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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1h

Best car I've ever owned.

Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1h

I wonder if Nigel Farage has actually visited a National Trust property?
If he had, he'd be aware the biggest issue is the occasional badly parked Honda Jazz and not tampons in the Gents.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 2h

By the middle of October, the paths around here are usually muddy.
This year, they're bone dry and cracked. Zero plother.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 2h

Britain is full, latest.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 15h

That rather dislikeable Rev from The Communards is doing a show about areas from the shipping forecast on Ch4.
Makes Youth Hostelling with Chris Eubank look like The Ascent of Man.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 17h

I remember the era well. Can almost smell the joss sticks.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 17h

Me too.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 17h

Sad news. Not to everyone's taste. Moody Blues were never considered cool but they have a formidable back catalogue..
RIP

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23h

Moody Blues singer and bassist John Lodge dies aged 82

Musician died peacefully surrounded by sounds of Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly, say family The Moody Blues singer and bass guitarist, John Lodge, has died at the age of 82, his family have said. A statement read: “It is with the deepest sadness that we have to announce that John Lodge, our darling husband, father, grandfather, father-in-law and brother, has been suddenly and unexpectedly taken from us. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18h

What a venue!!!

Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 19h

51 years ago tonight, I saw The Sensational Alex Harvey Band live. A band impossible to classify.
Part punk, part glam, part music hall, part prog - they came up with the Wall long before Pink Floyd and the criminally underrated guitarist Zal Cleminson.
A great night.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 21h

Anyone who believes Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Prize is a twat.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 22h

Just overheard two Year 9 kids on the bus talking. The subjects ranged from whether Imogen fancied Jack to dialectical materialism and Marx's theory of surplus value.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 23h

The Nobel guy on #wato is terrific. Clear, articulate and persuasive.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 23h

More of this. Many MPs have a massive caseload. Some do zero.
It would be useful to know who does what.

Dr Beccy Cooper MP @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social · 1d

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

How does it compare to sending children to boarding school?
Bet my mother would have preferred a 2 minute WhatsApp chat every day to a 10 minute phone call every fortnight.

Sky News @news.sky.com · 2d

Phones creating 'epidemic of disconnection' in families, says Princess of Wales

The Princess of Wales has said smartphones and computer screens create "an epidemic of disconnection" within families.

news.sky.com

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

This lad from Ravensthorpe is very proud.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

Auditions continue for the star role in Len Fairclough - The Musical.

Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

The very words used by a 12 year old after being introduced to Euclidean Geometry.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

If Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, then it was an injustice Bomber Harris didn't receive Town Planner of the Year award in 1945.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

'I've reserved a place at Alligator Alcatraz for Erling Haaland, Mr President"

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

I think Polanski is interested in using the political process and will compromise to achieve some of his aims.
Corbyn is only interested in protest.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

The reason I'm retweeting is that the inability to draw a clock face correctly is an early sign of possible dementia.
Also, a very witty reply to Trump's grifting.

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

that’s cool, he should draw a clock to show us how it works

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

It is Andy Harley's on Sunday. He was really angry that my 18th birthday was on Election Day (10th October 1974) and he was too young to vote, by two days.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday, the US Ambassador in Oslo sought assurance that I would be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Sadly, the US has received no such assurance from the Nobel committee.
It is my solemn duty to inform you that we are now at war with Norway.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 1d

I doubt it.

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