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[NickFitz]

Another day done, another week done!

As soon as I’d finished, I popped down to the Corolla and cleaned out a load of the rubbish therein: old receipts, empty water bottles, old carrier bags, etc. I know for a fact that at least a couple of things from the back of the boot (well, the front; away from the door) have been sitting in there since some time when I was working in Cambridge, so probably around 2012

And then I set to work with the fancy handheld vacuum cleaner I’ve just bought specifically for this purpose. The interior is looking a lot better now - well, to the extent that I could tell, as it was nearly dark when I’d finished

There was a trace of dried mud on the rear seat which came from putting my Dad’s wheelchair in there when I was taking him to see Mum in hospital, so that was nearly three years old, and the car wasn’t exactly clean and tidy then

I have no idea if the theory about garages doing a worse job if a car appears untidy and neglected are true but, if so, they’ll have no excuse this time

[NickFitz]

Lunch: Heinz tomato soup and white toast

I had been thinking of heading to Sainsbury's, but not only is it a bit stressful cramming it in over lunch, I was also expecting an Amazon delivery that I'd have to be in to give a one-time code for: 16TB across two external SSDs. As the AI bros' insane business model means there'll be a global shortage of RAM this year (and probably next), I figured I'd stock up while I still could

These duly arrive around 12:30, so I now have about 40TB of SSDs to hand, not to mention innumerable hard drives. This means I should be OK for storing stuff until the bubble bursts and sanity returns

However, it then occurred to me that I don't need much by way of shopping, and tomorrow morning I'll be dropping the car off for its MOT and service at 8:30 in the morning. The car vet is close to the city centre, just outside the inner ring road; our city centre isn't really very big. So it's only a short walk from there to the market, where I can get such meat and veg as I require! And with that done, I can either get the bus back, or walk if the weather's bearable

[Pondlife]

Good morning. Happy Friday eve.

Wind 8 kt from the North
Temperature 5°C
Humidity 87%
Pressure 1003 hPa
Visibility 10 km or more
Scattered clouds at a height of 1400 ft
Scattered clouds at a height of 2000 ft

Hints of blue above the grey.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Thursday.

Damply dry.

Calm.

Blue sky in parts.

Wanly sunny.

Chilly in here at 12.4 deg, 10.5 in the kitchen, 8 in the leanto.

997.5 mBar, 29.456 in Hg, 748.2 Torr, 14.467 psi, (up from 988 last night), 61% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 17th of March 2020 AndyGarbs, xogg, LM, NF, and I popped in. It was very quiet out there. LM had health food for lunch. .

4 deg in the saltinghouse.

Since it was sunny I did a quick wash, which has been out on the line not drying much ever since. Went grey immediately of course. All would have dried in an instant in yesterday's semigale.

Walk (towpath, unabbreviated) walked in the wan sunshine/grey gloom.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: The Bottom Line: workplace bullying. Oh for 9x19. .

Stuff in off the line still damp: that requiring the iRon received its attentions: airing upstairs.

Book. Other book. Book. Other book. TD goes beep.

Tea: beans on toast plus baked spud. Nice enough. Tinned pears: like concrete FFS.

Entertainment: PM. Mostly seems to be about someone who's about to fall down some stairs, accidently, like.

[WTFH]

Morning all
Very light drizzle after 6, but that had stopped by 7:45. Didn't hear the dawn chorus for some reason.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey and damp out, though the rain has recently stopped and there’s supposed to be some sun making its way through the haze, though it’s also supposed to have turned overcast by 9am. It’s 2°C yet “feels like” -3°, maybe reaching 5° for a bit this afternoon, and the barometers are down some more at 986/994

But: Thursday!

[NickFitz]

This evening's viewing was an episode of The True Story of My Murder on iPlayer, about a young women from Swansea who was killed and dumped in a suitcase by her husband

In Peace and War, strange things are starting to happen to the gallivanters among the stars…

Thursday tomorrow!

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

For tea tonight, the shepherd’s pie I started preparing yesterday. I experimented a bit with the herbs and spices when making this, and it turned out very well

Rain has started and will supposedly continue until around sunrise tomorrow. Not very heavy though, or not yet

[NickFitz]

Lunch: a ham bap (white). This involved some TTD cranberry & orange glazed ham that I’d forgotten buying last week, and it’s very nice

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Wednesday.

Dry (currently).

Grey.

Wanly sunny if you use imagination.

Windy.

Chilly in here at 12 deg, 10 in the kitchen, 8 in the leanto.

997.5 mBar, 29.456 in Hg, 748.2 Torr, 14.467 psi, (down from 1005 last night), 63% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 17th of March 2020 Brillo, covbob, LM, NF, WTFH and I popped in, though WTFH despatched his mrs to buy all the wine in Dorking, and I found that the road outside was remarkably quiet.

Walk (abbreviated, towpath) walked in the easterly gale. Strewth it was chilly out there.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: my tinnitus

Book. Other book. Other other book. Other other other book that was referred to in other other book and which, by sheer coincidence, was readily available on the bookshelf and will return there but is added to the queue.

Tea: battered cod: dunno if it's battered or breadcrumbed but it's not haddock. Entertainment: PM with more examples to illustrate the incompetence of the governing class. I'd shoot the lot to encourage the others.

At least there's sommat to watch this evening.

Scotland Yard "Inside Information (1957)": the stiff on the November 5th bonfire one.

Abandoned Engineering (probably not since I think the last one was last week).

WWI: the people's story. 3/3. The fight to the end. <click>

Bad Skin Clinic: pustulent goodness. I've now watched enough of these to have achieved 100% in a medical quiz a couple of days ago. . Woman with PCOS and rosacea. Woman with a lipoma. Woman with a keloid on her ear. Chap with astounding psoriasis.

Just realised it's more than 3 years since I stopped cooking stuff. Which is why there are spiders' webs in the oven.

Elementary S1 E14 "The deductionist".

Part II of the tsunami thing.

[WTFH]

Morning all
Breezy, cold and constant drizzle here. Not a pleasant walk, but it achieved what it needed to.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s cloudy but not in a grey way - more dappled, high, thin cloud. Not warm though; 2°C that “feels like” -6° due to the wind, and a brief spell of 5° this afternoon as the high spot, though it’ll be even windier - the weather app talks of “wintry conditions from 10:00”. The snow that was predicted for tonight is now expected to be rain instead, which I suppose is something. The barometers are down again at 995/1003mB

[ladymuck]

^^ Thanks for the reminder, I need to book mine in for a service.



Morning all

The sun is not yet ris. Cloudy. Chilly in the breeze. Currently 3 degrees ('feels like' -1) with a high of 5 expected. It might snow around 6pm. Barometer down to 1009 mBar

Sunrise 07:09; Sunset 17:22 GMT

On my way to gig3 clientCo offices. Knackered, rubbish sleep. It's going to be a very long day today.

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s viewing was a NEW! episode of Police Interceptors, still in Northants

And later I continued with Peace and War, in which the veterans of the Forever War are starting to find life with the hive mind clones that pass for Mankind nowadays - well, thenadays - a little wearing. Relativity to the rescue!

Earlier today, I booked the car in for its MOT and a service on Friday. I’m not sure whether to get the shopping done on Thursday, or do it after the car’s ready. Anyway, it’s only Wednesday tomorrow so there’s still time to decide

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been belly pork braised in cider, with chips

And having started that in the oven on a very low temperature this afternoon, I was also busy in the kitchen at teatime, frying up the mince, onion and so on for a shepherds pie. That’s in the dish it’ll be baked in, cooling down, and can spend the night in the fridge; I’ll chuck the mash on top and cook it tomorrow evening

No pancakes this year as I didn’t realise it was Shrove Tuesday until too late