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No phone calls since 1975. Dont call me, I won't call you. Answers in an email. Likes may go up as well as down. Amateur poet of no merit epileptic and annoyingly woke, Cooperator, not a single but a return. Thanks for reaching out.

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Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

Wind energy,
Well we know the end which 'president ' rump has the copyright over!

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

Around aged 4, in the early '60s, I could drop from the trailer that dad wasn't qualified to drive and deliver a pint of local milk to the steps of the condemned railway cottages at the already closed Bradbury station.

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

At the kitchen door, 50p coin
Warming in her hand, after a mug of tea,
'Before you go, just muck out the dogs'. The threshold never crossed, not Christmas yet.
Breath steaming then, and can't be divided into bus fare, there's a week ahead.

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

The day's work done
Palms blistered
Face burnished
Boots weighted with today's earth, mud drying
Feet cooling after the autumn sun gone,

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

I think it was 'the Palm Court Orchestra

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

'Friday night is music night'
My Dad's weekly musical thing!
Mam doing her thing at the, school gym
Music and movement,
Gran. there too
Half crown on the
Mantelpiece,
For each of us,
Late bus home.
It all went together
In nineteen sixty whatever.

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

Herd immunity is just great. When it comes down to it, everyone else has died, simple without really trying, rather like 'common sense'. Be someone else, or senseless. Relax, it won't be you.

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

Where we went to conceal ourselves,
buried In the history of earlier generations,
Who were once familiar with this shaded site. Clear water soft from the earth, fit to drink and supposed to be good for health.
The beat of the heart.

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

The Three Springs,
There they were, bubbling out of the black, muddy bank, half hidden by the trees
In a copse reserved by the Woodland Trust,
On sterile ground surrounded by wheat fields either side,
Just flat enough to harvest,
To the south of the stoney sunken farm track.

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

That has already happened. My 'smart speakers do it all the time. They even know when I enter a room, and know (or guess) my name. Very handy, you just have to learn a new way of communicating, like learning another language perhaps it's time for it to be taught in schools?

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, I'm using one to answer this. They are not even trying to hide in clear sight, they are in disguise, not even a 'click' away.

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

Friday tomorrow,
So I'm going to Norway.
Sorry Nowhere,
Autocorrect,
Relax, the 'Nordics' are safe from me.

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

They are beyond Rufus,
He can't see beyond the door,
Start again so he can pass you on. Poor Rufus, failing all day.

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 1d

Amazon.
AI today is poor 'Rufus'
Made up name like a storm,
But the wind and rain will be his,
Defending the monetary millions.
How to tackle Rufus,
Tell him he's wrong, to begin,
You know you have placed orders,
They are already in your cupboard.

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for the reminder. Job done, Dunlin reaching for another envelope!

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 2d

I'm already in up to the neck with Uber. They keep trying for £5.75 for a delay because they can't come. We got to the point where they pay me upfront, knowing they won't be able to deliver.

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 3d

Aging
A woman on the radio says she's 'getting on',
Nearly 70.
Government stats say expectancy for men is 75,
A deep breath,
Quick,
What's next?

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 3d

Empty garden now,
Even the last birds have left,
Just me, grass, and death.
#haiku

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 5d

Soon Kings Norton's 'Mop Fair',
A time for manufactured fun.
Once a 'hiring fair' when the future was in the hands of the 'Master',
No NHS or pension
In those 'good old days', but lashings of common sense, fealty, and togetherness.

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Taking Alberta Forward, We Stand With Canada🍁 @asytsema.bsky.social · 5d

A reminder to the #Alberta UCP government: Introducing intermediaries into universal public healthcare and public education will inevitably increase costs for Albertans, diverting hard-earned taxpayer dollars from essential services. #abpoli #ableg #SavePublicHealthcare #SavePublicEducation 🧵

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 5d

Well it isn't that 'stupid' or 'thick'
Mizzle turned to drizzle
Rain 'possible'
Normality restored.

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 5d

The forecast says
Birmingham: fog.
Nothing to be seen outside
Maybe its gone.
Used, abused and fly-tipped?
The shipping says: 'poor'.
But to me it's unclear,
Nothing to be seen,
Outside my window
No mist,
Or clouds close by,
Maybe its already gone,
Birmingham: 'dense fog',

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 6d

Nigel Farage went to Dulwich College which when he attended was more expensive than Eton

He earns £1.5m a year, 92% of which comes from dodgy donations

His girlfriend pays £885,000 in cash to buy houses but she's a waitress.

He's not a 'working man' he's very rich and corrupt

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West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs @westmidshuntsabs.bsky.social · 6d

We helped two foxes escape from the Warwickshire Hunt on Saturday 5th October

𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘂𝘀. 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲.

youtu.be/GCUIF06gHUE

Two foxes helped to safety from the Warwickshire Hunt

YouTube video by West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs

Gah @marmottwo.bsky.social · 6d

That meant the end of 'our' time,
The embers now just cold soot.
Never relit by either of us.