arnieb.bsky.social
Officer, gentleman, Yorkshireman, Leeds fan.
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Those hands are Meslier's hands....
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One of the best dramas I have seen in years. The acting and directing are off the scale good.
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I finished it last night - 2 things to say.
1) it is utterly brilliant
2) it is very challenging as well. I am still thinking about what it means.
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Fotmob gave the man of the match award to Cooper.
How many times has Meslier had a MofM award?
that was a simple and very cheap upgrade last summer.
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We would happily have taken 3 draws at kick off so all this good really.
WBA haven't lost against the top 4 so far.
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Playing like that just before millwall really worries me. We just didn't look up for the fight at all
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My parents are definitely centre right and they hate Trump with a passion.
I think his lack of grace and manners really don't play well here.
Interestingly they have warmed to Starmer over Ukraine.
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Struijk and Bogle have both been part of woeful prem defences.
There are question marks about all of them.
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It does - the gap is huge now.
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Yesterday was the 1st day I felt a warm breeze in months.
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I'd be interested in the polling soon. Reform's closeness to Trump always seemed like a Faustian bargain and Trump's appalling behaviour over Ukraine may be the devil calling in his favour.
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This is starting to look a lot like the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France in 1904 - we will give you Morocco if we get Egypt...
Russia and the USA are dividing the world into spheres of influence.
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What is baffling is that under 3 points for a win, you can't draw your way to promotion. Winning 2 and losing 1 is much more valuable than drawing 3.
If we win on Monday, we go 8 clear of 3rd.
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I would have liked a goalkeeper as that is the biggest upgrade we can make. Other than that I think we are fine.
If BA gets injured then I think Gnonto or Rothwell can cover the 10 role fairly well.
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He played well today. He worked hard and supported attacks well.
Lovely finish to end a super move.
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There was me thinking peregrine falcon!
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3 points
1) french will mean early Celtic/gallic.
2) not sure how easy it is to differentiate between AS genes and Danish genes.
3) Population has shifted and changed since 1066 eg thenblack death
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Leeds is fairly unusual in probably being a Celtic place name rather than the usual Anglo Saxon /Norse origins.
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So 14 books - none were terrible, only 2 were disappointing. I am surprised I have read 3 books with a 19th century theme but they hung together very well. Bismarck's views were forged in 1848, and together with Disraeli he dominated the Congress of Berlin.
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13) D Day - a bit of a slog accounting for the period from D Day to the fall of Paris. Bottom line the allies won as they had more men and more equipment.
14 Global Crisis - Tries to link the various world crises of the 17th century. Very big but I wasn't convinced.
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11) Bismarck - a survey of the key European statesmen of his age
12) after the ice - a survey of humanity in the 10,000 years after the end of the last ice age. Written 20 years ago and so inevitably dated now.
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9) 1177BC - a survey of the bronze age world on the cusp of its demise
10) Echolands - a search for Boudicca
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7) psychology of secrets - Andrew Gold's run in with cults and odd practices
8) the fall of Roman Britain - highlighted how different Britain was from the rest of the Roman Empire.
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5) All the tea in China - the story of how tea became so important in Britain and how 1 man stole the secrets of growing tea.
6) Revolutionary Spring - Chris Clark's massive account of the 1848 revolutions
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3) guest house for widows - well researched account of young women who supported ISIS
4) Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister - the story of the Song sisters who were close to power in China for much of the 20th century.
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The usual explanation is that w Yorks was the homeland of the Celtic kingdom of elmet. When it was defeated by that Anglo Saxons in the 7th century, it just blended into Northumbria rather than being colonised/conquered.
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They have a diverse range of interests.
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Most of my followers on twitter were sex bots.. I still like how I can post a message about LUFC and get likes from some random sex bot!
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Cheatcode...
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The athletic had an interesting article on the rise of Japanese footballers in the championship, as there are 8 of them now.
They are generally technically very tidy, fairly cheap, and seem to qualify fairly easily under the new immigration rules.
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Tanaka was superb for the 3rd goal. Great interception and then a brilliant assist for BA.
He is a cheat code at this level.
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I enjoyed that game a lot. We deserved to win, played some decent stuff but Boro caused us problems at times.
Much better game than Saturday.
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He called their fans "thickos" in his post match. Sounded like he had had enough and wanted to go.
The club statement suggests it was his decision not theirs.
I reckon he will be back before the clocks go back. Millwall without 'Arris is just wrong.
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But every Arab spring revolt either saw a new strong man emerge, Islamist nutters take over or complete chaos or a combo of all 3.
Syria will absolutely follow the same path
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BA was poor today. I think we should move to a 433 when Ampadu is fully fit.
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This is the middle east - generally "apres moi, la deluge" has been the order of the day here.
I am sure Alawi, shia and Christian minorities share your enthusiasm for another bunch of Sunni nutters bidding for power.
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Good luck!
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We forget but for 2 years that Wilko side was bloody good.
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I think it shows that the "fitna" on the British right is deeper and will continue for longer than many thought.
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I don't get what the retail offer is anymore to younger people
Massive student debt, rising taxes and crippling housing costs.
The simple dream of "meet a girl, buy a house and settle down" is now beyond all but the very richest.
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JT once gave an interview where he said they didn't socialise out of work - to the extent that they avoided each other at work social events. The last comment really seemed odd at the time.
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I would agree. We need to guard against "puritanism" in public life. If this was a one off offence (as seems likely), which is now spent and she hasn't tried to hide then I don't see the basis of the resignation.
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Great stuff!
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I think that article ruined his public image. He went from being a bit of a dick to being a total creep.
I also remember an interview with the Aussie bloke on MasterChef which made it obvious they don't like each other.
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The old NZ/Aus joke. Always a good one!
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Lancashire police always insist on this game being early to limit pre match drinking.