On This Day, 19 August
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@KYPBristol The modern view. https://t.co/KsPJ7i8uln
@daycoder Ours only displays our annual holiday allowance/remaining in hours, not days. In related news, it turns out that I'm not great at dividing large numbers by seven in my head.
2021
2020
2019
RT @GreatDismal: Nothing better with combat capris. https://t.co/xJNEVmQQva
RT @BBCBristol: Three proposed schemes to change the Cumberland Basin area have been unveiled by Bristol City Council https://t.co/EWxjiEI9…
RT @bristol247: These are the latest plans for the future of the 'Western Harbour': https://t.co/UqNdsucSHj https://t.co/ZuXddUtmoM
It would be hard to be more unsympathetic to Hotwells than the 1960s redevelopment was. #cumberlandbasin
2018
@Kavey I was trying to find the button to open the filler cap and these wings just folded out...
@Kavey Nope, but the repair company don’t work weekends, so earliest I can chase is tomorrow. And I’m quite enjoying this Qashqai anyway :D
@thomasvenables They have a better luggage allowance than RyanAir.
From the Metrobus flyover. https://t.co/LlytzKZzNp
I think my favourite object at Hardwick Hall was this Nuremberg chest, ca. 1600, with an amazing intricate multi-point locking system worked by a single key. https://t.co/5xPVouQHK5
RT @RochdaleHerald: Leaked Bond script just ninety minutes of Idris Elba’s Aston Martin being stopped by police https://t.co/GjnmFF6KxX
2017
Much-needed. https://t.co/bsq2MUsVCk https://t.co/u21DOadKU6
@chubbybannister It certainly seems to be. They had *every single one* of the things that were on my LoveFilm list.… https://t.co/YKAl1ZjScH
Composite. https://t.co/TVKPT3v5b5
Weekly review. https://t.co/K4lnceXpQ7
Fetch. https://t.co/njxkP3CWu1
Bit windy, then? #igersbristol https://t.co/8tDyqx7KX7 https://t.co/1V0ouV5dUz
@mattleys Lovely place. Went there when I visited my parents, time before last (they live in Kalyves.)
Odd. Ordered some @duracell batteries. Picked parcel up off doormat, and it was warm. *One* battery is so hot I can't keep my hand on it!
Following - https://t.co/isM7XN4OeI https://t.co/BXctVoWWGS
@psidnell @OmniFocus For anything more than trivial, I prefer a nice keyboard and a big screen, as well as the mult… https://t.co/zHpOVPwgoU
@psidnell Still rather hoping for tags/multiple contexts to come along. Still, it was better than waiting years for… https://t.co/rrIpQFaduV
@psidnell I believe them. It's the main reason I moved to them: they seemed to be able to Get Thing Done, which is… https://t.co/lRrkeUVX4M
RT @MissFruitypie: God fucking forbid anyone look around and notice the natural world when they're supposed to be making the boss richer ht…
@psidnell I liked the idea of it for two solid years, then gave up on waiting. And I bet it still doesn't have working "undo".
@truemarmalade @ismh Interesting! Especially as my city has a 20mph speed limit for most of its streets...
RT @Al_Chris16: My brother built his dog a separate room in his house ! https://t.co/ayjaEGBzf8
I am watching Guardians of the Galaxy. I unfortunately appear to be among the small group of people who do not like Guardians of the Galaxy.
@tsunimee I lasted an hour and twenty.
2016
Are they taking the clingfilm off the Leigh tower? https://t.co/fjAK98qOA7
On today's Twitter you're never more than one tap away from a gibbering bigot. I don't think the quality filter will help with that problem.
@dangusset EAMES KLAXON
RT @RexRizzo: Wired: "Machine learning will TAKE OVER THE WORLD!" Amazon: "We see you bought a wallet. Would you like to buy ANOTHER WALLE…
That's quite impressive in a 20mph zone. https://t.co/nKnRqDPJxD
@dcorsetto Back cover?
24 hours and counting. I should probably buy a newer external drive caddy, but I only use it about twice a year. https://t.co/anVN2vgHNm
@labfoo Yeah, most of mine are encrypted but I didn't think to look at the options when I set up the Synology...
@labfoo ...so now I'm doing a secure erase on a 4TB drive over USB 2. I'd take a hammer to it it wasn't going back for warranty replacement!
Finally! Broke 70k in @ThreesGame. https://t.co/GJYOZT17Hl https://t.co/uJTDg1FLrB
RT @BBCRadio4: 🎺 Recorded at 30th Street Studios in NYC in two sessions in 1959. The story of Kind of Blue https://t.co/HlCXTMySLA https://…
@porthjess So, not Bagheera, I'm guessing...
@danbarker !
RT @danbarker: It's important to share experiences & have things in common with your partner. https://t.co/c5N0UIWZQM
@AlasdairStuart Did anyone walk out? I can't quite imagine myself wanting to stay and watch.
@AlasdairStuart I hope they went and discussed short fiction somewhere.
2015
RT @deathbombarc: Post office: What's in here? Me: A cassette. PO: What's that? Me: It has music on it. PO: Oh, you mean a cd. Me: Yes, tha…
I pretty much only use LinkedIn to look at my own profile and remind myself what years I worked in which places.
WHSmith are starting to have that same feel that Woolies had just before they went under.
@ahnlak @foxc I just had an automated checkout try to upswell me stuff while staff nattered away elsewhere :(
@samsneed12 I wanted a single pack of Sheaffer cartridges. Not much price difference from internet, factoring in postage.
@ahnlak @foxc Surely you’re sometimes desperate for a spindle of 50 blank CDs and a novelty pencil sharpener!?
RT @caitlinrgreen: A Roman 'ribbon glass cup', probably made Italy in about 25 BC-50 AD: http://t.co/SGnOsdHTWQ http://t.co/wzWqkuzcW8
2014
@bananza Inside out?
@bananza They can be recalcitrant little buggers at times.
Eating the same lunch I used to have regularly as a student in 1991, except with organic smoked salmon instead of a tin of Tesco Value Tuna.
Thank you, Bristol. Likewise. http://t.co/QolnzFuhYa
@chrisphin Where do people get the email address? Is there a way you can make it even more obvious that there’s a human being behind it?
@chrisphin I'd love to know if changing the address itself to chris.phin at macformat would make a difference...
@chrisphin ...do you get enough tinfoilhattery to get a statistically significant sample? :D
@chrisphin Maybe a couple of months of A-B testing would give you a good article for netmag, anyway...
RT @RedLightBristol: Bacon washed @Beefeaterdrygin for tonight with @FlavourSmith at the @runciblespoon1 and we still have 2 places left?! …
@Kavey Condensed milk has clearly fallen from fashion since my youth. Had to try four shops!
@Cookwitch @Kavey One of the Co-Ops I tried had space for it, but no stock. Tracked it down in a local indie convenience store in the end...
@Kavey (Not sure if it's too health-conscious or just low demand. It was a pretty unusual item even back when Tiswas popularised it :D)
@Cookwitch @Kavey (Incidentally, if you want to see Chris Tarrant looking *very* young: https://t.co/xuOj41E3bL )
@ttscoff Woah. I'm not sure I've seen "SUPER" before... #lastfm http://t.co/0zzMhHMTar
Currently making Yuzu ice cream: http://t.co/WK8J9PWJoF Thanks for the recipe and the yuzacha, @Kavey :D
@Kavey Seems to be. Sitting in the freezer right now.
@panic Ah! Thanks - solved by email. Was WebKit crashing building preview icon.
2013
View from the garden. http://t.co/XKrh3ZbphU
2012
@Thehappyfatgirl Morning, dear.
RT @IamArg: I could watch alan rickman do anything in slow motion... http://t.co/nuwl3tX4
Hrm. This hydration backpack really emphasises my moobs. #uniquesentence
@AndyCarolan No, it's the "framing" by the chest and shoulder straps that's causing the issue.
Morning, Hotwells. http://t.co/gNZJTqIx
Unsubtle! http://t.co/DP1W372T
You can't see it in the pic, but I am actually steaming. Rest time at jog halfway point @ Leigh Woods Bench http://t.co/ZSLdnQzi
@Thehappyfatgirl Will look when I get home :)
@BlackDogDays Went straight through. High tide with both gates open, and I heard bridge swing alarm, too…
@andybeebristol Oh! Sorry, did I run straight past? Last-kilometre focus!
It was a bit humid out there for running 10K. Did it anyway. So there, humidity.
@KaveyF Morning, dear.
@andybeebristol Ships that pass in the... er. Morning.
@KaveyF Are you sure those were the only drugs you took?
This was my morning jog, if you're interested. With a breather stop and some photo stops :) http://t.co/WyzlUrCD
@KaveyF You appear to have been reduced to vowel-only operation, is all...
@Cookwitch Yes, that would be superneologistic!
@stevenchapple @archidave Yup. Love the ziggyzaggy Hotwells furniture :D
@CaffrinA Excellent! By the looks of it, I could've waved down from the bridge at you at the end of my morning run...
RT @libbymiller: Back of Old Market all blocked off - incl one lane old market. Someone chucking stuff off a roof apparenty #bristol
@BlackDogDays Really must get along there soon...
RT @rickygervais: “@maclean_brad: you think you are so cleaver” I'm very cleaver. Knife of you to say so.
@MsMottram @BlackDogDays Hurrah!
@thsutton Glad I'm not alone seeing that every now and again. I find quitting Safari and restarting it fixes it... #twittersearchreassurance
@guriben @waiyeehong @chubbybannister That's ironic. #posthipster
Off to t’Cottage.
@theshinythings Arse. Sorry to hear that. Hope things only get better from this point.
No Fridge's #bristol http://t.co/DlIrJn4f
Matthew http://t.co/L2XxHsx9
Bit pished. I blame @missemmeline. And her sister. :)
2011
@Mouse_House Soon I will be working from home for months. Hopefully I will wear more than pyjamas at least a couple of times a week ;)
@Mouse_House I'm worried about turning into a complete hermit and never leaving the house. Getting dressed makes this less likely :)
@Mouse_House I shall rise at 5am, jog for two hours, eat a handful of dry grape nuts, shower, dress in an Armani suit, and be working by 8.
@Mouse_House Or maybe, as you say, a lunchtime walk.
@Mouse_House I already lost enthusiasm for it, to be honest.
Mornin' all. http://t.co/AOcuuGM
@JoMurricane Call me cynical, but I thought it was so banks could close branches and sack phone teams, not to make my life easier.
Yay! Parcel from @extractcoffee just arrived :) http://t.co/pCVjeKg
Why yes, Oracle, I did specify an identifier longer than 30 characters. That's because I'm from the 21st century, you pile of elderly crap.
@the3rdgirl What's a Saffer?
@roundonefight No.
@hayles I had heard of the things beginning with J. But not actually ever heard them. And Speaker's wife. Apart from that, complete blank.
RT @paulbradshaw: Taking the UK citizenship test. Very odd questions. I clearly don't belong here. http://t.co/SImgvLZ
@jonhickman @paulbradshaw I scored 2/10 in quiz last year ID-ing pics of ministers. Side-effect of relying on Today programme for news!
I just failed the UK citizenship test. 13/24. Oh well. Off to the camps for me, then. @paulbradshaw
@paulbradshaw That would be good. I want it to be a bit more like the "are you a spy?" questions during the war.
@paulbradshaw I would also fail realistic "are you a UK citizen?" questions, too, eg. "Name anyone who's ever been on 'I'm a Celebrity...'"
@Phooto Also, how many answers overall would you have needed to be a better citizen so far in your life?
RT @talkie_tim: Here's the source for that awesome robots pic: Anyone care to help enter the competition? http://t.co/tbiTgEw
@talkie_tim Aww! Ludwig! http://t.co/3ezn1X4
@hayles I've never heard if her. Starting to think I may have been in a bunker for 20 years without knowing it.
@hayles That would explain the pale skin, too.
@Lillput But -- did it clear the drain?
@Lillput ...because, let's face it, you're now probably on a government watchlist of some kind, so it had better be worth it.
@Lillput So, presumably if you have cotton/lycra mix jeggings, they'll turn into tights if you dip yourself in acid. Handy to know.
@bexxi @matt_fwyalchen Bloody bean-counters.
@bexxi @matt_fwyalchen *snort*
@johnfbraun If only it were that easy. *sigh*
@johnfbraun Fairly sure there's a header somewhere: #define ARBITRARILY_ANNOY_FOLK 30
"99" Feek. http://t.co/eIelJF7
In other #Bristol news, the men watching the penguins from their newly-constructed hide may be in for a dull time. http://t.co/S6yoHgn
It has been a long week. But I'm less than a mile from home. And have beer. And pizza. http://t.co/kbhCIvW
It's the _My Name Is Earl_ with the _Smokey & the Bandit_ car. I will now have _East Bound and Down_ stuck in my head for days.
RT @JustinOwen: First Great Western A) you suck B) you suck C) you suck D) you suck http://t.co/hacgXO8
@JustinOwen Ah, yes. "First" "Great" Western. One of the main reasons I decided to take a job closer to home last time. :(
@Swishrelic You won't regret it. It's pretty damn fab.
Processin'.
Uploadin'.
Just remembered I bought decaf beans from @extractcoffee, so I can actually have a coffee now and not be up until 5am. #win
@Adamy323 Yup. #loadedupantruckin'
@mhoulden If I have much caffeine in the evening I don't sleep. So, good decaf beans, and then I blend with good caff. stuff as desired.
Tonight's snaps from @seenoevil2011: http://t.co/mruhZz0 My favourite is probably : http://t.co/mOoqM2Q
@seengee That is why I also bought these: http://t.co/XfyhBK7
@seengee Mmmm. They are good.
@weirdoldhattie Thank you.
@seengee Yup, that's them. Can't be entirely unbiased, because I know them socially. But I wouldn't buy their coffee if it wasn't great.
@seengee (& mostly what that means is I've met them at parties and tried to drag every bit of info about brewing out of them that I can!)
@seengee They're out of town, in Iron Acton (so just a bit further out than Frampton Cotterell.) Used to run the stall at bottom of Park St.
@seengee Sometimes I just get the urge. And this stuff is very tasty. Of course, if I'm still on Twitter at 4am, we'll know why :)
@seengee ...but it is allegedly Swiss Water Process decaf, at least :)
@seengee My friend (who works at BTP) assures me that the non-decaf Extract I bought, Doctor Strange Love, is awesome. Will try tomorrow!
@seengee Well, if it's good enough I'll probably report fifteen times then collapse of stress exhaustion :)
@milliepaw Ah, yes, the "WAIT! *WHY* AM I WATCHING THIS?" moment.
@weirdoldhattie Ooh, atmosphere. Like.
2010
@doeeyedcabbage Are you sure about @hayles? I'm thinking killer girlbot, personally.
@simonindelicate Could happen. Has Steve Jobs denied any interest in the that market yet? ;)
@Lillput Well, I'd read it... #nicelybrownplease
@simonindelicate That's where mobile phones were a few years ago, I'd say. Watch this space?
@CasJam So, it's really an All-Or-Nothing printer, not an All-In-One...
Someone here was looking for a replacement for a laurel, so innocently typed "thick bush" into Google. No, they did not have SafeSearch on.
@paulahillier ta! ;)
@paulahillier Oopsadaisy! Was that mine? *grin*
I haz just writed a blog for teh geeks: "Five Obscure Mac Keyboard Shortcuts" http://bit.ly/bxuVb8
Just had my first serious "really, _did_ she forget to put her skirt on?" moment. I honestly can't tell. #fashion #gettingold
@UTTERMEDIA Wow. And I thought A-levels were meant to be getting easier.
Debugging a php script on a server in Colorado from a moving boat on Bristol harbour. The world has changed a tad. #stillmissmyADM3ethough
I hope Facebook's new location service is called "Faceplant".
@davidpatrick Yay! I've unlocked a badge to become the new Mayor of Not Giving a Fucksville!
RT @madeupstats: There's a 3% risk that tomorrow's Daily Telegraph front page will NOT feature attractive blonde A-level students embracing.
@nickdonnelly Did you see this already? http://vimeo.com/12819723
@jonhickman "Gimme all your souls, right? Gimme all yer immortal fuckin' souls, roight _naow_..."
@goswoppit No skirt whatever, in this case. Just something halfway between leggings and tights.
@KaveyF Well, it wasn't me! :)
@KaveyF Well, I just copied the basic embed code for 3 and 6 and they look the same to me. What's wrong at your end? http://bit.ly/96tMPi
@KaveyF Hang on, it might just be broken on the channel page. YouTube seem to have had problems with their redesign...
@KaveyF Erm... Have you somehow turned off the embedding links for other people?
@KaveyF And is it the last three that are different? Wondering if it's still transcoding them...
@KaveyF Well, I've no idea at all. Are they public? Can I see two different ones?
@KaveyF *bates breath*
@jemimakiss Stop it! I really want one (I coded a digital paper project at work) but have no real justification at the moment... :(
@KaveyF Skype me if you need.
People keep on inviting me to add images to those "post 1, comment 3" Flickr groups. Not really sure I want to do that sort of stuff.
@tsunimee *hug*
@Cartblanch Ah, I've only got the plastic MacBook, see. Clearly my ingredients are letting me down :)
@Cartblanch Yeah, but the smell puts me off my food...
@rbrwr Goodness. Knowing their Crack Accounts Department I thought it would be a dead cert ;)
@rbrwr Demon?
Just turned the wrong gas ring on, and set the recipe on fire. #notforthefirsttime #cooking
2009
Heck, I'm getting so much extracurricular work that I may have to start charging just to put people off...
@benjohnbarnes Either that, or you need to follow more people :)
@benjohnbarnes Yup. You're all alone in a tweetless universe.
Morning all! http://twitpic.com/eg5iz
2008
Heard report of scientific study showing that bagpipes can recognise themselves in mirrors. Bemused until realised I'd misheard "magpies"...
@johnfbraun hey, their computers might be slow, but their collision alarms have a rich, warm tone and excellent overdrive.
Greenhouse bar on fire in Bristol. Park St. closed. And I have wrong lens, dammit. Noone hurt, apparently.
@Azhure *sympathy* Couldn't get it together to finish a 20-minute meditation last night. Not sure I've got attention span to finish this twe