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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Torn between 'Vinyl faced naughty boy elf' & 'LED traditional dog soldier' as new profile line, then realised I read both those books in sixth-form. It has to be the former.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

They are both great*, but if pushed I'd probably go green & gold from these photos. *Great is insufficient - I find them very calming to gaze at, almost hypnotic.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Don't tell me, that's where you stopped for a breather and got your phone out to make it look like you only stopped for the photo. Not saying why I think that... (puff, puff).

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Ah, Travelodge, of course. We've planned many UK touring holidays around sometimes absurdly cheap one night stays if you're happy to be a bus ride/longish walk out of a town/city centre. And I'm sure the gifting will be returned in some way, so that's all good.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

That sucks, hard luck. But also I'm thinking £90 for a train trip AND hotel stay in that there London... that's a bargain! Could ask hotel if mentioning their kindness on here in giving you refund (or reschedule for when you could use it) would prompt such a kindness?

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

😀 This has a commonality beyond individual sports and countries. I grew up in UK playing football on a street of 100 year old terraced houses in the 1970s which were mostly quiet but... CAR!

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Is that not nice? It's what I'd call nice; it's not raining/snowing/hailing or so foggy/cloudy there's no blue. You have either been spoilt with your sunrises or are a connoisseur of them! Or... I'm now so lazy/fortunate that I only see sunrises 3 months out of 12, so am a sucker for even poor ones.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

You (and they) have found my level of humour. Perfect, just perfect. 🤣

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

"This son just sat by his mother's open grave and finished reading her the book he was reading her in hospice. There you go, that's a funeral." Not a dry eye in this house.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Everyone should be as happy as he appears on their birthday - happy birthday Nick! Your posts about him and the care he receives at the Canterbury Oast Trust always cheer and inspire me. They are doing wonderful work there.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

He has the hair of my maternal grandfather. Unfortunately I inherit mine from my paternal grandfather, and it's been slowly retreating from about age seven. Better than advancing though, so every cloud...

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Superb. I am also seriously envious of your grandfather's hair.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Move North. By 2036 I will be in Iceland.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Seasickness, when it's bad, it's hell.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Now I think about it, is that what you say in these book shops, "Hi I'm Evie King, world famous author, and I'll sign some of your stock for you. Look, that little pic on the back, that's me. Yes it is. ID? Ah, well, of course I don't use my real name..."

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

I'm imagining you running down the street after the Leadenhall buyer, shouting "I'm Evie King, world famous author, and I'll sign that book for you!"

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

What a lovely review; maybe I should buy a second also, as I'm hogging our single copy so far. My recommendation is Get Ahead of Being Dead by enjoying a life, a love, a laugh, family, friends. But... I also look forward to the third book, in your own time of course. I hope Dave gets better soon.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Ah, I am old aged and tired. You have my sympathy for being tired, but that's it 😀

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

So... you're a vampire now? Is this an advance plug for the next book "Get Ahead by Being Undead"?

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

No, no, no, surely it's "Why is the c green?"

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Just a wee bit hasty in summarising the article, which says: "It’s missing tomatoes, which wouldn’t arrive in Italy until the 1500s and wouldn’t be widely eaten in the country until the 19th century, owing to a belief that the newly introduced fruit was poisonous." You didn't use AI did you? 😀

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Hum, no - older. But knowing their age makes me smile at the same time as being teary, so that's even better 🫶

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

For some reason that made me teary. Just old and tired I guess.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Very, very good. I don't usually write anything in any book I own, but I'll make an exception in this case, I'm sure it will be affecting.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Literally and genuinely my jaw dropped when I read that... a gentle and yet whack-on-the-head prompt to get me thinking about when I am no longer here. Very, very good.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

🤣 If only all authors offered this guarantee.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Worth the wait! 👏👏👏 Now just waiting for Bookshop.org to send me mine, complete with *words* and *a back* !

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I was on the edge of my seat with the wilting tulips, this is too much!

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

You part timing for the York Tourist Board? It's working... we need to go back there soon!

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

We have one that we regularly hold up and say "Can anyone remember what this is the remote for? Do we even need it anymore?"

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Just in case no one else has yet said: the named five (Mike Morris, Clarence Mitchell, Alan Cook, Mark Shooter, Kira Gabbert) were councillors previously but lost their seats in the May elections. They don't need to be included this time round.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I clicked the heart button, but it really should have been 💔

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I think you're being very harsh towards Matt or Luke. Or both.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Beautiful mark, beautiful walls. And this is a whole new rabbit-hole I was previously unaware of, starting with: it was shown as B.M.10.5 in 1872 survey [maps.nls.uk/view/231281958], old money of course but 45cm? Error vs SE sinking? I must research! 😀

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

But did he paint the figures, or did his son?

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

And then I look at the picture and immediately see the tiny insert brickettes... 🤦

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I think you could build the wall shown with just two bricks, one standard all over square corners (frogged or not to taste), one non-frogged brick with a curve on one side and the lark's tongue on the other opposite corner. You flip that one as required. But I may be wrong.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I like to think it deliberate and they give themselves one point for someone saying it, another if they then blush, and an extra bonus point if they put their hand over their eyes as they walk away. I'm always good for three points.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I really wish someone had told me this 45 years ago, I might have achieved something with my life.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I was struggling (because my exp of RE teachers is that if you start with "this god does not exist" then they insist you prove the fact) until I realised that e.g. Terry Pratchett's god Om from Small Gods would be perfect. Would still get a low mark for taking the mickey, but why would I care?

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Not this bit: "Next... Cells received a weak tap (which produced only a modest contraction response), followed by a strong tap one second later. This... was repeated every 45 seconds... After the first 10 trials of this pair of taps, the cells immediately contracted to the weak tap..."

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Edinburgh Libraries have *five* copies of it, and all but one are out on loan. And I've just reserved that last one. Libraries are fab.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

do re mi fa so la tea dough - only a tenner!

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Sam Beckett, the Chief Economic Adviser to the Treasury? This has gone unexpectedly highbrow.

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

"I lost my job. Well, actually I didn't lose it, it lost me. I am over-educated, under-skilled. Maybe it's the other way around, I forget."

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

What!? What?!? Are these suppositories for pandas?!?!?

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

And suddenly I'm nine again, scabby knees and bitten fingernails...

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yoedinbro.bsky.social @yoedinbro.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I just finished "The Delusions" and I think if anyone else had written it, their style would have had me putting it down halfway through. But Jenni's writing is... addictive? In a good way! And I am currently reviewing my past and future life with a view to being a better person.

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