Day off today so I broke routine and had a lie in, got up about 10. A day of just running down the clock, which was excellent, bit of telly, light kitchen duties, singalongalexa, a sit in the back reading about the annus mirabilis of '70/71 for Barry Richards, a bit of a gab with my daughter who was asking about cricketing greats (my kids are well trained...) and I“ve just built two canneloni, one veggie, one not, and they were absolutely magical. I've said it before, but the time I have now where...

Cormack

The NHS Coronavirus texter has clearly peaked, nothing again today.

Routine day of work and I've got a few off now so had a cosy day tying up a few loose ends and "straightening the pictures", had a read in the sun in the garden for an hour and a bit and had a sea bass curry for tea that was bang on, what a piece of fish that is, so it's been a good day.

I realise also that this week, harking back to my childhood and also a shop shelf about a mile away, that...

Cormack

A couple of letters today which I covered on the Coronavirus thread. Seems to me Hancock wants to know, as my old man would have had it, 'the ins and outs of a duck's arse'. Yeah, no thanks.

Had a quiet day otherwise. The one milestone I did make today was 'personal shortest haircut ever'. Mrs C went at me with a set of clippers and since I'm a house convict, I asked for a No. 3 all over. No-one is going to see me until June and so just do it.

I look like one of...

Cormack

Another late update. Started early in the morning, an IT gremlin decided to not sync some grunt work I'd done so I had to repeat it. Testament to my equanimity (17 - approaching five years since its last appearance) today that I didn't go postal when this came about. Ended up eating big, late, and this knocked me out and made me feel a touch 'off' as well.

Which brings me here at this hour.

No news is good news in our relative's case, managed a half hour in the sun...

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Late update again today, a bit like Saturday. NHS texter has been singing 'Wichita Lineman' all day so again, no text. A good day for kitchen graft and managed to bake a pan of brownies without the bloodhound kids not noticing.

Also, routine proper deep clean of the small deep fat fryer I have and use sparingly means the new oil is pristine, no debris, and is the facet of CHIP DAY! Essentially, it is only used for sporadic chips anyway and I'll sometimes have a last hurrah on the...

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