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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

@theonion.com once had a headline along the lines of; ATF Officer also ATF connoisseur

Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It was slated to be knocked down in 1978(?) And redeveloped into skyscrapers by Melbourne city council, but the decision was 'lost' by a single vote!

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Me, captured by another swimmer this morning as the sun rose.

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Billy Connolly once said that 'It's when they start designing their own uniforms, you KNOW you're in trouble...'

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I bought this painting yesterday as it reminded me so much of my late Dad.

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Had a parcel nicked from my letterbox - completely worthless to whoever stole it as it is a spare part for a 40-year-old bike so they would have chucked it away when they opened it - wankers...

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Did a 2.7km open water swim alongside a fit 25-year-old gal today. Lesson learned? Don't - nearly blew a gasket in the last 500 trying to keep up, with my heart redlining...

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

OMG - I got this right but only after needing to recite; agam, agat, aici, aige, againn...

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Inadvertently, one man killed the most people in history - lead based petrol whatllearned.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Flack is spelled Flak - from the German Flugabwehrkanonen

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Hi George, your line about slicing made me laugh: there was a butcher in my hometown, and the joke was that he could slice ham so thinly that it only had one side...

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

No good story ever started with, 'so a bunch of the lads went out and had some salads...'

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Something's happening here today A show of strength with your boy's brigade And I'm so happy and you're so kind You want more money, of course, I don't mind To buy nuclear textbooks for atomic crimes open.spotify.com/track/6ALPLb... Going Underground, The Jam, ca. 1980

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Going Underground

The Jam · Setting Sons (Super Deluxe) · Song · 1979

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

One of the group below is training for the English Channel, but hadn't done a night swim and needed to be sure she'd be OK. So this is us, in the early morning, 90 minutes before sun up, about to head out into the pitch-black for a swim. We made it back too!

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

This reminds me of the old 'joke' about Sth American governments: "I will open this country to a newfound democracy, and anyone who is against me, I will crush them, their families, and kill them all...' www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

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Nicaragua’s president says country will not hold any more elections

Daniel Ortega, the 80-year-old authoritarian leader, says move will ‘build a wall’ against the opposition

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/07/2026

This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City.  This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

In the 1980s, the joke was: How can you tell a Canadian backpacker? They have a small Maple leaf flag on their pack. How can you tell an American BPer? They have a BIG Maple leaf on their backpack... Barack Obama Pretends To Be Canadian While Traveling Abroad — theonion.com/barack-obama...

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Barack Obama Pretends To Be Canadian While Traveling Abroad

PARIS—In an effort to blend in with other tourists and avoid negative repercussions for being American, former U.S. President Barack Obama was reportedly pretending this week to be Canadian while trav...

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Sooo. Learned from my mechanic about some faults with my car. Quote: $850 + $150 freight from Europe, 2 to 3 months. Got it for $170 FROM EUROPE, delivery Monday, will fit it myself in 1 hour. Another quote: $600+ for some bits. Bought them myself for $45, fitted them in less than an hour...

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

"I will yeah..." In Ireland this means "No way..."

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Alan FitzGerald - Practice Connections @alan-fitzgerald.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Ozymandias springs to mind. ..."My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.

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