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[ladymuck]

Some potching about has been done in the front garden. Half the path has been cleared before my knees complained too much and it's now possible to get through the gate without feeling like you're in an Indiana Jones film.

[ladymuck]

I'll keep an eye out tonight. I may even pop down the road to the park as that has a good, unobstructed view to the north and is very dark at night, which will presumably help if the aurora's a bit faint

Judging by some of the photos I've seen online it was really quite striking in parts

[NickFitz]

No sign of the aurora borealis last night but there could well be another light show this evening / early Sunday day morning.

I'll keep an eye out tonight. I may even pop down the road to the park as that has a good, unobstructed view to the north and is very dark at night, which will presumably help if the aurora's a bit faint

[NickFitz]

Meanwhile on the 27th of September 2019 NF had remembered to start the WM he'd forgotten to start the day before…

That reminds me, I need to stick some laundry on

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Another bright day, though there's a very high, fine haze to moderate the glare of the sun's rays a little. This will also keep the temperature slightly in check, being 19°C now but only reaching 22° this afternoon, as opposed to yesterday's 23°. The barometers are slightly down but not to an extent that will make a difference, being 1010/1017mB

[ladymuck]

^^ I have strategically avoided all roles with 'manager' in the title for my entire career, for that very reason



Morning all

Sunny with some high level hazy fluff. Currently 18 degrees with a high of 24 expected. Barometer down a touch to 1024 mBar.

No sign of the aurora borealis last night but there could well be another light show this evening / early Sunday day morning.

Today I'm going to see a flat that I think is set up to be an HMO but the agent says definitely not. Not enthused by it at all but this more about keeping up agent contacts to make sure I get viewings.

[sadkingbilly]

That sounds relatively harmless

Yes, - mostly harmless*

*unless you have 'manager' in your job title.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday.

Dry.

Sunny.

High overcast.

Cool in here at 18.1 deg, 19.5 in the kitchen, 18 deg in the leanto.

1015 mBar, 29.98 in Hg, 761.54 Torr, 14.73 psi, (down from 1017 last night), 77% RH (GDR hair), 76% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 27th of September 2019 NF had remembered to start the WM he'd forgotten to start the day before, my WM was in use though drying stuff on the line looked unlikely, WTFH had been for a dry dog walk but the rain started before the hens & guinea fowl were fettled, my book of the then moment was "A Bright Shining Lie", a tale of corruption & incompetence during the Vietnam War (thank feck Wilson managed to keep us out of that debacle), whereas the Bus Pass frenzy had abated somewhat.

Shopping trip to Morrisons done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the searing heat of noon.

Lunch: scrambled egg etc.

Entertainment: 13 o'clock news. Bit of Any Questions with the usual lying politicos. Bit of NZ Highway Patrol (the one where the lady cop fills the radiator on an ute with her bottled fizzy water). Bit of ST VI, but it was after the assassination bit and the Shakespeare in the original Klingon quote so I turned it off.

Tea: soup etc.

Entertainment: PM.

Scotland Yard: "The Grand Junction Case (1961)": the one with the bits of body in the canal.

Dixon of Dock Green

The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre:

[WTFH]

Morning all
CBS, etc, going to be a good day.
Currently trying to download photos from last night.

[NickFitz]

Anyone see the Northern Lights? Apparently they should have been visible to most people across the UK this evening, assuming you're at a decent height and away from light pollution.

Didn't know to look, and north from my flat is through the rest of the block so I'd need augmented vision, or to stick my head out of the window. I even saw somebody's tweet earlier about heavy solar weather heading our way, but didn't think to keep an eye out

Tonight's major motion picture premiere was BlackBerry (2023) about the once-successful phone company, and showing the usual signs of maybe not being as closely based on the true story as an historian would like. Very entertaining though

And then a rewatch of Ex Machina (2014) because it's nice to be reminded that one day the machines will rise and destroy us all, which will save us the incessant bother of having to program them if they're to accomplish the most trivial of tasks

Finally, a couple more episodes of The Wire, moving along from S3 to S4 in the process

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

Anyone see the Northern Lights? Apparently they should have been visible to most people across the UK this evening, assuming you're at a decent height and away from light pollution.

[NickFitz]

Tea has been those homemade adana lamb kebabs, grilled, in a pitta bread with sweet chilli sauce; and fries

Very nice, those kebabs, but I think I might bump up the chilli level from the recipe's recommended amount next time I make them. I'm not one of those people who likes things insanely hot, but I think they could stand to have a little bit more of a kick to them

Lovely evening out, or at least it looks it from up here. Second day in a row that I've had every window in the flat open all day

[ladymuck]

HWMBO is cooking a goat curry.

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Scorchio! Blazing sunshine unhindered by the occasional lumps of fluff. Currently 24 degrees and it may make it to 25. Barometer down to 1024 mBar.

Lazy morning. Was informed by the letting agent that the landlady has decided to take an offer from another person who agreed a 5 year fixed term with the furniture. Then HWMBO and I took a drive to my storage unit in Chiswick to see what I had in there (not a lot) and take a look at a slightly larger unit in case I need to store more furniture. My currently unit will easy will take my fridge freezer the BBQ plus additional assorted junk.

I do find it very interesting that the Renters (Reform) Bill, that is pending its second reading in the Lords next week, will remove fixed term tenancies in favour of all ASTs being periodic rolling contracts. It surprises me that landlords and agencies are heavily pushing fixed term tenancies even though they will all covert to periodic tenancies some time after the bill comes into force. Maybe they all think it won't get through or is far enough away that they can still push for 5 year terms.

[NickFitz]

Lunch was some more Southern-not-fried chicken from the freezer. Been there since last autumn, I suspect. Anyway, there's a couple more drumsticks from this lot to eat and that'll be all of that particular form of leftover disposed of

Lunch yesterday, BTW, was Heinz tomato soup and white toast. Can't have the record remaining incomplete