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[ladymuck]

Morning all, festive greetings and all that

Sunny, not a wisp to be seen. Currently 3 degrees ('feels like' -2) with a high of 5 expected. Barometer down to 1029 mBar.

Sunrise 08:06; Sunset 15:57 GMT

Heading down south to Mum's once I've finished my coffee. No presents to sort. Cards were issued last week. Just a bunch of flowers for Mum. Bags packed with the makings of a turkey dinner.

I forgot to get petrol yesterday so I'm hoping there'll be somewhere open on the way. Worst case will be the nosebleed prices at Cobham services. I may have just enough to get there and back, potentially making it a next year problem.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Thursday. Oddly quiet.

Dry.

Sunny (across the valley, it hasn't reached here yet).

Windy.

Chilly in here at 12.4 deg, 12 in the kitchen, 7.5 in the leanto.

1027 mBar, 30.27 in Hg, 768.8 Torr, 14.866 psi, (down from 1027 last night), 61% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 7th of March 2020 Brillo & BR14 popped in, whilst NF and LM had a discussion about free Chinese prawn crackers which he immediately discards since he doesn't like them. Janet wasn't in the Chinese on this visit.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the 3/4 gale. Strewth it was a bit chilly on the way up through Tonna with the wind in my face.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: someone waffling on about apples & pears.



Curiously, when close to home, some lune in shorts asked me the way to Pontardawe. He intended to walk. Good luck with that. Hope he won't be found dead from hypothermia coz if it's windy down here it's a lot more windy across that ridge and there's no shelter.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens, and season’s greetings!

It’s a sunny day after a clear night so it’s quite chilly, and there’s also a bit of a breeze. Therefore the present 4°C “feels like” -4°, and it’ll only be getting to 6° this afternoon. The barometers are down a touch at 1021/1029mB

I need to travel south later, where the festive board will be groaning under the weight of the usual good stuff (plus some vegetables, but they don’t count)

[NickFitz]

Happy Christmas denizens!

I’ve finished reading Into the Raging Sea, in which the capitalists managed to avoid taking any responsibility as usual

And I remembered to wash my new duvet cover

Better get to sleep now as I have to head south in the morning!

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Presents and cards have been sorted out, so I think I’m finally ready! What a palaver though

I mean, all I had to do was stuff the appropriate things (mostly a tin of Quality Street, a box of Thorntons, and an Amazon gift card) into the appropriate gift bags (because then I don’t have to wrap them all individually), sometimes with a Christmas card (couples only get one of those between them). But still, I had to write on the gift cards, and on the Christmas cards, and then on the envelopes. And then I had to write on tags and tie them to the handles of the bags (making sure I got the right bag for each tag, of course), because my sister needs them to make sure each bag is positioned in the right spot under the tree for the two hours or so between me arriving and us unwrapping the presents after dinner

Anyway, all done now, so that’s one less thing to worry about in the morning

[NickFitz]

I couldn’t be bothered to drive to Sainsbury’s so just went round the corner to the Local to pick up a few beers. They didn’t have a particularly wide range but I’ll manage

And then I popped up to the kebab shop; so tea has been kebab and chips

To go with that, the final episode of The Black Swan in which it turns out that criminal lawyers can’t be trusted

[xoggoth]

You haven't been monkying around again then.

[NickFitz]

Police car parked outside!

it’s outside the adjacent block, to be precise, so I don’t suppose it’s anything to do with us as there’s a space free in front of our block

[NickFitz]

Due to the living room light nearest the window having taken to glowing in an ominous deep red hue when turned off, I bought a couple of Hue bulbs with a “bridge” and just started setting them up. The bridge thing, it turns out, needs to be plugged into an Ethernet port on the router. But due to lack of enough power points in the hall cupboard where that lives, this would mean leaving the 4G backup router disconnected. Anyway, as soon as I connected it, it insisted on installing an update and has been doing so for about thirty minutes now with no signs of progress. In that time, I’ve already got them set up in Apple Home

Ah, I restarted the Hue app and, once I’d gone through all the consent palaver again, it found the bridge. Might as well let it get set up, even though it’ll be unplugged and never used again

I didn’t even want the bridge TBH but the pack with two bulbs plus the bridge was on special offer, which made it cheaper than just getting two bulbs

Ah, it’s not been able to set up the bulbs, even though it realised they were there. Time to end the failed Hue experiment and stick with Apple Home, I think

[ladymuck]

~2.5 mins??

Not far off!! It'll take longer than that to get there, let alone get it sorted.

[sadkingbilly]

Now trying to decide if going back and queuing up for a £3.30 refund is worth my time.

~2.5 mins??

[NickFitz]

Afternoon denizens

Quite Simpsonesque out for a change, though it seems as if it may be running in reverse and clouding over more. Pretty breezy too, so the current 5°C “feels like” -1°, and I daresay the expected high of 6° won’t be much better. The barometers have shot up to 1024/1032mB

I too have realised I need to go to Sainsbury’s or somewhere after all, as I’m supposed to take some beer down to my sister’s tomorrow. TBH I’ll probably be the only one drinking it, so maybe I’ll just go to the Local round the corner and grab a few bottles

[ladymuck]

Sainsbury's wasn't so bad in the end. However, Fevertree is supposed to be available at a discount but no discount was applied! Now trying to decide if going back and queuing up for a £3.30 refund is worth my time.

Yes, my Nectar card worked as the gin was properly discounted.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dry, sunny, windy. Occasional lumps of fluff. Currently 5 degrees ('feels like' 1) with a high of 6 expected. Barometer up to 1033 mBar.

Sunrise 08:06; Sunset 15:56 GMT

I need to brave Sainsbury's as I didn't go yesterday. Also need to top the car up with petrol ready for the drive to Sussex tomorrow.

[Pondlife]

Morning all, Happy Christmas Eve.

Wind 13 kt from the East/Northeast
Temperature 5°C
Humidity 75%
Pressure 1031 hPa
Visibility 10 km or more
Overcast at a height of 2100 ft

Yesterday's flying was cancelled and so I got a headstart on the Pigs in Blankets followed by National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation to start the festivities properly.