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Murray Thomson

@drmuzz57.bsky.social
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Researcher and editor. Retired academic. Amateur musician and cook. Cryptic crossword tragic. Coffee obsessive (roast my own beans & use a Rocket Appartamento). Still running (just). Kei truck owner.

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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Arrived today 🤓
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Indeed - my one (pictured) can haul a lot of stuff - and it’s fun to drive
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I saw so many cool kei vehicles in Japan in June
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Post your getaway car
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This needs to come out again
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Like Olive’s one drying here, post-walkies
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Is she a Brittany?
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Niche Kiwi observation here - Jack has got into public transport, it seems
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Or even this little beauty I saw today in Takayama
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Finally!
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Some sensible electioneering spotted here in Kyoto - and I am in kei truck heaven - the range, ingenuity and diversity of vehicles is jaw-dropping
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
“… takes pole” - or was there an election on? The Grauniad is back 🤣
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
It’s the same old Tory story - our fellow Kiwis have short memories
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
There’s no better indication of the advanced state of enshittification of our postal services than this 6-day gap
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
So it will be baguette time again soon
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
And mine!
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Uday and Qusay - remember them? This photo shows how they ended up - let’s hope karma will operate here too
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Here’s my one - soooo handy - and fun to drive
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Just paid a king’s ransom at Doha airport for a coffee that isn’t hot enough. Barista got some gentle advice on using a thermometer and the principle that 65-70 degrees is the target. Awaiting Mk 2 now…
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
And here’s some Anchor cream cheese I bought in Baghdad - it’s credited to Saudi Arabia, that well-known dairy colossus. Talk about selling the family silver (again)
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
So nothing to do with Ireland’s Beamish? (see photo)
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
As were the geese
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Saddam’s spectacular Al-Faw palace was looking amazing this afternoon
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Olive is being pretty judgy here, methinks
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Can you imagine us Huntly boys smoking weed and listening to this back in the day
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
We visited the American Cemetery near Omaha Beach today - it’s a magnificent and moving tribute to the anti-Fascist values and sacrifice of those who lie there. The current US leadership is shitting all over those. It is appalling.
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Spotted one for Winston near Bayeux
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Spotted this gorgeous creature today in Vitre - my fingers were a-twitchin’, that’s for sure - she was just crying out for “House of the rising sun” 🎹
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Spotted this yesterday in Bourgogne’s largest wine cellar - and that was before the tasting
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Here’s a couple of pictures I took at UNAM in 2020 of a sculpture called “Ozzie visits the Alamo”
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Unusual to see a game with so few of the triple word squares used - a couple of bingos helped, though
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Time for the 3-year service of the E61 group head - easier to take it apart than to reassemble it, though. I fluked it again - thanks to YouTube and Berry Roasters
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
This eyesore from over the hill has materialised on our corner, inconsiderately parked so as to be a traffic hazard - it blocks the turning driver’s view of oncoming traffic. On the bright side, it does look flammable…
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Having a clean-out and found this - check out the cost of a Six Nations ticket in 1987 - probably 100 times that now, and England are still playing boring rugby. France won 19-15 that day, 2 tries to none. Some things don’t change
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I have a Microsoft Outlook problem - these people I have never heard of sent me a recurring invitation back in December and I can’t get rid of it. Every evening I get a reminder, and it’s really irritating. I have tried emailing them but get no response. Any good ideas out there?
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
This is a sign put up in Balmacewen Rd a few months ago by our city council: it’s positioned too high for pedestrians; font too small for drivers; and it’s uninformative to anyone who did read it - there’s no start or finish date. Someone had one job to do, and this is what we got 😅
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Thanks for this! We have it on the wall in our bedroom, and I have always wondered what it said. My wife’s parents got it overseas many years ago
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Playing my way through some of my old music just now and I came across this great tempo instruction from Fats Waller 😅
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Finally, after literally decades of being prompted on this point, the HRC has realised it needs some oral health research expertise on its assessing committees. Too late for them and for me, since I have retired, but let’s hope it augurs well for others. Too many shit decisions in the past
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
To the clearly ill woman in seat A in our row on flight NZ120 from Melbourne to Auckland last Thursday, THIS is why they ask you not to fly if you are unwell. Very generous of you - we’d managed to avoid it for nearly 5 years…
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 10/11/2024
Spent a great afternoon hiking round Dove Lake at Cradle Mountain - a more strenuous trek awaits tomorrow.
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
I fluked this arty shot with my phone on Maria Island (TAS) last weekend
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
Went to an auto show here in Dunedin last weekend and saw this little beauty - a Subaru kei van done up to look like a Kombi. Want!
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
All the way to the Octagon!
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 28/09/2024
And we’re off
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Murray Thomson @drmuzz57.bsky.social · 22/09/2023
Singin dem blues
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