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  • xoggoth
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    Local history group lady just been round to use my laminator for some posters. Nice to have a bit of company. Been invited to a quiz this evening, not sure as got no brain anymore. Won't know any answers unless about dinosaurs or periodic table.

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  • ladymuck
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    Morning all

    Dull, overcast, damp. Not currently raining but the forecast says to expect it mid afternoon. Currently 15 degrees with a high of 16 expected. Barometer up to 1012 mBar.

    No other news to report at this time.

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    Morning.

    Wednesday.

    Dry.

    Dark.

    Dank.

    Dreary.

    Sunless (after yesterday's lovely sunset).

    Chilly in here at 15.2 deg, 16.5 in the kitchen, 14 in the leanto.

    1010.3 mBar, 29.834 in Hg, 757.787 Torr, 14.653 psi, (up from 1010 last night), 76% RH (Lidl electric).

    Meanwhile on the 18th of November 2019 NF posted Monday Links and toddled off to the pharmacy to get his monthly fix, whereas BR14 had been set up by the client for the job I thought he'd told them to feck off for.
    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Today, 08:00.

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  • NickFitz
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    Morning denizens

    Grey start again, with copious traces of overnight rain. Not overly cold for the time of year at 11°C with a high of 15°, though the breeze means it "feels like" 5° right now. The barometers are creeping back up at 1002/1010mB and the already breezy breeze is expected to get breezier, with a chance of the odd shower now and then

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  • WTFH
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    Morning all
    Overcast, but about 6C warmer this morning than yesterday. I was wearing too heavy a jacket on the perambulation.

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  • NickFitz
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    Tonight's viewing was a new Police Interceptors

    And a few more chapters of Eternity have been read

    I suppose I'd better get some sleep now; there's a definite risk of being expected to do some work tomorrow

    Goodnight all

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  • NickFitz
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    Tea has been oniony chicken casserole - a fresh batch made in the Remoska, so instead of chips it had slices of potato spread over the top to soak up the fat that rises and get crispy

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  • NickFitz
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    Well, that's the afternoon done. Still raining a bit from time to time, and very breezy

    The team I'm on is a bit biased towards devops, which is a change though not really my usual thing. But as it happens, I had to do a lot of the same stuff myself on the doomed project, so I should be OK, and if anything it'll be pretty easy work compared to that nonsense as most of it is quite straightforward. The interesting bit comes when things go wrong and nobody can work out why, but I enjoy investigating stuff like that so I'm hoping it happens a lot

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  • NickFitz
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    Lunch: pork cutlet in a wholemeal bap with apple sauce

    Very rainy morning, and it's not stopping yet

    There's a weekly (or maybe fortnightly?) team retrospective meeting shortly, so I'll be able to find out who I'll be working with

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  • ladymuck
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    Morning all

    Dull. Wet. Raining. Currently 12 degrees with a high of 14 expected. Rain set to continue for the rest of the day. Barometer up a bit to 1005 mBar.

    In the office today. A requirement I only found out yesterday lunchtime because I logged in to see what time I needed to be online today for a meeting. That meeting got brought forward half an hour so I'd have missed it if I was only to work the half day I'd originally planned. I do like that consultancyCo assume I check emails when I'm not working.

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  • NickFitz
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    The new team has finally realised that I'm around and have nothing else to do. So now I'm shadowing somebody in a meeting with another team to get an idea of the various things "we" deal with, pending a more formal induction this afternoon

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  • DoctorStrangelove
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    Morning.

    Tuesday.

    Didn't wake at 06:05, woke at 04:44 instead & read book for half an hour.

    Grey.

    Sunless.

    Misty.

    Damp.

    Dreary.

    Chilly in here at 15 deg, 16 deg in the kitchen, 13.5 deg in the leanto.

    1007 mBar, 29.7366 in Hg, 755.3 Torr, 14.6 psi, (up from 1006 last night), 76% RH (Lidl electric).

    Meanwhile on the 18th of November 2019 it was sunny, WTFH was getting the hot water fixed, I was in with the hoi polloi where some poor sod was being taught how to jobsearch on line on instructions from JobCentre+.

    Walk (unabbreviated) walked in wan sunshine.

    Them next door (the idle ones) have someone in fixing sommat. Well there's a thing.

    More bricks removed from next door's skip.

    Lunch: there was.

    Entertainment: book. Finished Honourable Skoolboy at last, thank feck.

    Freecell score: 100%, running average: 77%.

    Tea: breaded fish of some kind (Morrisons) with baked beans etc. Nice enough.

    Entertainment: book.

    Digging for Britain: last 20 mins.

    Book.

    Found out that "Dalek I loved you" wasn't the book I thought it was, the latter being one about some chap who did electronics at City Uni, London, then went to work for the Beeb (or somewhere similar). I've probly already got shot of that one. Not sure the Dalek one is worth reading again.
    Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 21:26.

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  • WTFH
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    Morning all CBS, etc.
    Dog walked, wife still away, car booked in for a service, hotel booked for later this week, been a busy morning so far.

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  • NickFitz
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    Morning denizens

    Very gloomy grey day out there, with spots of rain continuing from overnight and expected to carry on until mid-afternoon when we'll just be left with wind instead. The barometers are up a little but not really encouraging at 996/1004mB

    The Halifax direct debit was taken from my account this morning, so they haven't yet cleared up all the loose ends of the mortgage. Oh well, it'll come back soon

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  • NickFitz
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    Tonight's reading has been Greg Bear's Eternity, sequel to Eon. In fact, I started reading this a while back, but couldn't get into it; I just wasn't in the right mood for it. Making more progress this time

    Goodnight all

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