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[NickFitz]

More Rumpole read. They're a pleasant enough way to pass the time

On the subject of crime, I saw the video (the one from just in front of the stage, not the one from further back) of that pro-gun chap getting an extremely brief opportunity to reconsider his views before he was completely exsanguinated. Not a pretty sight, and it was perfectly obvious he must have been dead in seconds, no matter how long it took for that fact to be officially confirmed. I suppose those who live by the Second Amendment must be prepared to die by the Second Amendment

Thursday tomorrow!

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been beef and ale stew, with a crust of the excellent white loaf for dunking

This was accompanied by the second part of Tsunami 2004: The Day the Wave Hit on 4

It rained this afternoon, then brightened up, then it went gloomy again and seems to be raining some more

Meanwhile, the squirrels are back on their thing of getting conkers from the tree out the back, bringing them along the garden wall, over the roof of some garages, round the end of the adjacent block, across the drive, and out in front of our block where they finally eat them, leaving the remains of the spiky cases scattered around. I have no idea why they do this rather than just eating them where they get them

[ladymuck]

Despite some unreasonable rain, the builders finished the blockwork and got the first layer of render on top, all while working under a makeshift tarpaulin tent. It's all covered up to protect it overnight and hopefully it'll dry enough for the whatever comes next.

Catching up on Only Connect.

[sadkingbilly]

Afternoon all
lunch was toasted camembert on sourdough with cranberry sauce.
now attempting to remove melted camembert from moustache
no rain here yet.
hardly had any for months

[NickFitz]

Lunch: a Pukka sausage roll

There's been some rain this morning but it's brightened up now, albeit still with lots of big white fluffy things drifting about; it's quite windy too. More rain's expected to pass over us this afternoon; it was originally scheduled for this evening, but the wind must have blown it here sooner

[ladymuck]

Raining, with quite some enthusiasm.

[xoggoth]

Second really awful night's sleep in a row. Will probably crawl along to coffee meet up with local history society people a bit later. Book reading thing this afternoon and I ain't read nowt!

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Wednesday.

Wet. Persistently wet.

Was misty. Can see across the valley now, boyo.

Grey.

Sunless. Of course it is: it's Fair Week.

Cooler in here at 18.7 deg, 19 in the kitchen, 17.5 in the leanto.

995 mBar, 29.38 in Hg, 746.3 Torr, 14.43 psi, (down from 1001 last night), 73% RH (Lidl electric).

Seemed a reasonable night's sleep: woke about 07:50 ish with the good Rabbi waffling on about something in thought for the day. I rather miss Lionel Blue.

Meanwhile on the 14th of February 2020 Brillo popped in, BR14 had "fun" in the pub with some obnoxious tories, and there was much discussion of half remembered films, including "Lucy" (not she who must not be mentioned), which NF watched, and STIII and STIV which I watched, whereas WTFH "hit the wall" and went to bed.

Freecell score in the ongoing drizzle: 100%, running average: 84%.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Y&Y waffling on about stuff, one of said stuffs was some recruitment scam or other that ends up with the scammers taking out loans that you know nothing about until the bill arrives. Ah, even worse: it's a Universal Credit loan. With the usual lack of joined up anything that might be expected of the government.

Just been potching with a Cambridge Instruments Electrodynamic Ammeter that I liberated from Ye Olde Sloughe of Desponde 10 or more years ago.

It worked. Lovely thing: mahogany case with big mirror scale meter. It agreed with my AVO8 on AC current.

Here's what it looks like:

https://www.richardsradios.co.uk/Cam...20ammeter.html

except mine is 0.5A and 1A, not 2A and 20A.

Oh dear, how sad, never mind: The Reichsleiter is no longer the richest man in the world, having been overtaken by Ellison. .

Short walk earlier since I couldn't stand staying in here any longer: it immediately pissed down.

Tea: Tesco battered cod etc.

Entertainment: PM.

Leopard spotted rocks on Mars. Oooer, Mrs. And that weird comet thing. Signs & portents in the heavens.

Doomed etc.

Sun's out & it's pissing down.

Entertainment: that ginger woman waffling on about vacuum cleaners. Much better than the passport one last week.

Maigret rents a room. The very episode from last Saturday "Maigret and the cactus".

Possibly the end of "Memory" with that Liam Neeson chap.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull and overcast. Chilly breeze. Currently 16 degrees with a high of 18 expected. Rain forecast off and on all day. Barometer down to 1004 mBar.

Sunrise 06:28; Sunset 19:27 BST

Rain not helpful for the builders, one of whom has just turned up. It'll also make a mess of my floors as they have to tramp through the flat due to successive home owners claiming the back alleys as part of their gardens. There are sheets down to mitigate the worst of it.

[WTFH]

Morning all
Rain overnight, but made it round the walk without too much precipitation. The rain is now a tad persistent.

The wife got her first Destination X message from Rob Brydon last night, so I really need to get the last few designed and generated. It's amazing what you can do with AI, it's not just a cheat for poor coders, but it allows us to create messages using famous peoples' voices.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Cloudy start but with gaps starting to open up to the east and south, which are already beginning to let sunny spells through. Chance of rain in the next couple of hours: 80%. It'll remain less warm, being 13°C and reaching 18° this afternoon, while the barometers are heading back down at 991/999mB

[NickFitz]

I ended up watching the rest of the Gloucestershire police thing. And then I read a little more Rumpole

Wednesday tomorrow, which means I'm already halfway through the working week!

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Oh gawd. Knock on door and went to find an emergency ambulance outside. Wrong house, me lady neighbour must be having problems yet again.

At least they hadn't come to cart you away

[ladymuck]

The builders knocked a big whole in the wall, taking the existing bricks out and cleaning them up. Then started rebuilding it. I reckon the wall will be done tomorrow and then it'll need a render a coat of paint.

At least they had a good day for it.

[NickFitz]

Tea: Sainsbury's TTD beer-battered cod fillet, with chips and beans

To watch with this, the Gloucestershire police night shift programme, or rather the first half of an episode thereof. They're chasing suspected burglars along the disused railway line in Cheltenham, now a cycle and foot path, that I used to walk along to get from the station back to the town centre when I had a gig in Bromsgrove whilst living there