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[WTFH]

TFBSZ

[NickFitz]

My nice new pillows have now been encased in their protectors and pillow cases, so the bed is all ready for when I need it

And before that, tea was a steak & caramelised onion burger in a toasted sesame bun with sweet chilli sauce, accompanied by chips

So everything is done and dusted at last, and I can finally relax

[ladymuck]

Much Trucking Hell watched.

Bed not yet made but I can't possibly stop TH to do it.

[NickFitz]

The Sainsbury's delivery arrived! All put away and cooking has commenced

I didn't need very much stuff, but at least spiralling inflation makes it easier to hit the £40 figure that gets you £1 delivery (if you take your chances on unpopular timeslots). And it's always easy to bump it up with stuff that keeps for a while, like wine and beer

[NickFitz]

There was a nice rainbow outside about twenty minutes ago

Sainsbury's Delivery Wait begins in a minute or so… hope they're here soon, I'm getting quite peckish

[NickFitz]

You must be feeling better if you're up for flipping mattresses about!

Yes, the itching is basically a thing of the past now, and I'm not feeling anything like as run down today

Still covered in sores that are, in the case of the larger ones, developing impressive scabs. So I'm not ready for my close-up, Mr. de Mille

[NickFitz]

The day not being particularly busy, I found time to get the mundane laundry on for a Quick Wash in the afternoon

Henry did a good job of vacuuming the mattress, and also getting rid of the accumulation of dust under the bed, in the nooks and crannies of the bed frame, and so on. And then he sorted out the living room carpet (where accessible) too.

And the bed has just been re-made, except for the new pillows (and new pillow protectors) which I've only just retrieved from their packaging and have left to air for a bit

[ladymuck]

And I have stripped the bed. Later, I'm going to get Henry to vacuum the mattress and also flip it so he can do both sides. And when I make it, it will be with the new M&S bedding I recently treated myself to, along with a set of brand new pillows!

You must be feeling better if you're up for flipping mattresses about!

[NickFitz]

Lunch: roast pork (out of the freezer) in a wholemeal bap with apple sauce

Only 16°C out according to official sources, yet it seems warm enough for me to have the windows open front and back and a nice breeze wafting through the place

And I have stripped the bed. Later, I'm going to get Henry to vacuum the mattress and also flip it so he can do both sides. And when I make it, it will be with the new M&S bedding I recently treated myself to, along with a set of brand new pillows!

[ladymuck]

we were getting rid of a tree and one chap said can you cut it up small for me (it was in boot size pieces) some people!

Aaargh! Now I'm being asked by the person who is supposed to collect the item if it's heavy. I put in the listing "it's about 18kg so bear that in mind if collecting on foot".

[vetran]

I do dislike some of the attitude on Freecycle.

I agree a collection day with the first person to ask for the item I've listed. It's a couple of days away, no issue for me. Someone else expresses an interest and I say that it's due to be collected on x day but if they don't turn up, they get next dibs. That person then says "but I can collect sooner" like I'm just going to tell the first person to naff off because of a quicker collection. I guess some people are like that but I'm not one of them.

we were getting rid of a tree and one chap said can you cut it up small for me (it was in boot size pieces) some people!

[ladymuck]

Much rain ongoing.

First bed linen load done and hung about. Duvet cover is now in the WM.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull and overcast this morning. Looks like some spots of rain trying to get through the scaffolding (yes, it's still there). Currently 14 degrees with a high of 17 expected. Rain forecast for much of the day it would seem. Barometer up a tiny bit to 1018 mBar.

Waiting to hear back on three jobs, including the one I was supposed to start on Monday. Also need to nag many letting agents who don't respond when you send enquiries in to view properties.

Bed has been stripped and the first load of linen is in the WM.

[ladymuck]

Zen Chury

[DoctorStrangelove]

The car was a Mini Copper S, one of a limited edition apparently. It's the newfangled Mini, but apparently even they can be considered old nowadays?

Who knew that supercharger oil is $100 for 100ml?

Other than that it did seem to come to bits in a rather more logical way than the previous iterations. Hasn't even got that little rubber bypass hose between the head & the block.

Morning.

Dry.

Grey.

Sunless.

Cool at 18 deg.

1014.5 mBar, 29.958 in Hg, 960.94 Torr, 14.714 psi, (down from 1015 last night), 74% RH.

Friday.

Smalls in the WM.

Entertainment: Desert Island Discs, feck me I didn't like any of those. .

Ep 5 of the Oxycontin thing that followed DID at 09:45: or how be drug dealers without joining the Mafia or the Mexican cartels.

I think I'll stick with the paracetamol and ibuprofen, thanks all the same. .

Smalls out of the WM & into the TD.

Shirts in the WM.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the chilly semigale and grey gloom.

Smalls out of the TD and airing upstairs.

Shirts out of the WM and into the TD.

Cottons in the WM.

Lunch: scrambled egg and poached tomato on Morrisons sunflower and pumpkin seed toasted crust, bramble jelly and marmalade sandwiches on same, red pippy corner yog, 0.91 pints of good Glengettie tea.

Shirts roughly iRoned & airing upstairs.

Entertainment: Archive Hour: Progress.

TWAO.

Deep fake thing: bring out your undead dead. Or something.

Would have helped if I'd put the roller towel & tea towels in with the cottons whilst I was doing it, however the discomfort of carting the washing basket out to the salting house somehow took my mind off it. That's my theory & I'm sticking to it. .

They'll be done soon: in the WM, out of the WM, into the TD, out of the TD & the tea towels duly iRoned.

Freecell score: from a low of 50% finally crawled up to 73% at which point it was time to make tea.

Tea: Tesco battered cod, the last of the peach slices, a yog, 0.91 pints of good Glengettie tea.

Entertainment: Discovering Bruce Willis. Yippee ki yay mother****er.

Farscape S2 E13 "Look at the princess part three - The Maltese Crichton". The enstatued Crichton is decapitated, recapitated, unstatued, and with one bound there were free.

"Pink Floyd: Video killed the radio star" on Sky Arts.

Weatherman walking: Nant y arian to Devil's Bridge.