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A relief to have the heating on tonight; thermostat’s just been mended. Hat, fingerless gloves, down jacket etc indoors were getting a bit passé.

“Pull my finger”, Bic™ fun etc

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Just me?

Yes

driech, adj. /driːx/

II. With largely negative connotation.
 4. a. Long, lengthy, protracted, esp. excessively, tediously, or dispiritingly so; (of a road or way) long and wearisome; (of speech or other communication) prolix, long-winded.
 c. Slow, sluggish; (of a person) tardy or reluctant to begin or do something; dilatory; spec. slow to pay for something or settle debts
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Yeah, I am aware I need to move.

Edit: have since moved

Depends on the temperature though

heating on

Maybe get someone who still has membership to ask for the numbers at the AGM?

Letters in the post have a more visceral impact than emails, but possibly only on some poor admin intern.

This is a good book about the Theranos scandal crime: Bad Blood

Is the setter called Pickles or something?

Yep, doh

Edit: thanks. The numbers on the crossword grid ↑ are different to the “day” ones I used, and in theory at least December was supposed to be the hardest. It wasn’t, November’s pyramid one was a bastard

My Twitter a/c got locked ages ago after posting an altercation with an absolute bastard of a coach driver. Have dabbled in Mastodon (home instance mastodon.social—from 2017)—mostly pictures of a local block of flats.

Thanks, that seems good. It’s unsatisfying when the last few clues are a groan rather than an aha. I did search the full text of the Faerie Queene, and it doesn’t have “gere” in it… boo

Spoiler alert: here are the last three clues from this year’s 3D Crosswords I think I know but can’t parse:

4: Retreating, bachelor avoids spiteful woman (5) D?B?A Debra
10: Richard Tiffany’s stuff used in The Faerie Queene (4) GE?E Gere
32: Bolt upright at the start, Pickles regularly lays back down at the end (5) U?A?N Usain

Edit: Wikipedia says “Richard Tiffany Gere is an American actor”

Time to get your orders in for next year’s 3D Crossword Calendar.

19A: is Sybil a Private Eye crossword setter?
28A: measure/Bill as Act of Parliament

50% merino 50% cotton

These weird Dutch army snood things are very good

Yes. Update—another picture clue: ▲

Sorry for my brevity earlier—it was raining and my phone doesn’t work very well in the rain. I’ve edited and hopefully improved matters.

Also recommend a poncho; mine (Agu Grant) saved most of me from the wet today; grim though, both ways.

Despite the name, it’s not schist or jasper—rather, granite—so not functional for testing your gold. And there are two of them to boot. Picture clue: ⬭

Sorry, the old one was in Wapping, I’ve added a link & more words

New

Old—the Ornamental Canal in Wapping.

bean to cup coffee maker

I’ve been very happy with my De’Longhi ESAM4200, purchased in 2016. If it broke, which seems unlikely, I would buy as close a model to replace it as I could get. Lack of features suits me—dial for grind, knobs for coffee and water quantities.

Edit: can still be had new from < £300. Maybe.