For some reason both in the same arm. Aside from a dead arm for a couple of days she was fine.
Covid in one arm, flu in the other. If I don't make tomorrow won't someone think of frogs trapped in car doors this one last time.
I got tetanus with flu a few weeks ago, and COVID this week*
*All vaccinations, for the comedians
*All vaccinations, for the comedians
The Spaniard has to be in Guadalajara early next week, so I’m tagging along for the weekend.
Should be pleasant. Not scorchio.
Should be pleasant. Not scorchio.
Speaking of which, I'm off to Berlin for work for the first time in 7 years...Any of the Berlinners around, can anyone recommend somewhere to eat near Hackescher Markt / Alexanderplatz?
My tastes are simple Pork, Potatoes and Beer... preferably served by someone with a fullsome moustache.
My tastes are simple Pork, Potatoes and Beer... preferably served by someone with a fullsome moustache.
as you might expect, but if you're looking for traditional "German" style foods like Schnitzel/Pork Knuckle/etc, there's a few options which are ok...
Near Hackescher Markt: 1840 Restaurant, Brauhaus Lemke, Weihenstephaner
Near Alexanderplatz: Zur Letzten Instanz, Zum Nussbaum, Hofbräu Wirtshaus (very touristy but the food's ok)
Of those, I'd recommend Zur Letzen Instanz mostly. If you're willing to go a bit further, Erdinger am Gendarmenmarkt is pretty nice and only four U-Bahn stops away.
Near Hackescher Markt: 1840 Restaurant, Brauhaus Lemke, Weihenstephaner
Near Alexanderplatz: Zur Letzten Instanz, Zum Nussbaum, Hofbräu Wirtshaus (very touristy but the food's ok)
Of those, I'd recommend Zur Letzen Instanz mostly. If you're willing to go a bit further, Erdinger am Gendarmenmarkt is pretty nice and only four U-Bahn stops away.
I've no idea if i'll get a chance to escape the client but i want to have my options lined up... and half a chance of a swine haxe is all i need.
So i might get the german cliches out of the way on day one and hope and pray they leave me alone on day 2 to try the zur litzen on erginger one.
I'm not there.
Though I wish I was. Having said that, I was sat outside in the sun for lunch yesterday and it was Bloody Warm(tm)
Though I wish I was. Having said that, I was sat outside in the sun for lunch yesterday and it was Bloody Warm(tm)
So can be bloody lovely during the day (up to about 20°), but also we had frost yesterday morning
the Guadalajara in Spain, as the one I'm more familiar with is the one in Mexico. Not that I've been to either
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
my week/weekend has freed right up. I was supposed to be doing a glass blowing course yesterday then a football match on Saturday. Both, alas, postponed (I assume for different reaasons). What are you plans for the weekend?
Additionally, I appreciate cricket is of minority interest round here, but it's all going down in Multan lads.
Additionally, I appreciate cricket is of minority interest round here, but it's all going down in Multan lads.
So the herd that is my family is going for lunch with them. Pizza at a fancy hipster place.
Sunday if the weather holds I’ll take the children out to a Halloween pumpkin patch / maze.
My main aim is to spend at least an hour 1:1 which each small person
Sunday if the weather holds I’ll take the children out to a Halloween pumpkin patch / maze.
My main aim is to spend at least an hour 1:1 which each small person
so we're doing a pub crawl on Saturday, starting where we got married and ending where we had the reception.
Also, see you at some point along the crawl. Unlikely to be until pub #3 at least, I reckon.
;)
Cool - yes, please do! Though not needed til tomorrow.
Cool - yes, please do! Though not needed til tomorrow.
to see the mighty CARDIACS with, amazingly, William D. Drake (ex keyboards for Cardiacs) in support. As an additional bonus I'll be attending with the lovely Mrs Witchy, who's fortunately met most of these idiots before.
as there were clear skies and aurora last night and I didn't go anywhere with clear skies because of the lurgy.
Not sure what the weekend brings but there will be some kind of birthday shenanigans.
Not sure what the weekend brings but there will be some kind of birthday shenanigans.
doesn't feel very covidy. It's making me feel rubbish without actually being stopping me doing much. Other than venturing out in the middle of the night to stand in a cold field.
and I'm still a bit rough this morning.
Bored of it now to be honest. Something's gone wrong at work and I could do with a bit more brain power to see what's happened.
Bored of it now to be honest. Something's gone wrong at work and I could do with a bit more brain power to see what's happened.
A couple of the photos I took look a bit red in places but my ukrainians took phone photos which clearly show the aurora
if you have a shitty cold that could be the 'rona
Or has that all gone to the dogs in Blighty?
Or has that all gone to the dogs in Blighty?
is that if you test and it's positive, that means you have to change your plans and avoid giving it to other people, whereas if you avoid testing and just call it 'the cold that's going round' then you can carry on your merry way light of conscience
actually had a proper argument with my mum last week about this, she was coming to visit when complaining about having a bad cold and constant cough and losing her voice. I refused to let her come without testing negative, and guess what, it turns out the 'cold' that's been carving a swathe through the whole village for weeks is covid and now I'm the party pooper who has ruined things and killed off their blissful denial
actually had a proper argument with my mum last week about this, she was coming to visit when complaining about having a bad cold and constant cough and losing her voice. I refused to let her come without testing negative, and guess what, it turns out the 'cold' that's been carving a swathe through the whole village for weeks is covid and now I'm the party pooper who has ruined things and killed off their blissful denial
when I go to see my parents as I don't want to kill them, their carers aren't though because they don't have to and they'd have to pay for the tests.
You can still get them for about €1.50 here in Germany.
Although we always tended to buy a load in bulk anyway, they're only a couple of dollars each
It's not the principle, it's the faff and the knowledge that nobody else round here is testing.
I thought, “hmmm. This is a familiar list of symptoms…”, went home early, dug out a test, and sure enough it was positive straight away.
I don’t think many people are testing routinely but if you think you might have it, surely you test so you can protect others and justify a couple of days off?
I don’t think many people are testing routinely but if you think you might have it, surely you test so you can protect others and justify a couple of days off?
I'd also want to know on a purely selfish basis so I know to chug vitamin D and get proper rest, rather than powering through as with a cold
and taking part in a Christian hackathon in London. And, like jammers, I have a cold.
We get ESL / non-English speakers at our church sometimes and we struggle to make anything understandable for them.
At the moment onboarding is manual but we hope it will be self serve after this weekend.
I need an audio file in Setswana to be translated and transcribed in English by Monday for the Home Office. Any ideas?
I suspect you need the accuracy of a human. I would imagine the NHS has such a service on contract.
When I suddenly had a completely flat back tyre. I’d only got a hundred yards, so I wheeled it home and got the bus.
This morning was the first chance I’ve had to deal with it in daylight.
Two inch sewing needle through the tyre. What the fuck was that doing on the road?
Anyway… new tube in and I’ve just been for a cracking 35km ride in the sun. Gorgeous day.
This morning was the first chance I’ve had to deal with it in daylight.
Two inch sewing needle through the tyre. What the fuck was that doing on the road?
Anyway… new tube in and I’ve just been for a cracking 35km ride in the sun. Gorgeous day.
in the Volcanic Eifel with my boy.
Next stop breakfast at McD in Dortmund. Then two more trains and two more busses.
I'm going here: https://www.strotzbüschermühle.de/de/
I hope the fancy umlauts in the URL work for you, that's all they have.
Next stop breakfast at McD in Dortmund. Then two more trains and two more busses.
I'm going here: https://www.strotzbüschermühle.de/de/
I hope the fancy umlauts in the URL work for you, that's all they have.
I wondered about accents in URLs and now I have learned about the existence of punycode, so that's nice.
pre-umlauted URL, this way
pre-umlauted URL, this way
they can be, but not all devices or software necessarily understand all of Unicode, nor do they need to because there's only a strict subset of it that's applicable, and Punycode allows devices or code with only basic ASCII comprehension to stay in the game. it's a neat trick
you work in academia, you know bloody well how old hardware and software can be in some departments! there's plenty of tech out there that's not brand spanking new but still needs to talk to stuff from this millennium
It has been quiet, but then of course, I don't check for a couple of days and it's posts up the wazoo!
A week with too many people dying has been followed by a week with too many people having major operations
Oh and I actually got to travel for work, rather than Mrs C, although it was only to Auckland. Although she also arrived in AKL shortly before I left
A week with too many people dying has been followed by a week with too many people having major operations
Oh and I actually got to travel for work, rather than Mrs C, although it was only to Auckland. Although she also arrived in AKL shortly before I left
went to try out my local hill running club yesterday
got there and it's 15 tall lanky bearded 40-something blokes with a bit of a beer belly
got there and it's 15 tall lanky bearded 40-something blokes with a bit of a beer belly
Although I wish I was still 40-something
Having successfully managed to run 42 km a few weeks ago, I have been lazy as fuck, and really do need to get out running again
Having successfully managed to run 42 km a few weeks ago, I have been lazy as fuck, and really do need to get out running again
although it ended up being about 55k due to tracker shenanigans
not much running was involved, though, as the terrain was a lot rougher than I was expecting
hence joining said club, to get in a state such that the next one will be more running. There's some great events around Scotland I'd like to do but definitely need to be in good shape for them
not much running was involved, though, as the terrain was a lot rougher than I was expecting
hence joining said club, to get in a state such that the next one will be more running. There's some great events around Scotland I'd like to do but definitely need to be in good shape for them
absentmindedly fellating a highlighter pen.
She is really going for it, and clearly unaware of what she is doing. I was almost tempted to alert her.
She is really going for it, and clearly unaware of what she is doing. I was almost tempted to alert her.
It was entirely absent minded - I think she would be horrified if she knew, but it was also unmistakable.
The tongue-work in particular was entirely unmistakeable.
The tongue-work in particular was entirely unmistakeable.
Which was nice. A bonus was getting bumped up to Club Europe for the flight home. Brought down rather by arriving at Gatwick to fucked trains, so rather than a seat on a direct train to Cambridge I'm on the floor in the vestibule of a train to London Victoria
is broken, Dave. All broken. They're dead Dave.
To get to the Toon next week was going to take 6-7 hours, half of that time spent on a bus. So I'm driving. My car, obvs, not the bus.
To get to the Toon next week was going to take 6-7 hours, half of that time spent on a bus. So I'm driving. My car, obvs, not the bus.
It's what, an hour's drive? But she's been good and got the train. She had a choice of an hour sitting at Cambridge then changing at Stowmarket wherever the fuck that is, or a rail replacement bus, over 2 hours journey. Although she's found a self service wine bar so train was still a better option.
I was wondering how they dealt with underage drinkers (other than it being a wine bar)
some of the angst off it.
Don't get me wrong, I accept that lines need maintenance. But this seems to be ALL lines all at the same time. Much like all roads around Liliput appear to be shut most of the time too.
Don't get me wrong, I accept that lines need maintenance. But this seems to be ALL lines all at the same time. Much like all roads around Liliput appear to be shut most of the time too.
started burning our takeaways.
It doesn't help, of course, that the roads round here are built on soggy dust. They build them and people come, then they sink into the fens a year later and become absolute car wreckers. I drove an old way home recently and the road was so bad it nearly smashed my sump. The back way to Prickwillow (stop that) has been closed since the beginning of Sept, and now they've closed the A10 to Lynn.
It doesn't help, of course, that the roads round here are built on soggy dust. They build them and people come, then they sink into the fens a year later and become absolute car wreckers. I drove an old way home recently and the road was so bad it nearly smashed my sump. The back way to Prickwillow (stop that) has been closed since the beginning of Sept, and now they've closed the A10 to Lynn.
yesterday (Sunday).
got disrupted there too, the visiting class 26 broke down
got disrupted there too, the visiting class 26 broke down
Had a great weekend in Rotorua drinking beer and running around a lake. Upset initially by one of my best friends who was with us getting a call on Thurs night to say her brother had just dropped dead after a seizure.
Then I get into work yesterday, to find the wife of a close cow orker had just dropped dead from an aneurism.
Fuck's sake!
Then I get into work yesterday, to find the wife of a close cow orker had just dropped dead from an aneurism.
Fuck's sake!
One of these happening out of the blue is freaky enough, but two in five days. Jebus
A friend had a mild aneurism last Friday (20th), seemed to be okay according to the nuerosurgeon on Saturday, had surgery in the afternoon which went to shit, had a massive stroke and died on Monday afternoon.
Also, my mother went to the GP with one complaint, got called back to check something else and is now lined up for surgery in the next week or so and none of us are entirely sure what for - more clarity should be available after her pre-op appt tomorrow which my sister is going along to as well. But gah... keeping everything crossed.
Also, my mother went to the GP with one complaint, got called back to check something else and is now lined up for surgery in the next week or so and none of us are entirely sure what for - more clarity should be available after her pre-op appt tomorrow which my sister is going along to as well. But gah... keeping everything crossed.
has a stash of chocolate in a drawer in her bedroom. I appreciate the Molesworth boarding school hi-jinx of it, I'm just a bit disappointed she was caught so easily.
as we're off to the isle of wight for a long weekend. We're somewhere near Southampton staying with family, catching a ferry at lunch time.
rambling corridors with a couple of steps every now and then for no apparent reason,, attentive staff, smells old. But the rooms are en suite, there's wifi, the food is good.
This morning there's a fantastic view out to sea.
This morning there's a fantastic view out to sea.
Uncle* Derry and family
*actual first cousin once removed, but uncle makes more generational sense
*actual first cousin once removed, but uncle makes more generational sense
but it is a bit of a headfuck. I'm OK, but somewhat discombobulated
And I will be on my own on Sunday morning. Can any locals recommend something interesting I could do?
but unlike most of the country, London has working public transport so I should be able to get around.
I've been conditioned by my son and dog to wake up at 6am everyday so the bed/hangover won't be an option.
I've been conditioned by my son and dog to wake up at 6am everyday so the bed/hangover won't be an option.
Joel Vietch's band is doing a reunion
https://www.seetickets.com/event/7-seconds-of-love/new-cross-inn/2945465
https://www.seetickets.com/event/7-seconds-of-love/new-cross-inn/2945465