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Rachel Clarke

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My ongoing challenge is to walk up big hills. Random thoughts. Old school, the banality of life. occasional breakfast tweets. rachelc at flickr blog.bibrik.com Works in British baseball/softball

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I was just thinking that. The 'push to pass' idea of battery

08.03.2026 04:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Morning world. Awake watching the F1. Rest of the day will be admin.

08.03.2026 04:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The two weather forecast apps i have (bbc and met office) both prioritise the "now" in how they present info. I know the now. Make it easier to see the future. The next hours, the next days. Without having to interact.

07.03.2026 21:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well, that's today gone awry. Game cancelled. So shall just head back home.

07.03.2026 09:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Morning world. Up for F1 qualy. Then umpiring Oxford Cambridge varsity baseball. Then back home.

07.03.2026 05:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In the deep?

06.03.2026 21:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AND I have sky sports. I shall be up for #f1 qualy then (but not fp3)

06.03.2026 20:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yay. The hotel has got the work sports team on the telly. (OK, the GB national baseball team playing Mexico, there are people i work with running it)

06.03.2026 19:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ouch, that's not good

06.03.2026 11:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Morning world. For real this time. Safeguarding review with CPSU this morning. More meetings before heading down to london this evening.

06.03.2026 06:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yay. Bring on the fast cars. Again!!!! #f1

06.03.2026 04:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yay. Bring on the fast cars #f1

06.03.2026 01:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'll probably miss most other night sessions, I just like watching the first one :-)

05.03.2026 19:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The f1 starts tonight. I shall ve doing my traditional wake up and watch the first practice at 130am

05.03.2026 17:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I see hotels . com are excited to see changes to their rewards programme. Which basically takes it back to where it was before the last set of changes.

05.03.2026 10:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Morning world. The sun is out. I shall make the most of that

05.03.2026 08:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Totally agree. For multiple dimensions.

04.03.2026 22:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I usually do. Including getting up for the middle of the night sessions. Won't be this weekend though due to not been at home.

04.03.2026 21:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just read some headlines. Going back to watching sports and reading books

04.03.2026 20:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's been a bit busy. Not procrastinating here...

04.03.2026 18:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Morning world. Month end recons.

04.03.2026 06:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

17 dave/David's. 5 pete/peter/pettars

03.03.2026 17:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Morning world. Road trip down Gloucester way, to see some field supplies. Which basically means 60 tonnes of dirt plus a few other bits.

03.03.2026 06:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This'll be my new boss. And no, I'm not applying! I know my skill set and this one is not it

02.03.2026 16:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Chief Executive Officer - Baseball Softball UK Chief Executive Officer - Baseball Softball UK

Well, job ad for the new CEO is up
(if anyone is interested, that was the plot twist last year)

www.uksport.gov.uk/global/jobs/...

02.03.2026 16:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Assesses hoodies for today's top layer. They're all of different ages
Work - 1 year old
Athletics - 8.5 years
Running - 10.5 years
Olympics - 13.5 years
Rowing - 20 years
College - 35 years.

02.03.2026 09:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Morning world. A day packed with meetings, which is not the norm

02.03.2026 05:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hah. Same. My everyday "plate' is a very large, shallow bowl. Works for me!

01.03.2026 18:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sending hugs. Hope things calm down

01.03.2026 17:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep. If I can eat with spoon, basically stew. So most of my stuff

01.03.2026 17:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0