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  • ladymuck
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    Morning all

    Overcast again. Currently 7 degrees ('feels like' 4) with a high of 11 expected. Barometer down to 1021 mBar.

    Sunrise 06:35; Sunset 19:36 BST

    We have a plumber here today, to change the boiler out.

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    Morning.

    Thursday according to the clock.

    Dry.

    Frosty.

    Blue sky with cirrus.

    Chilly in here at 13.9 deg, 12 in the kitchen, 11 in the leanto.

    1018 mBar, 30.06 in Hg, 763.6 Torr, 14.765 psi, (up from 1017 last night), 65% RH (Lidl electric).

    Meanwhile on the 23rd of March 2020 Brillo, DaveB, LM, NF, WTFH and I popped in.
    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Today, 07:54.

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  • WTFH
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    Morning all
    TFI..T
    CBS, etc and a chilly 4C when we went out earlier, but there was a beautiful moonset at around 6:25 followed by sunrise around 6:45

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
    I accidentally noticed there was less than 5 minutes to launch, so I found the NASA live broadcast and watched the take off.
    Same - I was just about to stow the laptop for the night when I saw a post on Bluesky about them being “Go for launch”

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  • NickFitz
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    Morning denizens

    It’s “mostly cloudy” out, meaning the occasional sliver of blue between many clouds, which are shifting along a bit as there’s a light breeze too. Just 5°C at the moment with an expected high of 10°. The barometers are down a little more at 1010/1018mB

    Thursday!

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  • ladymuck
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    I accidentally noticed there was less than 5 minutes to launch, so I found the NASA live broadcast and watched the take off.

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  • NickFitz
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    I see they’re off to the Moon again

    Meanwhile in Death’s End, the Solar System is having a pretty bad time of it

    Thursday tomorrow! And a long weekend!

    Goodnight all

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  • WTFH
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    While watching the news, I quickly searched to discover that James Burke is still alive. I’m a tad disappointed that the BBC haven’t flown him out to the US for a live piece to camera this evening.

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  • NickFitz
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    Tea has been sausages and bacon with chips and beans

    To go along with this, The Truth About My Murder E4, in which a bloke in Pembroke Dock smashed his mother’s head in during lockdown, and then carried on living in the flat with her body for two months before anybody found out

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  • ladymuck
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    It's been a frustrating day. I ranted at HWMBO for a while and he made sympathetic noises.

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  • NickFitz
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    Lunch has been a pancetta omelette

    I was supposed to be heading south on Friday for the traditional family Easter get-together, though it’s not quite traditional as it always used to be on Sunday. But one of my nieces has had to cancel and suggested moving it to Saturday in a couple of weeks, so we’re doing that instead. TBH I’m quite pleased, as I’d rather have the four days off without any hassle of travelling. The new date is at the start of the week I’m off (well, the weekend immediately before the start of that week) so I’ll have plenty of time to recover from the shock of doing something

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  • ladymuck
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    Morning all

    Overcast. Currently 12 degrees with a high of 13 expected. Barometer down to 1025 mBar.

    Sunrise 06:37; Sunset 19:34 BST

    Dracula last night was superb. Basically one person playing all the parts while telling the story. Brilliantly staged and superbly acted. Gripping from start to finish even though we all know what the story is.

    Not at ClientCo today. Gig3 has moved many goalposts and I'm quite grumpy about it.

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

    I wonder if trees produce more pollen at night? I’ve been OK during the day, then getting the irritated nasal membranes towards bedtime

    I remembered to take a loratadine before going to sleep last night. Don’t know if it helped, as I still didn’t get to sleep for quite a long time
    Dunno about pollen release, though I do notice that my eye irritation is worse towards the end of the evening.

    I rather miss the old Piriton Duolets: I used to have the best couple of months sleep of the year when I was taking those, back in the days when I had hayfever in June/July rather than January to August.

    Didn't have much at all last year, probably due to some side effect of the assorted vaccines. I can't say I missed it.

    Beech/birch pollen is next, the alder pollen seems to have finished, along with hazel.

    https://weather.metoffice.gov.uk/war...4-05&region=em

    Oh. Ash as well. Where's my chainsaw?
    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 08:02.

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  • WTFH
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    Morning all
    Overcast, 9C and dry. A pleasant walk was had, although my back is a bit sore today following on from a trailer load of well-rotted horse manure being delivered last night which required off-loading. Between three of us we managed to get the trailer off the car and push it up through a gate into the garden. After shovelling most of it onto our veg beds I was able to pull the trailer myself to the cut flower beds and empty the rest there. Have asked for another load to be delivered later in the week.

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  • NickFitz
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    Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post
    ^^^ Warnings from the Met Office (pollen forecast dept) a couple of days ago. Tree pollen.
    I wonder if trees produce more pollen at night? I’ve been OK during the day, then getting the irritated nasal membranes towards bedtime

    I remembered to take a loratadine before going to sleep last night. Don’t know if it helped, as I still didn’t get to sleep for quite a long time

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