Matt Gibson (@gothick)

Hotwells, Bristol

The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @gothick ever

June 2013

Always impressed by detail of niche information on t’internet. Who knew there were so many ways of tying your shoes? fieggen.com/shoelace/lacin…

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Wow. Think I’ve caught up on processing my holiday photos. Might be time for dinner.

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This rather sums up why I went to Islay on my hols. Well, apart from the whisky, anyway. flickr.com/photos/matt_gi…

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One of these things is not like the others. pic.twitter.com/5XIIS826de

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@pearcafe Careful. Sounds like the beginning of a Doctor Who episode to me.

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A little animation from the rope-casting competition at @Bunnahabhain’s open day :) tumblr.gothick.org.uk/post/542687623…

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tsunimee Samsung Note 10.1 tablet,
Nokia Lumia 920 Phone
and Samsung Galaxy Camera
for sale :)

Any serious offers?
bit.ly/11WdUlr
RT?

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Police respond quickly to an unauthorised style of traffic cone found in Clifton Village. instagram.com/p/bL6MC0JCxS/

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This dog appears to have an identity crisis. instagram.com/p/bL1lChJC5j/

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Currently listening to @sowerbyandluff talking about people listening to them while jogging, while jogging. pic.twitter.com/mLY8SwJctY

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@njj4 @chris_j_hughes Well, moving the wall would bring a lot of employment to the north…

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Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jo-lee-ee-eeen!

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Snappity: A tasting at @Kilchoman05 at this year’s Islay Festival. flickr.com/photos/matt_gi…

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@chris_j_hughes Really? When I was in London, that was the Watford Gap, not actual Watford.

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Mick Jagger, ladies and gents, a man clearly still fitter at 69 than I have been at any point in my life so far.

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@benjohnbarnes I’d like to claim it was a lot of work for me, but thanks to @AthanSpod, it really wasn’t.

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@bexxi I don’t know. Given that this terrace went up in 1760-something, the walls are thick enough I don’t normally notice them…

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Wow. I’ve lived here since 1999 and next door are playing the loudest music I’ve heard through the walls in all that time…

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@skinsrocks Ooops, no, that’s because it’s broken now. Ta! On it…

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@chris_j_hughes Really? Seemed a bloody long way away when I lived in London…

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wood5y geographically challenged BBC thinks is part of bbc.in/126x8Uk Is Watford part of London, Auntie?

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@hayles @OpinionatedGeek @rbrwr @Kavey Technically, you would have won a picture of a dog, if your DNS was out of date…

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Thank you for the testing, everyone.

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Quick test please, people. If you visit forum.splendid-things.co.uk do you see (a) the Get Running forums, or (b) a dog? Thanks!

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@Bristol52 Something from the Kryptonite New York range, I’d say.

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@BenPark Worth $5 for the stock photo even if it’s only me who ever sees it, frankly :D

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@AthanSpod Sounds like lunchtime to me :)

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@mhoulden (But only people whose DNS doesn’t update quickly enough will see that one.)

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It’s nice to know that @vigilapp push-notifies me quickly when our servers go down. Luckily it’s scheduled maintenance today…

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Doing some preparation for our server move :D pic.twitter.com/coI5dMs5Kc

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hondanhon Kickstarter is basically a way for all the games we loved in the 80s and 90s to be remade but with graphics that match their box art.

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Putting cheese on my chorizo and chocolate chilli. Maybe I’ll add some chicken to the recipe next time.

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Aww. These little cuties have the date they were laid pencilled on. instagram.com/p/bHJlO8pC96/

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@shezza_t I’m frowning on some pork right now. Doesn’t seem to be getting it cooked, though.

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@shezza_t “Man shall not lie with man, as with woman, for it is just the same as snogging gigantic insects.” That’s right, isn’t it?

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@domwakeling …but I’m just thinking “Arduinos! In! Space!” and enjoying the coolness-factor, I must confess.

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@domwakeling Weird space-going confetti is a pretty good description. Alternative approach has some benefits, eg cover much wider area…

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@hayles Hey, at least he knew where the depot was…

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@charlesarthur I think that’s a net win. And at least they’re biodegradable.

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@charlesarthur Littering. At least I can *understand* murder.

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@BabsBat Um. Think I just saw you in a newsagent’s. ;)

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Smoked salmon on rye. Going a little bit “New York” in Baristas. instagram.com/p/bGcOAOpC15/

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@RevRichardColes Honestly. Couldn’t organise a bishop in a priory.

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@geekyouup @sla_shalafi @crafty At least they’ve improved the error. I spent half a day trying to figure out cryptic crap it used to say :(

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hayles @gothick No gears. Super hipster.

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Ever felt like you’ve missed a bit when you’re putting something back together? instagram.com/p/bB2OnRpC0g/

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Taking advantage of Bristol’s farmers’ market in my lunch hour :) instagram.com/p/bBUNTZJC9f/

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@njj4 I think Google decided that they’d rather everyone used Google+, even though it seems to solve a different problem.

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@BangsandaBun That sounds pretty damn lush to me, and I don’t even have sunburn…

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@ahnlak Also, I’m pretty confident I could make money from a sponsored RSS feed read by that many geeks.

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@ahnlak Strange, though, to do it from 2008 to 2013, and stop just when Reader dies…

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@ahnlak I mean they killed having the comic embedded in the RSS. I think that’s how it was before, in 2008.

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@stillawake Well, *before* they put the feed up, someone else had knocked up a feed from the site by hand anyway. I give it a week…

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Damn it. Dilbert.com killed its RSS feed. I remember the joy when they started RSS feeding the comics in the first place…

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@samsneed12 Sounds cool, but I’m not keeping up with the stuff I *should* be doing at the moment… :(

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Kavey My three favourite men in Islay! cc @petedrinks @gothick @jacintuk pic.twitter.com/y5IKbOWFKl

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@archidave No, we were just out for a quick walk. My friends now live virtually next door, though…

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I suspect a few of my friends will know what I’m (finally) cooking… instagram.com/p/a6A1nDpC2c/

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Texture. @ Lydiard House Swindon instagram.com/p/a5bAPgJC4_/

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Just wasted half an hour of my life finding out you can’t send whisky by airmail any more :(

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wood5y world’s oldest steam tug - Mayflower - in ’s Underfall Yard on the patent slipway slwoods.co.uk/?p=2081 She’s there till next week.

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Say, Pick TV, could you turn the adverts up any louder compared to the show? My ears aren’t actually bleeding yet.

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@Swishrelic Does the name of your vexation rhyme with DJ Cole?

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@ahnlak I think you’re reaching now…

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I was just going to stay here for the one beer. *sound of cap being removed*

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@hayles SADFACE. I’m working on Victoria Street for a while if you fancy a lunch get-together, take your mind off it a bit?

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ABlakeley How to do an ad for a rock band’s first studio album in 18 years pic.twitter.com/wKwloTGslC

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@Harkaway I just gave in to it. Cost me 99p, though. Guess I only had _Graceland_ on tape!

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@Harkaway Damn it. Still. In. My. Head.

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tsunimee RT @Oldmrspeterson: Great tribute to James Gandolfini at site of final scene bit.ly/17pdVpZ @stuheritage

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Beathhigh Tomorrow is official publication day for Iain Banks’ The Quarry. I’ll be in North Queensferry to raise a glass with Adele and many a friend.

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@drewwagar You just made my “internet gossip flirts” list, damn it.

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@R2UK aww. I was taking photos of the office’s travelling cows.

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therutharnold I spy @gothick in action - 7 years ago today! t.imehop.com/13SP2hg

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@manarth Also: what’s the picture of Jo Swinson got to do with that story?

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@AppViz Thanks, that beta worked for me.

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Happy enough with that result :) I write like William Gibson: iwl.me/s/86bc26af

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@hayles I don’t think I know what one of those is.

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I can only hope he’s found a beautiful companion well-versed in martial arts to help him out.

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bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan… <— Wait. There’s a man called John Steed investigating exploding pavements in London? (via@warrenelliss)

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@claireellent Somewhere on Twitter, there’s a person procrastinating on their jasmine tea thesis by researching modernist poets…

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Rebel posse don’t care if we ain’t got champagne flutes. instagram.com/p/an8iIeJC9g/

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Having a pint of Proper Job in the Plough. instagram.com/p/anwxmNJC9N/

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Wandering into people’s houses on the Easton Arts Trail. instagram.com/p/anoeo5JC0K/

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@Kavey Heya. No, sorry, not yet. I’m well behind on my RSS feeds. Bloody werk. :)

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Ah, Thai Edge. Tasty food to come v

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This is my friend’s new field. :) instagram.com/p/aliLAyJCz7/

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@ahnlak I’m mostly a desktop reader. But it’s sometimes nice to have a decent option on the Nexus.

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@ahnlak Press is pretty cool, and now support Feed Wrangler: androidpolice.com/2013/06/13/pre…

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Just randomly turned on The Thick of It special to see Eve Matheson. Aww. Nice to see one of my boyhood crushes still being lovely on TV.

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PRISM_NSA As always: EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET

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@Dru_Marland @Bristol52 Yes, I wasn’t sure I’d get the hang of it, but there’s not that much to remember, luckily…

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@Bristol52 I recommend @LifeCycleUKteam’s maintenance courses for that :)

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BiIIMurray I walk away from auto-flush toilets like movie stars walk away from explosions.

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liveindetail Chucking it down outside. I don’t think it’s rained this much since last summer

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Of course, Apple are moving on with a shiny new flat design in iOS 7. Because I just spent time making a nice textured, 3D logo for an app.

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@spolsky Cold-email me with job offers without mentioning the location of the job.

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@tsunimee I took a pic of myself in a shirt I’d like to fit back into the other day. *shudder*

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Not convinced it’s going to turn out nice again. pic.twitter.com/cwV0T6tPSD

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Too early to be walking to work. instagram.com/p/aaEH4CpC_m/

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@Mouse_House There have been worse days to make that choice in the last year. You might enjoy them later! Welcome back, Mouse.

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@hayles I’ve mostly given up on visiting it just because of that painful visual experience.

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cmeid Banned from wearing shorts driving the train? No worries, just get a skirt for hot days. bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

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@samsneed12 Dill? Think I got mine from Riverside Garden Centre, if that helps?

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@Malarkey Hate that. Once had my Mi-Fi monthly limit eaten by Adobe Updater. Wonder if there’s an app to limit bandwidth for certain SSIDs?

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Preparing for a short return to an office job tomorrow. Will-power for prep being undermined by sound of dragon boat racing in the distance.

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@Tigerlillyquinn “Police are hunting a man described as having ‘eyes that would be beautiful if he had a soul’.”

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@helloBRSTL I’d say The Lion, in Cliftonwood.

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Are there two Temple Meads Railway Stations in ? Because this looks a bit more like The Point to me, Google. pic.twitter.com/i6V6dbAZbD

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@says_arline Yeah, pretty good location and only about a mild from me, too.

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@Kavey @says_arline Think it was Number 38 Clifton? Belgrave Road.

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@says_arline But there’s none I’d actively avoid. Definitely choose one in town, is all; so much good walking-distance stuff in Bristol.

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@says_arline @Kavey may be able to help; think she did some hotel research for last stay or two…

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@says_arline Hello! I don’t know much about Bristol hotels, annoyingly. Ibis is city centre, right? Which is good…

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Windows fragmentation problems. Bah. instagram.com/p/aRYws1pCx9/

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@tyronem Presumably, though, that runs the risk of generating more junk mail. Tricky.

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@jacintuk @ahnlak @KaveyF This was the teensy satellite mishap I was talking about on our hols: spaceref.com/news/viewsr.ht…

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Me? No, I’m not *that* excited about the return of Luther. The return of Alice Morgan, however…

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@tyronem You just need to buy a bigger shredder.

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Right. Galley.

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“Important information enclosed.” <— “Just recycle this envelope unopened. There is nothing useful here.”

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@m1ke_ellis Sadly my QR code scanner app doesn’t seem to like reading them from a screen. Not quite as funky when you have to type it in…

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TlfTravelAlerts Press Release: TLF are NOT sharing your Oyster data with the NSA. We tried to, but we don’t know how you do attachments on emails.

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tpdorsey You know, the NSA could give something back by telling me which phone/data plan best suits my usage patterns.

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@garymarshall Hah! I hadn’t heard of them. They’re a bugger to Google for, though, so it’s got its down sides :)

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@garymarshall Makes sense. I’m going to start a band called “_” and see if they make it to #1 by default.

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@robsmallshire It would do that for me, but my iTunes sorts them *after* the letters…

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I wonder how many other people keep on accidentally playing Adam Ant because he’s first in alphabetical order in iTunes?

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Crocodile shoo-oo-ooes, crocodile shooo-ooo-oo-es…

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On a day like today, I think @SourdoughCafe would be tough to beat as far as goes…

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philswales Does anybody remember the period before mobile phones were invented, when we all just fucking turned up on time for stuff?

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@meemalee Hold down the “E” for a while. An accented letter menu will appear.

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@restingchef Fact: Barmen are actually all under 5 foot. They’re attracted to bar work because it hides the boxes they stand on.

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G2Bristol Anybody need office chairs and desks 120cmx69cm? We have 4 of each like this, free if you want to collect them! pic.twitter.com/7zbRFDZDmn

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@Peculiar Hrm. A Very Old Fashioned? Whisky, sherbet lemons, treacle, and a twist of orange?

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Most of my technology seems to be playing up right now. I’m therefore going to sit under a tree and read a paper book for a while.

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@tx If it helps you track anything down, I just received a new alert: pic.twitter.com/bCNFd6kiOZ

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@tx Hi Guillaume. Done and done. Thanks!

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On the plus side, I suppose: freedom, that sort of stuff.

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The anniversary of D-Day. I’ve just been followed on Twitter by an “exciting new platform” where users can rate celebrities’ hairstyles.

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@Mention Hi! I deleted an alert some days ago, but am still receiving push notifications of it on my iPhone. Any ideas? Ta!

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Started gradually going through the photos from our trip to Islay. On the way up, we passed Loch Fyne: flickr.com/photos/matt_gi…

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@Kavey @ahnlak Well, including the table, that only makes one billion, one thousand and one…

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@hayles Irrational worries: “If I move now there’s room, will I somehow offend the person I’ve been sitting next to?”

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@Kavey @ahnlak I just ordered a 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. This may be a mistake. I wonder how that cat’s doing…

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@framingfairy My mind doesn’t seem to go in straight lines very much.

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@BangsandaBun If not, you can find DIY divorce packs on aisle 28, next to the pipe-bending tools.

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bitchwhocodes one of the better 404 pages I’ve seen buff.ly/14g7PRb . Would love to see the analytics on this page

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@says_arline @HarrisonTF Sorry; very much fully booked for the next few weeks.

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whatsonbristol Bristol Dragon Boat Festival is on down at the Floating Harbour this weekend raising money for charity -

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@Thehappyfatgirl *Problematizes you with a custard pie*

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@rabidbee I think I’m going to take for granted my common knowledge that this is going to be hard to explain on Twitter :)

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@jackkholt I don’t think it’s made up as such, just probably the kind of thing that only appears in PhD theses. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problemat…

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