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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 1h

Sounds great. Would you like to eat it in the restaurant with the big window giving a panoramic view of the city?

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 1h

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, that's proper Northumberland!

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 1h

I was born in the North East and still have a few relatives left up there. I have been to Lindisfarne 4-5 times. My son, another relative and a friend's son and daughter and another friend's niece went to Durham University. We visited them all. It is part of my mental furniture.

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 2h

The only chemical terms I know are ferrous sulphate and copper sulphate.

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 2h

I was useless at chemistry at school!

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 2h

The bright lights of Vladivostok?

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 2h

I wouldn't. I used to get it muddled up with polony - a type of sausage!

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 2h

When Sergei serves fries to people does he ask, "Would you like polonium with that?"

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 2h

PS Today is the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. I expect there will be a rant about it later. I share most of his views on the subject but I am more polite, softly-spoken and a bit less murderous than he is.

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 3h

The lines of this wooden church in Sweden are similar to those of the Holy Rosary. There are, of course, other styles of church in Sweden but this is nothing like a traditional church in an English village, is it?
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Wooden Churches of Sweden

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 3h

-like dots and are meant to make you feel as if you are in a Viking ship. The effect is better in real life but when I get full speed internet again I will try to find a decent picture of it.

Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 3h

Oh yes, We have reduced internet today because Virgin are carrying out work on the system. The church website has also been redesigned. It used to have better pictures. The inside of the church was fitted out with a suspended ceiling about 40 years ago. The curved panels are fitted out with rivet-

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 3h

Good luck!

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 3h

I was born in Sunderland. The accent their is softer and it rises and falls, as Swedish does, but Danish and Norwegian don't. He probably knows this and he definitely doesn't like people from Sunderland. This is the church where I was baptised. It looks a bit Swedish to me.

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 4h

I had a medical appointment recently, to wire we up to a monitor for a test at home. I got the letter informing me of the appointment the day before they wanted me at the hospital. Somebody else had cancelled so they bumped me up the list. This has happened to me before. good luck!

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Stephen Old @stephenold.bsky.social · 5h

If it wasn't in the one about the West of England it was in the one about the Midlands.

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