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[DoctorStrangelove]

^^^ Smartarse.

[NickFitz]

I have a new washer-dryer!

What I don't have is an installed washer-dryer

Turns out the hoses that come with it are a bit too short, so they weren't able to connect it. But given the palaver that had been involved in just getting it into the place, I accepted this and will sort it out myself

They were OK until it came to disconnecting the old one. "This valve's turned off, but there's still water coming out when I loosen it!" I suggested that maybe the valve was weird and turning it to what seemed to be the "on" position would actually turn it off, but this was dismissed as the ramblings of a mere amateur. Eventually I got under there myself… and turning the valve to what looked like "on" turned it off

So then they did the rest of the disconnection, whereupon they couldn't get it out of the kitchen door. I removed the door from the corner cupboard to give them a few more centimetres, but they still struggled until I pointed out that they should turn it through 90°. Again, this was initially dismissed: "No, it's bigger that way" but once I stated that no, the width was 60cm while the depth was 68cm because of doors and pipes and things, they tried it my way, and it worked, again. So the old one was then easily removed from the flat

Bringing the new one in, we again had them trying to get it through the door the wrong way before I persuaded them to try it my way; they didn't bother arguing this time, just tried it, and it worked, again

So with that now in the way in the kitchen, I have to get the relevant parts and hook it up myself. He did warn me that I'd have to get the genuine Miele parts or it would void the warranty, so now there's all that hassle to go through

Still, at least it arrived this time

[NickFitz]

The delivery guys are on 12 now, with me being 16. Down in a village north-east of Coventry

This meant I was able to make standup, though a couple of minutes late since Teams decided to lock up and then update itself with a new, "improved" version that apparently no longer supports the categories I'd created to organise my sidebar by team and project, but does add some kind of AI gubbins

Anyway, the new team are basically saying I should take my time just reading through stuff, learning about how this app works and so on, and not to get stressed as there's no rush for me to start doing anything productive

[xoggoth]

Arty farty thing soon. Unregistered loony lady emailed me re another meet, so maybe have 3 official loony ladies again.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Blue sky with occasional wisps. Currently 18 degrees with a high of 25 expected. There may be a shower mid morning. Barometer down to 1007 mBar.

Sunrise 06:05; Sunset 20:00 BST

I was woken around 5 am by animals 'doing it like they do on the Discovery channel' in the garage car park that my bedroom wall is next to.

When the alarm went off, I was very sleepy but awake enough to think, "I have an early meeting", and got up sharpish. I do have an early meeting. Tomorrow. Much coffee now being imbibed.

Yesterday I watched several episodes of Bookish (on alibi, I refuse to use the U& prefix). I like it, very entertaining. I hope there's a second series. Only six episodes, two left for this evening.
EDIT: scripts have been written, a read-through has been done, filming should be sometime next year

[NickFitz]

These delivery guys are a lot faster than last week's! Looks like they could be here within the hour

Shame that will clash with my first standup with my new team since July

[DoctorStrangelove]

^^^ OM.

Morning.

Tuesday.

Damp.

Grey.

Dreary.

Sunless.

Cool in here at 21.2 deg, 22 in the kitchen, 20.5 in the leanto.

1000.5 mBar, 29.54 in Hg, 750.44 Torr, 14.51 psi, (down from 1003 last night), 67% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 11th of February 2020 wattaj, BR14, scruff, DaveB, and LondonManc popped in, WTFH had a decent night's sleep in Memphis with only two more to go, and NF avoided the visit of the then Heir Apparent & his Mrs to that Leicester by putting off the shopping until the morrow, whilst I mentioned that I'd avoided the then Heir Presumptive & his Mrs's visit to that Swansea a few weeks earlier. . NF also mentioned that his mum used to work on the early flu vaccine investigations, thus regularly getting differing varieties of flu all the way through the year.

Brief torrential downpour. .

Freecell score: 95%, running average: 83%.

Walk (towpath, unabbreviated, augmented) walked in the unexpected sunshine. Cool breeze. Less sweaty in Morrisons this morning.

Shopping trip to Morrisons done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Y&Y <click>

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It's a grey day out with some drizzle, though that's supposed to stop soon. Getting cooler too: currently 17°C but peaking at 23°, heading towards highs of a mere 18° by the end of the week. The barometers are down to 994/1002mB

The washer-dryer is currently in north-east Birmingham but they seem to be making good time and are now predicted to arrive a little earlier than planned, possibly around 10:10

[WTFH]

Morning all
I'd like to say that we had rain overnight, but it would be better to say that there was a bit of dampness that might keep the dust down for an hour or two.

[NickFitz]

In The Rewind Files, it's starting to look like all the bad things happening are the result of capitalism

Back to work tomorrow. Woe, woe, and thrice woe!

And the washer-dryer is supposed to be arriving between 10:30 and 12:30 so probably in the middle of the afternoon, assuming it gets here at all

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Just read that The Milk Snatching Bitch skipped the memorial service so she could spend some time with a Tory donor.

Doesn't surprise me

[DoctorStrangelove]

Tea has been leftover curry

And to watch, part two of the Piper Alpha thing, in which things went from bad to worse and then Thatcher and Cecil Parkinson showed up

A fine pair of *****.

More than enough to make the curry reappear, I'd have thunk.

Just read that The Milk Snatching Bitch skipped the memorial service so she could spend some time with a Tory donor.

[NickFitz]

Tea has been leftover curry

And to watch, part two of the Piper Alpha thing, in which things went from bad to worse and then Thatcher and Cecil Parkinson showed up

[sadkingbilly]

There's a Red Lion, opposite Ealing studios? https://www.theredlionw5.com/

I was mooching around Northfields though as I'm now West Ealing based rather than one of the other flavours.

ah, Red, not White. funny, i thought it was white, but it IS 40+ years since i had a double bedsit near Ealing Common

a fullers pub? high speed bitter?

[NickFitz]

Sausage roll for lunch