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[NickFitz]

Tea was brought to me from Popeyes (no apostrophe) Louisiana Chicken. Nice enough

No sign of any balloons yet. Maybe they just stay tethered on the park or something?

[ladymuck]

Hoovering has been done. A proper job with things being moved and the fluffy brush tool being used on the skirting boards. The floor also needs mopping but that won't get done today.

I'm too warm now.

First load of laundry done and out on the airers in the garden. In two minds whether to do the next load. There's a good chance the first lot will be dry by the time it's done but if it isn't then it's a logistical faff.

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

It’s a cloudy day, though there are blue gaps here and there. It’s also slightly less heatwavey at 21°C with an expected high of 23°. The barometers are finally getting with the programme, being up to 1007/1015mB. And the wind, presumably an important factor for the balloon festival down the road, will blow any balloonists that venture upwards directly towards us, so I should get a nice view of them drifting off towards Rutland

There’s no sign of any balloons right now though; I don’t know what goes on at these things, but I’d expect at least a few of them to aviate eventually

[ladymuck]

^^ Begonia was a superb film. Absolutely bonkers. Saw that in the cinema. Never seen Sicario but I do have it downloaded.



Morning all

Cloudy with flecks of grey but the sun is making a valiant attempt to break through. Very 'close' and humid feeling. Currently 23 degrees ('feels like' 25) with a high of 26 expected. Might rain later, might not. Barometer up to 1018 mBar.

Sunrise 04:44; Sunset 21:22 BST

The next solstice is tomorrow at 09:24 BST in London*

I have been to the farmers' market and bought much veg for HWMBO to do something with next week. The market is moving up the road for a little while as the council is doing pavement improvements around these parts (and very nice it looks, too).

Now to have a coffee before stripping the bed and commencing the laundering.


* Obvs the solstice isn't only in London; I meant the time I gave is for London

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday.

Damp.

Blue sky in parts.

Wanly sunny.

20.3 deg in here, 21.3 in the kitchen, 19.5 in the leanto.

1010 mBar, 29.83 in Hg, 757.6 Torr, 14.649 psi, (up from 1005 last night), 72% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 31st of March 2020 BR14 and NF popped in edgeways with Brillo popping in a lot.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the grey gloom/wan sunshine. Spotted a ?grass snake? basking on a wall in Henfaes Terrace. It seemed unconcerned about me looking at it & had a good smell to see what I was.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: noon o'clock news. Money Box investigating why Crapita are called Crapita. Probably followed by Dead Ringers. Forgot. <-.

Titans of the Cold War: Uncle Joe and Truman. Innresting to learn from this that the UK had nothing to do with the Berlin Airlift. . Despite actually contributing 25% of the effort, but there you go. Or mentioning that we were on our arses after the end of the war, and still feeding the Germans, which explained the way rationing increased following "Victory". .

Titans of the Cold War: Ike and Khrushchev.

Blaze: Ghost Ships: The SS Mont Blanc and the SS Imo, 1917: the largest non nuclear detonation at 2.9 kt.

Maigret S4 E13 "Maigret's Little Joke". EOS.

Jon Snow: alzheimer's: the 3 word thing: I can remember the 2nd (door) and the 3rd (rose) and have no idea whatsoever what the first word was. . Ho hum.

Blazian bollox: Hitler's Engineers. Hope it's more inneresting than his sex life and his women. . Shouldn't be difficult.

Thing about wargaming the Atlantic Uboat war.

[xoggoth]

Woodland volunteer thing this morning. Glad it's not sunny, at mo anyway.

[WTFH]

Morning all

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s major motion picture premiere was Bugonia (2025) in which an Internet-addled loser and his naturally addled cousin kidnap the CEO of a major corporation in the belief that she’s an alien from Andromeda exploiting the human race, and also killing bees. I enjoyed this one

After that, I remembered that there’s a sequel to The Devil Wears Prada out so I thought I’d rewatch a film in which Emily Blunt holds her own among a bunch of people who think they’re It: Sicario (2015). Brutal stuff, though one wonders if Paris Fashion Week is any better

Finally, Silo though I was surprised to discover I was only on E4 of S1 - they’ve crammed a lot into those first three!

Balloons will be coming up the road tomorrow, probably

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been ribs and chips

Today has been entirely devoted to Terraform stuff to do with the new forum software

Warm enough in here this evening that I’ve got the air conditioner going for a bit

Down on the lawn, the young magpies were being rambunctious. I was a bit annoyed with one of them for chivvying the blackbird. No respect for distinguished local residents, these youngsters

[ladymuck]

...This means I might actually get some junk off my to-do list this afternoon. Or I'll do the hoovering.

Neither got done. But I did post a birthday card and wash a rug.

[sadkingbilly]

[DoctorStrangelove]

you MAY have a different translation of 'doing time' to mine

Barlinnie? Askin' for a friend. .

[ladymuck]

Di ti di, PALI is mine.

Where's eek?

How did I miss that? Nice catch!

[ladymuck]

you MAY have a different translation of 'doing time' to mine

Ah... comprende



Afternoon all

Sunny. Currently 28 degrees, and that's the high for the day. Barometer down to 1012 mBar.

Sunrise 04:44; Sunset 21:22 BST

Covering for someone at gig1 this morning so a long meeting to attend. I had to prep a slide of high level analytics which didn't need to be presented in the end. Then I made sure that all the notes and materials used at that meeting were acquired and filed for easier handover on Monday.

Cancelled a meeting with gig2 as I couldn't be bothered to attend it. This means I might actually get some junk off my to-do list this afternoon. Or I'll do the hoovering.

[sadkingbilly]

all this talk of doing time takes me back to my yoof

Contrary to popular opinion, I do actually prefer it when I deliver something useful rather than have endless meetings about meetings

you MAY have a different translation of 'doing time' to mine