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LF Lightning-Barugh

@cheeseford.bsky.social

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This ain't no time for the boomerangs of misery. He/they. "The man who gave us Fred Dinenage's 3ft long egg" - (@ChinnyVision)

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LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 4h

What wood is the body? Obeche?

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 4h

Horribly, this is true.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 5h

The bassist in one of my big bands plays a fretless Wal. He plays sitting down.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 5h

Stick with this superb thread. It might seem tenuous, but it's really not.

Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 6h

A short thread about procurement

I own a lot of different bass guitars. They all sound different and play differently so I make a choice depending what music you're performing. But if you can only afford one or two, it makes sense to get the most versatile and best value you can get for the money

UK Defence Journal @ukdefencejournal.org.uk · 6h

A video released by Andrew Snowden MP has sparked bemusement after he accused Labour of misunderstanding fighter aircraft while misidentifying one himself in the same video.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/tory-mp-conf...

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 13h

I'd say if they notice and ask, tell them politely, but only then.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 14h

Miserable is not a word that comes to mind when I think of you.

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🎃 Deadna Watkins 🎃 @theednawatkins.bsky.social · 21h

Dead nonce
Dead nonce
He's a dead nonce
He used to be well famous but now someone's stabbed him in the bonce

Sir Tom Fucking Jones baby!

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, you could get a midi system. Or something like this. Stick with a big name - Sharp, Pioneer, etc - and you'll be grand. Much better than the cheaper record players made now.

Sharp music centre

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 1d

No. That station only employs reporters with three arms.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 1d

Get a secondhand 70s or 80s 'music centre'. A Japanese name brand. They're easy to find for not much money.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 1d

The original.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 1d

We all are.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 1d

The Producers is on BBC2. I'm powerless to resist, aren't I?

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 1d

Bacon's coming across well, but that is not a jacket for television.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 1d

Who's this shithouse next to Richard Bacon? #Newsnight

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

If eating scotch eggs in an Austin Allegro had a face.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 2d

I'm definitely getting vibes of a one-off appearance in Minder.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 2d

He looks like a Great Yarmouth waxwork of Van Morrison.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 2d

Fucking hell, he's only two years older than me. He looks like he's got hairy palms.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 2d

I assumed it was some sort of businessman/criminal/both.

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 2d

If your performance was “a force for social transformation”, then do it for £0.00?

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 2d

Who the fuck is that?

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 2d

LET'S HAVE A FRAUD

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 2d

I'm doing a fraud prevention training module online that's so preachy it just makes me want to commit some fraud for the hell of it.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 2d

...if you do it right.

LF Lightning-Barugh @cheeseford.bsky.social · 2d

I'm doing a fraud prevention training module online that's so preachy it just makes me want to commit some fraud for the hell of it.