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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 7h

Which has just reminded me of the "Rhino Bear" subtitle typo on BBC News when he died, and has consequentially sent me into fits of laughter for the second time this evening.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 9h

You'll be pleased to know that this has come up on my feed while I'm hosting my usual weekly pub quiz and once again I've been reduced to helpless laughter at the sight of the cat.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 12h

Catching up with this week's Only Connect and whoever was compiling the connecting walls must have been in the absolute foulest of moods when putting them together because they were genuinely HORRID.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today I learned of a museum in Bedfordshire called the Shuttleworth Collection which features a display of historical cars, and I genuinely hope that it features among its exhibits an Austin Ambassador Y Reg.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm not going to post a picture because just looking at a picture of it even now I'm an adult still makes me feel uneasy, but that sodding musical box at the start of Camberwick Green.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Will fill you in on Whatsapp tomorrow - could have been worse but yeah, still not ideal.

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Vicky the Labrat @vickythelabrat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

THIS. It's not fucking difficult. It took us all of about 3 weeks with my kid until it felt weird saying their old name (with people who didn't know). It makes me so angry when people just won't try.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Because let me tell you, gender dysphoria is a horrible thing, so why not make things just that little bit easier for your child by ensuring they don't have to deal with it and can actually be comfortable being their actual authentic selves.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This may be something you may not have realised, but the more you actually use their preferred name and pronouns instead of their sodding deadname, the easier and more natural it becomes! So why not actually bloody respect your child and USE THEM.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Hey, parents! If your child has told you they are trans or non binary and have informed you of their preferred name and pronouns, then it absolutely behoves you to not only use them when you're in the presence of your child, but also when you are NOT in their presence and talking to other people.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Alright, I guess. Thank you for checking in :) Have a couple of potential routes to explore in the pipeline, may come to nothing but am staying hopeful. Still fed up about the whole situation, though, it really has kicked my confidence and self belief, even more than last time.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A favourite of Kit's is, whenever I say "ugh, I've got a hair in my mouth", is for them to reply "could be worse, it could be a rabbit!". And also a classic from my own family; if anyone mentions the Welsh seaside town of Prestatyn, to quip "press what in?"

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

As someone who is experiencing their second bout of unemployment in a year, I wish to say to Matthew Syed KINDLY FUCK THE ABSOLUTE FUCK OFF, YOU UTTER TWERP.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Watching it on the big telly in the living room and the picture of the cat caused me to have a laughing fit so loud it caused Kit to come downstairs with a concerned look on their face. Marvellous work from both of you, my headwear is doffed.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is a very brilliant thing indeed and well worth all the minutes of your time to savour and enjoy.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The radicalisation of the middle aged and elderly needs addressing. Many believe every single word on Facebook and X.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Gah, I meant "228 instead of 288"! Now wondering if I can swap this version of Bluesky for one with an edit button. *dials number, remembering the 01- as he's outside London*

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I do now find myself wondering how the number could have been most often misdialled. For example, dialling 228 instead of 228 would have reached a number on Battersea exchange (it kept the BAT letter-to-number mapping when London changed to all figure numbering in the 1960s)

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Historical Television Website @htw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Vague memory of the very first Swap Shop mainly consisting of Noel giving a very long-winded explanation of how the show worked (no items yet available to swap) plus a quick chat with Cheggers at an outside location about a future roadshow. Initially Posh Paws didn't have a name.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Why on earth would you choose the waiting room of a hospital to have a loud face-to-face video call with somebody?

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yep, the whole "backstabbing" concept of it absolutely sickens us. We both had enough of that unpleasantness at school, the last thing we want to do is watch it in the name of supposed entertainment. Genuinely just don't get it.

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Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

That’s Life! was just incredible. Its two most famous moments are a man being movingly celebrated by the now grown Jewish children he got out of Nazi Germany & a dog saying “sausages”. No other programme has ever had that range.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

And more excitement discovering that next Wednesday (7th Oct) is the 50th anniversary of the opening of the new exchange in Rufford which replaced the old exchanges in Rufford and Mawdesley, with all 3 digit numbers becoming 6 digits on Rufford 82xxxx (Rufford xxx -> 821xxx, Mawdesley xxx -> 822xxx)

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Further phone excitement with the discovery of the 1987 article announcing the modernisation of the exchange at Hesketh Bank with changes to STD code (0772) and local number (prefixed with 81) And I seem to recall no one began quoting their new number as 077281 xxxx. London, take note...

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Interesting to note (no, shut up, it is!) that Maghull exchange was not lumped in with the other Liverpool exchanges (ANF, CEN, NOR, ROY, BOO) available on 83x from Ormskirk and was instead on the 82x level along with Parbold, Rufford, Upholland and Wigan - the latter three all on 824!

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

No, YOU'RE taking advantage of the free searches on newspapers.com this week and looking at all the results for "telephone exchange" in your old local rag. (Already found some local code information from when the Ormskirk exchange went automatic in 1953 which made me whoop in genuine excitement)

newspapers.com

The past: read all about it.

The largest online newspaper archive. Used by millions every month for historical research, family history, true crime, journalism, and more.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I genuinely do know someone (an old friend of mine from the lovely drama group I was a member of in Aberystwyth) who used to play Manuel in a similar experience to this (although I never saw him perform).

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Just checked my mobile call log and yep, same here, but all marked as spam thankfully so they don't actually ever ring - one today (a mobile) and then two from Saturday (Aberdeen and Gloucester) and two from Friday (Cardiff and London). One did get through yesterday, though.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Your regular reminder that Alan Tarney Cliff is the very best Cliff, and I will take no further discussion on this. #HoldMeCloserTarneyDancer

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This Fairford business does somewhat put me in mind of my days doing C.12th re-enactment and a particular Shire Court display at Whittington Castle in 2014, which involved three men accused of "being suspicious in a graveyard at midnight". youtu.be/5tgFZtUVgkQ?...

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Historia Normannis at Whittington Castle 2014 - Shire Court

YouTube video by Nathan P

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Another Star" is an utterly magnificent noise indeed and I would like to think that the playout lasted for at least another 15 minutes after the fade out ended.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

To my ears that sounds strangely American at the end and I can't work out why!

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And rightly celebrated alongside the remainder of the great Angela Morley's work. Just a simple 12 note sequence, but what a legacy.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Also, I may have seen an example of my absolute dream car - a Fiat Strada - and I'm sure the squeal of excitement I let out could have been heard across the whole of Warwickshire.

A silver Fiat Super Strada cabriolet in a car park, picture taken from the front left

A silver Fiat Super Strada cabriolet in a car park, picture taken from the rear right

The interior view of a Fiat Super Strada cabriolet

A silver Fiat Super Strada cabriolet in a car park, taken looking directly at it from the front

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Also lovely to meet @hubnut.bsky.social and @misshubnut.bsky.social in person and to say a genuine thanks to them for all the great stuff they do on Youtube. Genuinely, this has been one of the absolute highlights of the year. We will absolutely be at the next one.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What an absolutely magnificent day at #Rustival - our first time there, but definitely not our last. Blown away not only by the range of cars on display but also how absolutely lovely everyone was and how wonderfully affirming and inclusive the entire show was. All of the praise and more for it!

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A most welcome earworm, I'm sure you'll agree! bsky.app/profile/arch...

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Absolutely top notch Trimphone work here. 10/10, no notes

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

An excellent night of OQL action for team TOWIE with victories for us both in the main and the friendly. Always good to see the team picking up other people's questions or getting the steals from the other side. Early days yet but I'm quietly confident we'll be able to avoid relegation again.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Heh, we get everywhere! (I'm afraid my Ceefax stuff only runs to the duvet and a Christmas jumper, nowhere near as extensive or impressive as your setup! But I absolutely appreciate the follow, and your NMS Ceefax is genuinely a thing of brilliance!)

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's #NationalTeletextDay once again, so it's time to do my duty (or should it be duvet)

A double bed with a duvet on top of it. The duvet has a page from Ceefax printed on it with text as follows:

"You are watching items of news and information from CEEFAX, the BBC's teletext service. The full service offers several hundred pages and is available to anyone with a suitably-equipped television set."

Most of the text is white on a blue background, with CEEFAX and The BBC's teletext service in yellow.

There are also two plain white pillows at the top of the bed, with a cuddly dragon sat between then. A pair of bedside tables sit either side of the bed with various things placed on them such as alarm clocks and telephones.

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Will absolutely be forwarding this onto my spouse for signing - thank you for bringing it to people's attention!

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Him Over There, and now available for work @snathe.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Just bog standard boring old vanilla Apache - it's what my website runs on in "production" (i.e. where my shared hosting lives) so didn't want to complicate matters for myself too much.

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