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Henry Gough-Cooper

@henrywgc.bsky.social

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Semi-retired farmer. Early career medievalist (annalistic chronicles of Britain and Ireland). Lapsed trombonist. Occasional dogwalker.

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Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 1d

The Rare Snail: beloved mascot of council planning committees everywhere.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 1d

No prob. Visit the Matana store.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 3d

And office supplies.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 3d

Et Moritz?
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Moritz

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3d

'The survival of the herd came from an unlikely location: the Philippines. Unable to find staff in the UK, Christie decided to begin the costly and laborious administrative process of bringing foreign workers to the UK on skilled worker visas.'

Foreign staff have ‘changed our lives’: Scottish farmers fear for future after changes to skilled workers visas

Locals say staff from the Philippines and elsewhere have made life better, and plan to take their case to a government body

www.theguardian.com

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Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 4d

Mmm . . . sausages.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 4d

Gloriously appalling.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 5d

They’re not far off.

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From the STEW_ScTecEngWorld community on Reddit: This robot automatically clears the snow in your backyard and driveway. Snowbot S1 is a fully autonomous smart snowblower for home use.

Explore this post and more from the STEW_ScTecEngWorld community

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Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 5d

In homeopathy there is a remedy called Senilium for those disappointed by youth and/or middle age.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 7d

Brings to mind Marshall McLuhan’s (I think it was) analogy about driving using the rear view mirror.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 7d

I hate this political use of ‘deliver’. Don’t highwaymen request you “Stand and deliver!”? There must be a white van equivalent of Sam Goldwyn’s “Messages are for Western Union”.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 7d

The best story I’ve read so far was a lecturer who expected 40+ students to turn up for the introductory lecture. No one appeared. After waiting for 15 minutes he called one of them. “Professor, I think you’re in the wrong room . . .” He was.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 7d

Well, Maxwell’s demon; I mean . . .

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 7d

I would like to know, too, if you get a recommendation.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 8d

Careless!

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 8d

Butterfingers!

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 8d

Did they manage to find the Commander-in-Chief a pair of jodhpurs?

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Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 8d

I remember when you could take a vinyl record into a booth, put it on a turntable and try it out before buying it.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 8d

Touchée!

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 8d

Some biodiversity we could do without.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 8d

It really is, as I can attest to from fifty years on the land.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 8d

No, just the few square meters we could do without.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 8d

Every man’s beneficial creature is another man’s pest; it’s halflife is an indication that it actually works.

Henry Gough-Cooper @henrywgc.bsky.social · 8d

No, it’s just used generally to clear up yards, large patches of invasive weeds, etc. If it kills a few other pests in the process, all to the good.