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Paul Eggleston @pauleggleston.bsky.social · 9h

Gonna see if that Timberlake bloke can come over when we gain an hour next weekend, cos all my clocks will need a Justin.

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

I’m 9 months after England won the World Cup

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

There is a pilgrimage this year from Wisconsin to Belgium to visit places associated with Adele Brice, a woman born in the village I now live in who emigrated to Green Bay and had visions of Mary (the only Marian visions recognised within the United States I believe)

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

The whole story of Belgian emigration to Wisconsin is remarkable. Several towns around where I live have plaques or small memorials to those who migrated, and the next door village to me has a ‘Rue de Wisconsin’ in remembrance.

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026

A local Facebook group uses this AI pic to advertise an exchange. I like how one lady swaps a chainsaw for a lasagne, and a couple seem to be swapping their baby for a basket of vegetables

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026

I enjoyed this book, it’s clever and interesting, but I wish it was half as long

The cover of What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

(Disappointed that the Belgian military band didn’t have more saxophones)

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

I think I’ve been to more military parades in the last 2 weeks than in my entire life previously

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

Fantastic to read about famous coats and their (partly Belgian) origins. I had a duffel coat as a child, with horn toggles. And I also had a duffel bag, but it wasn’t made of that specific cloth.

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

I’m not particularly (or at all) religious, but I love the evensong service: quiet, contemplative, short, and usually packed with lovely music

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

This local (Belgian) bus firm seems to be hosting a group of American motorcycling veterans, but the flag is a mirror image, whoops

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026

From Monday night: the moon and Saturn

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026

What’s this wet stuff falling from the sky? Haven’t seen it in… months?

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

I’m still going to count him as a famous Belgian. His exact position in the ranking is yet to be determined

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

American? Born in Tirlemont (and Wisconsin is full of Belgians)!

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

Maybe you’re blocked by all the people posting on that topic…

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

The same in Belgium, it makes so much sense

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

Thanks for finding this, it’s exactly what came to my mind too

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s a lovely county to walk in. I hope someone explained the correct pronunciation of Ratlinghope to the author (Ratchup)

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

For work reasons I’ve had to write Hong Kong a lot today, and every single time it’s come out as Honk Konk

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

I came across these translations in France. I didn’t get a photo of a pepper dish translated as “let us pepper”

Translation reads: sirloin inhabitant of bearn

Crudeness, pork-butchery
Believed ham plate

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

I went to the US to work at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the immigration agent couldn’t understand my pronunciation of the name. “LAB-ra-tory” got me into the country.

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

Funnily enough I listened to a podcast about shells today where they mentioned this specific one: thanks for posting the picture of it!

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

Rotted *on* the tree *I’ve* almost had more…

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

Almost my entire harvest of apples this year; many rotted in the tree, one tree had no apples at all. Live almost had more pumpkins this year than apples

A cardboard box with about a dozen apples in it

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

My accordion playing improves when Traitors is on, as I practise accordion for an hour instead of watching the Traitors

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

I’m convinced there’s mileage in a competitive dishwasher loading gameshow format. Also packing the car boot.

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

There’s no travelator on the French Bayeux tapestry exhibition. But there is an audio guide that talks you through the story and keeps people moving along as you can’t pause it

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

I’ve had this so often, even with work colleagues who can see my (very British) name but know that I live in Belgium

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026

It’s such a wrench giving up something like that: it’s been moulded to your body over the years. I had to replace a hiking backpack recently and it took me ages to a) decide to let go and b) find a suitable replacement

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

I auditioned for Junior That’s Life and my French exchange student came with me to London. She spoke to him In French and organised a taxi to take us round loads of tourist attractions on the way back to a Euston. Such a kind woman.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 30/09/2026

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

Then you’re about the same age as me: worth going back to I think (Wyndham, not teenage years)

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

I read The Lotus Caves and The Guardians (and watched TheTripods on TV) but never got beyond that

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John Brown @johnbrown1325.eurosky.social · 30/09/2026

I reread The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham recently: it’s very dated but still works, particularly the third section, which nowadays resonates with climate change worries. I’m trying to find my copy of The Chrysalids: I bet that’s still relevant. Anyone reads The Triffids any more?

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