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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 18h

I should add, for the sake of completeness, that it's not a ginnel because it's too wide. A ginnel is more of a passageway, wide enough only for foot traffic.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 18h

And we might be only a very small distance apart. Lancashire and the West Riding share a (sometimes contentious) boundary, after all.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 18h

Aah, I couldn't recall where 'snicket' came from. I was thinking midlands maybe.

It's strange, because a shrub-enclosed pathway just wouldn't have that kind of term applied to it on this side of the Pennines (or the bit I'm familiar with, anyway). It would just be a path.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 20h

The discussion is moot, because the painting depicts a backs, not a ginnel (and definitely not a snicket, whatever southern nonsense that is). 😉

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 1d

One from the archive, of Coniston Water, taken in November 2008, on a Sony Erickson K800i phone.

#photography #sunset

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 1d

That's right. That's how constitutional monarchies usually, and broadly, work. The point I was making is that a monarchy is not automatically a bad thing and that some of the most progressive democracies in the world are monarchies. On the whole, IMHO having a king isn't as bad as a loony president.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 2d

Denmark is also a Constitutional Monarchy and has a King, Frederik the Tenth.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 4d

Didn't watch the whole game but Robbo looked a bit off his best.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 6d

Bonkers, that.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 6d

Somewhat bizarrely that one was at RSPB Bempton Cliffs on the Yorkshire coast, where I completely failed to get any decent shots of puffins earlier this year. 😒

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 6d

Yes, the body feathers are sort of reddish-brown and the one in your photo has a dark head like this. 😉

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 6d

Certainly looks like one.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 7d

Anyhow, I'm throwing open a general offer of being here to help if you are wanting to make the switch and need a bit of help and/or advice. I am *not* an expert, just a reasonably experienced user. I am also an amateur and this is categorically NOT any kind of commercial deal, just a friendly offer.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 7d

I haven't used Windows for years, having been on Linux instead. Seems to me that other people might be thinking they want to leave Microsoft, what with Win 10 support ending, the unreasonable hardware requirements of Win 11 and privacy concerns around Recall etc.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 8d

Judging by the ones I have, the fit does vary from style to style, but the ridiculous convenience of them means I rarely wear anything else. There's a Skechers outlet shop not far from me that I visit occasionally coz I like to try them on before parting with my money.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 8d

Welcome to the dark side. I have currently 5 pairs in various styles. Best thing since the proverbial.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 10d

He shut down a then-rampant Ryan Giggs in that game. Rob Jones was such a good player with a career ruined by injury.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 11d

European robin to the rest of the world, but here in the UK, just a robin.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...

European robin - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 11d

A robin & a nuthatch

#photography #birds

A nuthatch, roughly facing the viewer, on a steeply angled branch

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 11d

Realistically, with the way things are right now, I'd be happy with 8, although I fear that might be on the optimistic side.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 13d

The Beatles statues by the Pier Head are always popular.

#photography #urban #street #Liverpool #Beatles

Slightly larger-than-life statues of The Beatles near the Pier Head in Liverpool with a small crowd of people taking photographs.

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David Preston @dave1957.bsky.social · 13d

While I was in Liverpool yesterday I was watching the gulls around the Pier Head / Albert Dock area feeding on mussels from the dock walls.

#photography #birds #birdbehaviour #Liverpool