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Morning all
Sunny, blue sky with wispy fluff. Currently 17 degrees with a high of 27 expected. Barometer down to 1015 mBar.
Ache from the meagre bit of gardening I did yesterday but more to do today. I'd like to finish the path clearance and deal with the triffids growing on the driveway.
Trying to find someone to do the hedge for me.
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Morning.
Sunday.
Dry.
Sunny.
Blue sky.
Cool in here at 19.1 deg, 20 deg in the kitchen, 19 deg in the leanto.
1008 mBar, 29.766 in Hg, 756.1 Torr, 14.62 psi, (down from 1011 last night), 78% RH (GDR hair), 74% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 27th of September 2019 NF was replete with tinned soup which was problematic in regards of The Big Chicken post roasting so he decided to make stock with the remains instead of soup, whilst his local bin situation was approaching critical, my previous humidity meter thing bit the dust when its chip died, to much distress, and LM had enough of work at 15:30 so went home, plus discussion of scotch eggs and their origins.
Mood not improved this morning by a smoke alarm going off for no reason at 05:15.
It rapidly lost its battery & was very lucky not to meet the club hammer.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Today, 08:38.
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There was a lot going on in Monkey Life today, with Silvestre the young male orangutan moving to Switzerland to take up a new job heading a family over there. Meanwhile in the park, the Argentinian chimps were having problems integrating because the mother/sister got upset when the son/brother was mingling with the other chimps in their group; they only mixed with each other in their old place. So one of them was moved to a different group, and it turned out they were fine with that, and are both settling in a lot better as a result
This evening, I read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, which I've read before but this time it was a different translation. Very good, of course, in both versions
No sign of the aurora so far
Goodnight all
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Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
Judging by some of the photos I've seen online it was really quite striking in parts
Tea was from Nando's. It was very much as one would expect, i.e. nice enough but hardly haute cuisine
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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.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
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
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostNo sign of the aurora borealis last night but there could well be another light show this evening / early Sunday day morning.
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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
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^^ 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.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
That sounds relatively harmless
*unless you have 'manager' in your job title.
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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. Would have been handy had I know it started rather earlier than I expected.
Dixon of Dock Green S20 E16 "Sounds". A phone call to Dock Green is interrupted after 4 words, the hunt is on to find a lady & her little girl.
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: "Flat 2" with John Le Mesurier.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 18:39.
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Morning all
CBS, etc, going to be a good day.
Currently trying to download photos from last night.
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostAnyone 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.
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
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