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DMLeathley

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#CalendarMaths
Film
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Football #lufc
Crosswords
#stickerSpotting
#lookUp
Swimming, carefully
(dons sparkly jacket) Little bit of politics
Things

Data Warehousing - IBM Mainframe - really old programming languages

(not an owl)

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ianRobinson, to random
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Bollocksphere.

Did I just invent a word? It’s a keeper.

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson Or you've invented a synonym for 'testicle'.

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson I'm reminded me of the Devil's Dictionary-esque office slang:

Testiculating: waving your hands around while talking bollocks

DMLeathley, to random
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Cake day!

DMLeathley,
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Or if you prefer, orbit day.

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson Thank you!

ianRobinson, to random
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“What started the downfall Grandpa?”

“It was the apostrophes Billy. It started with removing the apostrophes.”

🤦🏻‍♂️Residents spoken to by the BBC urged the authority to retain apostrophes or risk "everything going downhill".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68942321

For the record. I’m not agreeing with the "everything going downhill" contingent.

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson Also one for the "people in local news pointing at things" collection. Also: Harrogate, an absurdly posh bit of Yorkshire. Considering how close it is to where I grew up (south Leeds), I've only been there a handful of times.

DMLeathley, to random
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"The Fall Guy" was great fun.

My ★★★★ review of The Fall Guy on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/6oYx5x

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson Yep - shared it through this (Android) which generated the link.

ianRobinson, to movies
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Okay. I need to be in my seat at Dundonald Omniplex MAXX in exactly 4 hours to watch The Fall Guy.

I have an approximately 1000-word article to finish, edit, proofread, and upload before I can call it quits for the day.

Let's go!

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson Going to watch it tonight. Good luck!

saramg, to random
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Those who can, do.
Those who can't, work in IT.

DMLeathley,
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@saramg Those who definitely can't, manage in IT.

DMLeathley, to Podcast
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On the origins of 10 Downing Street

Origin Story
https://pod.link/1624704966/episode/38f1395b7091595e1c6df82e098cbf24

ianRobinson, to cricket
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Rediscovering The Duckworth Lewis Method. 😊

https://songwhip.com/theduckworthlewismethod

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson I saw Neil Hannon interviewed by Richard Herring. The genesis of TDLM came up. It involved a late night in the pub, shockingly!

ianRobinson, to random
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I wouldn’t bet a lot of money against an assertion that this page was written by an LLM.

https://mealmastermind.com/can-you-use-lurpak-for-frying/

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson Good grief. Not even a human doing their utmost to pad out word-count could produce that.

ianRobinson, (edited ) to random
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Better Offline is fantastic. It’ll definitely be on my Favourite Podcast of 2024 list in December. https://mastodon.social/@ianRobinson/112280180385018715

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson Can't remember how I stumbled across Ed, but I like his worldview a lot. And his creative use of English swearing, untempered by years living in the States.

I get his newsletter and his '15 Minutes In Hell' podcast last year was great.

ianRobinson, to random
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I bought a bag of Starburst chews. Each one is individually wrapped in paper, and getting the sweet unwrapped is a huge pain. Several have ended their journey from the factory half opened in my bin!

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson
That was also a problem when they were called Opal Fruits. So they weren't fibbing - only the name changed.

ianRobinson, to apple
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“Hey Siri. Play Joy! by Gay Dad.”

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/joy/1614858166?i=1614858179

Songwhip: https://songwhip.com/gaydad/joy

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson 1999? I could have sworn it was earlier, while I was: a) at university; and b) an NME reader.
Maybe they were always in NME while unsigned/pre-album/relentlessly gigging around That London.

DMLeathley, to random
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I didn't doubt it for a second, yet it's still wonderful to be reassured of the inherent soundness, decency and humanity of Michael Palin, on foot of others reacting personally to this splendid interview.

Michael Palin on the loss of his wife of 57 years: ‘I’d love Helen to still be here, telling me off’
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/apr/09/michael-palin-loss-of-his-wife-of-57-years-would-love-helen-to-still-be-here-telling-me-off?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

ianRobinson, to books
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I preordered the audiobook edition of Everything Must Go. The Stories We Tell About the End of the World, by Dorian Lynskey. Read by the author.

Its published on Thursday in Hardback, eBook and Audiobook.

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Everything-Must-Go-Audiobook/B0CN1ZXCPR

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everything-Must-Go-Stories-About/dp/152909593X

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson Given his music critic background, I wonder if that's a deliberate Manics reference.

ianRobinson, to random
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I might be coming down with some form of Dreaded Lurgy™️.

Hopefully not.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/dreaded-lurgy

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson Popularised by The Goon Show!

hotdogsladies, to random
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This coincidence is frankly astonishing.

Almost infeasibly far-fetched.

And, yet, here we are.

image/jpeg

DMLeathley,
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@hotdogsladies @shanecyr Still are! https://youtu.be/pxYeeFKvwJo

DMLeathley, to random
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Monkey Man then...

ianRobinson, to random
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Should I order pizza delivery?

Correct answers only, please.

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson It's the day for it. (Tuesday is the offer day at our local - collection though.)

ianRobinson, to movies
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Australian is such a beautiful language 😊

I’m joking. I actually like Australian vernacular.

#Film #AnyoneButYou

A scene from Anyone But You film. On a beach in Australia

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson I'd forgotten about him! Also in a very funny scene where the Very Rude Word is used with merry abandon.

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson Although my favourite line in the film belongs to Bryan Brown (who seems to have had a ball making this) when he's talking about Jonathan. I properly LOLd at that.

DMLeathley,
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@ianRobinson That's the one!

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