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Morning all
Dull, overcast. Not raining. The sun might make an appearance after lunchtime. Currently 14 degrees with a high of 18 expected. Barometer up to 1014 mBar.
Lots of viewings this afternoon. Saw a lovely flat yesterday but, on reflection, it wasn't right for me. The kitchen had hardly any storage and I really hate open plan kitchen / living rooms. I think that has become the one thing I refuse to compromise on. Also noticed that the flat I missed out on earlier in the month is still being advertised. I have a couple of viewings booked with that agent today so will find out why that is. Today I have six viewings across the Ealing area. I really hope one of them is worth going for.
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Originally posted by NickFitz View PostHe's German, so he doesn't have the excuse of being American and not knowing where anything is
Morning.
Grey.
Sunless.
Dry.
Cool in here at 18.4 deg, 18.5 in the kitchen, 17.5 in the leanto, 14.5 in the salting house.
1010 mBar, 29.82528 in Hg, 757.56 Torr, 14.6488 psi, (assuming I tapped it last night: up from 1005), 78% RH (GDR hair), 71% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 1st of October 2019 NF had chicken bits in breadcrumbs for lunch, I though all the freeview sets & set top boxes were fecked until the :lightbulb: moment when I retuned them all to find that fixed 'em, returning the 144 channels of tulip to choose from, whereas WTFH was awaiting some surgery, and there was some discussion of why certain places have "Brook" in their placenames & the dire consequences thereof.
I related the story of The Flooded Gardens of 1991, and I realised a couple of days ago that the water concerned was contaminated with sewage since at that time the sewer fed raw & untreated into the Llantwit Brook before passing under the canal into the river, or at least it did until that culvert was blocked. There's a pumping station there now that was installed in 1996 IIRC.
Fridge duly cleaned behind, cleaned inside, cleaned underneath, reassembled, reprovisioned & back in place. Knackered now. Memo to self: maybe doing it every 3 months might be quicker..
Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom: it's chilly out there today. Nearly needed a scarf & gloves..
Lunch: baked spud etc.
Entertainment: Y&Y waffling on about the Three Words thing. Then on to Sliced Bread <click>
Much cleaning of the leanto, upsetting many spiders. Even cleaned the lampshade (Wilko, el cheapo, £4 IIRC) which was looking rather grim, but some of the cillit bang crap hygene & bleach served to make it look almost like a new piece of crap rather than a 10 year old piece of crap.
I think there's a leak in the roof.
Veronica Mars S2 E16 "The Rapes of Graff". .
Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Today, 13:30.
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Morning denizens
Cloudy start but sans the rain that was such a feature of yesterday, though at least that gave us one of the defining images of a spectacularly dismal political career shambling to its end
Currently 11°C and only climbing to a mere 15°; the barometers are up again at 998/1006mB
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Watched an old Police Interceptors earlier
And then read some more of Blitzed, in which the Wehrmacht has barrelled through the Ardennes and all the way to the Channel coast by dint of taking large quantities of crystal meth and not sleeping for several days
Mildly annoying that the author keeps referring to them aiming for "the Atlantic coast" though. I think he's referring to the larger goal of conquering France, but it would have made sense to use "the Channel coast" or "the North Sea coast" in the context of this particular offensive. He's German, so he doesn't have the excuse of being American and not knowing where anything is
Goodnight all
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostGiving a new medical documentary a try. Trauma Room One on Channel 5.
So far (10 mins in) it's less focussed on patient stories and more on the medical procedures, which I quite like. Will see if they do the human interest malarkey towards the end of the episode.
It did remind me that some consultants are not called "Dr". Is there something they don't do after getting their medical degree which means they don't get that?
That's when all of them were men, of course
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Giving a new medical documentary a try. Trauma Room One on Channel 5.
So far (10 mins in) it's less focussed on patient stories and more on the medical procedures, which I quite like. Will see if they do the human interest malarkey towards the end of the episode.
It did remind me that some consultants are not called "Dr". Is there something they don't do after getting their medical degree which means they don't get that?
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I thought there was some bol left in the freezer, but it seems not. Instead, tea has been chicken madras with rice and naan
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Here's a thing I learned today. The first three numbers on a diplomatic license plate means something:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...tration_plates
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Lunch: pork cutlet in a wholemeal bap with apple sauce, and a bag of plain crisps
When I cooked these cutlets the other night, I sprinkled some harissa spice on them, mainly because I was wondering if that would go well with pork, which it did. I'd forgotten about this, and the added flavour was a very nice surprise when I took my first mouthful
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'Afternoon all.
Poppin' in to doff my cap and scrounge some gen from the assembled masses.
Been a while. Hope all well. Will pop back soonish... I know; you can't wait.
Laters...
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Morning all
Raining off and on and in varying levels of wetness. At the moment it's that fine 'mizzle' type that looks like nothing but gets you very soggy, very quickly. Currently 14 degrees with a high of 16 expected. Barometer down to 1006 mBar.
Most effort this morning has been spent on job hunting and flat hunting. The former has been fruitless and the latter has been mostly about what I can compromise on. I have a load of viewings booked in for tomorrow and there's one this lunchtime too.
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Morning.
Wednesday.
Damp.
Grey.
Dreary.
Sunless.
Cool in here at 19.4 deg, 20 deg in the kitchen, 19 deg in the leanto.
1004 and a tad mBar, 29.656 in Hg, 753.28 Torr, 14.566 psi, (down from 1005 last night), 78% RH (GDR hair), 73% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 1st of October 2019, there were blue skies for LM, whereas WTFH was waiting for the deluge to abate before going for a walk, it was grey for NF, and I managed to walk down to town & back without opening the brolly, while WTFH was caught in a downpour & got his dressings wet.
Shopping trip to Tesco done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away.
Lunch: Scrambled egg etc.
Entertainment: Y&Y <click>.
TWATO. <click> The thing about China at 13:45.
Veronica Mars S2 E15 "The quick & the wed". The missing bride to be one. And the C4 in the locker.
Tea: soup etc.
Entertainment: PM <click>Originally posted by Brenda from BristolNot another one
Freecell score: 69%, running average: 86%
The Human Jungle E2 "The Flipside man". Some unfortunate singer in a beat combo who thinks he has a doppelganger. Ought to count his blessings he's not in BTVS "Doppelgangland"
Bits of "Keeping up with the Joneses (2016)".
The nuke thing on BBC2 at 21:00.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 19:20.
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