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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 7h

I'm thinking of getting one of these tattooed on either side of my, umm, sit-upon. Then whenever someone says "Go on, it'll put the roses back in your cheeks" I can say "Already taken care of thanks".

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 9h

The second weekend of ACL Fest is underway and I can hear whoever's playing from here. Well, the bass anyway. I rather like it. I might be past my festival days but I still love that they happen.

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 9h

Especially musically.

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 9h

Ha ha! it pretty much is. Just about everyone I've worked with or been friends with here owned one or more firearms. I've never been tempted though. By the way, strictly speaking Texas is part of the south, but I never think of it that way. It has enough of its own identity that it's apart.

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 9h

Believe me, there have been times I've been tempted to nip down to Academy Sports and Outdoors and purchase a firearm. When I was in the ATC for a while I really enjoyed target shooting with a .22 rifle. Can't get the smell of cordite out of my nose after all these years. But no guns for me.

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 10h

If you're of a certain age and sensibility, this will mean as much to you as it does to me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmlY...

Out Of Town With Jack Hargreaves- The Lost Episodes ( Bee Skeps / Flooded River Fishing )

YouTube video by Lordess Tommy Camerom

www.youtube.com

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 10h

squeaky suspensions, and of course, BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP. Right on cue, there's one out there now, delivering another package to someone who might or might not have a good reason for not going to a shop for whatever it is. Sometimes it's justified but I believe for most now, it's just a habit. 'Kinell.

A dry Martini in a classic cocktail glass with two stuffed olives on a cocktail stick

Sean Connery in an early James Bond film, sitting at a casino table and looking perplexed, with the caption "Sherioushly? Dutch lager? LOL!" which I made when it was announced that the booze sponsor for Casino Royale would be Heineken

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 10h

In the last few years though there's been an exponentially increasing amount of a different kind of activity. There are delivery vans and cars - Amazon, UPS, FedEx, supermarkets - coming and going throughout the day. My apt. is a long way from the road so it's very peaceful, or it was. Engines and

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 10h

I like living in semi-communal conditions of the kind you get in an apartment complex. It reminds me of the low-rise flats I lived in for a while when I was a kid. There are always people around to chat with, say hello to, bump into, and there's often activity of a neighbourly nature outside.

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 10h

a monkey is sitting in a cage with the words `` i do not approve '' written above it .

ALT: a monkey is sitting in a cage with the words `` i do not approve '' written above it .

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 11h

Today's musical #DFCOC.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZQ8...

Mr Moonlight (Remastered 2009)

YouTube video by The Beatles - Topic

www.youtube.com

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 11h

Yes, there's at least one missing word in that but you know what I mean.

Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 11h

It's only a matter of time before the 'Make The Frog Chorus this year's Christmas number 1" gets underway.

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 12h

And finally...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fweG...

Edith Piaf "Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots" on The Ed Sullivan Show

YouTube video by The Ed Sullivan Show

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 12h

Joan Morris & William Bolcom.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=olnJ...

Joan Morris-Black Denim Trousers & Motorcycle Boots - (45)

YouTube video by Scratchy 45's

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 12h

Lieber and Stoller three ways (the last one will blow your mind).

The Cheers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtiE...

The Cheers - "Black Denim Trousers And Motorcycle Boots" (1955)

YouTube video by Douglas Allen

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 13h

Whoops.

me because I had to say goodbye to someone (they're not dead) who helped me. I sung it to them as I was taking them to the airport.

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 13h

The words have a particularly personal meaning for

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 13h

'Kite' will always be one of my favourite albums. I prefer her version of 'Days' to the original, and that's saying summat because Ray Davies almost a god as far as I'm concerned.

Richard Balls @musicbiographer.bsky.social · 14h

Remembering the late Kirsty MacColl on her birthday. She had the perfect voice for pop and They Don’t Know remains my go to song of hers. Such a tragedy that we lost her so young.

#kirstymaccoll

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Richard Balls @musicbiographer.bsky.social · 14h

Remembering the late Kirsty MacColl on her birthday. She had the perfect voice for pop and They Don’t Know remains my go to song of hers. Such a tragedy that we lost her so young.

#kirstymaccoll

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 16h

A good wild ale is something special. I'd love to try this one.

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 19h

90 volts? That'll give a hell of a belt if you're daft enough to touch both terminals, and you can bet a few kids tried, or blagged a mate into doing it. I had no idea you could still get those.

An Ever Ready B141 90 volt battery being fitted into an old model fire engine

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 20h

Oops.

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 1d

This reads to me very much like the tale of somebody who once said PRIMM-er by mistake in front of people and got the piss absolutely ripped out of them, and who after many many years of hard work and perseverance finally achieved control of the Merriam-Webster social media accounts

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’

It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”

It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”

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Brother Bikini @brotherbikini.bsky.social · 1d

"Miles Platting. Todd Lane Junction. Pontefract High Level".