5.05.2024 Nothing to see here.

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  Sunday 5th 50F/10C. Overcast with rain. Up at 6am after a bad night. My chest hurts like hell and I had to keep getting up to fill the fire bucket. I was going to get up at 5am but decided to try going back to sleep.

 

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4.05.2024 In the absense of progress.

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  Saturday 4th 53F/12C. Heavy overcast and much darker than of late. It was raining hard at bedtime last night. [23.00] It is supposed to be cloudy but dry with a little sun later. The wind has gone around to the west.

 Up at 5.30 after a quiet night. My left chest still hurts as badly as ever. Fortunately I haven't coughed yet this morning. Though I can still sense some slight wheezing. I am breathing naturally through my nose. For the first time in ages. Checking back through my posts. First cold symptoms on the 18th of April. Well over two weeks ago.

 I came across YT videos about "farm jacks" yesterday. One of these could be used to lift the 14 concrete, foundation blocks. Once I have dismantled the larger observatory walls. The online dealer was lying when they said they would deliver in 3-5 days. The real delivery delay was 11 days. 

 Of course they only tell you this, via an update email, long after you have paid. To ensure the customer doesn't cancel and go elsewhere. They make this as difficult as possible too. By bombarding the disappointed customer with emails. All the details are in appended files with reams of small text. Lies, damned lies and ComputerSalg.dk!

 Their sales website is still showing 3-5 days for delivery this morning. Delivery from "remote stock." Which could mean that ComputerSalg.dk is a spotty teenager. Running a supposed business on his laptop from his bedroom in his parent's house. Then his computer sends the customer's order straight on to another company. So, ComputerSalg.dk are not even box shifters and hold no stock themselves. Their fancy website is all vapourware. Except that it's not. They have a large warehouse.

 There is no consumer protection in Denmark. So they can legally get away with this patently false advertising. They falsely promise reasonable delivery dates at slightly lower prices to capture the order. 

 Thereby depriving honest companies, with expensive stock, staff costs and storage. From gaining a valuable order.  It would be fascinating to know what proportion of actual delivery dates match their sales website. Of course, nobody will ever know. That might dent their reputation and sales.

  Dinner was chicken and mushroom curry. Somehow I managed to make it tasty and appetizing.

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3.05.2024 Walking wounded.

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 Friday 3rd  Bright sunshine and breezy again.  Still coughing. My chest still hurts from the fall. No sign of bruising. So it is muscle strain from trying to save myself.

8.45. 60F/15.6C. Up at 5am. Back to bed for an hour at 7.30. Just looked around the garden. A mass of brambles where the old Horse chestnut used to be. Very few flowers on Shirley's bee and butterfly bed yet. Lots of tufts of leaves promising colour. Different types and colours of tulips at the east end of the house. 

 My neighbour is gardening with his shirt off. I needed a jumper. As I hobbled around like an old man.
Feeling sorry for myself. That I can't just jump on my bike and go for a long ride. A pleasant 67F/20C indoors. Expected to reach that later outside. 

 The greenhouse has been remaining under 85F/30C with the end doors open during the day plus two layers of shade nets. No need to borrow heat to warm the house. Though daytime temperatures are expected to fall a little over the next few days with some rain.

 12.00 68F/20C. Wasted the entire morning on the computer watching YT videos. And the entire afternoon.

 Dinner was beans on toast. The beans are still awful. Under-cooked and tasteless.

 

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