Alan Pennie
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 38m
Yes.
I do think Obama had to walk quite a tight line.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 50m
Presumably with, "As I am now so you must be", written on it in Latin.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 56m
Spaaace!
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
But really The Doctor and Rose aren't anything like Giles and Buffy.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
Hmm.
Well ok.
That's word of god.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
He identified as an attack pterosaur.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
I really can't see any connection between Dr Who and Buffy.
But maybe there was a scene where The Doctor praised really strong coffee.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
Koo err!
Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
We got a free slice at the end of the tour.
Which was a nice gesture.
Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
In The 1860s a man called Alexander Svoboda visited them all and wrote a book about them.
So good for him!
Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
What I want to know is, which is the best church in Anatolia?
I vote for Ephesus, since it's on the sea and The Temple of Diana is cool.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
Many years ago I visited Turkey with a tour company called *Turkish Delight".
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
I suppose someone has to.
It doesn't mean you're a bad person, necessarily.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
We really don't want to put The NHS under strain as winter sets in.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
I'll bear that in mind.
Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
Can confirm.
Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
It's a bit like Turkey accusing Greece of stealing its cuisine.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
Give those poor bozos a writing credit!
They've earned it.
Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
Oh no!
I'm hearing this for the first time.
At least she seems to have been working up to the end.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 1h
If he knew that he's worth our attention.
Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 2h
The only literary, military man I actually like is Ernest Swinton.
I believe Lord Wavell was a cool dude too, but I haven't read him.
Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 2h
So do I.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 2h
I remember reading his, *Decisive Battles*, a long time ago.
Boy did he hate Russians!
Perhaps his time has come again.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 3h
Cicero: Why Whipping The Sea is silly, A Dialogue in 94 parts.
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Alan Pennie
@telston.bsky.social
· 3h
The Middle Eastern Crisis from Adam to the present...
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