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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺

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Englishman adopted by scotland. Truck driver. Love my family Husband, dad, grandad LGBTQ+ ally My Ebay https://ebay.us/m/Ev3scN

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · Apr 21

Finally got round to listing loads of my late dads stuff on Ebay.
Being an antique dealer for a while, he did collect up a massive amount of.... stuff.

Created a bluesky account just to help promote it.
Collectors of anything.. look me up.

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 6h

Get rid of all pensions
Get rid of ALL benefits
Get rid of all these departments that are costly to run.
Get rid of all means testing

Just give a universal basic income to EVERYBODY so we all get the same.

The solution that’s needed to help everyone In a time of pension crises & unemployment rise

Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 19h

The next time I hear anybody complain about having to wait more than 6 months for an operation on the NHS… I’m going to laugh at them so hard, laughing.. and pointing at them while holding my ribs… then bending over to catch my breath.. maybe choke a bit from too much laughter.. then laugh some more

Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 20h

Unfortunatly I was about a 10 minute walk from the waiting room, and parked on double yellows, couldn’t leave car anyway.
It’s ok though, done my duties for the night and now sat in KFC car park filling my face 😂

Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 21h

I should keep emergency snacks in the boot of the car for evenings like this.
Two and a half hours sat in the car waiting at the hospital.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining about the wait. I’m here on a serious matter.
But snacks would certainly help!

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 22h

Still sat at the hospital in Glasgow and I can hear fireworks going off in the distance.
So it’s not just @southlanarkshire.gov.uk having this problem.
They were going off in the distance at our house at 11pm last night, just loud enough to set the dog off as usual!!

Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks for that info. To be honest, I probably don’t know as much about this as I should. As a child, we helped our son with his journey as much as we could, but now as a young adult, we tended to step back a bit to let him control his own journey.
Maybe time for me to research some more.

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 23h

He’s seen the photos, she’s seen the photos, and there’s nothing else she can do or say. This is textbook, “I will never ask you a question I don’t already know the answer to.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

NOTABLE -- Pam Bondi refuses to answer direct questions about if the FBI has incriminating photos of Trump with half-naked young women, but instead deflects from them by attacking Sen. Whitehouse

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 22h

There are no doubt lots of problems behind my initial thinking.
Going to have to sit down with him and come up with long term plans.

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 22h

Thanks.
Yes, he did hit very dark times while at school. Wasn’t sure how to approach us. But we have moved on from those days in a positive direction. I think he is dealing with this news ok (well, as ok as can be expected).

Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 22h

I just deleted 2,407 photos off my phone. This is just all the pics that my eBay app saved without me realising while I’m listing stuff!
Should give me a good bit of space for the next few months 😂

Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 22h

And this is just to get THE INITIAL APPOINTMENT!!
fuck knows how much longer until you actually receive help!
Wow!!!

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 22h

My blood is boiling right now!!!
Just… fuck!!!

Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 22h

It’s just absolutely mind blowingly insanely crazy!!
I am going to need to delve into this when I have more time.

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 22h

May have to move to Inverness for a few months, just so he can get access to highland GLC who only have a waiting list of a few months!!! (That’s a joke by the way, but may be an option for him after the next few years of college)

How can 2 services in the same country be so contrasting???

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 22h

Ok, so our son who is on the waiting list at sandyford (our nearest facility) will have to wait until he is 239 years old until he can get the help he needs.
That really does not help mental health issues!!!!
Just… what the actual fuck!!!!

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 1d

Gender Identity Clinic's Waiting Lists from Shortest To Longest

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 22h

Here he is, sitting on the grass cuttings lol. This was a few months ago.

A fox sitting on grass cuttings under some bushes

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 22h

The lord of the rings: the two bollocks

Take a movie title and replace one word with bollocks

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 23h

Same here. We have one at our house that sits in the bushes at the bottom of our garden regularly. But Loki moves it on whenever he goes out lol.
It likes to sit on my grass cuttings pile

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 23h

Sitting in the car in a side road at queen elizabeth university hospital, Glasgow.

Just as I was trying to think of something else to type here, a fox just came walking up to me. Gave a nod of acknowledgement and then proceeded to scavenge some litter in the road.

A fox walking along the edge of some grass next to where I’m parked

Fox trying to get some nourishment from some litter in the road in front of where I’m parked

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 23h

I’m sorry, but Israel know when a spider is crawling up the prison wall around Gaza.
They can pinpoint targets in other country’s and bomb them.
They have one of the most advanced intelligence agencies in the world.
Yet they didn’t know October 7th attack was about to happen?
It suited an agenda

Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks for posting about this. Didn’t even know about it. Just had a look and wow, lots of nostalgia.
Will certainly be delving into some of this.
Many thanks for making me aware of it

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Nolan Principles Matter. End the #GazaGenocide💔💙 @philildo.bsky.social · 1d

Morning all
I wasn't expecting Starmer to anger me so much within minutes of getting up - but here you go 😡
Can we all endeavour to get the following phrases trending on here:
GENOCIDE
ETHNIC CLEANSING
COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT
Israel is a pariah state
#FreePalestine
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Keir Starmer asks students not to join protests on 7 October

The prime minister says it is

www.bbc.co.uk

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Former Pingu Child Actor @heresy.bsky.social · 1d

NEVER FORGOT OCTOBER 7th

THE DAY WHEN THE TERROR COLONY CALLED ISRAEL KILLED THE MOST JEWS ANYONE HAS KILLED SINCE THE HOLOCAUST

To serve their genocidal agenda of cleansing Palestine of Palestinians.

Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz
Never forget October 7th 2023, that fateful day when Israelis were brutally massacred by Israeli tanks and Israeli helicopters and Israeli drones and Israeli soldiers and Israeli bullets, and also by Hamas a bit.
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The
Cradle.co
Ex-Israeli war chief confirms issuing Hannibal Directive to kill own civilians, soldiers on 7 Oct
Israeli forces used attack helicopters, drones, and tanks to kill their own civilians and soldiers while blaming the deaths on Hamas
News Desk
FEB 7, 2025

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 1d

Fuck trump
Fuck starmer
Fuck zionists

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1d

So much for Trump "Ceasefire"

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Ian W🚛🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @ian71.bsky.social · 1d

There needs to be thousands of boats.. all at once.. arriving in Gaza at the same time from different directions.
Numbers that the zionists cannot stop.
There needs to be yachts, tugs, tankers, speedboats, fishing boats. A d-day for Gaza.
It needs a scale nobody can ignore.

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 1d

💥⛵️ #BREAKING | A new flotilla is on the way🚢

Nearly 150 people from 30 countries are sailing to Gaza. This is one of their stories.

Watch the Activists, heroes and heroines, for the first time 👇

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