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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It has been a good time for book finds of my particular nerdisms in charity shops and the local "antiques emporium" (junk warehouse). Don't tell the wife... #milhist #NavalHistory #SciFi #RAFHistory

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Enjoying the early Autumn sun at my local natural harbour

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It was too obvious really, but i couldn't resist 😂

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Absolutely. Nobody in their right mind would move to Essex... 🤣😬

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I've had the same thoughts, played it to death in the late 80s. Perhaps when it was recorded she was a different person.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

AI, please be useful and identify this light fitting..

A photo of a light fitting with an AI generated caption of "Office supply, Chocolate" at the top.

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Warspitefella 🇬🇧🇺🇦 @warspitefella.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Paedophile protects Paedophile The US Government is now protecting paedophiles US Marines conducting a raid on British soil, on which they have no jurisdiction, to seize one of their own diplomats and then use US military resources to ferry the suspect out of the country and fly him to the US 🧵

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Doing a 10k a few weeks after a heart attack is seriously impressive (as is a 5k), Parkrun and running generally is such a good community for support.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

So the dog is ok, what about the man... ?

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My town. So proud of Poole Patriots. What a bunch of losers, often seen in the bus station sharing their brain cell kept in a bottle

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Excellent thank you, I shall look it out. I'm Wimborne area too so I shall pop in the library before I put my hands in my pocket!

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Was this good? My neck of the woods (just about)

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Left Behind We all got left Behind We let it all slip away (I ignore you)

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It's the 25th anniversary of this masterpiece. Every now and then its rawness coincides with my own state of mind and it goes to work. So from Slipknot's Iowa here's People = Shit #Iowa #Slipknot youtu.be/qqK1FrO3BdM?...

youtu.be

Slipknot - People = Shit (Audio)

YouTube video by Slipknot

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I've never seen an Austin Maxi in a horror film, but there's a first time for everything.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Such an amazing person. This has hit home, and I'm no fan of country music. Except for Jolene. And 9 to 5. And... #Dolly

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One of my favourite interiors (and I'm a southerner!)

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Just bought an 18 rated dvd in a charity shop. Got asked if I was over 18. As I'm 62 I thought they were joking... but no, they weren't...

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Busy boat day down on Poole Quay....

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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In these challenging times someone might need one of them: Childline: 0800 1111 Samaritans: 116 123 Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247 Mind: 0300 123 3393 Age UK: 0800 169 6565 Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650 Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677 MH text support: 85258 Please share. TY x

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This evenings entertainment was provided by: a) Beer b) Black Sabbath

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Ah yes that's not too bad. There was an armoured version done by the waffen ss, there's some photos in the Panzer Tracts book.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I've always thought that looked a bit unbalanced with all the bits of armour they chucked on it 🤔

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Yessss!!!! Thank fuck. Argentine wankers, playing anti-football. Fuck them. Viva España!

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

My first Queen album as I wasn't overly into them, but i played it to death! Also Brian May's birthday today, I believe 🎂

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Just booked a couple of tickets for a performance at the Royal Opera House and while I am hugely excited, I'm worried about what organs to sell to pay for it...

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Perhaps he's out looking for them

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

English version of The Terminator?

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

But Kev would definitely have bought it.

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The Crusader Project @crusaderproject.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Rephrasing the famous words of a German member of parliament: The clitoris has 3,009 nerve endings and is still not as sensitive as this prick. Letter by Farage to constituents.

I live in the constituency!

This is the letter he is sending out although I personally have not had one yet.

The following was on a local website fact checking said letter.

If anyone has received their ‘Nigel Letter’ here is AI fact checked ! Interesting as always !

several claims are either false or purely rhetorical dressed up as fact:

∙ “They even tried to cancel the Essex County Council elections… until we fought back” — this reverses what happened. The postponement was requested by the Conservative-run council itself, as part of a devolution/reorganisation process agreed with government back in 2025. Reform’s own county councillor actually voted against the proposed delay at the time. It wasn’t a Labour or “establishment” plot targeting Reform specifically.

∙ “They are changing the donation rules to stop Reform” — no evidence of any donation rule change specifically targeting Reform. Unsupported claim.

∙ “They cannot defeat us fairly at the ballot box” — this is opinion, not fact, and it’s aging badly: recent Ipsos polling shows Reform’s lead over Labour narrowing sharply (down to just 2 points in one recent survey, from 26% to Labour’s 24%), and Andy Burnham is now preferred as PM over Farage by a wide margin in multiple polls.

∙ “This Labour government… have done everything they can to destroy me” — the actual investigation into his undeclared £5m gift is being run by the independent Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, not the government. Framing an independent parliamentary process as a partisan Labour attack isn’t accurate.

∙ The “350 polls” figure Reform has claimed similar tallies — 175, then 300 — at earlier points this year) but is being used to imply invincibility at exactly the moment his actual polling lead is shrinking.

∙ “My home has been attacked, my family targeted” — no independent verification found; complete or insurance records presented as fact with no specifics to check

Make of this what you will !

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I should mention Hilary L Doyle and Thomas L Jentz whose excellent Panzer Tracts series provides so much detailed information. And remember folks, the Devil is in the Detail.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

They're the ones that wrote the book I got it all from, shoutout to Messrs Jentz and Doyle who I should have credited in the original post.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Ah that makes sense, thank you. I wonder if he was a sweep or if it's a reference to sweeping the skies clear, if the analogy works in German?

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

That's a thought, although I doubt he'd get away with the golden earring in the Wehrmacht! I've never heard of this tradition, sounds like it's very deep-rooted in European culture.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

1940 production because it has the rifle rack on the mudguard and the gun loading ramps across the front. Another sign of an early vehicle is the un-reinforced roadwheeĺs. #HailToTheNerds ! 2/2

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Hey @rivetsandpins.bsky.social I recently picked up this snapshot of an early (1940) production Sd.Kfz.10/4 and have just noticed the gent sitting is wearing a top hat... shades of Obgefr Porta? It's also lost half its windscreen. 1/2

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

At least we know exactly how many fucks you had to give...

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I'll put the Brasso back in the cupboard then, as clearly nothing is coming home. At least I'll enjoy the final now.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The number of years between now and this #totp is the same as between then and Vera Lynn singing "We'll Meet Again" which seemed to me, at the time, a bloody epoch away. Speaking of epoch's, does anyone have a spare ice age? 😩🥵

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Discogs @discogsofficial.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Remembering Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh singer whose husky, commanding voice gave the world classic hits like "Total Eclipse of the Heart," "Holding Out for a Hero," "It’s a Heartache," and more. Tyler was 75.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I have just had my first religious experience. I have been to a Sunn O))) concert. #livemusic #concertsky #SunnO)))

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Today, in a moment of old age crisis, I went to get my ear pierced. I had had it pierced 40 years ago and miraculously it was still open, the excellent lady at Auris Piercing in Poole took the time to find out.

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Day 1 of the very lovely, very local, #LoveRocks rock and blues festival complete. Day 2 incoming... #Dorset #LiveMusic #Festivalsky The band is #BlueNation

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Ian of Dorzet @grittygroblet.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Mental wellbeing trumps money, just make sure you have enough for more vinyl. I limit myself to one a month 😕 A lovely collection and set-up you have!

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