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Retired Mechanical Engineer, (former AMIMechE). Plays folk music (song and morris). Peterborough. I follow those who interest me. I rarely follow back.

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Surely Israel will be making the biggest contribution.

19.02.2026 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Porridge now!

19.02.2026 22:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I actually wrote "nazi party". Failed to spot the autocorrect.

18.02.2026 22:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No. The shadow ministers are all in HM's Opposition Party, which still has considerably more MPs than the national Party.

17.02.2026 22:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Brexit was by far the worst policy ever.

06.02.2026 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why all the noise? Mandy is not the only liar in recent UK politics.

04.02.2026 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image 23.01.2026 09:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3524    ๐Ÿ” 1647    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 93    ๐Ÿ“Œ 139

Ignobel prize!

21.01.2026 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The betrayal occurred under the Tories.

10.01.2026 08:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, it's not a bad eagle, it's not in USA, and not a wind mill (no mill to be seen).

31.12.2025 10:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Pointless. An apology wouldn't be credible.

23.12.2025 07:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To the surprise of no-one. Is it possible to persure a case of fraud, followed by a proceeds of crime order?

19.12.2025 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is a Florida judgement enforceable in the UK?

16.12.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you on Facebook? Some people there hide the year but allow day and month. But I suppose it wouldn't take many guesses to get my year based on the photo.

12.12.2025 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe not a good idea to give clues to your date of birth.

11.12.2025 23:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maybe Zelensky doesn't read fantasy.

11.12.2025 09:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've not encountered that. I do play PR jig Bampton in Bm for Morris, but I'd never do it in a session. What bugs me is Irish tunes played at 100 mph, so I struggle to keep up.

08.12.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They are not ideal, but are a vast improvement over what we had before.

07.12.2025 16:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No point in calling for an apology. It would be insincere and lack credibility.

07.12.2025 10:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Correction. That's a win for the Conservative Party.

01.12.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who is this Dunning Kruger bloke?

17.11.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Goldfish memory Dede! Think hard; can you not recall Truss and Johnson?

14.11.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Which country?

14.11.2025 08:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why reply at all? Aren't antics in a foreign court irrelevant in the UK?

13.11.2025 00:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Does that mean that Nigel Haw-Haw did it for free?

11.11.2025 07:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm not aware of any connections. No female Swinglers that I know of are near you. Some cousins that I haven't seen for about 60 years may have daughters. Grandad was from Kettering where the name is a bit more common, but I don't know if he was related to any of them.

10.11.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HuntingTon? That's in America isn't it?

03.11.2025 23:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ultimate responsibility is down to May for invoking Brexit and Johnson for choosing worst options.

13.10.2025 13:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's reported that Farage told BBC Wales "I knew him in the EU parliament" and of the pro- Russian statements "I didnt know anything about it". Perhaps NF should have paid some attention to what was going on in the EU parliament.

10.10.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Encyclopedia Rutland

09.09.2025 13:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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