Pea soup for lunch, which reminds me of the old joke: What's the difference between roast beef and pea soup?
You can roast beef.
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Lunch: Heinz oxtail soup with white toast
Last tin of oxtail, so I'll have to stock up. Sainsbury's were giving me a hefty Nectar price discount on four-packs of tomato the other week, so I've got loads of that now
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Snow falling heavier now. Not settling much out the front, but I suspect the back may be different.
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New clientCo made all the right "outside" noises and then say I have to book non billing days as "annual leave". I get they need time tracking for invoicing to client and monitoring PO burn down but surely I can just leave a non billing day as blank?
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Morning.
Thursday which this week is Thursday.
Dry.
Sunny.
Cold, very, 11.3 deg in here, 10 deg in the kitchen, 8 deg in the leanto, 2 deg in the saltinghouse.
1000 mBar, 29.53 in Hg, 750 Torr, 14.5 psi, (unchanged), 72% RH (GDR hair), 62% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 1st of August 2019 WTFH was still asking "Are you sure?"..
This morning's nightmare involved me being seconded from Ye Sloughe of Desponde to Cardiff Uni and some unidentified Uni somewhere else where I turned up not wearing trousers. Most odd. At least I had a nice white shirt on. WTF? Glad to wake up.
Entertainment: Wasteland: electronics waste.
Walk (abbreviated) walked in the biting cold.
Lunch: baked spud etc.
Entertainment: Y&Y gap finders: chap with perfume company. Y&Y sliced bread: xmas trees..
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Preparing a baked potato in microwave last night and must have set it wrong, came down to a kitchen full of smoke. Had to open all the doors and windows, just what you want to do in winter when you've already had the heating on. Wot an eeedeeeot!
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Morning all
It's snowing in Devon.
Needless to say the morning walk was quite chilly.
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Morning denizens
Frosty start again; it must be coming up from hell, which has finally frozen over, thus allowing the death of Kissinger. Currently a bit less cold than yesterday at -1°C and maybe getting to 3° again later, while the barometers are essentially steady at 992/1000mB
It's Thursday which equals Friday!
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Morning all, Sofia calling, local time 0835
Cloudy but expected to be sunnier later. Currently -2 with a high of 3 expected. No precipitation forecast.
We seem to have the same type of room as our previous visit in March but this time with exec lounge access. There are signs of snow but it's mostly just piles on the side of the footpaths where it's not melted away yet.
Working today and tomorrow. With the time difference it makes for a nice slow start to the day but also means a late finish to align with UK time.
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Further entertainment was provided by Apple Developer videos, and some reading
Thursday tomorrow, which is the last working day of the week for me this week!
Goodnight all
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For tea: chicken madras with rice and naan
Accompanied by the latest episode of The Met which I think is the last in the series
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Lunch: chilli and lime chicken bits in a wholemeal bap. I hadn't tried those before, and they're quite nice
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Greetings from Heathrow.
A sunny 4 degrees here. Just about to head to our Sofia flight. Had a nice breakfast on the plane down from Glasgow
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Morning.
Wednesday.
Dry.
Wanly sunny.
Calm.
Chilly in here at 11.8 deg, 11 deg in the kitchen, 9 deg in the leanto.
1003 mBar, 29.618 in Hg, 752.3 Torr, 14.547 psi, (down from 1006 last night), 73% RH (GDR hair), 63% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 1st of August 2019 WTFH asked "Are you sure?".
Entertainment: The Reith Lecture, enlivened by the Tory Scum Bill Cash asking a "question" which seemed to take up half the time available thereto.
Hair duly cut.
Shopping trip (minor) to Morrisons (to have a pee since I was busting) done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away.
Still no sign of Glengettie tea bags.The multiple bin system has kept me going for months but stock is approaching zero.
Lunch: scrambled egg etc.
Entertainment: Y&Y wittering on about LPA etc. Oh how I remember what joy it was getting two of those, one each for the parents, which came in remarkably handy as it transpired.
Walk (abbreviated) walked in the increasingly grey gloom.
Freecell score: 100% (of 22), running average: 86%.
Tea: soup etc.
Entertainment: PM <click>
Wheeler Dealers S8 E8 1954 Chevy Stepside truck. Feck nose why. No MOT since 2013 so presumably exempt, scrapped, or exported.
Dr Pimple Popper. Chap who thinks he has parasites living in his skin: she disagrees, but takes a biopsy. Woman with a lipoma on the back of her neck: complication: sensitive to the epinephrine in the anaesthetic. Chap with stucco keratosis: the joy of liquid nitrogen.
Dr Pimple Popper popups. Repeats. Chap with an extra "testicle", actually a pedunculate lipoma. Woman with trichoblastomas. Chap with a rhinophyma who turns out to have a skin cancer in addition.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 22:41.
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Morning all
Overnight rain meant it was wet underfoot on the walk, but the sky is clearing.
In mid October there's about 1 week where it's useful to have a head torch on when going out for a morning walk. Then the clocks change and you get a month's respite. This week started as "useful to have one on", but is now "necessary to have one on", although by 7.30 it's bright enough just to be useful rather than necessary.
Only 3 more months until it gets light enough again.
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