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[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Grey. Dull. Currently 9 degrees and that's it for the day. My weather app has stopped lying about the chances of sunshine in the afternoon. Barometer continues its downward trend and is now at 1022 mBar.

Went to the farmers' market this morning and bought a load of stuff that will end up in the freezer as there's no way I'll eat it all before I go away on Monday.

A chap is coming round this afternoon to fit something above the kitchen door that my landlady thinks will stop torrents of rain coming in (apparently easier than fixing the guttering? A somewhat short sighted solution but I guess that's what happens when a house is converted into two flats and the freehold is shared).

Bed has been stripped and the various items are in the process of being washed.

Packing has commenced for next week's jolly. I don't like packing for a chilly trip as warm clothes take up far too much room. Apparently sales tax is high in Seattle so that, plus the mandatory tip one has to give everyone you breathe near or else you'll be branded a communist and thrown out of the country, means eating out will cost about 25-30% more than you'd think.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey day, just for a change. Getting colder though: it's 9°C and that's as much as we're getting. The barometers are down some more at 1012/1020mB

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday apparently, though I had the impression it was Wednesday when I woke.

Grey.

Dark.

Sunless.

Dry.

Chilly in here at 15.3 deg, 15 deg in the kitchen, 14 deg in the leanto.

1019.7 mBar, 30.111 in Hg, 764.84 Torr, 14.789 psi, (up from 1019 last night), 66% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 29th of November 2019 there were burglaries near xogg, next door's idle git had used that lawn mower 3 times over the summer, and I was watching BTVS & Angel, with a thing about the V1 and the V2 and Little Boy thrown in for good measure.

[NickFitz]

Tonight's major motion picture premiere was The Witch: Part 2 - The Other One (2022), being the sequel to the one I watched last week, which I assume was about the other one

As before, it was very good in its way. And as before, it seemed from the ending that the intention is to continue the story, so with luck it'll turn into a trilogy, giving me an excuse to rewatch both of them first and maybe work out what the hell was going on

Speaking of working out what the hell was going on, I then rewatched Inception (2010) and I think I finally understood what was going on this time! At this rate, I may even be ready to give Tenet another go

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Thought I got hardly any sleep last night but my snoring/swearing recorder tells me its wasn't bad at all and I had quite a decent not tired day. Volunteer litter pick this morning chatting to another old fart and loony lady 1 walk this afternoon.

She's a bit stressed out due to the absurd increases in her leasehold service charge fees, seems to be a national problem:

How London's soaring service charges are hitting homeowners - BBC News

Our service charges have gone up quite a bit, but we also got a thing explaining why which made a lot of sense. The lift, which I like because I reckon it's the original 1960s one, will need to be replaced in fifteen years or so; the roof of the block will need doing some time in the next twenty years; and a whole load of other stuff like that, looking thirty or so years into the future. The idea is we build up the reserves now, and then we don't get hit with massive one-off charges every couple of years. Makes sense to me, but of course we're in the fortunate situation that nobody profits from the increase. I'd be unhappy about it if it was just lining somebody's pockets

[xoggoth]

Thought I got hardly any sleep last night but my snoring/swearing recorder tells me its wasn't bad at all and I had quite a decent not tired day. Volunteer litter pick this morning chatting to another old fart and loony lady 1 walk this afternoon.

She's a bit stressed out due to the absurd increases in her leasehold service charge fees, seems to be a national problem:

How London's soaring service charges are hitting homeowners - BBC News

[NickFitz]

You heartless bastard. . .

I know! So much for solidarity with the working class

But it just pissed me off that I'd cancelled my plans for the morning and waited around on tenterhooks (because UPS don't have a map you can check like the others) only for the git to lie about me not being here

Tea has been a rack of ribs and chips - well, about half of a rack as this variety from Sainsbury's is actually big enough for two people, as confirmed by the assertion "Serves 4" on the packet

[DoctorStrangelove]

You heartless bastard. . .

[NickFitz]

I whined at UPS on Twitter and they actually responded, requesting the details via DM

As a result, I just had a phone call from them. They checked the driver's GPS and reckon he was within a minute's drive of here but not actually here, so he's in for a bollocking for fabricating a failed delivery

However, he's now finished for the day so all they can do is make sure it gets delivered on Monday; in other words, the same outcome for me as if I'd never bothered moaning at them

Oh, and I assume this means that on Monday, I'm expected to answer the door to a bloke who's just been given grief by his boss specifically because of me

[NickFitz]

When I got back from shopping, one of the crows was wandering around the lawn a few feet away from where I parked. It completely ignored the car, but I wondered if it might fly off, or at least move away across the lawn, when I got out. No, it turned out: it carried on strutting about the place, completely ignoring me. At least it didn't chase me away like a squirrel

[NickFitz]

Shopping done!

I also made a minor detour on the way back to pop into M&S and then over to W. H. Smith's, where I bought a copy of Commando #5800 Cannonball Casey

They only had two copies left so I just bought one, as I have some on their way in the post. My brother bought every copy at Meadowhall, but there's bound to be a kid out there who tries to get every issue but has to wait until their parents take them to the retail park at the weekend, so I thought I'd give them a fair chance

[ladymuck]

Oh great, now they've pulled the "Delivery attempted" stunt

[NickFitz]

Oh great, now they've pulled the "Delivery attempted" stunt

I suppose I can go shopping now

[NickFitz]

FFS. "We have updated your delivery time" - yes, it now says "By the end of the day" so don't go pinning your hopes on winning that "most informative delivery service" award any time soon

[ladymuck]

Cheese omelette for lunch