On This Day, 31 October
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@LuWatkins6 @wpduk Same here in BS8.
2020
@dangusset That’s the one. I didn’t know it was there until yesterday! Didn’t notice a garage, but I was only on the park side.
@dangusset (Yesterday was my fifth or sixth attempt in the last 20 years to figure out how you actually follow this sign to either the park or North Street. You or @_pigeons_ might actually have to help me figure it out at some point...) https://t.co/YqqfLmwiC5
@dangusset @_pigeons_ (Coming from Hotwells, you get here, follow the sign through the underpass and reach an unsigned fork that seem to lead either back the way you came or just to a gap in the railings at four lanes of fast-moving traffic.)
RT @StanCarey: Publisher: We need covers that convey the enduring appeal, the undisputed *magnificence*, of these great works of literature…
Hisstol. https://t.co/KPm7cADRwh
Infrastructure https://t.co/QdGlu5NyTZ
200m apart https://t.co/ePCCfcAwCo
@psidnell You know, I think you may be right.
@iamtheshunt1 @amias @saltwateritch So many twiddlable knobs, so little time...
@amias @saltwateritch Top bit's a TL Audio Ivory 2 5052. https://t.co/65hOAqmd44.
RT @AndyGilder: So if Boris sees his shadow have we got another four weeks of lockdown?
@saltwateritch @iamtheshunt1 @amias Glad they stopped that gif before the complete elephant impression.
2019
Oooh. It's shiny, it's new, and it's a little bit @Peculiar... https://t.co/yscmyw1mcs
@OpinionatedGeek They are interesting, full of London history and trivia, and more than a little batty. And that's just Arthur Bryant. I would definitely try one.
@hayles Hayles, turn the lights back on and get out from behind that sofa.
@MakingBlakes7 I tried putting one together. I really shouldn't have.
I appear to have forgotten it was Hallowe'en and watched The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Maybe there's time to fit in Buffy's _Fear, Itself_. Can't go wrong with Giles in a sombrero.
2018
Validation. https://t.co/sQ4lJpud4H
Respiration. https://t.co/8JixzU2nuX
2017
Yeah, that’s exactly the kind of payday treat I’d buy myself, Amazon. https://t.co/Whp28P3D34
RT @heatherkelly: iPhone schmiphone. I took a bath with the new Kindle Oasis. (It didn’t go well.) https://t.co/dcRz6fUUbu
@guriben It’d be more than that here, given that if I put it in the bathroom nobody would be able to open the door.
RT @MakingBlakes7: Mon 31 Oct 1977: Roger Murray-Leach then maps out the sets with precise directions and measurements for the scenery buil…
@GlennAlanBerry Except when I mistype it and try to get in touch with my INNER JON.
RT @historylvrsclub: Paparazzi surrounding Socks, Bill Clinton's cat, 1992. https://t.co/qv7SZxwTKw
RT @OpinionatedGeek: And so it begins. https://t.co/RnXKk3oCTx
2016
@griffinkate I have never heard of A Streetcar Named Bob.
RT @mattdoveywriter: It's the holy grail. It's impossible. It's incredible. A triple layer Golden Crunch Cream, straight out of the packet…
RT @BristolFerry: Police Divers volunteered to save our treasure which we're donating to charity!! Read more!! https://t.co/nA5Ub9m3UU http…
@BristolFerry Damn it. Have to work indoors today.
@mattwritescode ICMP is boring. Oh, sorry, I thought that was an echo request.
Web Design Rule #173: On a restaurant website, NEVER place the physical address of the restaurant anywhere a user is likely to find it.
@ciphergoth @SimonLandmine For extra points, link it to an obsolete maps website, and hide the entire site behind a Flash intro.
RT @DoktorAndy: Isaac Asimov's critique of the "ugly girl with glasses becoming popular" from 1956 is spectacular. https://t.co/toxMCVRLgA
2015
Having this kind of morning. While waiting in for Parelforce again. https://t.co/qncAPqeaAj
Basically, it’s 8am on Hallowe’en and I already appear to be living my worst nightmare.
@C_J_Fox Excellent! I have to use a Windows box for SQL Server training, but not too often :)
RT @indiespiritbath: Guess what! @SmallBarBristol has a new sister bar and I'm there and its great @AdamAndEveBrist https://t.co/Y20O1CsHt9
This could be bad news for my liver, given that I live three minutes' walk away from @AdamAndEveBrist...
RT @davidschneider: “What’s your proudest achievement?” “Speaking for 93 minutes to stop carers getting free parking in hospitals" https:/…
In the long run, I think we might all have preferred to carry on being quietly ripped off by our banks. https://t.co/ffSQPGYUCj
RT @liz_buckley: Sometimes I wonder if I spoil the cat, seeing him with his iPad, in his yurt. http://t.co/45ScY3Rloe
@chubbybannister It’s an average from the two minutes there and the four minutes back.
Is there a German compound word for the feeling of not being able to find the right emoji to describe a feeling?
Apple Music has hit another one of its unreliable patches for me. *Sighs* *Turns off subscription*
@jakepjohnson *Squints harder at photo he took* *Looks in your direction* https://t.co/zDPkPPgM7R
@jakepjohnson Just reminded me of you on a second glance, but I couldn't really tell one way or the other because of the motion blur!
Hmm. I really like the way the ivy looks here, but it’s going to get in the way of closing the flap, isn’t it? https://t.co/y7xFTlYpdr
RT @ryantate: lol — nailed it, Apple https://t.co/yQXnlhjeBu
@Bristolvor Yur. Family heirloom.
Half the time of taking a photo indoors is dusting everything and shooting it again once you’ve seen it on a big screen.
Still no Parcelforce yet. *sigh*
@chrisphin I’m not married, so I have to take the piss out of myself for refusing to drop the apostrophe in ‘Hallowe’een’!
Thinking I should probably just assume @Parcelforce aren’t coming today and get on with my life.
@njj4 That would actually be an improvement on the current service.
Just spent ten minutes on the phone for @Parcelforce not to tell me anything more than I already knew about the location of my parcel.
@Bristolvor Indeed. At least people under house arrest might know when their sentence will end, @parcelforce.
@Bristolvor Apparently they only work until about 1:30 on a Saturday, so I may be safe to get out of here while there’s still daylight :(
RT @hashtagfunnypix: Nope, fuck that http://t.co/Lc0csbgh7O
@leharve80 @Bristolvor Cool! The official Acorn tape deck, too. Extra swish :)
Missed the Bristol Zombie Walk waiting in for @Parcelforce, who didn’t turn up. Again. Going out to at least get some daylight.
RT @FestivalofIdeas: The great Tom Gauld on the health-conscious crime writer: https://t.co/TufqsOvpjX
Hello Autumn. Nice to be in you. #igersbristol https://t.co/NgSgTeNz0E
Analogue location service. https://t.co/euRjVOrsgH
Misfortune 500. #igersbristol https://t.co/F3ZdVPdfJr
It seems from the mirror that this Hallowe’en I’ve come as a desperate warning from my future self.
Why don’t I use the self-serve checkouts? I prefer to deal with people. If that bothers you, I’ll happily make an exception, in your case.
📷 Compare and contrast. I know which I prefer. https://t.co/FbrDXhQ5W9
Woah. That was the 345th post on https://t.co/1cENWdMT7l :)
@Kavey Indeedy. (Also, big one has a picture of the outside of the restaurant on it. Within sight of the outside of the restaurant. Odd.)
@Kavey Might be able to train it, too. Going to leave it there for now and see how it goes.
@HammerToe :) Thanks!
Night desk. https://t.co/8ulsS9Ncor
2014
@panic The email "Click Here to Unlock Coda" didn't do anything for me—just a heads-up; I registered manually fine. http://t.co/rJ9ZW0gEBd
Still life. http://t.co/zjbeK3cclH
Don't know if it was the new version of Doxie or Evernote that just threw my last half hour of scanning away, but either way, I'm annoyed.
RT @garethlpowell: We only have decaff left. #ScaryStoriesIn5Words
@jukesie Didn't everyone else do that back in March?
Baltic Wharf Sky. http://t.co/iCMqDNDC4C
Blue boat bike #Bristol http://t.co/wuGbmz8q3q
Classic. #saab http://t.co/A0vGdP5bYT
There are guys wandering around shirtless. Did I oversleep and wake up in spring?
Yet again someone has to shout at me repeatedly in the street to wake me from a photographic composition reverie. Sorry @hayles!
@mousedogbaby Yeah? At bottom of fountain steps right now. Will only be here for five mins as ferry going soon…
@mousedogbaby Aww! Near miss! X If it’s holding a camera, looking distracted, and near a harbour, it’s probably me!
Using @BristolFerry’s galley/bar as a temporary work table :D http://t.co/zVC5GgXibE
@BristolFerry :D
@hayles @stockbakery Yes it does :D http://t.co/EKYpriuwN6
RT @petapixel: Famous album cover photos uncropped to reveal 'the bigger picture': http://t.co/fJGS0d8qjL
@mousedogbaby Likewise. Yes!
2013
Willow. http://t.co/rvbQcbEXxX
Steps. http://t.co/ElwyaUG9CP
My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Val Doonican (461), Rick Astley (398) & Not Really (1)
@nemof Used to be the ferry stop I used to get to work :)
@Dru_Marland D'you think she will be? Still a little weather-dependent, I heard...
@PSMedwayQueen @UrsulaWJ @Dru_Marland Oh! Well, that rather coincidentally answers the question I just asked :D
So, that's working well, then... #mavericks http://t.co/sPXVCBeIm0
Medway Queen’s in the lock ready to head out :)
@Dru_Marland Ooop! Sorry!
@gracejt68 Be a while. Still in the lock.
Lurking with intent. http://t.co/fTvczq1Tds
.@gracejt68 She’s on her way. http://t.co/P76c3Bk8an
@framingfairy Busy most weekends, free for most of the rest :)
In other news, with the addition of a battery from eBay, my £5.99 Oxfam Shop buy from last week is looking good :D http://t.co/Z4xAxAEG8z
@jeffrock 10 seconds? Seems pretty much instantaneous for me. Never noticed it until you mentioned it, though...
@jeffrock Ah, I'm not Thunderbolted. Swaps easily either way on iMac/external DVI display, though.
There she goes. @PSMedwayQueen http://t.co/nq2wKZ2vjo
@BlackDogDays There 'e is, thinking 'e's John. http://t.co/hudjeOB7Io
@guriben If it's any help, I am now awaiting another spare part from eBay. These things are trickier to fly indoors than I thought :D
Think it was a shot worth pedalling for. Nearly didn't make it; those tugs are faster than I expected. http://t.co/CtjhhDPR6b
Oh. Yes. Lunch. I forgot. Toast and jam it is, then.
@jackkholt Merci.
.@alfredapp could only be better if when I fired it up and typed "erm" it guessed the name of the app I was trying to remember.
@RichNeville Ta. I like it, but I wish I'd been able to get there quicker and get the settings exactly right. Still...
@RichNeville ...it's not every day you race a paddle steamer on a bike.
@Saralimback @Dru_Marland I'm guessing there was a scam involving selling tickets to the smashing pumpkins.
@Lithosfear Ta :)
RT @fraserspeirs: Once you see the iOS 7 progress meter as Hitler, you can never unsee it. http://t.co/hIGoCoMu7P
RT @abigailedge: Interesting house for sale in #Bristol, would suit green-fingered individual... http://t.co/TO7L9e3Ioh http://t.co/QkLAND6…
RT @chrisphin: Bristolians! Coming through to @grillstock at the weekend. Fancy a gentle, museum/gallery-type activity for afterwards. Sugg…
2012
RT @gilescoren: Decent bog-standard Bond film, I thought. Left me feeling, as usual, flabby, under-travelled, sexually naive and patheti ...
@gilescoren I was convinced I could drive really well on the way home, though. Wonder if there's increase in accidents in Bond release week?
O HAI BREWDOG. http://t.co/BVgKq985
Standing around on Bristol Bridge. For some reason this makes me want to assail complete strangers and ask for their bank details.
Someone fetch me a clipboard and a lack of empathy.
@stillawake I’m going in.
@stillawake Also: @Atomicburgers?
Brewdog AB:10. Wow. @ Brew Dog http://t.co/zQr4cdff
"The End of History" bottle. #christalmighty #thesepeoplearemad @ Brewdog Bristol http://t.co/IJ59K9c4
.@claireellent I’m told - and I’m now a bit queasy - that no squirrels were actively harmed in the bottling, as… they used roadkill. :/
@stillawake Yur. Warren’s. Though I’d be happy to try Dan’s, too, if you fancy it?
RT @cluedont: RT @paulj85: That #awkward moment when you're dressed like an Oyster card http://t.co/OXc2e4sY (via @danbeames)
@claireellent No. You and me both. #eww
@justseaweed Wow. You’re quite unpleasant, aren’t you?
RT @waiyeehong: I asked very nicely for removal of stolen image. RT @justseaweed: @waiyeehong will do and will allso remove product for ...
@guriben Just as well, given what I drank at Brewdog. Think I'll be doing marketing rather than programming this afternoon...
Can't quite believe I was just served a web page by a ZX81. http://t.co/AFTCNytM
@doctorow You don't buy four breezeblocks in London. You just find them in your garage.
@tsunimee Is he eager to see you in costume?
@rossoh “Would you like to see the ‘Picard Manoeuvre’?”
RT @pennockd: it's actually trick XOR treat
@LordHyperbole The beer really is very good. Was a bit quiet at lunchtime, but it doesn't need many people in there to create atmosphere.
Have to say, I'm quite surprised anyone noticed that Google+ is down.
@bertpalmer Everyone's gmail is down.
@bertpalmer Well, that's what it looks like from a search, anyway. I don't use gmail...
I don’t know whether the beans in this grinder are straight or decaf. #costaricanroulette #doifeellucky
@mhoulden Aga don’t.
2011
Heh. Basic Instructions: How to Figure Out "Who's That For?". http://t.co/4owwrwoe
Ah. So, not going to be upgrading to the 4S with @O2, at least not in the near future. Looks like they don't have any.
RT @bexxi: Oh, it seems it's #britishsausageweek - that means the wurst is yet to come, right?
@bexxi Ba-dum *tish*.
Even though it would be a very foolish idea for my sanity and productivity, I'm still feeling a mild pull towards doing NaNoWriMo.
@ahnlak Thing is, I *shouldn't* have any extra time on my hands. Not if I'm actually working properly.
@O2 Thanks, I know. That's where I found out you didn't have any in about a 100-mile radius of me.
@Mouse_House I have done it, once. I think, though, I'm mostly tempted because then I could do it instead of the stuff I *should* be doing.
@Mouse_House Yes. If I actually had an income at the moment, I'd be a lot more tempted...
Ah. Yes, trying to rip a DVD at the same time as firing up the Android emulator. That would bring a machine to its knees, yes.
@scottejames I will use a real device at some point. But have no idea what to buy (apart from Kindle Fire, but that won't be running 4.0)
@lukejonesme Oh, yeah. See what you mean. Never mind, I didn't need money anyway.
@scottejames Just a dream, I think.
@scottejames Thing is, what I think I want for Android is a cheap good thing, which probably means "not a phone"...
@scottejames ...is there something like the iPod Touch for Android?
@scottejames (Because, e.g., the S2 is £500, which is quite a lot for something I probably wouldn't use as a phone.)
@scottejames Oooh, it does, doesn't it? That's basically a Galaxy S iPod Touch, isn't it? (Awaits replies from spambots...)
@scottejames Noted, ta.
@scottejames Sorry, know very little about compacts. Can't really say more than that I've heard good things about Canon Powershots.
@scottejames Because I mainly use compacts when out jogging, I tend to really compromise on features for size & lightness, so...
@scottejames ...what suits me generally wouldn't be great for other people.
Wandering out for a walk and to find lunch somewhere in town.
Spike Island door (from left.) http://t.co/xXplarL3
Spike Island door (from right.) http://t.co/WcUqDe5g
@wood5y There y'go :)
Ah, hello @wshed my old friend. Risotto with pumpkin it is, then :)
@Mouse_House Ooh! Did you see me there? We must've been pretty close in time and space. Except for me being in a world of my own, usually ;)
@stillawake YUM.
At some point this week I shall do today's route at lunchtime again but go to this at Spike Island (it's closed today.) http://t.co/y3P3p9XY
Watershed balcony. http://t.co/WnDInG0Q
@Mouse_House Ah, yes, I should've noticed that your sky was actually blue! I was there a couple of hours ago.
It's good being absent-minded sometimes. Album I bought ages ago and forgot about just cycled round in shuffle and is fab.
@jennifermjones Are you allowed eight baby elephants and a lycra bag? #hacktopus
@matt_fwyalchen Fairly sure you only need to buy one pitchfork to set up a gag that's funny over and over again.
@stillawake @r0bb1eh I shall put St. Nick's on my "visit soon" list. Had Moroccan lamb last time I was there & it was lovely.
@thekarleighshow FIFTY POUNDS PRESS MY BUTTON GOING DOWN
@thekarleighshow 8D
@Swishrelic Not yours, too?
Pic: Cormorants, as snapped on today's walk to lunch. http://t.co/hfo87CxZ
RT @MarianneLevy: I like how twitter is getting into the spirit of Halloween by having every tweet displayed next to a severed head.
Bah. Ordered an Experience Seminars DVD to go with my new 60D. What just arrived? The 600D version of the DVD.
Hrm. I appear to be having problems with some of the Flickr farms. *prods network with a stick*
@StephenEThomas Yes. http://t.co/LOWHe877 (Test here: http://t.co/7TqhHf8q )
@rabidbee Yup: http://t.co/LOWHe877
@rabidbee (Incidentally, did you know there was a handy test page? I found out last time it was borked. http://t.co/7TqhHf8q )
I am catching up with _The Fades_. Seems appropriate for this evening.
RT @robnitm: person on @bbc5live just emailed in saying that she gives trick or treaters a carrot and an article about the americanisati ...
*snigger* http://t.co/lBZyn1YA #stormtroopers
2010
@hannahnicklin Yur, though my R4 usage tends to be "have it on in all three rooms as I wander between them". I fear change :)
Anyway. An extra hour! Yay! Which I will now waste changing all my clocks.
"I is all you need for 20p"? Are the Indie doing Bristol-specific advertising now?
@Eyoki Presumably they're preparing for Noël. #imhereallweekfolks #trytheveal
@ahnlak I think you must replace your electronics more often than me. It's just the 'puters and the PVR round here.
Morning all. I have had my morning coffee, and I now look like this: http://flic.kr/p/8PnHBZ . Maybe I shouldn't have another one yet.
@quiquise She does! Both sets!
RT @hannahnicklin: Ah, Radio 7, for those times when religion is on Radio 4.
@hannahnicklin Sadly, I can on only get FM stations (the BBC's DAB transmission strength sucks in Bristol. I can get LBC, but not Radio 7!)
@callumchapman Yes.
@jorence No, no nano for me this year. Insufficient ideas and insufficient time this particular month. Good luck! Will cheerlead :)
@hannahnicklin Will try Radiobox, though; often want to listen to R4 when travelling. Hate bloody hotels where it's done through the telly.
New law: If you have to print more than 5 retractions in a month, you lose the privilege of calling yourself a "newspaper" for next month.
Still slightly deaf in left ear after watching ILU AXE samba band at St Werburghs last night. Feels quite unbalancing.
@stillawake @jorence I thought the food was fab, but was less impressed in the last year before it closed.
@Eyoki All the better to stare quite scarily at you with...
Well, that was one of the more error-prone and complex coffee bean purchases I've made.
@hayles So do the rather lovely @extractcoffee people who I was nattering to at party last night :) Just trying to save on post & packing!
@bananza Luckily it ain't that chilly in Rightpondia. Just back from a something-around-9K (my GPS died!)
Yup, not entirely sure I believe the GPS on those last few kilometres. http://twitpic.com/32layi
2009
@hayles never successfully worked that out, apart from "an artwork".
Taking the morning off, then off to the RWA Autumn Exhibition preview. Can get a guest in, if anyone's near Triangle lunchtime-ish?
@bertpalmer crazy F1 fans!
@bananza ugh. I used to dream about smoking every now and again. Seems to have subsided in last few years.
Hmm. My neighbours only seem to have two states: "asleep", and "loud".
One for the "weird but funny" file from a bin in Clifton Village. http://twitpic.com/nnvbn
Right. Royal West of England Academy time. :)
Hmm. Looks like the first exhibit is outside! http://twitpic.com/nnwvh
Awesome coincidence: bumped into my friend Tara the second after I took that photo, so we did RWA together! #synchronicity
Oooh, there's something I can do for the rest of the day -- I still haven't watched Dead Set, from last year...
It's just possible I should drive my car more often. http://twitpic.com/no80v
Playing with the Amazon iPhone app where you can take photos of things and they send you Amazon links to buy them. Dangerous.
Headache and most of my grumpiness gone. Now feel like I need a few hours' sleep, though. Bleh.
Bad: new tax disc didn't arrive. Good: another disc did. Settling down to watch _Destiny of the Daleks_. #lovefilm
Really think they should have made Christopher Lee a Count.
@ryancarson Also check out "What if the Singularity Does Not Happen?", http://bit.ly/3Dg361 -- talk by Vernor Vinge for the Long Now. Ace.
@hayles You & me both, sweetie. *sigh* It's not so bad if you plan to in advance, but I had Stuff To Do. :(
2008
@davidpatrick Thanks! Will do my best. Currently halfway there :)
@ahnlak Heh. Glad someone was paying attention :) Will be leaving soon, by the way!
Wow. Think it's going to be a cold one. Where's my hat?
Nearly at the end of Andrew Collins' "That's Me In The Corner". Awesome autobiography; have been laughing lots.