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Distiller and Distillery builder, Scotland Rugby fan, Cocker Spaniel slave #craftdistillingservices
Great end to the Wickham Music Festival with a fantastic set from Peatbog Faeries
04.08.2025 20:49 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Awkward Moment a Fox News Host's Mom Calls in to Tell Him Off
29.07.2025 18:12 β π 3823 π 1032 π¬ 411 π 155Tim Harrison, whose company is building the recreation center, said he cannot easily replace construction workers born in Mexico and Central America with native-born Americans, because most do not have the skills. Finding replacement workers is especially difficult in Alabama, which has a tight job market, he said. The state has only 3.2% unemployment. "The contractor world is full of Republicans. I'm not anti-ICE. We're supportive of what the president is trying to do. But the reality of it is our industry has to have the Hispanic immigrant-based workers in it," Harrison said.
"The contractor world is full of Republicans." and they're all dumb as a brick
28.07.2025 18:01 β π 1239 π 193 π¬ 50 π 45We need a centre-right political party in UK, if for no other reason than to push Labour rather more to the left
24.07.2025 12:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0β³Final week to sign up to the Green Party.
π³οΈ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.
I really hope that this goes to penalties again
22.07.2025 21:24 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Exactly. Iβm not racist, Iβm just concerned. Itβs just a coincidence that all my concerns are about people of colour
22.07.2025 19:58 β π 20 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Margaritas, Daiquiris etc to get more expensive in America because of tariffs. Surely the NRA will take action now?
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Just look at the legs on that. A wet martini made with Quattro Gatti Classico Italian gin and Lillet Rose
20.07.2025 16:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Australian bench had a much more positive effect for them than the Lions one did
19.07.2025 18:05 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0When reality intrudes on your ridiculous over-simplistic promises
19.07.2025 15:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The name βHuwβ seems to be getting more Scottish week by week
17.07.2025 14:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes. A millions time this!
17.07.2025 13:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Put this on a loop and play for 24 hours, you'll probably achieve Nirvanaπ
The Velvet Underground ~ What Goes On, live for a ecstatic 9 minutes. One of the best live Velvets' recordings.
#LouReed #SterlingMorrison #VelvetUnderground
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To those who say that 16 and 17 year olds are not savvy enough to vote, Iβd say look back at the Scottish Independence referendum where many, many youngsters were engaged in the process to a fantastic extent. Too many of the little bastards voted the wrong way however
17.07.2025 10:44 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π¨How Britain privatised itself into failure.π¨ Britain outsourced its state β now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
These are a bit special.
15.07.2025 11:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thatβs good business, but Iβm sorry to see him leave
14.07.2025 15:59 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In honour of Bastille Day Iβm having Dijon mustard with my breakfast sausage #ViveLaRevolution
14.07.2025 07:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Iβm from Scotland. Iβve never heard an English fan mention that theyβve won the World Cup. Never.
11.07.2025 05:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yep. Been true for a few seasons now
09.07.2025 18:32 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This smart looking dogβs haircut cost four times as much as mine and took four times as long. Dandy by name and nature.
09.07.2025 14:39 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0That would be great
07.07.2025 22:58 β π 2318 π 199 π¬ 74 π 14Hugh Muir recalls the response of London Mayor Ken Livingstone to 7/7 from Singapore. I agree that, despite his flaws & failings at other times, that this was an important message
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Clearing out my parentsβ house last year after they both died I found a bottle of Lucozade, Best Before 1994, the year of my daughterβs birth. Iβve kept it.
03.07.2025 10:13 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Beautiful few days in Scotland. Heading home tomorrow for a day at the grindstone on Thursday. Got to pay for it somehow.
01.07.2025 17:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mull is beautiful
28.06.2025 19:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Canβt help worrying that this Headingly pitch will have transformed suddenly into a thing of venom and spite as soon as the Indian bowlers get to have a go #bbccricket
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