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@jeanlizzie

Refugee from the other place

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I was also 9 at school when I got mine I would have given anything for a teacher like you at the time
I hadnt a clue what was happening to me , she just pushed a giant sanitary towel under the door with the instruction use this, and left me, no explanation at all

06.03.2026 21:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is a welcoming account. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

23.10.2025 02:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 490 ๐Ÿ” 341 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

We were at Wast Water last Autumn, I would post a photo but its grey ,great gable(?) covered in mist and the lake has escaped over the road
So not a beautiful view

15.02.2026 14:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But your lack of knowledge didnt stop you commenting

15.02.2026 10:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The man jumping into correct you on the date gave me a smile

14.02.2026 23:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She really did

14.02.2026 21:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Joseph Marie Jacquard invented the Jaquard loom in 1804 , which was a chain of punch cards to automate complex weaving patterns
Ada and Bababage used the basics of that and the rest is history as they say
I was taken to a great exhibition about her a few years ago

14.02.2026 21:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Joseph Marie Jacquard( not a woman though) invented the Jaquard loom in 1804 which used a series of punched cards to automate weaving of complex patterns

14.02.2026 21:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ada Lovelace was the daughter of Lord Byron, he was a famous poet ( 1788-1824)

14.02.2026 21:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was sunk long before that
The slow decline statred with Kinnocks purge of "the left" and losing the unlosable GE

05.02.2026 12:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You have the best way with words

25.01.2026 13:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I see Farage is trending on #SocialistSunday ๐ŸŒน

11.05.2025 10:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 172 ๐Ÿ” 32 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Hope they throw the booky wooky at him

23.12.2025 17:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They need to look up Jarndyce and Jarndyce

20.12.2025 22:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Steven needs to be on all the lists

20.12.2025 22:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That sketch makes me laugh more than I should, and it does every time I see it

20.12.2025 22:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No

10.12.2025 13:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was at school at the same time i saw relatives who had fought in the war daily.
Nobody i knew was interested in Hitler. CND , rock against racism and the latest top of the pops was the playground talk

10.12.2025 13:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I need this skill

10.12.2025 13:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

After he wrote the killing of Georgie Part I and II ( who was one of his friends)

09.12.2025 22:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Goebbels had no balls at all

09.12.2025 22:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My mother bought me socks today , I'm not sure why she saw these and thought of me

08.12.2025 22:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ooh yes please

08.12.2025 12:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To be honest those brief flashes made it easier to cope with everything else going on, it was a reminder that he was my Dad

07.12.2025 22:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm envious of anyone who can crochet

07.12.2025 22:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm in the UK when Margaret Thatcher died people partied, and Ding Dong the witch is Dead went to No.1

07.12.2025 22:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He reminds me of my Dad , just before he started to climb out of windows at 3 am in his PJs and no shoes to go to work, at that point we realised we needed professional help
But Dad still had the odd flash of lucidity

07.12.2025 22:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've never had a job where I've submitted to anyone's demand , so I'm certainly not going to be doing it in my home

07.12.2025 22:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If a man marries his mistress he has created a vacancy

06.12.2025 21:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My grandmother's advice was to get an education and a career, so I wouldn't be stuck in a marriage
She was the youngest of 13 and also told me not to have more than one child

06.12.2025 20:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0