Graham Cooke

A collision of personal & professional lives - random posts about music+films+books+food+drink alongside the world of hardware startups and product development

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@geordieluce Such a shame the evening ended the way it did 😢

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@artsclublpool - can you share stage times for @calumbowiemusic gig tonight please?

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@Halfords_uk poor service at your Southport store. To be fair I think the fault lay with an edict from Head Office that they couldn't do fitting because of icy weather. But no consideration of local conditions which were fine. Fortunately found a local independent.

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@Beathhigh I do hope you signed it!

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@paula_bearr @Perpetua_no_L I think this analysis is pretty thorough.
https://t.co/ypLqCHcyIE
It's the complete lack of evidence of any written examples of the longer version compared to the multiple examples of the shorter version that shifts this out of 'who knows?' territory.

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@AlfredoBGarcia @mikdidi @paula_bearr Sorry Bennet, you are wrong at least in the case of the 'jack of all trades..' example. The second half is a relatively recent addition.

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@Perpetua_no_L @paula_bearr Sorry to disappoint but it's not the 'original'. The extra '.. but oftentimes..' bit has only existed for 20-30 years

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@mikdidi @paula_bearr Totally agree. These supposed original versions just suit modern narrative and hence gain traction on the Internet. I guess there's something almost ironic about the 'jack of all trades..' one in that respect.

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@paula_bearr Number 3 is falsely claimed as the full original quote. There's no evidence of it existing until 2000s in comparison with the shorter version which existed in 1700s. This supposed original version just suits the modern narrative that favours generalism over expertise.

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@streamover1999 @tawnyowlhillin1 @NetflixUK Absolutely! Brought to mind the El Rancho scene in Citizen Kane 😍😁

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Absolutely gorgeous recipe from @cookinboots - Chicken, harissa and dried apricot traybake. ❤️

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@DickDelingpole Source?

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@paulg Really interesting analysis thanks. Could the rise of the anti-woke outrage-mongers (Musk, Farage, Tate, Rogan et al) be the start of an ultimately similarly pervasive phenomenon? Does it need the university/academic breeding ground you speak of, or could it build outside them?

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@DaRay38 @Thomashornall It very much depends on where in UK you are 😁
https://t.co/KgsM1rcYgk

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@O2RitzManc what are the times for @tmbg on Tuesday please?

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@northernassist - so at 13:20 today you knew you had a staff problem and your solution is just to arbitrarily cancel a train.
@LCRMayor @AndyBurnhamGM - love your DJ nights, could you do me a favour and sort out this frequent nonsense please?

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I spend more time doomscrolling on this right wing cesspit of a platform than is healthy. So a bit of trepidation as I planned a trip to London. But it seems to be same old London I've known for years. No Islamic takeover or people sh1tting in the street. Who'd have thought?

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@mr_speakers Parrot in a car!

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@artsclublpool - can you tell me stage times and support for Geordie Greep tonight?

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@rosBIGWRITING I'm sure @Miss_Snuffy would explain this if she felt inclined 😁