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I've read some more of Inventing the Renaissance. Lots of wars! Italy had wars going on for several centuries, often between one town and the next one over, as if Andover raised an army and marched on Basingstoke. I suppose that's why we have football now instead
This was accompanied by Murder Case: The Hunt for Mary McLaughlin’s Killer concerning a cold case from Glasgow dating back to 1984. A bit repetitive at times; I lost count of how many times we were told they didn't have DNA profiling back then. But it turned out OK in the end because we do now
After work, I settled down to sort out the parental cutlery. I inherited two canteens of cutlery plus a bag of assorted bits. One of the canteens was from the 1970s, the other probably from the late 1990s or so.
I'd glanced inside them when I collected them, so I knew the 1970s one seemed to be missing some pieces, which were presumably to be found in the bag of loose pieces.
However, upon opening the case, I realised that it didn't contain any of the original 1970s cutlery at all! It seems as if when they got the "new" one, they also got an entire spare set of cutlery, and populated the old case with those
The loose pieces do include what's left of the original 1970s set, recognisable by the more ornate decoration on the handle. For now, they've been sorted out into the cutlery drawer liner thing that was with them in the bag but which they'd all spilled out of. At least everything is in some sort of order now, and I can decide whether to transfer what remains of them back into their original box. They all need a good clean too, so I'll have to watch one of those YouTube videos about lemons, bicarbonate of soda, and crumpled aluminium foil, those three things being the Internet's solution for every problem ever encountered by the human race
This morning the bed was stripped and left to air. Two loads, comprising fitted sheet and pillow protectors, and mattress protector and pillow cases, have been completed. Items now draped about to dry. The duvet cover will be done tomorrow, maybe Friday, depending on drying progress.
Old fart group walk this morning, book reading this afternoon and history talk this evening. Too many things on 3rd Weds and Chewsdays too. Free day tomborrow! Thank that thing I don't believe in.
Blue sky with a mix of wispy and lumpy fluff filtering the sunshine. Currently 4 degrees with a high of 9 expected. Chance of showers increasing as the evening progresses with the majority forecast overnight. Barometer down to 1016 mBar.
Sunrise 07:07; Sunset 17:24
I was supposed to be in ClientCo office today but decided when I logged off yesterday that I couldn't be bothered so I haven't bothered going in. I am meeting a friend there on Friday, for which I will make the effort of course.
Due diligence continues on the Swiss outfit that could be a con, could be worthwhile.
In other news, we have a confirmed date for the interment of Mum & Dad's ashes in a family grave in Liverpool: two weeks on Friday, 7th March
Make sure the PTB get the grave site right (speaking from experience).
Morning.
Wet.
Grey.
Sunless.
Misty.
Raw.
Chilly in here at 11.1 deg, 9.5 in the kitchen, 8.5 in the leanto.
1008.5 mBar, 29.78 in Hg, 756.44 Torr, 14.627 psi, (down from 1010 last night), 59% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 28th of December 2019 NF observed that the Polish Cafe had reopened.
Walk (unabbreviated) walked, at the start in grey gloom then towards the end, in Sunshine. And it didn't rain on me. The umbrella worked again.
Lunch: brunch.
Entertainment: Y&Y waffling on about public transport. And undoing some of Beeching's needful doings. Just think: back then £23k was A Lot of Money. Twice the salary of the PM.
Freecell score: 75%, running average: 81%.
Shopping trip to Tesco done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away.
Tea: chicken in white sauce etc. Nice enough. The rice wasn't lumpy this time: Morrisons instead of Tesco. And in the mike-ro-wavey a bit longer.
Entertainment: PM waffling on about the Orange Moron's latest bollox. WTF? Still no .338 available? Or a stinger? Baffling.
Maigret this evening.
Secrets in the Ice. (since I watched NCIS on Monday).
It seemed like there might be a bit of a rosy-fingered dawn, but patchy clouds are quickly closing up the gaps to put a stop to that. Still on the chilly side at 1°C that "feels like" -5°, but it'll be getting milder with an expected high of 8°. The barometers are down again at 1003/1011mB
Tonight it's expected to remain around 7°, albeit with a chance of some rain, and it generally looks a lot warmer over the coming days
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