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Simon

@squonk61.bsky.social

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Interests in no particular order: Guinea pigs, storks, hedgehogs, Genesis, Beatles, F1, things mechanical. Late diagnosis for ASD, which has been... interesting. https://planetsi.com

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Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · 16h

Two new guinea pigs arrived with us last week, both 3 month old teddies.
Stanley on the left, Casper on the right. Casper is a cutie. Stanley on the other hand… #guineapig

Two young Teddy Guinea pigs, one red, one white on an orange cushion. One of them is a troublemaker.

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Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · 17h

Is there such a thing as a Machiavellian Guinea pig? I think so. He just stands by the new boys, watches and plots. #guineapig

A black and tan Guinea pig head raised by the edge of a cage. Plotting.

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Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · 22h

Bit windy out

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · 3d

New Guinea pigs

Two young Teddy Guinea pigs on an orange cushion

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · 7d

Passport stamps. They are a dying breed. To mark 15 years since my father's passing I wrote a liitle piece with a few of the entry & visa stamps he collected on his travels in the early 60s. Plus an interesting travel itinerary! #passport #visa #travel
planetsi.com/a-life-well-...

Photo of a UK passport page with a visa from Jordan, complete with payment stamps, dated July 1959

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · 20d

Ahem, the Guinea pigs would like to talk to you.

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · 20d

To quote from the film The Gumball Rally: “The first rule of Italian driving - what’s behind, doesn’t matter” 😁

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Sep 23

Please stop raining

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Sep 19

Yikes

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Sep 17

From the warm glow of satisfaction it gives when you turn it off.

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Sep 11

Good thing too. Also, they would get very confused in Alsace 😁

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Sep 8

Bonkers guinea pig

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Sep 8

The word "Iconic" is vastly over-used these days.
But not in this instance.

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Sep 7

Quite brilliant

Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · Sep 7

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Sep 7

Quite brilliant!

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · Sep 5

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.

Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.

That, right there, is the problem.

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Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Sep 2

Hedgehogs growing fast

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Aug 26

4 LP and 4 CD would be perfect for an old stereo dinosaur like me - and I bet I’m not alone.

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Aug 25

Perhaps more to the point they turned down the erm, opportunity to drive for Briatore.

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Aug 19

"Scarborough gulls in fight back against human littering"

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Aug 15

Monza and Interlagos by a country mile.

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Aug 14

Forgot I had this - a young pine marten encroaching on one of our hedgehog’s personal space and getting told in no uncertain terms to bugger off. #hedgehog #pinemarten #fight

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Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Aug 14

This must be a first: hedgehogs, sheep and a stork all in the same shot. #hedgehogs #stork #sheep #alsace

A night scene with two hedgehogs eating in the foreground. In a field behind are some sheep and on top of a telegraph pole stands a white stork

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Aug 13

Günther’s middle name is fast becoming “clickbait”…

Simon @squonk61.bsky.social · Aug 7

Just JV being JV. Nothing to see here.