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Jim Burke

@barcajim3.bsky.social

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Host of the @RGCCeltic podcast and semi-professional miserabilist

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Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · Nov 22

"There's definitely a benefit at bedtime in putting your phone in Airplane mode"

"What is it?"

"It's a setting on your phone that switches off WiFi and Bluetooth but that's not important right now"

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 5h

I stopped with Wordle ages ago but restarted when I saw people posting Connections results.

I find them both a good way to get the brain in gear for the day ahead

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 5h

Wordle 1,578 4/6

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Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 14h

What's it called we're on lookout for something new/old

Watched first episode ofTask Slow but some promise

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 15h

YURRSSSSSS

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 16h

I'm a character in a US drama and I swallow tablets straight from the bottle and never need water to wash them down

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 23h

On what would have been Margaret Thatcher's 100th birthday, a reminder of what this awesome woman said at her funeral.

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 22h

What's the etymology of "Ken's"?

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 23h

"Journalistic material"

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 1d

Stupidly easy this morning
Connections
Puzzle #855
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Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 1d

Wordle 1,577 4/6

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Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 1d

The FD with 15 years plus experience phoned me to tell me they broke down when the 13yo came in...

No way I'm not going to cry during it

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 1d

Baby funeral first thing tomorrow followed by a kid suicide...
Oh then a fella who died suddenly in his 50s

I've poured a large whisky to ensure I get a sleep

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 1d

I'd be disappointed if you didn't.
(It was at Anfield plus Dalglish scored a fucking belter of a second that night)

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 1d

a referee gives a red card to a soccer player

ALT: a referee gives a red card to a soccer player

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Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I get it it's sadly a term that people understand.

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 1d

My brother was injured in the Old Bailey bombing in '73

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 1d

How do the panel suggest that Scotland find a way to fuck this up?

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 1d

What five events defined your childhood
Miner's Strike (first one)
IRA campaign on mainland
Kenny Dalglish signing for Liverpool
Argentina in fucking cunting '78
Thatcher

Philip @blumphy.bsky.social · 1d

What five events defined your childhood?
1976 FA Cup Final
1977 FA Cup Final
Being kidnapped in 1979
Linda 1980
Thatcher

Yakhunt @yakhunt.net · 1d

What five events defined your childhood?

- The troubles - crying as I watched my father set off on a another tour
- The Anti Nazi League
- Thatcher
- Glue
- Quadrophenia

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 2d

Hannah Fry and yer history wummin Lucy Worsley

a man in a suit is standing next to a woman in a red shirt with the name jordan on it .

ALT: a man in a suit is standing next to a woman in a red shirt with the name jordan on it .

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Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 2d

That's me that is

(h/t to @jimhearson.bsky.social )

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 2d

My outfit today only my trainers aren't Uniqlo

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 2d

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Memorial Device @memorialdevice.bsky.social · 2d

Magnificent 🙏🐕

Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 2d

At the end of the summer season Cheltenham Lido drains down the pool and re-fills for winter cold water swimming. But before that, they open it to dogs for the weekend. It's Mabel's favourite day of the year.

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 2d

Haggis, black pudding, king rib, battered hamburger, battered pizza

On East coast you get red pudding and mock chops

Jim Burke @barcajim3.bsky.social · 2d

Having said that

Fish supper was magnificent