Wendy Yeates

Guides, running, plants and over-thinking.

[Wendy Yeates @WendyYeates2]

@HeatherGreen15 @OxfordBiology That Gingko tree was almost the best part of the old building.

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@OrkneyLibrary Well you finish on a cliffhanger tho?

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@ScillyMemories And people already queuing.

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@pitchblacksteed Boom boom boom.
Boom boom boom

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@scottygb Or try this one:
https://t.co/b9V4OaHwoq

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@JemButterfield @halfshiretales At least it would be a clean niche.

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@LidoGuide @abandoned_pools Perhaps you should add some sort of link/website to the pool that is *not* abandoned then? If I'd seen your post on its own, I would have sighed and assumed it was one of over 400 closed in the UK since 2010. https://t.co/5ccIbiEMny

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@HeatherGreen15 @OxfordBiology I look forward to seeing it tomorrow!

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@OrkneyLibrary Colourful balls near work. At Rhodes House, Oxford.

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@GWRHelp Or at least 19:00 from the looks of it . The time formally known as 16:00.

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@silverpebble Like: very much. 😊

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@Raworthontherun @JasminKParis Yeah!! 😍

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@Cegboy How wonderful!!

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@DrKcoldwell @NoorJQurashi 3/ they are indeed spoilt, or if the people running to be elected can agree on what the voter intended. There's a stack of checking at every stage.

[Wendy Yeates @WendyYeates2]

@DrKcoldwell @NoorJQurashi 2/? Then the ballots are divided into piles according to the vote on it. They're usually counted into piles of 10, with counters working in pairs constantly swapping to check each others work. Spoilt/illegible ballot papers are passed to someone higher up to determine whether

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@DrKcoldwell @NoorJQurashi 1/? It's been a few years since I worked at the count, but Councils are often looking for people. It's a long shift but friendly with a sense of purpose.
The contents of each box is counted to ensure it matches with the paper records that the presiding officer has completed.

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@ronmanagernottm Practicing one day in the back garden (my mother was a wiley woman) I shook my recorder in such frustration the top flew off and landed on the roof...

[Wendy Yeates @WendyYeates2]

@StephenMcGann The algorithm is spot on today.

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@thorogoodchris1 Wow! That seriously messes with your sense of perspective.

[Owain @orhunt]

I had this stuck in my head for a month