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[NickFitz]

Not far off finishing SS-GB now. But more Deighton is arriving tomorrow

Goodnight all

[xoggoth]

Funny coincidence. As I said earlier, loony lady 3 was looking for a parasol and then one popped up on Freecycle this morning, don't recall ever seeing one there before. Anyway, I collected it and delivered to her earlier. Seemed brand new and usused. Got her off me back for a bit.

[NickFitz]

For tea: pork cutlet with chips and beans

This was accompanied by a bit of Traffic Cops

Confusion still reigns on the 5 app concerning that. This was an episode from a previous series that’s suddenly appeared, and is numbered several later than the episode that was previously the last. And all but one episode of the subsequent, most recent, series have vanished without a trace just a few weeks after first being on

[NickFitz]

Lunch was a bit of leftover chicken chasseur from Friday

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull and overcast. Currently 11 degrees ('feels like' 9) with a high of 16 expected. Cloud cover expected to dissipate this afternoon. Barometer up to 1026 mBar.

Sunrise 05:39; Sunset 20:20 BST

The Authenticator was good but not the best play I've seen of late. The stage layout was strange and there's a number of seats that would have a very poor view indeed.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday.

Dry.

Windy.

Blue sky in parts.

Sunny.

17 deg in here, 17.5 in the kitchen, 16 in the leanto, 13.6 in the saltinghouse.

1020 mBar, 30.12 in Hg, 765 Torr, 14.794 psi, (up from 1019 last night), 64% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 26th of March 2020 covbob, LM, NF, and I popped in, with me knackered from mowning the lawns the previous day (much like today, really), and covbob receiving calls from a pimp about an opportunity as a gasfitter , with the Leicester plague victim count reaching 32, up from the 24 of the day before, with the passing double decker being completely empty (apart from, one suspects, the driver).

Washing out on the line.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the cold wind and no sunshine. Duw it was cold. Could have done with an extra layer. Saw my shadow towards the end.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Y&Y waffling on about park run. <click>

Cleaning springs in the front bedroom. Moved the unit for the first time in 6 years. Surprising lack of spideriness behind it, though something has been making a meal of woodlice.

Now getting outside a mug of mediocre yet consistent coffee, though this new jar seems a little different from the previous one. I have become my father.

Sheets in off the line since there's a definite hint of rain in the air: now airing over the banisters. Yesterday they'd have been bone dry by now: today, not so much.

Moved some books that haven't been moved for years & irritated a spider that was living there.

Tea: soup etc. Entertainment: PM.

Nothing of note on the idiot lantern this evening.

Book. Other book.

Freecell score: 83%, running average: 84%. Looks like I've worn out that box by playing Freecell. I'm running out of boxes to play it on.

Book. Other book.

Turned tv on. Turned tv off.

Inside Trump's Head: Mellania. .

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

I forgot to record that there was some quite heavy rain in the early evening yesterday as a belt of rather stormy weather passed over us, fading into drizzle later. Today seems likely to continue being a bit gloomy and getting windy later, but no further rain is predicted… though neither was yesterday’s. It’s 7°C but “feels like” 1° and the forecast high is 14°. The barometers remain optimistic though, being up to 1015/1023mB

[WTFH]

Morning all
Overcast, with the chance of drizzle at 9am.
Early dog walk due to 8am meeting.

[NickFitz]

This evening’s viewing was the fourth episode of the thing about the ferry Estonia, in which they got heavily into the conspiracy theory about the Russians sinking it because Sweden and MI6 were using it to smuggle secret Russian military equipment to the west after the fall of the USSR

And tonight, more of SS-GB in which the plot is thickening in interesting and unexpected ways

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been chicken casserole, being the one I made the other week, with chips

Very tasty casserole, that. Luckily, I remember roughly what I added in terms of seasoning and the like, so I ought to be able to replicate it in the future

[NickFitz]

First day back was much as one might expect

I hadn’t looked at the stuff I’m working on in nearly three weeks, because of being off last week and dealing with the urgent year-end stuff the week before. Once I got it deployed to the hotfix environment, I immediately spotted a minor UI bug resulting from the transition to the new financial year, so that was handy

I’d also forgotten that I’d added quite a few tests just before I set it aside to deal with other stuff, which are proving useful in reminding me what I thought I was up to at that point

[NickFitz]

Have you read "Goodbye Mickey Mouse"?

I haven’t! I’ve added it to the list

I think the only other thing I’ve read by him is Bomber. Most remiss of me

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Sunny, occasional wisps, breezy. Currently 20 degrees ('feels like' 23) with a high of 21 expected. Barometer down to 1024 mBar.

Sunrise 05:41; Sunset 20:18 BST

Woken up in the wee hours by windy noises. I refused to look at the clock to see what time it was.

Busy morning of meetings. This afternoon is looking much more reasonable.

Off to the theatre to see The Authenticator this evening.

[xoggoth]

Eggcellent! Just got a cheque in the post for nearly £1300 from an investment company I used to use following a review of their advice service. Hadn't noticed any major problems with it.

[NickFitz]

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