Romeo

[doctors office]

Receptionist: “What‘s your birthday?
Me: “March 13.”
Receptionist: [eye roll] “What year?”
Me: “Every year.”

My ginger puppy, wearing a pink neckerchief as she waits for a treat.

Things are pants, generally. I can't make that better. So here's some comfort in the form of my puppy in her pink neckerchief.

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Cricket at Frenchay in Gloucestershire in the club's centenary year, 1946. Now close to the encroaching Bristol and with a motorway in the rumbling proximity, but back then an oasis of tranquility where WG Grace, who grew up in the next village, once captained.)

Wilfred Rhodes, unquestionably one of the game's greats. In a 58-Tesr career from 1899 to 1930 he scored 2325 runs at 30.19 and took 127 wickets at 26.96; in all cricket he played 1110 matches scoring 39969 runs at 30.81 and taking 4204 wickets at 16.72. Oh, and he also held 765 catches

Mastiff Competing At Dog Agility YouTube video by Hans Watson

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"Faster than a speeding bullet."

I love watching border collies work.

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The wind has carved what stone could not,
A life in silhouette and bend,
Connemara keeps her stubborn souls —
The ones who learn to lean, not end.

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A new photo from the Empty Quarter desert. The sun rises through a dusty horizon over the dunes.
Memorable moment alone in the desert. Was nice surprise cause that’s only after climbing the dunes before sunrise that I saw the beautiful atmosphere at the horizon.

#photography #nature #art #explore

Wonderful, just wonderful. Thank you.

Dolly Parton in Paídi Ó Sé's Pub YouTube video by paidiosekerry

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Guerre en Ukraine : des pêcheurs bretons remerciés par Volodymyr Zelensky pour avoir donné des filets de pêche utiles à la guerre Des pêcheurs bretons ont donné à l'Ukraine 280 kilomètres de filets usagés qui permettent à Kiev de lutter contre les drones russes.

Very late to this, but last November the Ukrainian President met a set of Breton fisherman to thank them for the 280km of fishing nets they sent, and that are used as defences against drones.

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Terry Pratchett in a blue jacket and Akubra hat holding a young owl for release.

Eleven years since you crossed the black sands. I wish I could say that the world is better than you left it (although it will always be better for having had you in it) but at least there is a new Young Sam to help carry on the Pratchett name and ethos. Love you always ❤️

England ban players from talking about Ashes disaster Efforts to 'control the message' by the ECB have included banning the likes of Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Harry Brook from their county media days

Instead of seeing interviews with hard-hitting questions like "Are you looking forward to playing for Kent?" or "Are you disappointed about this winter?", lots of people are now seriously asking if they're covering up something major.

The ECB *stinks* at public relations inews.co.uk/sport/cricke...

In the run up to the revolution, the locals working with me in Iran would borrow my short wave radio and listen to the BBC WS Farsi transmissions to find out what was happening in their own country.

Not to increase BBC WS funding would be very short sighted.

Wonderful photograph!

Another lost outground ... the Private Banks ground at Catford was one of the best club grounds in the south and was used by Kent for Championship matches between 1892 and 1921 - the one pictured is v Gloucestershire in July 1905

Tim Buckley was great. I've never listened to Jeff Buckley.

One might say Whitney Houston was a greater singer than Cissy, but I won't comment...

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Take all the oil and press it into a run of vinyl reissues of Barbara Streisand & Kris Kristofferson’s 1976 soundtrack to A Star is Born. Sell them on Discogs with a free shipping code, then people can buy them, melt them down, and power their cars with the result.

Global economic crisis averted.

If we could just raise sea levels by 150 meters we get a backup Strait of Hormuz

Laurie Anderson's Mind-Blowing Performance of 'Waiting for the Barbarians' YouTube video by ALL ARTS TV (ALL ARTS)

Splendiferous:

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Donny Hathaway seems largely forgotten these days, but he was a great, truly great, artist.

Roberta Flack is/was too, of course, and some of her early albums will reveal stuff some of you never knew.

The Closer I Get to You (with Donny Hathaway) [2006 Remaster] YouTube video by Roberta Flack - Topic

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Hannah Spencer MP in her maiden speech in Parliament:

"Our struggles may be different, but our humanity is the same. We always stick together, we always fight for each other.

"And that is what I want us to take forward from International Women's Day and to do that every single day."

There's a comma in here which, perhaps unfortunately, implies he has great interest in destroying the Middle East and, indeed, the world.

Where are all the editors?

Proton beam trial hope for asbestos cancer patients Mesothelioma is an incurable cancer linked to asbestos, but a trial hopes to prolong patient lives.

A trial using proton beams to treat cancer caused mainly by exposure to asbestos may offer "realistic hope" to patients.

There is no cure for mesothelioma - but the treatment aims "not just to help people live longer but to live better".

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70yr old FRED ASTAIRE - that's SEVENTY - gets his stylish groove on at the 1970 Academy Awards.