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[DoctorStrangelove]

They must have heard me. Now playing Wish You Were Here

Time to request "One of these days" and "Be careful with that axe Eugene" then..

[NickFitz]

This morning saw the usual tranche of Monkey Life

And this evening, the latest episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody. The ten years handed down to the hapless idiot seemed very harsh for what little he did

Various bits of mucking around with SpriteKit and GameplayKit came to not a lot, as I seem to have run up against my relative unfamiliarity with the way Swift handles object references in closures. Ah well, I'll work it out eventually

This evening I started reading Dangerous Visions, a 1960s sci-fi anthology put together by Harlan Ellison and recently republished through the efforts of J. Michael Straczynski. I read a few stories, but TBH they mainly served to remind me why I'm not that keen on sci-fi of that era. So I ended up reading a bit more of Helen Fry's history of MI9 instead

Monday again tomorrow. There should be a law

Goodnight all

[WTFH]

Was watching Bullet Train earlier, briefly interrupted when I remembered I needed to check The Wife in for her return flight from “work”. Check-in opened at 21:20, although she had told me 21:25. Thankfully I had fired the computer up early.
Got the second eating apple tree trimmed this morning, and did a bit more work on the big bramley tree, before my shoulder gave up.

And now it’s TFBSZ.

[NickFitz]

Tea has been the Turkish spicy roast chicken and potatoes thing

Very nice, that. It was the last portion out of the freezer, but I'll definitely make it again

[ladymuck]

They must have heard me. Now playing Wish You Were Here

[ladymuck]

N'Djamene, Chad, in 18 moves!

I got several twofers which helped

I have withdrawal symptoms from not playing that but it's impossible on my phone, even with my glasses.

[ladymuck]

Good day out. Now in a cocktail bar where they're playing Pink Floyd tracks. So far we've had a selection from Dark Side of the Moon, The Division Bell and The Wall. I wonder if they have Wish You Were Here.

[NickFitz]

N'Djamene, Chad, in 18 moves!

I got several twofers which helped

[NickFitz]

Lunch: turkey and barley soup

I was wondering how this soup turned out so very, very tasty. Then I remembered that I chucked a spoonful of MSG in when I was making it

[DoctorStrangelove]

Travelling via Nova Scotia or maybe Sydney for some obscure reason, no doubt

Checking up on Oak Island via a flying visit.

Morning.

Sunday.

Dry.

Grey.

Sunless.

Chilly in here at 11.9 deg, 10 deg in the kitchen, 8 deg in the leanto.

1016 mBar, 30 in Hg, 762 Torr, 14.736 psi, (down from 1020 last night), 60% RH (Lidl electric).

Feck me it got there at last.

Meanwhile on the 21st of December 2019 there was discussion of Ikea allen keys, Bristol Spline and Torx, whereas LM noticed the KFC was to be open on Xmas Day according to a big sign, while BR14 still had the vac in bits & I'd found a piece that had fallen out of mine & I never did find out whence it came, and NF observed there was to be rugby football played that afternoon at the place that inconveniently interrupts his direct route to the railway station.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom and chilly wind.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: nothing since Having a Clue is still on. Ho hum.

Book. Other book. Finished other other book.

Tea: beans on toast with added boiled eggs. Nice enough.

Mysteries of Stonehenge on 4: including the Battle of the Beanfield: that triumph of Tory bastard* policing**.

*Or more likely Bitch policy of The Great She Elephant.

**Well they'd got they're truncheons in beating the tulip out of the miners the previous year: pity to let that experience go to waste, like. .

Mediaeval Dead: Carl Wark in the peak district: no one knows what it is or when it was, though the army shot chunks out of it during WWII just to make sure, like. Other than that: no dead, mediaeval or otherwise, the soil conditions being such that nothing lasts very long.

[NickFitz]

Today is our last day here. Back home tomorrow.

Travelling via Nova Scotia or maybe Sydney for some obscure reason, no doubt

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Rather gloomy grey morning out, and with a damp feel to it, though this seems to come from a heavy dew overnight rather than rain. It's 1°C but feels like -2°, getting up to a mere 3° later, while the barometers are up to 1008/1017mB

[WTFH]

Morning all
Overcast and damp out, which is a bit annoying as the forecast said we might even get a bit of sun today.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Scattered clouds, dry. Currently 18 degrees with a high of 23 expected. Rain forecast. Barometer down to 1019 mBar.

Sunrise 08:09; Sunset 18:28

It turned out to be a lovely day yesterday. It was a bit chilly up Pico de Arieiro but at 1800+ m above sea level, that's to be expected. Hopefully today goes the same way once we get over the other side of the mountain again. We're up early again for a trip to a Sunday market.

Today is our last day here. Back home tomorrow.

[NickFitz]

I finished reading Apollo 13. The closing chapter has a detailed explanation of how the dodgy oxygen tank came to be dodgy, going into more detail than other things I've read, so that was good. And before that, there were one or two bits towards the end of the journey that the film leaves out. It's a good book

Time for bed now, so I'm well rested for the morning session of Monkey Life

Goodnight all