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New series which I probably won't watch but at least I've got the mug. Must be no-helmet and leave your spears at home day.

Oddly bareheaded and face-painted 10th C Norwegians in anachronistic armour, charging fiercely at the camera.

White mug with "ERIK BLOODAXE RULES OK " and a fierce, hairy viking.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Really looking forward to seeing the finished product.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We've electrified everything so I suppose now we advertise. One for us, three for friends. Happy to discuss our low running costs for house and car.

4 signs. Our sun, our wind, our power.
Clean energy cuts bills.
Solar saves gas costs.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The other day upon the stair I saw a cat that's always there He must think I'm unaware He wants to trip me down that stair?

B & W cat sitting in a patch of sunlight on the stairs, looking at me suspiciously.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

More than ideal if you want it to work?

Inside of a Lenovo laptop with pieces removed and wires cut.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Let's just fire all the sub-editors. We'll save heaps.

Pic of some vaguely familiar bearded man, presumably an actor.
Text: Hollywood acor charged with drink drinking after Auckland crash.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm ready. Oiled the wheels on the cart.

A still shot from Monty Python and the Holy Grail showing the plague cart with bodies and foul attendants.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I wore a spoon in my hat which was the style at the time. (From Fake History Hunter)

Two medieval painting showing men wearing hats with spoons.

A medieval painting showing a man holding a hat with a spoon through it.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We've now had this cat for about six weeks and while I like him, I don't want one of my own. It's a tough life though. He has to change windows several times a day to keep the sun on his lazy hide and when it's dark, there are only two laps.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A gift from the Show, courtesy of daughter who knows my tastes.

A bottle of Keating & Co, Jalapeno Jammerhead sauce.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hung around like a bad smell while I made pizzas but got nothing. Curled up on Mrs GB's lap and pointedly ignored me.

A cat curled into an approximate circle, asleep on a lap.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The things that turn up in a reno. One built-in had 1957 newspapers concealed but the other had vintage, um, magazines

Two magazines from the 70s, of dubious taste.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The flying bolt cutters are at it again.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

"Scientists Grew Human Brain Tissue Inside Mice and It Actually Worked
The transplanted cells formed circuits, reached the spinal cord and responded to injury."
False colour image of mouse brain with human neurons.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

@dogboy64.bsky.social If you ever want to try something different?

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The bay tree has flowered for the first time and it's swarming with hoverflies.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Bit sad because I think daughter and family (and cat) are moving back home soon. This has been great - so many hugs and pranks and giggles. Meanwhile, the gifts continue.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I don't know where that cat gets his energy.

A sleepy looking cat peering out from under a blanket.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Next door had a bumper crop of grapefruit, which she doesn't eat. But she does like grapefruit marmalade.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Mrs GB brought some wattle in from the front yard and put it on the desk. The cat went nuts - desperate to get to it. Now he's thinking about jumping. Mad.

Cat about to try climbing a bookcase to get to a vase of wattle.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Q. What if you bred a sheep to store fat like a camel? It would have a hump, right? A. Well no.

Two Hissak sheep (left, head to camera, right, tail to camera). Up to 200 kg, fat stores could be useful in our coming harsher climates.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Worried about the rent? Your bills? Democracy? Food and water scarcity from global warming? Fear not! Angus Taylor knows what's *really* important. Jan 26th and flag burning...

Angus Taylor against an Australian flag. Taylor is proposing to fix Jan 26th in law and criminalise burning the flag.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Oh it's fine until they ask you to mind the kids.

Magpie chick and mother on a deck with old-style chair.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Exactly. @albomp.bsky.social never saw a fossil fuel donor he didn't like.

Cartoon. Penny Wong, "We are standing by prepared to provide assistance to this climate disaster."
Albanese, "We are standing by unprepared to do anything to mitigate these climate disasters."

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Excuse me. Have you seen the time?

B&W cat giving me a hard stare. Sitting on an old brown couch.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Well, my lack of brain would explain the pain. Comminuted fracture with some loose bits of bone in the ankle. Probably shouldn't have been walking on it. Also might be time to stop scrambling around on tidal rock platforms.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Me too. I miss those times, when we could wow the crowd with our music and horsemanship.

Medieval drawing of a white horse with a naked man upside down behind the saddle, holding a trumpet to the horse's bum.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Perhaps you could subtly let them know?

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Shelf cat is an embarrassment. Chasing your tail is fine, but not on a ladder.

B & W cat has climbed the ladder and is lurking on the shelf.

Cat attempting to chase his own tail, on a ladder.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I hope this helps. Wearing it tomorrow.

Back of tshirt, THE HONEYMOON IS OVER. 30th anniversary show.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Quick trip to see son and hairy and sick rels.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Last trip up the hill was a beautiful day. This time we were going through fog/clouds and 6°. Variety is good though?

Road down from Sassafras to Knox at about 1 pm.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We went up to Olinda a few weeks ago to get a big old kilim rug cleaned. Went up again today to collect it and bought another one. Have to give this bloke a shout. He did a great job and has lovely rugs.

Afghan Kilim rug with geometric pattern.

Business card for Sayed Sadath, KUCHI RUGS at Olinda.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Never too early for the kid's Xmas shopping.

Ladybird book. The Ladybird Book of the Zombie Apocalypse. Survivors and zombies in the hills.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

King (later Emperor) Henry VI (depiction from the Codex Manesse) was present at the Erfurt latrine disaster and survived unharmed. 60 - 100 people didn't.

Medieval paintin of King Henry VI of the Holy Roman Empire, sword and shield to the left, a floral looking staff or mace in his right hand.

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Greybeard @greybeard.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I'm finding many things, some for the op shop, some for the bin. These shares in the St Petersburg Electric Carriage company might be worth something? Electric carriages are all the go.

Share certificate for the Electric Carriage company of St Petersbourg. 1897.

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