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Gaz
@gazchap.com
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Software engineer (WordPress and Laravel), transport nerd, motorsport fan and wannabe comedian.

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The "That smile", "That damned smile" meme.
January 16, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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Urgh. I don’t understand the algorithm here sometimes, but as soon as any post gets popular, especially with our friends across the pond, the probability of a reply like this creeps ever closer to 1.
A screenshot of a post I made yesterday containing a stupid joke about Columbo actor Peter Falk, accompanied by a GIF of Columbo rubbing his head. The joke is suggesting that the actor is addicted to having affairs, with the punchline of “Just one more fling…” Someone has replied to the post, completely missing the point, with “like it is any of our business as long as he wasn’t hurting anyone” and then introduces an attack on Donald Trump, because *everything* has to be political, saying “I mean the comment would be more appropriate for the NAZI PEDO KING”
January 16, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Another night walk, this time with some foggy atmospheric shots and a silhouette of a sheeeeeeeeeep.
A photo of a foggy urban scene. A four-way junction controlled by traffic lights, with all visible lights on red. Another shot of the same junction. This time, looking through a “gate” provided by two traffic light poles on opposite sides of the road. In the near distance, in the middle of the gate, stands a large statue of a sheep on a plinth, put into silhouette by the darkness. A foggy photo of a level crossing in Shrewsbury. Another photo of the level crossing, this time from the other side of the road, with a Land Rover blurring as it crosses the frame.
January 15, 2026 at 11:54 PM
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Nick Mohammed on Celebrity Traitors dropping a perfectly timed and executed "Oh fuck!" upon learning who the last traitor was.
January 15, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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She adores this, right up until the point that she squeezes it a little *too* hard and it starts flopping around all over the shop, at which point she shits her proverbial pants and hides under the bed 😂
A photo of my cat, Ripley, a British Blue Shorthair. She is lying on my bed, clutching a big floppy fish cat toy.
January 13, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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As an antidote to my serious posts today, have this wonderful photo of Sherbet, as well as a screenshot of the three (and only three) tags that Microsoft OneDrive’s image recognition features applied automatically to the image…
A photo of Sherbet, my yellow Labrador. He is shot in profile, and is looking off to the right edge of the photo. Behind him is a blue wall, with the bottom of a piece of wall art visible, and an open doorway. To his left is a closed door, and the top of a cat scratching post shaped like a cactus. A screenshot of the tags that have been applied to the previous photo by Microsoft OneDrive. The three tags are: “Window”, “Brown” and “Indoor”.
January 12, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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Love a night time walk, me.
A photo of an abandoned shopping trolley up against a wooden fence next to a dark passageway. The shopping trolley is full of plastic rubbish, with more rubbish strewn around the ground below it. Graffiti adorns the concrete wall on the right hand side of the passageway.
January 11, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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I asked Grok to do its thing with a photo of me and this is what it gave me back.

Thanks, I guess?
An image (possibly a render) of the "Animal" character from the Peperami adverts. A long, thin, salami sausage with arms, legs, hands and feet (the latter wearing boots) and with a terrifying face.
January 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
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Walking through #Shrewsbury in the evening is quite scenic!
A photo of the front of Shrewsbury train station, with a dark and moody, cloudy sky. A view down The Dana footbridge in the evening. A view of some of the platforms at Shrewsbury train station, taken from The Dana footbridge. A photo of the clock tower on the Morris building, on St. Michael’s Street in Shrewsbury.
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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Yeah, in those days (and possibly today, I don’t follow TCC so no idea if they introduced cost caps like F1?!) money talks.

Also, I guess I’m just conditioned to think this based on the GT-Four, but fuck me, this looks so wrong without a wing on the back 😆
A photo of a Toyota Carina touring car in Castrol livery, on a racetrack.
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM
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I don’t know, you go away for a night and when you get back you deserve to have your chest ripped to shreds by the murder mittens.
A photo of me lying in bed, with Ripley, my British Shorthair cat, lying on my chest/stomach. She is looking right at the camera, and her sharp front claws are digging into my chest skin.
January 5, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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A social network for figure skaters and ice hockey players, I’ll call it RinkedIn.
A screen capture of Alan Partridge (played by Steve Coogan) lying on a bed with a dictaphone recording ideas for new TV shows.
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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The *fuck* is this bullshit? Honestly, it’s fucking impossible to escape politics isn’t it?!
A screenshot of a Promoted post (ad) on Reddit from The Times (thetimes.com) The ad shows a blonde woman wearing a red top, with a just visible caption of “My Maga makeover: how the world saw me [cropped off]” The text on the ad post reads “Republican women’s style is unrepentantly sexy”
January 4, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Ooh, go on then.
A photo of a roast beef dinner, with the beef pink and served in a giant Yorkshire pudding, with green beans, carrots and other vegetables. A gravy boat full of gravy sits to the side of the plate.
January 4, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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I guess we've got this motherfucker to blame for the sub-zero temperatures. Fancy leaving the door open so all the cold can come out.
A photo of an abandoned fridge freezer standing on a pavement next to a garden fence. The freezer door is wide open, and (except for a small area in front of it) the entire pavement is covered in snow.
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Similar story here on one of the exits. Doesn’t seem to affect the other signs on the roundabout. How strange.
A road sign exiting the roundabout from the parent post. Capital A, H, W, N and E, as well as lower case e, and the number 4 are consistently faded.
January 3, 2026 at 11:57 AM
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Some oddly consistent fading on the lettering on this road sign. #Shrewsbury
A photo of a road sign leading to Heathgates Roundabout in Shrewsbury, coming from town centre. Of all of the lettering on the sign, certain letters and numbers are consistently faded — capital A and S, and the number 4.
January 3, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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The most recent photo taken of both.
A photo of Ripley, my British Blue shorthair, yawning. A photo of Sherbet, my yellow Labrador Retriever, laying on my sofa.
January 3, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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Snap! Was a lovely walk, is busy!
A landscape photo of Cardingmill Valley in Shropshire.
January 1, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Bedtime for me now, perhaps I can fall asleep before all the fireworks kick off again.

Happy New Year, you lot! Hope 2026 gets off to a good start for y'all!
A black and white photo of me wearing a flat cap.
December 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Keeping herself relaxed despite the fireworks by holding on to my hand. Christ, not sure it gets much cuter.
December 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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A photo of some McVitie's Jaffa Cakes arranged in a pile on a plate, with a number of Jaffa Cake boxes behind.
December 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Makes me think of this classic.
A few screengrabs from an interview with James and Oliver Phelps, obvious twins who played Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter movies. The interviewer asks them "Are you twins in real life?" and they reply with "No. It's quite a weird story. We met at the audition."
December 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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I'm absolutely loving the logo at my local Halfords garage, which is half missing in *every possible sense* 😆
A screen capture from Google Streetview of a Halfords Autocentre sign on the outside of their building in Shrewsbury. Only the "ords" part of the Halfords logo remains, "Half" of the sign has fallen off.
December 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM