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Mícheál de Brún

@thriftonaut.bsky.social

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Charity shops, puns and Dad jokes. West-Cork-ish based. Interests; records, history, film and Vintage kitchenalia. I’ve left behind my family, my friends-everything. The only thing for me is this-the battlefield.

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 1h

I like that’s it’s just one word and so many accents in Ireland would pronounce it ‘Header’.

Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 2h

File under: steroids readily available…

Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 3h

Great information! Cheers.

Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 4h

You boy, you know that 14” toy that’s hanging in the sex shop window? Tell me is it still for sale?

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 4h

And Tiny Tim, who didn’t die from rectal bleeding.

Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 4h

So higher prices so…
Etsy used as a value guide…
Will there be vinyls?

Helen Barrett @helenbarrett.bsky.social · 6h

Press release arrives: "We're reimagining the jumble sale!"

Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 6h

They were ambitious!

A newspaper headline speculating if Elvis will play Sheffield.

Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 6h

It’s not going to help her campaign, just more mud slinging from the party of small farmers and business owners. I hope the payout quadruples every time she repeats this smear.

Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 6h

This is the place by my reckoning. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_...

Fiesta Nightclub (Sheffield) - Wikipedia

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 6h

You’ll need to source a copy of No Siesta 'til Club Fiesta by Neil Anderson.

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 6h

This is a good match for opening in 1970. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiesta_...

Fiesta Nightclub (Sheffield) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 6h

Still with us thankfully!

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 6h

Thanks!

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 7h

Any Sheffield based mutuals able to help?

Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise @lisagrimm.com · 7h

This BBC Archive bit on a haunted nightclub in Sheffield in 1970 is a delight…but does anyone have more details on the spot and what it might be now (if anything)? Does it still have a spooky reputation? Relevant to all my interests!

youtu.be/6TyStko8pxo?...

1970: The Ghost that Terrified Big Derek | Nationwide | Weird and Wonderful | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 7h

So early I can only start my brain rolling by saying bare/bear. One means bald and the other means hairy.

Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 17h

The Sun Always Shites on TV.

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 21h

Anesthetisa for the uninterested and dragons…

A book cover for anesthetia for the uninterested. A man is sitting in an lecture hall wearing surgeons clothing. He is pretending to be asleep while groping a woman next to him. Incredibly this is an academic book from the 1970’s.

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extremerice.bsky.social @extremerice.bsky.social · 21h

Produced by Chris Difford youtu.be/ASvC6xOg6Cw?...

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 1d

Only those that are truly blessed by Jah.

Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 1d

For sure! But no use in torturing yourself over that. When I think back on the rare items I picked up cheap then quickly sold on for Hash money… total buzzkill.

Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 1d

Same person that drops silent but deadlies.

Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 1d

If he lands a seat as a td from the independent group we’ll never be rid of him.

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sure a copy can be picked up for very little money… youtu.be/K3juIRBjh9c?...

Rum Baba

YouTube video by William Farran - Topic

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 1d

Lord of Lord
King of kings
Conquering Lion of Mullingar.
Make me an I&I land.

Irish Number Ones @irishnumberones.bsky.social · May 10

Craving some Irish crapness in the May 1987 Irish charts? Look no further than the reggae-synthpop sounds of [checks notes] Joe Dolan www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvQX...

Joe Dolan - Don't Set Me Free - From This Is My Life 1987 Album - Track 08

YouTube video by rusticparty editz

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Mícheál de Brún @thriftonaut.bsky.social · 1d

Ah one of those famous women Freemasons you do be hearing so much about…