On This Day, 6 September
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@chubbybannister Pulled that right out of the hat! A rather more linear progression for moi. Wordle 444 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
@barb_avon Every now and again—perhaps twice a year—I still have to write my signature, and it's getting increasingly hard to remember how to do it. I imagine by the time those kids grow up signatures will be a quaint and unnecessary relic.
@thearclegends I always think of the character Basil Exposition in Austin Powers whenever I notice something like that clunking its way onto the page.
@salisbury_matt Nah, you know too much about disaster recovery and consistency.
2021
2020
I *thought* I recognised that noise. *Stops doing crossword, pops outside in dressing gown with camera* #bristol #bloons https://t.co/huPQdMaHue
Fixed. #bodgejob Well, a proper fix would have been easy, *after* the two hours of delicately deconstructing the entire sodding thing to *get to* the easy fix. https://t.co/owTk8hZi3Y https://t.co/OD4mGLztwk
RT @FelicityMorse: it has come to my attention that the only thing between some people and an existential crisis was commuting to an office…
@tsunimee Ah, good, it’s not just me seeing that today. Hopefully just a momentary blip.
2019
Either the guy painting our windows starts very early, or a giant lark has killed him and is wearing his skin. Got to say, at twenty past seven I was rather hoping for the latter...
Remember those heady days when you could reliably drag and drop pictures on a Mac?
Still waiting in for my "morning" visit from a @jlandpcustserv Added Care washing machine engineer...
@jlandpcustserv Nope. Called to ask where he was twice, twice got told they'd call him up and ask him to ring me. Nothing. And this was the first appointment available when I called up on 13th August!
RT @PulpLibrarian: John Bulmer was a pioneer of British colour photojournalism, and documented the changing face of the North of England in…
RT @Pinboard: Riot police waiting for walk signal is peak Hong Kong https://t.co/hQ6vlttWL1
2018
Nice to see the Merchants doing well --> Popular pub celebrates a year after car ploughed into front wall https://t.co/uiILtBvTzY
@quellist1 Are you planning to use Just for Men? Because when it comes down to it, we’re all going to dye...
Holy crap, Ocado! Still, at least I can now defend myself from… vegetarian vampires?! 🥕#btvs https://t.co/PwNKiOT1m2
@claireellent Ba-dum *tish*
RT @claireellent: @gothick Was that a substitution for a steak?
RT @mancave_beer_: Gone are the accumulated bottles on my windowsill. Gone is the long cold walk from my back door, through my back gate wi…
@ahnlak @Kavey Cuties. https://t.co/yDZFvUCXhV
RT @Avon_Stories: The Metrobus white elephant bridge - exploring the new paths around Colliter's Brook with @gothick & @Bingo_Little https…
RT @British_Airways: We are investigating the theft of customer data from our website and our mobile app, as a matter of urgency. For more…
2017
RT @VisitBristol: Celebrate Bristol's maritime past with Docks Heritage Weekend at the end of September: https://t.co/XCAHpywtE2 https://t.…
@Bristolvor Yes you do! That makes you a bear-faced liar.
RT @simonblackwell: Morning. This is the #BackC4 series trailer. Starts tonight, 10pm, @Channel4. If you watch it, I hope you like it. htt…
RT @jeffnoon: My play Dead Code has been rebroadcast by BBC Radio4 Extra, and is currently available on iPlayer: https://t.co/XgIAhOTqDC
Sometimes my books can feel a little overwhelming. https://t.co/ChPRb2tiw1 https://t.co/vTKLnoECcc
RT @Kasparov63: Nice, but I have some bad news about using this to defend against the robots... https://t.co/A1P5WO6jMU
Matcha latte. https://t.co/oMxiZcnIbU https://t.co/ohz3Nvve5C
I could care less. https://t.co/vqQdHCvb6P
2016
@felixsanzm @rem So it would only fail for names like Mary Sue, or Jean-Claude? That's okay, then!
Comfort corner. https://t.co/hvOg5o9Lei
@guriben The reason for this pic is that I’ve spent all bloody day tidying because someone’s coming to value it tomorrow!
@guriben Maybe I need an antigothick Twitter account where I post photos taken at 180° to my highly-edited normal view…
Gin lovers more likely to be psychopaths... https://t.co/uzQIQTNKOG via @StylistMagazine
@dangusset Wouldn't you need at least two streams to be either major or minor?
@dangusset I can believe perfect pitch more than a change from major to minor!
@Bristolvor Or, just thinking wild random thoughts here, some kind of government-supplied lockable dispatch box. Perhaps in red...
@Shonette Well, you have a pin and a piece of paper... Can you fashion a blindfold from a napkin!?
@djelibeybi_meg I have spent all day tidying and cleaning. Am now going to sit in my tidy chair and read a tidy book tidily.
2015
RT @AlanaMassey: Why does "I work from home" sound like "You should come over and expect my undivided attention because my job is fake" to …
RT @AhhToots: Good Morning ☀️☀️ bristol. We're open today 10-4 Come get a fig #friand #ahhtoots #stnicksmarket… https://t.co/1oyrCttDNH
Morning all. Today I will mostly be clearing the books out of my hall so someone can lay new carpet at some future point. #middleagetweets
I will also be going to the tip, listening to The Archers and clearing out some old files. #middleagetweets
Bonus! @sausageitalian have some of @GingerBeardsP banana ketchup for some great #Bristol harbourside street food matching today ;)
Think I spotted a @doeeyedlettuce from a distance earlier. *waves*
RT @Telegraph: The Queen and her Prime Ministers | @bobscartoons http://t.co/7Siu8f36Dx
@doeeyedlettuce Kitten time!? I’d pay for that in preference to beer ;)
In other news, @AhhToots is still making beautiful cake, and the Rajasthan Heritage band were on Corn St. #bristol http://t.co/7YLN99SPdN
@doeeyedlettuce I’m increasingly a lightweight when it comes to beer. Harder to overdose on kittens ;)
@doeeyedlettuce Why am I suddenly thinking of chopsticks?
Out on a shout #bristol @avonfirerescue http://t.co/BXqtE1AZCn
Bristol afternoon. http://t.co/3pynmGAOm8
@kurtinatlanta @Ihnatko I’ll exchange half a square metre of UK living room if it means I can see the new season of Person of Interest :)
@shezza_t Thanks! Yeah, it’s been a colourful sort of day.
Stick 'em up! I have a gun! https://t.co/4B4wLHdktd
RT @ftweekend: We lived in a golden age from the mid-1990s to 2001, says @KuperSimon http://t.co/9R6SC2Rr3O http://t.co/iExNvNtmc2
@Indiechops They were indeed good fun.
Yin and yang. http://t.co/aAGBh6JMub
@benjohnbarnes You don’t use GoodReads, then?
RT @kennwhite: People don't expect DOD-level security but, Seagate, please stop adding hidden hardcoded root logins to hard drives. http://…
2014
@rustyshelf I just think people are going to be very disappointed when it turns out iWatch is just the new name for Apple TV.
RT @BoingBoing: How to not lose your pet turtle as he wanders around your apartment: balloon on a string http://t.co/LZVzppXvVZ http://t.co…
@BubbleButton @liveindetail Well, for starters, you'd currently be weighing egg yolk.
@ahnlak ATTACK EYEBROWS
@Catreia What kind of mood are you in?
@Catreia Well, what have I been listening to recently... Maybe try Rilo Kiley, Wild Nothing, Egyptian Hip Hop (the band, not the genre!)...
@Catreia ...but it's hard to do recommendations without being in the same room :) For driving through city at night, can't beat The XX imho.
Heh. Intervalometer out-take from this morning's songwriting session. http://t.co/bLoXd1vZvD
@capoapp Thanks—but actually, the new version did a much better job of recognising chords, so I'm okay with losing the old file :)
@stillawake Yeah, I've sat there and had just the same thought!
@stillawake Well, I've seen worse. But only because I've visited Bangor High Street recently.
Roight. Southville Deli calls, methinks, to pick up the elements of my staple diet: tea bags and cheese.
@DanRebellato I'm happy enough with mine. Anything that stops mosquitoes getting in, frankly. I wish he'd invite some mates.
I think the invisible man is interviewing for an apprentice in my back garden. http://t.co/NxE8VaADSy
RT @joelevard: If I find it annoying, there's probably a tumblr about it. http://t.co/6iU3I1aFbP
@Souterain Have you had a Lightning cable, specifically, for more than two years? Those are all that have died on me, in light indoor use.
@Souterain So are all those of mine, apart from the Lightnings.
@Souterain I'm starting to think they had a bad batch when they first started production. Mine would have been bought same time as iPhone 5.
@Souterain That might explain the discrepancy...
RT @CraigGrannell: As Apple’s 9/9 event draws near, we must never forget #freejonyive https://t.co/p8a2K9XqNb
The Hand at Baltic Wharf, back when it had something in its bowl... #bristol http://t.co/c44rMHLztz
Me? A fan of Adam Hall's Quiller novels? Why d'you ask? http://t.co/ZByK9bEUh5
@Kavey Espionage thrillers from the Cold War and onwards. Quiller is a more realistic James Bond: a gadgetless psychopath who...
@Kavey ...works for London's ultra-secret Bureau more to act as a safety valve for his need to take things to the brink than for patriotism.
@Kavey Got into them as a kid—some of these are my Dad's—and just really love the writing. Early ones feel decidedly old-fashioned.
@anna_debenham Oh! I was wondering if an app like that existed. last week. Was nostalgic for my CB radio days.
@anna_debenham (Yes, just as now, back in the early 1980s, giving anonymous people ability to broadcast did produce *some* complete knobs.)
@Kavey Well, they're all very self-contained. I'd pick one of the later ones if you want to try one. Quiller Meridian, perhaps.
@hondanhon That would be a Concorde.
My watch's days are numbered. http://t.co/z6tgXsbvvW
Well, that was one for the kids. Shame I don’t have any kids. #doctorwho
2013
Trying Jaegermeister for the first time. Tastes like 1980s Gold Spot spray breath freshener. Odd.
2012
It’a reassuring to realise that no matter what they do with the #Bristol uni Student Union building, it can’t possibly get uglier.
"Don't forget to share and like our page!" <-- It wasn't actually a problem with my memory that was stopping me.
Today, my cleaner and I are tackling the Dead Zone under my bed. Thinking this Madonna poster may be a tad out of date. http://t.co/E1L2omiQ
@Thehappyfatgirl IT'S PRISTINE!
@Thehappyfatgirl This is mostly because I was so scared of cleaning the Bedroom of Dusty Doom. Now it's actually happening: more cheerful.
@utterben Re-imagined by Microsoft's designers: http://t.co/11rpEu1l
I have been sent to the Naughty Corner by my cleaner. To be fair, that was a *lot* of dust. #badmatt
@waiyeehong I did not have a cleaner before three weeks ago. It shows. She is gradually deep-cleaning, room by room.
@Thehappyfatgirl That's pretty much the situation here, only this is for money rather than love :)
@Thehappyfatgirl Though cleaner is also my friend, so she gets to shout "MATT GIBSON COME AND LOOK AT THIS EWWWW!" at me occasionally.
Oh, God. I think I'm going to have to write some Terms of Service.
@Thehappyfatgirl And that love will be BASED ON A LIE. I'll have to keep Emmeline hidden in a cupboard for the duration of the relationship.
@guriben @jakepjohnson HUSH.
@waiyeehong Yup.
Under Construction. http://t.co/HATfIde0
2011
@hayles IS IT REALLY? WELL I NEVER.
@easybourne Thanks for yesterday's re-tweet, by the way. Someone arrived at my desk just as I was about to thank you at the time.
Ooop. Better run for the boat. At least I'll have a roof for some of the journey to work if I make it...
RT @mrchrisaddison: .@gracedent Men "sweat", women "glow". This is due to dangerous isotopes in the make-up they use to disguise the swe ...
@BlackDogDays *positive vibes*
@MatStace Which is as it should be!
@guriben @stillawake They are also my dentist, and very good with adults, too. Going in for my check up on Friday, as it happens...
Fairly sure I just saw Bruce Willis fly past the window sideways while delivering a wry one-liner. #Bristol #rainpocalypse
Incidentally, if the weather's like this on Sunday, I reserve the right to take my bike to the half marathon and declare it a triathlon.
Homeward http://t.co/FuCerfd
@Whitelock_Grace Thanks!
RT @BristolBites: The return of 'toss a coin and get your roast for free' is imminent at Brace & Browns! http://t.co/Xygkgub
@missemmeline I'll be starting sometime after 10am, so probably get out around 1-ish :D
@stillawake @Ninja_lynneja Well, @missemmeline also reckons the Adam & Eve is open, so I think that's confirmed. :)
RT @jordanstone: Photo: How Fans Feel About George Lucas (via graphjam.memebase.com) http://t.co/5uMrTdd
2010
@tsunimee If it helps, you could "cop off" with someone in a quiet corner at a good party without raising too many eyebrows, I'd say.
Thanks, Spideog (http://bit.ly/aXBIcD), for Flickring so many #bristolhalf photos so quickly, including this one of me: http://bit.ly/diqjP9
Mmmmm. http://yfrog.com/4jf2hej
@grahamspiller Aha! Yes, I should probably look at people's profile photos more often, I might spot more people myself!
RT @grahamspiller: Bumped into @gothick whilst picking up my photos from @photosuk. I'm discovering that more and more of you actually ...
@hayles Severe weather? I really should check this stuff before I go out without a coat...
Yay! Found myself in Evening Post result list. I came 10,037th :)
Right. I have successfully done DIY. Now to tidy up and head into town for lunch.
@tsunimee ...but for some extremes of the phrase, you might be better off getting a room :)
The results of this morning's DIY. How organised is *that*? #anditsnotfallendownyeteither http://yfrog.com/2m6y8uj
@tsunimee Same as "get off", which I think we discussed t'other week.
@parryphernalia I was thinking of using my day off to do some DIY. Involving a stepladder. Now reconsidering.
@hayles As a crap dancer who therefore hates dancing, he has my sympathy.
Really quite glad I took today off work. Not because I'm actually suffering particularly, just because I'm not a big fan of going to work :)
RT @Dru_Marland: I did wonder about the poetic potential for Twitter but then I decided it was probably better for short stories and liv ...
@benjohnbarnes I have one booked for tomorrow. My usual therapist doesn't work Mondays, sadly!
@DrHairbear NO.
Facebook ad: "You a popular blogger?" Me: "Yes, in part because of my ability to use verbs."
Morning all! I feel pretty good this morning. As long as I don't sit down, stand up, or try to use stairs.
Where the hell did these flies come from? I'm sure I disposed of that last corpse. *checks under sofa*
@mhoulden No, not feeling too bad. Steps are a bit hard, but on the whole no worse than I felt after the 10K.
@jorence Ta! Definitely considering it now. Would be good incentive for training through the winter...
@stillawake No, I'll probably run at the weekend. Can't let it slide -- it's the only thing that's keeping my weight down!
Dear me, I appear to be having an evening off. I had so much I was going to do, too. Damn.
@stillawake I can barely manage thirteen stairs today.
@hayles MOAR KAKE.
Goodness I feel fat. I probably overdid the post-half-marathon steak-and-cake celebration.
Bored for a moment, I decided to try Ping. It gave me a session timeout error immediately. I will therefore do something more productive.
@BradleyLaw Oh, that's a point.
RT @computermuseum: Does anyone know an IT dept that could donate 64 LCD screens. Used 15" would be fine. Must work and must all match. ...
@nickbrompton That should probably be @hayles's Twitter bio, you know.
@nickbrompton Yeah, @hayles's evilness is merely a thin veneer covering a core of, er, more evilness.
@nickbrompton "Sometimes lovely"? That's high praise from @hayles...
@arlinelyons Hey, imagine how bad it could get if I drank...
On the plus side, I *did* get the baked potato perfect this time, and Nigel Slater's "karate chop" opening method really works. #cooking
Hey, I almost nailed the Jamie Oliver "perfect steak". Apart from undercooking it, and setting off the fire alarm. #cooking
@bexxi No, I already know which ones I need to lose. Those would be the ones from the bottom of the drawer, that I'd forgotten I owned!
@bexxi No, I'm just rubbish at throwing stuff away. Now I can actually _see_ the stuff, I might be able to downsize a bit more...
@talkie_tim A small wok and a big wok. And a thick-walled, non-stick wok-type thing that's not really a wok.
2009
@hayles *hug*
@KaveyF Heh. That may be true for things that I can use my brain for. Things that I have to use muscles for is another matter :)
@Phooto Yup, audio's working fine. I'm running XP, mind.
@KaveyF You didn't think I was actually running a half-marathon? That's very complimentary, but I've only been running for 6 weeks!
@asic69 I find that right clicking works just fine. Don't know if you might need to install the Guest Additions (from one of the VBox menus)
@KaveyF I wasn't in that marathon clip, dear.
Did they actually pass a law in the 80s that every episode of every TV show had to finish on a slightly forced one-liner?
How I've been spending my morning: http://bit.ly/MX3pP . Also: Matt in tweeted-video-actually-made-public shocker.
@TheLloydClan Cool! Looks like everyone was doing pretty well when I watched! Let me know how he got on!
Looks like a fab day for the Bristol half marathon!
2008
Lake District walks, a gig, a Flickr meet, and now a poetry slam. Busy week!
Hmm. Off to a poetry slam. Should I bother taking my big camera?
@tholder I have, but as with most Quicksilver users, I've not really figured out what to do with it yet.
Thanks, @DaveHamilton and @johnfbraun for the tip about Command-Option-F going to the search box in Finder & Safari!
@rstein Don't be too jealous; maybe next year it won't be pouring down with rain. Will have to see if the weather is better tomorrow!
Photos from Wednesday night are up. Rock and roll! http://tinyurl.com/56gbj5
Hmm. Think I might head into town and eat at the organic food festival
Gah! I really, really dislike MySpace.
@spamvictim My recommendation is to take two weeks instead of one! Only worked out in retrospect that what I needed was a _longer_ break!
I know nothing about the US election. All communication channels are saturated with it, though, so I'm guessing it can only be months away.