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[xoggoth]

Volunteery thing at local nature reserve this morning. Damn sight better than this afternoon that I've spent doing damn business accounts. Error of about £1000 in the balance sheet, tearing me teeth out trying to find the cause.

[NickFitz]

Turkish leftovers for lunch

This was accompanied by the third part of Limbs in the Loch, which is a pretty bleak story even by the already bleak standards of BBC Scotland's true crime obsession

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Sunday.

Wet.

Grey.

Sunless.

Cooler in here at 16.8 deg, 17 in the kitchen, 16 in the leanto.

1004 mBar, 29.65 in Hg, 753.1 Torr, 14.56 psi, (down from 1005 last night), 70% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 16th of February 2020 it was very wet: WTFH had 8 litres of water out of his roof, BR14 popped in, along with Brillo, Churchill and LM, whilst NF watched the Prada film again, and the bottom of next door's garden had 6" of water, whilst there was an inch or so in my pig sties: high tide was at 11:38 and the marsh was fullish at 11:15 with the river making a roaring noise as it flowed towards the sea, with the canal overtopping the bank in places.

Odd dream before waking: seemed to involve some sort of heist and a repeat of same. Most odd. 2nd time through was unsuccessful & I woke up.

Walk (towpath, abbreviated) walked. It sprinkled rain on me for a while.

Fair departed hence.

Lunch: brunch: entertainment: Mandy followed by Just a Minute.

Freecell score in the ongoing deluge: 70%, running average: 84%. Not in the zone at all this afternoon: approaching wall punching mode when I paused for a cup of mediocre coffee just in time.

"Look at Life" the cinema. (1960).

Tea: beans on toast etc.

Entertainment: some university thing on R4.

"Look at Life": recycling iron: (1960): from totter to scrap yard to crushing machine to railway wagon to Ebbw Vale open hearth steel works (heavy end closed 1978, strip mill 2002) then back to steel strip to washing machine factory (probably Hoover Merthyr Tydfil (closed 2009).

Sergeant Cork "The case of the two drowned men (1963)".

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Cloudy start out, more featureless and flat than the clouds yesterday, which at least had some form to them. It's 13°C and expected to soar to 16° this afternoon, but accompanied by some rain. The barometers are back up a bit at 999/1007mB

I awoke around ten to eight, but decided that was far too early for a Sunday and went back to sleep

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Cloudy but dry and reasonably bright. Slightly damp. Currently 13 degrees with a high of 17 expected. Rain forecast late afternoon/early evening. Barometer up to 1012 mBar.

Sunrise 06:35; Sunset 19:18 BST

Off down south to visit Mum and brother today. I keep thinking I should check my tyre pressures as I've not done it in a while.

[NickFitz]

Lots of wildlife stuff on the box again today, and they didn't switch to Steve McQueen at teatime

Tonight, I read a couple more Rumpole stories

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Tea was brought to me from the Turkish place. Very nice as usual

I had a voucher for £8 off that needed to be used up, and there was also a promotion offering £7 off, so I ended up saving £15 on the whole deal

Lunch, for the record, was a sausage roll

[DoctorStrangelove]

I've got one of those. They're very good, and all you need most of the time

Wot? A linen dress?

That's a change from the board standard gingham version. .

[sadkingbilly]

Afternoon all
i'm glad I'm retired<sort of>. none of my stuff needs an I-ron or any fancy treatment whatsoever.
All cotton, no fancy dress/suits/ties/other nonsense.
jeans/shorts and Tshirts/track tops/fleeces. bliss.

Pleased with my continuing ability to make mainframes perform, though , Although I reckon I'll either go part time from now, or chuck it if the consultancy don't agree.
I've proved I can still cut it, and I don't really need the money*.


**oops, I'll upset the whingeing, greedy, tax avoiding Torys??
never mind eh?

[NickFitz]

Then over to Argos-in-Sainsbury's to treat myself to a clothes steamer. I got rid of my ironing board and iron as I didn't use them but I do have a couple of linen dresses that would look a lot better for a bit of de-creasing every now and then. A steamer takes up much less room.

I've got one of those. They're very good, and all you need most of the time

[NickFitz]

It goes shopping??

WlmS:

^^ nearly! HWMBO had reason to replace his WM recently and I suggested he looked at a combined washer-dryer. His has reservoirs for the liquid detergent and fabric conditioner that you fill up and the machine determines how much to use based on the load. He did some tests and determined it was dosing appropriately so now he lets the machine deal with it. Next stop will be to automatically order when running low, I'm sure.

Though it doesn't do the shopping, they sent me a load of the two kinds of stuff for free which is intended to last a family for six months, so it should see me through at least a year

I can still chuck a pod in if I choose, or even go old school and pour powder into the drawer. But the stuff it handles automagically works and smells OK, so why bother?

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Sunny spells and big white fluffy bits out today. Not that warm though: 15°C now, soaring to a mere 16° later; the barometers are down a little too, at 994/1002mB

[ladymuck]

^^ nearly! HWMBO had reason to replace his WM recently and I suggested he looked at a combined washer-dryer. His has reservoirs for the liquid detergent and fabric conditioner that you fill up and the machine determines how much to use based on the load. He did some tests and determined it was dosing appropriately so now he lets the machine deal with it. Next stop will be to automatically order when running low, I'm sure.



Morning all

Sunny with a mix of wispy and lumpy fluff. Breezy. Currently dry but damp from overnight rain. Currently 16 degrees with a high of 18 expected. There may be a shower later. Barometer down to 1007 mBar.

Sunrise 06:33; Sunset 19:20 BST

Slept well again, didn't hear the rain, woke about 7.30 am which isn't too bad.

Popped over to the farmers' market to see if the Carribbean sauce lady was there this week (she wasn't).

Then over to one of the grocer's to pick up some savoury pastries.

Then over to Argos-in-Sainsbury's to treat myself to a clothes steamer. I got rid of my ironing board and iron as I didn't use them but I do have a couple of linen dresses that would look a lot better for a bit of de-creasing every now and then. A steamer takes up much less room.

[sadkingbilly]

But from now on, I can just select that option I configured, chuck the clothes in, and start it up - it deals with the detergent and stuff itself

It goes shopping??

[DoctorStrangelove]

Morning.

Saturday. Last Fair day.

Wet. Torrentially wet overnight (or very windy).

Dark.

Dank.

Dreary.

Nice rainbow just now.

Cooler in here at 17.4 deg, 17 deg in the kitchen, 16 deg in the leanto.

1001 mBar, 29.56 in Hg, 750.8 Torr, 14.52 psi, (down from 1002 last night), 70% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 15th of February 2020 Brillo & scruff popped in, NF visited the Chinese (which was very nice), and I watched Highlander II and III.

Freecell score: 88%, running average: 84%.

Lunch: brunch.

Entertainment: my tinnitus. News Quiz with no mention of 3006 bolt action rifles. .

Walk (unabbreviated, towpath) walked, mostly in sunshine, slight sprinkling of rain.

Getting darker now.

Tea: soup etc. Entertainment: PM.

Video about some geezer comparing a Rover V8 3.5 engine fitted with SU carbs against the same engine fitted with some septic 4 barrel carb*: lot of fannying about and money for 17 hp at 6000 rpm.

*Edelbrock 500 for which a new manifold is required. (£200).

Maigret "The children's party" (1961).

4: Britain's Railway Empire: how Britain brought railways to the world. E1.

Blaze: Skunk Works. Something on Blaze that didn't involve more than a brief mention of UFOs and no involvement of that fright haired twat.

The last bit of "Cold Pursuit" with that Liam Neeson.