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There's an old proverb that says when you're in a hole, stop digging. I think this applies to Coogan here and I am baffled that the Grauniad published this unrepentant denial of culpability immediately after he settled with the plaintiff. Digging pun, fully intended, for the record.

It's a brilliant event and a brilliant charity. Please consider giving a share on here and a donation. I think the collectors on the day are victims of an increasingly cashless approach to days out and also perhaps an inadequate push for card donations. But if it doesn't raise funds it won't happen.

BARNSLEY LIVE! Hugely well-attended FREE annual live music event in the town. Last month, it happened and the organisers paired up with Yorkshire Air Ambulance Charity to raise funds. It raised less than £4000 - a few pence per attendee. So we're having a push for donations!
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So, looking at that "top ten", if the wealth of all of them were pooled, taxed at 95% and the remainder redistributed equally amongst them...
They'd all still be billionaires.
How does anyone on Earth not see that as obscene?

Very good footballer and very divisive character. Good attributes in my book! The only way to be loved by everyone is to put popularity over principles. I piss loads of people off. So does she and it seems and we have a similar subset of society in the crosshairs. I'm shit at football, though 😂

On that note, diet is the biggest driver of dentalcaries and so your advice in itself isn't adequate. A balanced diet, principally of whole foods, minimising refined sugar and keeping sugary foods and drinks confined to mealtimes, rather than as snacks between, will keep decay at bay 2/2

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Gotcha!

I'm not normally one to vote in the National Television Awards but I'm imploring everyone (UK) to vote just to vote #Lineker for Best Presenter. Not that he's the best on the list but it'll get the Gammonati #Reform voters frothing with rage if he wins 😂

Snopes reckon that is an incorrect attribution. The question is are you convinced?

Looking forward to Sunday and a trip back in time #80s #Goth at HiFi Club in Leeds. Legendary nightclub and gestational home of goth, Le Phonographique, is back for the day and there's a bank holiday the day after to recover. 5 minute walk from the train station so no excuses, just be there!

I've got another. That's twice in one erm... Ever.

First one I've ever got!

Not her most accomplished work but a decent collection nonetheless

On Mido’s birthday, a reminder of The Greatest Crossbar Challenge Of All Time.

HAVE IT.

Well avoided for so long. Apart from most of the acts have no connection to Britain, save for seemingly having found a supply of consumers here for this sort of drivel. Perhaps a more fitting name would be "Britain's Got A Platform For The World's Most Dangerously Mentally Deranged"

True. But if their PC is getting on a bit then they, like me, are being bombarded with nag screens telling you to buy a new PC as Windows 10 support is ending. Free might become a factor for more folks then.

Well America brought back Trump as President. Can we see if the same applies?

Eggs are small fry: Netto in Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1993. The only food store I've ever been in and encountered a steaming dog turd in the middle of an aisle.

Just clutching at straws.

Sorry.

New Model Army - Between Wine and Blood

Busy day at a close and I've got the house to myself. I have a cup of tea in my hand and some tunes on the deck so familiar, that they're like a warm blanket. #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #vinylrecords #newmodelarmy #MMLifers #nowplaying

Driver CD for a dial up modem

When I moved the desk it sat in, this was underneath to give its vintage some context!

...since lockdown as my laptop is up to day-to-day admin tasks. As even that has now popped up to say it won't support Windows 11, although I decided to migrate it to Linux rather than replace it, I could no longer justify keeping the even older lump. So it's so long, Eric. We've had a blast.

Today we bid farewell to The Mighty ERIC. First built for me by a friend circa 1998, I saw how easy it was and the hardware has had rolling DIY updates up to about 2017. It ran various flavours of Windows and GNU/Linux over the years but, having retired from gaming years ago, it hasn't been booted..

Well, it's an #FACup weekend and #BarnsleyFC are no longer involved. Our league match is OFF due to a frozen pitch.

Time, I think, to reminisce about the day we beat #ChelseaFC in 2008. Pictures BBC Sport, commentary BBC Radio Sheffield

Julianne woke up the next day unable to sing another note and promptly cancelled the rest of the tour! That gig still sticks in the memory as an all time favourite for me though, even though I've seen countless acts whose albums I've rated much higher.

I went to see these in Bradford on the Scarlet album tour. I went, not really a fan, on the bases that my brother was going, it was cheap and I'd literally nothing better to do that night. Musically and vocally immaculate, they brought the house down and carried on until they ran out of songs.

Sleeve of Joe Dolce's Shaddap You Face 7" single

Shaddap You Face by Joe Dolce Music Theatre. In my defence, I was 8 at the time and as a bonus, I inadvertently helped keep the pompous twaddle of Ultravox's "Vienna" off the top of the UK singles chart.

Christmas To Do List   • delay • defer • equivocate  • make some tea • procrastinate  • look at phone • stroke the cat  • readjust the thermostat  • dawdle • dither • hem and haw  • eat mince pie • chew my jaw  • write one card • spin on chair  • play six games of solitaire  • take a break • make a brew • review my list of things to do • eat mince pie • paper scrunch  • stroke the cat • have some lunch    • prioritise new tasks to shirk    (more cups of tea + less housework)  • look at phone • spin on chair  • eat mince pie • loiter • stare  • consider shopping • have quick doze • rest mince pie on bridge of nose • stroke the cat • take a break  • write a card • eat some cake  • spin phone • mince cat • stroke tea • wallow  • write To Do list for tomorrow  Brian Bilston

Today’s poem takes the form of my Christmas To Do list.