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[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Very grey sort of day out, though the blanket of cloud hasn't done much to increase temperatures: it's 0°C (feeling like -2°) with an expected high of a mere 2°, and snow should arrive this evening around 9pm and may carry on through the night, though reverting to sleet or even rain by morning. The barometers are down to 1005/1013mB

[DoctorStrangelove]

There are some on the board who had Beatles wallpaper and Beatles 45. The wallpaper is long gone along with the said 45s which my sister sold without me knowing, not that I care since I haven't got a single Beatles single (or LP). The Stones, on the other hand, a lot. .

Morning.

Saturday.

Dry.

Grey.

Sunless.

Cold side of perishing in here at 9.9 deg, 8 deg in the kitchen, 6 deg in the leanto, 2.6 deg in the saltinghouse.

1013 mBar, 29.91 in Hg, 759.8 Torr, 14.692323 psi, (down from 1019 last night (assuming I tapped it)), 60% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 16th of December 2019 NF had ribs & chips followed by coffee & walnut cake to stop it going stale, followed by yet more of The Wire, whereas DaveB watched some film or other and I watched a thing on More4 about overengineered German WWII weapons, including the MG42 which had a rate of fire twice that of other MGs of the time.

[NickFitz]

Tonight's major motion picture premiere was Beatles '64 (2024) which is the sort of thing you'll enjoy if you're into the Beatles and won't if you're not

And then E1 of Masters of the Air (TV Mini Series 2024) which gives the Band of Brothers/The Pacific treatment to US bomber crews in East Anglia during the war. Seems very good, but only available on Apple TV

Incidentally, Apple TV is free to all this weekend, so you could binge the whole series and also fit in S1 of Severance or one of their other things if you don't do anything else

Early night (for a Friday) now, as I've had enough late nights over Christmas and New Year and should give my body clock a chance to get back to "normal" ahead of Monday

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

I'm gutted to not be watching the darts world championship final this evening. Sounds like a corker of a match. Sadly, I don't have Sky Sports and I graciously let HWMBO have access to my brother's account as he watches a lot more sport than I ever would. (I use my Mum's Sky account for occasional tat TV viewing).

[xoggoth]

Loony lady 1 walk today, nice and sunny. After we finished I had to go back and look for the glove she lost, then back again to look for the earring she'd lost! Managed to find first at least. Still, she's not the only losing loony of the two of us, in panic for ages today looking for my keys. They were stuck down the back of me office chair.

[NickFitz]

Tea has been sunset red tonkotsu ramen from Matsudai. Very nice

Accompanied by a bit of Trucking Hell

[ladymuck]

The greys have been banished for a few weeks. My hairdresser was running late and asked me to turn up 15 mins later than booked but didn't actually end up getting started until about 35 mins later than scheduled. But it was nice and warm in the salon and they made me a nice coffee to keep me occupied.

Very chilly out and I'm pleased to be back home. My living room is much colder than I'd like so I think I'll pop my little blow heater in there to take the chill off.

[NickFitz]

Just got around to measuring the recess for the living room balcony door and that for the small side window opposite (which directly faces the equivalent side window on the other half of the block and is very narrow) and ordered in-recess Roman blinds for them from Dunelm, in the same fabric as the curtains which I ordered just over two years ago

The two windows in the balcony door already have some thin papery blinds left by the previous owner, but they don't do a good job of blocking light. This factor comes into play at night when somebody uses the stairs and triggers the lights while I'm watching a film in the dark, as that corner of the room suddenly lights up, the balcony having full-height sliding glass doors to the landing

[NickFitz]

The lift has been doing stuff, so the engineer must be back. Maybe they'll fix it properly this time

[NickFitz]

Just popped downstairs to my storeroom, and rearranged what's in there, including getting the washing machine from the back to the front. I still need to have that taken away and also deal with various other bits down there, but the rearrangement means it should be possible to store a bike in there now, as nature intended. So I'm going to get a bike

I could pop down to the bike shop now as it's only ten minutes' walk, but I'm too knackered after shifting the washing machine - which is why I need to get a bike

[NickFitz]

Special delivery just arrived from Matsudai, purveyors of Wales's finest Japanese noodles

[NickFitz]

Lunch: ham toasties

Still a nice day, in terms of the scenic aspects, but quite cold. Despite this, I've got the living room windows open to get some fresh air through the place

[NickFitz]

Checking back through TPD, the Corolla appears to have got a new battery in December 2020, which was going flat occasionally in June and July 2021, possibly due to me not using the car much. Then there's mention of a new battery in February 2022. So this one is nearly three years old, having lasted longer than the previous one and possibly the previous two

I might just replace it anyway; it's not a huge hassle, though I don't live within a short walking distance of two car parts shops any more. But Halfords is only down the road

[NickFitz]

Shopping done!

Not-as-big Sainsbury's proved once gain that it's a better place for getting sliced in-store bakery bread. They already had a sliced white one out on the racks, and happily sliced a wholemeal one for me. So the supplies of both toasted sandwiches for lunch and the wholemeal toast I usually have for breakfast when working are secured for a couple of weeks

I didn't want much else and some of what I did want, they didn't have. Lots of the meat also had quite short dates, probably due to stock levels and distribution dates having been thrown out of kilter by the festive season, but I've got meat in the freezer that I could do with using up. So there was no difficulty getting everything upstairs, the lift not having been fixed again by the time I got back

The car was playing up a bit too; not starting for several goes here, though it did in the end. Then at the other end, it refused to recognise the wireless key thing for several goes, before suddenly noticing it and unlocking, and then wouldn't start four or five times. I'd just undone my seatbelt ready to open the bonnet to use the battery booster thing, in case that helped, and it started on the last attempt. So the cold seems to be a factor even when it isn't damp, as it's a crisp and dry sort of day, though it also seems to be a problem when the car has warmed up. I'm wondering if it's worth getting a new battery for it, though I vaguely recall getting one only two or three years ago; it seems to get through them quite quickly

[NickFitz]

The lift's broken again

I'm going shopping, though not buying anything heavy given that I'll have to bring it up the stairs