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Afternoon all
Sunny and warm out although quite cloudy too. Currently 21 degrees with a high of 22 expected. Barometer at 1015 mBar.
So far, the day has gone exceedingly pear shaped. I left my friend's house shortly before 9am. I planned to swing by Waitrose on the way home to pick up a shopping order that was set for collection between 10 and 11. On getting a mere two miles up the road, everything came to a halt on account of a rather large accident on Kingston Road in Hampton Wick. Helpfully, a coach driver blocked the road so no-one could move. All adjacent roads were gridlocked and I sat in queues for a good 90 mins before getting through to a clear patch wherein I could enjoy the 20 mph limits our glorious mayor has seen fit to slap on every road with a tree on it. I got to Waitrose at 11.20 instead of the planned 10am. Fortunately they hadn't deemed me a no-show and my goods were still available for pick up.
Now home, sat, cooling off and deciding what to do next with my day.
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Just had a look on RightMove and Zoopla, and the parental home is no longer listed
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Morning.
Thursday.
Dry.
Grey.
Wanly sunny.
Cool in here at 18.3 deg, 19 deg in the kitchen, 17 deg in the leanto.
1013.5 mBar, 29.92 in Hg, 760.18 Torr, 14.6995 psi, (up for 1011 last night), 71% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 20th of October 2019 I met the late Frank on my walk in the woods: the only other of the 4 of us who did those long walks on a Sunday morning who was then still alive, now I'm the last, and I was wearing some new walking boots (Chinese crap), and I roasted some lamb which shows how things have changed, whereas NF watched "The Thing (1984)" "The Accountant" and MI II, and LM was dealing with VAT.
Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom during which it picked with rain.
Five lawns mown while it was picking with rain: I've irritated a horde of little bumble bees by removing those orange weeds they seem to like.
Lunch: baked spud etc.
Entertainment: TWATO. <click> when it started waffling about association football.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Today, 12:48.
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Morning all
CBS, etc. A very pleasant walk earlier, no jacket required.
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And I see I forgot to bid everybody good night last night! I was feeling tired, but I didn't realise I was that tired
For the record, last night's viewing was the Gloucestershire police night shift thing, followed by reading Black Box on the subject of Concorde and its Russian counterpart
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Morning denizens
It's a grey start again, and not expected to brighten up either - in fact, there's a moderate chance of showers this afternoon. It's fairly mild at 13°C though, with 17° likely later; the barometers are up a bit at 1004/1012mB
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Another day done, yet apparently I'm supposed to do two more this week!
I managed to get a towel wash done and they're drying now, so at least there's a vague sense of accomplishment from that
Sunny spells out and although it's a bit breezy, we aren't getting the cataclysmic winds the weather app seemed to be hinting at this morning
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Afternoon all
This morning started off cloudy but has brightened up considerably. It's currently 22 degrees and that's the high for the day.
Cat sitting has gone ok so far. I popped (is an hour's drive considered a 'pop'?) home this morning to do a load of laundry and generally faff about. Then drove back this afternoon. Cheekily using my friend's tumble dryer to get things dried faster.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
They must be keen: they came in £25K below asking, we went back with £10K below, and they've made a final offer of £15K below and are also willing to wait for probate. My sister and I are ready to bite their hands off, but we're waiting for our brother to OK it - he's probably off walking on a moor or something as he does that most days, but I reckon he'll agree with us when he returns to civilisation
We'd pitched the price fairly high, on the basis that if it didn't sell we could bring it down, but you can't realistically put it up. And we've found a buyer in just nine days
Even better, it's a family who really like the place and want to make a home out of it. Our parents would be much happier with that than if it had gone to some developer or BTL landlord
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Morning.
Wednesday apparently.
Damp.
Grey.
Dreary.
Sunless.
Cool in here at 19 deg, 20 deg in the kitchen, 18 deg in the leanto.
1006 mBar, 29.707 in Hg, 754.56 Torr, 14.59 psi, (up from 1003 last night), 71% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 19th of October 2019 I went for a walk up to the res detailing the changes & deaths of friends that have taken place and the resemblance of the tow headed Bunter to The Judge in BTVS, whereas NF was remembering the week in 2008 where he peered down the cleavage of a young lady from the 4th floor, contrasting this with the 2008 week experienced by Diver when he sawed his hand nearly off, and mentioned the unpaid overtime NF worked getting some on line poll up & running for the following Monday in 2008, LM, on the other hand, bought a new battery for the car.
Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom though I did see my shadow once.
Lunch: scrambled egg etc.
Entertainment: Y&Y <click>
Veronica Mars S3 E8. The Patty Hearst one.
Tea: soup etc.
Veronica Mars S3 E9. And voila! the rapist is revealed and the dean comes to a sticky end.
The Human Jungle "The Wall".
Veronica Mars S3 E10. The monkey one.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 22:38.
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