I'm so tired I may fall asleep before finishing this.
Sherlock seems to have enjoyed today. I don't know why he's always wanted to be put on a stainless shelf in a mortuary freezer and shut in. But he has, ever since he first went in there.
Today he finally got his wish. He couldn't ever go in one when there was a body in there (they each hold four) - and as much as he begged, Molly wasn't going to get a body out for him to see. So he just had to wait until there was a vacancy. Today there was.
So he's been slid into a giant freezer and locked in for a few seconds.
By the time we opened the door again he'd rolled onto his front, and was completely beaming.
He still hasn't managed to explain why he wanted to do it. He just did. Which is probably as good a reason as any, when you're 8.
Our little jaunt yesterday morning has led to one person in custody and the other released on bail. Not a bad result. Sometimes you just need to go in hard, shake the tree, see what falls out.
Friday I've got my MOE course. This is basically an entire day of breaking into things people would rather we stayed out of. So I will spend 8 hours breaking down doors, smashing in windows, all that. And discussing 'dynamic risk assessment'.
It means I spend a day in full gear - from steel toes and shin guards to goggles and a nice helmet. Occasionally with a shield... I will doubtless need to have some TLC from my lovely doctor once I'm done. It's hard work wielding an enforcer!
I've heard a rumour it'll be taser training too - we do different sorts of entries. Rapid, General, Shield and Taser call-out. So...yeah, we'll see. I'm supposedly allowed a taser now I'm firearm trained...
Not sure what we'll do tomorrow. Last night's weather was so horrible - and then this evening it was all blue skies and gorgeous pink clouds! So there's no telling what it'll be like. Maybe a museum.
Am hoping to get to take to John out to dinner on Saturday, to celebrate a year since he asked me to marry him.
Then Sunday morning it's tank-time with Mycroft... I go through stages of looking forward to it, then getting a bit...I don't know, not worried, but wondering if I'll like it. I can always get out if I don't.
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It means I spend a day in full gear - from steel toes and shin guards to goggles and a nice helmet.
I don't suppose anyone will take pictures...?
Dinner on Saturday would be very nice. :)
Hmm...I shall discourage it. Possibly just for you.
Hmph.
I said possibly! Is my tlc after dependent on it?
No, it's all right. I have a good imagination. Although you should feel lucky I can't draw at all ;)
John make him take a selfie and post it!
...no.
(And thank you, Mycroft, for the translation.)
Ha! I'll ask him again in the morning, Carla. Right after coffee, so he's in a good mood.
I'm never in a good mood ;)
Even when I mess with your hair?
Mmm. I'm horrible grumpy old git. Just lucky you don't seem to have noticed yet.
Bed? I've been 90% asleep for hours.
I completely don't believe you. :)
Yes, bed.
so, is "dynamic risk assessment" newspeak for thinking on your feet?
I hope Sherlock decides to write us a bit of a report on the inside of the morgue cooler. It's very interesting... but not something I'd want to do!
happy almost-anniversary-of-proposal! :)
S
I hope Sherlock decides to write us a bit of a report on the inside of the morgue cooler.
I'm right there with you on that, S!
I hope tomorrow is a lovely day for you all, guys. :)
S as in "what can possibly go wrong here?" and "how can we avoid the worst of the going wrong happening?"
Had a lie in. Albeit one with Sherlock sitting on us.
S - yeah. Basically. More of an 'oh shit it's all gone wrong how can we get out alive' really.
SH - you're talking about a boring undynamic RA. The dynamic one comes in when something's gone so wrong you didn't even plan for it :)
Hmm... Good and bad news:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24621394
Maybe I should cut down a bit ;)
A lie in is a nice thing and sometimes it's even better to have one with the addition of a talkative child, at least I think so :-)
I hope the rest of your day is busy enough to keep you all out of trouble ;-)
Had a lie in. Albeit one with Sherlock sitting on us.
Sounds like a happy way to start the day!
Accidentally nearly have John a heart attack though.
Told Sherlock to be really still and quiet or he'd get eaten. So when he made a noise the Gregodile pounced. John wasn't ready for it...
I was definitely more awake after that.
Next time I'll make sure we're hunting as a pack - not one hunting Gregodile and one Dangerdile having a snooze...
That's an interesting article about coffee and smoothies. When I make a smoothie (generally nowadays only in too-hot-to-cook weather) it's always a combination of fruit and yogurt and protein powder, with just enough water to make it drinkable. I've recently heard that the active cultures in yogurt are also good for your brain chemistry. :)
S
:D
*refraining from making comments that put the words "interesting" and "bed" in close proximity*
S, I have a nephew who swears by smoothies. Me, while I do eat yogurt, I drink tea!
I'm assuming some home made smoothies are better than many mass produced ones, depending on what you have in it. Just like some coffee is better than others - the ones with disgusting syrup and a gallon of full fat milk and cream on top...
One thing about home-made anything is that you know what's gone into it, so anything bad about it is your own fault.
Making a huge pot of homemade vegetable soup--so autumnal! (And it smells wonderful. :))
It is your own fault - but I don't think lots of people realise some of the damage some things can cause. It's far better for you to eat a whole fruit than drink a peeled fruit in a smoothie. Smoothies are really bad for your teeth, for a start.
I've got good teeth.
You do. But you have to work to keep them that way. You need them for a long time.
Dinosaurs didn't brush their teeth and some of them still exist after millions of years
Nor did they eat ice cream or cake. You want a dinosaur's diet, we can try it...
Only if you pick a vegetarian dinosaur. I don't want anyone eating raw mastodon...or whatever is temporally appropriate.
Well, he has to catch whatever he eats - or forage for it...so we'll just have to see! He'd probably only catch manky pigeon around here.
Hypothetically, if you were a detective, and you were given a case you felt close to, even without any actual links, would you turn it down, or would you take it and be determined to find out the truth? (I realise that's very vague.)
(Of course, if all you want is to try a smoothie, that probably wouldn't involve changing your diet--maybe just an extra tooth-brushing. I, myself, think smoothies taste like a vaguely fruity mush, and I don't really like mush, but of course tastes differ.)
That last was addressed to Sherlock, of course.
L, I think I'd want to take it and be determined to find out the truth--but, being me, I imagine that feeling close to a case might make it harder for me to actually find out the truth. I'm not terribly good at separating myself from something just enough to be dispassionate, I'm afraid--I'm sort of all or nothing on that.
I would take it, not that I'm saying that would necessarily be the right or objectively sensible decision, but I know myself well enough to say that it's probably the one I'd make.
You mustn't brush your teeth for 20 minutes after eating John says and he promises he's not just saying it so I can't eat anything before I go to bed and it's because eating makes them soft or something even if they still feel hard and then maybe you could hurt them by brushing.
RR - I think he just doesn't want to brush his teeth.
Brushing teeth is way better than needing fillings! (Voice of Experience.)
Sherlock, maybe that's because of the enzymes in saliva after eating? John has the medical education, I'm positive he's right. There's always just rinsing your mouth out with water (swish and swallow, the posters used to say!) and then brushing a bit later.
He has announced (loudly) that he doesn't have any fillings and shown me his (cavernous) mouth, as if I might require proof. (even though you can't even see decent fillings these days).
I'd probably take the case too. I've never turned a case down for anything other than 'real' - as in possibly harmful to the case - reasons.
Of course he doesn't--you two see to it that he brushes his teeth!
(I think tooth brushing leaves my mouth tasting nice, anyway.)
Mmm, but it also takes a person's 'natural' taste away a bit. I like John to taste of John, not of Colgate ;)
If I was a hypothetical detective I think I would turn the case down, because I would be aware that feeling close to the case could affect my judgement. Although I would also see how my colleagues felt.
Why shouldn't you brush your teeth straight away? I don't think I've ever had anyone say that before. Soft teeth doesn't make sense in my head.
As for the case, I'd take it on because I might have some insights that would be otherwise missed, but I'd make sure at least one of the people I was working with had a different point of view and would take care to listen to them when they thought I was stretching a point.
Acidic things in particular soften the enamel just a little and then you can damage it with the brushing.
Mycroft has pointed out that I'd rather John tasted of mint than hot curry...which is true. Like it when he tastes of wine though ;)
I would've thought it was mainly tea...
Tea is one of your many flavours ;)
Can we go swimming on Saturday please because Lestrade said if I swam for one hundred metres without stopping then I could have a special cake that I could choose so can we?
It's all right with me, but did you ask Mycroft what he wants to do? He won't be home much longer.
Sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned cake.
Ha. Well, it is a powerful motivator...
He can think about his answer and tell us at breakfast. Which I will make, before heading out to strain muscles and shout lots and wear silly clothing.
And post 'selfies'...
I did actually know what a selfie was... because I see lots of them when wading through the FaceBook pages of criminals.
You know the Flying Squad caught a gang the other day because they posted a load of selfies with wads of cash under the group 'bank robbers'? You couldn't make it up.
...Is that really true?
And they say people aren't as bright as they used to be... :D
Honestly true.
RR - I'm fairly certain there have always been pretty much the same number of stupid people. Just not the same expectations in society.
Well, yes, but there weren't so many opportunities to display it as widely before...
I just think people had more reasonable expectations. Not always for the best. But sometimes.
Obviously we do mostly play to a wider audience now, too.
I wouldn't mind going swimming. Given that Lestrade and I will be going to the isolation tanks as something I wish to do, it only seems fair.
Can I have a special cake if Sherlock requires lifesaving?
Heh. I think we'll all need special cake by the end of tomorrow.
What are you three up to tomorrow - obviously you're going to be daydreaming about me and my thigh-pads... but whilst doing what?
I was thinking about the aquarium, but they have a thing where you can snorkle with sharks... Is that something you'd want to do?
That does sound pretty amazing. But having found the page...also expensive? (And ... how come they say it's a max of 3 people, but sell a family ticket for two adults, two kids...do you just use one of the kids as bait?)
I admit, I didn't actually look at the price, just the sharks.
Can we just go somewhere tropical and look at some free-range sharks, from a nice cosy cage, in a lovely warm ocean? (For about the same price...)
Aquarium sounds good. Did I imagine it, or did they used to do sleep overs there?
I might have to go to bed. Got to be all dynamic and active tomorrow.
(If they did do sleepovers, I very much hope they were called 'Sleep with the fishes'...)
I hope you mean that, because now I really want to...
I'm pretty sure they did, yeah. I remember looking it up last year some time.
Bed sounds like an excellent plan.
Good luck with your bashing and booting today, Greg.
Have fun at the aquarium, boys, if that's where you end up, but no sleeping with the fishes is allowed!
Have a great day everybody :)
I hope you all got a good nights sleep ready for the day :-) I also hope you have less of a monsoon going on than we do ;-)
Already knackered. Only broken down one door myself! Glad that it's classroom time for an hour or so after lunch. Then more doors and windows.
And how come I get put on sweeping upstairs every time??
Have you thought of using a vacuum cleaner instead?
Am now spending lunch fielding calls from my lot as the Old Bailey's been evacuated for a suspect package, leaving chaos for everyone.
Oh, wow, I hope everyone stays safe! (At least they're not asking you to break in there...)
Having established I'd rather crawl over broken glass than sit in a classroom... I did just that.
On the way home, Danger, boys.
Yikes! That has to be better as a metaphor than, you know, an actual thing to do!
L - they do say "beware of what you wish for" ;)
Why do clocks change they shouldn't.
Oh, I dunno, Sherlock, I'm *really* looking forward to an extra hour of sleep on Sunday morning.
Mmm. I would be, if I thought there was a hope in hell of getting it...
Well, Sherlock, if I remember it correctly, the United States weren't the first to use daylight savings time, but when they did, it was to save energy in the summer by making it light out longer, so there would be less use of incandescent bulbs which were the biggest energy drain at the time. (It was only done in the summer because it would make it darker for too much longer in the morning during the winter.)
Of course, it's not clear whether it saves energy nowadays, when air conditioning is possibly a bigger energy drain and making it stay light an hour longer in the summer evening arguably means people use more air conditioning for longer. So I think you're right, they shouldn't.
(Also, different countries change their clocks on different days--we don't here until next week--which can make things very confusing.)
It doesn't make it light longer thought people who want light should just get up at different times to people who don't I don't want it to be dark in the evening because I want to go out and it be light then it's stupid.
I have to go to bed.
I'm with you Sherlock, I much prefer light evenings over light mornings!
Sleep well :-)
Most mornings tend to be early enough around here that they're dark anyway...
When he's running the country - or Mycroft is - he can change it, AnonyBob ;)
Sherlock, that's true factually--that changing the clock doesn't make it stay light longer--but it is true practically, because most people's lives are run by clocks, and what time their jobs or schools start. (If they didn't change the clocks it would be like the time is in the winter all year, because that's standard time, so it wouldn't help you, I'm afraid. :( )
'Night night!
That sounds almost scary Greg ;-)
It's LESS true factually... *sigh*
I think people should just change their working hours to suit their job and the conditions.
I also think we should stick on BST all year.
Danger - you're just morningist.
Aaargh! It should read "That's true factually...but it is less true practically..."
Obviously.
(I need to go to bed too.)
I am, I admit it. And I'd prefer BST all year too.
Well..you have one more day of it.
Any idea where you'd like to go to dinner tomorrow night? Or where you and Sherlock are going on Sunday?
None at all. Somewhere new?
I think Sherlock wants to go to the Science Museum, but I'm not sure yet. Depends on the weather too.
Well...with the hurricane due in town on Sunday....(late Sunday, hopefully). You can always come and shelter in my pod ;)
Ha. Sounds more appealing than one of my own at least.
I imagine they frown upon being isolated with company...
I don't know. I don't think I'd like it if I wasn't in control of it - but Mycroft promises that I get to control the lights, whether the pod is open or closed, there's an intercom, and I can get out any time. So.... well, if it is really relaxing, that will be amazing. And it's meant to be good for your joints and stuff.
I'm sure they do. You know what people would get up to if they allowed it. And probably they find a way anyway.
I hope it is.
Weirdly I'm most scared of the earplugs.
Huh. I never thought about ear plugs. I suppose I assumed the tank would be soundproofed or something.
I think they are - a bit. But apparenly it's bad to get really salty water in your ears or something.
It would certainly be distracting.
I told Sherlock that the weather on Monday might be like the hurricane of '87. He asked me if I meant 1887.
I felt old.
Then he asked if his school might get blown away and if it was bad if we didn't have to give Mycroft back. :)
Ha! 1887... I'm picturing you in a frock coat and top hat now.
We clearly need to talk about you and your obsession with me wearing odd things.
I was disappointed by your lack of selfies.
Have you checked my phone?
No, I have not...should I?
Maybe. Just for you. But it isn't a selfie, or you wouldn't have got the wonders of my thigh pads or shin guards.
You're too good to me.
Hah. Just about good enough, I'd say.
I know you'll say you haven't noticed, but I'm sorry I've been dead grumpy the past few days. I just...feel grumpy. For no reason.
The weather maybe?
yeah, been blaming the weather for being tired - may as well blame it for everything else too ;)
Maybe a good storm would sort of...clear the air.
Yeah, could be good. And who knows, maybe Sherlock's school will blow away, and Mycroft can stay home ;)
If it really is that bad on Sunday night Mycroft will have to go back with Anthea. Not having us biking in it.
Good luck! I'm having trouble commenting, but I'll be thinking of you. Hurricanes are more fun in the abstract than in the presence.
I read somewhere that they kept BST yearround after WWII, and even did it double. Two hours off standard time.
Right. Going for a swim with the little marathon swimmer here. We shall see if he wins his cake!
I'm fairly sure the UK is currently mainly amused and not quite believing that there is a storm coming. It is a little breezy today.
A friend of mine was just reading off the advice. "Take a fully charged mobile and warm clothing"??? No. It's a hurricane. Stay home. Stay off the roads. Be kind to your emergency personnel and stay out of the way. Eighty mile an hour winds are nothing to screw around with. The way that places that have hurricanes all the time get through them is by evacuating early, boarding up, and hunkering down.
We'll know it's serious when they wheel out Michael Fish to tell us there's nothing to worry about.
Apparently he's decided to say "batten down the hatches" this time. Me, I say "bring in your outdoor furniture -- or anything else you don't want going through your windows." We were way up at the edge of Sandy, barely counted as being in the storm at all, and we still had widespread power outages, trees down all over the place, roofs taken off, etc.
The fire brigade have issued warnings to bring in or tie down garden furniture etc out doors.
Not that anyone will read that advice ;)
I've got a funny feeling I'll be called in if it does materialise.
I hope you won your cake Sherlock :-) and that you all had fun either way :-)
I did it but I haven't chosen my cake yet because we're going and I have to see what they've got today.
I hope it's something lovely. Do you get pumpkin everything this time of year?
No. Pumpkin really isn't that popular here. You get whole pumpkins, to carve and use the innards as you want. But other than that, not much.
I want to move there. I don't like pumpkin flavor anything, and it's absolutely ubiquitous this time of year.
Met have now issued the 'Don't call 999 just because it's windy' advice :) (Thousands still will. After all, we can control the weather, right??)
Wait, you mean you can't?
Also, the man who invented doner kebabs has died. For the non-Brits, when we talk about having a kebab to round off an evening of drinking, this is the sort of kebab we mean.
I'll pop up on the roof of the yard, Nameless, and have a word with the weather. see what I can do.
That is sad - he saved many a hungry copper on night shift :)
Found this nice article while on the BBC page. Any of you English speakers who don't, y'know, speak English, have a go at some translation ;)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24669828
Glad you're on top of it then, Greg, we can all breathe a sigh of relief. ;)
I'm all for bringing back 'you whoreson malt-horse drudge' too, so much more exciting than 'you git'. :)
How did the cake hunt go?
Cake hunt was a success.
Sherlock and I both got Black Forest Gateaux, John got a thing with chocolate sponge, and fresh fruit in the cream layers and on top, and Mycroft got a cherry and almond tartlet.
I want the storm to pick up some sharks and put them in the Thames.
Fairly sure that won't happen. But if it does...I imagine they'll call the police.
So Sherlock, are you perhaps thinking of something like a... Sharknado? Don't get your hopes up, though, major weather events containing sharks mostly seem to be fictional.
(also hi again, everyone? Don't know if you remember me, it's been quite a while)
oh, another great article, thanks! :) pretty sure I know what sausage & mash refers to there, but I'd be guessing on the ones in the left column based on what options are generally shown in ATMs over here. I like "mouse potato" and "salmon", may start using those.
Just raked up a bunch more leaves today, got my sunshine and fresh air alright. Made me wonder if your boys have had the chance to jump in piles of leaves. I remember that was one of the first things we did when we moved to this house and my daughter was tiny, it was late fall and we had three huge maple trees in the yard, so leaf gathering was a major activity. In just a few minutes you could make a pile big enough to lose three children in. :D
S
Ria - That's...a thing? Wow. And hello again.
S - it's all be a bit wet in the leaves so far. We need some good weather, to make them all crunchy. ;) Plus, you know, two slightly paranoid adults wondering what might be IN piles of leaves.
Never underestimate the ridiculous lengths that horror movie makers will sink to. That particular film ended up sort of Internet famous after a poster was released with the tagline "Sharknado: Enough said". It is, as one would expect, completely and utterly ridiculous.
Sherlock, you might not see any sharks in the Thames, but here's an interesting article about what happens to animals during hurricanes-- for instance, I didn't know that some animals like sharks and dolphins often leave during hurricanes because they can sense changes in pressure and salinity.
If it sets off any tornados your storm might pick up some fish and drop them somewhere else, but a shark in the Thames would be in trouble unless it stayed at the saltier end of the tidewaters.
Now I want cake.
Lengths that they'll go to or depths that they'll sink to, rather. My ability to English seems to have abandoned me today (sorry for verbing that noun, Mycroft).
I'm fairly sure no creatures will be displaced by the storm - if you don't count humans who don't go to work ;)
Now...Sherlock's been allowed to stay up a bit later, as the clocks are changing tonight. But what's the betting he will also manage to get up earlier??
Congrats on that long swim, Sherlock--that's quite an accomplishment! (Cake is good, too. :))
I hope you enjoy your tank experience, Mycroft and L--and you have a fun adventure together, Sherlock and John!
Oh, and stay safe in whatever wild weather you get--hopefully NOT a full hurricane, because they are not really fun. #rememberingSandy
Did Sherlock manage to allow you and John to make proper use of the extra hour Greg?
I hope the storm isn't too bad and that you and Mycroft have a good time this afternoon.
Not a chance ;)
It's all very calm here right now. Bit blowy, but nothing much. Literally the calm before the storm.
We're off to the tanks right now... I think J and Sherlock might go to HMS Belfast. Unless something else catches their eye!
We could go up The Shard!
What is the Shard?
That was... I'm not sure I have words to describe it yet.
I think it's ruined me for the rest of the day.
In a good way, I hope!
You OK, Lestrade? How about you, Mycrfot, how did you find it?
RSF - The Shard is London's - and Europe's - tallest building. The pic shows it in context with the London skyline as seen from Forest Hill. It really is quite stunning when you get up close. It's got a viewing platform on the 72nd floor, the views are said the be quite something.
Really don't feel entirely in control of my limbs.
It was very relaxing. To the degree that getting out and coming back to the real world feels slightly traumatic.
At the risk of inviting Sherlock's scorn, it sounds like a short nap might be in order? (Also, why waste all that relaxation! ;))
I believe that someone made a very accurate observation in the comment book.
"I feel like a tripping jelly."
Not that I would know exactly what 'tripping' felt like. However, Leatrade agreed with the statement, and I do believe he may have more experience than I do, in that regard.
It was relaxing in a way I have never before encountered.
Do you think you'd like to do it again, Mycroft?
Did you both find that you had your thoughts going round and round in your heads the whole time or does it get to to a stage beyond that where you're just kind of 'being' and you lose all track of time?
It's hard to describe. We will try, later, in a post maybe.
I think...I didn't really get lost in my head. I did think quite a lot, but not about anything much.
I think I would like to do it again, yes. I believe it will be more relaxing, now I'm familiar with the basic experience.
It does sound like a positive experience. It also sounds similar to a meditative state, and meditation has been shown to have positive physical effects on the brain, as well as being a stress reliever. (And I'm sure your school sounds rather stressful!)
Mycroft has to go home with Anthea and I think he should stay and not go and we're going to bake anyway because Lestrade said I should be busy but now our dough is rising and it's boring.
Baking is a good way to be busy--what are you baking? And where did you end up going with John?
I'm glad you enjoyed it Mycroft. It sounds like a somewhat intense experience, if that's the right word to use for something so relaxing.
Enjoy the remainder of the term at school :-)
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