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K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · 12d

I hope the 18 year old of today has somewhere as grotty, decrepit & awesome to hang out a those dirty arches & the gentrification hasn’t ruined their formative experiences.
May they find somewhere for sweat to drip off the ceiling & to get seven shades of fucked up in the city as we did back then.

K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · 12d

Considering how many weekends I spent in the arches under these railway lines off my nut, it’s strange to have not been back here for the best part of a decade and 90% of it having been erased as it existed. But its current version is way more useful to me today than before.

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K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · 12d

Had flashbacks to the vanished escalators up form the colonnade - themselves quite new compared to the decrepit version I first remember now replaced by little more than a shopping mall, then out in to the vast concourse, through ticket gates and up an escalator to the new platforms.

K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · 12d

Very aware walking through it was different and part of it was a club I got far too fucked up in a couple decades ago - part of me felt disappointment at the loss of the dirty dingy club that gave me so much joy, most of me was happy to just catch my train to the airport on time.

K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · 12d

Weird thing about living in an ever changing city - sometimes something changes & you miss it happening, then don’t experience it for years later, but when you do it just works and was like it was always there as it is now.
Case in point 2 weeks ago was London Bridge station.

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K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · 18d

I’m will never tire of people being confused that I’m from the UK.
Tonight I’ve had an American think I was Australian, a Filipino think I was American and a Brazilian ask me if I was Portuguese?!?!?
Unlocking whole new levels of mid-Atlantic over here.

K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · 19d

Alright room service and the rooftop bar both get a 10/10 so far.
Like I used to be weirdly scared of ordering room service - mostly because of the prices, but holy shit getting a steak delivered to your bed?
This shot makes me I understand why celebrities lived and died in hotels back in the day.

K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · 19d

Decided not to fly home this weekend because I’m away again next week anyway.

Expectation: Exploring cool bars and roaming the city…

Reality: Bed rot and room service.

Honestly not mad about it. I needed this.

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K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · 20d

Am I the the only weirdo who immediately forgets which hotel room I’m in & just remembers by its location on whatever floor I’m on?

Bartender asked if I wanted to charge to my room & I’m like my guy, if I could remember what that was, sure. Took 3 guesses for us to find it. Been here 3 days…

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K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · 20d

Came back to the room just in time to catch the sunset out of these weird-ass windows.

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K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · 25d

Filled bottle with carbonated water, popped it in the side pocket of my bag, went to grab suitcase, came back to a catastrophic failure of the bottle, a soaked backpack and laptop.
Happy Monday, y’all. 🤦🏽‍♂️

K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · Sep 28

Another headline for the 'didn't have that on my 2025 bingo card' list

Police put two day dispersal order in place over horse and trap racing on A127

The order was put in place at 11am today (Sunday September 28) and will run until 11am on Tuesday (September 30)

www.echo-news.co.uk

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K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · Sep 22

Oh great, it's spider season again.
On the plus side, I didn't know I could still move that fast in my old age. That big bastard scuttling across the floor was like a shot of adrenaline that's gonna keep me up half the night now...

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[•BEC] @sirhiss.bsky.social · Sep 10

I never thought the leopards would shoot MY neck

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K @slothpotatomash.bsky.social · Sep 6

I swear the more batshit-racist immigrant-hating headlines I've read over the last few weeks the deeper this dumb Zack Fox track embeds itself in to my brain.