former press photographer, published author, lover of all things Prog, real ale, walking the hills, gigs, motorsport, classic Nikons, cinema and floral shirts
@drivelcast@vizcomic Something along the lines of 'Having trouble picking low-hanging fruit and vegetables in your garden? Then simply dig a six foot deep trench alongside and hey presto! Also the Ham Shanklin Mint advert for the Queen Mother's teeth
@prodnose just dropped off my entire Genesis, prog and rock vinyl and memorabilia collection at Omega Auctions, inspired by your sacrifice. Feeling slightly conflicted, but my daughter will thank me in the future
@Buckiebathplug I was there too- my first festival! Really enjoyed Tom Petty, not fussed about Devo, but the boys, well, singing along to I Know What I Like is about the closest I've come to a religious experience
@petepaphides Snap! My wife was checking her BP and I muscled in, saying 'this is what you call a good reading.' Her reaction on seeing the numbers was 'Oh my God!' 200/100. Felodipine and Ramipril and now 130/80. Thank goodness for our wives indeed
@R1100GSBlueNose Hopeless at reading the room- he should simply have said 'yep, overturn the lot, give the poor sods £1m each and strip every Post Office bigwig of their pension'. Boom, job done.
@VastineB There are 171,000 words in current usage (OED), and they're there to be used. Subtle meaning nuances, better rhythm and rhyme in sentences, educating the unwashed masses, whatever!