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Once again I got distracted by Swift and didn't read any more of my book. It would probably help if I didn't keep thinking of the best way to do stuff in Python rather than Swift, given that they're fundamentally different
Sunny with lumps of fluff and quite a stiff breeze. There was a risk of rain around lunchtime that never materialised. Currently 22 degrees and the high was 23. Barometer is down to 1008 mBar.
Today I wandered up to Waitrose to collect a grocery order. I noticed that their online offers (app or website) are often not available when shopping in store. So, I ordered online for collection those discounted items I wanted and then double checked while I was in the shop for any other items that are cheaper in store than online.
Job hunting is not going well. The (often) automated responses suggest that I lack the skill, experience or both for all the roles I'm going for. There seems to be hundreds of people applying for every role despite, if one were to believe such things, there being a skills shortage in the UK... I would hope the skills shortage claims are not for the kind of work I'm looking for and the noise is about brain surgeons and rocket scientists.
Lunch has been the last of the leftover KFC. There's been a lot of it as they had one of those offers where the thing you wanted plus a bunch of other stuff is cheaper than just getting the thing
There was some quite heavy rain this morning, but the cloud is clearing a little and it's brightening up a bit now
Tuesday apparently, though the Lidl(tm) clock is convinced it's Monday with the moon half full.
Still .
Wet.
Dark.
Dank.
Dreary.
Sunless
Cool in here at 19.7 deg, 20.5 deg in the kitchen, 18 deg in the leanto.
1003.5 mBar, 29.63333 in Hg, 752.6868 Torr, 14.5545 psi, (up from 1003 last night), 74% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 3rd of November 2019 there was discussion of crumpets, pikelets, and scrambled egg, while LM attended two church services, one on R4, the other in person at a christening, whereas I was watching yet more BTVS as is only right & proper.
Lunch: breakfast.
Entertainment: The Good Place: remainder of S3. S4.
Tea: soup etc.
Entertainment: Sledge Hammer S1 E1 to E6. Mildly amusing.
Bit of "Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)".
Bit of "A month of Sundays (1989)" aka "Age old Friends": the joys of living in a nursing home.
Sunny start, but with patchy cloud and still quite breezy. Already at 16°C but not getting any higher than 20°, while the barometers are down again at 995/1002mB
I was going to read some more of the book about Spycatcher, but I got distracted by some Swift stuff I've been playing with and got that working instead
Getting very windy out now, and blowing directly at my bedroom. I may shut the window so the blind doesn't fly off and smother me as I sleep
Getting quite windy here - currently 18mph with gusts up to 31mph
There was supposed to be a shower earlier, but no discernible rain resulted. Chance of some more later though.
No news on the fate of the project because the senior person who will inform us wasn't in today, and the other senior folk who might know have been maintaining radio silence
So we all have to continue doing stuff as if there's a point to it, though there almost certainly isn't
Cloudy, dull, a light breeze. Currently 20 degrees with the high of 21 still to come apparently. Feels a lot chillier than the temp would have you believe. No rain forecast but I have a hunch there'll be a shower of some sort, judging by the grey in the clouds. Barometer is up a bit to 1013 mBar.
This morning I have been doing my year end accounts and Q4 VAT return.
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