Still recovering from this flu. Had a couple of days where it wiped me out again and had to call in sick two weeks after the initial fever stage. Now stuck with a cough and sniffly nose!

Dad is still in hospital but is getting much better. He’s mentally a lot better too, I think him being around people all the time is doing him a lot of good. He even said he doesn’t want to be discharged home which is an enormous 180 for home, he’s been incredibly stubborn about staying in his house. I think the message is starting to get through that he’s in no state to live in his own. Social services are keen to send him back home though as there’s no available space in rehabilitation (for his poor mobility).

Kids are excited for Christmas which is nice! I just miss that excitement myself, now it’s just a stressful time with trying to organise everything and make sure the day goes smoothly!

My mate is back from the Netherlands visiting his parents for a bit so looking forward to grabbing a few pints with him in our usual decent pub!

I’ve completely checked out of work due to the time off I’ve had due to being sick. Just 1.5 days left!

It’s been pretty stressful, not gonna lie! I was visiting him every day straight after work and also dealing with random messages he’d send during the day. Ended up picking up that flu that’s going around on Friday and was totally wiped out the entire weekend, recovered enough by Monday to work (I work from home) but yesterday I was wiped again so took the day off sick. I only managed to see him on Monday but due to being ill I haven’t had chance, and the number of requests from him for me have been rising.

My dad’s still in hospital but they’ve found the infection and he’s been feeling a lot better and mentally doing better too, and he’s having physio and OT sessions to help get him back on his feet, but his mobility was so bad before hand they might wonder if he’s safe to go back home on his own.

How are you finding having decaf coffee? It’s not something I’ve really done yet, but I think I have a good handle on my coffee intake, I’ll have two cups in the morning and then switch to tea until mid-afternoon.

When I rented a flat nearly 10 years ago, we had to get a wireless broadband solution as the local area hadn’t got any decent broadband installed yet (despite being a brand new village between two towns), however to install it they needed to drill through the entire wall. To do that I needed the landlords permission, but it turns out it was owned by someone (or an entity) in China and the estate agent couldn’t get ahold of them, so I said fuck it and just said yes they can go ahead and do it.

Cheers for asking! Been a pretty chaotic week for various reasons, including but not limited to having to call an ambulance and fire brigade for my dad to get him to hospital on Friday.

Ahh I’m sorry to hear that dude. Sounds like he’s getting the best send off ever.

Are there any printers that aren’t balls? Anyway, I hope it all went smoothly!

What’s thanksgiving music?

Nice! How was it? First week at a new job is always so tiring!

Yeah, but not because I bear allegiance to the monarchy.

British citizens as His Majesty’s subjects bear true allegiance to His Majesty King

The vast majority of us don’t do this, no.

Damnit Melon, you could have posted this the other week!

Agree with everything about Sky. I refuse to become a customer and support their model. I do enjoy their F1 coverage but it’s a shame it’s so expensive, and it has ads! Don’t charge a fucking subscription AND show ads - ridiculous.

From what little news I’ve read since… I’ve not actually missed anything interesting.

Ehh I think there’s been more interesting seasons rather than bad ones. 2021 was absolutely insane and this year has been fantastic too in my opinion.

It’s dark… it’s grey… and it’s fucking miserable.

Totally feel this. It’s depressing isn’t it? You feel like it’s about 10pm but it’s only just turned 6pm!

What did you end up watching?

Did you know that UART serial doesn’t need a clock wire to synchronize communication in the way that I2C does?

I didn’t know this, but I’ll now sleep soundly tonight knowing this! :D

What will the presence detectors be for? Switching on and off lights?

It’s been ok ta. Only managed one run. Took my son to play badminton on Saturday though which was fun! Enjoyed the F1 this weekend, have to you managed to catch up?

I’m definitely looking forward to more sunlight and warmth!

Can confirm

Haha thanks! It’s a £90 IKEA table that we’ve had for over 10 years now. The cats doing her fair share of damage to it, second only to copious amounts of porridge that never finds its way into the children’s* mouths!

**^Maybe mine too^

Exactly what I said to them!

We’ve been using Ocado these past few weeks and ordered 7 bananas.

Turns out I forgot you can’t order individual items and this turned up:

Enjoy! You’ve got a bit unlucky with the weather though!