purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I've put up an adoption notice for one of my Sphynxes today. :( (France) I didn't want to, but for her it is better she goes to a home where she is the only cat. Where she's the one who gets all the attention. Where she isn't hiding from my other Sphynx, which is making her life hell. 361
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Note to self: Try to get Shutter Island on dvd. Also: Autumn in New York Maybe I'll remember now. LOL 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Eating very healthy...not. LOL Pork Rillets (from the butcher, it's a French thing), fresh bread from the baker (Pain de Mie) and homegrown chives. Yummy. 020
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026You know... every time I see some American mentioning "Faith"... I want to throw up. 010
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Well, I just broke my mop. Great. In the middle of mopping. 111
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Goofball... just got back from "somewhere", looking like this. 020
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The boys have been in the garden all night. (I was up at 5am and heard a "funny noise". It was a horse, snoring in the garden lol) 010
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change, wisdom is knowing what to change first." The first part was said by Einstein. The wisdom part I overheard, and I don't know who said it. 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I lost a friend in 9/11, so I don't take it lightly. However. The US is making a huge deal out of "Ah it was a scene from hell" while raining utter devastation on Iran, not for a day, but for months. Ignoring years of devastation in Gaza and ignoring Ukraine. Why is your ONE DAY more important? 141
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Friend popped in just after lunchtime, and I was about to have lunch, so I asked if she wanted some. "Sure" This was lunch. :) I didn't realize she'd taken a pic. Plate was polished off, so it was good. :) (Turkey pot roast, with mushroom gravy, fusili and some bruxelles sprouts.) 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Ok. Americans, please stop telling me how your "Healthcare" is better than Universal Healthcare. It isn't. For one thing, I don't have "out of region" or "deductibles" for anything. Nor will anyone EVER deny my some care I need, because my "insurance" doesn't cover it. Nor will I ever go bankrupt. 020
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It's raining (Yay) and everyone is inside. Except Goofball, who is sitting at the porch door, complaining (whining) loudly that EVERYONE ELSE is inside, except him. Alas. He's still feral. He also has a BARN he can go into. Two in fact. But, no. He wants to come into the house. To wreak HAVOC. 100
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Here's a thought for parents. If your kid loses their phone -- do they have YOUR NUMBER memorized to call for help, etc? Their mom. Their dad. Their siblings. Uncles. Aunts. Grandparents. It's the PHONE that has the number. It's not in your kid's head. Make SURE that your kid knows it!! #Important 032
Reposted by @purplegnu.bsky.socialLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Swedish musician Martin Molin from the band Wintergatan operating his famous hand-built Marble Machine. IG: @wintergatan2000 www.extremetech.com/extreme/2239... 37562189
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Fucking East German scum voting in the AfD. I really wish they'd made East Germany their own country, and not thrown the doors wide open for all the neo nazis coming across from there. Yes, there were a LOT of them. 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Happy 89th Birthday to my dad today. Of course, when I called...he was on the road, going some place, as usual. "They have some kind of event at my usual place, so I'm heading elsewhere." "Dad. Maybe you just ruined your surprise party by doing that?" "Oh well." LOL 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I have cough mixture now. Had to go pick up meds anyway, as I'd run out, so I asked the pharmacist for something for this nasty cough. Total price of that bottle? €4.90 Let's hope it works! 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I am sick to death of the "I can't buy a house" whine. I sold a 3 bed victorian terraced house - freehold - with a garden, last year. I barely got back what I paid for it. In fact, considering the renovations? I made a loss. It sold for £115k. Don't give me that crap of "can't afford". Plymouth btw. 100
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Kinda having fun with Enshrouded. Did a bunch of quests, but now I'm building stuff. I need more recipes! 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Ok. I've just watched Project Hail Mary again, on the BluRay. And I'm literally sitting here, thinking "Maybe I'll just...watch it again." Am I crazy? 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Went down the road to pick up the BluRay of Project Hail Mary a friend of mine brought from the UK - and literally ended up with 3 HUGE bags full of DVDs, a lot of stuff I've either never seen or not seen in a long time. (5th element etc) Wow. There must be close to 100 dvds!! 010
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Woke up gradually, and thought ohh... I'm better. Then I go downstairs and have the worst coughing bout EVER. Couldn't stop coughing, almost continously, for a good 40 minutes. Took a paracetamol, and had some tea, and it's better now, but omg... my chest hurts now. 100
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Horses and Donkey's feet are finally done. Well. Round 1. There's a lot more to be done before they are ok again. Mr Podiatrist is back on Wednesday for a resin wrap, so it's not getting worse, then another trim booked for 4 weeks later. Expensive, but has to be done. 130
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Still coughing and spluttering, but better today. I have to be functioning tomorrow, because the farrier is coming at 9:30am, and my boys are in dire need of a trim. So I have to step up to the plate, come hell or high water. Can't wait until regular schedule is resumed and my farrier is whole again 020
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026When you buy a really big, lovely, soft, warm, cozy fleece blanket... and the cat claims it. And you hang it over the back of the sofa, all folded up, ready to use? I've lost all rights to that blanket. It's hers now. 030
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Ok. I am having a rotten cold. I'm almost out of Lemsip (not available in France) because my dad has liberated most of my stash. (Not available in Germany, either.) Gonna message a friend of mine due to come over to France to bring me another pack or two. So my dad can liberate some more lol. 100
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I am sick to death of all those EV afficionados telling me "Why don't you get an EV?" This is what I get for €2000 within an 100km radius. The next EV up from that? SAME MODEL - €8000 The next one that's ACTUALLY a CAR? €14500 THAT is why I don't buy an EV! 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Pixie might need all the blankets... But Jezzy needs a pillow. (I'd just like to have a little room on the sofa, ok?) 020
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Pixie? Are you ok? Do you need more blankets? Just askin' 020
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026VERY rough night last night. Massive thunderstorm, directly overhead (I use Blitzortung to check), woke me at 4am with probably the loudest thunderclap I've ever heard. For a moment I thought it was a bomb, seriously. Power was off, and I decamped downstairs with the cats. Power came back 5 mins ago 010
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026It's that time of morning again. There are claws involved, because cuddles. 010
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Ok. Bedtime. Not because I want to, but there's some godawful rumbling outside, and that usually means a powercut. So... shutting down the computer and stuff, just to be safe. 010
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I forgot to put sweetener into that cup of ambition. Drinking it anyway. 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026BUBBLE WRAP CHER, SALLY FIELD, SUSAN SARANDON and STEVEN SPIELBERG!!! PLEASE I can't handle any more crying. 010
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Can someone please bubble wrap Sally Field? She turns 80 on the 6th November. 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Ok, rubbish taken to the dump (mostly cardboard boxes) and stocked up the fridge again. And got more coffee, because I was nearly out! 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026RIP Tim Curry. Oh my effing God, you are DOING IT WRONG!!! I really hope Tim gets up there and kicks your ass!!! 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I think I need to build some car parks... #CitiesSkylines2 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026FWIW - I support Canadians. Pixie. Jezebel. Livvy. My 3 Canadian Sphynx girls. 111
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026THIS is my favorite, ever since I heard it the first time. I laughed my ass off, and I need that atm.youtube.comPMS Blues (Live)YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic 000
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I am sick and tired of rabid vegans. I eat meat. LOCAL meat. Sometimes the hunters drop off some boar at mine, if one got culled on my land. It's tasty. My "free range chickens" weren't "bad" for the land. They had a job. They did pest control, soil mainenance, and fertilizing. And entertained me. 100
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RIP Dolly Parton I loved that woman, and I honestly feel the loss, even though I never met her. Such a beautiful soul. Rest in Peace, Dolly. You will be truly missed. 062
purplegnu.bsky.social @purplegnu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Went to the market. 1kg new potatoes 1 Red Pepper 500g Spring Onions 6 farm eggs All fresh and organic. Total cost: €5.80 Beat that, USA. 431