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[covbob]

CBS here in the Midlands. Sadly I'm stuck on the 5th floor of my local Civil Service building instead of being in the garden enjoying it.

Very tired today. I think I need an early night and some time on the sofa first - we have been working through the latest series of Ambulance and have a few more to go.

[covbob]

What is the point of blocking your diary as unavailable only for people to ignore that and book a meeting anyway?

Then when you decline, pointing out that your calendar showed you as unavailable, they just say "thanks for letting me know". I'm apparently essential to the meeting they have set up, so you'd think they'd check I could actually attend.

It's a.... Zen Chury! Ommmm!

[ladymuck]

Oh and a minor om. That's nice.

[ladymuck]

What is the point of blocking your diary as unavailable only for people to ignore that and book a meeting anyway?

Then when you decline, pointing out that your calendar showed you as unavailable, they just say "thanks for letting me know". I'm apparently essential to the meeting they have set up, so you'd think they'd check I could actually attend.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Blue sky with wispy fluff scurrying past. Currently 11 degrees ('feels like' 8) with a high of 13 expected. Barometer up to 1026 mBar.

Sunrise 05:53; Sunset 20:08 BST

Might get some laundry done today.

I also need to scope out the work for a new starter joining Gig3 tomorrow. I know what it will be but it's not yet written up in a helpful or testable requirements fashion.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday.

Dry.

Sunny.

Blue sky.

Chilly in here at 14.8 deg, 15 in the kitchen, 13 in the leanto.

1020 mBar, 30.12 in Hg, 765 Torr, 14.794 psi, (up from 1019 last night), 66% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 25th of March 2020: as per yesterday.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the wan sunshine & cold wind. It's better to have a scarf & not need it than to need a scarf & not have it. Brrrr.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: R4 waffling on about Mediaeval sins & the like: pride, lust, greed, etc.

[WTFH]

Morning all

Overnight frost made for a bit of ice build up on my boots when walking through the fields. It was CBS and chilly earlier, but there’s some cloud coming in now.

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s reading was the last bit of Here, There and Everywhere. And then I started on I Am Legend by Richard Matheson, which is very good so far

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

For tea tonight, Sainsbury’s Korean beef in a spicy honey-based sauce, with rice. Pretty nice, it turned out to be

Accompanying this, the second part of the 24 Hours in Police Custody from last week. It can’t be helpful to your case when the police ask a close relative about you and they say “He’s an evil bastard and I think he’s guilty”

[NickFitz]

Saturday’s burger came with some free chicken nuggets, so I had them for lunch along with a few fries and ketchup. Rather bland; I’m glad I didn’t pay for them

And the afternoon has been devoted to working out what was going wrong with the new forum import of attachments. Turned out to be something involving server config; I suspect I’ll need to consult with whoever manages the servers nowadays before the real thing. But it seems to be working in my Docker container, so that’s another step sorted out (probably)

[NickFitz]

Links are up

[NickFitz]

Shopping has been done, at both M&S and Big Sainsbury’s!

I went past the old place on the way over, where the chestnut trees outside are just starting to show their pink candles

I should have gone back that way too, as there were roadworks with temporary lights causing delays on the other route

It’s still nice out, turning rather Simpsonesque as fluffy white clouds develop. It seems it might get properly cloudy soon, though

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Sunny with lumps of fluff. There was less fluff when I got up. Currently 12 degrees ('feels like' 10) with a high of 13 expected. Barometer down a snifter to 1025 mBar.

Sunrise 05:55; Sunset 20:06 BST

I was awoken around 05:45 or thereabouts by a coughing fit but fell back to sleep soon enough.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Monday.

Dry.

Sunny.

Blue sky.

Chilly in here at 14.6 deg, 13 in the kitchen, 12 in the leanto, 9.4 in the saltinghouse.

1019 mBar, 30.09 in Hg, 764.3 Torr, 14.779 psi, (down from 1019.5 last night), 66% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 25th of March 2020 the plague was progressing and covbob, LM, NF, quackhandle (who was celebrating 10 years on the forum) and Brillo popped in.

Washing frenzy in progress.

Another wonderful night's sleep with waking up at 05:15 for a change, the racket from the bypass being louder than usual and the bedroom window seals failing to keep it out.

Read book. Listened to R4. Eventually went back to sleep.

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

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: noon o'clock news. Y&Y waffling on about builders, vegetarians becoming meat eaters. <click>

That requiring the iRon has received its attentions & is airing upstairs. Only two towels left on the line.

Entertainment was provided by The Archive Hour: "The Naked Ape" with the usual suspects in interviews of varying antiquity: Desmond Morris is still alive at the grand old age of 98*.

*Well he was still alive up until yesterday. .

Now getting outside a mug of mediocre but consistent coffee.

Was about to take an Iceland shopping trolley back down to town but it disappeared during the iRoning frenzy.

Tea: chicken in white sauce etc. Nice enough. Entertainment: PM.

SkinWalker Ranch bollox on Blaze.

NCIS S22 E14 "Close to home".

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

A clear blue sky out apart from some distant bands of cloud on the horizon, which satellite imagery suggests are actually over Cambridgeshire and south Lincolnshire. It’s 7°C but “feels like” 11°, so who knows what the expected high of 12° will feel like? The barometers are steady at 1013/1021mB