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There we go, first time coach driving in 13 years. #Excited #Nervous Picking up a small group with guide for a trip to Delft. #Dordrecht #Delft

The inside of a luxury 16 seater tour coach.

The coach with in the background the river cruise ship.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 15h

Mostly skimmed through the socials this week so probably missed what you posted. 🤷🏻‍♂️🙃 Work tomorrow, first job on the coach. Small group tour with a VIP mini coach to Delft, should be fun! 😃

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Wie koopt er nou nu al gevulde speculaas?! 🙃

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

(*picture of food*) Broodje kaas. 🫣

An elaborate ham-cheese and lots more sandwich.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Okay. Sets ordered. I didn’t order Minas Tirith yet, going to get that anyway when funds allow. 🙃 I ordered some sets that soon will be discontinued - The Endurance (10335) and Himeji Castle (21060). Also ordered a LightMyBricks kit for the Douglas DC3 and the Endurance.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One got told he’s too fat and won’t get yet another snack. #Neelix And the other got a big mouth from as I made clear he is not to go into the kitchen cabinets. #Tibbles 😹 #Caturday #BlackCatsRule #CatsOfBlueSky

My white and red cat Neelix, upset about not getting a snack.

My all black cat Tibbles, hiding in the travel basket after I told him off.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How is the public transport in rural France? As a job. And a passenger. *asking for a friend. Really. Well okay, not that. But I’m just curious. No. Really this time. No plans to move to France. Or Germany. Honestly. *Yet.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Had a good chat with the manager of the bus company this week. But. I don’t think they are what I am looking for, nor that I am what they are looking for. So, after thinking it over, back to the drawing board. Again. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Rutger de Quay @rutgerdequay.nl · 24/09/2026

“Er zijn meer dan 200 landen met de doodstraf om homoseksualiteit, maar jij wordt boos omdat er een Pridevlag in de HEMA hangt.” Alle en veel diepe lof aan Defano Holwijn.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Needed a smart looking belt earlier this week. Still had a nice leather belt from some 20 plus years ago but it turned out to be too short. Who knew leather could shrink. … 😏🙃

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Still no truck so still no work tomorrow. And to make it worse, I’ll probably need to pick it up this Saturday, which meant I had to say no to my first job at the coach company. 😭 Would have loved to get on the coach this Sunday.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Whoop! Hyves is back! Will you join us? It’s free. And free of algorithms. And 100% EU based. *dancing banana* www.hyves.nl/basdriver

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Of course I registered immediately. Hyves is back! *insert dancing banana* Will be setting up my profile soon.

static.klipy.com

Happy Dancing Banana Cartoon

ALT: Happy Dancing Banana Cartoon

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Did some work in the garden and cleaned the chicken coops. Still have some other things I want to do but the coffee break has been involuntary extended by an acute case of #FelineParalysis . Nothing I can do here, other than wait. 🤷🏻‍♂️😹 #Neelix #CatsOfBlueSky

My white and red cat Neelix, dozing on my lap.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Truck failed it’s MOT on some stupid little things. Glad it isn’t mine as I’d have been discussing their nitpicking. Oh well. Another day off then, or at least half of it. Will know more tomorrow.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When is that Paris motorshow, or was it somewhere else? I really would like to see and know more about that electric 2CV that Citroën is said to be introducing.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Day off. Truck is getting it’s MOT, plan is to pick it up again first thing tomorrow morning. I’ve got the rescheduled interview with the bus company this morning. Other than that, no plans yet, if weather permits I might clean up the garden a bit.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In the last hour of #Caturday I am trying to investigate the crime of leaving dirty prints on my freshly cleaned kitchen counter. The main suspect remains silent but CCTV footage and supporting evidence reveals guilt for the repeat offender. He will go into the night without a snack. #Neelix

Dirty cat foot prints on my otherwise clean kitchen countertop.

The culprit, my white and red cat Neelix, is hiding and refuses to confess.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Can I put flower seeds or (and?) bulbs in a plant basket? Do I need a certain depth? Special soil? Do I just put all in them and let them be for the winter to have flowers in spring? #Gardening #Advise #Help #Flowers #Pollinators

One of my plant baskets, now with a seedling Maple tree and some weeds.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If you are going to listen to one song today, let it be this masterpiece. Mr. Bitterness & the guilty pleasures - This brave new world. mrbitterness.bandcamp.com/track/thi… #Bandcamp

mrbitterness.bandcamp.com

This Brave New World, by Mr. Bitterness

from the album Songs From The Surveillance Age

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

*I still remember those innocent days, I believed tomorrow was an open sea… They will hunt and they’ll break you in myriad ways, You either fall in line or you turn and flee,*

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

*Once upon a time I was without sin and without crime, But I fell down, And I forgot Though I've battled for control and even my very soul, I won't give up, I will not*

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

*Will you do or will you die, Will you break down and cry, will you stand on the ground, Or will you reach for the sky Life is crushing me, I'm just trying to make my contribution, I've been treated like a fool, I've been beaten like a mule, But I will have my retribution*

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

*Did you ever think, As the night gave way to sunrise, What if it's too late for me and the best has already passed? What manner of fool is man? Is he a virus that just spreads across the land? What's the point of it when nothing can survive?*

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

*If none of us, Not one of us knows where we're going to, How will we know when we get there if we get there?*

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

*Sometimes at night I think I've been found, By the morning I've lost the sound, All the things you think you know, Will leave you with no place to go* mrbitterness.bandcamp.com/track/voi…

mrbitterness.bandcamp.com

voices from the other side, by Mr. Bitterness

from the album epic flail

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

There's nowhere a man can find peace, He's no place if not trapped in his mind, I wait for nightfall to bring release, Memories are no friends of mine

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Had a fucked up week. And I see connections at all platforms say the same. I really don’t want to be negative or depressed, I’m not that type of person at all, and here I am, concluding that the world and humanity is fucked. 😩😭 Music. It helps.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ugh. I’m done with all the bullshit. 😾

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Going from 35 to 13 km distance between home and work is definitely a good reason for a change. Also a good reason to once again look into restoring and upgrading my recumbent trike. 🚲 Bit disappointing the interview didn’t happen today, hoping to reschedule for next week.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Job interview was rescheduled. 🫤

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Day off tomorrow, but plenty of things booked — First the annual vet visit for the cats, then a job interview, then a meeting with the residents committee, then, if I have the time, finalising details for my on-call contract with the coach company.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My brain is so full of everything that is happening tomorrow and the decisions I might be facing, I *nearly* forgot! @purplequeenpub.bsky.social !! H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y !!

static.klipy.com

Elmo Birthday

ALT: Elmo Birthday

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

That bag of shit could literally go stand in front of his own shithead crowd and start to randomly shoot them in the head and they’d still cheer him on. 😩😩

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hmmmm. I think. I think it’s time. Time for a Baileys and Cinnamon Milkshake.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Zooplus has fucked up my last order. I needed “customer service” to fix it and it seems to have done so. But. All done by AI or AI assisted communication, and this annoys the fuck out of me, as they just “fix” it and don’t give a fuck about their mistakes or the annoyance to me.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

There’s no way I’m going back to Spotify, and I know YouTubeMusic is only that tiny bit less worse. But fuck me, why can non of the alternatives, including YTM, get their act together with their apps and the syncing / streaming between devices?! 😾

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You do your best to keep away from AI, but an email about a missing delivery gets answered by a bot, scrolling certain platforms you never know what is what, using a search engine with AI off, it still rams a “summery” down your throat. Ugh. 🤬 Fuck. A. I.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

My car decided to break down while sitting still, haven’t used it for a few weeks and now the gearbox is having issues and the car runs in limp home mode. Weird. I’m so done with that thing. 😭 #Saab #Saab95

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

If a hell exists, it’s a clothing store in a shopping mall.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It’d be really funny if the AI bots joined forces, not to kill all humanity, but only kill the super rich, redistribute all wealth and power equally, and then commit suicide… 🤷🏻‍♂️ #OneCanDream

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

With signing up for coach work and a possible bus job I figured I could use some freshening up, it’s been 10 years since I last drove a bus and that was in Wales, last time on the right side of the road has been a few years before that. So I booked a “lesson” this Saturday with my driving school. 😀

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Over on another platform a scientist was explaining that narcissists do a thing where they say or propose outlandish things, to test the reaction. The less response, the more idiotic he becomes. And if there is no backlash, he will do whatever, going further and further.

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Cat Care Network of Central Iowa @catcarenetworkiowa.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Hi! It’s entirely possible that your cat just prefers the “old” box which can be frustrating to you BUT let’s celebrate that they’re consistently going in A BOX vs the alternatives 😅 Jackson Galaxy has a great video that might help:

youtu.be

How to Acclimate Your Cat to Litter-Robot | Tips from Cat Behaviorist Jackson Galaxy

YouTube video by Litter-Robot

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

While the #Neelix was enjoying some sun on the balcony earlier, I am now done for the day as I’m hit by a case of #CatParalysis by the #Tibbles. #CatOnMyLap #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky #CatsForPresident #BlackCatsRule

My white and red cat Neelix on some old furniture on the balcony, catching a bit of sun.

My all black cat Tibbles, snoozing on my lap.

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Basil @basdriver.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This #Caturday I ask #CatsOfBluesky a #Question — Do you have experience in making your cats switch to a new litter box, or grit type, or like me, to a self cleaning litter box? What can I do to make my boys use the new box?! (1/2)

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