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Ian Volante

@sometimehippy.eurosky.social
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Quizzer; korfball veteran; rugby league stats wrangling; silly bugger spending too much time working and not enough having fun. Excited by newness. The 2024 World Quiz-Running Champion. Spiritually in Edinburgh, mentally up by the ceiling.

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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 22h
Watching Raw Deal (Schwarzenegger) for what appears to be the first time. It's flippin rubbish. I missed the first few minutes, so whatever semblance of plot they lined up is sadly passing me by. I think he's fallen out with some people, so he's now shooting them. And repeat.
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
The people of Wakefield will be like the proverbial dog with two todgers tonight. #rugbyleague
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2...
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Super League Grand Final: Warrington Wolves 10-23 Wakefield Trinity – live reaction
Wakefield Trinity dominated the final at Old Trafford to win English rugby league’s biggest prize for the first time since 1968. Join Lee Calvert
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
Missed the kick! That's it now. #rugbyleague #superleague #slgf #slgrandfinal
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
That might just be enough. Great control and strength. #rugbyleague #superleague #slgf #slgrandfinal
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
Fa'ataili's hair ❤️ #slgf
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
Excitement building for the #SuperLeague #GrandFinal. As usual, due to football, I'll be ghettoised to a side room in the pub, but it's better than just having it on the radio at home.
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Aye, but which one's which? #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
sweet jesus #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Play Julio and Stevie you cowa- actually don't. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
I like U2. So there. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Nope, not a clue. #totp Oh, the chorus sounds vaguely familiar. Them starting with a #38 hit reminds me of the episode which I don't think I've ever seen again where I'm almost certain they played some random band that was at #42, which seemed very odd. The singer was blond and chubby-cheeked.
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Andy Peebles - face for radio. #totp I'm unnecessarily bitchy tonight.
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 04/09/2026
KEY CHANGE. At least they refrained from the diddley-aye break. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
sweet jesus #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
They could at least have synched the lyrics to the video properly. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
I've no doubt this dance won't be a patch on what Kate herself would have done. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Ah, I see Squeeze had to do their token electro-disco song too. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Play Randy Vanwarmer you cowards. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Today I learnt that Madison Avenue were a duo. You can have that one too Heather. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
I feel sorry for @chartlifepod.bsky.social for all this crap that lies ahead. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
I don't think this is the Shaft that did Roobarb And Custard. #totp And she's no Rosemary Clooney.
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Ahh, blessed relief. Possibly one of my favourite (relatively) latter-day Maiden tunes. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Hopkirk (deceased) in his pants? #totp
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Chris Gomm @gommster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#TOTP I still maintain that Tom Jones is actually singing "Love's dug a hole in yer tights."
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
I fixed the bathroom door latch unit thingy Heather. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
This one rings a bell. Oh, this is the one where she's dressed as a settee. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Ah, Sex Pump. Much better, I think. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
This reminds me of something. It might just be any overblown rock ballad production. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Anyway, wasn't Dru Hill a housing estate? #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Some commentary on the privatisation of public services by the sound of it. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
This dance troupe is worthy of Legs and Co. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Was thinking this sounded vaguely familiar, then it became abundantly clear what they've pinched. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026
Much like its performance on record. #totp
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 01/10/2026
My browser has updated. I've had to do the usual messing about to get things as close as possible as I had them set up previously. Le sigh.
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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When Wakefield were relegated 3 yrs ago, the club didn't stop its community work. It kept giving opportunities and life chances to children, filling the gap left by services destroyed by austerity Its remarkable success isn't just on the rugby pitch — it's in the community, writes Jade Botteriil MP
politicshome.com
Wakefield's remarkable success isn't just on the rugby pitch — it's in the community
On Saturday, Wakefield Trinity take on Warrington Wolves in the Super League Grand Final. Thousands of us will descend on Old Trafford in red, whit...
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Picture House 77 @picturehouse77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Really excited for Saturday's Super League Grand Final between Warrington and Wakefield. The last time Warrington won the title in 1955, Brian Bevan was playing. The last time Wakefield won the title in 1968 saw Neil Fox playing. Will Saturday's game have any future Hall-of-Famers playing?
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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
Pub again. Quiz again. See you there?
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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amazing contrast to Starmer's buttoned up style as Burnham delivers his speech stripped to the waist and covered in peanut butter, repeatedly diving into the audience
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
@chartlifepod.bsky.social and another thing. Someone commented that Morcheeba's 'song' was something I've not heard of. For me, if you say Morcheeba, I think if Rome Wasn't Built in a Day. So there.
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026
@chartlifepod.bsky.social re ongoing Metallica chat; I was in the 96% of thrashers that didn't like Load much. It says a lot that one of its big marketing points was that it filled the entire CD. I am off the opinion that cutting half an hour of self-indulgent slow stuff...
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
Erk, poetry has broken out on the radio.
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026
Trip to Glasgow today through about eighteen inches of rain as far as I could tell. Then two reasonable #korfball performances with the expected defeats. My ankles and surrounding sinews may have forgiven me in a week or so.
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm not nominally a Wakefield fan, but I couldn't be more pleased to see them getting to the Grand Final next week. Guaranteed new winner too, so my general longing for underdog success is going to be satisfied, for a change.
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
Had to leave early, just remembered I've got a quiz scheduled in a minute. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
Best soul band in Britain in 1986? Low bar I say. #totp
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Ian Volante @sometimehippy.eurosky.social · 25/09/2026
Howard's Way was the only thing to look forward to after Songs of Praise on a Sunday night. That barrel got very scraped. #totp
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