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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Edge of Distortion - The Unforgettable Fire

A 1980s black and white picture of U2 guitarist The Edge

statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

They might have mistaken you for somebody trying to update William Labov's celebrated study investigating social stratification in shops linguistics-research-digest.blogspot.com/2013/06/revi...

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Revisiting New York department stores

- excuse me, where are ladies's shoes? - fourth floor! Patrick-André Mather has recently replicated one of the all-time b...

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I was listening to Sunshine Help Me by Spooky Tooth earlier this very evening.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Excellent piece. Very informative and well written. Many thanks.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Pleased with what Sorba Thomas has said and Bellamy also seems to get that this was below par. Hopefully we will at least see a reaction on Thursday.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Difficult to see where it's going to come from. The players in both games have looked timid - low in confidence and playing more or less from instinct.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It was poor all round, wasn't it?

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Very interesting. I recently tried to list all films on iPlayer in A to Z order and could find no option in the interface for doing so.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"A left footed midfielder has just scored a brace in quick succession to put his side ahead at Stamford Bridge! But for who, Chris Kamara?" #CHEHUL #FPL

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

And a special edition that reads "Robin Snest" in tribute to the first episode.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Went Wirtz over Szoboszlai on free hit. Also have Isak. Should be an interesting evening...

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm still likely to do it. Last night I briefly considered triggering it, getting 3 current City in and adding Ndiaye and Enzo Fernandez for the home game with Coventry, but decided it probably wouldn't hold as I wouldn't be able to change my mind about anything else before deadline.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Surely this could pave the way for the Cod In Butter Sauce Pie.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In the end, though, happy days, really. With captaincy, Bruno comes out 20 points ahead of Haaland so far. Saying that, LiveFPL confirms joint ownership of them as 31% overall, and 58% elite, so not having Haaland's GW2 score has hurt me. If only that Thiago penalty hadn't clanged off the post!

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I notice with interest that 38 year-old Karim Benzema has just cancelled his Al-Hilal contract by mutual consent...

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Watching our defenders dummy, dummy and then chip a 30 yarder straight on to a Brentford head every time is not much fun #lufc

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I agree with all of this. Welles's Macbeth deserves to be seen and enjoyed by more people. It's right there on BBC iPlayer for those who have access: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Macbeth

Orson Welles's classic film version of Shakespeare's play about a Scottish nobleman heavily influenced by his wife's lust for power.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Found A Job (Not) Making Flippy Floppy Life During Half Time Wearing Down The Bench Take Me To The Goalmouth

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Some of us, err, got in early... 😬

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Diesel Park West! Fall To Love was an excellent song.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thanks for the links! I have started listening to the first one.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Or those of us with no Haaland and Fernandes as captain...

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Sunday Morning (Is When I Warm Up For Kickoff)

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I believe there was a cricket writer who always referred to players as, for example, Mr Stokes unless he had been introduced to them.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Dan Burn and Michael Bridges

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Alan Rough and Michael Reddy

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Eoin Hand and Chris Foote

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

For a moment there I thought someone had had a word with the picture editor. Classic shot of England and Liverpool team-mate Ray Kennedy admiring the goalkeeping of Ray Clemence. And then I spotted the inset...

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

When he heard about the credits he feared the worst.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Also, if the most recent collection was 35, is that the most prolifically collected-from postbox in the UK? Or is this region working to a decimal calendar where months have 35 days? Or is it based on Excel and there has been no collection since 4th February 1900? I think we should be told.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Absolutely magnificent timing.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Cue a 10% drop in ownership within 24 hours. 🙂

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sweden will opt to switch gradually over 40 years and then forget to do it.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

U2 enjoying an eclipse at Slane Castle in 1984 while making The Unforgettable Fire with Brian Eno. "Look what you've done now with yer bl**dy rock and roll music!" youtu.be/ffGANVRctxQ?...

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U2 - The Making of The Unforgettable Fire - documentary (1984)

YouTube video by U2 Argentina

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I want to know what Ian knows that we don't.

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statto99 @statto99.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Depends what you mean by "fair game". An embargo is an agreement or understanding amongst participants in a press conference that information given in either whole or part of it is not to be transmitted onward before a particular time or date. Simple as that.

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