phone app expects so I can't pay it in that way

I'll be very annoyed if the machine in branch can't handle it either and I have to queue up to speak to a human, all for the sake of about £30

[ladymuck]

Rain has commenced.

Trying to wrap up loose ends before taking a long weekend off work.