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NormanDunbar

@NormanDunbar@mastodon.scot

He/Him. Retired Oracle DBA, Toad MVP, developer, husband, geek, not a dad, open source contributor. McLaren & Mercedes F1 fan.

I own a Huawei P20 phone with the Leica camera. I try to take at least 1 half decent photo every day if I can.

In 2020, Apress published my first book, 'Arduino Software Internals'. My second, 'Arduino Interrupts' was published in Dec 2023. I'm writing another as well as a 2nd edition of 'Internals' to document recent changes.

No longer on Twitter as https://mastodon.scot/@NormanDunbar.

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NormanDunbar, to random
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Wednesday. Only two more houses to view today and that's us done. We might be making an offer on one we have already seen though, unless MrsD thinks herself out of it! 😐 We shall see.

Whatever you are up to today, have a great day. Have fun, take care. Laughter is not optimal! 😀

We took Wesley for a walk towards Portgordon last night and say a few of the seal colony which lives there. there was around 30 last year but winter storms destroyed the rookery. 😟

earthmothering9, to random
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Enjoying a pub lunch with the DH to celebrate our Anniversary. Denmark Western Australia.
Note the number 48 on our table was chosen for a reason. (Hint)

NormanDunbar,
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@earthmothering9 Congratulations to you both.

NormanDunbar, to random
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My old Sunday school teacher used to say "Sex is bad for one". I used to reply " But it's lots of fun for two"!

MonotoneofBill, to random
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Regarding my Spanish lessons, after my throat operation, I can "Si" clearly now.

NormanDunbar,
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@MonotoneofBill Dear oh dear!
Wonderful!

NormanDunbar, to random
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Tuesday. Another warm but cloudy day forecast for today. Yesterday's was the same and it turned out to be blue skies, sunny and 6°C hotter than forecast!

Have an absolute belter of a day folks, enjoy what you do, have fun and stay safe. Bad puns and dad jokes are a bonus!

Today's random photo is from last week in the Strathclyde Country Park on the M74 motorway, near Motherwell. I called it "Chicken of the Woods? Maybe". See ALT for more.

NormanDunbar,
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@FiStitchWitch Make the most of it while it lasts! Just in case they are correct. 😉

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof Puns! Puns! Puns! Someone needs punishment! 😀

NormanDunbar,
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@MennoWolff I have a feeling you told me this before! But you are, if course, correct!

NormanDunbar, to random
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to Monday. More house hunting today to look forward to, even Wesley is fed up of it all. Decisions, decisions!

Have a great Monday everyone and don't forget to have fun, puns and dad jokes. Stay safe.

Today's photo is from Friday when we took Wesley to the beach at Cullen in Banffshire. His face is covered in sand as he likes to dig! Inside my car is like a beach now! That's his mum, MrsD there too. She doesn't dig! 😉

NormanDunbar, to random
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Ever tried to bump start a boat?

NormanDunbar,
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@TimWardCam Sounds sensible! Wasn't Buddy Holly Airlines, was it? 😉

NormanDunbar, to random
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Sunday. Did you see any aurora last night? I stayed up late and didn't see any thanks to the clouds. 😟 Oh well, more house hunting today, wish us luck.

Have a perfect Sunday everyone, stay safe, have fun and enjoy a good laugh. Bad puns and dad jokes are, of course, mandatory. 😉

Today's random photo is from earlier this week at Stirling. This is a medieval bridge where Mel Gibson defeated the English army! (See ALT text for real details.)

NormanDunbar, to random
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I had a girlfriend with one tooth. I called her Juanita. It was right in the middle of her mouth, I also called her central eater!

demoographics, to Eurovision
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Anyone watching this evening?

(if not, you might want to mute the hashtag)

NormanDunbar,
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@demoographics I haven't watched Eurovision since the late 1960s or early 1970s. And I won't be watching tonight either.

MissingThePt, to random
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Would you rather have X-ray vision or Eurovision?

NormanDunbar,
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@MissingThePt Definitely x-ray vision.

lffontenelle, to random
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Aurora australis in Australia, what a coincidence

NormanDunbar,
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@lffontenelle 😉 I see what you did there!

JohnnyThan, to random German
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What is an "Aurora"?


NormanDunbar,
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@JohnnyThan Oh-roar-ah is the noise and Oh-lion-ah makes? Sorry, I'll get my coat!

GooseOfStrathearn, to random
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Is it possible to taunt with a cake?

NormanDunbar,
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@Tim_McTuffty @PaulNickson @GooseOfStrathearn @Silversnapples Too hot? It's 26°C in the NE of Scotland right now as I type. As the locals might say, "It's too effing hot"!

NormanDunbar, to random
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello Saturday. It's a lovely day here in Buckpool, Morayshire. Too hot already for this Ginger Jock!

I'm sat with a coffee on the beach, watching the dolphins swim past! (Well, I was when I typed this but forgot to send it!)

Have a belter of a day, stay out of the sun if you are as pale as me! Have fun. Stay safe.

Today's random photo is another one of those big bracket fungus!

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof Strangely, no, we missed the aurora. However, I was awake at 02:00 and there was a noise, not the sea, not the wind and not the rain, so it could have been the aurora. People say it makes a whispering noise.

We are staying up late tonight........😉

JackTheCat, to random
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A man is judged by the company he keeps...

NormanDunbar,
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@JackTheCat Very true. Poor Jeffrey!

NormanDunbar,
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@JackTheCat And I bet you thought I was joking! 😉

NormanDunbar, to random
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to Friday, or in MrsD's case, Thursday as she's running a day behind for some reason! 😐 We're on more house hunting duties today, which should be "fun", but at least the weather is nice up here.

Have a great day everyone, have fun, stay safe. Cheers.

Today's random photo is a close shot of a newly hatched Beech hedge. The young leaves are an intense green and so far, no bugs have eaten them yet!

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof Thanks.

19°C today. 23 tomorrow. Far too hot for Scotland. It was nice and foggy last night though. Which was better.

Cheers.

NormanDunbar, to weirdfolks
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Good morning fellow Mastos and hello to Thursday. Hope you slept well. I was kept awake by the rain last night, which is annoying. However MrsD got up early and has taken Wesley out for wander, so I got a lie in.

Have a belter of a day, have fun, stay safe and never laugh at other people's misfortunes. Unless they are Tories!! 😉

Today's random photo is especially for @DoubleTreble and the @weirdfolks. it's a Highland Coo, but not as you know it!

NormanDunbar,
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@Steampunk_Prof @DoubleTreble @weirdfolks Dear oh dear. I love it! 😀😀😀

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