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My oeuvre is, but not limited to... Cycling opinions, Bohemian FC opinions, Dad Jokes, Irish Politics and Suede

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The decline and fall of BrewDog Tilray's acquisition of BrewDog is a bittersweet outcome for the legions of 'punks' who backed its rebel brewer image.

Reading the initial "Equity for Punks" prospectus in 2009 I came to the conclusion that, unless you were a massive fanboy, it was an awful proposition.

Haven't looked sideways at it since, but not even slightly surprised it ended as a massive shitshow.

www.thearmchairtrader.com/features/bre...

13.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

AKA vinyl.

13.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The above list of people in a photo together from January 1994

The above list of people in a photo together from January 1994

Suede’s best lineup: Brett Anderson (vocals), Bernard Butler (guitar), Mat Osman (bass), Simon Gilbert (drums), Stephen Fry (euphonium), Ian McKellen (kazoo), Pam St Clement (vibes).

07.03.2026 09:01 πŸ‘ 212 πŸ” 71 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 7
LOI fixtures 6th Mar.

LOI fixtures 6th Mar.

#Bohs should be well up for the trip to Waterford, put three points on the board, while at least 2 of our 4 main title rivals will drop points.

06.03.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bohs and Rovers on the big screen.

Bohs and Rovers on the big screen.

Pub is replaying the #DublinDerby in full on the big screen. This is a welcome development.

#Bohs

27.02.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Rovers in the Mono Stand.

Rovers in the Mono Stand.

Needed more flares.

#DublinDerby

27.02.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One step at a time.

07.02.2026 21:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Anything less than Reynolds asserting that he's up for a title challenge isn't good enough.

07.02.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

100Ωͺ convinced that the #loi should lean into not having #VAR as a selling point.

#greatestleagueintheworld

06.02.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

May I have a 475, please and thank you?

05.02.2026 22:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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05.02.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fucking gombeens. Love to be seen to do something and it's inevitably the stupid knee-jerk wrong thing rather than the more difficult necessary evidence based thing that will upset some of their gombeen friends

04.02.2026 11:08 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

That's not how mass-produced, homogeneous products work.

Any perception of improvement in product quality is (almost) purely psychological.

01.02.2026 20:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not using the poorly designed bike lane because of how poorly designed it is.

29.01.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We're at 80.37%. C'mon Ireland. France is at 307%!! Where's your competitive spirit.

This petition is the queen of petitions, πŸ‘Έ.

I know you've signed a lot already, but don't skip this one by. It's got clout!

#JusticeForPalestine #Speirgorm

28.01.2026 12:52 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

I wore an onion on my belt.

28.01.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hated my replacement wheelchair at first. But then I realised the metal rims stick out further than my old one and are great for scratching the paint off of any cars and vans parked across a pavement I'm using. Had it a month and racked up 3 cars and 4 works vans. 4.5 stars.

28.01.2026 08:20 πŸ‘ 1042 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 5

We had a Commodore 64, which had its own dedicated tape player.

You didn't miss much with the loading times, which were painfully slow, especially for a kid. The trade-off was the games were a fraction of the price of floppy or cartridge based games.

11.01.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember these exclusively used to load games to the ZX Spectrum computer when I was quite young.

No doubt they were more versatile, but that was the only context I've ever seen them.

11.01.2026 17:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Reminds me of that Rory Sutherland concept of "Dishwasher Darwinism", which is that everything in his home goes in dishwasher, and everything that survives is then, by default, dishwasher safe.

I was doing the same in my home, but without the pithy moniker for it.

06.01.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize

03.01.2026 07:06 πŸ‘ 5924 πŸ” 1266 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 23
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Kings of Leon did predict this tbf 😬

30.12.2025 16:14 πŸ‘ 785 πŸ” 245 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 10
Graph of Billy Joel song

Graph of Billy Joel song

We Didn't Start the Fire. With Bardot's passing three people mentioned in the song remain alive

28.12.2025 11:24 πŸ‘ 189 πŸ” 114 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 19

It’s been a year since I started my band, 1023 megabytes. Still not one gig.

27.12.2025 11:01 πŸ‘ 499 πŸ” 122 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 5
road cyclist from the front 
Local recreational cyclist constantly being yelled at that
"it's not the Tour de France" considering taking his shot at the world renowned 23 day bike race after all this encouragement from local drivers.
THE ROVÉLO RECORD
creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord

road cyclist from the front Local recreational cyclist constantly being yelled at that "it's not the Tour de France" considering taking his shot at the world renowned 23 day bike race after all this encouragement from local drivers. THE ROVÉLO RECORD creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord

Local recreational cyclist constantly being yelled at that
"it's not the Tour de France" considering taking his shot at the world renowned 23 day bike race after all this encouragement from local drivers.

creativebyrovelo.com/therovelorecord

24.12.2025 21:37 πŸ‘ 250 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 4
It's a gravy boat.

It's a gravy boat.

Goodbye to this mythical creature that appears just once a year on this day.

See you again this time next year friend.

25.12.2025 19:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just discovered someone has put the dishwasher on "Eco".

Of all days to pull a stunt like that, this, the most important dishwasher day of the year.

25.12.2025 13:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Time to answer the most controversial Christmas movie question...

Is "Die Hard 2" a Christmas movie?

22.12.2025 20:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of a man riding a long-tail cargo bicycle with a ladder strapped to the side and what could be a shop vac on the rear carrier.

Photo of a man riding a long-tail cargo bicycle with a ladder strapped to the side and what could be a shop vac on the rear carrier.

I tried to find a photo of Christopher Plummer riding a bike, and instead I found this photo of a guy named Chris who's a plumber, which is even better.

14.12.2025 10:30 πŸ‘ 1049 πŸ” 142 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 10

Word of the day, should you be feeling a little huffish, is β€˜apanthropy’ (18th century): a love of solitude and the desire to be away from other people.

13.12.2025 14:02 πŸ‘ 1661 πŸ” 418 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 63