Winning..having surgery Friday-will be out of work for 3 weeks.

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Good luck with that Blurf.

Well the fog went away downstream only to be replaced by smoke haze and after a 7C (felt like 5C) start here we're now up to 13C (feels like 11C) on our way to an expected 25C.

Anyhow once I've had this coffee break it'll be time to go outside and remove the frost protection from my veggies and plant some seeds in my huge wicking tub.

Seeing as there's no cricket on tonight I should get into my brewroom tomorrow morning feeling fresh and not half asleep like the last few mornings.

Cheers.

Hope the op goes well.

And do enjoy the coffee :-)

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Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

A westerly breeze removed the smoke haze while I removed the frost protection and planted more very seeds everywhere so now I'm getting my last coffee break in for the morning before heading back out there to finish off yet another little project so that I can start moving my small wicking tubs from along side the shed where they're starting to get shaded over to the shelf above the back of my compost bays.

Now back to this coffee.

Cheers.

Not a chance of me going outside tonight. Too cold for me right now.
Overcast
36°F/2°C
Wind Chill 26°F (-3°C)
Predicted low of 28°F/-2°C.

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Myself I'm taking another break from outside to cool down and partake a few refreshing lagers.

I still have a few more things to do out there, but I'll wait until that area goes into shade before I attempt to finish the rest, though I did get all my current working small wicking tubs back into full sun (which they wouldn't be getting now in their winter positions).

Cheers.

Monday morning is dawning - not too dull, not too cold, but not bright.....

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

A cloudy moday morning post.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

Just barely hanging on here after another long and warm day (we reached 24C, felt like 20C here today), but I will have to crash very soon.

Cheers.

A cloudy morning post.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

Winning on a smoky Hump Day morning.

Cheers.

Getting ready for the next of this seasons storms to roll in tonight and tomorrow = more wind, more rain, more trees down, more floods.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

All is damp and chilly.

As the sun went down, there was an amazing amount of condensation forming on all exposed surfaces. Hopefully, none of that gets into any of the electronics anywhere...


One good bit of unexpected fun was for ("simply") moving a controller onto the other side of a narrow walkway so as to get some cabling safely tided out of the way and to swap some old cable for newer higher spec (and screened!) stuff. This is the sort of kit that doesn't get switched off... Last time would be hundreds of days ago. Once moved, it didn't power up. Errrk!... All the connections were double checked all ok. The rerouted cables were checked over a third time and found to be ok... So... Quick dash to connect a terminal up and to see if/what anything was happening and... There was an over-current alarm that then switched off the connected equipment. Really?!... Checking the configs showed that some new kit had been added with the system still live. The power checks are only checked during power up!... Adding a second power module fixed that so all good, except... I'm not trusting those multiple power modules to cooperate so the two got swapped with one of my super PSU modules. And finally... Yay! It works!!

And time flies far too fast.

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The overnight wind here has certainly stirred up those fires to the north of here up even further and I was surprised to see that the chopper fuel truck and its accompanying townie's fire truck protection both stayed on the oval all night (I wonder if it'll get used today).

ATM with the current wind direction we're clear of the worst of the smoke, but that's expected to change in the next hour or so pushing that smoke to the north over the village, though showers and thunderstorms are expected here later this afternoon and evening (I just hope that the later don't turn out to be dry 1's again).

At least we're only expecting 23C here today instead of the 29C (felt like 23C) we got yesterday while early spring temps are expected over the next week with at least the last 5 day of those so far expected to be wet which we certainly need.

Anyhow I've sealed up my brew kits after their overnight out gassing (it sure does smell sweet in here this morning) and put things back to right in the brewroom so I might as well get a 2nd coffee break in before I go outside to check on Dog (who's being very quiet so far today) and my veggies.

[edit] Well I didn't last long out there in the smoke and wind while the temp here gets to 14C (feels like 9C) after a 12C (felt like 8C) start.

Cheers.

The smoke and wind kept those firefighting choppers grounded for a while this morning as they're only now just starting to head north meanwhile the guys down on the oval decided that they'd turn their vehicles around to face the other way.

Anyhow with these conditions going on I think that I maybe in for a day of catching up on missed out shows again.

Cheers.

So you can’t play darts with yourself Victor? Lol. I understand. My mother taught me to give her insulin shots to her. I learned how to fill and jab her with a syringe around the age of 8 or 9.

Now is the fun time. You would call it pain weather. My gas furnace at my flat has gone wonky. It starts up and runs the startup sequence until the main burner starts. And then it runs a few seconds and quits. Management says they will have someone look at it tomorrow. I’m glad this building has some thermal mass heat retention so it doesn’t get to chill yet at night. The next four nights are predicted as 24, 27, 31 and 39. Hopefully it is a easy fix.

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Well the wind has dropped, but it has changed directions so we're now getting flooded with smoke here and I'm certainly staying inside again after my little wander about half the village.

The B-Double refueler down on the oval behind me has now been replace by 2 semis and the choppers are making use of them.

Anyhow I better have a bite to eat.

Cheers.

Good idea.
Time for breakfast.

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With each crime and every kindness we birth our future.

We have a beautiful sunny respite yet all is sodden and wet with a chilly damp.

And the sun too soon will fall!


Wiggo: Can you be persuaded to nudge the glowing orb a little more over this way please? Pretty please??

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Winning on a Thorsday morning with less smoke about today (so far).

Sorry Martin, but it only just got here so I'll send it back a bit later on.

Anyhow it's time for a coffee.

Cheers.