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[NickFitz]

Tea has been lamb tagine and rice, being my homemade one out of the freezer. I can’t say it tastes much different to the Taste The Difference one so I must have done something right

This was accompanied by the rest of the aircraft carrier thing, in which they gave a big buildup to how perilous it was going to be heading into the Red Sea past the Houthis. And then the Navy decided it was, in fact, too perilous to have a camera crew getting in the way, and put them ashore in Oman

[DoctorStrangelove]

My tin shed is really wonky.

Then again I put the concrete floor in about 60 years after Ernie built it.

And it wasn't new when he did that, having been moved from his previous house.

It'll be good enough to see me out.

[xoggoth]

Took loony lady 3 to Sainsburies morning. Just about to drive off when a bloke waved and said she's left her stick. Then, when we had set off, she said she must have dropped her gloves at the ATM so had to drive all the way back only to dicover they were in her bag. The umpteenth time I've had to drive back because she's lost something. Maybe find her mind next time.

Just ordered a new shed - the guy building the base says it’s 6x3.

A wise decision to get a base done professionally. I did my own bases and my sheds are going all wonky.

[NickFitz]

I’ve been mucking around fixing the import of post edit history. In order to be sure what was going on, I had to get up a copy of vB5 running in a Docker container and configure it as a virtual host in Apache but using an older version of PHP than the new software, then work out how to get nginx to proxy it correctly, all of which was a bit of a pain but probably a worthwhile learning experience

Well, it’s a good job I did that as it revealed a bug in the post import step which would have resulted in every post since the vB5 migration not being imported!

Some might say that would be no great loss, but I like to be thorough

It was only a minor thing to fix so now Yet Another Import is running. It also means the problem with a field lacking an index that I came across recently ceases to be a problem. And if anything, the import seems to be running a bit faster despite involving an extra join in the query that gets the posts

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been a few Popeyes hot wings with ketchup

I’ve been mucking around fixing the import of post edit history. In order to be sure what was going on, I had to get up a copy of vB5 running in a Docker container and configure it as a virtual host in Apache but using an older version of PHP than the new software, then work out how to get nginx to proxy it correctly, all of which was a bit of a pain but probably a worthwhile learning experience

[WTFH]

Just ordered a new shed - the guy building the base says it’s 6x3. The manufacturer calls it 20x10.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Cloudy but bright. Damp from overnight/early morning rain. Currently 11 degrees with a high if 16 expected. Should brighten up this afternoon. Barometer down to 1011 mBar.

Sunrise 06:32; Sunset 19:38 BST

Yesterday ended up being rather sunny but it was very chilly in my flat with the doors open while the boiler was being replaced. I had to figure out how to change the language on the "smart thermostat" from Polish in order to set it up.

HWMBO and I are off to visit Mum today.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s a grey morning, though there were some gaps letting more sun in when I arose. It seems to be quite breezy, hence the current 11°C “feels like” 4°, and we’ll presumably also be shortchanged on the expected high of 15°. The barometers are down to 995/1003, presumably heralding the arrival of that storm

I slept very well in my newly-made bed except for having apparently lain at some unsuitable angle, leading to my right shoulder complaining a bit this morning

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Friday. Oh good.

Wet.

Grey.

Sunless.

Chilly in here at 14.2 deg, 13 in the kitchen, 12.5 in the leanto.

1006 mBar, 29.7 in Hg, 754.6 Torr, 14.59 psi, (down from 1011 last night), 67% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 23rd of March 2020 Brillo popped in a lot, accompanied by NF & WTFH.

Another waking at 05 something: read book & eventually returned to sleep. Getting fed up with this. Not helped by jackdaws tap dancing on the roof & squawking a lot.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: the final ep of the radio astronomy thing wherein the demise of the Arecibo dish is mentioned but the continued existence and use of Jodrell Bank wasn't.

Coffee.

Book.

Walk (abbreviated: 3 miles, towpath) walked in the grey gloom. At least it didn't rain on me. Which was good.

More coffee.

Tea: chicken in white sauce etc. Entertainment: PM. Irritating. <click>.

Taggart S9 E4,5,6 "Gingerbread".

[WTFH]

Max forgot it is a public holiday today.

[NickFitz]

This evening’s viewing was the first half of Warship: Life on the Frontline on 5, in which a bloke spends some time on HMS Prince of Wales. It’s from last year, so slightly out of date as the big thing they’re doing is a show of force off the coast of Iran and, as you may have noticed, we’ve politely refused to get involved after Trump started his ill-advised shenanigans over there this year

Later, I finished reading Death’s End, thereby concluding the Three-Body Trilogy. It was good; I may even try watching the Netflix series, though according to the book covers that was “inspired by” rather than “based on” the books, so maybe they just took some general concepts from the books then did something else entirely

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea was brought to me from Popeyes. Made a nice change

Only took fourteen minutes from ordering to arrival! Not bad going, considering it’s down in the city centre

[NickFitz]

Let the long weekend commence!

I had quite a productive day, but didn’t get around to having lunch because I popped down to Not-as-Big Sainsbury’s and got the shopping out of the way

And I also stripped the bed and left the mattress to air, so I must remember to remake that at some point before I want to get in it

It’s turned quite Simpsonesque here, though I think it’s a bit on the chilly side

[ladymuck]

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.

[DoctorStrangelove]

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.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the sunshine. After 3 miles reached the stage of removing the scarf. .

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: the radio astronomy thing. Noon o'clock news. Scam busters <click>

Upstairs duly vacced: even moved some stuff to vacc underneath.

Since I beat the filter on the garden wall last time, the vac is in full on stick to the ceiling mode again. Which ain't doing my poor old wrists a power of good: a hefty boot is needed to persuade the damn thing to move on some carpets. . But it does collect dust like a good 'un. .

Comes to something when the most fun you have in a day is propelling the vac around the house or the lawnmower around the garden.

Talk about dodging coffins: this par excellence.

Book.

Tea: beans on toast & baked spuds. Entertainment: Science thingie. PM. <click>

And now the good news: Bondi is toast. .

Entertainment: Book.

Sky Arts: Discovering Daniel Day Lewis.

Britain's almost perfect murders: Alfred Rouse.

Sky arts: The Directors: Discovering Robert Aldrich.