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Turmut Hoer

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Now zum deloights in 'aymakin' an' zum they vancies mow-w-w-win', but of all the jobs as Oi loik best gi'e Oi the turmut 'oein'

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Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · Dec 3

Little known: Gilbert & Sullivan reviewed baked goods in southwest Cornwall. They found the following prices:

Newlyn: steak & kidney thruppence, chicken tuppence ha'penny
Mousehole: both 3d
Paul: s&k 2½d, chicken 2d
Gulval: both 2½d
Heamoor: s&k 2d, chicken 3d

Those were the pie rates of Penzance.

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Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 55m

I described to someone the awkwardness I had shown them by saying that sometimes it is as if I am entirely made of elbows. Dear of unfamiliar elbows - that's me.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 2h

the funniest thing about this is that those of us who grew up in the divide all have a bunch of pre-cell phone numbers memorized and almost none afterwards

I know the home phone numbers of two of my childhood best friends from thirty years ago and none of the cell numbers of my college friends

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 4h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 5h

Bistro is nice, I had an hour to kill there earlier this year.

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jawanaka.bsky.social @jawanaka.bsky.social · 9h

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Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 10h

Why were there tiny crystal radio kits - about matchbox size as I recall - on early 80s cross-Channel ferries?

Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 10h

Not from me (pretty much nailed-on Autistic, on an ADHD diagnosis list *somewhere*) so feel free to disregard. I did find the section in this that references tree-climbing to be interesting. youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/bees-in-my...

Bees in my head, bees in my head, BEES

Behold! I have had a thought.

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Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 10h

"French bangers" were the elite French-school-trip-must-buy in my era. Mostly for resale to one's more cowardly classmates once they had been brough back to Blighty, at a substantial mark-up. Oh, and crystal radio kits for the nerds.

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Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 12h

"Licking" and "disinfection" are not exact synonyms, but close enough.

Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 13h

It's old until it's new again - see The Battle of Havant:-

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havant_...

Havant New railway station - Wikipedia

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Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 14h

Rail stations reopened as a result of Transport Act 1962 (Amendment) Act 1981.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 1d

What policy themed visitor trail would you do upon retirement? I would pilgrimage to visit the 100 Rishi Sunak outdoor chess sets around the country. I genuinely think it would be one of those fun random things that would take me to places I’d never otherwise go to

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Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 15h

You've got it. Once you know about tuning 'half step down' you'll find there's a lot of it about. I think it makes life easier for some singers, too.

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat @shaidorsai.bsky.social · 18h

“Wait, it’s all Brassica o?”
“Always has been”

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Yet Another Emily @anomily.bsky.social · 18h

My favorite

Person 1: Hit My name is Jason

Person 2: Ah! Nice to meet you, Jason

Words in the person 1’s brain: Jason, FRIENDS, FAMILY, BRASSICA OLERACEA

Person 1: Say Jarvis, did you know that over a dozen common vegetables are actually the same plant species?

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 1d

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Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 1d

Provisional 10/10 awarded, sounds great.

Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 1d

I now have a vision of a British Gravy Laboratory where folk in tweed lab coats carry out experiments in gravy science.

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Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 1d

tyvm!

Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 1d

I am in a gravy coma - their worst will be as nothing to me.

Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing as @yakhunt.net got some ribbing about the sausage/mash ratio in a photo of his dinner, thought I'd stick my neck out. Forgetting that I drown it in gravy to the extent that the mash is obscured. (Also steamed my lens up.)

Three-off sausages, peas, there's some mash under the snorkers honest! Coated with glossy gravy.

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Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 1d

That sounds about right.

Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe TVS, maybe Southern - I am well old and I recall seeing it long before NG his cinemas.

Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 1d

I take it you see that is named (black plate on cabside) "Special Delivery"? Well, it certainly lived up to its name that day, eh readers?

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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 1d

I ❤️ Viz

A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones

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Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 1d

As someone who wears glasses with a heavy black frame, I have fears for myself.

Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social · 1d

On it.