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[NickFitz]

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

[NickFitz]

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

[NickFitz]

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?

Surgeons? Traditionally, surgeons are called "Mr" rather than "Dr"; something to do with the profession deriving from barbers rather than medics

That's when all of them were men, of course

[ladymuck]

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?

[ladymuck]

Told ClientGov I won't be in on Friday 5th July

Om

[NickFitz]

I thought there was some bol left in the freezer, but it seems not. Instead, tea has been chicken madras with rice and naan

[NickFitz]

Told ClientGov I won't be in on Friday 5th July

[ladymuck]

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

[NickFitz]

'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...

[NickFitz]

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

[wattaj]

'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...

[ladymuck]

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.

[DoctorStrangelove]

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>

Not another one

Some bollox on Blaze with Mr Elizondo.

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.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey and rainy day out, and expected to remain so. Currently 12°C but not getting any higher than 15°, while the barometers are down to 994/1002mB

[NickFitz]

I watched the second part of the cold case thing earlier

And some time was spent mucking around with SceneKit, again

Then, in the continuing mission to have as many books being read at the same time as possible, I started reading Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany by Norman Ohler. Having invented methamphetamine, they then sold it without prescription, including boxes of chocolates containing 14mg of meth each. These were aimed particularly at housewives, who were advised to eat three to nine of them at a go so as to make undertaking the housework easier

Goodnight all