Simon39

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[Met Office @metoffice]

After a record breaking summer with exceptional warmth, we’re now looking ahead to what Autumn 2026 will bring as well as the new storm season 👀

Watch this week's Deep Dive with Alex Burkill 👇

https://t.co/9effQzyGMD

[Simon39 @softcookie70]

@metoffice Here’s a photo I took from last night!

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[Simon39 @softcookie70]

@DudleyCAMRA Got to go tho this 😀😀😀🍺🍺🍺

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Many congratulations to #MUAcademy graduate Tyler Fletcher, who made his senior Scotland debut earlier today! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

[Dr. M.F. Khan @Dr_TheHistories]

In 1759, Arthur Guinness made one of the strangest business moves in brewing history. He took over a small, unused brewery at St. James’s Gate in Dublin and signed a lease that ran for 9,000 years, at only £45 a year. At the time, it probably looked like a bold gamble. The site was not yet the home of a global drink, just a modest brewery with a very long future written into its paperwork.

Arthur first brewed ales, but Guinness later became famous for its dark porter and stout. The business kept growing through the 1800s, helped by better brewing methods, strong branding, exports, and the work of the Guinness family after Arthur. By the late 19th century, St. James’s Gate had become one of the largest brewing operations in the world, turning a small Dublin lease into an empire built around a black pint with a creamy head.

The funny part is that the famous 9,000-year lease became almost as legendary as the drink itself. Guinness later expanded and purchased much of the land, so the lease is more of a historic symbol than a simple active rental agreement today. Still, the story remains perfect: a man rented a brewery for 9,000 years, and somehow, the business actually lived up to the confidence.

#drthehistories

[Simp Police🚨 @SimpPolice911]

Was she really just coming for a shower? Did he handle the situation correctly??

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

RIP if he was real

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

WOWWWWWWWW

[Mel Stride MP @MelJStride]

Rachel Reeves should urgently u-turn on her disastrous Pubs Tax. It's another bad decision, made without thinking through the consequences.

Business rates will rise by 76% for the average pub, costing thousands of pounds and putting pubs and high streets at risk.

The @Conservatives have a clear plan to reduce the benefits bill and scrap business rates for thousands of pubs, shops and restaurants.

[Simon39 @softcookie70]

@Dudley_WAF Ok thanks and it’s ok. Looking forward to coming tomorrow! I would but unfortunately I haven’t got the funds to do but only on the day! 😀😀😀🍺🍺🍺🍺

[John Corser @JohnCorserxStar]

All the beers and ciders now up on stillage, tapped and cooling, ready for @Dudley_WAF to open in #Dudley Town Hall (@BoroughHalls) on Thursday, November 27 at 1pm. Tickets still available on the door and in advance.

[CAMRA @CAMRA_Official]

🔍 The Treasury have said that pubs will get a 'lower tax rate' because of business rates reforms for England in the Budget. We now need to see the details.
📢 We also need the Chancellor to cut VAT and ease employer national insurance contributions.
👉 https://t.co/Mc6tKdqjwV

[Simon39 @softcookie70]

@mimosamantha Would love to see your naked ass!!xxxx

[Milly the Mammoth @RedditchMammoth]

@greenduckbrew Have you seen this duck @GBBF? #smallbearsneedbeer

[Simon39 @softcookie70]

@greenduckbrew Love the design of the pump clip! 😀😀😀😀❤️

[Green Duck Beer Co @greenduckbrew]

Available from August 4th. All profits to Cure Parkinson’s so get your pre orders in now 😃

[Manchester United @ManUtd]

Day one's winners 👊

[Met Office @metoffice]

Following a spring dominated by high pressure, this June has been dominated by low pressure and the weather this weekend will continue in the same vein

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