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Simon

@broomwagon.bsky.social

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Dad, dog owner, cycling, football and coffee nerd. Appeared on a regional TV quiz show in 1987, so basically an A lister. My motto: always give 100%. Unless you are giving blood. Bin day is Thursdays.

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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 4h

ChatGPT wants to say something in reply

True! I mean, no algorithm can match the chaos and charm of a human brain on caffeine.

Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 4h

a man is saying `` well hello mister fancy pants '' .

ALT: a man is saying `` well hello mister fancy pants '' .

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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 4h

Pog: “When I go through this door, make sure you wait the industry standard 60 seconds before you follow me”

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Alexander Williams @floatinginwaves.bsky.social · 5h

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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 5h

That’s really interesting. I know that she used to go to the hotel on Burgh Island and there is some great surf at Bantham so it’s great to think she may have caught some waves there

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 5h

Push-up bras are rubbish. I've been wearing one for months and I can still only do about ten.

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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 7h

I am just saying that a while ago that there was a drunken moment between these two. Possibly at an office party.

Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 7h

And with it the knowledge that as important as having food and heating is a comprehensive store of AA and AAA batteries in a drawer.

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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · 11h

and I feel fine

jamma10.bsky.social @jamma10.bsky.social · 1d

Toilet, Bristol UK circa 2015

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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 8h

I have just put your post into ChatGPT and this is what it came up with. This is not creepy at all.

• “Until the Bluetooth cuts out mid-sentence and I propose by accident.”
• “Just waiting for the premium version that edits out my awkward pauses.”

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Mythical Britain @mythicalbritain.bsky.social · 9h

Square pegs in a round whole? Dovecote-tastic!

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22h

Aren't medieval dovecotes brilliant?

A medieval dovecote I stumbled upon on a walk near Padstow in Cornwall.

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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 8h

What’s on Telly tonight? Two models, an air hostess and a waitress as far as I can tell.

Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 8h

And while I am having my breakfast I am having data injected straight into my brain via a special cannula I have had fitted in my forehead. It’s not being approved yet & I do get continual blinding headaches but I am always #leading. Always one step ahead. I look at other CEOs without them and laugh

Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 8h

Has he done the Vuelta yet? I imagine that he will have a checklist of the races he hasn’t won and I do get the impression that he would prefer not to have to ride the Tour but his team insist that he does it.

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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 9h

I hope he does it. I am taking my family to watch Roubaix next year and it would be great to see him battling it out in the cobbles. Come on Pog, you know it makes sense

Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 9h

Too late it is now.

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trouteyes @trouteyes.bsky.social · 9h

I'm sorry I said your poem about the little hedgehog was predictable and that the rhyme wasn't really working properly.

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 9h

You know what really boils my piss? The pissboiler2000 from JML.

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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 13h

Sunday morning - Doodle in the margins of this 12th century manuscript, Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College - 101, fol. 97v

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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 1d

Particularly after a pint of it!

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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 1d

The mouth closed is good for the aero though.

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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 1d

In terms of war crimes it’s up there with buying them some drums in my view.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 1d

Letter from the advertising department at The Lady magazine, 1977

Our Ref: Sit/QC
22nd March 1977
Mrs A. Miconi,
Flat 17, Lyncourt, The Orchard,
Blackheath,
London SE3
Dear Madam,
We thank you for your letter and payment of £3.80, received on 21st March.
Before proceeding, we must whether you would agree to a slight wording amenament of the wording in order that the advertising conforms to our normal style. The words "Socialist feninist" we would prefer to read "Friendly, motherly," thereby allowing the wording to conform.
We now look forward to your further instructions, whilst advising you that our next issue is 7th April for which we close for press upon receipt of the first post Tuesday 29th March.

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Chris Seddon @chrisseddon.bsky.social · 2d

There's something quite beautiful about Sir Mortimer Wheeler's box-system excavations at Maiden Castle. Such a fantastic photograph!

Image Rights: Society of Antiquaries (held at Historic England Archive)

#archaeology 🏺 #photography

An historic black & white image of the box excavations at Maiden Castle during Sir Mortimer Wheeler's excavations in 1937. Image Rights: Society of Antiquaries (held at Historic England Archive)

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 1d

"Hey handsome. Why not come over to my place and eat the fried breadcrumbs I'm covered in?" she said, croquettishly.

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