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[sadkingbilly]

Hope it all went OK. I had a checkup on Monday and the results weren't great, but we've got a plan.

I think so, waiting for comms.
plans are good.

[xoggoth]

Boring tidying up (a bit) of front garden done. Must think where to go for a wonky.

[NickFitz]

Lunch: a chipolata and bacon baguette with red sauce

Well, half of one, as I managed to exercise a little self control and will save the other half

[xoggoth]

Got another date with new loony lady next week. Right, must stop farting around on the PC and get some gardening done.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Sunny with lumps of fluff lazily drifting by. Currently 14 degrees with a high of 16 expected. Looks like the cloud will increase with a chance of rain mid afternoon onwards. Barometer down to 1011 mBar.

Sunrise 05:59; Sunset 20:03 BST

My friend is making a formal complaint about the mishandling of her case. Her ex's current partner is gutted he didn't get sent down as he's making her (and their toddler's) life hell and even just 8 weeks custody would have given her opportunity to escape. I'd forgotten to tell my friend, until I saw it mentioned in her complaint, that the CPS told the court she wasn't after a restraining order as that was being dealt with in the family court. Not true. So she's rewording that part.

I shall now stop banging on about it here and direct my anger into supporting my friend.

In other news, I'm working a half day today. A few things need to be wrapped up to make for a smoother start next week.

[NickFitz]

CloudFlare seems very keen on hunting robots at the moment

I wasn't sure if I was supposed to be meeting the rest of the family for lunch on Easter Sunday. We always have done but it was more of a thing for our parents, really. We've already arranged something for early May as my nieces can't do this weekend.

Anyway, I just checked with my sister and it turns out we aren't doing anything this weekend, which TBH is a bit of a relief as I'd rather just chill out here than have to drive down there and back

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Friday.

Wet.

Grey.

Sunless.

Chilly in here at 13.9 deg, 13 deg in the kitchen, 12.5 in the leanto.

1002.6 mBar, 29.606 in Hg, 752 Torr, 14.54 psi, (down from 1008 last night), 64% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 10th of January 2020 NF finished watching "Hanna" only to find that there was a 4k offering as well, BR14 popped in as did Scruff and Brillo, DaveB's knee was recovering, eek popped in, WTFH was looking after the creatures while his Mrs was away, and I was listening to the pipes banging away as the WM did its thing. There was a chicken house vid but it doesn't work any more.

Pissing down.

Freecell score: 60%, running average: 82%. Should have given up when it was 80%.

Still pissing down.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: bollox on R4. <click>.

Repaired the Farnell power supply I broke the day before yesterday during the cleaning frenzy of The Great Spider Hunt.

Had to find the 4BA nut spinner since nothing else in the metric selection deigned to fit, only to discover that said nut spinner, in a fit of pique, had welded itself to the floor of the tool tray it lives in, the 6BA spinner had done the same thing. Some sort of plasticiser migration thing, as seen with polystyrene and pvc at a guess.

Following that excitement the tool bags were duly vacced and sorted, happily enough none had suffered apart from the Xcelite screwdriver handle which has gone white (presumably mildew or similar): not mildew, it's a reaction between the plastic Cellulose acetate butyrate & moisture: fortunately it doesn't smell of puke. It must be said that those Xcelite tools do stink.

Then looked and sorted some electronic service sheets from the days of yore. I suppose someone might want them but I won't be sticking them in a parcel, far too heavy.

Tea: soup etc. Nice enough.

Entertainment: PM. It went <click> several times due to irritation with the presenter.

[NickFitz]

Breakfast: a hot cross bun, slathered in butter

I didn't bother with the fancy flavoured ones this year, sticking with the traditional sort

[NickFitz]

Well my friend got royally shafted by the Met Police & CPS. The min sentence was 12 weeks custody, reduced to 8 weeks for pleading guilty. This was suspended for 18 months and ordered to do 120h community service.

Sends the message that no-one takes domestic abuse seriously. Absolutely livid.

The CPS are terrible. Why on earth would they discard evidence of years of offending and just present a few weeks' worth to the court?

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey sort of start, though it's the kind of overcast that looks as if it'll probably thin out a bit before too long, possibly aided by the windy conditions expected this afternoon. It's turning milder though, being 9°C with a high of 16° later in the day. The barometers are down but hardly at all, at 999/1007mB

[eek]

In other news in Romford for a third nice as the ECML was up the creek and it's easier to let them get on with it. Should be home tomorrow afternoon after a leisurely morning.

[eek]

Forgot to mention that the Victim Support Officer from the Met promised her victim impact statement would be read out, either wholly or in part, before sentencing. That didn't happen and wasn't even referenced. It's like the CPS solicitor completely forgot it existed or decided it wasn't relevant. The judge/magistrate didn't ask if it existed either (I don't know if they ordinarily would).

I have to say, if I ever ended up in such a situation I would have absolutely no faith in a just outcome.

Still angry and I'm not even the victim!

I'm angry from your first comment and I don't know the victim just that she's been shafted from very early on based on your first comment. What I will say is that I'm equally not surprised domestic violence is woefully underplayed.

[NickFitz]

Tonight's viewing was the final part of the Irish gangster thing.

Later, I read some more of Trainspotting

And now, an early night to make up for the early start this morning

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

Well my friend got royally shafted by the Met Police & CPS. The min sentence was 12 weeks custody, reduced to 8 weeks for pleading guilty. This was suspended for 18 months and ordered to do 120h community service.

Sends the message that no-one takes domestic abuse seriously. Absolutely livid.

Forgot to mention that the Victim Support Officer from the Met promised her victim impact statement would be read out, either wholly or in part, before sentencing. That didn't happen and wasn't even referenced. It's like the CPS solicitor completely forgot it existed or decided it wasn't relevant. The judge/magistrate didn't ask if it existed either (I don't know if they ordinarily would).

I have to say, if I ever ended up in such a situation I would have absolutely no faith in a just outcome.

Still angry and I'm not even the victim!

[eek]

Well my friend got royally shafted by the Met Police & CPS. The min sentence was 12 weeks custody, reduced to 8 weeks for pleading guilty. This was suspended for 18 months and ordered to do 120h community service.

Sends the message that no-one takes domestic abuse seriously. Absolutely livid.

The fact they had knocked the period being covered was reduced down to 3 weeks tells you everything you need to know.

Sorry to hear the news but it isn't surprising.