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The fog has dispersed, the frost has defrosted, the sky is Simpsonesque, and the gardener is mowing the lawn with a brief pause now and then to weed the flowerbed in the middle thereof
Not sure why he doesn't get the mowing and weeding done separately. Maybe he just feels like chopping and changing; and why not?
Chilly in here at 11.1 deg, 10 deg in the kitchen, 5 deg in the leanto, 3.3 deg in the salting house.
1039 mBar, in Hg, Torr, psi, (up from a tad under 1039 last night), 60% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 25th of December 2019 Bah! Humbug! and something I wish had stayed there but now it's on earworms as well.
Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the bright sunshine. Glorious day.
Lunch: brunch.
Entertainment: Evan Davies waffling away about D&I in the kitchen.
Sliced Bread: boiling water taps. I'll stick with the kettle: oh look! the kettle is more efficient. Who'd have thunk? And the water in the kettle is likely to be rather fresher than that which has been kept at boiling point for who knows how long. Another magick gadget crossed off my list.
Shirts in the WM. Shirts out of the WM & pegged out on the line.
Cottons in the WM. Cottons out of the WM & pegged out on the line.
Cue the rain, hail & snow from a blue sky.
Shirts nearly dry, and they haven't been out there long.
The ft tester is progressing, which is better than it not progressing. The physically smaller variable capacitor has a threaded boss: naturally enough said threads are not the same pitch as the threaded boss on a variable resistor, of which I have many. May have to get "creative".
Foggy! A touch of frost as well but the main feature of the new morning is fairly thick fog, at least by the standards of this locale. Currently 0°C (no "feels like") with a performance target of 7° this afternoon, and expected to be sunny - though the weather app thinks it's sunny now, so who can tell? The barometers have soared to 1033/1041mB
On the box tonight, some more of the motorwayless motorway cops
And later, Musk's offer for Twitter has been accepted by the board in Character Limit. It's in this part of the book that we start to see how very, very stupid he is. For example, he carried out no due diligence even though the board of Twitter tried to get him to do so, because he'd decided he wanted the deal signed straight away. So it was only after the deal was signed that the board were legally allowed to show him the latest financials, which revealed that the company was in a much worse state than was publicly known at that time. Literally all he had to do was sign an NDA, take an extra day to read the figures, and he could have just walked away. The man's an idiot
Thursday tomorrow! This week has been quite busy, so it's gone quickly. But one more day of it will be plenty
Cloudy start to the day but should clear up as the day progresses. Slight chance of some rain. Currently 22 degrees with a high of 26 expected. Barometer up to 1013 mBar.
Sunrise 06:22; Sunset 19:56
Yesterday saw a trip to Taronga Zoo while HWMBO did some work. Knackered afterwards. The humidity is what drains you.
Meanwhile on the 25th of December 2019 Bah! Humbug!.
Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the wan sunshine/grey gloom.
The hedge cutter was cutting hedges again but not on the road I used.
Lunch: brunch.
Entertainment: Y&Y waffling on about sommat. TWATO <click>.
Some septic nutjob shooting at steel plates at a 1000 yds with a 5.56 (yes, really), a .338 Lapua, and a 50 cal. Followed by another septic nutjob relating why you don't want a .338 Lapua: mostly coz it's $6/round, and expensive even if you reload the brass: a dollar a bullet. .
More potching on the ft tester: wound two more coils: who knew a x100 probe across the tuned circuit would load it enough to stop it oscillating? Well me, now. .
Tea: chilli con carne (tinned) with rice (microwave), nice enough.
Entertainment: PM until Tice turned up whereupon it went <click> with a vengeance.
"Maigret is afraid" with the late Bruno Cremer. Curiously I wasn't word perfect on this one: must have missed bits of it on previous viewing.
Morninag all
Clear skies overnight, and while it may have been 2C when we went out, the ground was frozen in places.
Hoping it's going to be a good day.
Mostly clear sky at dawn, with just a few wisps of high cloud here and there. The wind seems to have died down too. It's 3°C ("feels like" -1°) and aiming for 7° while the barometers are showing renewed optimism at 1022/1030mB
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