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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He was still able with his cane.

Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I haven’t seen any of this year’s Sleb Traitors but it all seems to be about Richard E Grant. He seems to have acquired national treasure status. I cannot fathom why. Actor/ professional scarf wearer. What’s all the fuss about?

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Never change Ferrari. Never change. #bahraingp #f1

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Austria’s annual Day of dread. The testing of the alarms. I still find it unsettling.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Do they think they are dealing with Infantino?

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm not sure if I have many followers that live in countries with the Euro. But if you do, do you ever pluralise Euro? If so, when?

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Viennese cyclist. There are three bike parks within 30 metres of this, but they must lock them up here.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I'm sure some people are on Vinted just to troll by offering stupid prices.

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ray of today @checksum11.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ich habe Arnold Schwarzenegger...

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Schengen is amazing. Amazing. Get off a plane and walk out of the airport. Drive to the Adriatic in 5 hours because there’s no border checks. Of course joining the EU doesn’t mean automatically being admitted to Schengen. Ask Romania. Austria blocked them for a long time.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I really feel for Etihad Airways. Such a shame their owners didn’t do any due diligence on Man City’s owners.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They might* be a conspiracy but they aren’t a theory. *They are not a conspiracy.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I get far too excited about how quickly my new charger and cable charge my phone and iPad. It’s genuinely amazing.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We’re sitting on the terrace drinking rosé like it’s August.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I might some money on Antonelli finishing ahead of Russell.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For my German exam prep I’m writing a post for a pretend German language internet forum about whether cash should be phased out. I am letting all my English frustrations with cash only businesses in Vienna come out. Fortunately only my teacher will read it.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yesterday I learned that the German for “Hot-Desking” is “Desk Sharing”.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Don’t choose BA? I might never fly again after that.* I’ve stopped breathing on a plane and experienced a ‘joke’ turn into a full blown terrorist incident. Both preferable to this.

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Glenn @frackpong.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When your dog hears you open a packet of biscuits.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We’ve used our kefir seed to make some creme fraishe. It’s basically like clotted cream.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Someone needs to delete what ever strategy game he’s got on his phone.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If airports offered an enhanced Fast Track service that guaranteed you could do bag drop, security and immigration and it would take no longer than 30 minutes, would people pay for it?

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Suw @suw.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is absolute perfection.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Why is it shorts weather again?

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This bloke is either a quisling or a coward. Probably both.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

They’ll let him out when he stops asking for the turn down service.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Hang on a minute. What about CANZUK?!

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We’re watching CPD on Netflix. A fairly standard US police show set in Chicago. They refer to a young child as a ‘tender age child’. It is very odd. To put it mildly. We wish they would stop.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The name’s Bonds. 5% Bonds.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There’s an Instagram meme about New Yorkers paying $60 for a loaf of bread that can be had for a mere €14 in Vienna. Apparently €14 isn’t an unreasonable amount to pay for a loaf of bread. It is a big loaf.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Apparently it’s 23° in Vienna. I’ve just popped out in just a T-shirt and felt a bit chilly. What has this summer done to me?

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Ani @anianide.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

gut erzogen

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We’ve come to The Vienna Coffee Festival. It’s very hard not to blow €€€€€ on a new espresso set up we absolutely do not need.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Make a band edible. The Rolling Scones.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Unboxing videos are weird.

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Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

London is statistically safer than every US city. UK crime rates are falling. The number of people arriving in small boats is down, not up. Sharia Law has no legal power whatsoever in the UK. You are seven times more likely to get stabbed in the US than the UK. This is the reality.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mildly smug at being able to avoid the EU tourist queue.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I did not speak too soon and The Stansted Express did not screw us over.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

After some alcohol with lunch I may have bought a cap especially for dog walking.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If anything sums up the difference between London and Vienna, this does.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

After years of reading @jayrayner1.bsky.social write lovely things about Rules we‘ve finally been. Oysters, steak and kidney pudding and a golden syrup pudding were all excellent. And filling.

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

When do they announce that every school will be required to have a branch of The Farage Youth?

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Paul @ronsmate.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Since last Saturday we‘ve taken six trains trips. None have been delayed by more than 5 minutes. Why do people moan about British trains so much?

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