Matt Gibson (@gothick)

Hotwells, Bristol

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

October 2017

OpinionatedGeek And so it begins. twitter.com/rupertg/status…

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historylvrsclub Paparazzi surrounding Socks, Bill Clinton’s cat, 1992. pic.twitter.com/qv7SZxwTKw

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@GlennAlanBerry Except when I mistype it and try to get in touch with my INNER JON.

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MakingBlakes7 Mon 31 Oct 1977: Roger Murray-Leach then maps out the sets with precise directions and measurements for the scenery..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…eC

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@guriben It’d be more than that here, given that if I put it in the bathroom nobody would be able to open the door.

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heatherkelly iPhone schmiphone. I took a bath with the new Kindle Oasis. (It didn’t go well.) money.cnn.com/2017/10/31/tec…

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Yeah, that’s exactly the kind of payday treat I’d buy myself, Amazon. pic.twitter.com/Whp28P3D34

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XplodingUnicorn My 3-year-old called her plain bagel a “sad doughnut” and now I have to update my grocery list.

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@guriben @dangusset @botornot_co @Z303 @archidave @liveindetail @BigJeffJohns @shemakeswar @Alexwintermute REALISTIC ANDROID BODY TEST PASSED. EXCELLENT. WE WILL BEGIN PHASE TWO OF THE INVASION.

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thomasfuchs Hmmmm, Google, this is not how beer works pic.twitter.com/rLsmThcLKM

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laracampbellx The Lidl mermaid 🦀 pic.twitter.com/osZuYHbAas

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@masato_jones It’ll take me longer than that to re-set the oven clock.

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driedmeme this guy cosplaying as Eleven from Stranger Things just made my entire day pic.twitter.com/Emtxh9Wkx4

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Bit hung over. Cataloguing my Interzones is about the most complex thing I can cope with :D @TTApress pic.twitter.com/CnXMI8zerU

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Seej500 I want you all to know I love this fucking thing and if any of you talk shit about it then we shall duel to the dea..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…ED

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Not completely convinced that less is more. pic.twitter.com/jOpR1Q560X

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colincampbell latest New Yorker cover: pic.twitter.com/gxm4vY6V68

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@talkie_tim It’s the only way to get the taste out of your mouth after doing the Backwards Ferengi.

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Do other SE users find it hard to hit the tiny play/pause in Control Centre without skipping forward/back instead? @AppleSupport pic.twitter.com/O5b7JeMiYF

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@talkie_tim They will be the next thing I try. But I only knew it was coming when it turned up on the doorstep, so I’m a tad underprepared!

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@talkie_tim If I never see you again, it was nice knowing you, and tell everyone not to try the pork.

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@guriben Immersion heater sous vide thing. This is the consolation prize from a Kickstarter that didn’t work out :D

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NeilJamesB @CanonUKandIE The Stag and the City (taken at Ashton Court, ) pic.twitter.com/OJiWmDR0hO

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Watching season 2 of The Expanse. Thomas Jane is just *so* Miller it’s awesome.

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@Gary_Bainbridge That’s because they’re all under thirty.

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Day 365 of 365. I am really quite looking forward to not having to take a photo tomorrow :D threesixfive.gothick.org.uk/2017/10/21/365/ pic.twitter.com/l3vDEplRFG

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@catherine_mayer I think you get a month’s free trial, right? So you might as well at least give them a try!

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ErkanMustafa The gang back together hill pic.twitter.com/lQmCqjFUMp

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sawdustbear someone in my neighborhood put out PERFECTLY GOOD MANNEQUINS out for trash pickup and I will not stand for this. pic.twitter.com/re2MUIIgwz

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📷 Hallowe’en is upon us. Dom’s Coffee House, Bristol. tmblr.co/ZD7hNx2RAcXCw

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@_pigeons_ @Bingo_Little I can leave now, but I can always hang around drinking coffee and reading Wodehouse until you turn up :D

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@_pigeons_ @Bingo_Little Wapping Wharf? Sunshine is out and I could do with a croissant.

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@_pigeons_ @Bingo_Little I’ve got a day off today. Do you want me to bring you some lemsip? :D

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@olebegemann Hah! I was right. But I’m not entirely convinced it should work like that, even though I can see some reasons why it might :D

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@olebegemann Damn it. Now I have to fire up a Playground to find out if I’m right :D

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Amazon, the Fire TV remote has dedicated fast forward and pause buttons. You’re not really selling me on the voice..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…oE

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Directors! Save millions in post-production by filming your apocalyptic disaster movie under today’s sky in Bristol.

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Typical Bristol. Held up in traffic because a replica of a 15th century caravel has right of way. pic.twitter.com/KEtow8xfCY

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marcoarment The impossible dream of USB-C: marco.org/2017/10/14/imp…

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“Alexa, play something.”
“Something, by The Beatles.”
*sigh*

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@chubbybannister Came up in the Times crossword last week. I nearly dropped my monocle into my marmalade.

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urnowentering Hamping Heath

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When the furniture huddles up so you can clean the floor. pic.twitter.com/sYwIssONgM

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@Pinboard Oddly, I understand how people can still believe “not being Trump” should be enough to win an election, d..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Zq

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@danielpunkass Just like it did before, only fewer sandwiches, more nazis.

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MarcSettle New: top tips for iPhone filming, all on a wallet-sized card. It’s made for BBC staff (PNG is our own app) but you..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…kr

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@CSIsomerset My guess would be “sesquipedalophilia”.

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@mjh53 Also, for that money I could just buy five Paperwhites from eBay and have a reserve stock for if I dropped mine in the bath…

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So the waterproof Kindle also has actual page-turn buttons? *Starts Christmas wish-list*

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@guriben Nothing in t’instructions would suggest it needs anything special, and they sell a plain old sharpening steel in the same range…

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@guriben I’ve no idea, but it’s plenty sharp. Most things would be an upgrade from my late Nan’s old Prestige set! 😁

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mcelhearn I have to admit, I have long wanted a waterproof Kindle to read in the bath. Finally. amzn.to/2yZ7Dg2

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@chubbybannister I inherited the set from my late Nan some time in the 1990s. I think they must have done fairly well!

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@marcoarment So it’s dying when Apple’s copying out the RTF content to save to the clipboard?

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@marcoarment Boom. Happens with just plain copy, too.

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@edacuk @paulwaugh Why, are you hoping for someone to out-obscure the vocabulary in Damian’s answer?

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I don’t think they’re talking to me. ift.tt/2wLW6zX pic.twitter.com/ptMTEjHKW6

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Richard Harrington is redefining “gritty” for me in _Hinterland_. Excellent stuff.

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@archidave @Bristolvor Tidal And Rather Brown River In Sluice: TARBRIS.

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Gradually homing in on the right size. pic.twitter.com/DAN27TF5ta

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Chocolate Path steam-powered TARDIS. pic.twitter.com/QN2vtCMoe1

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@rbrwr That’s where I should be, really, but I felt like a quick one.

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@rbrwr Am in No 1 Harbourside if you’re still in the area ;)

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@UrsulaWJ Nah. Isn’t that moving traffic I see in the distance?

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MakingBlakes7 Best stage direction ever.

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A little post-Stewart Lee decompression. ift.tt/2z8SYjt pic.twitter.com/AD51In53GQ

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I fear today may not end well for Drunken Cone-Megaphone Guy. pic.twitter.com/R6rD5HpDUW

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Ssnyder1835 Someone cosplaying the actual convention center. pic.twitter.com/KcfI10Iu1w

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ColinMacMillan6 Pandemonium on Jura!! pic.twitter.com/AoMMcWvglS

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@Shonette Hah! You went with the dirndl! Well done :D

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BeardyHowse This is good, No 23 Leinster Gardens, front and back, from
150greatthingsabouttheunderground.com/2012/09/08/48-… pic.twitter.com/JNvUJDbXFQ

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I won £100 doing a survey for Adobe, and I figured this would probably be better for me than a new Harmony remote. pic.twitter.com/5zU9rgtFnN

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This cross-section through a garlic bulb seems to be a mild trypophobia trigger for me… ift.tt/2yOOgGz pic.twitter.com/YTDHqKj26k

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aim All good things come to an end. On Dec 15, we’ll bid farewell to AIM. Thank you to all our users! ..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…GR

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@andybeebristol Oooh, good shout. That might be the only one now!

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@stillawake I’ve worked with 36-year-olds like that.

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banterability I feel terrible for journalists who invest time and effort into doing a hard job well only to have it presented lik..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…gP

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When you walk home a slightly different way and suddenly remember why you like it here. pic.twitter.com/Gg0a5M4wYn

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GirishJuneja Video. The moment the F fell off pic.twitter.com/JFvNDbJTMJ

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@emmachampion6 It’s now run by Bristol Community Transport, and I don’t think so. (Also, when I checked their rates..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…0p

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emmachampion6 @gothick Do Wessex have a phone app like First Bus? Reduces need for cash. You can pass up there 😉

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@emmachampion6 The bus, and Bristol’s total lack of an Oyster-like system (or even the 505 taking contactless debit..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…1W

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@emmachampion6 It’s handy for me because the bus from works stops there, so I can shop in the Co-op and then walk down the hill home.

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MakingBlakes7 Forty years ago today, filming on Blake’s 7 resulted in one heart attack, one broken wrist and some rather scorched..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…x5

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(And while I’m grumbling, are there no cashpoints left at all in Clifton Village now?)

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Here is a photographic guide to the @BristolCouncil 505 bus service as run previously by Wessex (picture 1) and now..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…6c

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@danielpunkass Next terrifying job: drilling a hole through fresh expensive tiling.

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1followernodad the most impressive scene in any spy movie is in Casino Royale when james bond is in a hotel shower and knows immediately how to use it.

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Thanks for crippling the 505 service, Bristol. I was really missing waiting in cold uncertainty while it was good.

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@Seej500 (I tried to fix it for a week, then caved and bought a BT keyboard and mouse with their own dongle and shu..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…p0

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@Seej500 It just sounded eerily familiar. I have an Asus where, out of the box, the built-in Bluetooth murders the..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Va

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@drewm @tomcoates See also: Evernote. I WAS PERFECTLY HAPPY PLEASE STOP INNOVATING

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@Seej500 It doesn’t happen to be an Asus laptop that also has Bluetooth turned on, does it?

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DropboxDesign Announcing the biggest change to the Dropbox brand in our 10-year history 🎈 dropbox.design

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@ExeterPANetwork I do not, but I’ve re-tweeted. Never know…

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ExeterPANetwork HELP please! Could you recommend a in for conference photography? Thanks!

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By the sounds of things, it was a good decision to give up on the bus and walk home this evening.

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Avon_Stories That autumnal Bristol evening feeling, where everyone along the Harbour keeps stopping for another photo as the lig..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…LV

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@liveindetail The smell of my neighbour’s extra-strong skunk would probably fit in nicely.

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@liveindetail Do you think they’d let my neighbours move in with them?

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@emmachampion6 I really should buy my own cat, just so that doesn’t happen.

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Aaaargh! Unexpected end of . @NetflixUK only has the first two seasons.

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That thing where you drag out a laptop you’ve not used for a month and spend two days cycling through Windows Updates, reboots and sighing.

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@chubbybannister I’m going to watch Shetland on Netflix while I do the ironing.

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randombrexit Bar Of Imperial Leather Brexit

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NetflixUK Pumpkin spice lattes, Hawkins style. @Stranger_Things 2, coming 27th October. pic.twitter.com/iYV7JSlKOG

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Listening to Mozart while doing the Times cryptic. I’m one old Jag and a murder away from being a TV detective.

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@chubbybannister I have changed the sheets, but the old ones are still in the queue for the wash. We can exchange m..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…Vn

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aedison DATING SOMEONE NEW
PROS: you get to see the very best parts of yourself through their experience of being infatuate..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…5E

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Enjoying the fleeting moment of serenity that arrives after tidying the flat while The Archers is on ;)..twitter.com/i/web/status/9…l9

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