optimisticboy.bsky.social
Live Newcastle, love NUFC, loath Tories. Now get on ya bike
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Its how Musk gets rid of his belly
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Bruce Springsteen jogged past me on Gosforth High street 25 years ago
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That was pretty much my standard hours as a science teacher. Doesn’t seem unusual
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I’m in the Leazes End. Take a peaked cap for the sun in your end
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When they held donation sessions in local church halls I gave regularly. To save money they moved to a difficult to reach location, so I havent done so since.
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I’m in
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I saw the Bhundu Boys there in the mid 80’s. Amazing gig and a great venue.
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Bawtry is very nice, but its way down south.
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Need a Skorpio’s kebab from the Finchley Road, circa 1977
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Right arm, head, then left arm, every time. At which point I usually realise its inside-out.
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Definitely. I’m off to the Greens, the other half still choosing between them and LD
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Grayson Perry. He’s already got better frocks than the Vaticans
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They’re in the same boat the Toon were under Ashley. Parasitic owners who don’t care about football, just cash. The lack of ambition filters all they way down. MUFC are doomed until the Glazers go.
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Nilsen?
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Thats Psychology for you
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A mystery to me is why the cosmic background radiation is still hanging around. Its had 13 billion years to fuck off to wherever. If bedroom your lights did this you’d be well pissed off
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Round here they’re all Vietnamese with little or no English.
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Duck Duck Go
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Done
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Done
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Just got back after THE MATCH. It’s a relief
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Well written. It's so sad that good, caring people have to write this sort of thing because something they trusted for years has become the enemy. Labour is a lost cause now as a force for good. It has been subverted by the rich and corporations. I'd go as far as saying labour is now evil.
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What’s the school gate test? The internet doesn’t seem to know
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If its all put in an offshore bond (or a series) 5% of the original can be withdrawn for 20 yrs, which does not count as income but repayment of capital. No income & no tax. There are other opportunities
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Add New Scientist and Viz
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They’re in Steve Bruce territory now
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Whats more, there is no indigo in the spectrum.Newton made it up so that there were 7 colours, which fitted his rather weird occult beliefs
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Finished mine and left it the recovery ward of the Freeman Hospital. Hope it helps someone else.
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Mein Kar
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Mind you, I’m biased because I saw him first at the Roundhouse in Camden and loved him. Two other unknowns were Richard Hell and the Voidoids and Dire Straits. 1978 I think
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You might enjoy Bicycle Diaries by David Byrne (of Talking Heads fame)
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Been doing that with the orange rental e-scooters in the Toon for ages.
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Late onset asthma?
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I’m a scientist and haven’t used Fahrenheit in 45 years. I don’t know anyone (except Americans) who uses anything but Celsius
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Fill the overlapping week in both diaries, then you don’t have to decide
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They should make copies and send the originals back. No-one would be able to tell the difference
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Well I won’t be buying a Jaguar now. Not that I ever did
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I once had a great London taxi driver rant for ages about immigrants then say he would move to Spain if he had any skills
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Hello
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It’s a good day out at Beamish. Recommend to anyone who hasn’t visited.
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That’s smaller than my kitchen