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Interests in no particular order: Guinea pigs, storks, hedgehogs, Genesis, Beatles, F1, things mechanical. Late diagnosis for ASD, which has been... interesting. https://planetsi.com

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Photo of a UK passport page with a visa from Jordan, complete with payment stamps, dated July 1959

Photo of a UK passport page with a visa from Jordan, complete with payment stamps, dated July 1959

Passport stamps. They are a dying breed. To mark 15 years since my father's passing I wrote a liitle piece with a few of the entry & visa stamps he collected on his travels in the early 60s. Plus an interesting travel itinerary! #passport #visa #travel
planetsi.com/a-life-well-...

17.10.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two guinea pigs.

Two guinea pigs.

Ahem, the Guinea pigs would like to talk to you.

03.10.2025 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To quote from the film The Gumball Rally: β€œThe first rule of Italian driving - what’s behind, doesn’t matter” 😁

03.10.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please stop raining

23.09.2025 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes

19.09.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

From the warm glow of satisfaction it gives when you turn it off.

17.09.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good thing too. Also, they would get very confused in Alsace 😁

11.09.2025 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bonkers guinea pig

08.09.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The word "Iconic" is vastly over-used these days.
But not in this instance.

08.09.2025 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Quite brilliant

07.09.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Quite brilliant!

07.09.2025 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.

Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.

That, right there, is the problem.

05.09.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3782    πŸ” 1710    πŸ’¬ 117    πŸ“Œ 65

Hedgehogs growing fast

02.09.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

4 LP and 4 CD would be perfect for an old stereo dinosaur like me - and I bet I’m not alone.

26.08.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Perhaps more to the point they turned down the erm, opportunity to drive for Briatore.

25.08.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Scarborough gulls in fight back against human littering"

19.08.2025 06:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Monza and Interlagos by a country mile.

15.08.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Forgot I had this - a young pine marten encroaching on one of our hedgehog’s personal space and getting told in no uncertain terms to bugger off. #hedgehog #pinemarten #fight

14.08.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A night scene with two hedgehogs eating in the foreground. In a field behind are some sheep and on top of a telegraph pole stands a white stork

A night scene with two hedgehogs eating in the foreground. In a field behind are some sheep and on top of a telegraph pole stands a white stork

This must be a first: hedgehogs, sheep and a stork all in the same shot. #hedgehogs #stork #sheep #alsace

14.08.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

GΓΌnther’s middle name is fast becoming β€œclickbait”…

13.08.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just JV being JV. Nothing to see here.

07.08.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gorgeous!

03.08.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Or put another way: I couldn’t trigger any exit clause and/or nobody was ready to stump up the gazillions to buy my contract. 😁

31.07.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Huzzah, a voice of reason amongst the quagmire of unfounded rumours - always makes me chuckle they take the speculation in the Italian sports press at face value. 😁

31.07.2025 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How "Italy's Donald Trump" Introduced Naomi Campbell to Jeffrey Epstein With the Trump administration having mismanaged the release of new information about the Jeffrey Epstein case, Unlimited Hangout investigates some important yet largely unknown players in the Epstein ...

Oh. This promises to be troublesome for Briatore. Not a good look for Renault/Alpine or Formula One in general either

unlimitedhangout.com/2025/07/inve...

30.07.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Erm, he did FP1 in Silverstone beside Bortoleto so…

29.07.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A pair of twisted narcissists, what could possibly go wrong?

29.07.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The first world problem to end them all.

28.07.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
 Bowl of popcorn with a TV in the background with an out of focus image of a Formula 1 broadcast

Bowl of popcorn with a TV in the background with an out of focus image of a Formula 1 broadcast

Aaaand it’s raining in Spa. I’m ready 🍿 #f1 #spa

27.07.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In fairness it was a car showroom!

27.07.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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