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In today's post: several copies of Commando No. 5794 River of Death, first published as No. 582 in September 1971 and written by my Dad!
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Morning.
Thursday.
Awake at sparrowfart again.
Damp.
Dreary.
Grey.
Sunless.
Chilly in here at 16.3 deg, 17 deg in the kitchen, 15 deg in the leanto.
1002 mBar, in Hg, Torr, psi, (up from 998 last night), 68% RH (Lidl electric).
Meanwhile on the 22nd of November 2019 the weather was much the same as above but colder.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Today, 06:53.
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Morning denizens
There was some rain last night, but this morning it's a rosy-fingered dawn with a clear sky above! It'll get a bit cloudier over the course of the day though. Still relatively mild at 13°C ("feels like" 10°) with an expected high of 16°; the barometers are up a touch at 994/1002mB
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Tonight's telly was E1 of Inside Barlinnie about the eponymous Glasgow prison, which is soon to close. Interesting stuff
And then I read a few more chapters of The Founders, in which PayPal finally has its name - though it still thinks it's making a PalmPilot app for splitting bills in restaurants
Thursday (which is now functionally equivalent to Friday for me) tomorrow!
Goodnight all
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Nice to get home and relax after old fart walk this morning, bookreading group this afternoon and history talk this evening. Last not what I was expecting as lady I know a bit couldn't give the talk but not bad alternative about witches. Modern witches probably fly around on Dyson vacuum cleaners.
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Tea has been oniony chicken casserole with chips and peas
In fact, I didn't have many other options. I need to build up my reserves again
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Today's walk has been walked, starting with a trip over to the place of many bins to drop off some recycling
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Clothings have been laundered and are draped about to dry.
It's currently bright and sunny, with blue sky visible but the rain forecast for later hasn't gone away.
Some work was done and then I got bored and logged off. I have about a day of billable time left this week so no need to do it all at once!
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Cold chicken leg and a bag of plain crisps for lunch
Things continue quiet on the ClientGov front, as there's a "workshop" of some kind going on in That London. I obviously didn't go, as I'd really have nothing to contribute anyway, being new to the project
It turns out that every other person on the project is from some consultancy outfit, and it's that which is providing the venue and such. I gather that they get to satisfy personal KPIs and the like by doing this sort of stuff, which explains why they all seemed quite amenable to the idea. I, of course, don't have to suffer any such nonsense
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Morning all
Dull, cloudy, damp. Currently 18 degrees with a high of 21 expected . Rain due from early evening onwards. Barometer down to 1002 mBar.
I fancied scrambled eggs on toast for breakfast but my bread had gone mouldy. I just about had enough milk for cereal instead. To add insult to injury, my coffee machine has just turned itself off, indicating that it's been about 2 hours since my last coffee.
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Morning.
Wednesday.
Wet.
Grey.
Sunless.
Cool in here at 16.6 deg,16.5 deg in the kitchen, 16 deg in the leanto.
995.5 mBar, 29.397 in Hg, 746.68 Torr, 14.438 psi, (down from 998 last night), 61% RH (Lidl electric: the dehumidifier is on).
Meanwhile on the 21st of November 2019 NF had toad in the hole & watched yet more of S2 of the Wire, whereas I watched BTVS S6 and missed the infinite cheerfulness of the BuffyBot "that'll put marzipan in your pie plate bingo" being a favourite phrase or saying.
Entertainment: More or less followed by the Conspiracy thing: The Coming Storm.
No walk of any description walked in the continuing deluge. Ho hum.
Freecell score: 93%, running average: 78%.
Lunch: there was.
Entertainment: book.
Freecell score: 94%, running average: 78%.
Tea: beans on toast etc.
Entertainment: PM <click>
Thing on 5 select about all the shops that aren't on the high street any more, Woolies, Topshop, Burtons, BHS, anything owned by Fatboy Green, Radio Rentals, Greenshield Stamps. (Why don't the Pink stamps ever get a mention?). Lots of ladies clothes shops that I've never noticed. C&A. Banks.
Maigret: the headless corpse (1992) with Mr Cremer.Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; Yesterday, 22:17.
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Morning all
Phew what a scorcher! 16C at 6am, which is a bit remarkable given the amount of rain overnight.
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Morning denizens
There was some overnight rain and now it's a foggy morning. Mild with the extra insulation, though: already 14°C ("feels like" 11°) with an expected high of 20°. The barometers are sharply down though at 991/998mB
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Tea tonight was sausages, chips and beans
This was accompanied by a new Police Interceptors. This season comes from Northamptonshire, and they had a very nice establishing shot of the Vale of the Mighty Windmills of Kelmarsh, a notable feature of the countryside just after J2 of the A14 westbound
Having finished The Siege, I was thinking of starting one of the other Ben Macintyre books I have around the place but haven't read yet. But instead, I started on The Founders, which rejoices in the rather long subtitle Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and the Company that Made the Modern Internet. The company in question is PayPal, in case you were wondering. It's quite an interesting read so far, though I haven't yet got to the bit where the other people at PayPal set up a fake system for Musk to program on that let him think he was working on the actual site, because his software was too badly written to be allowed anywhere near the real thing
In fact, I'm not sure if the book will mention that
Goodnight all
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