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[DoctorStrangelove]

^^^ Millenni Om

[NickFitz]

Shopping done!

I waited until around 13:00 but the poor Corolla was still a block of ice, despite the ambient temperature being up to 1°C and it having been in direct sunlight for at least an hour. Despite that, it started first turn of the key! And then… sputtered and died

I figured this was just due to the cold and cranked it again, and it took a few seconds but then it fired up and ran OK after that. So I left it warming up while I went round scraping all the windows.

Traffic was bad going across town to Big Sainsbury's, but it gave the car plenty of opportunity to warm up properly. Once the shopping was done it started first time again, and also after I'd filled up.

So although I still think there's a possibility the solenoid on the starter motor may be on the way out, the car seems OK for now

Lunch has been a couple of garlic and herb chicken thighs from the still-slightly-warm food counter, with a bag of plain crisps

And when I went down to the car, I scattered a load of mixed nuts in their shells (walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts) over where the squirrels seemed to be concentrating their attentions, and a load of peanuts in their shells over where the corvids had been hanging out shortly before, as apparently they like them and can easily get into the shell. Unless the crows and magpies came back sharpish, the squirrels will have had those too I expect. But with luck everybody got something suitable

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Crisp and clear. Some fluff about. Currently -2 ('feels like' -4) with a high of 2 expected. No precipitation forecast. Barometer up to 1019 mBar.

Sunrise 08:04; Sunset 16:15

It was -3 when I was scraping the ice off my car at 7.45 this morning. A meeting has been postponed that means I actually get to have some lunch at lunchtime today.

HWMBO will be on his way down later this afternoon and, as I'm in the area, I'll be picking him up. Last day of work for a week, as we're jetting off to Funchal on Monday, where it's 20 degrees or so.

[NickFitz]

Partial bedding wash on (mattress topper, pillow protectors)

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Friday.

Grey.

Frosty.

Dry.

Sunless.

Cold in here at 9.7 deg, 7 deg in the kitchen, 5 deg in the leanto, 2.5 deg in the saltinghouse.

1015 mBar, 29.97 in Hg, 761.31 Torr, 14.72 psi, (up from 1014 last night), 58% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 18th of December 2019 Brillo's diet had turned vegan due to visitor, BR14 condemned this, I was watching yet more Angel, though the commentary on one nearly sent me to sleep, whereas NF was watching, yes, The Wire, LM was worrying about HMRC and VAT MTD, and WTFH had bloody fingers from guitar playing. .

Poor night's sleep: I think I read rather too much Asimov yesterday.

Walk (unabbreviated) walked in the grey gloom. Spotted a woodpecker whilst on the trudge.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: R4 thing about Islamaphobia.

TWATO.

Freecell score: 89%, running average:81%.

Tea: chicken in white sauce etc.

Entertainment: PM.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Clear blue sky and expected to be sunny once the sun gets high enough, but it's a cold one: currently -4°C and expected to dip to -5° within the next hour or so, before rising to a high of 1° in the early afternoon. The barometers are up some more to 1007/1015mB

Given the extreme chilliness, I've decided to postpone any IRL shopping activities to this afternoon

[WTFH]

Morning all
Not as cold overnight, so only very slippy in places on our walk.

TFIF.etc

[NickFitz]

More of February 1933 read tonight. Getting close to the night of the Reichstag fire now; people are leaving Germany by circuitous routes to avoid attracting the attention of the authorities, and other people are casually saying goodbye after routine meetings but, we are told, will never see each other again. More of the same coming soon across an Atlantic Ocean near you

I also found time to mess around a little with SpriteKit's physics modelling, which has some interesting stuff in it

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea has been lamb steaks with chips and beans

Accompanied by Gregg-free Inside the Factory on the subject of sliced white bread, with asides covering wartime flour, bagels, toasters, and brewing

[NickFitz]

That's the working week done!

[NickFitz]

Just had a phone call from the dentist's to remind me I have an appointment with the hygienist on Saturday and asking if I wanted to switch to an earlier slot they had open. TBH I'd rather not go to the hygienist on Saturday at all, but if I have to then I suppose getting it out of the way earlier is the next best thing

Which reminds me that in standup this morning, somebody announced that they had a dental appointment at 2:30, which caused much amusement

[NickFitz]

Lunch: Heinz oxtail soup with white toast

Very sunny out

And as I was typing, Halfords Man arrived and replaced the Corolla's battery!

It still took four or five goes to start though. Maybe it's the starter motor?

[sadkingbilly]

Morning
SKB* this morning
blue sky and fluffy bits.
* Seriously KB, not SadKB , where's the Freezing my nuts off emoji??

[NickFitz]

Good day at the office. Sat next to a friend of mine, had a coffee with another. Got offered an extension of three, maybe four, months.

Boomed!

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Sunny with some cloud. Currently 1 degree with a high of 3 expected. Small chance of a shower this evening. Barometer up to 1007 mBar.

Sunrise 08:04; Sunset 16:13

I was supposed to be in the office today but I couldn't be bothered so I'm at home. I do have to go in tomorrow though.