JP
@jenpot.bsky.social
Dog lover, cat owner, food fan, wants a quiet life.
Our view at home here in the UK was much the same. This can't go on for much longer.
Of course, I don't know what they are like where you are but I can't help fear they are as bad or worse.
Of course, I don't know what they are like where you are but I can't help fear they are as bad or worse.
One of these days, people will look back on these sports betting ads like we do on the ads for patent medicines featuring cocaine.
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Our view at home here in the UK was much the same. This can't go on for much longer.
Of course, I don't know what they are like where you are but I can't help fear they are as bad or worse.
Of course, I don't know what they are like where you are but I can't help fear they are as bad or worse.
I've been reading a lot of older thrillers recently set from the 80s to 00s in the middle east.
Mostly, it's making me very hungry. Chapati. Grilled meats. Naan. Dosa. Thick lamb stew. Peshwar. I don't want BIR food, I want Gurkha food and regional food.
Mostly, it's making me very hungry. Chapati. Grilled meats. Naan. Dosa. Thick lamb stew. Peshwar. I don't want BIR food, I want Gurkha food and regional food.
February 8, 2026 at 8:52 PM
I've been reading a lot of older thrillers recently set from the 80s to 00s in the middle east.
Mostly, it's making me very hungry. Chapati. Grilled meats. Naan. Dosa. Thick lamb stew. Peshwar. I don't want BIR food, I want Gurkha food and regional food.
Mostly, it's making me very hungry. Chapati. Grilled meats. Naan. Dosa. Thick lamb stew. Peshwar. I don't want BIR food, I want Gurkha food and regional food.
I have been selected for special screening and can not move from the sofa.
She's lovely and warm at least.
She's lovely and warm at least.
February 8, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I have been selected for special screening and can not move from the sofa.
She's lovely and warm at least.
She's lovely and warm at least.
I rolled my car on a country road at 2am.
Car was a write off but we were fine.
First time I'd been in shock and it's amazing how stupid your brain is when it happens. It just stops working. You have to do everything manually.
Breathe.
Now open the door.
Get out car.
Phone for help.
Car was a write off but we were fine.
First time I'd been in shock and it's amazing how stupid your brain is when it happens. It just stops working. You have to do everything manually.
Breathe.
Now open the door.
Get out car.
Phone for help.
February 3, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I rolled my car on a country road at 2am.
Car was a write off but we were fine.
First time I'd been in shock and it's amazing how stupid your brain is when it happens. It just stops working. You have to do everything manually.
Breathe.
Now open the door.
Get out car.
Phone for help.
Car was a write off but we were fine.
First time I'd been in shock and it's amazing how stupid your brain is when it happens. It just stops working. You have to do everything manually.
Breathe.
Now open the door.
Get out car.
Phone for help.
For years I've said macarons.
Then we got some for Christmas as a house treat to ourselves and they were actually quite satisfying. Light, nice flavour, decent texture. Maybe it's an age thing. I enjoy a couple of bites of something sweet then that's enough.
Then we got some for Christmas as a house treat to ourselves and they were actually quite satisfying. Light, nice flavour, decent texture. Maybe it's an age thing. I enjoy a couple of bites of something sweet then that's enough.
Guys, I really need to talk about something dumb and meaningless. What's a universally beloved sweet treat that you think is just mid? For me, it's meringue.
February 1, 2026 at 8:39 PM
For years I've said macarons.
Then we got some for Christmas as a house treat to ourselves and they were actually quite satisfying. Light, nice flavour, decent texture. Maybe it's an age thing. I enjoy a couple of bites of something sweet then that's enough.
Then we got some for Christmas as a house treat to ourselves and they were actually quite satisfying. Light, nice flavour, decent texture. Maybe it's an age thing. I enjoy a couple of bites of something sweet then that's enough.
I've come home to sheep eating the hedge and a collarless cat* in the kitchen.
It's all go here in the country.
*The cat is ours but she's managed to lose her collar in the house somewhere. So more money!
It's all go here in the country.
*The cat is ours but she's managed to lose her collar in the house somewhere. So more money!
February 1, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I've come home to sheep eating the hedge and a collarless cat* in the kitchen.
It's all go here in the country.
*The cat is ours but she's managed to lose her collar in the house somewhere. So more money!
It's all go here in the country.
*The cat is ours but she's managed to lose her collar in the house somewhere. So more money!
PSA. Aldi have chocolate coated peanuts and they are much better than they have any right to be.
I still don't know what I went in for but they were a nice bonus.
I still don't know what I went in for but they were a nice bonus.
January 22, 2026 at 9:40 PM
PSA. Aldi have chocolate coated peanuts and they are much better than they have any right to be.
I still don't know what I went in for but they were a nice bonus.
I still don't know what I went in for but they were a nice bonus.
This is the little demon who made a runner for it this afternoon.
She was so sheepish when I opened the door and said "get in". Didn't even pretend she wanted to play out.
She was so sheepish when I opened the door and said "get in". Didn't even pretend she wanted to play out.
January 21, 2026 at 7:49 PM
This is the little demon who made a runner for it this afternoon.
She was so sheepish when I opened the door and said "get in". Didn't even pretend she wanted to play out.
She was so sheepish when I opened the door and said "get in". Didn't even pretend she wanted to play out.
Any turkey farmers in Herefordshire? I've got my pig supplier sorted and there are a millions cows and stuff but turkey.....
January 21, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Any turkey farmers in Herefordshire? I've got my pig supplier sorted and there are a millions cows and stuff but turkey.....
A certain idiotic black cat shoved open an upstairs window, fell out then realised it was raining.
She was quite relieved when I realised and opened the door to get her wet face indoors. I'm getting the good cuddles now in thanks.
She was quite relieved when I realised and opened the door to get her wet face indoors. I'm getting the good cuddles now in thanks.
January 21, 2026 at 1:59 PM
A certain idiotic black cat shoved open an upstairs window, fell out then realised it was raining.
She was quite relieved when I realised and opened the door to get her wet face indoors. I'm getting the good cuddles now in thanks.
She was quite relieved when I realised and opened the door to get her wet face indoors. I'm getting the good cuddles now in thanks.
So, someone in the last two days has mentioned something from Aldi and I mentally noted that I needed to get to Aldi.
What I didn't note was what the damn thing was.
Have any of you mentioned some Aldi specific thing? Could have been food, could have been aisle of tat.
What I didn't note was what the damn thing was.
Have any of you mentioned some Aldi specific thing? Could have been food, could have been aisle of tat.
January 21, 2026 at 1:29 PM
So, someone in the last two days has mentioned something from Aldi and I mentally noted that I needed to get to Aldi.
What I didn't note was what the damn thing was.
Have any of you mentioned some Aldi specific thing? Could have been food, could have been aisle of tat.
What I didn't note was what the damn thing was.
Have any of you mentioned some Aldi specific thing? Could have been food, could have been aisle of tat.
Adding this to my vocab.
With IBS I'll be able to popularise it within weeks.
With IBS I'll be able to popularise it within weeks.
This made me chuckle 🤭
'Defecting to the reform party' is a polite euphemism for telling guests at a dinner party that you need to go for a poo 💩
"I'd love to hear all about your holiday in Sardinia but first I just need to defect to the reform party"
'Defecting to the reform party' is a polite euphemism for telling guests at a dinner party that you need to go for a poo 💩
"I'd love to hear all about your holiday in Sardinia but first I just need to defect to the reform party"
January 19, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Adding this to my vocab.
With IBS I'll be able to popularise it within weeks.
With IBS I'll be able to popularise it within weeks.
As I zip up my fifth layer of the day I think back to summer when I'd wear a vest.
Did I just imagine it? Does it actually ever get warm?
Will I see the sun again?
Did I just imagine it? Does it actually ever get warm?
Will I see the sun again?
January 19, 2026 at 1:35 PM
As I zip up my fifth layer of the day I think back to summer when I'd wear a vest.
Did I just imagine it? Does it actually ever get warm?
Will I see the sun again?
Did I just imagine it? Does it actually ever get warm?
Will I see the sun again?
I occasionally Google my GI symptoms to see how abnormal I am.
HOO-Boy do I have issues.
HOO-Boy do I have issues.
January 18, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I occasionally Google my GI symptoms to see how abnormal I am.
HOO-Boy do I have issues.
HOO-Boy do I have issues.
My toes are bloody freezing.
More on this at 6.
January 14, 2026 at 1:39 PM
My toes are bloody freezing.
More on this at 6.
Woke up for a wee and saw something super bright in the sky. Turns out it's Jupiter.
I love the countryside. Clear skies are beautiful.
I love the countryside. Clear skies are beautiful.
January 14, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Woke up for a wee and saw something super bright in the sky. Turns out it's Jupiter.
I love the countryside. Clear skies are beautiful.
I love the countryside. Clear skies are beautiful.
If it has to be a River, then the Forth is mine. Some of my best (and worst) teenage memories were in the shadow of the Forth.
But I'll always have a soft spot for the burn that flows through my parents garden. It eventually joins the Forth somewhere near Limekilns
But I'll always have a soft spot for the burn that flows through my parents garden. It eventually joins the Forth somewhere near Limekilns
January 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
If it has to be a River, then the Forth is mine. Some of my best (and worst) teenage memories were in the shadow of the Forth.
But I'll always have a soft spot for the burn that flows through my parents garden. It eventually joins the Forth somewhere near Limekilns
But I'll always have a soft spot for the burn that flows through my parents garden. It eventually joins the Forth somewhere near Limekilns
A is away so I've got a huge pan of chicken stock simmering. Will be a chicken broth for tomorrows lunch and a pile of cubes for the freezer. Love homemade stock cubes. Can throw them into absolutely anything for a burst of depth and flavour.
January 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
A is away so I've got a huge pan of chicken stock simmering. Will be a chicken broth for tomorrows lunch and a pile of cubes for the freezer. Love homemade stock cubes. Can throw them into absolutely anything for a burst of depth and flavour.
Lynn Burn
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Lynn Burn
January 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I have applied for two (2) jobs today.
Is the sun over the yardarm yet? I'm exhausted?
Ps pls employ me. I'm fun and capable.
Is the sun over the yardarm yet? I'm exhausted?
Ps pls employ me. I'm fun and capable.
January 7, 2026 at 2:06 PM
I have applied for two (2) jobs today.
Is the sun over the yardarm yet? I'm exhausted?
Ps pls employ me. I'm fun and capable.
Is the sun over the yardarm yet? I'm exhausted?
Ps pls employ me. I'm fun and capable.
Woke up having pulled my shoulder in my sleep. In tears on the tube into work, ended up taking Tramadol to cope with the pain. Fucked up the cash up massively.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Woke up having pulled my shoulder in my sleep. In tears on the tube into work, ended up taking Tramadol to cope with the pain. Fucked up the cash up massively.