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If you see this, post a record cover with a motor vehicle on it.

WOOT!

Unconscious bias is a funny thing...

picture of the front entrance to an Independent Bookshop with books in the window and in the background

What better place to spend your Saturday than in a bookshop?

If you're an #IndieBookshop why not tell us something about yourself, any upcoming events, where you're based, what your speciality is if any, show us around!

#SaturdayInABookshop #BookSky 📚💙 #Bookshop #BrowseABookshop

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We have a new batch of #powershark on the website. Get that Amiga powered by USB-C 🔋⏻ shop.flamelily.co.uk/powershark

property* oh for an edit button...

I was pondering this while driving around the Lake District yesterday, where properly prices are high and wages typically aren't...

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The re-use of old equipment as an ethical statement? Is Retro Rebellion? : The re-use of old equipment as an ethical statement?

Is Retro Rebellion? : The re-use of old equipment as an ethical statement?

A595 at Holmrook in Cumbria impassable due to flooding, made my homeward journey slightly longer today.

Want to know how to reduce the UKs benefit bill?

Increase the minimum wage to a proper Living Wage.
If people in full time employment can't afford to live and need benefits, then the UK Tax payer is subsidising the company paying them.

Lots of these companies paying min wage are making billions.

YouTube video by RobSmithDev Fixing The Amiga Project That Never Worked

Fixing The #Amiga Project That Never Worked
youtu.be/aBnO_6cKC0c

Cumbria Book Festival is here in Whitehaven TODAY 12-4ish in the Solway Hall - We'll be there there are Authors - Workshops - stalls - well worth a visit! #cumbriabookfestival #moonsbookshop #Whitehaven #bookshopsofcumbria

Dear English Water Users - This is what happens when it's a publicly owned company - actual investment instead of just fleecing customers.

NATIONALISE ENGLISH WATER.

A very good question!

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no bio...
no posts...
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= blocked.

If you aren't gonna put any effort in, neither am I.

Crack in Headstock on a Stagg SBF40-BLK Bass

Nut previously fitted badly with Hot-Glue on Stagg SBF-40 BLK Bass

Using a (hot) knife to remove the hot-glued and badly fitted nut from this Stagg SBF-40 BLK Bass

One of the saddle screws on the Stagg SBF-40 BLK Bass that is failing to fully tighten

Trying to fix a number of issues with this bass, suggestions for crack in the headstock appreciated!

1. Too much forward relief (Fixed!)
2. Nut fitted badly with Hot-Glue
3. Some Saddle screws failing to tighten
4. Intonation
5. Electrics
6. Top strap-button Hot-Glued in
7. Crack in headstock

[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS] 1 NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]: Hello there 2 [A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk]. DAD: Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids? 3 NT EMPLOYEE: Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail! 4 MUM: That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids? 5 NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]: Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot! 6 NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]: Listen - that's their call [Calls emanating from the landscape]: tut-tut woke-woke 7 NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]: They are extremely sensitive and fragile... But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery. 8 KIDS [pointing]: There they are! [Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure]. [Little people noises]: woke-woke tut-tut woke-woke 9 [Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]: Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house. [Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]: tut-tut woke-woke 10 MUM [pointing]: What's that one doing there? NT EMPLOYEE: Oh, that's so sweet… 11 [We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away]. NT EMPLOYEE: I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph… 12 [We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]: Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE? [ends]

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

Here's a sneak preview of the 2026 'Arcade Classics' calendar. I also have Amiga, Atari 8-Bit, Atari ST, Amstrad, C64 and Spectrum versions available. They're £12.99 plus shipping to anywhere in the world. If you'd like one, give me a shout!

"some knowledge" being accurate, as after double checking it appears her role was cold war post WWII, not during.

I remember reading about a woman, Eileen Burgoyne, who got to keep her Sten gun after WWII due to her role and the subsequent risks to her life.

I find war abhorrent and hope I don't see similar in my lifetime
- but I have eyes and some knowledge of history...

A plate with an Omelette made with 3 Eggs, Full-Fat Milk, Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese, Chips, Paprika, Turmeric, Black Pepper and Oregano on the lower half, and the top half filled eith the rest of the air-fried in Olive Oil homemade chips.

Tonight's dish
- inspired by a Café in Kalo Chorio near Hersonissos in Crete
- is my first attempt at a Cheese & Chip Omelette, with Chips, & although it highlights my lack of Spatula (making impossible for me to easily flip and breaking it apart in the process),
I have to say it was absolute NOM!

Both of my grandfathers served in WWII - but my family was lucky, for which I am grateful.

Also despite having not age-registered for here - so in theory I should only see food-based results...
- I do indeed have a different kind of Wiener in some of the results!
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Carved turnip with eye sockets and a red mouth with teeth

I know it's harder and more dangerous to carve a turnip but the effect is so much more disturbing, and thus in keeping with the season

Older!

Now this is an OLD book!

I could answer this but I would cheating terribly!
- I have to say I was VERY surprised to learn its age!

I'd love another A600, never bought one, but was given three, and really grew to like them despite owning an A1200 (and at the time, A1500, A2000, CD32, CDTV...)

Amiga 600!?