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[NickFitz]

I seem to have picked up a sniffle.

Lot of it about. If it's anything like whatever I've got, it isn't too bad and doesn't last too long. Fingers crossed!

Tea tonight was chicken madras with rice and naan

I put a bit too much water in the rice machine. "Don't suppose it'll make much difference," I thought. I was wrong, though, so the rice wasn't right. I'll get the hang of it though

This was accompanied by E3 of A House Through Time

And finally, I finished Casino so now I can watch the film

Thursday tomorrow!

Goodnight all

[ladymuck]

I seem to have picked up a sniffle.

Today's interview was ok. Got through to the next round, where I have to do a presentation about stuff. This is for a FTC role that will require me to be in Crawley 2-3 days a week. However, they have booked the second interview for next week, when I'll be in Seattle.

[NickFitz]

Got a text message telling me I could book a Covid jab. When I checked the NHS app to do so, it turned out there'd been a message in there about it since the middle of October, which I hadn't seen because I don't make a point of checking the NHS app for messages on the regular

Anyway, all sorted now - getting it done at a nearby pharmacy tomorrow lunchtime

[xoggoth]

Anuvver bleedin' tired day. Ain't done me walk yet.

There's a tiny spider abseiling up and down in front of my monitor.

[NickFitz]

My new Mac Mini has shipped from Shenzhen!

Current estimated arrival is Monday. That's mildly annoying, as I was hoping to get it on Friday and have the weekend to set it up and have a play

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull and overcast yet again. Ground was wet when I left the house. Currently 9 degrees with a high of 12 expected. No rain forecast. Barometer up to 1031 mBar according to my weather app but I forgot to check my home barometer before I left for the office.

Workshop at ClientCo this morning then back home at lunchtime for an interview.

[WTFH]

Morning all

Gloomy here, but not quite as gloomy as in Ukraine and Lebanon this morning.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Another grey start, and looking a little misty too. Mild again too, being 9°C and expected to reach 14°, with the barometers back up to 1018/1026mB

Interesting news from across the pond

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Wednesday.

Kiss Ukraine & NATO bye bye.

Dry.

Grey.

Gloomy.

Sunless.

Chilly in here at 15.8 deg, 16 deg in the kitchen, 14 deg in the leanto.

1024 mBar, 30.238 in Hg, 768.1 Torr, 14.85 psi, (up from 1017 last night), 68% RH (Lidl electric).

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom.

Both grandparents' graves duly tidied up a bit: the maternal one needs some attention: the sides & corners are loose & no longer cemented to anything. Then again the last interment was in 1967.

Lunch: there was brunch.

Entertainment: there's anything entertaining?

Weeded my parents' & my brother's grave: there were a lot of weeds.

I'll try improving the soil a bit then seed some grass so the strimmers will have something proper to strim.

Freecell score: dire.

Tea: soup etc.

Entertainment: there's something entertaining?

Freecell score: equally dire.

Read book.

Freecell score: just as dire.

Maigret: the one with the abortionist dentist.

[NickFitz]

This evening's only viewing was a new episode of Police Interceptors

And later, I read more of Casino. Almost finished that now

It's Tuesday night, which means I'm halfway through the week!

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Spag bol for tea

That was the last of it out of the freezer, so I need to make some more. I quite fancy making shepherd's pie soon too. Looks like I'll be loading up on mince

[DoctorStrangelove]

Had an odd dream. Someone was trying to show people around my flat, passing it off as theirs to rent out. I managed to stop them getting in and fathomed a way to double lock the front door to keep them out.

My dreams of that sort tend to involve heavy calibre handguns & rifles, rather than locking doors.

As in "Go Ahead, Make My Day for Smith, Wesson, and me". .

[NickFitz]

Lunch: chicken. tomato and lentil soup (of the herby variety) with a crust or two of wholemeal

Still grey. Nothing exciting happening on the lawn today, or not that I've seen

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Dull and overcast. I wanted to say damp but it isn't. Currently 11 degrees with a high of 12 expected. The sun may make an appearance this afternoon. No rain forecast. Barometer down to 1021 mBar.

Trying to tactically decide when to do my laundry as I'm off on hols next week. I want to get the bed changed so I have fresh(er) sheets to come home to whilst also ensuring I don't have a full laundry basket of wearables.

Had an odd dream. Someone was trying to show people around my flat, passing it off as theirs to rent out. I managed to stop them getting in and fathomed a way to double lock the front door to keep them out.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Tuesday.

Grey.

Sunless.

Gloomy.

Dry.

Chilly in here at 15.7 deg, 15.5 in the kitchen, 13.5 in the leanto.

1017.5 mBar, 30.05 in Hg, 763.2 Torr, 14.7575 psi, (up a tad from 1017 last night), 67% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 28th of November 2019 it was the 9th anniversary of NF's first heart attack, WTFH was thinking of sorting the drainage near the hen coop, and I was off to that Cardiff so had a shower whether I needed it or not. .

Trip to that Swansea to some old mates at Ye Newe Sloughe of Desponde: X5 down & X5 back. Someone sat next to me on the way down. .

Bought a dvd in Oxfam (no donations today: there's only one book in the pile), and bought "Foundation" just to read the final story that wasn't in "The 1000 Year Plan".

Lunch: a greatly delayed brunch.

Tea: Tesco battered haddock etc. Nice enough.

Entertainment: PM <click>

Freecell score: 88%, running average: 79%: that last game was a right bugger to get out.

The Bad Skin Clinic. Not a lot of innerest this week, though the lady with bad psoriasis had a nice result.

Shooter S1 E1, S1 E2 on 5 Action. .338 Lapua in this one.