Philly

Freelance writer, but who isn't these days.

Sea views.

[Philly @PhillyByrde]

#2021

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@Al_Humphreys Paging @kejamieson_ 🫡

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@RaddingtonB It looks like @JortsTheCat has outsourced his UK social commentary to a trusted contractor 🧡

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@AccidentalP The thumbnail on this is very

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@kejamieson_ I for one am looking forward to reading your PhD in simpletonialism.

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@ChrisMurray2010 Shut UP. I realise I haven't seen you since ineffectually testing you and Stephen M on your undergrad French vocab, but this is my favourite thing EVER to see in my 'For You' feed. Congratulations! (/félicitations amirite) 🌹

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@NicholasGuyatt @AccidentalP ‘I’m amazed it’s not more famous, like Stonehenge or the baths in Bath.’ 👌 This is glorious, thank you.

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@alice_rowan Oh yes, I think there is a handsome gulf between its intentions and its effect. The day we become copywriteers is the day I leave this planet🫡

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@alice_rowan I think it's to make the job sound adventurous and piratical, à la pioneer, buccaneer etc. while in reality we spend most of our time in a windowless booth wired to a computer. See also: ninjas, rockstars...

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@jolilford A flaccidity?

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@EatSleepCycle Oo if you're ever in Cambridge look out for the father and daughter postboxes! George and Elizabeth side by side.

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@HMRCcustomers Thank you Anas, I was not aware of that, so no interest? Please could you send me a link to where it says this on your website? Also where can I feed back about the missed payment? From the confirmation email and app process, I had no way of knowing it had failed until today.

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@HMRCcustomers I set up a payment via the HMRC app scheduled for today, back on 16 December. All confirmed in HMRC email. Payment hasn't gone out. Just called my bank and it turns out all your app did was set up a payee, not schedule a payment. This is really worrying.

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@HMRCcustomers No it wasn't a payment plan, it was the full amount. Yes the email confirmed the payment and amount would be taken on 31 Jan.

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@LucyInTheSky22 Anyone in your @FlightFreeUK network, Anna @EatSleepCycle?

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@SianySianySiany We all know why...

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@Rusty_Steed @RNLI I had exactly the same thought this morning! They had me at toasty/ghosty 🔥👻

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@stuck_inabook @colinjthomas And note that you're safe to shake your head as much as you like, because you're not at risk of losing a £230 headphone down a storm drain in the process.

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Sorry but this is a direct quote of Dwight's acceptance speech at the Salesman of the Year Awards. (Maybe sub in finger-pointing for lectern-banging.) Blood alone moves the wheels of history.

[Brendan May @bmay]

I cannot stop watching this. It’s one of the most peculiar things I’ve ever seen, which given the venue, is really saying something. Get to the end (if you can).

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@kejamieson_ Courage, my friend. Thanks to university 2ks, I can't hear Take Me Out or Mr Brightside without doing a bit of sick.

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@MrAndrewCotter The Labrador welcome home snout-huffs is one of the loveliest sounds in the world.