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itstomshiels.bsky.social
Writer, currently working as a comms manager in academic publishing. Interests include food, coffee, books and music. Partial to a Dad joke. Irish living in Yorkshire. itstomshiels.substack.com Buy me a coffee or 3: https://buymeacoffee.com/itstomshiels
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The fact that the article is four years old says it all.
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Snap!
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Thanks Wayne, good to know. I was worried there were some crossed wires or something I had said was misunderstood.
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Irish writer currently living in West Yorkshire here. 👋
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Or as Philomena Cunk refers to him: “Explorer and detective, Christopher Columbo.”
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Thank you! Feels like a great way to round off the year.
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Oh wow, all this effort is starting to pay off. It was only this morning that I was notified that the Financial Times had started following me and they’d added me to their official list of writers and contributors. Who knew?!
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He would’ve been thrilled to know that you were aware of him. He was such a fan, and did a blinding cover of And a Bang on the Ear. I see you’re gigging in the North of England next year. I’ll have to get to either York or Sheffield! See you there.
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Had you ever met?
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@mickpuck.bsky.social sorry for describing you as as Celtic cousin in this.
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And now you’ve got it from the horse’s mouth…
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Which one? 😂
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These were my thoughts exactly. Genuinely considering throwing the towel in, deleting all the apps, and living life completely in the ‘real world’. But then I’d feel like I was missing out on something!
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‘Douglas’ blocked me when I asked him to check his DMs on Instagram. 😂
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We’re running low, though, so someone is going to have to do a beer run! Slainte!
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You’re in for a treat, that’s for sure!
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Welcome aboard!
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That’s definitely too much pressure! I would have hated it too.
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Did you get some nice food out of it at least?
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Thanks to you and @stane.bsky.social. My increased use of RTÉ news recently must be why I’ve started to notice it more. You learn something new and all that.
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I’ll knock the kettle on again then!
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Thanks Leigh. I’ve just sat down with a preemptive hot whiskey and a large one at that. Not sure if it works but worth a go!
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What a real shame. Things are going backwards instead of forwards and I hope it ends up full circle.