Made the jump that had to be made, though not closing my Twitter account yet as I hope the blue bird is a phoenix...
Find me on Bluesky at @johnlloydstuff.bsky.social
Really hope #Kamala tries again in four years.
It wasn't just that she's infinitely and in every way better than Trump - she'd be an excellent president and almost definitely one of the greatest world leaders in many years.
Dammit! It's Tuesday, which means a new episode of Nearly Finished on YouTube, and I forgot to stop off to buy a bottle of decent beer to enjoy with it!
#ifyouknowyouknow#V12Roadster
1797 "cartwheel" penny - never very popular because they were huge, heavy and generally very awkward.
They're not rare, but this is the best condition example I've ever seen - usually, there's no readable text left and George III looks like a blob.
1920s top hat with original travelling case
If you use terms such as "Vintage, Victorian, Edwardian" and so on for these, they'll sell for about Β£50. If you add terms such as "gothic, goth, vampire" you can quadruple that π
#oldstuff#vintage#antiques
Just saw a post by the Royal Mint about the rarest British penny, and some bloke is arguing that it isn't.
Arguing about a British coin. With the Royal Mint. FFS.
Things I Never Thought I'd See No. 638: Robbie Williams and Danny Dyer singing Blur's Parklife together accompanied by the band of the Coldstream Guards.
Hard to believe in 2024 some piece of shit scumbag sprayed racist graffiti on a neighbour's house and car last night.
Massive respect to all the people along the street who are up in arms about it.