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[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

As expected, the grey weather continues. The wind must have dropped a bit though, as the current 5°C only “feels like” 2°. The expected high is 7° later in the afternoon, and the night ahead will be pretty mild too. The barometers are down an amount that makes no difference at 1023/1031mB

Amazon are circling with a couple of parcels, yet no matter how many different parts of the neighbourhood they go to according to the map, they remain seven stops away

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Dry.

Grey.

Wanly hints of sunly.

Chilly in here at 12.8 deg, 11.5 in the kitchen, 8 in the leanto, 6 in the saltinghouse.

1028.75 mBar, 30.38 in Hg, 771.6 Torr, 14.92 psi, (up from 1028.5 last night), 60% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 8th of March 2020 Brillo popped in a lot, LM & NF discussed the best treatment for muscular injuries, whilst all of us discussed the ongoing assorted non covid lurgies with which we were afflicted, and I cooked a very nice piece of beef and an equally nice rice pud.

This morning's excitement was the inexplicable failure of the inner pane of the landing window which smashed itself and deposited glass all over the stairs and the dvd library.

Amazingly enough I managed not to cut my feet whilst searching for the source of the loud bang at 07:30ish, despite all the glass on the stairs.

Cleared away now but I'll have to run the Orange Vax over the stairs to catch all the fine bits of glass that the dustpan & brush missed.

What is life if full of woe, woe, and thrice woe?

[NickFitz]

They deigned to give us some wildlife repeats today, which were topped up this evening by E1 of Planet Earth III on iPlayer

And tonight, I started reading There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm, this being the rewritten v2 that was recently published. If you’re familiar with v1 at the SCP Wiki and/or in the self-published editions, you have to get used to the Foundation becoming the Organisation and the SCPs becoming the Unknowns, but there are also some structural changes and certain aspects of the story have been changed, tightened up, and so on. It’s still excellent stuff though

Goodnight all

[DoctorStrangelove]

Om

[DoctorStrangelove]

Tiddley pom ti

[NickFitz]

For tea tonight, I tried a new-to-me Indian place. I’m not sure why I hadn’t tried them before as they’re quite close by, in what’s generally thought of as the poshest area of the city - estate agents try to claim that where I live is there, but it’s not

Turns out they do the deliveries themselves, so I was denied the pleasure of watching on a map as they got closer. I went down to wait at the front door as soon as I was notified that they’d set off, and only had to wait a minute or two before it arrived, as they were in a car. It turned out to be very nice indeed, and excellent portions

I’m glad I only went for the “a little spicier” option when the form asked how hot I wanted it, as it was pretty hot! This is one of the perils of living in a city where so many people are of Indian heritage. The next option up was “desi hot” and I know enough to realise that I surely wouldn’t be able to handle that

[NickFitz]

local private dentist opens Monday. i'm hoping they can sort it (for ~£100 or so, i guess) and only £4 away from home
antibio's should be here Monday, too.
fingers crossed it doesn't get too bad, too fast.

Good luck! Dental abscesses are awful; hope they can sort it out quickly

[NickFitz]

Lunch: ham toasties

The ham ought to have been eaten by yesterday, but I daresay it’ll be fine. It still smelt and tasted like ham

[sadkingbilly]

Ouch! Sorry to hear that SKB, not a fun situation to be in. Will taxis to the emergency dentist be a bit more reasonable next week, if you can hang on a bit?

local private dentist opens Monday. i'm hoping they can sort it (for ~£100 or so, i guess) and only £4 away from home
antibio's should be here Monday, too.
fingers crossed it doesn't get too bad, too fast.

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

Back to grey here, and expected to continue so for most of the year. It’s 7°C (but “feels like” 0°) and that’s as good as it'll get today. The barometers are much the same as they were elsewhere yesterday: 1025/1033mB

The new bedding proved to be very comfy

[ladymuck]

Ouch! Sorry to hear that SKB, not a fun situation to be in. Will taxis to the emergency dentist be a bit more reasonable next week, if you can hang on a bit?

[xoggoth]

Gawd. Hope gets better soon skb. Fortunate here, there's an emergency dental thing about 15 miles away. Had to use them once.

Walk with youngest of my 3 loony ladies later, looks nice & sunny tho cold.

[sadkingbilly]

morning all


merry christmas and all that good stuff.
Santa brought me an abscess in my jaw.
arrived Xmas morning, and is now like a golf ball.
I live (like most uk peeps) in a dental services desert, so i ordered some antibiotics from t'internet, but won't be here 'til Monday, cos the whole feckin country closes down for the religious holiday
111 offered me a dentist appointment 35 miles away on boxing day.
with buses every two hours, and taxis charging double bubble (£70 each way), i declined.
I DO hope it doesn't get much worse before Monday.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Cloudy but with plenty of gaps. Dry. Currently 5 degrees ('feels like' 3) with a high of 7 expected. Barometer up to 1043 mBar.

Sunrise 08:48; Sunset 15:49 GMT

HWMBO has made some three bird concoction out of goose, chicken and pheasant that will be the centerpiece of today's family dinner. He's also made a Dundee cake (which smells amazing) and some mince pies, using a mincemeat I made in 2021 which has preserved remarkably well and tasted pretty good.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday apparently, though who knows these days?

Dry.

Grey.

Hints of sun.

Chilly in here at 12.4 deg, 10 deg in the kitchen, 8 deg in the leanto.

1028.5 mBar, 30.37 in Hg, 771.44 Torr, 14.92 psi, (up from 1027 last night), 60% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 8th of March 2020 eek popped in and LM found it a lovely sunny day until suddenly it wasn't any more, though it was still clement where NF was, however BR14 was glum & a bacon sandwich didn't cure it, whereas my leg was still painful though all the unguents did help a bit, as recommended by Doctor Fitz. .

Walk (towpath, unabbreviated) walked, plus a shorter trip to the Gnoll.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: FOOC.

Book. Other book.

Tea: soup etc.

Entertainment: Maigret "A crime for Xmas (1961)" which was shown a month ago. Having been awake since 04:00 I dozed through bits of that.

"Lives well lived": Robert Redfort, Gene Hackman, Diane Keaton, Cleo Lane then Norman Tebbit <click> Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii (1972): Echoes. <click> Patricia Routledge, Prunella Scales, Brian Wilson.

Now halfway through some random bottle of white wine I found at the back of a cupboard. Made a change from yesterday's red something or other.