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Social researcher. Occasional pedant. Likes: music cinema books allotments travel food drink politics sport...

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More like 2:1. How can there be so many coaches? I can only assume many of them are simply coaching one another.

10.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other

Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other

I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.

09.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 12552 πŸ” 2093 πŸ’¬ 613 πŸ“Œ 304
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10.03.2026 08:25 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@quantick.bsky.social
Oh, David, is anything exciting and important happening today??
Come on! Do it! The world is waiting....

10.03.2026 08:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good, visually stunning, but too long.
Here endeth my review.

10.03.2026 08:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is something happening? If only somebody would do a countdown...

09.03.2026 15:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"I just got my film processed..."
The good old days are back, finally. The thing that extended your holiday, the sense of anticipation. People used to take care when using a camera, not just point aimlessly and press the button a few times assuming that at least one picture would be ok.

08.03.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I ate it. Swordfish tikka, a mutton curry, naan, dhal, pistachio kulfi...use your imagination. Oh, and a nonkfish curry and rice. Not all for me.
Sorry, I don't hold with stopping to take pictures. When a man is hungry...

07.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent lunch set menu at #Babur, London #SE23 today. Use it or lose it, good people of southeast London - it's a gem in our midst.

07.03.2026 15:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

'Not staying in Bilbao.'

07.03.2026 07:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So yeah, the juniper is fine for a long time yet.

06.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When my mum moved house in 1998, I helped her clear out her larder. The compromise we agreed on was that I could unilaterally throw out any items showing pre-decimal prices.

06.03.2026 19:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, bigly

06.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, you jazzy boys... What are you like?

06.03.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Mannheim Centre for Criminology | Event about police and policing in London This afternoon event draws together new research about police and policing in London, and reflects on whether intervening efforts to strengthen public trust have delivered.

Police and People in London: Whar’s changed in 40 years? Do come along to this event at the LSE on Friday www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic...

04.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Is it wrong to admit that I love this misry, gloomy weather?
Don't misunderstand, I'd probably prefer a continuation of recent Spring-like days. But for atmosphere, you can't beat the early March fog. Spy writers live for these days.

04.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's not 'Can I get...?', it's 'Please may I have...?'

No service for non-compliers.

04.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

To the sneezy man on the bus...

Wafting your phone in front of your face every time you sneeze is not an effective way of limiting the spread of your germs. To say nothing of what it must be doing to the phone screen.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

04.03.2026 09:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But I'm playing a Grateful Dead cd and I don't like it very much so I'll keep the volume low all the same thank you very much .

02.03.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And Everybody's Happy Nowadays has one of the all-time great B sides Why Can't I Touch It? A song that lesser bands would legitimately consider a career pinnacle; Buzzcocks stuck it on a flip side.

02.03.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Isn’t it about time FIFA asked for their peace prize back?

02.03.2026 11:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was going to comment on the bug scratch on your watch and then l realised it was on my phone screen.
#SAD

01.03.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, like carrying a phone and a camera and a diary and an address book and a calculator. Star Trek was meant to be the future.

28.02.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I went to Hull this week and I assure you there ain't no sunshine on Hull. It would need to be a sci-fi fantasy musical to get away with a sunny Kingston vibe.

28.02.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyway, what's happening with the Epsten fikes?

28.02.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He's like Father Ted in the ladies' smalls department. But without the charm.

27.02.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hence the inverted commas

27.02.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Apart from that well known "political scientist", Matt Goodwin, obviously.

27.02.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's patchy. Go on, admit it...

27.02.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll sell my copy for Β£225, complete with pencil annotations of the minor error of Byrds release dates. If i can find it. But Β£225 would make me go into the loft, for sure.

26.02.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0