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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB.

@rm86.bsky.social

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Railway Route Controller, trying to run a patch of railway across the North and North East. Sometimes I succeed. Likes trains, which is probably just as well.

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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · Nov 15

Reintroduction thread:

Name: Osbert, of course. 😉
Location: 🏡 Belper, 🚂 Birmingham
Interests: Trains (obviously), good food and good beer, a decent book, the radio and spending time on my beloved Yorkshire Coast.
Vocation: Route Controller

James @tm-james.bsky.social · Nov 13

Reintroduction thread:

Name: James
Pronouns: He/Him
Location: 🏠 London/Rye
Interests: Travel, My cockapoo Phoebe, family and friends, cooking/baking, Men’s mental Health advocate. Live for Sunday roasts, good wine and a good cheeseboard!
Vocation: Train Manager

Rich @shiresrich.bsky.social · Nov 13

Reintroduction thread:

Name: Rich
Pronouns: He/Him
Location: 🏠 Bedfordshire, UK 🏢 London
Interests: Travel, outdoorsy stuff, cooking (and eating), 🖖, craft beer, politics, comedy, more stuff/ask!
Vocation: Civil servant

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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 5d

"Your best route from Leicester to Nottingham is via Dundee, Addis Ababa and Sark. I can't help you with that.

A Rail Replacement duck is in operation, and acts as a powerful reminder that, sometimes, when life throws you onions, you just have to fall over."

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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 5d

"On behalf of the committee...

...the sign in the Gents saying 'Wet Paint' is a statement and not an instruction...

Now, let's have a cheer for Roger Whittaker!"

Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 5d

“Before we crack on with the meat raffle, could the owner of a yellow Vauxhall Corsa please move their vehicle? Dave from the mobile discotheque says he can’t get his van in”

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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 13d

Looking to form a heavy metal band?

Not sure of a name?

Just listen to Radio 4's Farming Today!

I bagsy 'Pig Unit' and 'BSE Explosion', coming to an edition of NME near you...

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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 15d

Nay, nay and thrice nay.

Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 15d

East Cowton can't fail if East Cowton doesn't exist. 😁

Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 15d

I have a reputation for breaking things, but the power to make railways disappear just by hovering my mouse cursor over them is a new power that I'm not sure I deserve. 😂

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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 18d

As a child of the '90s, Keeping Up Appearances was staple viewing.

Might watch some tomorrow.

Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 18d

As with many actors, she'll be remembered for one thing when she did so much more.

She won a Tony Award as early as 1968, presented to her by none other than Groucho Marx.

Quite the career.

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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 18d

She's kicked the Bouquet.

😔

Sky News @news.sky.com · 18d

Keeping Up Appearances star Dame Patricia Routledge has died

Actress Dame Patricia Routledge, best known for TV show Keeping Up Appearances, has died aged 96, her agent has said.

news.sky.com

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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 18d

Glad you enjoyed it! It's one of my favourites.

Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 18d

Otherwise known as me after a cooked breakfast...

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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 18d

Still probably wouldn't take a lucky lady there on a date, admittedly, but you get my point...

Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 19d

If you've an idle moment, watch this from about 11mins onwards (or, ideally, watch the whole thing - it's a gem).

Stevenage life, in 1963, in glorious colour.

Imagine now that you grew up in wartime Stepney... Life in Stevenage would have been like becoming a millionaire.

youtu.be/lpmED79zroQ?...

Archive film: All that mighty heart (1963)

YouTube video by That's old school

youtu.be

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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 19d

I have no argument with this.

Maybe growing up within easy (and frequently-utilised) reach of Stevenage has some bearing on this, but I do love me a New Town.

People sneer at them now, but so readily forget the unbearable Dickensian conditions they replaced in the lives of their early inhabitants.

Otto Saumarez Smith @osaumarezsmith.bsky.social · 19d

Letter in the Times:

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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 19d

SPREAD CREAM NOT CHEESE DISEASE!

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Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 19d

It's *always* time for pudding turkey.

Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 20d

Coo.

21:00 finish at work, time for a pint then down to Birmingham International for the 22:42 @caledoniansleeper.bsky.social to Fort William. Breakfast passing Corrour and, finally, sat on Mallaig harbourside by lunchtime. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🐟 🍟 🥃

Yup, I like the sound of that.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Caledonian Sleeper train to link Scotland with Birmingham

The new service will start in January linking Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William to the West Midlands.

www.bbc.co.uk

Capt. Osbert Twinge Bt. KCB. @rm86.bsky.social · 20d

Really, really not feeling life tonight. 😐

Time for some good '90s playlist and, hopefully, a decent sleep.

🎶 But we're traaaash, you and me
We're the litter on the breeze
We're the lovers on the streets
Just traaaaash, me and you
It's in everything we do
It's in everything we do 🎵

Have a train.