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Librarian. Tea drinker. Cat servant. Anglican't.
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I need to photograph some books :(
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And the mouth of someone who had several attempts to get the film on the right way round.
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I couldn't really get past that a woman with a glamorous international career and ohac was considered a failure, and marrying a jobbing gardener would be a step up.
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And? Don't leave us in suspense.
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I turned off the radio when he came on. Then I turned on the telly and he was there too.
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Anyone can learn to boast. It's never too late.
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From time to time.
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I have grade 8 because my parents wouldn't let me give up, rather than because I enjoyed it.
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Piano or boasting about unconfirmed celebrity connections?
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Her concession to the banning of corporal punishment (thankfully just before I started learning) was that she no longer hit pupils with a ruler for poor hand position.
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Jo Wiley just referred to him as the Billy Joel of his generation, and if only he'd stuck with Mrs S he could have been the me of his generation. He really missed out.
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I heard him talking about his first piano teacher on radio, and I recognised her through the description of her violence...
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*he only studied with her for a term or two because his parents found another teacher who didn't ignore the law about hitting children, whereas my parents thought that was a point in her favour.
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He emerge (cautiously)
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The neighbour just made a very small sound outdoors (dropped his key) and Kit is now under the sofa. He does not approve of outdoors.
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Different and more space
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I am a husk of a human being.
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But apparently sharing this with 1.4k people is less awkward than wishing a couple of people happy birthday and deciding which table to sit at.
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🎵So this is what it looks like🎵 🎵When doves buy🎵
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I thought it was 15
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Peace or plotting?
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I always feel stricken with guilt in case he means me.
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There is. Stupidity.
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Yes
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Is there any wedding Oprah wouldn't go to?
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Hence my friend was there. And believe me, you have heard of the celebrity in question. But That Wedding? The list genuinely looks like it was put together by a pr company.
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Long Island Colm Toibin
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Wait, you don't like those? *block*
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Although if my tl is anything to go by, most people have very strong feelings about Anglican liturgy and 16th century printing, so it's possible I might not have an entirely accurate sense of the nation's pulse.
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If my tl is anything to go by, that's a pretty popular opinion.
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Ah, I'm getting at myself. I'm one of those freaks who hasn't seen Star Wars. Which tbh you couldn't know.
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How does that make it hard mode?
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Chloe looks thrilled
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She could be laying down fuel for a growth spurt
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That's not a riddle. We all know which one here tells lies.
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I'm glad that they have a middle man to do this for them.
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Work related?
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I should add I don't think you're being irritable. Your mum was trying to upset you and succeeded. You didn't lamp her, so you also succeeded.
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Jerome was notably irritable. By a coincidence he is also patron of librarians.