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[NickFitz]

As usual there was lots of Monkey Life this morning, and some Canadian borders stuff this afternoon. Then this evening, I watched the new Ambulance (last of the series, I suspect) and an old 24 Hours in A&E

In among all that, along with drain cleaning and making dinner, I did a bit more mucking around with the Bluesky stuff. I might even end up with an app at the end of it; the existing ones don't work the way I'd like, so I might as well make my own

Monday again tomorrow, but at least there's only three more weeks until I break up for Christmas

Goodnight all

[NickFitz]

Food is no good unless it's BURNT!

When it's brown it's burning, when it's black it's cooked

[DoctorStrangelove]

Food is no good unless it's BURNT!

That certainly kills off ecoli etc. .

[xoggoth]

Food is no good unless it's BURNT!

[NickFitz]

Tea has been a roast shoulder of lamb dinner

This also marked the first outing of the Bluetooth meat thermometer, which you stick in the joint while it cooks and tells your phone to tell you when it's ready, according to the desired internal temperature you set. I made a slight error and didn't put it in the thickest part of the shoulder, so when it first said it was ready I checked with the manual thermometer and it was still a little underdone. That's entirely my fault though; I relocated it and kicked it off again, and it informed me about fifteen minutes later when it really was ready. I reckon it'll be very useful once I get used to it. I'm particularly looking forward to making properly rare roast beef, as I've failed miserably and ended up with medium the last few times

[ladymuck]

I hope this storm malarkey doesn't mean I get a bouncy landing. Luckily it's too dark for Big Jet TV to be filming. As I'm driving at the other end, there's no risk of my G&T getting spilt

[WTFH]

Lawnmower shed roof is currently about 6 metres from the shed it used to be attached to. The mower and logs in there are now covered in tarps to keep a bit drier.
The roof almost blew off my workshop, and the felt came off one side of the summerhouse. I made up some make-shift batons to hold the felt back in place, then spent a hairy hour lying on the roof to keep the felt down, while trying to get the batons attached.
Came in, stripped out of those clothes, but on waterproofs for walking, then went out with Max.
3rd change of clothes now.

[NickFitz]

The bath has been draining more and more slowly, to the point where it took several hours for the water from a shower to completely go. So I've been trying to fix it with various forms of treatment.

Yesterday, I stuck a bit of bleach down it. This didn't help, and then I had to spend ages washing it down (a slow process because it's blocked…) so I didn't end up generating poisonous gases with anything else I tried

This morning, I tried the Internet's universal solution for everything: sodium bicarbonate and white vinegar. This fizzed nicely for a little while. Cleared the drain? Not even a bit

From the back of the cupboard under the sink, I dug out a bottle of drain unblocking gel. This was some off-brand thing from Wilko's (it still has the price label) which was originally bought by my housemates at the place before the last one, but never used; they left it behind when they moved out, and I took it with me to the last place, where it was also never used. Given that this means it's over twenty years old, I suspected it might not have retained all or even any of its powers, but I gave it a few goes. Each time, the gel initially stayed around the plughole but eventually worked its way down. It didn't do anything down there, though

So I gave in and accepted that I'd have to work out how the plug works, it being one of those things that you push down to toggle closed and open, the likes of which I've never dealt with before. The Internet suggested it would unscrew and it was right this time, for once I'd got the rubber gloves on and struggled with turning it for a few seconds, it suddenly gave way with a crack (as of something intended to turn coming free, not as of something breaking) and unscrewed easily. This gave me access to remove the hair that was clogging everything, which turned out not be a huge amount after all. But it was clearly enough, for I screwed the top back on and it's now draining freely again!

[NickFitz]

Bacon bap (white) for lunch

Still very windy out, with occasional heavy rain and more frequent drizzle

[DoctorStrangelove]

^^^ Can you hear it going "clunk" now & again when sitting down? I find it most disturbing. Then again I was listening to my neck going "clunk" in a bookshop last week when I was reading the titles on the shelves. Even more disturbing. Youth is wasted on the young.


Morning.

Sunday.

Grey.

Dark.

Dank.

Dreary.

Sunless.

Wet.

Cold in here at 13.1 deg, 12.5 in the kitchen, 12.5 in the leanto.

988 mBar (rose a mBar when tapped), 29.175 in Hg, 741 Torr, 14.329 psi, (unchanged), 67% RH (Lidl electric).

Meanwhile on the 4th of December 2019 it was bright, shiny, & cold around here, BR14's significant other's parent was still in hospital but much better, opm was hoping to knock off early to avoid the football traffic, whereas covbob was on the skool run and it was cold, WTFH, on the other hand, was setting up stuff to WFH, which would prove to be essential within a couple or three months or so.

Lunch: brunch: how much more fibre can a man eat? Just askin' like. .

Entertainment: thing about Ridley Scott on R4 after die te die finished (only turned on for the closing theme thank feck) which has led to much exploration of "Blade Runner (1982)" and "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep (1968)". There's even a mumsnet thread on it. . Not venturing there.

Freecell score: 88%, running average: 80%.

Tea: there was tea.

Entertainment: Elmore Leonard on PBS. I've seen it before but WTH.

Am Dro. Walk from Swansea Docks over Kilvey Hill to White Rock. Walk around Dolaucothi where the gold mine used to be. Walk around Corris. Walk around Llanrug to Llanberis. They didn't mention the explosion of 5 tons of nitro in the 1860s.

Royal Autopsy with that Alice Roberts: who are we cutting up this week? Queen Anne. 17 pregnancies with no surviving children. Bummer.

[NotAllThere]

Good morning. Lawn is still covered with snow. But it's 4°C and expected to reach 11. Tomorrow rain and 15°C.

The mincemeat for the mince pies is in the oven, melting. This year, because I can no longer import real suet, I'm using vegetarian. It smells ok so far. I do have a recipe using real meat, but started too late this year. I need to set an alarm.

Oh... time to take the mincemeat out of the oven and add the calvados. I know it's early, but have to make sure it's good quality.

This afternoon, the gym. I've been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in my sacroileac joint. Physio and certain exercises helps. But I'm so young! Growing old sucks. Youth is wasted on the young. What's nice is my health insurance pay half my gym membership, and my employer pays the other half. And it's tax deductable!

[ladymuck]

Morning all, Berlin calling, local time 1016

Cloudy. Currently 8 degrees with a high of 12 expected. No rain forecast. Barometer at 1013 mBar.

Yesterday was rather frosty and cold with a stiff breeze. Got caught in a light hail stone shower late evening when walking back to the hotel from a bar we'd spent the night in.

Berlin has been lovely; first time here and can see me coming back.

Heading back home this evening.

[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey, very windy, occasionally rainy day out. Still a lot warmer than it's been though, being 14°C and maybe reaching 15° later. The barometers have plummeted to 976/983mB

[WTFH]

Morning all
A bit wild out. Max will have to wait until later this morning for a walk.

[NickFitz]

Today brought the usual Monkey Life plus other wildlife stuff

And this evening, I read a chunk more of Nuclear War: A Scenario in which we're just over forty minutes in and Washington DC is no more, Pyongyang will shortly be no more, and the Russians really need to calm down

In the midst of all this, I somehow found time to get a login flow to Bluesky working in a SwiftUI app. I suppose I'd better make it do something useful with this power next

More Monkey Life tomorrow morning, so I'd better get to sleep

Goodnight all