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Karl-on-Sea

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Audax, underbiking & velomobiles. Occasional tallbiking. Genius who brought you SPD Crocs, inventor of the Meths Martini & no longer allowed unsupervised lab access. Upsetting in an oddly lingering kind of way.

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Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 6h

Disappointed at this.

I thought the punchline was going to be, "...I'm 95% sure of which girl band it was, but can't remember which member. Maybe 75% sure. But definitely a girl band. I think. Probably. Look: Which of us hasn't had that kind of night out in Aberdeen after a shift on the rig? Eh?"

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 7h

I have.

I have also diced one and fried it.

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Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 8h

This is what happens when airlines employ former special forces pilots who are also Red Dwarf fans. Their radio comms to the tower are either:

“I’ve bingo fuel & I’m coming in hot!”

Or…

“Smoke me a kipper: I’ll be back in time for breakfast!”

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 9h

I can see why you submitted this anonymously

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Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 9h

So yes. I'll have a drink please. And if you're offering, I'll have two.

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 9h

...for a review in which we'll tell the client about this, dealt with comms for a notaire in France who's selling a house the Inlaws had, and since it's Finance Week, I've re-profiled the budgets for a bunch of stuff I don't really understand. Oh, and DaughterOnSea had major surgery this week.

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 9h

...and convinced that there was a £100 fine due (nope: "Just pay the £1.50 you owe please." Bless their little cotton socks!), transferred quite a large project plan into some proper software & spotted the terrible schedule slippage that was hiding in plain sight, put together board papers...

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 9h

...wrestled with a messed up ERP implementation, been present and correct at Parents' 60th anniversary bash, got outbid on... and then second chance won an auction for a Flippin' M*ulton, failed to be in the right lane for the Humber Bridge tolls when collecting said Flippin' M*ulton...

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 9h

In the last four weeks I have: Been royally screwed by a subcontractor (they think I don't know, but I do. I am now plotting Terrible Retribution), dealt with the tedious paperwork of three new projects and some rather alarming HSE discussions (permissions, not investigations),..

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · 13h

I think some of us can relate to this.

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Scene from The Thing.

Two men with beards.

Kurt Russell as MacReady says to Joel Polis (Fuchs) "I just wanna get up to my shack and get drunk."

ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 13h

Friday.

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 11h

“Goose, it’s time to buzz the tower…”

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Jon @jontafkasi.bsky.social · 14h

The replies are absolutely appalling. People blaming children because drivers can't do their job.

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 14h

Amateur. Indoor Brompton bike races is where it’s at.

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 14h

And the replies! Motornormative Bluesky!

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Mark Nelson @sphericalsquare.bsky.social · 14h

¾ of a billion pounds to change a junction, that won't fix queues on the A189 and just moves the queues on the A19 to the next junction, which then needs fixing too, contributing to the enormous cost.
That's the cost of two and a bit Northumberland Lines (currently still not fully open).

A image from proposals for Moor Farm roundabout which show after the proposed changes there will still be queues on the south bound A189 and queues on the A19 will stretch from the A1 to Dudley Lane in the morning peak.
From the document Northumberland Strategic Road Network Infrastructure Study: https://www.northumberland.gov.uk/NorthumberlandCountyCouncil/media/Planning-and-Building/planning%20policy/Studies%20and%20Evidence%20Reports/Infrastructure%20Studies/Highways-England-Northumberland-Strategic-Road-Network-Infrastructure-Study-May-2016.pdf

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 14h

I have quite a long list of suspects for this one. Put simply, it could be any one of you lot.

Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 4d

The green cross code is the most disastrous public information campaign in history. It has made generations believe that pedestrians are responsible for avoiding crashes. Crashes are actually the responsibility of the operators of the massive motorised lumps of metal.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 21h

Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union with her daughter Christabel on this day 1903.

Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Mar 21

Made in Manchester: Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928), born in Moss Side, founded the suffragettes, yet ended as a Conservative. Historians argue about whether her militancy helped or hurt the women's suffrage movement. She certainly raised its profile. 1/8

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 1d

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, yeah. I know. America is important. But I'm so fucking sick of it absolutely dominating the UK news cycle. I get it. You voted in a turd and now you're swimming in fascist shit. But we have our own rightwing wanklord problems that need more national coverage.

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 1d

Well I am astounded. Shocked even.

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 1d

Watching some fuckwit overtake me when there was an oncoming car, and pull in within about 10cm of taking out 7 year old DaughterOnSea.

She learned a new word from me that day.

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Will is too honest to ever be an MP 🇿🇦🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️ @williamnb.bsky.social · 1d

What radicalised YOU in the war on cars?

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 1d

Fab.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently the EU still needs us more than we need them.

Sigh.

Karl-on-Sea @karlonsea.bsky.social · 1d

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