Jeremy Benson

It’s that tenth anniversary of *that* Vardy goal. #LCFC

a goalie jumps to catch a soccer ball on a soccer field with ads for steel.com and lg in the background Alt: That Vardy goal as a GIF

2.2.16 beat Liverpool 2-0. A memorable victory over a mostly poor Liverpool, with an astonishing 30-yard volley by Vardy from a 60-yard pass by Mahrez. We haven't conceded at home in the league since mid-Dec. So we're 3 points clear at the top of the table with 14 to play.
#LCFC #Impossible10YearsOn

Whether you like maths or Shakespeare or both (🙋🏻‍♂️) or neither, this interview with @robeastaway.bsky.social is a fascinating listen.

Why you should leave up your Christmas decorations until February To bring cheer to the winter months, follow medieval tradition and keep your Christmas decorations up until 2 February

It’s Candlemas, end of the 40-day Christmas season, so time to take down Christmas decorations. Medieval Christmas started late December and continued through January, but now Christmas can start in November then stops as the darkest, coldest month of the year starts. Not sure that’s an improvement…

This took me a lot longer than it should have done. No spoilers, but it’s a fairly common word that doesn’t follow a typical pattern so I had to work through lots of options before I found it. But the streak’s still going…

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Wouldn’t the designs have been documented?

Do you mean tacit knowledge? - wisdom developed through experience that the engineers knew without even knowing they knew, and perhaps couldn’t have written down even if they had thought there was any reason to. Unless there was detailed documentation of that it would probably need to be relearnt.

Here’s where the deed itself happened.

A brick bridge on the Grand Union, with trees and shafts of light.

Two swans eleganting along the canal.

Lock 31 on the Grand Union

The towpath, trees and reflections beneath blue sky on the Grand Union

Walked 10 miles and back along the Grand Union yesterday. In the morning I enjoyed clear skies and pale winter sunshine. In the afternoon the rain above and the mud below made it a test of endurance which I plodded through. (In between there was a game of football which I shall draw a veil over.)

This is who runs this account.

‘Early Stumble. The eccentric patterns on the corridor carpet guide me to the 1970s. Behind each numbered door a new day’s tale unfolds. The lift presents an array of enticing button-options; I choose a G. A white-haired man in the mirror. Tea impatiently waits for me to take my seat for breakfast.’

“What is that in your bed?”

“It’s a puffball mushroom I foraged.”

“Why is it there?”

“I was worried it had got cold and sad.”

“But you’re going to eat it soon anyway.”

“The fact that we all have to die at some point doesn’t mean we should not live well, in comfort, before that."

A screenshot of the Amazon page for Kenneth Williams’s diary, advising customers not to use the product near overhead power lines.

Amazon has placed a VERY specific product warning on the published edition of the Kenneth Williams diaries. The incident that prompted this surely deserved more media attention.

Honestly, why did they have to use zonal marking? Game’s gone…

@quietriotpod.bsky.social instructs us to wish @sturdyalex.bsky.social a happy birthday. So Happy Birthday Alex! 🎂

The Ship had a dinghy bar.

A year ago I was suffering bad football #lapluscachange #LCFC

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They end in ‘n’, so spell ‘An’, which is an alternative form of ‘A’, so it’s effectively the same…

How did they explain it to people and persuade them to do it?

Late stroll. Chalk patterns on the pavement are a fading echo of childish laughter. Headlights highlight basking pebbles on the road. That bin’s been sidling imperceptibly along the pavement, escaping its house. A lit red collar dances puppy-like through the dark park.
@imcmillan.bsky.social

I hate to be the one to break it to you about Jesus and Gandhi, but…

The option of untethering Britain from Planet Earth has not yet been properly explored.

They bought the cat a new toy and this was the reaction.. 😂

I’ve effectively moved into Four Club…

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Matchday. First match under an interim manager is a bit of a free hit: you hope for a new manager bounce that justifies the sacking, but no one will complain too much if the club-legend-temp struggles a bit, especially with the injuries. Hoping we’ll be able to do something v Charlton though. #LCFC

Did you know that the teara gave its name to the tiara, a crown originally awarded to the person who had drunk the best tea?

Signpost by an old railway bridge

I don’t think there are any Rutland places there? But this one (at Gretton) has places in Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire and Northants.

Craig (chuckling): No, it really is.