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Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 8h

No Licence; Blue Pill

Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 10h

What about Peter Cushing?

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Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 18h

I should think so too! 🤣

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Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 21h

Is Chris Mason okay? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

And the SNP has been in devolved government in Scotland since before you could buy an iPhone – since May 2007.

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Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 1d

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Nice symmetry, and perhaps an illustration of the solution?

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Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 2d

The pizzas were lovely but the service was a bit slow! Hope you enjoyed the pub meal and the concert.

Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 2d

If you'd used a slightly wider frame you might've been able to see us in the window of the pizza restaurant!

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Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 3d

Does it have the same transportation issues when it hosts a big concert though?

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Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 3d

Nutmeg. Moose's dog. National treasure.

Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 3d

This is our dog Nutmeg.

She will be 12 this month. She lost her eyesight gradually a couple of years ago. We knew she had cataracts from her milky eyes, but one day we realised they had got pretty bad. (How we realised how bad they had got is another story I will post on here at some point).

Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 3d

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Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 4d

It's Herbie Hocking Day! I wonder where he and Soft Bear are now?

A picture of Soft Bear, owned by five year old Herbie Hocking. Soft Bear is pictured as a light brown, medium sized plush teddy bear with nice paws and a fetchingly large nose. As quoted in The Times from today in 2009, Herbie says “I love soft bear because he is soft. Sometimes his feet turn into rocket boots – he’s really good at jumping to the moon. He won a cup for going to the moon.”

Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 4d

It can't be forgotten if I can remember the theme tune after 50 years!

Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 4d

7 is Alan Longmuir from Bay City Rollers.

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Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 4d

His last date is very local. I'm tempted to buy a ticket just to see how badly he's aged due to the schedule.

Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 4d

One of my fondest memories from childhood is reading Charlie The Tramp by Russell & Lillian Hoban, so I'm completely onboard with Harvey's Hideout!

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Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 4d

"Well, that's all right then ..."

In the judgment, Vargas described Not Like Us as a “cultural sensation” and said the lyrics accusing Drake of being a paedophile were “set to a catchy beat and propulsive bassline”.

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Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 4d

If Trump wins the Nobel it's going to be up there with Hitler's for getting the Sudetenland back.

Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 5d

Tom Dairylee #CelebrityTraitors

Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 5d

There'd better not be sock-shaped holes in our 9yo's duvet cover! 🤣

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Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 5d

Likewise Paul Gascoigne.

Dave McKay @mckay.me.uk · 5d

Glesni appears to have been dropped from the headline visuals. I don't blame her.

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Li Chen @exocomics.com · 6d

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 6d

I'm giving away this signed 1st edition h/b of my new novel (it has a tiny jacket rip which means I wouldn't sell it) to one person who reposts this.

You might like it if you like:
Folkloric creatures
Old records
Intricate psychedelic stories
The idea of circular time

All shares much-appreciated.