Ben Atkins

It really is that thing - and I can’t remember who said it - that when these people were young houses were cheap, but TVs/phones/avo-fucking-cados were expensive. They just can’t get the possibility into their heads that maybe things are the other way around now.

It’s not even fucking avocados now. A coffee or a pastry. Jesus. How many croissants are there in a house deposit? Thousands of the fuckers.

Great episode chaps. I do enjoy I when it’s just the two of you!

Another fun Day of the Jackal link is that Jean Martin, who plays Colonel Mathieu, also plays the OAS bloke Viktor Wolenski, who’s tortured to death by the French security service.

Is Tolkien the new Orwell?

I would hate to call him a one-dimensional actor, but pretty much everything I’ve ever seen him in he’s playing the role of “Bodie, but in a slightly different jacket.”

I understand he missed out on Bond because the producers weren’t keen on the switch from a Lotus Esprit to a silver Ford Capri.

Finally a proper film! Expecting a short pod though as there’s absolutely nothing implausible or problematic here!

Maple syrup cookies all round! 🍁 🍪

Oh wow. AJ to St Michel 🍪. Did not see that coming 😳🍁

There has to be between 10 and 20, with another 2 neo-pros allowed. The ideal is somewhere between the two, where every rider gets enough races without doing too much. Roland had 10 after Christoforou left…

Hard to imagine. But I now want to see it. Football too. Players joining in the January window have to play in their previous team’s kit until the end of the season! 😂

End of year training camp pics where everybody is dressed the same except for a few in other teams’ kit are one of my favourite things in cycling 😅

They’ve lost their two highest ranking riders, but there are usually enough riders around from other teams folding or riders looking for the chance to ride WWT, so who knows.

AFAIK the only riders contracted to Roland next year are the two 23-y-o Italians. I’ve always assumed that the team will stop when Dronova retires.

What do they know about super yachts and land reclamation?

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Were you not paying attention in @josebeentv.bsky.social’s geography lesson earlier?

I’m still on the other place, although a lot less than I was because most of the interesting people I follow are over here now.

Maybe I’ve survived it because I’ve never used the “for you” tab.

The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.

You look different with your hair longer.

My own personal favourite is the Baie de Somme near Abbeville. It has a lake.

That was a very good one, but I can’t see the FFC approving anything equivalent, even if they could think of one.

Not sure Godon himself would want anything but a straight tricolore either.

😢 Although the French federation can be pretty strict.

Always nice to see a win in the 🇫🇷

Feeling nostalgic about 90s Gent-Wevelgem.

Never seen a smilier bronze medalist 😁😁

It takes a special kind of person to go to the African continent and show support for someone who was OK with racist and slavery views. The Rwandian children watching is so ironic.
Note the Yahoo article is before Kirk's death, August'25.

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Anybody out there from her team, or its sponsors, who wants to make a comment on this?

What an absolute sweetheart 🧡

Terry Wogan would say you probably need to put them on now if you want them nice and soft by Christmas.

I think the account is genuine, but I’m pretty sure Liz Truss is some kind of early attempt at AI.

They got the artificial part absolutely spot on, but the intelligence part meant she was never meant to leave the factory.

My place or yours? - Flags and the far right from someone who looks different to you By Alex Andreou

I wrote something about feeling like a guest in a country that is my home.

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