@mayfly.bsky.social
Loved him, have a cat called Lolo
December 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Loved him, have a cat called Lolo
Lucky child with such riches in wait! I can still remember the glorious feeling of empowerment from more than sixty five years ago.
December 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Lucky child with such riches in wait! I can still remember the glorious feeling of empowerment from more than sixty five years ago.
It was quite a day. The daughter @vandawilcox.bsky.social still has the programme, I think
December 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It was quite a day. The daughter @vandawilcox.bsky.social still has the programme, I think
I was at Old Trafford all those years ago for That Wicket (OH was rummaging around under his seat for the wine) and I really struggle to believe he's gone
December 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I was at Old Trafford all those years ago for That Wicket (OH was rummaging around under his seat for the wine) and I really struggle to believe he's gone
My father used to do this too, to similar effect. After a bit they would start backing towards the door.
December 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My father used to do this too, to similar effect. After a bit they would start backing towards the door.
Ah, so Calibri is responsible for the administration's lack of decorum, gotcha.
December 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Ah, so Calibri is responsible for the administration's lack of decorum, gotcha.
Greater love hath no man!
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Greater love hath no man!
Also the Naming of Parts ("it is perfectly easy/of you have any strength in your thumb')
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Also the Naming of Parts ("it is perfectly easy/of you have any strength in your thumb')
I never heard that, but my father would have liked it very much!
December 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I never heard that, but my father would have liked it very much!
Oh goodness yes!
My dad (b. 1928)used to recite this in season
My dad (b. 1928)used to recite this in season
December 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Oh goodness yes!
My dad (b. 1928)used to recite this in season
My dad (b. 1928)used to recite this in season
I love the wildness of Jay's poetry
December 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I love the wildness of Jay's poetry
Saturated in poetry, is cricket
December 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Saturated in poetry, is cricket
It runs around my head too (possibly due to regular attendance at Compline, but still)
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
It runs around my head too (possibly due to regular attendance at Compline, but still)
I saw Eternity the other night/Like a great ring of pure, endless light/All
calm as it was bright
calm as it was bright
December 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I saw Eternity the other night/Like a great ring of pure, endless light/All
calm as it was bright
calm as it was bright
I worry about the closed corners. How's that mist going to roll in from the Trent.
December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I worry about the closed corners. How's that mist going to roll in from the Trent.
Yeah, it's clearly different in that the football authorities were submitting rather than taking the initiative.
December 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Yeah, it's clearly different in that the football authorities were submitting rather than taking the initiative.
Well, there's the 1935 video of the England team doing a nazi salute at WHL, that's close.
December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Well, there's the 1935 video of the England team doing a nazi salute at WHL, that's close.
I don't understand why these institutions are so fucking pusillanimous. It's contemptible.
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I don't understand why these institutions are so fucking pusillanimous. It's contemptible.
Something very Arthur Ransome about that drawing
December 4, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Something very Arthur Ransome about that drawing
I'm 72 and care for a vulnerable disabled adult and neither of us qualifies which feels like a pretty grim actuarial calculation
December 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I'm 72 and care for a vulnerable disabled adult and neither of us qualifies which feels like a pretty grim actuarial calculation
Very definitely not just you.
December 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Very definitely not just you.
Every woman and her cat knew there was a grotesque backlog in the courts
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Every woman and her cat knew there was a grotesque backlog in the courts
You'd think this would be a bigger deal, would you? Like, part of an election manifesto, or a big public debate in some way. Of all the things they might have used that big majority for I don't think anyone had 'severely restrict the right to jury trials' on their bingo card.
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
You'd think this would be a bigger deal, would you? Like, part of an election manifesto, or a big public debate in some way. Of all the things they might have used that big majority for I don't think anyone had 'severely restrict the right to jury trials' on their bingo card.