January 2012


  • @BevviW Return returned. It's not too time consuming for me, which is good, but bad, because it makes me think I should be more invested… #
  • Hit return to return your return to the return office. Your browser will return you to the return page on return from return submission. #
  • If you are not able to wait for a response, you can log out and return to your return later, to confirm that HMRC has received your return. #
  • @GarethJBall That's shocking – I hadn't heard about that. So, everything will have to be on-line or at a PO? Or Swansea. #
  • Yeah, thanks the DVLA. I totally need a list of your offices in alphabetical order. I always decide where to go based on initials. #
  • A recent listen: The Twilight Sad – At The Burnside http://t.co/UQW6nhvl http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • Veronica said that there's no sign saying dogs are not allowed in the play area, but Jesus! We shouldn't need to be told not to shit here! #
  • I've removed the Budweiser bottles, but I'm not really equipped to clear the animal filth. #
  • The play area at Halton is an excellent facility. Pity some people don't have the decency not to leave broken bottles & dog shit all over. #
  • @marieleadbetter You owe me 4.70, @UraGraymalkin 171.70. #
  • @Pete_Eaton ILYDRMT! We're arriving in Porto on the Wednesday late morning, leave on the Tuesday late morning. Brussels Air. @UraGraymalkin #
  • A recent listen: The Doors – The WASP [Texas Radio And The Big Beat] – Remaster http://t.co/2KcOCt8z http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • Now for The Two Towers. Enjoyed 'Fellowship…' much more last week than when I first saw it so I've been looking forward to it. Also, beer. #
  • @marieleadbetter I didn't realise you had a bf – does Ian know? #
  • Boys' height charting: Since last measurement in August, William has grown 4.2cm, Toby 3. Toby was 6cm taller at the same age as Will today. #
  • @BlueVanMan Crazy. Thought I'd just go into the PO & give them £140 and get a tax disc. Not possible. To Preston with my log book I must go. #
  • @BlueVanMan If I want to continue to be exempt, I have to prove I'm disabled. If I don't, I have to prove I'm not disabled, in Preston. #
  • Presumably, this inconsistency is to prevent people fraudulently paying hundreds of pounds for road tax when they should be paying nothing. #
  • You can register as disabled and tax-exempt at the post office, though. #
  • Very cross to discover that to switch my car from tax-exempt disabled status I must present myself and the vehicle at the registry office. #
  • If anyone's in Lancaster, can you pop into Esquire and pick me up a haircut? I can pay you back on Tuesday. Thanks. #
  • In the Penny Street Bridge. Just for a meal and a few drinks with some work friends, not trying to subjugate it or rule over it in any way. #
  • @alikichapple Thanks for thinking of me for this one! @MarkRHancock #
  • A recent listen: Albert Hammond, Jr. – Blue Skies http://t.co/er1Yp1c8 http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Kurt Vile (12), The Wooden Sky (12) & Phantogram (6) http://t.co/B3JMcXi9 #
  • "Win the chance to be a Junior Concierge at the new LEGOLAND Resort Hotel!" Thanks, but I'm already in the "pit pony for a summer" raffle. #
  • As soon as I try to register for so-called eBilling to save 1%, "TECHNICAL FAULT Sorry it looks like something's gone wrong." Yeah, right. #
  • RT @TimGow: Waitrose with pottymouth (thanks @matthewwatts1): http://t.co/kPjZhzkg #
  • Sorry, I meant #WhiskyThursdayBreakfast apparently. #
  • Thought now would be as good a time as any to crack open an Aberlour 16, double cask matured. http://t.co/iDelVnDL #WhiskyWednesday #
  • The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, #free #ebooks @gutenberg_org http://t.co/4AP3LpLx #
  • @marieleadbetter I use RTM and have been for a few years. I don't quite do GTD, but I do use smart lists a lot for context-sensitive tasks. #
  • Doing some important work on my to do list. Adding things to a to do list is the same as doing them, right? #
  • @iMacstu Not as awkward as the moment when you can't remember where the toilets are in a pub you've been to loads of times before. #
  • RT @Rich_Fulcher: If Newt was a historian for Freddie Mac, then I am an entomologist for A & W Root Beer. #
  • Will everyone just stop out-bidding me on eBay already! #
  • Do any usable Morecambe chippies do haggis? #
  • @Pete_Eaton You're in Lancaster!? #
  • A recent listen: The Moodists – Gone Dead http://t.co/3QW3ziMR http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • @Pete_Eaton Are you in South America, then? #
  • A recent listen: Kurt Vile – (shell blues) http://t.co/tS7s99lu http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • Flights booked, must eat. #
  • Right – If I can book some flights I will allow myself a meal and sleep. I suppose they have to be suitable flights, though. #primavera #
  • On a rare work related note, if you know of any .Net developers interested in a permanent role in the Lancaster area, I have info. PM me. #
  • iBad frustrating tonight, and I don't even have the excuse I was expecting after Saturday – I've had little muscle pain, bizarrely. #
  • @marieleadbetter Nice work. I expect I should try and get us there then. #
  • A recent listen: Youth Lagoon – Afternoon http://t.co/glttX5Tr http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • I don't believe for one second that herbal Nytol works, but I'm going to take some anyway for its placebo properties. #insomnia #
  • That'll do; request closed. RT @janlbuxton: @jrwi Well it seems @Kisa has himself a new tumblr of Lancastery stuff http://t.co/r7mVWCSM #
  • @janlbuxton That would appear to be a close enough fit to the brief, thanks. #
  • Can someone do me a digest of today's tweets of local interest? Ta. #
  • A recent listen: Phantogram – As Far As I Can See http://t.co/GNeYOV0C http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • Ooh, I can walk. Genuinely surprised and greatly relieved. #
  • A recent listen: Detachments – Mr Disco http://t.co/vngGouam http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • Wyndham Block, Ballard Street – Enjoying the nods in Attack the Block. #
  • Attack the Block. Been looking forward to this. M&S chinese takeaway in the oven. Chinese food, and a bottle of wine. How classy are we? #
  • Going to watch LOTR with the kids. I'm obviously going to have my Kindle with me for entertainment, don't worry. #
  • @P9ADV You need a longer wall and about 7 hours over 2 or 3 weeks. Lean forward more. Wear wrist guards. Sit on it when you're watching TV. #
  • @P9ADV I wouldn't discourage you. Don't you already have enough fun, though!? #
  • Done. And ouch. predictably, I ended up cycling the full route & will suffer tomorrow. Home for whisky and radox. http://t.co/WT1PQX5w #
  • @idiotjohnson Don't be ridiculous, some of us are dressed as vicars. #
  • Warning: Unicycle boats operate in this area. http://t.co/i2UfnX93 #
  • At Woodie's, awaiting 3 unicyclists I've never met before. Stranger danger! #
  • @UraGraymalkin I may well bail at Morecambe, otherwise I won't be able to walk on Monday, let alone play badminton. #
  • @UraGraymalkin Circular from Crook o' Lune – cycle path to aqueduct, canal to Hest Bank, promenade, cycle path from Morecambe to the Crook. #
  • I'm pretty sure I *shouldn't* do the full 15 miles, though, even if I *can*, which is unknown. The most I've done before is about 6 miles. #
  • Lined up for a 15 mile unicycle ride around Lancaster & Morecambe tomorrow with some actual, properly real, existing, other riders. I know! #
  • My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: The Dodos (14), The Wooden Sky (11) & Tame Impala (11) http://t.co/B3JMcXi9 #
  • @Girlonatrain Wow, what a culture! I'm off to bed, via punching my kids in the head to encourage them to not jack, the c*n*s. #
  • RT @markinreading: No, give Las Malvinas to Scotland. #bbcqt #
  • @Girlonatrain Have you been interviewing my lads? How much of this thing is dramatization, how much doco? Fred *Butcher*? A likely story? #
  • @Girlonatrain Heart of gold. Mind you, she was a legend, what's not to love? #
  • RT @BillQuango: @markinreading That is miliband's latest plan isn't it? "Fairness for everyone for everything" Like a Toddler's charter. #
  • @Girlonatrain No confusion, life is telly. I had sons purely for backup in all the violent incidents I attract. That's life. #
  • RT @follyofyouth: Cosmic country-psyche-rock in a folk pub from 9 piece @dhnewhawks http://t.co/PmOL6S04 #
  • @Girlonatrain Why? I always call my kids a c**t when they hose my shoes down. I'm a gentleman. #
  • A recent listen: Pimsleur – Pimsleur – Portuguese (Continental) Unit 02 http://t.co/covE639q http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • I shall call him Squishy… Technical difficulties on Insert Name Of Regional News http://t.co/atNJWbR8 #
  • A recent listen: The Wooden Sky – Virginia http://t.co/sR2nbLA1 http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • Just some words of wisdom from a spam email. Made more sense than many of the legitimate emails I received today. #
  • Resumed the roof of doors and wine
    Whether you cannot help of character
    They went so much interested #
  • @marieleadbetter Yes, I see no reason to delay, and many reasons to get this sorry episode behind us. #
  • @marieleadbetter The people who've invested $17m in the company probably wouldn't be very happy if it were dodgy. Unless they're the Mafia. #
  • @marieleadbetter It does look good, although the location isn't as good as the other one. #
  • @marieleadbetter Fuckit, fuckit, fuckit, fuckit. How much more expensive?! #
  • @marieleadbetter Hmm, Manchester would be more convenient, albeit an *early* start. #
  • @marieleadbetter I was, but there's nothing suitable involving Lisbon for our dates – either more expensive or stupidly early flights back. #
  • @marieleadbetter @uragraymalkin God, I'm bored with this planning. You booked the apartment, yet? http://t.co/lQR4Rnwf #
  • @Pete_Eaton You can do it with Spotify, and so probably other apps too. Why not iTunes? I can tolerate it for iPod use. #
  • …but I don't know he saw the incident. I was parking my car, btw, I wasn't just out with my scraper scraping things. Anyway, posted a note #
  • Lightly scraped the bumper of my surly neighbour, whom I haven't exchanged more than 2 words with in 6 years. Fairly sure he was watching… #
  • A recent listen: Phantogram – 10,000 Claps http://t.co/2rvvPZfv http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • @Yorkie71 @Kisa (I'm not hard.) #
  • @Yorkie71 @Kisa I've been in shorts today. Seriously. Only because I didn't get 'round to changing after my Muni ride earlier. And I'm hard. #
  • @marieleadbetter It's a staple in Heston's recipes – http://t.co/RRUMFBcF #
  • @marieleadbetter Did you contract norovirus? #
  • @Pete_Eaton Yes, someone else has recommended that route, sounds fun, going to look into Lisboa flights. #
  • @marieleadbetter @dartogreen Could do, but if it were Liverpool we'd drive. Like the Lisbon and train to Oporto idea, going to look at that #
  • @dartogreen Yes, the alternative is more expensive, but had better times and less UK travel. Not perfect by any means. #
  • @dartogreen Sounds sensible, plus bonus rail journey through Portugal Will investigate. #
  • @Pete_Eaton …not booked anything yet, though. You got any flight tips? The travel is a real PITA. #
  • @dartogreen Initial: Ryanair Stansted – Porto. Alternative: EasyJet/RyanAir combo, Liverpool-Madrid-Porto. #
  • @Pete_Eaton Looks like we'll rent an apartment – there's the 3 of us now, down from the 15 who originally reckoned they'd go. 6th – 12th. #
  • @dartogreen Not as such, but I have offered an alternative to @marieleadbetter's initial suggestion. We really need to get something sorted! #
  • Where DOES the weekend go?! I never did get around to tidying (all of) my room(s), tsk! Too tired after battling with RyanAir to do any more #
  • A recent listen: Scroobius Pip – Let 'Em Come http://t.co/F1zE9gIn http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • Form a queue RT @jonesyb: If you have done this: http://t.co/ZpqKLPIK, or this: http://t.co/h3iaQuTD I probably dislike you as a human being #
  • @dartogreen Hey! These are austere times, stop rubbing @idiotjohnson's nose in your band's A-ness. #lastfm #
  • Last ep of Treme season one, then. Hoping it matches up to the very high standards set by Costner's deft direction of Robin Hood. #
  • @SharonMcG1971 Yeah, we weren't happy with the high incidence of out-of-place accents either. #peskyhistoricaldetails #
  • @DHNewHawks I can't get enough of him. The film reeks of Islamophobia. Casting Christian Slater as the Scarlet Pimpernel is the last insult. #
  • Toby's less than impressed with Costner's Hood, finding him to be morally lightweight, with vengeful tendencies. Not like 'his' Robin. #
  • @alikichapple You should have done. #
  • @DHNewHawks Ace, can you pop round here and turn this film off for me? #
  • @alikichapple Yes, I'm enjoying that all of the castles and fortifications are very clearly 800 years old. D'oh! #
  • @alikichapple Good grief, is that your idea of tactful?! I'd have been quite upset if it really was my favourite film. #
  • @alikichapple That's generous. It's like a case study of ham. #
  • Watching Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Still every bit as good as it was the day it was released. #
  • @idiotjohnson I've been reading A Milne and listening to C/DC, too. #bloodyhilarious #
  • @theglove78 Yeah, me too, really good shot. #halfmoonbay #
  • My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: A.A. Bondy (10), Wye Oak (7) & Thin White Rope (6) http://t.co/B3JMcXi9 #
  • Contrails at dawn. #cloudspotting http://t.co/JfI0Pusy #
  • A recent listen: Tyler, the Creator – Goblin http://t.co/V49uzOGh http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • I saw this! RT @idiotjohnson: That sunset I just mentioned: http://t.co/wqWuORuv #
  • @idiotjohnson I was about to, but was too busy being knocked-out the awesome RED Altocumulus undulatus display. Then it went dark & I forgot #
  • @Pete_Eaton These are interesting. I think they're Stratocumulus virga, or possibly Altocumulus virga (depending on altitude) #cloudspotting #
  • Waterstones. Waterstones. No, theyre right, its difficult and impractical to add apostrophes in modern digital writing environments. #
  • A recent listen: Wye Oak – Tattoo http://t.co/H8PhHTzp http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • @marieleadbetter That could definitely work for me, afternoon or evening should be fine. #
  • Bored with flight finding, off for pizza and telly. #
  • @marieleadbetter Soon. Could probably do Friday night or Sunday. Who are the playahs? #
  • @marieleadbetter We really do. Just getting there is looking complicated, especially since I don't even know when we need to be there. Meet? #
  • So, who's actually going to Optimus Primavera Sound, then? Do we know the schedule for the festival, when does it actually start and finish? #
  • Hey! Isy Suttie rhymes with Isn't Funny at least as well as her comedy songs rhyme. #dobby #
  • A recent listen: French Horn Rebellion – Up All Night (John Bourke Remix) http://t.co/QIhkfufv http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • Future children to be bored out of their minds being taught how to use Scratch by bored teachers. http://t.co/owR0zSLv #
  • "Concorde for slow learners." Someone, whose name I missed, speaking on Today about the 32 BILLION pound high-speed rail project. #
  • @idiotjohnson Yeah, you're only saying you like them because they're good. Buy a ticket to see them down the road for £7, then. #
  • @idiotjohnson You wouldn't like it, it's quite good. In fact, they ought to call themselves Goodpoet. I'm going to email Ian Ghostpoet now. #
  • The @LoudinLibraries Ghostpoet gig, 25th Feb – http://t.co/eAKzO4Qb #
  • Bought my ticket for King Creosote & Jon Hopkins @LoudinLibraries. Nearly bought one for Ghostpoet, too, until I remembered I already did. #
  • A recent listen: Pulp – Acrylic Afternoons http://t.co/WMuNXh14 http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • A recent listen: Thin White Rope – The Three Song http://t.co/dSaHp62W http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • @dartogreen I'm rather enjoying this series. How's yours? #
  • Dexter, S4E06. #
  • @marieleadbetter Whereabouts were you, was your shot Central Morecambe? Had you cycled down the cycle path? #
  • @Pete_Eaton Could have got an amazing shot with your camera. Camera phone is great for snaps, but doesn't do the depth of colour justice. #
  • It got better. Heysham #sunset http://t.co/jvlr7mk4 It's gone now, though. #
  • Came down to Heysham to make use of the promenade furniture for a little trials riding. Plus, look at the view! http://t.co/lVYx3Uxs #
  • @marieleadbetter @Girlonatrain @dartogreen I'm not generally buttphobic, just that, well, I ass-umed who's it would have been in that tweet. #
  • @Girlonatrain @dartogreen What were the odds?! You have indoor trousers, I have a door in my trousers, @idiotjohnson's adorable in trousers. #
  • @marieleadbetter Awww, cute! Feeling better now, can't believe I killed myself over something you *didn't* say. Don't not say it again. #
  • @marieleadbetter Not for me, I'm blissfully dead. #
  • @marieleadbetter Because of font-fuckery/eye-shittery, I thought you said, "I have a bum on my finger", and I'm now going to kill myself. #
  • @CptCheerful I've got some cans of Boddington's that some idiot brought round in 2003. Do they count? Hardly what you'd call ale. Or beer… #
  • @natwallbank Will do some googling against the router model and this problem, and dig out a switch! #
  • @natwallbank Not for any internal traffic, and the external rules haven't changed. All of the rules are at gateway level, not ethernet port. #
  • @natwallbank You'd think. I've no idea what happened, though. Working last week & there are no port-specific admin settings in the router. #
  • @natwallbank Cracked it! I don't know why, but the problem was the specific port on the router. Only 1 of the 4 now allows browsing. Wtf!? #
  • So, riddle me this… WTF? How can the ports be broken in such a way that you can connect, get an IP, ping, but not browse http? #linksys #
  • After spending several more hours on the http problem, I cracked it. 3 of the 4 ethernet ports on the router are affected, the fourth works. #
  • @ToykoJazzPanda It's allegorical hair? #
  • The kids are Toby and Will, the beer is Spitfire, from Shepard Neame. Indian snacks in the oven. #princecaspianaccessories #
  • Quite like it though… It's probably better watched sat with your kids and drinking beer, but that's no criticism. #
  • Finally watching Prince Caspian. It seems to be missing some internal logic. Even so, not really getting 'Christian Allegory' from this one. #
  • @marieleadbetter Yes and yes. #lambchop #
  • @mrkchmbrs Also, I know people in my family have used the guy on Yorkshire Street in Morecambe and were pleased, again, not used him myself. #
  • @mrkchmbrs Ubertechs have a great reputation, though I've never used them personally – http://t.co/LHwWwGA4 You might even follow @mcdent! #
  • A recent listen: AA Bondy – Scened From A Circus http://t.co/Jax1O4S7 http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • Was going to sleep, but I've stumbled on an AA Bondy album I'd carelessly missed last year. So, I'm listening to it. Did I need to say that? #
  • Okay, following a short break for, er, Xmas, or something, back to Treme: S1E09. Love this show. #
  • @natwallbank Tried safe mode – same result. Maddening. Dabs order arrived, so I have the disk for a fresh install now, may never know… #
  • 78 http://t.co/U7AuaZpI #
  • My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: Richard Buckner (24), Department of Eagles (18) & Gillian Welch (12) http://t.co/B3JMcXi9 #
  • Has anyone got a 2012 calendar mouse mat they don't want? I usually get some from suppliers & find one quite useful. Will swap for 2011. #
  • @natwallbank Ah, no, I haven't. That's a good idea, been trying to think of a way to ensure there was no silly S/W blocking. Will try later. #
  • @idiotjohnson Good call. I spent time at the start checking different cable/port/device combinations, and it's deffo the PC/NIC. #
  • Off to Kendal for William's ophthalmology appointment with Mr B J R Moate or a member of the clinical team. #
  • @mrkchmbrs The live USB didn't work, as I couldn't get on the network *at all*. Didn't have enough time to work out why not last night. #
  • @mrkchmbrs Toying with the idea of installing a hyperviser & going VM, but dual boot more likely. I'll leave the old windoze disk in place. #
  • @christiancable Other browsers give the same result (ie, ff, chrome), telnet gives me the same 'timed-out' html as the browser receives. #
  • Ah, who needs the web anyway? #
  • @facey Ya, I'm going to educate the family to use Linux, they're the only reason I have a Win PC at all. #
  • @facey It is Windoze, so Curl gives me nada, even with -l #
  • @idiotjohnson It doesn't even think there *are* web servers… #
  • @facey I get the HTML for The Server Timed Out… #
  • A recent listen: New Order – Leave Me Alone http://t.co/FyMNPWN2 http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • @facey Don't think so – I can ping using FQDNs, and browse from elsewhere on the network using the same gateway (and so DNS server). #
  • @natwallbank I did have a virus scanner on, but still no joy with it disabled. Also tried some https, and still timing out. #
  • Right, tea, then I'm going to dig out that live linux stick, after I've chucked a packet sniffer on, see if that gives any clues… #
  • @natwallbank Internally they're on 80. I could try changing that and see if it helps. #
  • @mrkchmbrs @natwallbank No _specified_ proxy settings, that's right. None of this has changed recently, so I'm baffled. Virus? #
  • @natwallbank No browsing anywhere, internally or externally – browsing to the router admin from my netbook, but not possible from the PC. #
  • Planning to install a new OS on this new PC in the next day or so when my new disk arrives anyway. #new #probablyubuntu #
  • Alright, I'm going to see if I can dig out a Liniux live USB stick I know I've got lying around somewhere, see if I can browse from that… #
  • OK, so FTP is working and I can connect to both internal and external FTP servers. This has to be software rather than hardware, right? #
  • @natwallbank No proxy settings for the web at all, FW disabled. No browser works! I can FTP to other devices on the LAN, but not browse… #
  • Gonna check for firewall weirdness now, but it still didn't work when I'd disabled the FW last night… #
  • Seriously though – The PC has an IP, can ping other internal and external IPs and FQDNs, can be pinged internally, but can't load www – wtf? #
  • Peppers stuffed, hidden functionality on the Humax guide discovered, now off to do more network wrangling and electronics thumping. #
  • @Yorkie71 IP. Yes, extremely odd and frustrating. It's not a firewall killing the browsers either, as far as I can tell. Need longer on it. #
  • Off to bed. Maybe some elves will come and fix everything in the night if I leave some food out for them. #
  • Very, very annoyed. #
  • Now the PC is playing up. Thought it was the router, but it seems to be the network card. I can ping sites successfully, but not browse them #
  • It's really shit at origami. #
  • All of my technology is dying. The fan in the NAS has gone down, meaning the NAS has gone down, and the printer is now attempting origami. #
  • Well, straight out after work for a couple of hours iBad sounded like fun, but turned out to be mostly frustrating. #
  • @Dan_Whittaker_ There was an amusing and pertinent gift message, but Amazon screwed it up. Now you'll never know what I'd do to your puss. #
  • A recent listen: Caitlin Rose – Spare Me http://t.co/5w7V0nRw http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • Is #Spotify not very well tonight? #
  • A recent listen: Other Lives – For 12 http://t.co/vGpIbX3n http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • I completed 691 tasks with Remember The Milk in 2011 #rtmstats http://t.co/cTi2b34Z #
  • RT @neiloughton Mother Nature is having a right spanner! #
  • Well, I think I can remember where I work, but could someone brief me on what it is I do, again? Is it just faffing about watching telly? #
  • A recent listen: Lucinda Williams – Circles And X's http://t.co/pQJpOFiH http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • Holiday nearly over and there's still quite a bit of beer, wine, and whisky left – need to get through it, so I'm off to watch Sherlock. #
  • Enjoying #Spotify #039;s new in-app integration with Last.fm – One click access to recommendations which are guaranteed to be available. Nice! #
  • We're at Mary Hewetson Cottage Hospital, Keswick, after I pushed William off a swing at Whinlatter & he cut his chin. A not uneventful day. #
  • @dartogreen @ToykoJazzPanda I can't abide her, with her stupid sunken eyes & idiotic, vacuous patter. Jo Whiney, we call her. We are funny. #
  • A recent listen: Luke Haines – Haystack's In Heaven (Parts 1-3) http://t.co/YPJSA1yL http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • I was wide awake even before the hail storm marched along the road causing alarums. #wac #
  • finished Kraken by China Mieville and gave it 4 stars http://t.co/zWMiWNn7 #Kindle #
  • Went for a 'cycle down Morecambe prom with the boys this aft. Bare to Heysham. They didn't stop whining once. http://t.co/LLbjrYqc #
  • @timdifford I think a popular Twitter character has been killed off and replaced. But the user is not verified, so I'm treating with caution #
  • Marie Leadbetter (@marieleadbetter) is now following you on Twitter! <== Pardon?! #
  • @marieleadbetter Certainly am. Not sure of the practical benefits, but they sure amuse the boys. #
  • A drop of lovely port as an aperitif, contravening the serving suggestion. Nor will I decant. Thanks @kjcos999! http://t.co/eUNTBis0 #
  • @Dan_Whittaker_ Duh! How do you make out cheques on a typewriter, smart arse?! Not such a luddite now, am I? #
  • @Dan_Whittaker_ All the best. Now get to bed. #
  • Totally looking forward to the first time I write the date as 2011 and onlookers are all like, "Dude, wtf?! It's 2012 already! Year wanker!" #
  • RT @bermans: Also, that Jools Holland line-up is a disgrace to humanity!!!! Snipers, please! Stick some decent tunes on your stereo instead! #
  • @Girlonatrain I don't much like any of them in this adaptation – Lucy and Edmund are the better examples, though. #
  • Watching The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Warned Toby not to throw in his lot with the White Witch, like Edmond does. The dick. #
  • Very nice finish, though. RT @Pete_Eaton: 365/365 At Last! 365 was the Worst.Idea.Ever. http://t.co/OMHL7g6f #
  • @Pete_Eaton @UraGraymalkin Yes indeed. I suppose one could try to work around it with a proxy or something. May have a look later… #
  • @SharonMcG1971 @UraGraymalkin @pete_eaton It is cruel and perverse – really unlike Amazon to make it hard to spend cash with them. #
  • Well, me and all my family received a minimum of a knighthood in the New Year honours list, because we're well skill and totally deserve it. #
  • @Pete_Eaton @UraGraymalkin Not an option in the UK. We also get the cold shoulder if we dare to enter the US store & they know where we live #
  • My Top 3 #lastfm Artists: She & Him (20), Fucked Up (18) & Gillian Welch (11) http://t.co/B3JMcXi9 #
  • A recent listen: Gillian Welch – Winter's Come And Gone http://t.co/dSIyqSFP http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • @dartogreen Is it an heirloom? #
  • "An existing customer already has that email address, please choose another." Why, of course, how silly of me. That must be the explanation. #
  • Lawks! Daydream by Youth Lagoon is good – #lastfm http://t.co/bawDQLuM #
  • …it's there, alright – http://t.co/VtMlRHow #wrestling #music #
  • I'm an idiot – only just thought to seek Nine and a Half Psychedelic Meditations on British Wrestling of the 1970s and early '80s on Spotify #
  • Unicycling lessons in the rain at Happy Mount Park. With intermittent football. #
  • Lawks! Smoke Ring For My Halo by Kurt Vile is good – #lastfm http://t.co/ElzS1edP #
  • A recent listen: Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo http://t.co/36N9muuh http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • Lawks! Society Is My Friend by Kurt Vile is good – #lastfm http://t.co/udRs1nU2 #
  • @Pete_Eaton @UraGraymalkin It certainly is. #
  • @sianio …a few is a good amount to have had. #
  • @sianio Merry Xmas, plus Happy NY to you, too! #
  • @facey It's too late! It's hugging my face! #
  • Watching Alien Vs Predator: Requiem on PVR, but the true horror is in the room with me, under the tree… http://t.co/yJeAkCZm #
  • @kjcos999 I'm not really watching it, though I may well indulge in port & cheese when I do. @Pete_Eaton sent me it – & IP Man 2 – for xmas! #
  • Ooh, look, Ip Man is on Film4! I've been wanting to see that for ages, and now I can! #
  • @sianio I bet you got the bus! Disclaimer: I may have insider knowledge of your subsequent actions. #
  • Heading out for xmas 'fun' with @UraGraymalkin, @kjcos999, and @Dan_Whittaker_. Wish me luck. #
  • @UraGraymalkin @ukuleleboy Kurt Wagner supposedly wrote a song a day 'for a few months' for Aw/No-You C'Mon… http://t.co/SdPlm2GG #
  • @Pete_Eaton A more realistic guess… #
  • @UraGraymalkin Regret and Stella? Surely too salubrious for the denizens of Morecambe, or were you thinking of the well-heeled visitor? #
  • Time for some Morecambe Muesli. #
  • @ukuleleboy A song a day. #
  • Dexter, S4E1. #
  • A recent listen: Kurt Vile – Puppet To The Man http://t.co/HOX0Ggf4 http://t.co/n2PGbye5 #
  • @christiancable @marieiram How do they render it in Walmington-on-Sea? #
  • @marieiram Won't they all be modeled after the TV series, i.e. in all-caps, albeit in a heavy metal font? #kindle #
  • @EvaHisui Instapaper might do it – http://t.co/8Bc7SuiS – I don't have an iPhone so can't be sure. #
  • Right, since I haven't the wit I was born with, I shall retire to spend more time reading the writings of those that do. #kindle #
  • @marieiram (fml) #
  • @marieiram Do so! This is surely a case of some know nothing confusing big letters with capitals, like we're all 4 years old. Correct them! #
  • @marieiram CITATION NEEDED #
  • Off to The George in Torrisholme for a family do in the function room upstairs. With buffet. Hoping to get killed in the saloon bar first. #
  • RT @campdave: If you enjoy men in different coloured shirts kicking the ball aimlessly at each other, come down to the globe arena. #
  • Quick trip into PC World on the off-chance that I could afford any of their gear. Going home to order from Dabs. #
  • @Yorkie71 @SJGillam Aye, it was great fun, the kids loved it. Lots of laughter all round. #
  • Oh, while I remember, wtf does 'profile me' actually mean? If you're going to spam me, at least give yourself a chance. #