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[NickFitz]

In Stalingrad, Germans continued to die in huge numbers after the surrender, whether from starvation, disease, or at the hands of the Russians. Some were shot after “scooping handfuls of lice off their bodies to throw at their captors”

The senior officers were looked after a bit better due to their propaganda value. Eventually, many of them ended up back in Germany as bitter old men - some in the East, others in the West

And that’s the end of that book! I’ve got Beevor’s Berlin: The Downfall 1945 to read next

The general sense of malaise hasn’t really got any better, but it hasn’t got any worse either. Bit of a cough, and the occasional blocked nose. I hope it isn’t one of those that drags on for ages

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been ribs and chips

This was accompanied by the rest of yesterday’s Police Interceptors

I see 5 have got a new series following RTC scene investigators, which is handy because I’ve watched all the BBC Wales ones

[xoggoth]

Google says Korea. Ah! What nice little Mudskippers!

[ladymuck]

Afternoon all

Overcast and dull all day after much rain overnight. Currently 9 degrees and the high was 10. Barometer down to 985 mBar.

Sunrise 07:47; Sunset 16:42 GMT

Very busy day. Finally starting onboarding for gig 3. Crikey the amount of compliance needed from these recruitment agencies! That and many demands from gigs 1 and 2 has made for a non-stop cavalcade of activity.

Question of the day:
Where is mudskipper 's bridge?

Yes! Enquiring minds need to know.

[sadkingbilly]

No arty thing this morning due to my coughyness. Spent me time clearing stuff in prepartion for visit to dump on Thursday. How exciting! Not! Darn it, I've got green and black stains on me fingers from handling some old printer cartridges. Won't come off, that stuff.

Their dark Chocolate Ginger's excellent!

[xoggoth]

No arty thing this morning due to my coughyness. Spent me time clearing stuff in prepartion for visit to dump on Thursday. How exciting! Not! Darn it, I've got green and black stains on me fingers from handling some old printer cartridges. Won't come off, that stuff.

[WTFH]

Question of the day:
Where is mudskipper 's bridge?

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been a sausage and bacon bap (white)

Still feeling rather out of sorts, but it doesn’t seem to be getting worse

Having considered my position, I’ve determined that I almost certainly don’t need to go shopping this week. It’s not often I plan so far ahead but, upon checking the forecast, I see there’s a chance of sleet on Friday, so that’s another reason not to bother

[sadkingbilly]

Meanwhile The Wife went to Pussers bar last night for a painkiller.

I have fond memories of Pusser's Trading Post in Tortola BVI when i was on diving holidays a loooong time ago.
happy hour painkillers after a day's diving were de rigeur.

[Pondlife]

Lynley
Night Manager
The Ridge
(all on iPlayer)

Ta.

I had a quick look at Lynley but each episode is 90mins long so might have to start early. Nightmanager is a good call and will take a look at the Ridge. Cheers.

[WTFH]

I need to find something decent to watch on TV. Trying to get into the Agatha Christie remakes on iPlayer but they're a bit pants tbh.

Lynley
Night Manager
The Ridge
(all on iPlayer)

[Pondlife]

Good morning all,

Wind 9 kt from the South/Southeast
Temperature 9°C
Humidity 87%
Pressure 977 hPa
Visibility 10 km or more
Broken clouds at a height of 2400 ft
Broken clouds at a height of 3200 ft
Broken clouds at a height of 4300 ft

I need to find something decent to watch on TV. Trying to get into the Agatha Christie remakes on iPlayer but they're a bit pants tbh.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday apparently.

Wet.

Calm.

Grey.

Sunless.

Chilly in here at 12.7 deg, 11.5 in the kitchen, 10 in the leanto.

975 mBar, 28.79 in Hg, 731.31 Torr 14.14 psi, (down from 982 last night), 68% RH (Lidl electric).

Stone me it was windy last night. No signs of any damage around here that I've noticed.

Meanwhile on the 13th of March 2020 NF was following Apollo 13 in RealTime(tm), whilst covbob, LM, and LondonManc popped in, whereas I was finishing off the iRoning.

Sun came out: Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the sunshine. Actually approached warm enough to take scarf off towards the end. .

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: after yesterday's dry stone walling, today was Highland thatched roofing. With turf and suchlike.

Foyle's War S4 E4. "Casualties of War". The bouncing bomb one. That Lanc was making a funny noise, I thought. Not a lot like 4 merlins.

Tea: soup etc. Nice enough. Entertainment: PM <click>. Book.

I see that FaceAche seems to have reneged on the "free and always will be" thing. .

Well there's a surprise.

[WTFH]

A tad stormy overnight, woke up this morning to a bit of a puddle in the utility room, and signs of water ingress by the disused chimney in the ceiling of bedroom 2. Remarkably all the shed/summerhouse roofs remain intact and the greenhouse looks OK too.

Still wet and windy as we went out on the walk, but both have died down now. Meanwhile The Wife went to Pussers bar last night for a painkiller.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s a cloudy, windy, rainy morning out there; 5°C “feels like” -7° and with the rain set to continue till lunchtime and the wind carrying on after that, I doubt the 8° we’re promised towards sunset will feel much better. The barometers are also taking a pessimistic view, being down to 971/979mB

I had a rubbish night’s sleep for the most part. Annoyingly, I kept finding myself too hot to sleep but when I finally gave in and got up to take my temperature, the thermometer claimed it was a little below normal if anything. Anyway, I seem to have slept OK for the last few hours before getting up, so I’m hoping the lurgy is mild and will soon pass