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@theengineroom.bsky.social
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France-based housekeeper to a couple of tiny, but ferocious dachshunds. Married. Currently between contracts and BORED!! Sharp, but not generally unkind.

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Emma Pearson @emmapearson.bsky.social · 12/12/2023
Oh dear - fans of the 🇫🇷 rapper Jul bought 'bargain' €5 tickets to his concert in Sweden, only to find they actually had tickets to a Swedish village Christmas fair (Jul = Christmas in 🇸🇪) www.leparisien.fr/culture-lois...
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Ils pensent acheter des places à 5 euros pour un concert de Jul mais réservent pour un spectacle ...
Une commune suédoise s’est étonnée de voir les places de son spectacle de Noël se vendre comme des petits pains. La raison ? Des fans de Jul
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 10/12/2023
@nigelslater.bsky.social James’s panettone and mincemeat pudding, just eaten with single cream. *noises* were made..
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 10/12/2023
One of the best bits about @nigella.bsky.social’s Domestic Goddess book is the ability to adjust your favourites.. today, Italian Christmas mincemeat cookies..
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 09/12/2023
@nigelslater.bsky.social Hot smoked fish and leek pie. Lawks that’s good. 💕
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Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network · 07/12/2023
Today I learned that carbon footprints were invented by BP and pushed in a mega marketing campaign to shift the conversation from corporations to individuals and I hate everyone. Except NPR, thanks for the reporting.
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 06/12/2023
Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally?
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
If you see this, post a pic from your phone. Don’t explain.
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 26/11/2023
Stuff the last celebrity, what was the last cow you saved to your picture roll?
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 18/11/2023
This place is so full of needy over sensitive people. Out.
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Cake..
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
There are no dogs..
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
The sun is out, the sky is blue, it’s beautiful… no filters, just France.
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 14/11/2023
Moody skies last night.. the walnut trees along the terrace now full of yellow leaves, too. Feels like winter is coming, although it was so mild that we had lunch outside!
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Sam Vimes @samvimes6.bsky.social · 10/11/2023
A new eruption might be about to start in Iceland within the next few hours.... Earthquake intensity is increasing and they've become shallower indicating that magma is rising. en.vedur.is/about-imo/ne...
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Tiffany⸆⸉ @tiffanyclay.dev · 09/11/2023
Wow, 1400 earthquakes in the last 24 hours on the Reykjanes Peninsula! Acc to Iceland Met Office, "it is not possible to exclude a scenario involving a lava-producing eruption in the area northwest of Þorbjörn." Officials released an evac plan for nearby Grindavik as well. apnews.com/article/blue...
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Iceland's Blue Lagoon spa closes temporarily as earthquakes put area on alert for volcanic eruption
The Blue Lagoon geothermal spa, one of Iceland’s biggest tourist attractions, has closed temporarily as a swarm of earthquakes put the island nation’s most populated region on alert for a possible...
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
French apple cake demain. Made with Chantcleer apples… can’t wait for the house to fill with the vanilla and apple fragrance.
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
It’s cold, dark and a bit miserable outside. The perfect time for a @nigelslater.bsky.social comfort recipe. Sweet potato and chorizo (I have added confit onions) it is.
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
This is the face of an outraged dog. Himself has crisps and is refusing to share. So she came to me for shared crisps, only to discover I’m not eating any!
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 09/11/2023
Morning!
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Alan Bradley @ajpbradley.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
I have a 3-day weekend coming up (Friday to Sunday) and nothing planned. Who has suggestions of places to go/stay within a 4 hour drive of Boston?
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Article… has provoked much thought for me. johnsnowproject.org/insights/end...
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'Endemic' SARS-CoV-2 and the death of public health
Information control has replaced infection control, and that does not bode well for the near- and medium-term future of the human species on planet Earth.
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
#Teeheehee
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Hamas figures. Never forget Hamas trapped their own people in Gaza. Whatever you think of Israel, right now, also remember Egypt didn’t open its border and Hamas has fired on every humanitarian corridor opened. And didn’t build a single bomb shelter for its “human shield”, for all those tunnels.
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
I bought panettone today, because I can’t exist much longer without attempting the panettone and mincemeat sandwich referenced by @NigelSlater in #ChristmasChronicles. Have.To.Try!
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Much better mince pies.
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
No apologies. This is beautiful for itself, but.. It matters to me and the people I know who either didn’t come home or came home with life changing injuries.
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Evening @miloshropshire.bsky.social lovely to see a fellow noble hound.. x
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
Made pie. Mostly mushrooms, but a few odds and ends of other veg used up.
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Drew Faulkner @drewf.bsky.social · 30/10/2023
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
QP a photo you’ve taken of water
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Today’s mood..
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Will 🇺🇦 Absolute Shower 🇺🇦 @showerabsolute.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
I'll be there and hope some of you will be too
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Pork pies.. pleased with the home made version..
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Okay Bluski.. peed off to be unable to see my own profile..
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
Not a good night. Hateful cold and so sitting in bed feeling sorry for myself. One dachshund also “feeling sorry for me” enjoying the comfiest bed in the house.
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Dormant Account @brandford.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
A lovely bloke from X made this.
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
I want this place to work, but I miss people from the other place.. Filling with cold, so sure I am just being mawky.
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
I mean, it’s probably true, but today is World Menopause Day and sometimes, it *might* be more satisfying the other way round.. 😂
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
Late return to Toulouse from UK, so have an archive pic of the puppers..
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 14/10/2023
Scary times.
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
Friday night is fish night. Fish finger butties with home made mayo and tartare sauce. The outrage to French sensibilities will be huge, but if it’s our last meal on Earth, it has been a comforting one. 😇
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
Playing with very simple AI.. girls outside their chateau. 🥰🤣
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
Someone here was commenting on AF wine. Not sure if it’s of similar interest, but have just found 0.0% Asahi beer in Carrefour. It’s very, very impressive. If you like a standard Peroni, this stuff is for you when you’re not drinking. 💕
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
A couple (well, three) of busy days at work ahead, but already planning food porn reading.. we’ve been enjoying Mowgli and a spot of Dishoom inspired stuff this week, but as it becomes cooler, a reversion to Nigel and Nigella beckon. Perfect comfort food, with fusion inspirations. 💕
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 08/10/2023
Lazy Sunday afternoon enjoying the dappled shade of the walnut trees..
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 07/10/2023
Question for French living people, please! We have a veritable plague of shield beetles. Any ideas on discouraging the blighters?
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
Today’s mood…
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The Engine Room @theengineroom.bsky.social · 06/10/2023
Afternoon, @mooey1.bsky.social Back in the Engine Room, but accompanied by the ferocious duo.. x
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News Feed @news-feed.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
@bbcpress: 👻 (G)Ho-ho-ho(sts)! Merry Christmas! Have you heard we're heading back to Button House for one more #BBCGhosts Christmas Special in 2023? More ➡️ t.co/CcELMmubT8 t.co/BPoXEi7iba
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