Gregory Perrett-Smith

Space Systems Engineer | Father | Partner | Gashead | jazz appreciator | 'Dad joke' lover | general nerd | Howard Wolowitz Wannabe.

[Gregory Perrett-Smith @Greg_Smith_v]

@ShimoWizard @mrdanwalker Plus it’s a sneaky way of England earning an even better finish than third place 🙂 I’ll take that!!

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@CornwallCouncil is anyone actually working in your council tax offices today? Your automated phone message at several times today (including at 16:40!) told my wife to call back at a quieter time such as later in the week … not sure when that would be!!

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@SLC_Repayment is anyone working today?

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@jasonsudeikis @brettgoldstein just finished watching it again. No less emotional this time, so the sentiment still stands. Bring on series 4!

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@jasonsudeikis @brettgoldstein I finally got round to completing the series… Thank you, and fuck you. ❤️

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@CitizensAdvice is there anyone actually working to answer the phone about Trading Standards complaints? Nearly 15 mins on hold now and not feeling optimistic…

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@haveigotnews 6-foot printout of the phrase “faux pas”

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@PhysInHistory Donald Trump

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@richardosman where did you get your figure for the total number of panes in the Louvre pyramid on today’s House of Games show? It disagrees with anything my 9 year old son could find in his attempt to cheat against his mum!

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The utter irony of Putin and Trump meeting soon in Budapest to jointly seal Ukraine’s fate should not be lost on anybody. This is the very same city where the US, the UK, and Russia came together 31 years ago to give Ukraine ironclad assurances that its territorial integrity would be respected and protected within existing borders in exchange for giving up a third of the world’s nuclear weapons (to Russia!). Ukraine trusted the US, trusted the UK, transferred all its nuclear weapons to Russia, and joined the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Within 20 years, Putin effectively ripped up the Budapest Memorandum, ignored Russia’s pledge, and invaded and annexed Crimea. In 2022, Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine finally removed all remaining doubts about Putin’s imperial greed.

If treaties and agreements between countries are to be trusted, the US and the UK must stand by the original Budapest Memorandum and give the Ukrainians everything they need to push Russia out of Ukraine, as President Trump said he would do before taking Putin’s latest call. It is the only way for Ukraine to get its territory back and put an end to this brutal invasion.

If the US and Russia continue to ignore the Budapest Memorandum of 1994, how on Earth can Ukraine be expected to have any faith in yet another Budapest memorandum signed in the same city between Russia and the United States? They can’t.

[Gregory Perrett-Smith @Greg_Smith_v]

@Astro_Mike If it weren’t for Jim Lovell’s experiences, and @tomhanks ’ portrayal of him in Apollo 13 when it first came out in 1995, I may have never ventured into space engineering. He seemed like a truly nice guy, and was clearly an inspiration to all who knew him, and most who did not.

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@LGOmbudsman

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@sgloscouncil what is the final route to complaining with you about your housing process for a pensioner, before I contact @HousingOmbuds and my local MP @ClaireforTAY? I’ve asked twice to speak to a senior manager and nobody has called back.

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You’ve basically helped to make a 70 year old person homeless, hence my need to go down this route.

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@daren_5valleys @ClarksonsFarm1 Sounds like an amazing chat-up line!

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@DolceGustoUK isn’t it a bit of a con to not allow someone to buy some descaler without spending at least £19 or wanting to buy 4 boxes of pods first?! Amazon it is then!

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@CTrevanion Aww gutted to have missed the fact that you’re in Bristol tonight - my wife would have loved to have seen you (and possibly the three stooges as well!)

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@ClarksonsFarm1 Piers Morgan!

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@santanderukhelp But why are your security reasons different to the other banks I’ve named? And now I’m in branch, and the chap has to send off forms himself (including marriage certificate scan) to head office to change specific details there… which I could have sent or emailed myself!

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@santanderuk @HSBC_UK why do your processes need in-branch visits to simply amend surnames following marriage, whereas NatWest, Halifax, Mastercard, Lloyds etc all have some sort of remote (online, mail, app) service to do this? More ridiculous as you’ve closed so many branches!!

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@ClarksonsFarm1 I think my wife has a secret crush on Charlie Ireland, so as risky as it is, I’m sure she’d love to be a guest!!!