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F-Day plus 130

A hundred and thirty days since we got flooded out of our home, and remedial works are starting to ramp up. Today an electrician, tracing a fault that’s developed in the wiring, cut a hole through a wall to repair it and threw up so much dust that it’s hard to see anything!

I was nearby, helping a restoration company assess the damage to the ride-on lawnmower that was in the garage and whose motor hasn’t started since (the garage saw some of the deepest water that hit us), when I heard the fire alarm and went to check on them. All is well: we don’t need to add ‘fire’ to the list of disasters befalling our house this year!

Setting the width of selects to the width of the selected option

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The field-sizing property is coming to Firefox 152, making it available across all major engines. It allows you to control the sizing behavior of elements with a default preferred size, such as form elements.

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Manuel, in Setting the width of selects to the width of the selected option

Sometimes a new CSS feature comes along and I immediately “get it”. Like: that’s a cool new feature, I can already see how it’ll save me time, or make things simpler, or improve accessibility, or allow me to do something new.

Other times, like this one, I initially shrug. What’s the point?, I think…

…and then later in the very same day find occasion to wish it was already mainstream. Hah!

Thanks for sharing, Manuel.

Dan Q found GC9P505 Paddington Bear & friends (Leicester Square)

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A morning meander around the local (mostly virtual) caches under the guise of checking the condition of the West End Live queue, while the rest of my group enjoyed a lie-in, eventually brought me to take a seat alongside this iconic bear. TFTC!

Dan Q found GCBJ704 Seven Dials Sundial

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Approaching from the West I was foiled by the glare of the rising sun in my efforts to claim this fascinating monument from afar and eventually had to walk all the way past it to line up my photo!

Thanks for the detailed cache page; I love a history lesson when I’m on a morning walk! TFTC.

Dan Q found GC38EQ3 Underground

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Initially thought I’d be able to find this one without the hint, but when I couldn’t get fix to closer than 8m I took a peep at it and was instantly aware of where to search. Soon the cache was in hand and I was back on my way. TFTC!

Dan Q found GC240NQ West End 1 – The Beatles

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Stood around for a bit reading about David Bowie while I waited for the waitstaff -on their pre-work fag break down the alleyway – stopped their muggling and went inside. Glad I came early while it was quiet here! TFTC.

Dan Q found GC5E4E Catastrophe, Calamity, Cataclysm Part 4

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Can’t do the physical today, but scooping a pic with the virtual during a morning walk around the neighbourhood.

Strictly speaking, I’ve come out to check on behalf of my family whether the queue for day two of West End Live has started gathering yet, but I couldn’t resist tagging a couple of caches on the way! TFTC (and to the adopter for keeping this one alive!).

Dan Q found GCAJJCJ Piccadilly Circus (Virtual Reward 4.0) ツ

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After nine hours on my feet yesterday queuing for and then attending the first day of West End Live in Trafalgar Square, I somehow decided that the best thing for my poor legs would be to get up early while everybody else slept in, to come walk around and find a virtual or two. Right around the corner from my hotel, this was the first!