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TheBreadmonkey

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Hi, I'm Ben.

I'm a heady mix of a serious responsible grown up man and a stupid man-baby idiot with delusions of grandeur.

I'm a big nerd, really into music, cooking, books, films and scifi. I hate/love running and generally love being outdoors.

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He/Him

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Good luck out there everyone

purplepadma, to random
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Had some weird dreams… in one I was doing press-ups (something I hate and am very bad at) then later I was building a castle out of mud using my hands, saying, “no habla Español”

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@purplepadma

I dreamt (dreamed?) very clearly that I had joined 'the Marines' - as I am now - because I'd won over the person in charge by explaining that despite my physical frailties I had a lot to offer. But the other recruits - all very young and fit people - did not accept me as one of their own. And one of the key training tasks was telling a joke to an auditorium full of other Marines by writing it on a blackboard and as we were introduced one by one I was boo'd, then when it came to my turn, I hadn't thought of one and was having a panic, then I woke up and immediately looked up 'jokes about Marines', which there is apparently a big community for and none of the jokes are funny (sorry Marines).

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Just reading about the 'best dressed dogs' at the Met Gala. Poor fuckers. Do any of these little guys look like they're living their best life?

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The 'e' in e-bikes / e-scooters stands for edible

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Because of last boost I am now aware of this remarkable bit of filming by Orson Welles. MAHHHAAAAAA, THE FRENCH

https://youtu.be/VFevH5vP32s

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ACAB includes Hooch

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ACAB includes Jessica Fletcher

Jess Fletch from Murder She Wrote. She is smiling and cheers'ing you with a cup of tea in a small china cup. She looks like one of those women who's probably awful. A little too well put together with her 80s hair and her scarfs. Like she has a terrible dark secret. The sort of woman who might report you to the council for minor infractions or call the police on buskers.

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OK. I'm going to stop moaning now. Well done me. I did a good thing I wasn't equipped for and despite struggling I managed to almost keep up and I finished etc. I wouldn't go as far to say I am a legend slash hero, but I did go and do a run that was quite far out of my comfort zone rather than spending the evening drinking wine sat in front of the telly. So that's good I suppose. Now I'm going to sit quietly and read, which is what my body is built for. I can do that. I'm a very effective reader and sitter. One of the very best. If you ever need someone to sit down, I'm your man.

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@purplepadma

Working my way through the Iain M Banks Culture books. I've sort of read them piecemeal before but I thought I'd read again in order. I'm really enjoying. He writes so beautifully - I used to read and re-read his non-sci-fi books and loved those. Once I'm done I'm going to do a deep dive on Ursula K. Le Guin as I've got a loose plan to read all of the Hugo and Nebula award winning books - I'm about quarter of the way through but I understand she's one of the greats and am looking forward to reading her. I'm following a loose pattern of also working my way through the Hard Sci Fi genre, which I've discovered I really love. What about you?

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@purplepadma

Great! I have signed up. Not heard of that before. Thanks.

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Should someone who's just about become accustomed to a perfectly flat 5k on a Saturday and a very slow road 6k on a Tuesday then do an extremely off-road cross country 7k in the driving rain through a dark forest filled with puddles and brambles, mud and roots? NO OF COURSE NOT! I need my head examining. What an IDIOT. But it's done. And I continue to live. And it probably did me the world of good. But I'm currently in shock, so will let you know after a good cry (not really? (I don't yet know if this is a joke)).

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I'm off! Wish me luck! I must be mad. I hope this will be a wonderful funny life-affirming experience and not absolutely awful - just running around in a load of mud and rain. Let's find out!

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@purplepadma It was awful

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@purplepadma

It was extremely unforgiving. Moving up a class AND doing it in horrendous weather AND running uphill through a boggy forest in the dark. I was not prepared for it AT ALL. I just want to go back to running slowly on the road.

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Let's not get cross about religion. It's so silly and I hate to let that sort of toxic anger run riot inside me. Let's instead concentrate on what's important - religion rhymes with pigeon. COINCIDENCE?!?!.....

TheBreadmonkey,
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So I just found out this book exists

I mean - the answer is obviously, no - that's a pigeon

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So, having missed a few weekday runs the last few weeks, I'm taking a hard line with myself and insisting that I go. Unfortunately I've just found out the club changes to cross country in the summer and it is also absolutely bucketing it down. So I'm about to run around some mud in the driving rain like an IDIOT.

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@dannotdaniel

I have not! Looks like fun. We nearly went to a running music festival this year but couldn't make it work. But I like that idea. Have you?

TheBreadmonkey, to random
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Been given the date for my heart surgery and it's made me feel a bit sick (and not in the way the kidz say it)

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I found this quite funny...

US embassy refuses to pay £14.6m London congestion charge bill
https://news.sky.com/story/us-embassy-refuses-to-pay-14-6m-london-congestion-charge-bill-insisting-it-is-exempt-from-tax-13140593

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Cronenberg at Cannes looks like he's going to totally shred some waves

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For anyone who doesn't already know, Fedi has its very own radio show on @labr - https://labr.online and/or https://stream.labr.online/ with our very own @DJDarren at the helm for on Monday nights, taking requests for each week's theme. You can listen to this week's here - https://m.mixcloud.com/DJDarren/theplaylist-200524-summer/.

Personal favourites for this weeks theme of Summer; Ice Cube and Nightmares on Wax. Smoooooooooth. Get involved.

Ice Cube having a good day. Here we see him driving through South Central in his drop-top Caddy.

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Don't tell anyone, but I suspect The Expanse might be rather good

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Is there a better theme composer than Kenny Loggins?

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Now playing on LABR: The Playlist LIVE with @DJDarren mendeddrum.org Tune in now at https://labr.online and/or https://stream.labr.online/

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@labr @DJDarren

Listening now and I am absolutely loving Nightmares on Wax.

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