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[ladymuck]

The sun has come out.

Wondered why there were so many fruit flies in the kitchen. Turns out one of my tomatoes was more 'over' than 'ripe' and they were having a good much on it.

[NickFitz]

Lunch: some of the Turkish potato-tomato-chicken thing, as there was half a portion left after packing two sizeable ones for the freezer. As expected, the flavour has developed nicely from a couple of days in the fridge

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Dull. Wet. Raining. It was quite bright earlier but that's long gone. Currently 21 with a high of 23 expected. Rain supposed to stop mid afternoon. Barometer down to 1008 mBar.

HWMBO leaves today. Off to talk at people about TOGAF then back home for parental duties.

Noticed yesterday that the reason why we have quite a surprising number of parakeets, rather than your more usual type of winged tree dweller, could well be due to the house over the road and its multiple bird feeders. The parakeets are very noisy compared to the often lovely warble of a more native species.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday.

One might observe that the existence of Trucking Hell S8 E11 & E12 was mentioned previously. .

I'd have mentioned the arrival of "new" car fixer programmes if I hadn't stopped watching it due to the fat git.

Dry.

Blue sky.

Cool in here at 20.7 deg, 22.5 deg in the kitchen (once I'd put the battery back in the thermometer), 20 deg in the leanto.

1003.75 mBar, 29.64 in Hg, 752.87 Torr, 14.558 psi, (up from 1002.5 last night), 73% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 29th of October 2019 there was discussion of BTVS being fiction, the BTVS/Angel crossover complexities, Dr Pimple Popper, Bakeoff, and NF had ribs for tea.


Walk (unabbreviated) walked in wan sunshine, enlivened by the A400M which did a low half circle over Neath & then buggered off back up the valley. Couldn't find it on FR24 by the time I'd got back home.

Lunch: baked spud(s) etc.

Entertainment: Y&Y waffling on about exercise.

TWATO.

Thing about asbestos in talc at 13:45.

[WTFH]

Morning all
Walk has been walked.
Overnight rain has done a good job of topping up the water butts and giving the plants a perk. Not so great if you're expecting delivery of a new mower and have left half the lawn to cut.
Awaiting delivery of coffee (ordered yesterday) and a mower. Did I mention I'd ordered a new mower? Last time I bought a new one, it was electric, probably cost about £40 in 2002. The more recent purchases have all been second hand.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey start, and damp too after some overnight rain. No more of that is expected but it'll be a mild one for August, being 17°C now but not getting any warmer than 22°. The barometers are down a bit at 996/1004mB

Bin Day today, and I believe one or other of the wagons has just arrived

[NickFitz]

No further telly tonight, but I managed to get some playing around with SpriteKit done

Getting windy out by the sound of things

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

I discovered two new (to me) episodes of Trucking Hell series 8 which appears to have restarted airing on 25 July.

Just in time, as I'm getting close to catching up

[NickFitz]

Tea has been Nando's leftovers

Accompanied by an old Police Interceptors - but not old enough, as I remembered the bit at the end with a van stuck under a road sign, so I need to find even older ones

[ladymuck]

I discovered two new (to me) episodes of Trucking Hell series 8 which appears to have restarted airing on 25 July.

[NickFitz]

Ambled round to the chemist's for the monthly drugs. It's warm out, but not intolerably so. Been cloudy since mid-morning and there was quite a strong breeze, judging by the trees, but that seems to have died down a bit now

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Sunny with occasional lumps of fluff interrupting the blue sky. A nice breeze is wafting in the window. Currently 24 degrees with a high of 25 expected. Barometer at 1012 mBar.

This morning I checked out the front and all the boxes had gone!

That is, so far, the only positive of the day. The fruitless search for work continues.

[NickFitz]

Bacon bap for lunch, as the bacon needed finishing off - and lo! the pack of six contained a hidden seventh rasher, making for a very well stuffed bap indeed!

[NickFitz]

Links are up

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Monday.

Grey.

Dark.

Dank.

Dreary.

Drizzly.

Damp.

Windy.

Sunless.

Cool in here at 20.7 deg, 22.5 deg in the kitchen, 20 deg in the leanto.

1005.5 mBar, 29.692 in Hg, 754.18 Torr, 14.583 psi, (down from 1006.5), 71% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 29th of October 2019 NF set up a new VPN server (whatever that is) because he'd lost the keys to the previous one (whatever that was) and it was easier to start again again, the new one being cheaper, there was discussion of assorted lunches (me, NF, LM), WTFH was talking to yet another pimp, and I watched BTVS S4 E1 which is by far my least favourite ep due to it bringing back memories of LUT back in the day.


Trip to that Swansea and that Oxfam to get shot of some books only to buy another couple to come back with, that Barclays to pay the card over the counter which I insist on doing with a cheque since the mofos pissed me off. And bought a book in Waterstones. Lady with a cat in a basket (tortoiseshell, the cat not the basket) on the way back.

Lunch: scrambled egg etc.

Entertainment: thing on R4 about asbestos in talcum powder, who'd have thunk?

The Mentalist S4 E20. Another one set in a skool.

The Mentalist S4 Extra.

Tea: low fat vegetable chilli (tinned): as grim as it sounds but presumably less difficult to wash up due to lack of grease. etc.

Entertainment: PM.

The Mentalist S4 E21, E22, E23.

Abandoned Engineering: more stuff with nothing to do with engineering.

The Mentalist S4 E24.

The Mentalist S5 E1.

In other other news my niece fell over & broke her hip. She's 35. The only other family member who did that was 90.