Rob

Cyclist 🚲, Engineer, pro EU 🇪🇺, anti-Tory, skeptic, anti-brexit, railway fan (an occupational hazard), fun runner
🏃‍♂️, YNWA, novice tweeter. Be kind ❤

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@RichardTurner @mrdanwalker The TNT/ HBO Max web site is awful though. And their Giro D' italia highlights are poorly produced.

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@ListerLawrence LPR396W, beige 1980 (9 years old at the time) Opel Kadette 1.2, 2 door with a 4 speed box! It was pretty gutless but that was probably a good thing. Strangely it had a saloon boot not a hatchback. Poor man's Astra really! Loved it tho. (Stock photo)

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@ediz1975 So why don't car drivers stop at red lights???

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@ListerLawrence @JeremyClarkson I upgraded my Cavalier to a Vectra estate in boring metallic silver (my Vauxhall years). It was big and a decent family wagon. Notchy manual box but weren't they all ?

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@Keir_Starmer Get a VPN and a fire stick Keith!

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@ptdborth @AllQuizAble @KateFantom Not likely... Have you seen the price of fuel??? ⛽

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@WriterHannahBT Ahhh it's happy hour 😃

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@rebekkarnold I'm an optimist in life... unless it's about LFC. So I'm being pessimistic as usual really. I find it keeps my feet on the floor and lessens any disappointment! In reality we are 2 nill down v PSG so I think we have no chance.

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@rebekkarnold PSG seem to be taking it easy. We are running around with little purpose but it's only 1 nill... For now. Need to improve in the 2nd half as I am sure PSG will!

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

Trump just explained why he turned on NATO:

“It all began with Greenland. We want Greenland. They don’t want to give it to us. And I said bye bye.”

The most powerful military alliance in human history.

75 years of collective defense.

The foundation of postwar Western security.

Ended because Denmark wouldn’t sell an island.

[Mazen🏌️‍♂️🤷‍♂️⛳️ @JustAMazen]

@anneapplebaum 'Had it not been you who first wronged the Persians and thereby began the war, then the request you are currently making would seem to us valid, and we would only have had to hear it out to join with you in your endeavour.”
-Herodotus
The more things change, the more they remain

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@Aliciafromfl @adamscochran At this point Donald can legitimately claim demenished responsibility due to dementia. Or he will expire. Either way he won't end up in court where he belongs.

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@PeytonElroy Heal your bloodline? Wtf????

[Paul Rees. ex Rucksack. @HannahIamthest1]

Patient attends A&E with a chest infection… standard stuff.

Decides to pop outside for a vape and a bit of fresh air because, let’s be honest, the waiting room atmosphere could finish anyone off quicker than the illness.

Next minute… casually clocks a bloke acting a bit off outside the maternity ward.
Not aggressive, not shouting… just that “something’s not right here” vibe every frontline worker knows all too well.

So what does he do?
Doesn’t walk away.
Doesn’t ignore it.

Goes over for a chat.

Two hours later…

🧠 Talked down a “lone wolf” terrorist
🎒 Convinced him to open the bag (yeah… that bag)
💣 Found himself staring at a pressure cooker bomb
📏 Asked about blast radius like he’s doing a dynamic risk assessment
🚪 Moved the whole situation away from the hospital entrance
🤝 Built enough trust to keep the bloke calm
🤗 Given him a hug when asked
📞 Got him to agree to call police before he “changed his mind”

All while his own phone’s dead and there’s not a single staff member in sight to wave over.

Genuinely the most British de-escalation imaginable:
“Alright mate… talk to me… what’s going on?”

No PPE.
No backup.
No radio.
Just vibes, empathy, and absolute nerves of steel.

Meanwhile inside:
Crews stacked 8 deep
Handover delays hitting biblical levels
Someone asking “can you clear please” every 30 seconds

And this guy is outside single-handedly preventing a mass casualty incident like it’s just another shift problem.

Police turn up, job gets wrapped up, and he just wanders back in like:
“Yeah I’m back… still got that chest infection by the way.”

Probably still had to wait for discharge as well.

Massive respect though.
That’s not luck, that’s character. Calm under pressure, compassion when it mattered most.

George Medal couldn’t have gone to a more deserving person.

Proof that sometimes the difference between a normal day and a major incident…
…is just one person deciding to step forward instead of walking away 🚑

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@rebekkarnold Wtf happened? Where has this level been hiding??? 😮

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@nickimoraa Nah she just wants food

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@BishopDewar What exactly do you want him to do???

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

The Thing (1982) recreated with Pingu. A crossover that never stops being funny.

[Rob @Roberto_cycles]

@TrumpDailyPosts The Dunning-Kruger effect is strong with this one! 🙄

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