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Business and Social Sciences Faculty Librarian at Kingston University. Lives in SW London. Classical music esp choral, walking esp in hills

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You jet-setter ;-)

23.09.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also slightly annoyed not to get the purple group first as I rejected one word as it wasn't in the plural

23.09.2025 14:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We didn't know it was a thing but having googled we all tried doing the thing at breakfast time with mixed success

23.09.2025 11:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you sure it wasn't the previous one ;-)

12.09.2025 08:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Like you it took me a while to get into it but I did love it. I have The Wood in Midwinter on order on Libby since May - I am now 9th in the queue

12.09.2025 08:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very good

10.09.2025 08:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You can never have too much icing. You can make too much icing for the cake but then you just sit down with what is left in the bowl

09.09.2025 14:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is a great bookshop. We stay in Wirksworth a bit which is only 10 minutes drive away

02.09.2025 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I saw one last week at work (outside I hasten to add) and likewise I hadn't heard of them before

02.09.2025 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was hoping for black and white things and red and white things but I will take the actual answer

20.08.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

totally, I got none at all. Vest is not a verb and don't get me started on the purple group

08.08.2025 08:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hope they gave you a badge so you know what a brave girl you have been

07.08.2025 11:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We've done two more loads since and not a peep. Definitely weird

05.08.2025 09:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Phew. We came back from holiday and on the final spin of the first load ours made loud clunk and the drum stopped rotating freely. Cue morning and frantic calls to neighbours only to find out the fairies had visited in the night and cured it

05.08.2025 08:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And I got it twice, once when I first got the job and second when I went for internal promotion a few years later

08.07.2025 08:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Probably, what's the worst thing that has happened to you at work and how did you cope

08.07.2025 08:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very smooth. All the connections across London worked so I was home half an hour early

28.06.2025 10:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hope your journey home was smoother. I am currently on the Victoria Line so almost home

27.06.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I see what you did there ๐Ÿ˜†@jrfinch.bsky.social

27.06.2025 17:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A railway station sign that reads Stirling/Sruighlea

A railway station sign that reads Stirling/Sruighlea

And thatโ€™s a wrap. Thank you to Neil and the committee for organising another wonderful conference. Thank you to those who presented members papers. Thank you for some stimulating keynotes #bla25

27.06.2025 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s it. Congratulations to @blalib.org on their 50th anniversary.

What a way to celebrate in beautiful Sterling with excellente member paper presentations and keynote speakers.

Big thank you to everyone and safe travels home. #bla25

27.06.2025 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Explore Stirling brochure cover

Explore Stirling brochure cover

Discovered many of the answers to the Stirling round of the quiz were in here. Oh well. Too late now #bla25

26.06.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Shout out to the sponsors and their continued support of @blalib.org . So good to catch up with all. #BLA25

26.06.2025 14:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Enjoyed the whisky tasting at Stirling Distillery and very informative talk #bla25

26.06.2025 16:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was remembering the cรจilidh we had last time in Stirling

26.06.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And make sure the train isnโ€™t going to some random place in the wrong direction

26.06.2025 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh thatโ€™s a shame. Hope youโ€™re not delayed too much longer. Looking forward to catching up tomorrow

26.06.2025 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Panel discussion and the panel advocating joining the committee, your bosses will like it, great for personal progression, really interesting. Just do it! Put yourself forward in September #bla25

26.06.2025 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well why else do we all go every year ;)

25.06.2025 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Interesting, thanks for spotting that. We were given it as an exercise to show that even if you donโ€™t know a language, with a few clues you can get the gist of a passage of text

25.06.2025 22:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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