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🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛

@annierat1.bsky.social

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My garden, cats, snails, cars, pens, labellers & Atari 2600. Rehomer of crap brown Casio calculators. Some other old consoles & computers thrown in too. Please don't follow me if you don't like swearing, cos I do! #Atari2600 #retrogaming #cat #calculator

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🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · Mar 1

I’m still reeling from losing #LutherTheCat at Christmas, but have missed making up complicated food mixes, having black hair in everything, and being woken up at stupid o’clock. So, please welcome #SpencerAndDennis. Two bonded rescue brothers who have been with us a few weeks now.

#ProofOfCat

Two black cats, looking just a little like the Kray twins!

Two black cats curled up on a fleece blanket.

Two black cats curled up together in a yin and yang pose. Probably should have got a black one and a white one really ...

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Konix Multisystem @konix.bsky.social · 1d

Can anyone help me buy this? I can't signup without Danish ID...

DBA.dk advert for Pearl ms200e steering wheel

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🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 1d

😄 I asked my colleague the other day if she'd given her cat a theme tune too ... we both ended up singing our cat songs.
There's a reason we both get in really early before anyone else arrives 🤣

🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 1d

a cartoon drawing of a cat hugging itself with its eyes closed

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🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 1d

I sing to mine. Probably why they always look so traumatised.

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🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 1d

Gotta stop looking at FB marketplace. I mean this is very nice n all (and for once doesn't seem like it would give you dysentery just by looking at it) but £800?! It's not even a heavy sixer. Nice box mind ...

#Atari2600 #CloudCuckooLand #Retrogaming

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Gary Delaney Comedian @garydelaney.bsky.social · 2d

A story in three parts

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🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 2d

Ugh, annoying. Fingers crossed they're salvageable. If not, shove em on arsebook for £200!

🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 2d

I so wanted one (they evoke Gameboy SP memories), then I saw the state of my friend's [very well looked after] one. No thanks.

🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh I dunno, I'd give em a go! Quick alcohol bath (which if nothing else will stop you catching rabies 😆). Might at least be able to splice the two advances together to get a good un.

I paid £5 for this grotty specimen at a bootsale(not seen working), which we turned into a rather nice blue edition

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🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 2d

Had a few good pickups, but that's literally all I have (and will ever) use it for - everything else is locked down and I don't post. I only got the bloody thing as the Quest needed an account originally. I stayed cos ... well, the bootsales are closed in the winter 😄

🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh no, I'd have had to open them up just to see if they were salvageable ... whilst my finger hovered over 'add to cart' on whichever chinese tat site had the funkiest shells 😀

🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 2d

I saw that, expressed an interest and got ignored 😄 It's pretty much the only part of that site I've managed to use, but its soooo frustrating sometimes.

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🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 2d

For £15 I'd have bitten thier hands off, love a challenge (and a gameboy for that matter) 🙂

My last proper grotty gamble was this old #Nintendo64. Cleaned up lovely!

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Doomrabbit @davidxnewton.bsky.social · Sep 1

The time I tried to make the audience sponsor icons jump up and down appreciatively at the end of #RAMP2025 but I forgot which axis was vertical so they all just left in disgust

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🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 2d

It's a shame you can only post four, I had to leave this beauty out ...

Really selling it there 😄

🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I've had some good finds playing 'Grot or Rot', but for that kind of money I'd at least want the computer with it as well ...

Whats the betting there's some mega rare software in there that'll make me eat my words 😉

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🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 2d

* OK, I wouldn't draw the line at wet and mouldy looking, but I'd def draw the line at £200 for wet and mouldy looking 💷 💷

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🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone fancy an #Atari & floppy disks? Yours for *only* £200. Exactly what 'Atari' you'll get for your cash or what state it's in (apparently its 'fair', if you're interested) is anyone's guess. I mean, I bloody love a grotty pickup, but even I'd draw the line at wet and mouldy looking* 🤨 #arsebook

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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 9d

The struggle is real #password

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Ignacio PG 👾🎹🎬🏳️‍🌈 @ignacioprigar.bsky.social · 8d

"Thread" por Catofairy, para la party ZXGFXTOBER 2025. #ZXSpectrum #Graphics #GFXcompo #ZXGFXtober25

¡Una preciosidad!

ZX-Art: zxart.ee/eng/authors/...

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Ignacio PG 👾🎹🎬🏳️‍🌈 @ignacioprigar.bsky.social · 8d

"Pencil" by Catofairy (ZXGFXTOBER 2025) #ZXSpectrum #Graphics #GFXcompo #Cats

ZX-Art: zxart.ee/eng/authors/...

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Dennis van den Broek @pointerfunction.bsky.social · 21d

omg, I was given a zippo display, and its absolutely perfect for gameboy games!!

Zippo display unit, with it’s shelves filled with pokemon gameboy games

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GigerPunk @gigerpunk.bsky.social · 10d

Can confirm, definitely a lot of ladybirds swarming in the UK today. That'll teach me to have the window open when I've got my back to it. Was greeted with this sight when I turned round to go get myself some lunch.
Seems I'm not the only one to experience this atm:
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🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 9d

Wow! No swarms here, but I did get a yellow one at the weekend, never seen one like it before ...

🐈‍⬛ Annette 🐈‍⬛ @annierat1.bsky.social · 9d

Finally found some half decent replacement thumsticks for the child's Xbox Minecraft pig and creeper controllers, and have just replaced them. The colour match isn't perfect, but I think they look fine, and definitely better than the current manky old split ones. So that's my good deed for the day 👍