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Nigel Gibson 🐝

@nogbad.bsky.social

Open University (UK) - Senior Lecturer, Staff Tutor (STEM, Computing & Communications), Tutor (TM111), and graduate (BSc and MEd). Mancunian exiled in Kent, CTID Also, on Threads, for now...

245 Followers | 299 Following | 635 Posts | Joined: 05.09.2023

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Nails | nogbad I noticed that the cashier at Sainsbo's had lovely nails, but pointed out that they were not all the same. I asked if this was an error, but...

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04.03.2026 19:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Magnolia | nogbad More signs of Spring

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03.03.2026 16:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Vicky | nogbad There must be more statuary commemorating Queen Victoria than anyone else in this country. This is Maidstone’s contribution; it was...

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02.03.2026 13:21 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Family amusements | nogbad I went to the coast to see the sea and have a walk, it wasn't nice. The wind was bitter and blowing the rain horizontal. I wasn't able...

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01.03.2026 18:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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CBD | nogbad I have dodgy knees, that's a technical description, also referred to as arthritic knees. Jemma, the runner in the family, recommended this...

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28.02.2026 13:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Dragon fruit | nogbad I was tempted to buy some, but I don't know what to do with it. I'll read up and see if I should invest. It's rather blippable so I...

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27.02.2026 18:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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A wobbly kind of Thursday | nogbad At about 08:30 this morning there was a loud noise outside. I looked out and saw two tankers, back-to-back, and connected by a hose. I thought...

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26.02.2026 17:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Sunny day | nogbad I spotted these guys enjoying the sun when I hung some towels out to dry. Read that again, I was hanging washing out! After the Biblical rains...

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25.02.2026 12:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Daffs | nogbad More signs of Spring in the garden

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24.02.2026 15:59 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Tzatziki | nogbad First day back after two weeks off, my inbox is full of excitements. I took a few minutes out to make some tzatziki, this is the grated cucumber...

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23.02.2026 15:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Getting some steam | nogbad Not great weather, cold and wet, but down to Tenterden Town for a brew and to see a couple of trains.

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23.02.2026 06:22 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Nearly Spring | nogbad The garden is beginning to wake up

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21.02.2026 17:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Sunrise | nogbad

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20.02.2026 18:46 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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New mug | nogbad I bought one in Valencia, now I have one from Sevilla

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19.02.2026 14:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Hello | nogbad I've done some washing, grabbed some shopping, baked a loaf, and filled the car up - that's where I took this shot.

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18.02.2026 16:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Last day | nogbad We went to a couple of shops to pick up some bits & bobs, the coffee and breakfast in the main square, sitting outside and people-watching....

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17.02.2026 19:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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The mushrooms | nogbad These are the Setas, the mushrooms. It's the largest wooden structure in the world, and we went up to the top - it's fantastic, that...

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16.02.2026 17:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.

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Sorry, I don't remember what it was

15.02.2026 17:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Smashed it! | nogbad Jemma took six minutes off her previous best, we've agreed that she only does this when I'm in the support crew. We'd agreed a...

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15.02.2026 16:17 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Phew! | nogbad I've done more than 20,000 steps, more than 8 miles - I'm rather tired. It's been a fantastoc day, we've visited the cathedral...

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14.02.2026 18:55 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Tapas | nogbad A very long day, little sleep yesterday and out at 02:30 to get to off-site parking and then to Gatwick for a 07:00 flight. I'm in Seville...

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13.02.2026 15:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

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£16.29 | nogbad I rarely use cash so I haven't a clue how I have managed to accumulate this much shrapnel

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12.02.2026 15:14 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Murky | nogbad Another grey day, but I feel a lot better tha I have over the last few days. I went out to score some more drugs to keep the improvement going....

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11.02.2026 15:31 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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It's still raining | nogbad

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10.02.2026 16:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Grey day | nogbad I went out to restock on Lemsip, cough medicine, and Strepsils. It's a grey, drizzly day and I thought that this black sack caught in a...

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09.02.2026 14:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Jelly | nogbad To stop my nose fraying

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08.02.2026 16:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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Medication | nogbad I'm treating this horrible cold with Lemsip, dollops of feeling sorry for myself, and curling

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07.02.2026 14:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Argh! | nogbad I think it must be the excitement of visiting Snodland, I woke up with a streaming cold and a hacking cough. I'm doped up on these babies and...

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06.02.2026 17:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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Still life in the exotic Land of Snod | nogbad I bet you've never heard of Snodland, it's a town on the A228 between the Medway Towns and Tonbridge, it's on the river Medway. A...

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05.02.2026 19:01 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0