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59, fed up & foul-mouthed. Scouser exiled in Manc. Wife. Mother. Friend. #LFC #JFT97 #GenX #Music #Veggie #AmWriting #AmReading. I miss the seaside 🦀
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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

On point

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It looks like every 'modern' house they visit in Poirot! 😍

NFU President Tom Bradshaw once again boasting about blocking access reform (which extend rights to millions of ordinary people to do things like... go for a swim without being shouted at) all while demanding the public to foot the bill for his industry's bespoke tax arrangements.

My favourite line on the London Underground tube map is the Docklands Light Railway. The London Docklands is the area that inspired me to pick up a camera. Also TfL gave me my first serious camera for winning the 1st prize in a competition to capture the DLR. #photography #london

Ffs

Hellish windy here in Manchester today so expect bizarreness this afternoon #LFC

It’s our 23rd wedding anniversary today! DrK is going to the pub to watch his team play my team. For the sake of marital harmony I’m really hoping for a boring 0-0 draw. And no injuries 😉

I’m not normally one to share betting tips, but my two current frontrunners in the event of a Pope-off are: Cardinal Pizzaballa, who if he doesn’t pick Papa John as his papal name has frankly missed a trick. Cardinal Ambongo, who as he comes from the Congo, already has his own papal theme tune.

Ok, we need a new James Bond AND a new Archbishop of Canterbury, and pretty soon it'll be time for another new Willy Wonka and a new Doctor Who. We need to economise. They should all be amalgamated into a single new character called Archdoctor Bondwonka.

Word discovery of the day is ‘yoke-devil’ (17th century): an accomplice in a villainous or immoral undertaking.

It's far too windy to think about work today! Does anyone else find it exhausting being out in the wind?

🎶 Theres a lady who’s sure all that glistens is gold and she’s climbing a 🎶

Phone call from letting agent: “the owners have decided to sell. Can you vacate the property one weekend so we can arrange viewings?” Er, how about fuck and off? Unless they’re willing to pay for us to stay in a nice hotel somewhere! Fucking cheek of it 😡

How different birds would act on a first date...a thread. (From us to you this #ValentinesDay) 💕👇

A thing I wish I could teach people is that the vast majority of very rich people are deeply stupid. They did not get where they are because of ingenuity or talent. They got there because of compound interest on hereditary wealth and being tax cheats.

The beginning of my love affair! And I still know every single lyric.