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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I've taken to watching everything with the subtitles turned on. The movies shot in almost complete darkness get turned off.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As someone who has, at times in my life, been quite rich but at other times dirt poor I can unequivocally state that having money is much much better than not having it.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

An opinion from someone who knows nothing about arboriculture.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

All multi player online games are hunting grounds for paedophiles.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

That used to work when bar staff were trained and attentive. I feel I've become invisible in recent years.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Unfortunately some of them will still stand over you and tell you what to do.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

And a rapist, a cheat, a paedophile, a fraudster, a thief, a vandal, a simpleton and a danger to world peace.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I was asked this once in a job interview. I thought I'd fucked it up already so I said I'd like to be remembered as someone who always stood his round in the pub. I got the job.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

What a very strange thing to have any sort of opinion on.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

@officialmelbrooks.bsky.social happy birthday Mr Brooks. I'd just like to thank you for the joy you've brought into my life.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

It might surprise you to know that most children are disrespectful and deeply unpleasant. Some grow out of it. Some don't and go on to be politicians.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Happy birthday George, hope you have a wonderful day.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Did you want to Deck 'er?

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Did you give him a tip?

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Fair enough. I usually go with friends and wouldn't talk to random strangers anyway.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I'm very much against them too but just because you're in the same pub doesn't mean you have to 'mix' with them. Or do you often strike up conversations with random strangers in pubs.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

But surely any on street parking closes down a lane, marked or not. As for mini roundabouts, if used properly, they help with the free flow of traffic.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

But the condition of the roads anywhere has nothing to do with bad or inconsiderate parking.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

So what's your point in singling out the uk? I'm in France, parking is shit here too.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

You do realise most British town/village/city streets have been there for centuries longer than cars have been around.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I guess it depends on your income. I have to stretch a very small pension every month just to make ends meet. Every penny counts.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The markets are pretty good indeed but actually fairly expensive compared to LeClerc, Carrefour, etc. Fresh produce in Lidl is much cheaper and as good if not better quality. And Parkside tools are excellent.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

You obviously didn't need a kayak with your groceries then. Fair enough.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

When I moved out of the family home I neatly packed up all my childhood toys and possessions and put them up in the otherwise empty loft. My folks sold the house about 5 years later and left them there. They didn't know or probably care. I wonder where my 1960s Hornby train set ended up.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The middle of Lidl elevates it to first place if you want to buy a kayak, a chainsaw and a foot spa. It's a sort of free creche for husbands.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

It's the complete lack of self awareness that gets me.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I love dogs. It's dog owners I hate.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Jesus H Christ. Don't tell me you've only just noticed. This is the raison d'etre of virtually every government that has ever existed anywhere in the world. The politicians who make you believe they're doing it for YOUR benefit are just better liars.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Calm Down. The only direct command that is guaranteed never to make anyone actually calm down.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

I'm pretty sure he had a bottom. You could plainly see it in The Fisher King.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Most large supermarkets sell books.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I somehow feel this is bait. Isn't it from the bible?

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Did you write this yourself?

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Welcome to capitalism, have you just noticed?

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

My mate was addicted to brake fluid. He always said he would stop whenever he wanted.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I'm guessing the OP has an alcohol problem and mistakes normal social interaction between adults as alcoholism by measuring it against their own experiences. I'm in the upper end of his age scale and although social drinking is commonplace none of my peer group is an alcoholic or ever gets 'pissed'.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

If I only had a choice of watching football or cricket, how easy is it to smash a television?

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I've got nothing against the tea and cakes thing, it's the running and throwing bit I can't be bothered with.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

If he got a decent bit of jail time you wouldn't have to mention him at all. At least until the surveillance cameras mysteriously break down one night.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

It's because they only actually have 15mins of material to fill 60mins of screen time.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Never got cricket. 2 teams play for 3 days to hit a solid ball with a flat stick to folk miles away at the edge of a field and the hitter runs till the ball comes back. They take regular tea breaks and eat cakes and sandwiches. Rain can stop play and very often nobody wins so they have more cake.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

If I remember rightly, most of them were.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

The only proof in existence that I wasn't always 20stone of unfit blubber. It doesn't pick me up when I'm low. It's kinda depressing.

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Ian @roget.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I've recently retired and I now wish I'd paid more attention to the matter of pensions.

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