Alan chaplin

Many Tory mps are…

I would probably have included the theoretical “after” pic rather than the before. Although if I got that for my wife, the after would be a gravestone.

The Hobbit (1982 video game) - Wikipedia

Visited the toy museum in Oxford last month and at the end they had computer games through the ages ... Made 11 watch me play this a few times. Think until then he thought I was making it up when I told him the kind of games I played at his age instead of Nintendo :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hob...

Right ... Objective setting time at work this month. How to make my performance on X, facebook and Linked in SMART ;)

Those conflicting emotions when another @davidallengreen.bsky.social article drops. Great - this will be worth reading vs oh no, it’s “interesting” / “exciting” - this can’t be good news.

Nope - an admirable target

Laughing with you surely … ok, maybe not but you do make people happier and he only makes people angrier - both his supporters and opponents.

We were planning to go to Luxor & hurghada in October. Glad we haven’t booked anything!!

Very nice restaurant downstairs from a flat I rented a while back closed and when I asked why they said “well, many times you were our only customer”. I liked the peace and quiet but can see how you have to appeal to more people that the bloke who lives upstairs and is too lazy to cook.

Seems they missed the classic 80s movie wargames from their training

Walked down to Robert Dyas to buy a microwave yesterday. Only a few on display so asked if they had more. No but assistant showed me options from their website on iPad. Went home and checked Amazon which had wider range + better delivery times.

And again, people will do anything to bring back smartly appointed independent shops apart from pay a small premium and a bit of inconvenience Vs the supermarket.

Did they learn nothing from “floppy”

Er, don’t we get paid to receive them?

Wessex volleyball club did similar in the 90s too. For boys too. Basically asked any vaguely sporty tall youngster if they wanted to play top level sport. Their u18 team played in our league and improvement over a season was amazing

He’s a hit podcaster …

Sorry for your loss and what a great suggestion - more kindness is needed.

Fortunately 11 and my regular Saturday café has heart gingerbread biscuits today so wife is not missing out completely this year

Well, that is new to me and looks a brilliant series. Might even get my blowtorch out and try a crème brûlée again 🤪

@samfr.bsky.social and @nigella.bsky.social would be a politics/food reboot I’d follow

Wish it applied to presidents

Very true. First one was significant outlay but replacing every couple of years close to zero which was pleasant surprise.

Isn’t the consumers of the media doing the demanding?

surely that would be a dove cote?

We could do with a bigger interconnector??

I'm hearing what's really making Labour MPs furious is that the cost of licensing address data from Royal Mail is absurdly high for small businesses and bedroom coders who want to build the apps and services of the future.

The real reason behind a&e waiting times!!

Maybe the arms industry would like to provide all the weapons and personnel for “exposure”?

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In case you missed it ... the (non)answer to @markpackuk.bsky.social recent written question on PAF is here questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

I have some sympathy with the “my benefits were cut by £50k” as it is a lot but the lack of notice is nonsense. It was the 1995 pensions act. Gov can always communicate better but it was major news when announced and when coalition tried to accelerate implementation a major story again.