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jon-abbott.bsky.social
Born in Leeds, living in Lincolnshire. 40 years fiddling bits, wrangling data mainly financial. Retired from the grind, so now it's garden & gears from here on in. #lufc #TdF
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"Le monnaie il sur le tableau"
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Not so much rope-a-dope as blunt-a-blade.
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I remember a mid90s ManU visit where we got locked in the Wheatsheaf cos their mob were unaccountably being walked the scenic route to the ground right past the pub. Good day for glaziers.
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Police definitely earned their coin that day. As you say, nobody (outside the ground) to target.
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You missed Galatasaray at home then?
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Never liked Delphi. Or any Pascal TBH. Fine for teaching at Uni but bloody hopeless for doing anything practical. And type safety...well I've got a soft spot for a couple of former projects which relied on interchangeably viewing a DP number as an array of 4 shorts. Hideous but hideously efficient.