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[NickFitz]

At the dentist

Home again

Strictly speaking, I was at the dental hygienist. It's basically paying a fine for admitting Failure to Floss

Sunny and Simpsonesque out now, and it feels a bit warmer than the 19°C alleged by the phone app. Even the watch app says it's 21°

[NickFitz]

At the dentist

[ladymuck]

Morning all, local time 0732

Bright but cloudy. Currently 28 degrees ('feels like' 32) with a high of 32 expected. Thunderstorms forecast for this afternoon.

Oistins Fish Friday was a bonkers affair but excellent food. It rained a fair bit.

Today we're heading over the other side of the island to New Castle.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Cloudy out, but mild enough at 16°C heading for 19°. Chance of light rain soon though. The barometers are up a touch at 1003/1011mB

[WTFH]

Morning all
Ear very itchy, sun shining, gardening to be done.

[DoctorStrangelove]

^^^ .

Morning.

Saturday apparently.

Wet.

Grey.

Sunless.

Gloomy.

Cool in here at 19.8 deg, 21 deg in the kitchen, 19 deg in the leanto.

1010.5 mBar, 29.84 in Hg, 757.9373 Torr, 14.656 psi, (down from 1012 last night), 78% RH (GDR hair), 64% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 14th of October 2019 I watched 4 eps of BTVS S1 including the one where Darla gets dusted, followed by "Castles in the Sky" being the story of British radar development, whereas NF was watching the concluding eps of S4 of "Breaking Bad", everyone had tea, and there was discussion of more heavy weaponry, presumably for offing cyclists as seems to be the wont.

Last night's frustration with the ending of Veronica Mars followed by poor results on Freecell led to punching the wall, and this morning the failure of the kettle led to its complete & utter demise in pieces on the floor. After I'd unplugged it & emptied it of course, I wasn't that irritated so that a litre & a half of water would go everywhere..

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom.

Lunch: beans on toast etc.

"Entertainment": The news quiz. Does anyone else remember when this was about the news?

[NickFitz]

Today's email shenanigans was to do with the estate agent's draft of the brochure for the sale of our parents' house

My contribution to the editing process was to point out two (identical) misspellings and two (identical) grammatical errors in the first sentence of the textual description. It's what they would have wanted, and expected

Tonight's major motion picture experience was, I think, predicated on the concept of teeth due to anticipation of the annoying requirement to attend an appointment at the dentist tomorrow. So first up was a rewatch of The Meg (2018) which is extremely scientifically implausible but manages to be pretty good in the ripping yarn genre, as long as one is willing to accept that it's not a documentary

And then tonight's premiere: Meg 2: The Trench (2023) which is much worse in terms of demanding suspension of belief in the basic facts of physics for the first hour or so. But once it gets away from the bottom of the ocean and turns into a bunch of over-the-top action set pieces in the vicinity of the atmosphere, it improves a fair bit. Neither of them are going to win any awards for scientific accuracy, but again: not documentaries, and shouldn't be expected to act like they are

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea: ribs and chips, being the last of the smoky bourbon ribs from Chatsworth. Very nice

Sunny and Simpsonesque out now, and the breeze which was quite strong during the day has simmered down a bit

[NickFitz]

In other basic task news, I managed to get the mundane laundry done this morning

Tomorrow, I've got an appointment with the dental hygienist. Present me was initially annoyed with past me from six months ago for arranging it for a Saturday, but then remembered that they only let the hygienist in on Saturdays, presumably so they can keep the real money-spinning treatment going at full tilt during the week

[NickFitz]

I assumed that my failure to submit my timesheet for last week until Wednesday afternoon meant I'd have to wait until next week for it to be processed, but they've done it today and paid via Faster Payments! Nice to be with an agency that can make up for my pathetic failure to keep up with the most basic administrative tasks

This week's timesheet has been done, so they won't have to deal with my nonsense next week

[ladymuck]

You should know this but its Oistins' Fish Fry tonight being Friday.

Yes! We have it planned in for this evening

[ladymuck]

Morning denizens

Sunnier start than the last couple of days, though still with a fair bit of wispy stuff artistically arranged. No overly unpleasant temperatures expected, being 14°C and restraining itself to 20° later. The barometers are rallying somewhat at 1001/1009mB

Friday!

And less than a week left of election bulltulip before we start with the "It's been nearly five minutes now, why haven't they fixed the country yet?" bulltulip

Om

[eek]

You should know this but its Oistins' Fish Fry tonight being Friday.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Yes, the first time one drives an automatic can be inneresting. .

And the stalks reversing position is another pain.

All good clean fun though.

Morning denizens

Om. .

[ladymuck]

Morning all, local time 0931

Sunny with fluff. Currently 30 degrees ('feels like' 36) with a high of 31 expected. Rain forecast this evening.

Yesterday was fraught with stress as I had to learn how to drive an automatic. HWMBO had requested a manual but none was provided. Turns out my ingrained habit of using the clutch when slowing down results in me doing emergency stops at inopportune moments. I literally have to plant my left foot in the footwell and make a conscious mental effort to not move it.

The second challenge is that the controls for the windscreen wipers and lights/indicators are swapped over so I keep turning the wipers on when I want to indicate.

The bus drivers are psychopaths.

In the duty free store in Bridgetown the rum is about a tenner. We will be returning to stock up before we head home. Not sure what day we're doing distillery tours.