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@acripedes

Hills, mountains, outdoor stuff, bikes and cycling, books, general carping and trivia. I do not have a cat. Location: off on a tangent.

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Did the Westgate Centre make the cut?

06.03.2026 16:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Mrs A, who taught in one of the first comprehensives in North London, would always say "No-one's on the streets demanding 'Save our secondary moderns!'"

06.03.2026 08:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ten minutes to the Catbells bus stop.

06.03.2026 08:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Haha, excellent! I don't think I've ever seen that film.

05.03.2026 10:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had to look up Mr McLuhan's dates and now I understand that he's speaking to you through a medium.

05.03.2026 10:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is he with you in the room right now?

05.03.2026 09:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Marshall McLuhan! Does anybody under the age of [illegible] know who he is/was?

05.03.2026 09:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's been a tough time for you both. ๐Ÿซค

04.03.2026 22:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Glad to hear recovery's progressing, but it seems it's quite a long haul.

04.03.2026 22:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There are plenty of examples around the country of roads where this has happened, so why not rail (and trams)?

04.03.2026 13:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was the bot called Aunt Lucy?

04.03.2026 09:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A cluster of catkins shining golden in bright sunshine. Background of out-of-focus bare trees and blue sky.

A cluster of catkins shining golden in bright sunshine. Background of out-of-focus bare trees and blue sky.

Such a nice warm sunny day so I went for a walk in the local woods. Not many signs of Spring yet, apart from plenty of hazel (?) catkins.

02.03.2026 17:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Girl turns up at school the next day with a parrot on her shoulder.

02.03.2026 17:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm OK with fire. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ‘

02.03.2026 11:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Don't know the rules in Scotland but in England and Wales they'll need a trade effluent licence from their water company. Not sure I'd fancy the thought of just being flushed down the drain.

02.03.2026 11:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So this is basically the practice much favoured by criminal d-i-y disposers of bodies by dissolving them in lye (concentrated potassium hydroxide - KOH). What the BBC article doesn't say is how the resultant highly alkaline liquor is safely disposed of in an environmentally acceptable manner.

02.03.2026 10:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To be fair, some of those folk probably don't know what a map is or what it shows.

02.03.2026 03:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Little Gwladys was glad that Little Dewi Bach had taught her the chords which would summon the Little People to rid her of this pervy old man.
#GirlsOwnCC

01.03.2026 19:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Quickest route given the usual traffic"

01.03.2026 15:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Previous post deleted as autocorrect rendered it meaningless. It _should_ have said "Yes, that too". ๐Ÿ™„

01.03.2026 15:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Presumably they'll say it wasn't a school, it was a Terrorist Training Academy.

01.03.2026 14:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The relentless pursuit of cheap clothing has led to shirts having shorter and shorter tails so they don't stay tucked in any more.

28.02.2026 13:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now Trump has his very own "Special Military Operation".

28.02.2026 09:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Financial Times there everybody, more than a decade late with the news.

28.02.2026 08:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A character straight out of Borgen.

27.02.2026 16:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, his plumber didn't turn up this morning.

27.02.2026 13:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A tall and solid green post with bold white lettering running vertically upwards and reading "No Waymarking On Open Hill".

A tall and solid green post with bold white lettering running vertically upwards and reading "No Waymarking On Open Hill".

#FingerpostFriday you say? Not at the start of the tourist track up Ben Lomond.

27.02.2026 12:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sounds like it's between 13 and 18 years old.

27.02.2026 12:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Michael hard stare >> Paddington hard stare

26.02.2026 15:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wonder if they've got a licence for that stall.

26.02.2026 13:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0