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Richard

@chock-lab-dad.bsky.social
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Dad to Narcissa (Cissy), the chocolate lab. A bit grumpy and forgetful. Good with computers and baking cookies / flapjacks. Also forgetful.

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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Wordle 1,939 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 A very uneven journey to the answer. I thought the wheels had fallen off. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1217 🟨🟨🟨🟦 🟨🟪🟨🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I don’t get ‘BEAT’ at all. No wonder purples are last. Again. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Wordle 1,937 6/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟨 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I thought I’d scattered my chances. It’s been a bad afternoon. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1215 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 The purples made me feel like a tomfool. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Wordle 1,936 4/6 ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Easy, and may I say, peasy. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1214 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟪🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 In my defence, I was thinking of missiles but I got purples early on , so yay for me. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Wordle 1,933 5/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Greens only but I should have had it sooner. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1209 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟨🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Purples! So full of Americanisms. No wonder they came last. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wordle 1,931 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Very interesting… #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Connections Puzzle #1208 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟦🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 As for the purples, I don't get it. No call for it hereabouts. I only got the blues after guessing a link - which, I suppose, is part of the puzzle. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Wordle 1,930 3/6 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sometimes I sparkle. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... I agree with Andy. I would be really concerned if City's owner sell. It could be a disaster for the club and Manchester.
bbc.co.uk
Andy Burnham 'completely out of touch' on Man City, Tories say
The prime minister said he would be "really concerned" if the club's owners sell up after Premier League rule breaches.
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Eurasian Magpies. #Sony #A7CII #FE24-240 #f/8 #1/320s #ISO500 #240mm
A pair of Eurasian Magpies (Pica Pica) on a lichen covered roof.
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1201 🟦🟨🟪🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟪🟦🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I liked my first try. Just about as wrong as I could get. Blues had me as my uncle is called Charlie. Never occurred to me for the purples. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wordle 1,923 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩🟨 🟩🟩⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I had ruled out everything else. Not an ordered solution. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Acceptable Migrants do not get hit.
bbc.co.uk
Home Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in Kent
The arrivals of two unescorted migrant boats mark the first uncontrolled landings recorded in the UK since 2025.
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1199 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟪🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I got the purples before yellows! Also dealt with my greens prior to getting the blues. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wordle 1,921 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨🟨 🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That’s got me all fired up for the day. #Wordle
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ExamineYourZipper 🌊🇺🇸🦅🇨🇦🍁🇺🇦🌻🇵🇸🍉 @cidbarret85.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Wordle 1,920 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Solved with greens! Mind you, it’s been decades since that loomed in my legend. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1198 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Obviously the purples solved themselves but getting the blues so early in the morning was a fillip. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1195 🟩🟦🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟩🟪🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟪🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I have never heard Flight used like that. Purples look obvious in hindsight… #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wordle 1,917 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I was sure I had the answer at four as it’s the wrong time of year for a five. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wordle 1,915 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟨🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 An ethereal trail from inside to outside. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1193 🟩🟩🟦🟩 🟩🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I just don’t get Borat… Bloody hell! It’s just dawned on me. The two ‘-‘ did cause issues. Damned Purples! #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Wordle 1,914 5/6 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I thought I’d been given a poor set of cards but they’re the only ones to work with. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Wordle 1,913 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Then do it again. I’m minded to empty my washing machine. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1191 🟨🟩🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟨🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I don’t know what it means that I got the blues first but I expected the purples to be last. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Bribe the electorate to vote for you and pay for the bribes with taxes and tarriffs. If voters pay for their own bribes, is it still illegal?
bbc.co.uk
Trump says every adult American would get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms
Speaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from.
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wordle 1,908 5/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Breakthrough! #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1186 🟪🟩🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I wondered where G came into it but I’ll bet it’s a generational thing. Yellows had me foxed then it became lucid, got my greens quickly after and, with few enough options left, I got the blues. Damned purples. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Wordle 1,907 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟨🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 Bugger! #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wordle 1,906 4/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Well, I didn’t see that coming. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1184 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Never heard of that scar tissue so the purples come in last again. There is nothing to be drawn from my knowledge of the greens. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Wordle 1,904 5/6 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟨🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 In a bit of a fog for ages. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Connections Puzzle #1182 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 I must say that I was thinking of jug bands but I was in the wrong. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... My heart bleeds. Also "New Kids"? Who's he kidding?
bbc.co.uk
Reform up against 'complainants' society', Nigel Farage tells BBC
The Reform UK leader said a "whole ecosystem" didn't want "new kids on the block succeeding".
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Wordle 1,899 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Digging myself a nice hole. The pile of dirt I excavated might help someone. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Connections Puzzle #1177 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟨 🟪🟨🟪🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 I don’t understand. Poke?! Completely foxed by the yellows. I had enough guesses to push out that fourth purple. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Connections Puzzle #1171 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Fairly straightforward, apart from the purples, of course. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Wordle 1,893 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 And just like that <snaps fingers> I solved it. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Connections Puzzle #1170 🟨🟪🟦🟩 🟨🟦🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 I needed to get definitions of three of the blues before solving them. I don’t (and never have) followed that. I did watch all-in freestyle as a child but grew out of it. Also - Stupid Purples. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Wordle 1,892 4/6 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 I have a nose for this. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Connections Puzzle #1167 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 The purples made sense! Then I got the blues (and yellows). Don’t care about my greens. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Wordle 1,889 4/6 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟩🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 For me, a surprisingly awkward word to find. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Wordle 1,888 6/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 That was all foggy. Last chance guess was made simple because I’d eliminated three quarters of the alphabet. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Connections Puzzle #1166 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 White? Never heard of it. Foxed by purples, again. #Connections
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Wordle 1,887 4/6 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It said ‘splendid’ but it was almost a splendid hole. #Wordle
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Richard @chock-lab-dad.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Wordle 1,886 2/6 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Out Bloody Standing! #Wordle
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Jeff Rudd 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 🇵🇸 @jeffrudd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
REMEMBER: They all knew.
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