I'll be OK, I always carry two Eppi(ng)pens to protect myself...
I'll be OK, I always carry two Eppi(ng)pens to protect myself...
Razorshite
Met them at the height of their fame, when we booked them to play the uni summer ball. They put on a great show, and were surprisingly down to earth. I remember their rider being something ridiculously spartan like a clean towel each, and 24 cans of beer. Stayed in the travelodge.
You can just Tipp-ex the first one, then run a magnet over the second...
Sloe gin just gets better, and better, and better the longer you leave it. Magical stuff, I have gallons in the shed. I'm determined for some of it to outlast me.
@tedmaul.bsky.social found you on here! Made my day, that...
Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to present the Oceangate Titan...
There's one true positive to AI (in the sense that you describe it), and that is that it's going to force those who want to experience true, human art and endeavour out of their holes and back into public spaces. Want to know if it's genuine? Well, you're going to have to experience it. Live.
Booked them to play our summer ball at uni when this came out. They were a fantastic bunch, worked at putting on a show, and were really down to earth. We had that ball on the roof of a multi story car park, and the floor was literally bouncing....
Stefan Dennis?
As someone who grew up in Staffordshire, I cannot say that it came as a total surprise...
It's only just become clear to me as to how useful this can be.
It's funny, I've always had a love for 'defunct' tech - I still have minidiscs, CDs, tapes, and what-not. I listen to digital and streaming radio a lot, but in the kitchen I have a nice old Roberts receiver, and I own 3 modern, full waveband SW receivers, as well as a portable CB set.
...meanwhile, his brother Bob; 'Hold my beer...'
Simba showing us all how to really chill...
The Art of the Steal
Lemme guess - unTrussed? Trusst Social? TRUSSted?
This is such utter waffle. She's a LotO that's labouring on, trying to convince the public that she holds a position of some sort of reverential importance. A good LotO has to carve a niche, look for opportunities, define and amplify a message. No one's going to hand it to her.
This is simply the best time of year to stroll around the wonder that is the Barbican... One of my favourite spots in London.
I'll wait for the sensibly priced Aldi/Lidl knockoff, I think...
You'll be pleased to hear that they are still a thing, although available under different brand-names.
I mean, the petrol was a good car, but with the diesel you're getting that BMW punch, too. Great second hand purchase.
Best front wheel drive production car in the world, probably, at the time of it's launch. Pretty much killed by the comments of the BMW chair as soon as they'd pulled the sheet of it... Kudos to your teen self. Chap in my street still has one. He's *exactly* as you'd imagine he is.
Ooof, removing the frame would be a game and a half - could you chisel out some access just behind the striking plate? Just enough to give you some purchase to push the catch back in and release the door? Easier to then patch and fill afterwards...
"Dame Andrea Jenkyns, and her populist quick wins..."
Armchair critics If you like my cartoons I can draw one for you for a very reasonable fee. They're not prints, I draw each one to order. Which is nice. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...
Thank you, on both counts...
died, of course; separated from their families and lived ones, alone apart from those working on the ward - those dressed in plastic pinnies and cloth masks as they held up tablets and 'phones so that they could say their final goodbyes. 3/3
to wear was given out, the infection control nurse, someone with over 20 years of experience, was both in tears and enraged. She knew it was unsuitable, that it went against all professional standards, that all of her knowledge and training was being disregarded. All of the patients 2/
My wife was a physio in a private hospital at the time of the outbreak - all beds were given over to elderly folk with covid. My wife could have taken furlough, but worked instead as an assistant to the nurses and doctors who were still working. When the PPE that they were 1/
Stumbled across Imagine... the other night, quite by accident - it was quite the cheery thought that were sharing the same timeline of life with such outstanding artists as yourself.
I'm tempted to go over there and say summeat, what with him being one of England's greatest living Black Countrymen - that patch where we were both born and raised - but I can't bear the idea of fanning their flames of indignation. Side note; he was granted freedom of the City of London last week.
One of our neighbours now, a similar age to me, is referred to by all the sprogs in the street as 'Auntie Jennie'. I think it's a lovely thing that should make more of a come back.
In the 80s, in the West Midlands town where I was born and lived in until I was about 8, all of our female neighbours were 'Aunties'. We still talk about Auntie Jean next door. It only dawned on me that we weren't all related sometime later, when a friend's mum asked me not to call her aunty.
They really need to sort out their subs - surely that's supposed to be 'unlistenable'?
Didn't they perform or record one of his songs? The sixties sure was a wild ride...
Popped out into the garden yesterday afternoon, just that hint of warmth. Thoughts of turning the heating off. The Annual surprise of Easter... Better times are coming...
I have, of late, been coming back to this three or four times a day...
A Quisling word salad. I suspect there's a bit of panic behind the scenes that their operation is about to go under the wheels of the Trump bus, and sucked up into the gearbox. Necessary closer military ties between European nations will be catastrophic for them.
How did Mr Tumble sneakily recreating the cover to Black Sabbath's debut album escape me for so many years?
They haven't forgotten it, they've just been holding it in until their kidneys hurt - they've been desperate for someone to grant them permission to spew this out for years. Vance has nodded, and they have let go.
...huge masking effort, the ultimate facade. One which I suspect makes Labour look like a paragon of unity. One day, it will make a great book.
...Now, these folk are *very* useful, until they're not - until they want more of the limelight, more of the influence, and presumably the dosh. So they then have to be dealt with, unceremoniously cast out before they cause too much trouble for Farage. Turmoil, churn, and resentment. It's a...
Reform's greatest asset (Farage) may also be it's achilles' heel. This is back of a fag packet analysis, obviously, but if you look at it historically he has a habit of attracting people with (or the capacity to develop) a profile - Hamilton, Woolfe, Nuttall, Kilroy-Silk, Habib, Tice, and others...
Four tubes of silicone, three tshirts, two pairs of jeans - minimum. Ghastly, ghastly job. I hate it. DIY rule of thumb; 10 minute job - 3/4 of a day, plus Screwfix runs 'I'll do that over the weekend' - 6 weeks 'I can get that finished before we go away' - two years
Have a follow to make up for it, and have a good weekend...
I see Norcott as the exact opposite of the guy in the office that thinks he's wasted there, and should be on stage. I imagined an interview where there was a glint of self realisation on his part, but apologies for clogging up your time line... No intention to offend...
...There are loads of people out there, in offices, and I reckon you'd be much better at being in an office than them. If it was up to me, I'd have you in my office...", but, I guess I was never bold enough to take the plunge...'
'For years, people have said to me; "You know, I dunno why you keep turning up in the back room of this pub, and going through the rigmarole of just churning this stuff out day-after-day. You know what? You should be working in an office. I think you'd be really good in an office...
Happy birthday. Happy, happy birthday... I'm fairly sure I'm enjoying my forties more than I did my thirties, but I can't be sure as my memory isn't what it was...
Prisoner: Cell Block H(ilarious)
The man is bizarre. Prime Ministers that believe holding popular court, and signing their name against fanciful 'have-my-cake-and-eat-it' wish-lists in the popular press are part of what got us into this mess. Unless, of course, Case has mixed up the PM with the King?
I see that that cretin Michael Gove has slithered out from under his rock to push his dogmatic educational agenda once again. Such a wretched man - he burned all his capital long ago.
From the other side of the pond, she looks defiant, to me. That's what you're going to need - strong, defiant women.
This is why, on a Saturday night, I like to dip in and out of Casualty now and again.
"...pretending to be some struggling cartoonist, poncing off the state while decent taxpayers like me fund your drink problem. I wouldn't mind so much, but you seem to be having such a shit time!"
*Hactually*, all Canadian establishments have a Reduced Comedic Effect menu available, you just have to ask for it... Completely humourless, you can eat as much as you like without once making anyone smile.
points you've mentioned, it gave me the idea that some sort of ADHD home manual would be a good idea, and that maybe I could write one, with sections on cooking, home mamagement, bills, work, socialising, etc... But... Would I ever have the 'time' to complete it? 2/2
So, I'm not diagnosed, but teachers have indicated that my daughter (9) has it, and when reading up on the facets of ADHD... Well, let's just say that my response was; 'Eh? What's the issue? This is just how life is, right?' I always wondered why I was so overwhelmingly busy. Just taking the 1/
Cats went out and did a wee on it, kids were disappointed at the slush that was left, and my bike has a cold seat. Roll on spring. The best bit of winter is a fading memory...
Yes, you may be right. I suppose I'm reading quite a bit into the Cons general direction of chasing Reform's political coat-tails in a number of policy areas. Interesting to witness how weirdly FPTP behaves in a developing multi party system.
Reform probably knows this, and will now look to recruit new voters from young people (mostly men) who will be voting for the first time in the next GE. In the interim, they'll go heavy for council positions, to try and keep chatter and momentum alive. 2/2
I'm not sure that Reform has plateaued as yet, but I think the last election probably marks their biggest 'take' of votes from the big parties. What's left of the Labour vote would likely find it impossible to vote for them, but there's probably still some to take from the Tories. 1/
The first seven weeks of January are the worst - it eases after that...
An unexpected night in, made all the better by and unplanned watching of the documentary and the ever wonderful Sardines. Thanks for all of Inside No. 9, I've enjoyed every minute of it. A fantastic body of work.
She really is magnificent, and she rejuvenated QI...
Mad Maxmas...
A joyous Midwinter to all. #solstice
'Fer that', surely?
Actually it’s Ggrace Dent.
I spy a Sharp flip 'phone, there. Battery's probably still sitting at 20%.
He won't, because he does not want to be. There will be 'reasons', which I'm sure he'll furnish us with in due course, but he'll have a get away plan.
If you're gonna spud, spud hard. Fishcakes. Potato scallops. Roasties. Mash, chips, or dauphinoise - doesn't matter, it's a perfect winter dish.
This is our first Chrimbo with cats - two brothers picked up as kittens from the RSPCA, they're bringing so much joy to the house... Cuddles and purring aplenty!
You can do it!
The fact that double Quarter Pounders are just a regular menu option these days does not speak well of us as a species. But... Double Quarter Pounders! The burger the Big Mac could have been!
Findënburßting
Woken up by the storm. Just lying here, blinds up, wind whistling through the streets. Has a quite calming, nautical feel - reminds me of when I lived on the coast, one of my favourite places to be.
I have such fond memories of going there as a sprog. Fairly sure my mum still has the glass that I helped engrave an ear of corn on... Can't wait to take my own sprogs there when we're up country next...
Nope, or course not. It was a reflection on the fact that inside every middle aged man, there's a Lynx wearing twenty year old who thinks they're off to Oceana on Friday night...
I refuse to give them up. I even wear them up on my head - like popping up the collars on polo shirts, some things are timeless.
5 reasons why The Shining is a Christmas movie 1. Snow 2. Red rum 3. Hyperactive kids 4. Big snuggly jumpers 5. Huge family row ending with someone putting an axe through the door.
Available here if folks haven’t seen it youtu.be/bKkfGG9q32c?...
Ooo arr dey?
He has two options, now - stay unwavering loyal to Trump, so as not to attract his ire (which is notoriously difficult - not many make it out of that camp unscathed), or batter him to a pulp, and hold on to whatever is left for himself. 2/2
The plan, what it amounted to, when Musk bought it, was to break it. In return, he gets an automatic seat at Trump's side, without any need to bother with an election, or any of that nonsense. $44bn suddenly doesn't seem such a bad deal, if you're a demagogue with more money than God. 1/2
Don't worry, I didn't even take my coat off...
Elon Husk
Someone's just 1.27 centimetred my joke about cockneys and the metric system.
Yeah, I'm not suggesting it's akin to private education. Not in the slightest - simply clarifying the position on fees at the time, as someone who spent six years fighting them. At the time when Wes was graduating, student debts (including fees) were approaching £25k.
Ha! I cashed so many thirty quid cheques at the Union bar, Barclays took my Connect card away...
Two orange Reef, two VK Blue, three SnakeyB's, and seven Aftershocks, please mate... You OK to break a twenty?
Wes was around when I was involved in student politics, so he *may* have taken out student loans, but his personal/family circumstances (which were pretty tough by all accounts) probably meant he was ineligle to pay fees.
Life imitates art... youtu.be/sfZ7o2_5dAw?...
There would have been travel in this general direction, that would have been inevitable, but it would be slower. By taking on UKIP the way he did, after losing a couple of crank MPs, he legitimised them (and Farage) in a way they hadn't been before. Cameron feared the cranks within, and without.
