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Manny Coulon

@mannyc.bsky.social

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Entrepreneur. Change manager. Project manager. Ex physicist with geek tendencies. Chair of Culture Coventry (Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry Transport Museum, Lunt Roman Fort). Trustee at CV Life. Owner of an anxious 5yr old choc Labrador rescue 🐕

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Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 1d

Hehe. Mucky kids 😅

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent. Hive mind wins

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social or @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social can help?

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 1d

Like this

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 1d

Still quite likely to be a boot scraper - there are lots of pics of them online just like your original pic, with the metal scraper part at the front of a stone hole. The pic you've just posted looks like it's merely missing the metal bit

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 1d

Google image search (not always accurate!) also suggests it's a boot scraper.
It also reminded me that the French word is décrottoir...literally de-pooper

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 1d

Does the hole actually go anywhere? Otherwise looks very much like a boot scraper so you don't bring crud inside

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 2d

Honesty and integrity is not one of Jenrick's strong suits

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 3d

It's a sure sign that autumn is upon us when the Acer is almost glowing. The leaves will all be gone within 2 weeks
#autumn #autumncolours #acer

Potted Japanese maple in a garden. The leaves are an intense, almost glowing red

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 4d

Bear has a new fav toy. So much fun with a frisbee 🐕
#Dogs #ChocolateLabradors #Labradors

Chocolate Labrador laying down on grass, pointing straight at the camera, tongue out and with a blow and white frisbee disc between his paws

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 5d

Shades of Citizen Smith there!

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 5d

Beautiful looking bird 🤩

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 5d

Hehe. Yes. And quality PPE would be money very well spent 😅

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 5d

Isn't this such a lovely thread.
I can't help thinking that owl physio comes with significant risk / peril 😳🫣

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 5d

A delightful thread for a Sunday morning #wildlife #owls.
Fantastic work @folklorewales.com

Dr Delyth Badder @folklorewales.com · 5d

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵

Tawny owl

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 5d

But Johnson cleared out the honest, principled and capable tories as soon as he became leader so he could do what he wanted, which is why the party is such an utter shambles now.
I can't see those that he kicked out returning.

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 5d

They're concerned about their reputation? Bang goes yet another irony meter...

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 7d

Indeed. You'd hope that Sarah should be enough of a clue for most people though

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 7d

They could still have used Sarah Mullally's name, rather than "woman", in the headline. Lazy, sexist journalism. All the worse for it being their second attempt

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 8d

I missed the episode so will be listening shortly too

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 8d

@documental.ly interesting episode just aired on creatine
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Sliced Bread - Creatine - BBC Sounds

Can creatine boost your body and mind?

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 11d

Clacton. Is it Clacton?

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 11d

As you do... 🤣

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 12d

Hehe. I hope you applied sunscreen to avoid too much getting into character 🫣😅

Manny Coulon @mannyc.bsky.social · 12d

You're going undercover? 👀