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Used to make electricity for a living, now retired. Spending my time riding bikes and reading books. I can’t stop growing old but not sure I’m ready to grow up yet.
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Very impressive. No one could have doubted her skill or determination but it is so impressive to get this level of endurance so quickly after competing in MTB for so long. Also how can someone 10kg lighter than me produce so much power - deeply jealous man here.
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Your absolutely correct the contrast between Sturgeon and Johnson could hardly have been more stark.
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I think this is more a measure of how biddable she is. As clear an indication she’s willing to say anything as long as she’s paid handsomely to say it. No integrity, only interested in money.
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🥳 brilliant 🤩
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Fantastic! Lucky you. Needless to say I’m jealous.
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I’m that age too.
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I’m absolutely thrilled for you. Keep winning 🏆
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Gorgeous picture. I had to have a bit of a double take because for a moment I thought I was looking at Van Gogh’s starry night. High time I had a holiday in France again.
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Thank you, you saved me the bother.
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Nice
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Trump seems hell bent in making European integration, including UK inevitable. His isolationism is making it imperative for security and a Europe closely linked economically is more likely to stick together when one of there number is threatened. Struggling to see we actually have a choice.
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Both
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I think you’re right and that has framed Starmer’s public position. I assume that behind the scenes he’s been working with European partners to try and cover off the situation where US withdraws support. That’s what I’d have been doing and I think he’s at least as smart as me.
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Good luck with that fingers 🤞
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Similar. Edinburgh 2012 was my marathon. Last serious run was Glasgow half in 2017. PB in that one at nearly 54 shows how lazy I was as a young man 😀
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Good for you. I’ve been a regular runner for ~25 years. I like that it keeps me fit and love that it makes room for an extra biscuit/cake/whisky etc. BUT, I think I’ve only actually enjoyed running half a dozen times. The hardest bit is getting out the door. After that I focus on the earned treat.
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He’s worse than Trump. Trump is barely sentient. Vance on the other hand public stated that “Trump is America’s Hitler” and then decided to support him anyway. Trump is deluded, Vance chose to work with someone he thinks is fascist.
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Well done you. I hope you also enjoyed it.
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I was just thinking that myself.
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Good.
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I’m on the other side of the Atlantic with limited opportunity to have much of an impact in my support of this but I sincerely hope it gets enough support from decent US citizens, like yourself, to send a clear message. I know, from personal experience there a plenty of wonderful US citizens.
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Cheers 🥂
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Utterly contemptible. Very difficult to put any trust in them over anything never mind something as important as national security.
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Bloody hell!!!
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I struggle to understand some people. They’ve got empty lives with too much time on their hands if they’re attacking you. Ridiculous. Keep up the good work Katy.
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Heal fast, heal well. May you keep supporting the NHS and hating Reform for a long time.
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That’s exactly what it needs.
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Republicans could have stopped him in 2020. They are culpable. They could still stop him but they’d require a backbone.
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I sincerely hope you are right.
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Unimpeachably excellent advice.
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I hope so. The truth is it is inherently dangerous to race on public roads but that is a huge part of the beauty of the sport. There seems to be a higher incidence of serious injury in recent years so maybe the higher speeds are a factor? If so then how to limit the speed without ruining the racing?
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Good piece, good analysis. Before retiring I had a role in maintaining Health and Safety on a power station. Every time i watch a bike race I am eternally grateful i never had to be responsible for H&S there. None of us want cycling neutered but we need to see some improvement in safety.
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I’d be surprised if his patriotism is as durable as plastic; otherwise fair analysis.
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It really is heartbreaking. Just when he seemed to be getting back to the rider we know he is we get this. A setback he neither needed nor deserved. I just hope it’s a simple break that heals fast and that the setback doesn’t get in his head. I’d love to see him back competing for the big wins.
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There is a bit of me that wishes I could disagree with some of what you say but I can’t. It’s true. Given it’s one of my favourite books, I wonder what it says about me? 😀
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That is really rather beautiful and a powerfully conveys that message. Thanks for sharing.
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It’s a pretty good description. Waits lyrics and Bradbury’s prose have both painted exquisite verbal pictures that have stuck in my head for decades. A real gift I think but I’d never put the two together till I read your post. Thanks.
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You make that sound like it’s a bad thing? I think maybe that’s why I like him.
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Definitely nasty all round
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How cool. I vividly remember going to see the Apollo 10 CM on display in Edinburgh when I was a kid. The Apollo programme was one of the things that inspired me to study science and led me to a 40 yr career in science/engineering. Men like your Dad inspired millions round the world.
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It’s been off my list since 2016, won’t be back on for a while.
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Oooh! That looks worth a watch.
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Accurate
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Excellent. So much easier to get around and infinitely more pleasant.
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Absolutely perfect analysis.
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It’s been the way she relentlessly tracks even the very best down in the last lap that’s caught my eye. I’d hate to be the one looking over my shoulder as she inexorably closed the gap.
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Keep up the good work Jess.
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Well done Jess.
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All three are absolutely shameful and should never be in positions of power in any organisation. Simply despicable from them. Keep calling them out and holding them to account.
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Definitely worth a try I’d say 😀