Volunteer litter pick this morning, followed by walk with loony lady 1. Had to keep holding her hand while she navigated the mud.
Pleasantly surprised when I filled me van to see diesel cost is only about 10% higher. I thought it would be over 100% like my heating oil.
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Lunch was a cold sausage bap (white)
Before that, I spent a couple of hours dealing with the post import process on the new forum software. Turns out there are a few tricky bits to do with ensuring quotes in posts are updated to point back to the source correctly, and one or two other bits like that
Unfortunately, I somehow managed to do my back in a bit more - it was playing up earlier in the week, but had been OK for the last couple of days. But when I stood up to get lunch, it suddenly complained very vigorously. So I’ve had to switch to the recliner to rest it for a while
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Surely meetings are better than actual real work...Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
Afternoon all
Bright but cloudy. Breezy. Currently 8 degrees ('feels like' 5) with a high of 9 expected. Chance of light showers. Barometer down to 1001 mBar.
Sunrise 06:20; Sunset 18:02 GMT
I was woken around 1.45 am to the noise of much wind and rain. I then awoke again well before my alarm on account of the unreasonably early time it now gets bright.
A busier morning than a Friday should warrant, but productive. Many meetings this afternoon, which should also be illegal for a Friday.
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Afternoon all
Bright but cloudy. Breezy. Currently 8 degrees ('feels like' 5) with a high of 9 expected. Chance of light showers. Barometer down to 1001 mBar.
Sunrise 06:20; Sunset 18:02 GMT
I was woken around 1.45 am to the noise of much wind and rain. I then awoke again well before my alarm on account of the unreasonably early time it now gets bright.
A busier morning than a Friday should warrant, but productive. Many meetings this afternoon, which should also be illegal for a Friday.
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Morning denizens
The rainy part of the storm has moved on in the night and though it’s still very windy, the sun is shining as the cirrostratus recedes to the east. It’s 5°C but “feels like” -4°, and the expected high for the day is only 9°. The barometers are down to 986/994mB, but expected to rise during the day
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Morning.
Friday. <checks clock: yes, it's Friday>
Damp following torrential rain overnight.
Calm following on from the gales.
Blue sky in parts.
Sunny.
Chilly in here at 13.3 deg, 1? in the kitchen, 10.5 in the leanto.
997 mBar, 29.44 in Hg, 747.8 Torr, 14.46 psi, (up from 994 last night).
Meanwhile on the 20th of March 2020 Brillo, covbob, quackhandle, Phil the Greek, and LM popped in.
Some rain/hail just now, though the sun still shines with a blue sky in parts.
Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: food prog waffling on about bottled water. More of the Bliar Eyerack thing with push having come to shove.
Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked, initially in sunshine, then a sprinkling of rain, then hail, then sun again. Warm, it wasn't.
Now getting outside a mug of mediocre yet consistent coffee.
Tea: Brains faggots with peas & such. Nice enough. Entertainment: PM <click>.
PBS: "Bombshell": how the septics concealed the reality of Hiroshima.
Taggart S8 E4,5,6. "Ring of Deceit".Next week.
Taggart S8 E7 "Fatal inheritance".Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Today, 18:55.
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Morning all
TFIF, etc.
Not raining, and the wind has done a reasonable job in drying off the lanes, even if it is a rather chilly 5C out.
Off to the Arms Park tomorrow.
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It’s been raining extremely heavily here. Eased off slightly now but still going, and it’s still very windy too
I read some more of The Three-Body Problem tonight
Friday tomorrow! And with the shopping done today, I only have one or two errands to run, picking up the monthly prescription and so on
Goodnight all
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When I took the kitchen bin bag out to put in the big bin, I realised there had been rain at some point for the ground was damp.
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Tea: shepherd’s pie
Along with that, the rest of the motorway cops thing I started watching last night
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There were a few spots of rain at lunchtime, but now it’s become very windy and has started teeming down
And in other news: new series of Ambulance on iPlayer!
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Another week done!
Lunch was very late, as I nipped up to Not-as-Big Sainsbury’s for such bits as I needed and by the time I got back, the other dev was ready to start looking at some stuff. So I worked with her on that until we bothgot boreddetermined, in our professional opinions, that the various matters at hand had been fully addressed; after which I had a Pukka steak slice
I meant to fill the car up last week as it only had a quarter of a tank and it was obvious petrol prices were heading upwards. But I forgot, and had to do it today instead at the new, higher price
Judging by such news as I’ve had time to read, this was probably still a lot cheaper than doing it next week
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