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Big John 😼

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John & 🌈 Gotti, getting irritated and acerbic. We cook with chillies, tinker with electronics, listen to music and The Golden Age of Radio. ♏️ https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:sdkxyw2r7xlx5kjhsolgagv6/feed/aaaoqxlqqoqfy

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Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · Feb 17

Live-skeeting my mental decline.

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Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 2h

Goes like that. 😸

Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 2h

Looks great!

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Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 3h

Mrs van der Meyer has just had a heart attack of sorts, but recovered when some brandy was trickled between her lips.

Marvellous. This treatment could save the NHS a fortune.

#TheSecretAdversary

Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 4h

Yep, autumn is here definitely, the attic critter is back. This used to drive Gotti spare, I thought of releasing her up there on occasion, but I didn’t want her to get hurt if it was a golden eagle or orc.

Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 4h

A decaf espresso and 2 ginger nut biscuits. So far I’ve found these are the best at dealing with that diabetic urge for something sweet after eating.

You can’t eat too many, and I don’t think they have as much sugar as some other types.

Most diabetic biscuits are revolting or ridiculously pricey.

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The Handsome Hobo🇨🇦 @thehobo.bsky.social · 4h

When a sock is lost, I like to imagine it’s writing letters to its fiance like a Civil War soldier.

“My dearest Eloise, the days have been lonely here behind the dryer. I pine for you and pray one day I shall return. If your heart finds a new sock in my stead, I understand.

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debbspook @debbshock.blue · 4h

the best thing about bsky is that (when it's good) it's like you're all in my living room hanging out, talking shit (positive) but I don't have to clean or even change my tshirt

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Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 4h

Feel very alone recently. Not lonely, I think, just alone.

I would actively seek alone time in the past, but then there was always someone to relate your experiences to. Not so much now.

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Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 5h

It was just the other day that I dealt with my email inbox, wasn’t it? Why is it bulging again?

Feel like I need a whip and a chair again, when I look in there now.

Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 5h

Finishing the spicy korma tonight. Mushroom risotto tomorrow, I think. Before that pack of arborio rice decides to hitchhike back to the paddy. (Or wherever the Italians grow it)

Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 8h

😸 I think it has to do with all the fluff my towels lost. I’ve been coughing and sneezing since I emptied the filter.

Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 8h

The frog is having a spring clean and tickling my throat with a feather duster.

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Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 8h

Yes. That’s all I use the dryers up there for. It doesn’t seem to matter how good the machines are, they always shrink my T-shirts. Mind you, this could be because I try to buy the thinnest and cheapest, or I find I overheat.

Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 9h

Is the new one drying better?

Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 9h

My nice new towels have lost a few pounds in the fabric exerciser!

A thick wodge of green lint extracted from the dryer lint trap

Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 9h

I suspect tumble driers do become a fire hazard over the decades, if only because the filters never catch all the fluff, so that has to build up somewhere, providing perfect kindling. Rather like the way flour mills used to explode.

Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 10h

They did it up last year. Managed to kill two of the machines in the process, and to my constant irritation, they laid the vinyl across the room rather than the length.

Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 10h

A cacophony of rumbles, whirrs, clunks, and hisses!

Up at the laundry room and the Miele kids are doing their work.

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Tracey HalloweeNo™️ @traceyno.bsky.social · 11h

sunday

my whatsapp msg reads “my mum started a sentence something along the lines of
"well the thing with bipolar is" she gets on antidepressants for a year and now she's madsplaining at me”.

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Malcolm & Baby Dog @malcolmandbabydog.bsky.social · 15h

Friends! Ron and Percy NEED to know how the Washing Machine works. They are obsessed with it. I’ve tried to explain but they aren’t understanding me. Maybe they are too young? Or maybe they want to run a Laundry Service when they are older…?

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Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 15h

Some nice music on the Soul/Motown station this morning. I’ve given Old Time Radio a miss at the moment, all the noir crime is getting mixed up with my audiobooks. Confusing af.

Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 15h

Morning Sue!

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Just Call Me Amanda🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ @amandabf.bsky.social · 16h

I'd embrace the swamp witch thing but I fucking hate humidity

I hate the whole women can be sexy at fifty narrative. At what age will society stop demanding that I try to be hot and just let me turn into an old swamp witch as nature intended?

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Just Call Me Amanda🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ @amandabf.bsky.social · 16h

I'm really fucking sick of fucking COLORS being co-opted by political ideologies.

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Big John 😼 @completetripe.bsky.social · 16h

Morning.

It’s becoming like having the Gotcat; outside kitties get fed before my coffee or meds. I guess it will always be that way with me.

Going by the camera log, they must be waiting in the dark, as either Philomena or the tabby and white (dubbed Sundance) appear as soon as I close the door.

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