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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 15h

Looking for Nissan Pao photos, I learn that the French for 'slammed' is 'claquée'

Modified metallic blue Nissan Pao, a simple utilitarian hatchback with ribbed body panels, with severely lowered suspension.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 20h

It's a bit of a Jelly Tot, isn't it? For something boxier with a 2CV flavour, how about a Pao?

Light beige Nissan Pao, a simple utilitarian hatchback with ribbed body panels and a canvas roof.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 21h

My long-ago neighbour had a 1990ish Nissan Pro, which had a lot of 2CV flavour, including the flap-up windows (although they were in the rear). Held up by magnets rather than flimsy spring clip things.

Light blue Nissan Pao, a simple utilitarian hatchback with ribbed body panels.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Wet frog Wet frog You’re a wet frog Leaving soggy frogprints when you hopped out of the bog

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

We’ve had the painters in. The painter. A painter.

Unplanned snap of some dark grey laminate floor and some wall, freshly painted in a very pale blue grey. Books and paint cans scattered about.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

@nostalgicthing.bsky.social I have #TOTP muted but Bluesky’s still showing your posts…sort of…

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So basically Boot the dog from The Perishers

A shaggy cartoon dog biting another cartoon dog's tail

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I had that edition of The Last of the Dragons! Related: I just picked this up from the bookshop. Your fault.

Paperback of WHO WAS CHANGED AND WHO WAS DEAD by Barbara Comyns. Cover illustration is a close detail of a painting of a thistle.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I typed 'cha' into the search box on the grocery shopping website. These were the suggested searches. Which grocery shopping website was it? That's right.

The full list is:

Champagne
Charlie Bighams
Charlie Bighams For 2
Charlie Bighams For 1
Chardonnay
Charlie Bigham
Charlie Bingham
Rose Champagne
Charcuterie
Chantenay Carrots
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Champagne
Chablis
Chard
Chapel Down
Chamomile Tea
Chai Seeds
Chapatti
Charlie Bingham For 2

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

BOSH Arrived in under 24 hours. I can’t imagine anyone being at all interested in this. I mean, come on.

Two big cans of paint in a cardboard box. That’s all.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I respect our British culture. Sophistication. Genius. A little bit more than an 'ot dog, know what I mean? DO YOU?

Bob Oskins as Arold Shand in The Long Good Friday

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

SCORE Actually the bucket’s mostly full of soil, brought back from the allotment to start some seedlings on the balcony. Still, though.

A catering size mayonnaise bucket containing (on top anyway) frilly salad leaves, purple basil, rosemary and pear-shaped tomatoes.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Quote this with a picture of the aircraft you'll accept as a bribe.

A massive red and white Martin JRM Mars flying boat.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

No original posts from me today, I’m afraid. Recycled material only.

Four square slabs of speckled recycled plastic in different colours

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

@john-self.bsky.social Any use? Slightly obfuscated by sunlight and shadows.

Two books, one Ottolenghi and one compiled by Gillian Anderson. Both covers feature a pair of lemons, text, and a 'signed copy' sticker.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Face recognition’s stopped working on my phone. Possibly related: I could do with a haircut.

Too much frizzy white hair, windblown in a way that is not cool or sexy.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: Diarrhoea Man has pulled out of Ed Sheeran's tour

The pink clad legend himself, Diarrhoea Man from the Pepto Bismol ad.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It’s just obligatory that I post this now

The typewriter-beetle hybrid from Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

You mean Star of Edge of Tomorrow TONY WAY

Tony way on a beach, naked except for a military exoskeleton with a teddy bear gaffer taped to the front. His name is in the corner of the picture in an exciting font.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On the table in front of the TV was this edition of Don DeLillo’s ‘Underworld’.

The cover is a negative black and white image of the World Trade Center

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Last night’s perp was a poisoner. A twitchy, evasive, childlike character who was played by a familiar face that I just could not place, so I looked her up and…well! This is a pretty good picture. Do you recognise her?

A white woman in maybe her mid thirties with curly blonde hair. She is standing in a children’s clothing store that’s still being fitted out.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Travelling by wheelchair in heavy rain. Get the look!

It looks like I’ve massively pissed myself.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

That’s more like it. To my surprise, the mutants have much flavour.

Tomatoes getting chopped up, looking juicy.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Lou came back from the allotment with a carrier bag full of tomatoes and a big bunch of basils. Which sounds great, but look at the state of this bastard

Enormous mutoid tomato. As if three tomatoes that were already too big fused together.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Almost certainly the last shorts weekend of the year. Going out in ‘style’.

Adidas ‘New York’ retro running shoes in Taxi colours (yellow with black stripes).

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I think I like sensible 3-5% stouts (you were right about the M&S nitro) and 9+% barmpot ones.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

All AI-generated menu pictures look like this

The beetle-typewriter hybrid from Cronenberg’s Naked Lunch

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Until recently I had a rose tinted memory of the nearest pub when I was a kid. I thought It fitted in nicely with the surrounding estate of workers’ houses (red brick, mostly semis, gardens, wide curved roads with verges)…then I found a picture.

Not quite a flat roofed murder pub, because it has a flat on top, with a very slightly gabled roof. It looks more like a fire station.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Pleased to see the Wyvern Bindery still going in east London. And the Westland Wyvern was a groovy aeroplane with plenty of propeller.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Room at Tate Modern was fully wheelchair accessible and surprisingly easy to navigate.

A dark mirrored room full of small suspended lights. Ladies and gentlemen, we are floating in space.

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

(Trying to engage) Not this one, given to me by the café owner as I was leaving. I don’t know what kind of ‘bread’ that was but it was pretty much inedible.

Reasonably Christmassy vegetarian sandwich contents between two inch-thick slabs of what may actually be packaging or insulation material

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Apparently we have one of those but the chances of finding it are minimal. We also have this doofer

A wool comb: a dark clear plastic semicircle with a rough perforated straight edge

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<Primary Salutation> @stevesparshott.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

At about a quarter to eight a gust of wind unexpectedly blew my reading glasses off the folding garden table into the scented geranium.

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