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[xoggoth]

Arty farty thing this morning. Skipped karaoke this evening as too flipping tired.

[NickFitz]

According to a reel on Instagram that I've just watched, NCP has gone bust because of home working post-COVID.

I suspect abysmal service had a part to play as well. It’s not as if city centres are still deserted at all times, and I’m probably not the only person who looks for alternatives if the nearest car park to where I want to be is an NCP one

[NickFitz]

Tea has been chicken in red wine sauce with little duck-fat-roasted potatoes and petits pois

I made a load of the potatoes, as I can freeze the rest and they’ll heat up quickly in the air fryer

[ladymuck]

I see NCP is up the creek. I used to use the non-NCP car park at Bloomsbury Square when going down to London because it was safe and secure. Then NCP bought them out, and the last time I checked the reviews, they’re full of people whose cars have been broken into. One guy even described how it worked: the car park attendants were collaborating with a gang and would let them in through the security gates when they wanted to plunder the place. Whenever people tried to get CCTV off NCP, it “hadn’t been working”, and it was clear NCP didn’t give a damn. And that’s why I’ve never parked at Bloomsbury Square since they bought it

According to a reel on Instagram that I've just watched, NCP has gone bust because of home working post-COVID.

[NickFitz]

Some hot wings with ketchup for lunch

Nice and sunny out, with some high wisps here and there to add texture

[covbob]

Afternoon everyone

Bright and sunny here. Pity I'm in the office and less able to enjoy it! It's busy in here today with several Loud Howards on calls, and no-one I know actually here. At least I'm working towards the magical attendance target...

Lunch was a bacon and cheese turnover from the Co-op - surprisingly good.

It's days like this I wish I could actually do contracting again instead of being stuck in the treadmill of permie land. Sadly I don't think it's particularly viable for me right now.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull. Overcast. Currently 11 degrees ('feels like' 9) with a high of 13 expected. Currently dry, looks like it will rain but the forecast reckons the sun will come out later. Barometer steady at 1016 mBar.

Sunrise 06:11; Sunset 18:09 GMT

Today will be mostly spent arranging meetings with lots of people at gig3 to gather requirements.

Refuse and food waste collections today. At least one of those has been done, judging by the noise.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday?

Dry.

Sunny.

Blue sky.

Chilly in here at 13.8 deg, 12? in the kitchen, 11 in the leanto.

1008.5 mBar, 29.78 in Hg, 756.44 Torr, 14.63 psi, (down from 1010 last night), 66% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 20th of March 2020 AndyGarbs, BR14, Brillo, LM popped in, whilst NF watched the last customers leave the Polish Cafe for the duration, and BR14 had some sort of gig and burned Bunter in effigy if I've interpreted him correctly and I watched Mad Max 2.

Scaffolding being removed from added to next door but one, along with solar panels.

Shopping trip to Aldi and Tesco done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away.

Despite having at least one layer less, still broke out in a sweat on the way home.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Y&Y waffling on about "Royal" Mail. .

Book.

Since it's sunny some gardening transpired, thereupon it went very grey.

Tea: soup etc. Nice enough. Entertainment: PM. More doings of the cretinous Orange Mother****er<click>

[WTFH]

Morning all
Overcast and breezy, but no rain on our walk. We're waking a bit earlier with the lighter mornings, so the step count is going up.

[NickFitz]

I see NCP is up the creek. I used to use the non-NCP car park at Bloomsbury Square when going down to London because it was safe and secure. Then NCP bought them out, and the last time I checked the reviews, they’re full of people whose cars have been broken into. One guy even described how it worked: the car park attendants were collaborating with a gang and would let them in through the security gates when they wanted to plunder the place. Whenever people tried to get CCTV off NCP, it “hadn’t been working”, and it was clear NCP didn’t give a damn. And that’s why I’ve never parked at Bloomsbury Square since they bought it

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Cloudy start, and still a bit of a breeze. It’s going to be milder though: already at 9°C (“feels like” 3°) and soaring to 15° this afternoon. It’s supposed to get sunny, too. The barometers are trivially up at 1001/1009mB

I can hear the sound of bins being done; probably recycling, from the occasional clanking sounds. They’ve been coming later in the day during the winter months, but seem to have gone back to early starts now

Speaking of early starts, it’s now getting light early enough that I half-awoke several times in the hour before the alarm was due to go off, checked the time, and went back to sleep. I’m going to have to start closing the blind fully again, while vaguely thinking about getting curtains then doing nothing about it, as I’ve done around this time for the past three years

[NickFitz]

Tonight, I read some more of The Dark Forest

The bread seems to have turned out well!

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

KFC leftovers for tea

And to go with it, the rest of a motorway cops thing from the other night

[NickFitz]

When work was done, or rather the time during which it was supposed to be done had passed, I popped round to the chemist for the usual monthly stuff. I find it hard to believe it’s been four weeks since the last time, but the broken foil on the blister packs tells the story. Time seems to be whizzing by at the moment

Once home with that lot, I set a wholemeal loaf to baking. I’ve been meaning to make one, and forgetting, since early last week

[NickFitz]

Busy morning. Meetings plus car body shop research. In checking my car today, the damage isn't as bad as I'd feared. There's no dents or holes, just a nasty scrape. I took the car down to a garage just 10 mins away (convenient for drop off / pick up compared to the place that did all the work last year). They quoted £564 including VAT which is about what my excess is so, regardless of whether I get stiffed by the Uber driver, I'll get it done. That includes a full valet, which is almost worth it on its own

Excellent!