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Simon

@broomwagon.bsky.social
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Dad, dog owner, cycling, football, and coffee nerd. Increasingly interested in Belgian beer and cobbles. My motto: always give 100%. Unless you are giving blood. You’ll probably find me on my allotment. Bristol

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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 13h
Slaying the Badger by the much missed Richard Moore is also a great read.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 14h
and how do you manage to do so much damage that it costs £1.5m to repair. what's he been up to?
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 14h
look at the size of that cassette. ❤️
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 14h
why have they let Kermit loose in a laboratory? are there no proper scientists left?
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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 14h
Around 2003 I used to be one of those charity muggers and once the day was enlivened by BB literally leaning bodily out of the window of a passing car shouting YOU'RE ALL DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB
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Emma Stump @pisci.bsky.social · 14h
The Junior Kick Start music has just started playing in your heads.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 15h
these managers' comments are all versions of "I don't want to comment and the process needs to runs its course". I bet that's not what any of them are really thinking.
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Mary @anniemumary.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My coworker announced her pregnancy with some cookies from a local bakery. Today she announced the baby’s gender with some cookies from a local bakery. I am wondering what else we can find out about this baby because this is going well. 
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 15h
something like this?
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 15h
I am thinking about the Liverpool Man City game and the slightly surreal atmosphere there will be. There must be a good chance that at some point this season that City will be expelled from the Premier League. if that happens presumably all the results in this season's games will be void.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 15h
I think we should field the catering and ground staff, give the players a rest. These games are likely to be meaningless once the judgement happens.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 15h
Hedgehogs. Pricks.
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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
JOE'S KIPPER THIS MORNING WAS THE SIZE OF A WHALE.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 16h
what a brilliant person and I enjoyed her line "I will share this with Trump"
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 16h
hear me out, maybe he'll do it in Gromit's voice - i.e. not speak at all. easiest money he'll ever make.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 16h
I was thinking more bland - like Colin or Gary.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 16h
static.klipy.com
I Regret Nothing Ron Swanson
ALT: I Regret Nothing Ron Swanson
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 16h
Yes, I saw that. You'd change your name surely.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 16h
you do wonder what Galloway is thinking. had he convinced himself that he could win, if so I would like to take some of what he has been taking.
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Andy Dawson @andydawson.bsky.social · 17h
Selling two tickets for the brilliant Daniel Kitson in Durham next Thursday cos I can't go. 🤪 ROW C IN THE STALLS! 🤪 www.twickets.live/app/block/11...
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 17h
bravo
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 17h
I think we can have a good guess at his parents political leanings.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 17h
the Director's Cut?
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 17h
oh no, I hope that sorts itself out asap.
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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Portrait in lilac. Glastonbury Tor after sunset.
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 17h
Guillermo Del Toro is 62. Here’s how James Cameron came to the rescue regarding Del Toro’s father’s kidnapping…
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 17h
I was wondering that, I have not had a bike with a front lock nut. Admittedly I haven't owned many bikes but that was a new one on me
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 17h
the thought of your front wheel coming loose on a descent makes me shudder
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 17h
says man currently employed by Man City.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 17h
Have you seen the other posts about Van Rysel gravel bikes today? Decathlon America Recalls Van Rysel GRVL AF Bicycles; The recalled bicycles’ front lock nut can loosen during use, causing the front wheel to dislodge or loosen over time, posing a crash hazard. Get repair www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2027...
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 17h
It's good news for you that you don't live in France. you'll probably get arrested over there for eating lunch outside of the strict 12-2pm time slot. or, at the very least you'll get an incredulous look.
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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 18h
Anyway, happy anniversary to this tweet:
Matt Zarb-Cousin:

Zack Polanski is one of the most talented political leaders this country has produced in decades and the only one capable of stopping Nigel Farage. The Greens will outpoll Labour by next year and be the second largest party in terms of membership. The sky is the limit.
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Wayne @wineblayne.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Michael Kagan @michaelgkagan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The missing pages of the Das Kapital have been found
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
that's next level genius by them.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I get that's the downside - you need a smartphone and it needs to be charged.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
also, it stops me having that panic on the day of the gig, searching for the ticket, thinking 'have I been emailed this, has it been posted to me and I have lost it or do I need to pick it up from the venue'
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I get that it's a pain adding one to your phone but I have found that it's good at letting me know about forthcoming gigs. I tend to go to smaller venues in Bristol and it's been great for them, I think it doesn't get tickets for bigger gigs but for me it's spot on. also, tickets are cheap on it
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Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Is it too early to mention Christmas? A nice indie bookshop is offering signed, dedicated copies of Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, if you want to get one as a gift this year, to save you from tears, for someone special. www.welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/tonig...
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Tonight the Music Seems So Loud by Sathnam Sanghera (Signed) — West End Lane Books
Signed and dedicated pre-order Hardback Shipping late November He wrote one of the biggest hits of our age in ‘about an hour’ in his childhood bedroom. He would go on to collaborate with so...
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
he got 4/1 on that being the fine.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I use the Dice app, it's great and much more straightforward and you don't get that bit just before you checkout when they say 'here's a £20 admin charge, and oh, here's another £5 delivery charge, even though we are emailing them to you'.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
ha
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Er, I actually prefer some of Hemingway's other books".
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
My wife is in the latter camp. If it wasn't for the fact that I need her to help out with the parenting chores I would frame her for a crime so she gets sent away for a very long time.
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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In the 70s Sister Sledge used to drive around in British cars. Their favourites were the Austin Music and Cortina Trap.
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"look look, we are not cheating. No cheating here. No siree".
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Prashant 🌊 @prasshant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They've got a briefing they MUST show up with thumbs up or else... 😂
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I had always assumed that the master race would be a bit more, you know, hot
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