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[NickFitz]

The forecast is now for heavy rain from around 16:00 turning to heavy snow between 18:00 and 19:00, so I decided to pop down to Not-as-Big Sainsbury's in my lunch break

Lunch has therefore not been completed yet as it was time to get back to work once I'd returned and put everything away - I'm snacking on some cold cocktail sausages while investigating yet another bug reported this morning

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Thursday.

Damp.

Grey.

Sunless.

Flat calm.

Chilly in here at 11.8 deg, 8.5 in the kitchen, 6 in the leanto.

1000 mBar, 29.53 in Hg, 750 Torr, 14.5 psi, (down from 1003 last night), 58% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 10th of March 2020 WTFH, LM, covbob, and DaveB popped in, with covbob missing a call from a pimp due to a comfort break, whilst I watched the commentary on "Their Finest Hour" after reading yet more of "Bright Shining Lie", whereas NF still had a lurgy and LM was going out to the theatre later.

Raining.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: something on R4 waffling on about kinema.

[Pondlife]

Good Morning all,

Wind 2 kt from the South
Temperature 5°C
Humidity 93%
Pressure 1003 hPa
Visibility 10 km or more
Broken clouds at a height of 3800 ft

Seems calm ahead of this evening's storm. Mind how you go.

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull. Overcast. Damp. Mizzle. Currently 3 degrees with a high of 6 expected. Barometer steady at 1005 mBar.

Sunrise 08:05; Subset 16:11 GMT

In the office today. Roads busy. Not helped by what looked like a major accident on the A4 that closed two lanes.

[WTFH]

Scrambled Maps is broken on Safari. It broke last night but still isn’t fixed, and I remembered the chap doesn’t have a Mac. So I’ve dropped him an email with the error messages I found in the console

I’m having to play it on Chrome instead. Hope he fixes it soon

I found it sometimes got stuck when playing on Safari, I just went for the standard IT solution: close down web page, close Safari, reboot machine. That worked most of the time for me.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s a bit cloudy out, and there’s even a hint of mist in the air. It’s non-freezing again though, having stayed at 1°C all night up to now, with 3° expected by lunchtime. The barometers are up a touch at 992/1000mB, though I expect they’ll drop soon as the approaching storm moves in. That’s promising “severe weather” from this evening onwards, with snow predicted to arrive around 18:00 and continue through the night

This leaves me in a bit of a quandary when it comes to the shopping. I had thought of going this evening after work to avoid the snow, as that may rule out going tomorrow, but that was when the snow wasn’t expected until later tonight. As it’s now predicted to show up at teatime, I might pop along to Not-as-Big Sainsbury’s at lunchtime as I know it’s possible to get there and back in an hour. I wouldn’t be able to get Viz, but I won’t have enough time to go all the way to Big during the day, so I’ll have to leave that until next week

[WTFH]

Morning all

Overcast and a balmy 6C out with no breeze.

[NickFitz]

I watched the rest of yesterday’s Traffic Cops whilst dining, which turns out to be the last of that - until the inevitable next series

And tonight I read some more of The Confessions of Samuel Pepys, who continues to be reprehensible. This reminded me that yesterday was the 363rd anniversary of him complaining that his wife had left a bundle of clothes in a carriage, the equivalent of leaving stuff in a taxi but with less hope of getting it back. But having criticised her, he then admits that actually, she’d given the things to him to look after! But he reckons it’s still her fault for not making sure he didn’t leave them behind

Thursday tomorrow!

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Scrambled Maps is broken on Safari. It broke last night but still isn’t fixed, and I remembered the chap doesn’t have a Mac. So I’ve dropped him an email with the error messages I found in the console

I’m having to play it on Chrome instead. Hope he fixes it soon

[NickFitz]

Tea has been a couple of spicy roast chicken thighs with chips and ketchup

The chicken bits have been in the freezer for ages because I kept forgetting to do anything with them; I took them out to thaw last night so I could squeeze the turkey soup in. They roasted up nicely though

[ladymuck]

I decided to watch S13E1 of The Curse of Oak Island - a 2 hour double bill! They found ... a blue bead, a bit of lead shot and mud. Some bloke turned up with an old Portuguese coin claiming it came from the Money Pit donkeys years ago.

Then, for something more grounded in reality, I am watching the first episode of Critical: Between Life and Death.

[xoggoth]

Ran ghastly old ll3 to a U3A talk about sheep or something, didn't stay for the talk meself, I'm not a fan of sitting for ages listening to stuff, so went for walk and picked her up before a mince pie and tea. Usual nice old ladies I know there, just 1 bloke I'm acquainted with.

They were running a bit late, but once I got in they decided I don’t need anything doing.

They were wrong, my online tooth sensor shows me you need a filling. Send me £500 and I will email it to you.

[NickFitz]

Lunch: a hot dog, with a German frankfurter plus curry ketchup and crispy onions

The trip to the dentist went OK. I was able to find a parking space round the corner, which doesn’t always happen. They were running a bit late, but once I got in they decided I don’t need anything doing

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Blue sky with high level wisps. Icy out earlier this morning from overnight rain, just damp now. Currently 6 degrees ('feels like' 2) and that's the high for the day. Slight risk of precipitation this afternoon. Barometer down to 1005 mBar.

Sunrise 08:05; Sunset 16:10 GMT

I had a meeting at 9 am this morning. Atrocious. Then another meeting at 10 am, which I had organised. I haven't even had time yet for my second coffee and I've just heard the coffee machine turn itself off.

Chased up contract three that is supposed to start on Monday.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Wednesday.

Damp.

Sunny.

Blue sky in parts.

Chilly in here at 10.8 deg, 8.5 deg in the kitchen, 6 in the leanto, 3.8 in the saltinghouse.

1005 mBar, 29.68 in Hg, 753.8 Torr, 14.576 psi, (up from 1003 last night), 56% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 10th of March 2020 WTFH had the fluids changed in The Toy and then discovered his flight to that Italy was cancelled though he couldn't get a refund, covbob was despondent, I discovered that "they" had attempted to deliver Yet Another Modem thingie whilst I was out and LM was wondering why anyone would use varchar for time & date, whereas NF was wondering if his newly opened windows needed shutting before he froze to death.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: something on R4 that I half listened to. Y&Y <click>.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the sunshine/grey gloom. Water level much lower in the canal than it was a fortnight ago so I added some personally.

Entertainment: The Directors: Ridley Scott.

Tea: Tesco battered haddock.

Scotland Yard: the wall of death one.

Yesterday: Abandoned Engineering. Dover Castle tunnels: Dunkirk "victory". Poplar Hill Mansion Virginia during Civil War: slaves. Kolga Mansion & Estate, Estonia: more slaves except they're called serfs. Catherine the Great. Brodhead Naval Reserve Armory, Detroit. Joe Louis.

Blaze: Strange Evidence. Exploding sewers: fuel spill. Moving meat in a restaurant: probly frog meat "killed" at the table . Giant shark in the deeps. The Meg. . 2018 NY NY Xmas blue flash: substation explosion. The parting of the waters in HK harbour.

W: Elementary. S1 E "The Long fuse". The pager and the 4 year old bomb one.

Ice Age: the end of, 4/4 on 5Select. Wot happened when Doggerland etc. flooded.

And another ancient bottle of wine bites the dust. Gosh. I must be turning into a lush. A bit like him next door, though I have nowhere near his capacity judging by the empties in the recycling which were remarked on by next door but one. .