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You actually managed to create a new thread that's readable??
Yes! Though it did help that I was able to log in to the Admin Control Panel and clear the system cache first, as I know that's been the cause of problems in the past
Ages ago, I was trying to get the new administrators to switch the forum to use an alternative cacheing mechanism (memcached), as the database is under enough strain as it is. But they never got around to it
Dull and overcast. Humid. Currently 20 degrees with a high of 24 expected. Barometer up to 1013 mBar.
I received a call about a job this morning. Client in Clapham, outside IR35, 100% on site. Document digitisation project, experience of rollouts of such things with DocuSign needed. £150 a day. That's less than the very first rate I was on when I started in 2005. I doubt I'll be hearing back on that one.
Have been on hold with BT for nearly 45 minutes while I wait for another person to tell me that the service cease that should have happened a month ago isn't closed and it's because of a "system issue" and they'll put in a request and that request will take 24 hours to complete, so call back tomorrow.
Feeling cr*p after another grotty night's sleep. Was no worse than previous but I felt ok yesterday. Anyway, loony lady 3 later, after exciting trip to the dump with bits of wood and other junk I've been piling up in me shed for 40 years.
Cloudy start out but with gas where the sun is getting through, at least partially, from time to time. It's getting warmer, being 16°C with a predicted high of 22°. The barometers are much the same at 1000/1008mB
700kgs of oak sleepers moved, cut, drilled, etc, and then held together with what I am told are “tree nails”, i.e. long pieces of dowel hammered into them to keep them in place.
I am currently absolutely William Buggered and up to my eyes in pain killers.
Anyway, TFBSZ, back to sitting at my desk tomorrow, recovering.
I did a bit of mucking around with SpriteKit this afternoon which led to me missing the US borders programme, though I caught a bit of the Australian one later. And this evening, Trauma Room 1 followed by a couple of new episode of 24 Hours in A&E
And, of course, keeping an eye on Twitter to see what the Americans are making of the latest developments in their rebellious little colony
In domestic appliance news, I noticed this evening that the alarm light was no longer blinking on the freezer from the old place. I wondered if the LED had finally burnt out or something. There's nothing much in there apart from various bits of bread now, as I'm gradually working out how to adjust my lifestyle to the limited capacity of the resident fridge-freezer. So I opened it up and had a look at the thermometer I keep in there - and it was at -21°C!
So it appears to have started working again, perhaps reminded of its duties by the warm weather. Good news if it remains stable, but I'll wait and see how it goes for a week or three before I risk stocking up…
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