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[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Depending on when I look out of the window, it's either blue sky with occasional fluff or much fluff. Currently 18 degrees and that's the high for the day. Barometer up a bit to 1017 mBar.

Working this afternoon instead of this morning to attend a meeting that's just been cancelled.

This morning I called BT to cancel my business broadband and telephone line as the contract is up next month. Lovely Weegie lady dealt with it all without any fuss.

[NickFitz]

Lunch, by the way, has been a bacon bap (wholemeal)

[NickFitz]

7:45 to 15:30 at the local comp.

Back in ye mysts of tyme when it was a Grammar it was 09:00 to 16:30 IIRC (which I probably don't, it was possibly 08:45 start, then half an hour spent godbothering for no readily apparent reason).

Is it yet another example of following the septic insanity?

Stone me, according to this some of them are in at 06:30 for breakfast club:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comme...ly_these_days/

Now I think back, our assembly start time in the Upper School was 8:50 to 9:10. That would match up with the lesson times, which I have to work back from lunch to remember: 9:15-9:55, 10:00-10:40, 10:45-11:25, break, 11:45-12:25, 12:30-13:10, and so to lunch.

We only had afternoon lessons on Monday and Friday. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons were sport, and Wednesday the Cadet Force or, in my case, other approved activities

[DoctorStrangelove]

I've been across town and back and had a haircut!

It's a bit of a gamble heading over there very early nowadays, as her husband has terminal cancer and she told me when it started, a year or more ago, that she'll be taking a goodly chunk of time off work when the end comes. But he's hanging in there, assisted by some experimental drug apparently, and there weren't any other early customers, so I was sorted out quick sharp

I was surprised by the amount of traffic on the way over, and then there was less on the way back. Given I also saw some school kids in uniform walking, I assume it was school traffic. School started at nine or a little before in my day, so I don't know what kind of eight o'clock nightmare they're inflicting on kids nowadays

7:45 to 15:30 at the local comp.

Back in ye mysts of tyme when it was a Grammar it was 09:00 to 16:30 IIRC (which I probably don't, it was possibly 08:45 start, then half an hour spent godbothering for no readily apparent reason).

Is it yet another example of following the septic insanity?

Stone me, according to this some of them are in at 06:30 for breakfast club:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comme...ly_these_days/

[NickFitz]

I've been across town and back and had a haircut!

It's a bit of a gamble heading over there very early nowadays, as her husband has terminal cancer and she told me when it started, a year or more ago, that she'll be taking a goodly chunk of time off work when the end comes. But he's hanging in there, assisted by some experimental drug apparently, and there weren't any other early customers, so I was sorted out quick sharp

I was surprised by the amount of traffic on the way over, and then there was less on the way back. Given I also saw some school kids in uniform walking, I assume it was school traffic. School started at nine or a little before in my day, so I don't know what kind of eight o'clock nightmare they're inflicting on kids nowadays

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Thursday judging by the tinkle of glass meeting the recycling truck.

Dry.

Wanly sunny.

Blue sky.

Cool in here at 17.5 deg, 18 deg in the kitchen, 17 deg in the leanto.

1013 mBar, 29.913 in Hg, 759.8 Torr, 14.692323 psi, (up from 1012 last night), 78% RH (GDR hair), 69% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 6th of October 2019 BR14 declared he was fond of chillies, couscous etc, whereas NF had chicken & chips, and I had kippers (presumably stinking the house out thereby), NF followed with Fun With Maps on the telly and more Breaking Bad, as I partook of yet more Jeremiah S2.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom/wan sunshine (with not much of the latter).

No sign of the swans & cygnets on the fishpond, two swans & five or six cygnets on the first pond.

Lunch: baked spud etc.

Entertainment: what feckwhit thought that putting "The bottom line" (calm down Xogg) on at noon was A Good Idea? Followed by Sliced Bread waffling on about contact lenses.

The BM theft thing at 13:45.

Veronica Mars S3 E4 "Charlie don't surf". I love the smell of napalm in the morning. I have no recall of these S3 eps.

Bugger. My mate is now on palliative care. Ho hum.

Tea: soup etc.

Entertainment: refilling some little oil bottles with some of the engine oil that's lived in the garage for decades & will never be used. Good enough to oil hinges & the like. Bit cheaper than buying another little bottle of 3in1.

Entertainment: PM.

Talking Pictures: "The Road to D Day: On the beaches", includes Richard Todd who was a para who dropped on Pegasus Bridge.

[WTFH]

Morning all
Before going out earlier I felt a couple of spits of rain, so put on a light coat, which was completely unnecessary. Blue skies & sunshine all the way.
PM3 has weighed in to the debate again about my travel and PM2 is now scrambling to explain his actions and lack thereof.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Sunny start, though the weather app insists it's mostly cloudy, so the sun must be getting through the gap. Currently 10°C and striving to reach 16° this afternoon, while the barometers are up to 1004/1012mB

[WTFH]

Authorisation still not arrived, but much hilarity has occurred that for another trip, I asked which hotel the client had a special deal at, and got no response so I booked myself into a well known chain where I used to have a black card. A few hours later I was told that I should not have used that hotel as it is too expensive and that the client has a rate at another chain. The client special is £10 per night more than the rate I got. I have offered to book the other contractors into my hotel at my rate. The PMO are unhappy that I have saved the project a few pounds. I’m happy to get some extra points.

Anyway, TFBSZ. Maybe tomorrow I’ll be given the go ahead to book the next trip.

[NickFitz]

Just for a change, early evening viewing was an old Police Interceptors

And then E3 of the D-Day Tapes thing

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Spag bol for tea

Still a pleasant evening to look at, though not as warm as it might be. Looks as if there's some more cloud starting to move in, but maybe that'll stop it getting too chilly overnight

[NickFitz]

Lunch: Heinz tomato soup and white toast

The expected cloud has failed to materialise. If anything, it’s got sunnier

There was a blackbird on the lawn while I was preparing the soup, but it seems to have been an interloper as our regular one showed up and attempted to chivvy it away. They ended up in the corner by the entrance at this side, which the usual guy apparently decided was good enough, strolling nonchalantly away to peck at the grass nearer the middle

[WTFH]

Morning all
A short walk has been walked (5.1km)
The sky was menacingly black looking north, but that has blown through without any precipitation round here.
Already in discussions with project managers about the next few weeks of meetings: what is the purpose of them, who is attending, where are they being held, etc. You know, the important stuff. I've been told 3 different hotels for the first week, and for the next trip, since it was first mooted:
Day 1:
PM1: If you can go, book your flights
Me: I can go, will reorganise a few things.
PM2: Don't book your flights, PM1 is not authorised to ask you as they have not checked with my plan
Day 2:
PM3: We'll let you know today if you should book your flights
Day 3:
PM3: We'll let you know by close of business today if you should book your flights
Day 4:
PM2: Book your flights
Me: These flights are a LOT more expensive than normal.
PM2: Don't book your flights
Day 6:
PM1: Have you booked your flights yet?
Me: These flights are a LOT more expensive than normal, if you're authorising me, I'll book them.
PM1: Give me an estimation for the the full cost of the trip
Me: Researches it all, prices up hotels, parking, mileage, etc
PM1: I'm not sure I should authorise that, but you have to be there. I need to speak to PM4.
Day 7:
Let's see what happens today.

For context: PM1 is full time employed by the client and signs off all time sheets and expenses. The other 3 PMs are contractors brought it to manage different parts of the project.

Day 7 finished with a request by PM2 to re-price the flights, also to price flights for a second trip.
It is now at the point where I will be billing the customer for the amount of time spent pricing travel.
The answer to the first set of flights is that they are now 15% more expensive than they were at the end of last week.
The price for the second trip is roughly the same as the price the first trip was a week ago.

Half way through Day 8 and still no authorisation.

[ladymuck]

Morning Afternoon all

Sunny with lumps of fluff occasionally cluttering up the sky. No rain forecast. Currently 16 degrees with a high of 18 expected. Barometer down a snifter to 1014 mBar.

The small amount of work that can be done in the hours they're willing pay me for has been done and I'm not going to start anything new when clocking off o'clock is in 20 minutes.

[sadkingbilly]

Morning, CBS interspersed with squally showers and HAIL! - in flaming June! - HAIL I tell ye!
FFS.
bloody yorkshire weather.