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[NickFitz]

Lunch: Heinz oxtail soup and white toast

Thankfully, we’re pretty meeting-free today: there's one with an external supplier this afternoon about importing some data that will probably only take a few minutes, my one-to-one with the DM after that has been cancelled because neither of us could think of anything to discuss, and there’s the weekly departmental senior management one that I just use as an excuse to have coffee and biscuits whilst listening to them tell us all about stuff that mostly isn’t relevant to me

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Clear sky but a little damp on the ground. Much cooler at 3 degrees with a high of 7 expected. Cloud cover set to increase as the day progresses. Barometer up 1013 mBar.

Sunrise 08:01; Sunset 16:20 GMT

Another day mostly comprising meetings.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Wednesday.

Dry.

Frosty.

Sunny.

Blue sky.

Chilly in here at 11.9 deg, 10 deg in the kitchen, 6 deg in the leanto, 2.7 deg in the saltinghouse.

1009.5 mBar, 29.8 in Hg, 757.2 Torr, 14.642 psi, (up from 1007 last night), 61% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 12th of March 2020 things were getting inneresting: WTFH's Mrs was off to A Secret Meeting whilst Cummings et al were hiding, LM was explaining stuff about Excell spreadsheets to someone who didn't seem to get it, NF was recovering slightly, WTFH was off to see a consultant, and I got an Om .

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the wan sunshine with a cold cold wind blowing down the valley boyo.

Shopping trip to Morrisons done dusted washed dried sanitised & put away: they had stock of skimmed milk today & some other stuff I forgot on Monday.


After yesterday's inneresting observation of the fisherman with a nice bong by his side, this morning we have the plod out in force across the road removing a front door with a sabre saw and doing the needful doings to get in.

Scene of crime truck there now, plus several cars and possibly the electricity company.

No facemasks and no guns.

So far no arrests and they haven't shot anyone walking past on the pavement, which must be a plus these days.

Oh. Sorry. That's in Septicland not here.

Lunch: brunch. Entertainment: Y&Y: thing about Amazon delivering 200+ returned/overstocked parcels to some poor woman: appears to be the usual Chinese select an address trick: the "company" concerned has been removed from Co House.

The Mystery of Alwyn's Rock in the River Neath at Tonna:
"Alwyn Jones 03/1945 to 23/02/2024: a fisherman and gentleman."

It's been puzzling me for years because there's a metal sign fixed to Alwyn's Rock and no one I asked seemed to know owt about it.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

It’s a bit of a rosy-fingered dawn, though it’ll soon cloud over. The open skies overnight have led to a mild frost, so it’s -1°C now, though it’ll soon start climbing towards today’s high of 6°. The barometers are up at 1000/1009mB

[WTFH]

Morning all
CBS, etc.
A bit of a temperature swing from yesterday's 9C, it's currently -1.2C

[NickFitz]

Tonight’s viewing was the rest of Catching a Killer from last night, in which after many weeks searching a landfill site, they finally recovered the victim’s body. His killer had already fled to Turkey by the time he was reported missing, and is still at large

Later, incredible scenes in Endurance as they finally have to leave the ice and take to the sea in three small boats. Somehow, against all odds, they make it to Elephant Island - the first land they’ve been on for nearly five hundred days

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

That's off to a good start, just on loading! Completed in 10 moves

Skillz!

[NickFitz]

Tea has been pork cutlet with chips and beans

[ladymuck]

That's off to a good start, just on loading! Completed in 10 moves

[xoggoth]

Got me 5 warblings ready for Karaoke. 1st for about 2 months after bloke who leads it had a stroke. Hope's he fully ok now. Huge water outages round here so expect everyone will turn up smelly.

[NickFitz]

Another day done!

After this morning, it was a relief to be able to spend the afternoon hacking on something interesting. The other dev offered to pair with me after she’d had another meeting that didn’t involve me, but then changed her mind, saying she was “meetinged out” and was going to veg out by doing some mandatory training instead

[NickFitz]

Lunch has been turkey soup and wholemeal bread

The loaf baked on the quick programme didn’t turn out too badly; it’s not exactly light and fluffy but also not excessively stodgy, so it’ll do

This morning was almost entirely meetings

[xoggoth]

New bed delivered this morning, came half an hour early, good thing I'd already got things sorted out. Karaoke back this evening, must get some screechings prepared.

PS Bed did not include the free prostitute I was hoping for. Bah!

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull. Overcast. Wet. Raining. Currently 11 degrees with a high of 12 expected. Rain set to continue pretty much all day. Barometer down to 1004 mBar.

Sunrise 08:02; Sunset 16:19 GMT

A day of meetings today. Hurray.

The duvet cover is in the WM, hopefully the cycle will complete!

[DoctorStrangelove]

^^NF OM.

Morning.

Tuesday apparently.

Wet.

Grey.

Sunless.

Drizzly.

Chilly in here at 12.7 deg, 12 deg in the kitchen, 11 deg in the leanto.

998.5 mBar, 29.486 in Hg, 748.9 Torr, 14.48 psi, (down from 999 last night), 65% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 11th of March NF went to bed early due to , whereas on the 12th of March 2020 Brillo and BR14 popped in, whilst LM sat on The Wrong Side of the tube and contemplated putting sunglasses on.

Goodness me it's grim out there today.

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked in the wan sunshine with some blue sky in parts.

Nice chat to her next door but one. .

Now outside a mug of mediocre yet consistent coffee. Which reminds me of what I forgot to buy yesterday.

Tea: soup etc. Entertainment: PM <click> If there's owt else on the idiot lantern I ain't found it.

Book.

Sky Arts: Along the sky road to Aqaba: Peter O'Toole.