On This Day, 22 April
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@rhodri @gdimelow The argument that would swing me fully behind the rapid adoption of genetically modified food: uniform cuboids of ginger.
@AlexSelbyB @Scientits I’m going to guess Strazza’s The Veiled Virgin, maybe. https://t.co/yuDCeD8S69
2022
RT @waxpancake: Today's my birthday, and all I want is yᴏᴜʀ ᴄʟɪᴩʙᴏᴀʀᴅ! Hit reply and paste—NO EDITING! ✂️📋🎉
2021
Distance https://t.co/Tl98i28vdn
RT @AlyssaColeLit: In case your day needs a boost, here is a picture from this morning. My pets had clearly just pulled off some kind of he…
2020
RT @FloraEGill: Ah crap... https://t.co/P4NNc95cgf
2019
@plinketyplink2 Hypocrisy given my own size, but my upstairs neighbours are “Hatty and Fatty”. I also use “Stompy McShitmusic” arbitrarily for either.
RT @plinketyplink2: Anyone else have secret names for their neighbours that they don’t know about? In our street is, Freda Frosties Bob the…
@iamtheshunt1 @dangusset That just sounds like an excellent lineup at the Louisiana.
RT @caitlinmoran: Is The Battle of Cyclists vs Motorists an episode of Game of Thrones I missed? Is this an official war? What if YOU are a…
Toasted sourdough bread is one of the nicest things on the planet. It seems needlessly cruel, therefore, that it is mostly created in shapes that are desperately annoying to fit into a toaster.
@domwakeling No, it’s why square bread was invented!
Is it wrong to want an armchair just because it reminds you of Avon from Blake’s 7? https://t.co/FLDW3GzH6R #Blakes7 https://t.co/sR2qzOxTs5
@CharlieVivante We are, apparently, drill twins. #teambosch #random
Ah, those helpful Amazon reviews. https://t.co/r5ccy4tDx7
RT @Thomas_vdKamp: Happy Easter! 🥚Arguably the most beautiful eggs are laid by stick insects. More than a decade ago, I did my diploma thes…
2018
RT @AshmoleanMuseum: Little Egyptian faience model of a hedgehog from a tomb at Abydos, made around 1,500–1,300 BC #EarthDay https://t.co/l…
2017
RT @AlasdairStuart: Written by me about last week's episode and the just staggeringly ill advised joke that opened it. https://t.co/O2rgdMr…
Old haunts. https://t.co/IR94BmaN0N https://t.co/A0OFqCYaeI
@mackieGear Hi! A pair of CR4s that I bought in December from Amazon UK just died on me. Who do I contact for warranty replacement, please?
@saltwateritch There should be room to spare for a sleeping bag! At least according to the bastard manufacturers of tents and sleeping bags.
Regent Street Zebra - https://t.co/TVZ8Vzx1VW https://t.co/h3t1yxxK6h
@saltwateritch Don’t forget the mallet.
RT @vornietom: The numbers for the Science March seem high but we won't know until we compare it to the numbers at the placebo march that's…
Finally caught up on Broadchurch. The plot doesn't really matter as long as there's plenty of Miller and Hardy being rude to each other.
@AlasdairStuart Ah. That was next on my list. It's done a "Breaking Bad" on me where so many people I respect tell… https://t.co/pyYoRB0UiG
@claytoncubitt What would *they* be doing on Twitter?
RT @AlanWattsDaily: One of these days I will explore this forest. But then again I may not, for there are places which people should leave…
@AlasdairStuart Coolio. Well, another season of _Elementary_ should see me to the end of this man-flu, and then I'll be there :D
2016
Lining up. https://t.co/PrE5S0tEjh
2015
Job done. https://t.co/kBgd0oMZbI
Concentrated. https://t.co/gm02acT3Wj
Sweet. Found out the other day that my old 2006 MacBook is still going strong for the person I gave it to :) http://t.co/ZPNAfjkWmk
2014
RT @benjohnbarnes: Help – I need examples of fairly high profile iOS App sales prior to Apple's changes to make this easier last year.
@benjohnbarnes Tweetie. http://t.co/573GBVREnC
Council have emailed me a Word document with a .doc.docx extension to tell me that they've refused my RPS application. Sigh.
@ahnlak Residents' Parking Scheme.
@ahnlak It was only because I'd not paid.
@matt_fwyalchen It could hardly be worse, unless they emailed me a score with the message in Morse code.
@xabl Oh, only because I hadn’t paid. Somehow I’d got the idea that they’d confirm how much I owed before I had to make the payment.
Crawling around on my hands and knees photographing a rug for a friend's website. Ho hum. http://t.co/JOVdrzIref
@chris_j_hughes Residents' Parking Scheme.
To clarify, the sigh was for the council emailing me a badly-extensioned proprietary-format document to tell me something they could...
...just have typed into the email in one or two sentences. I'd only been "refused" a permit because I hadn't actually paid yet!
@Mouse_House Thank you. My last work gave us £100 John Lewis voucher for a Christmas bonus one year, so it was basically free, too :D
@tsunimee I thought I'd get the clarification in early. The RPS is really controversial round here; I've had...
@tsunimee ...weird, political replies to really benign tweets from days ago because people are trawling Twitter to argue about it.
@tsunimee Residents' Parking Scheme.
@tsunimee I think I should probably have faxed them a cheque or something.
@tsunimee Yeah. My last company were still dragging themselves out of the eighties on that score, too.
RT @petapixel: Lytro unveils the ‘Illum,' a beautiful beast of a light-field camera: http://t.co/dQZk31JF67
@robot_tiger My pleasure. I'm seeing Nicki tomorrow, she'll be happy to hear that :)
@hayles Christ, did they mean to send the application to JML and get confused?
@amberanima @hayles My guess: we’d use it exactly once. Might as well go out for a nice meal instead.
RT @catherine_mayer: The 8 best law firm names in England (the winner is Wright Hassall) http://t.co/FOnS13FXnZ via @MarksLarks
(Is there still a Nott Legal in Bristol?)
@waiyeehong @amberanima @hayles If you can you must try it. And video it for us.
@waiyeehong @amberanima @hayles Wow. And Max Headroom’s doing the voiceover, too.
@waiyeehong @hayles @amberanima I’m going to try it. Now.
@hayles @waiyeehong @amberanima How long do you think I should boil the egg?
@waiyeehong @hayles @amberanima I think the scrambling actually went OK. Not sure about cook & extraction.
2013
“@Bristol52: Good morning Bristol! @jakepjohnson here. The 52 weeks are over. Long live the (next) 52!” <— *Round of applause*
@benjohnbarnes From what I remember, it's for things like $aapl
@benjohnbarnes Seems official: https://t.co/VFLKY7yMB9
@benjohnbarnes (Also: brilliant nickname: cashtags.)
@guriben THAT'S NOT AN OPPORTUNITY. PUT IT AWAY.
Alabaster toast rack! @ Royal West of England Academy http://t.co/HBQ9cXanb3
That's quite an eclectic collection. #googlesuggest http://t.co/ZP0X9aZaJK
@hayles Have Kindle Fire and Kindle 3 here if you want some testing done... Is it layout or content you're after having checked out?
RT @Bristol_Culture: There is a traffic warden outside the Colston Hall slapping a parking ticket on Mick Hucknall's tour bus: http://t.co/…
@hayles I can do that. Long as it's not enormous :)
@ntikku Nope; will give it a try. Thanks!
2012
I'm back from deepest Gloucestershire. It is nice to see a mobile data signal again.
@MissRacingSnake *Cheering* *Applause* Woo!
@Adamy323 They're pretty awesome :-)
@ShabbyBean Lots of parent-era retro. Good stuff.
I am a teensy bit hanging. *drinks coffee*
@hannahnicklin That is fab. Well done!
RT @madeupstats: Quite coincidentally, there are 26 men named Miles running in today's #londonmarathon.
@StJamesPT Yes, it's not the most encouraging weather out there at the mo, is it?
@StJamesPT I need a hangover-curing nap first, though.
@liveindetail How much? Goodness. Funny; reading your tweets I didn't imagine you as a 17-year-old Impreza-driver.
Bonus! Just remembered that I came away from yesterday's party with a party bag. It has Party Rings in it. And jelly babies on sticks. Win!
.@Dichohecho Yup! http://t.co/K2y6JYv2
@hayles Exhibit A http://t.co/JWhK4VFt
@tsunimee *looks quizzical*
@tsunimee Ah. Thought I'd missed some huge controversy over Party Rings, which would have been odd. :D
@tsunimee My thing often pops up as you're trying to tweet, dear.
@rabidbee @Dru_Marland @Dichohecho I would always want my jelly babies on sticks to be historically-accurate. #uniquesentence
@KaveyF Too late. Apparently they're quite hard to resist when you're hung over.
@OneLouderApps How do I make Tweetcaster use Twitter's own image service?
@MitchBenn Ain't *that* the truth.
@Thehappyfatgirl You too, huh? *stares sadly at ironing pile* Bloody office jobs.
Taking my hangover for a short jog. *sigh*.
@Thehappyfatgirl Or a manservant. I'm an equal-opportunities employer.
Or maybe I'll just sit here and drink all the cola-flavoured rehydration stuff from my running bottle.
@Thehappyfatgirl Hrm. I'm not sure sharing is going to work out. Maybe we need a team.
@redlegoman Acorn is also worth a look.
@Thehappyfatgirl Works for me :D
2011
Honestly, I'd go and report it myself if they weren't holding the riot at night. Very inconvenient for photographers, you know.
.@mikedunn Yes, I've long expected to find a Tesco in one of the alcoves in my lounge at some point.
@mikeotaylor Well, we're British, aren't we? It wouldn't be sporting to riot until we knew they were ready.
@hayles @mikedunn On the other hand "Bristol" is quite a big place, and many of these Tesco are quite titchy.
@eddietruman Well, there's interconnectedness between Tesco situation and squatters opposite. But it's all quite complicated.
@eddietruman This probably is best summary of what started things kicking off today -- http://bit.ly/h9bDWL
@mikeotaylor Well, wake me up if it teaches Hotwells. Think it's my bedtime now.
@matt_inwood @pearcafe @EssexEating @TheEthicurean On Good Friday? I won't hold my breath...
RT @EmilyKoch22: What it doesn't say here http://bit.ly/fOmqOy but police told me earlier tonight is that their intel re squa… (cont) ht ...
RT @pearcafe: Tesco, the morning after. Note 'closing down sale' graffiti #stokescroft http://twitpic.com/4nw7mz
RT @djshandy: Stokes croft aftermath - 360 view: http://occip.it/pt4nu6mg http://twitpic.com/4nu6mg <-- excellent use of tech!
@nyssapod Are you sure that's the best reading material when you're ill? :) *hug*
@nyssapod Ah, okay :)
@simonashley Yes. I expect to see you serving in all the shops I visit, too.
@simonashley You call it a lack of ability to manipulate time, I call it laziness. Now, I've got some Portal 2 to play...
RT @teacherdude: Great photos from last night's riot in #stokescroft, Bristol http://goo.gl/Mvasg
Jonathan Taphouse's photos of last night's riot really are exceptional. http://bit.ly/hbA39D (via @teacherdude)
(Also, due to a random retro playlist choice, the Pet Shop Boy's _Surburbia_ makes great backing music for them! :D )
@JonathanTaphous I had wondered what kit you were using! Amazing photos, especially considering the light you were working with. Great stuff
Okay. Forget the riots, and the Royal Wedding. My most pressing question now is: how the HELL did *Cheryl Cole* get into my iTunes library?
@hayles IT WASN"T ME. Someone must have broken into my house and planted it.
@hayles Aaaah! Worked it out. It was part of that iTunes 12 Days of Christmas thingy. DELETEDELETEDELETEDELETE #delete
@hayles Look, I'm perfectly happy to admit to having Marillion b-sides rated at 5 stars. Do you really think I'd lie about Cheryl Cole?
@hayles I was just about to sue you for libel, but I realised I can't spell sueing. Suing? Damn.
Right. I am going to have a very, very long bath. If you haven't heard from me by Monday, send more bubble bath, a pizza, and a new loofah.
@gary8345 Yes, worked it out in the end. Goodness me, some "present". I'd have preferred socks.
RT @BristleKRS: RT @rupertevelyn: Interviewing chief constable of A&S police. I wonder if he saw the sign? http://twitpic.com/4nz90a « P ...
I wonder who phoned while I was in the bath? Can't be anyone who knows how small my flat is, or they'd have given up a lot earlier...
Right. Off for a nice walk and to grab some lunch.
Good Friday @ clifton cathedral http://instagr.am/p/DaVIr/
@ahnlak For some reason, that's more believable when I'm playing Portal 2.
@Squonk @gary8345 Me too, usually. Maybe she was the first day, or something, and I got overexcited. :)
@mistymaria No idea! Was just wandering past. Saw a bishop from a distance and that was about it :)
It just became really good portrait photography weather in Bristol :)
@johnfbraun Embarrassed to admit that I forgot him. Might have to have another bath later to make up for that ;)
I wish I could "favourite" this whole conversation I just saw go past in my stream :)
@hayles You might think that. I couldn't possibly comment. @thehappyfatgirl
@hayles PS: I saw this earlier, and of course thought of you. http://twitpic.com/4o1ni8
Today is a day for sitting under something like this and doing very little. http://flic.kr/p/9AHYos
@irkafirka Oooh, just remembered -- can you put a print of my one in t'shop? Think I should hang it somewhere!
Mmm. I be drinkin' zoider. This middle-class norf-east Lahndan boy appears to be going West Country-native.
Well, the light was good. Not so sure about the subject #bigroundhead #selfportrait http://twitpic.com/4o254b
@Pockless Thanks!
@RamonY1970 Thanks for that. I keep forgetting it's Friday! Feels like Sunday, for no readily apparent reason.
It may be time for (da-da-daaaah!) a change of twavatar.
@arlinelyons I'm... intrigued. And mildly scared.
@EmilyKoch22 I'm glad it's not just me! @RamonY1970
@arlinelyons You thought I was an avatart? Well, I suppose...
@talkie_tim From inspection: I never do either.
@ahnlak @R2UK Also, if you hose the water hard into a bucket first, you'll lose a lot of the chlorine (really!)
@arlinelyons I had a feeling that might be what you meant :D
@KaveyF That's me, baby. Just a disco-dancin', flickerin', jitterin' twavatar.
Finally watching Masterchef. _Tim_ is going do something even crazier than usual, isn't he?
RT @DavidGArnold: I vote YES for AV but my second choice is NO
@R2UK @ahnlak If you don't want to take the risk next time, you can buy stuff called AquaSafe in pet shops. Should make tap water pond-safe.
@benjohnbarnes @radeeboi @maverick_mummy It's just there's only one-and-a-bit of us, sadly. Hopefully this number will go up soon.
@KaveyF I agree, said the amazing social media guru.
@KaveyF @Gupuds Goodness, what am I being roped into here? Oh, Gu puddings? Well, er, rope away. #banoffee #swoon
@KaveyF *love*
@KaveyF @louisesims *snigger*
@DigitalJonathan Tell me, exactly how tired are they of Womble jokes?
@KaveyF Oh, also: I found a place that sells Go*Do espresso chocolate. If I die of never sleeping again, this is All Your Fault. @ahnlak
@ahnlak Incidentally, this is another recommendation for Freeminer's Gold Miner ale (from t'co-op.) Great summer easy-drinkin' beer.
@DigitalJonathan Good to hear!
@DrHairbear Oooh, nice! Posher than my beer.
@BlackDogDays Thank you! Cloudy summer days are fab for portraits, so I snapped a few earlier :) Hope Tim wins it, though...
@BlackDogDays ...the reason I know he's that good is because he keeps on dividing the judges!
Complex, multi-layered marketing. #bristol http://twitpic.com/4o3pln
Taking the slightly longer way home. Mostly because this view is good for you. http://twitpic.com/4o3z9d
Hmm. My iPod just shuffled onto the Clash's _White Riot_. Nice choice, psychic iPod.
@tsunimee Aww, shucks. *blush*
@Dru_Marland I blame aliens.
@Caremur Always a pleasure!
@maverick_mummy Likewise :) Hi!
@twittl3s Not too far away, I think.
*sings* We do what we must because we can... #portal2
@Ohdoctah Portal 2. Email won't get you cake.
Goodness. It's possible I will need a day off to recover from my day off. #toomuchbeer
2010
@Swishrelic I don't actually know much about Montpelier.
@jorence Oh, you said "Carmen". I mis-read that as "Cameron" for a minute; thought you were at the debate!
Just sending Radio 4 a legal clearance form -- apparently they may use my Eyjafjallajökull dance remix on tomorrow night's News Quiz! :)
Sky say "Leader's Debate". Telegraph say "Leaders' Debate". BBC say "Leader Debate". Any opinions? #grammar
Probably my two favourite photo from tonight's #leadersdebate action in Bristol: http://flic.kr/p/7VzyUU
I was channeling @teacherdude this evening :)
Oop, "two favourite photo" doesn't make much sense; I changed my mind mid-tweet. Here's the other one I liked: http://flic.kr/p/7VzzKf
@KaveyF "Not very PC?" #unintentionalpuns
Photo: Custody (by gothick_matt) Tonight, I have mostly been hanging around outside the Leaders’ Debate in... http://tumblr.com/xnc8yf3lx
@KaveyF He shall now be known forever in my mind as the "Not Very PC".
@mhoulden Nope, it was running all day like normal, far as I could tell.
Simple domestic act or a political decision? http://yfrog.com/1rsr9hj
@hayles I think I shall head for mine, soon. Getting a bit dark for snapping.
@bristwestival I wouldn't recognise them. Thus is the down side of getting all my news from The Today Programme.
Haven't seen many politicians, though apparently Gordon Brown has recently turned up. Lots to snap though, Bristol 'togs!
@canofpopcom Damn! Couldn't you have asked that fifteen minutes _before_ the bank closed? I'll never remember to pay this stupid thing in.
It would explain a lot if PMs always have a helicopter circling them. It's only day two for me, and I already want to invade somewhere.
I watched the News at One this afternoon. Didn't even need to bother with a TV, either. http://flic.kr/p/7VwRGC
Judging by the bike escort, I was just passed by a leader on the Hotwell Road.
I recommend watching this with a large live audience who are allowed to clap and jeer. #leadersdebate http://yfrog.com/5zipxj
Well, the adoring masses are a good start, but I haven't trained them to curtsey yet. http://yfrog.com/28pw6j
@talkie_tim What, pensioners?
@paulahillier *hug*
2009
@bertpalmer Since I removed an old application extension, Safari 4 hasn't crashed once. Any plugins installed?
Quickly buying the new Jim Bob album.
2008
2007
Sitting in the garden, working on the unique sentence website.