Mrs T got this last Saturday.For some reason both in the same arm. Aside from a dead arm for a couple of days she was fine.
I have been enstabbed.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.
Mrs T got this last Saturday. I changed it up,I got tetanus with flu a few weeks ago, and COVID this week*
*All vaccinations, for the comedians
*All vaccinations, for the comedians
Off to Spain for a cheeky weekend this evening.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.
Delightful not been to spain in ages, i'm due a trip in the new year.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.
It's very touristy around there,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.
excellent work, nicely ordered and organised response.. it's like a national sterotype!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.
I'm staying right next to the 1840So 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.
Or a massive bust and a no-messing disposition?Possibly moustache too.
long blonde braidsand steins balanced delicately on each... hand
I'll just add that half the planet seems to be in spain this week...
I hope not!Sounds a bit crowded.
If it helps,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)
We are in full spring modeSo can be bloody lovely during the day (up to about 20°), but also we had frost yesterday morning
I actually had to googlethe 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!
quiet round here innitmy 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.
It’s my friends birthdaySo 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
Then I recommend you stop breeding.Stat.
I have the sameNumber of children as you
And I havestopped breeding.
So you practice what you preach?Doot
It's our 10th wedding anniversary tomorrowso we're doing a pub crawl on Saturday, starting where we got married and ending where we had the reception.
woot!Congrats :D
Blimey, ten years already!Congrats!
We will be joining you.Probably not from the very beginning though.
Why on earth did you get married in Hampstead?Also, see you at some point along the crawl. Unlikely to be until pub #3 at least, I reckon.
Why not?Cool. I'd better turn on the ringer on my phone.
Well, wrong side of the Heath, if you ask me;)
Cool - yes, please do! Though not needed til tomorrow.
Cool - yes, please do! Though not needed til tomorrow.
I'm heading up northto 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.
I'm currently full of manflu, which is a tad annoyingas 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.
Is it deadly manfluOr Covid?
Deadly manflu I think,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.
Are you feeling better now?. Did you get any aurora viewing in the end?
I spent saturday in bed and didn't do much yesterdayand 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.
and no, I didn't see the aurora.A couple of the photos I took look a bit red in places but my ukrainians took phone photos which clearly show the aurora
I saw it in my garden.It was purplish with a hint of green.
Is standard procedure not still to take a testif 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?
the prevailing logic as I see itis 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
Yeah, that's kinda what I thoughtSad, innit?
I've been testingwhen 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 have to actually buy the tests..
Are they really expensive there, like in America?You can still get them for about €1.50 here in Germany.
they're only a couple of quidYou can get them in chemists and big supermarkets I believe.
Yup not free any more hereAlthough we always tended to buy a load in bulk anyway, they're only a couple of dollars each
Don't know, not looked.It's not the principle, it's the faff and the knowledge that nobody else round here is testing.
When I felt shit a few weeks ago,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?
having had long(ish) covid beforeI'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
Absolutely.That’s what the days off are for.
It’s basically if you don’t testThen you’re not positive. Which is insane
People being cuntsas per usual then
I’m following in the footsteps of jammersand taking part in a Christian hackathon in London. And, like jammers, I have a cold.
Very cool.Have you had a look at the projects?
Yah.I’m cheating really because I’m already attached to a project.
which one?..
-https://kingdomcode.org.uk/build/2024/breeze-translate/
Brilliant, go well!We get ESL / non-English speakers at our church sometimes and we struggle to make anything understandable for them.
The app already exists and works well and is very affordable.At the moment onboarding is manual but we hope it will be self serve after this weekend.
Cool.So how was it?
Yeh it was good fun. I'll probably go next year.We 'won' too, so that's always good.
Well done.Did you get the help you wanted out of it?
Slightly related,I need an audio file in Setswana to be translated and transcribed in English by Monday for the Home Office. Any ideas?
Given the recipientI suspect you need the accuracy of a human. I would imagine the NHS has such a service on contract.
It's not for me,it's for mrsjam. Hence me asking here.
Is this a Roman thing?Where you go to a Colosseum and hack christians to bits?
I’d just left the house on the bike to go to work one day last week…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.
Am in a train to a week in an a-framein 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.
they should call them ürls and be done with itI 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
Thanks for fixing it..
Here was me thinking URLs could be Unicode..
As I understand itthey 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
Hang on, all devices or software don't necessarily understand all of Unicode?In 2024? FFS!
come on nowyou 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
MorningIt 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
I, a tall lanky bearded 40-something bloke with a bit of a beer bellywent 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
Ha! This does sound familiarAlthough 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
did my first 50k ultra a few weeks backalthough 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
There is a young woman on my trainabsentmindedly 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.
you dirty old man/steptoe
She is far too young for me to be interested.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.
Be sure to sharethe highlights with us
Been on holiday in GreeceWhich 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
Every rail lineis 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.
my wife's gone to Norwich to see some friendsIt'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.
A self service wine bar?.
apparently sohttps://www.wallowwine.co.uk/
Ah you have to load a card at the bar.I was wondering how they dealt with underage drinkers (other than it being a wine bar)
At least that takessome 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.
Is that not to stopthe Lilliputians from escaping?
Yes, and now they'vestarted 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.
Sump!There it is
went to the North norfolk Railway with friendsyesterday (Sunday).
got disrupted there too, the visiting class 26 broke down
got disrupted there too, the visiting class 26 broke down
We now return for another episode of "Could everyone please stop dying?"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!
Fuck :(.
Oh, and I can't stress this enough,mate. What a shitter, hugs to all!
Fucks' sakeindeed.
Thanks all. Bit of a headfuckOne of these happening out of the blue is freaky enough, but two in five days. Jebus
This is indeed shit, so sorry to hear it.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.
Fuckity fuckThis sort of thing absolutely shouldn't be allowed.
Couldn't agreemore
ThirdedEnough of this shite!
Fourthed.This sort of thing can properly GTF. Hope all's well, Ems x
Fifthed, obvs.FFS
bloody hellthere's really no need for that
Yeahinnit
we've just discovered our childhas 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.
the good news isI now have access to confiscated Rolos
Cracking Peelsession etc.
pfftI believe they've unexpectedly reformed, and are in session for Riley & Coe in November
Why notpilfer said stash and deny knowledge?
I will next timeHave you seen my Rolos?
Which Rolos?
Which Rolos?
or a protection racketevery third Rolo as a sweetener to not tell mum
These are nice Rolos...wouldn't want anything to "happen" to them.
My kids are bunking off school todayas 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.
Uh oh.That’s where I am.
Portsmouth or the island?..
Southampton-
I'm in Bishopstoke next to Eastleighfor the next hour or so.
Slightly too far for meand I saw this too late. Sorry.
I'm in a hotel in Sandown. It's lovely and feels oldschool -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.
Strangely enoughI have relatives in Bishopstoke
It's not great aunt Susanand great uncle Mickey is it?
NoUncle* 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
FuckSorry for your losses. Are you doing alright?
Well, they're more losses of people who I know than directly minebut it is a bit of a headfuck. I'm OK, but somewhat discombobulated
I will be in London next weekend for reasonsAnd I will be on my own on Sunday morning. Can any locals recommend something interesting I could do?
where are you staying?.
staying in bed with a hangover seems like a solid option
staying in bed with a hangover seems like a solid option
I'm in shoreditchbut 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.
If you are around on the fridayJoel 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
I'm not freeon the friday unfortunately :( It's just that sunday morning that I need to fill with something.