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Impressed how our lawn has gone from "burnt to a crisp desert hellscape" to "I hate your luxuriant growth requiring twice a week mowing" in a month.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 29/09/2026

Did a jolly 70 mile cycle to Warmington. All the way I was convinced I had a hair in my eyes which with my covering is very unlikely. Much brushing and rubbing could not clear the feeling. Blamed the wife. But no. It was a stray eyebrow hair. At least it wasn't an ear tuft. #OldCyclists #Cycling

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 20/09/2026

Why have we let the lunatics take over the asylum? And why is the Asylum Broadcasting Corporation OK with it? What's wrong with being sane and decent?

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 11/09/2026

Weird (but good) NHS experience today. Mrs S got a call from the doctors' assistant about 2pm. Nothing major but an elevated indicator in a blood test. Wanted to make an appointment next week, which was a problem. Got a phone appointment at 3:30. They wanted an ultrasound scan.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 10/09/2026

Nationwide just linked up with Equifax. Being retired, my position is unexceptional, but the two items stopping me from having a perfect credit score are that I don't have a mortgage at 67 and I don't have a bundle of unsecured loans. Thank you for your insightful analysis. #CreditScore

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 09/09/2026

Is it only me who can remember when the default position of the BBC would have been outrage at masked thugs interfering with our daily lives, regardless of the cause?

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 03/09/2026

Is there just one episode of ST:TNG where the safety protocols on the holodeck actually work? Truly it is the Tesla FSD of 24th century technology. #AFistFullOfDatas #STTNG

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 29/08/2026

What is it with BMW drivers? There was a bad accident near Droitwich on the A38, looked like someone didn't want to slow for a roundabout and played skittles with the queue. Civilians were marshalling traffic, but Mr BMW wanted to jump the queue. 1/2

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 27/08/2026

In a week where the numbers are in and London ULEZ has been shown to make a major improvement in health, there are still nutjobs putting up YouTube videos explaining how to destroy ULEZ cabinets. What's the betting that a lot of people end up losing their broadband instead? #ulez #CriminalDamage

Screenshot of YouTube video advising how to disable ULEZ control boxes.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 24/08/2026

Having ditched Amazon, eBay is the next easiest option for odds and ends but getting increasingly annoyed with sellers purporting to be UK (I set a filter to refuse foreign suppliers) who are actually Chinese shippers and instead of getting something in a few days, it's a couple of weeks.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 18/08/2026

Well, literacy seems to be the biggest safety issue around here given that I'm listening to a large firework display somewhere just south of Solihull. But that message got read out as well, so a fundamental IQ problem. #fire #fireworks #tinderbox

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 13/08/2026

It pleases me to be added to the AI haters moderation list. It also tells me that it's a cult. Nobody in a cult wants to be told that they might not be making their best life choices.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 07/08/2026

Inspired by an American post, is there anywhere in the UK that still has alternate side parking depending on the day of the week, or has that gone the way of dashed yellow waiting marks? Probably from the days when we had road sweepers more than once a year. @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 03/08/2026

I think after 4 attempts and two written statements over a week that I will not be held liable for any costs, Johnsons Skoda Solihull have finally accepted that I really did want to cancel the appointment. I'm expecting a phone call chasing me to attend on Wednesday.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 29/07/2026

I would just like one bike ride without a near-death experience. Today's report is a driver who approached at 40mph in a 30, and just before the junction attempted to pass. He didn't notice the central bollard so naturally took the softest route to evade it - me. #ClosePass #Cycling

Rear view of a van leaving about a metre between kerb and van approaching a junction with central bollard.

Front view of a van closing the space leaving less than a metre at the front wheels where I will be in less than a second. The front wheels are pointing slightly left.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 25/07/2026

It has rained. Well, if you look very closely at the windows there are hints of water droplets. Though I don't think the bookies would pay out. It's a start.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 25/07/2026

A young girl has had a tumour removed. The news that it is non-cancerous has been welcomed with a flurry of power of prayer claims amongst friends. Are they saying prayer made God convert the tumour from cancerous to not? That God would have killed a child in revenge for not being prayed to? Hmm.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 22/07/2026

Today years old when Mrs S said, "Is his name really Lou Rolls?" Decades of dad jokes missed. #LouRawls

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 18/07/2026

Would you report these? Walker in road, no footpath, 40mph B road. First car slows but barely deviates, does not cross double whites. Second car gives a metre but does not slow much, and did not wait for me to pass, splitting the difference. HWC 163 2 metres and slow. #Walking #HWC

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 16/07/2026

London has shown that with enforcement & cajoling, the truck industry can provide drivers with the visibility they need. I hate it when I see blame for people putting themselves in lorry blind spots. In 2026, there is no reason for a driver not to be completely aware of their surroundings.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 12/07/2026

If you thought people were ungracious over the death of Ann Widdecombe, Americans have taken it up to 11 with Linsey Graham. I hope God was taking notes on these self-proclaimed Christians.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 11/07/2026

Having had a new EV for just under a month, I have concluded that the current memes about "Give me a 20 year old car that doesn't nag" is a way of outing those people incapable of driving in a straight line within the speed limit. I haven't had to switch things off to make it bearable.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 10/07/2026

I think we are dividing into 3 or 4 camps of drivers: 1. Highway Coders, those who accept the HWC and intend to abide by it. 2. The vague and incompetent. They are ignorant of the HWC, are simply not engaged with driving as a skill but not intentionally driving illegally, cause havoc. 1/2

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 09/07/2026

My regular but basic household cooking is driven by precision timing, knowing how long things come to the boil, how long things need to fry for on my hob. But the one thing I can never rely on is the time needed to remove the film from the fish packet.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 06/07/2026

It wouldn't be unreasonable for countries to resign from FIFA until their corrupt governance is resolved, would it? How do you stay in an organisation so blatantly run for profit and political interest rather than for the fame? #FIFA #Corruption

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 06/07/2026

At home we just had a card from #RoyalMail to say they were improving the second class service by reducing it to alternate day delivery. Meanwhile in Abingdon 5 year old got his first class birthday cards all delivered on Saturday - exactly one week after his birthday. All posted early.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 03/07/2026

Impressive arrival next door. Less impressive was the owner (not our neighbour) manoeuvring into the driver's seat. #AstonMartin #DB4

Classic silver Aston Martin DB4 in pristine condition.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 01/07/2026

I despair of car reviewers. The "best feature" of the revised Renault Mégane is not the improved range or charging time, nor the styling that makes no difference to making it a safer drive, but the "ventilated Qi phone charger." I think I know why the UK car market is so unrelated to its needs.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 30/06/2026

Just watching series 6 of Voyager and what really comes across is how imaginative they are. Doctor daydreams and this is intercepted; 7 revives race from stasis after 900 years; find a Mars spaceship from the 21st century in a spacial anomaly; sentient craft takes over Tom. No story arc handcuffs.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 20/06/2026

Having a car review phase and the really annoying thing that they all casually dismiss speed limit assistance with it being "easy to cancel, which is great." Why can't a reviewer say "This limiting system worked well, kept the car driving legally at all times." or "This one needs improvement."? 1/2

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 13/06/2026

Well, that was traumatic. Convinced myself I had been driving uninsured since September when I couldn't find my policy in my emails, then I mistyped my VIN into AskMID and it came up uninsured. Total brain fade - a nice lady at Lloyds pointed me to Co-op (ithe same insurers, different brand). 1/2

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 06/06/2026

Is being added to the Anti-AI moderation list a bad thing? It's intriguing that AI supporters can't bear to hear criticism of AI.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 01/06/2026

The very worst thing of all!! It's utterly shameful of the BBC! Nigel Farage has been banned from appearing on Watch With Mother!

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 01/06/2026

I like it when people don't seem to know what happened when people had their good idea before - one of the most infamous races in F1 history. And that didn't even use a full oval. Indianapolis 2005.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 24/05/2026

Water bottle empty? Fill issue.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 24/05/2026

Fallen out with the mother-in-law big-style? Will issue.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 24/05/2026

Can't afford the n+1th bike. Till issue.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 24/05/2026

Not feeling the love from the waiter at your local Italian restaurant? Peppermill issue.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 20/05/2026

You're gonna need a bigger audit.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 19/05/2026

Not impressed with theLegal Ombudsman. The firm has described in writing a defective title as Title Absolute, had never given any advice on resolving the defects, yet the LO can't bring themselves to do anything but accept the solicitor's contention they had done decent work. Back to the SRA?

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 17/05/2026

Well that was a first world nightmare. Car punctured on arrival at hotel. Rang RAC at 4pm. Got a time to fix of 6-8pm. Then at about 7 it became 10pm-1am. Then got a new time of 8:50pm-10:50pm & a text from 3rd party but no further contact. Chased, eventually another text arrived. 1/3

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 04/05/2026

Fun fact. Star Wars Day is an official holiday in the UK. #MayThe4thBeWithYou

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 03/05/2026

With the decline of the railways, once proud engines have to find employment where ever they can.

A red waste skip boldly titled "Thomas Waste Management Ltd"

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 01/05/2026

I note that "AI slop" has been formally recognised as a thing by the NYT mini crossword.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 23/04/2026

Shout out to Vodafone and City Fibre. Landscapers destroyed cable to the house yesterday. Chatbotted* them at 6pm. Fixed by 10am, new fibre and cable from house to box. *Another story. #Broadband #HomeImprovementDistater #GreatService

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 23/04/2026

Also, riders know crashing hurts so try to avoid it (unless we are talking mountain bikes!), drivers are oblivious to and protected from risk of injury.

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 22/04/2026

#AGentlemanInMoscow We've spent the last few nights watching A Gentleman In Moscow. What a wonderful series. Perfectly told, unique story, one of the best TV series I've seen in a long time. Bravo!

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Ian Spencer 🐧 @ian.spennys.world · 22/04/2026

I was chatting to our bathroom fitter a while ago and it turned out he was called Lea because the registrar's writing was a bit wobbly and everyone decided the name on the certificate said Lea not Lee so that is what he must be called for evermore. #OddNames

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