@mrjamesob.bsky.social still got my ‘96 blazer James! Has a lovely ‘ice cream sellers’ quality to the stripe. 🍦*suits you sir*

Okay new learning for today - the tills at the supermarket need to be age authorised even for non alcoholic beer.

a man with glasses says i don t understand

ALT: a man with glasses says i don t understand

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Eton Dorney. The first skylarks are out high in the sparkling blue sky. It’s stunning.

I married a Canadian and our kids now have Canadian passports. Love the place. Love the Canadian-ness of 'elbows up'. A bright light in the news cycle.

I’m a fan of an Olympic montage at the best of times but this is simply a stunning piece of film making. youtu.be/XMnoqKs4ZqQ

Céline Dion’s iconic Paris 2024 performance #Paris2024

YouTube video by Olympics

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Holy moly - look at that. Is that on the rowing bucket list?

Richard Mortimer@oldelvet.bsky.social · 2y ago

Derwentwater Head at Keswick. What a great venue for racing. Thanks to Lakeland RC for organising the racing today at this stunning venue.

Early river walks make me envious of those dawn outings.

Wet walk to start the day. ‘Not impressed’.

I’ve never listened to more than 60secs of any Archers episode in my life. But I’ve had more details in the last 50 days in here than 50 years prior. Panto etc.

And the kerfuffle over the GB Olympic team supporters flag for Paris. 🙄

@dave43law.bsky.social · 2y ago

Remember the rime they cried about national flags being interfered with.......

A propos of absolutely nothing - was yoghurt (particularly plain) just not a thing in 70's Britain? I have absolutely no memory of it before being a teenager and now it's sort of taken over as a fridge staple.

😂

Mark Pinsent@handle.invalid · 2y ago

I should probably tell you the full story one day about how I was stopped by the police right there by Hammersmith Bridge. It was during the Sydney Olympics, and when I gave my name, standing outside a rowing club, I got an unconvinced: "Pinsent? Like the rower? Very convenient, sir."

Another beautiful winter morning on the river.

Crisp cold morning on the Championship Course at Barnes.

Fruit tea is horrendous. Smells like "fruits of the forest", looks pleasingly red as it carefully steeps exactly as directed on the packet. But tastes like it once met a blackberry, but only by chance, in 1995, at a work conference, in Brighton, but it might have been a redcurrant.

@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social that last caller today. “You’re not selling it to me John” 😂

For rowing people this will be interesting. www.hrr.co.uk/henley-royal...

Henley Royal Regatta makes key steps towards achieving gender parity with new Women’s event for 2025 - Henley Royal Regatta

10 December 2024: Henley Royal Regatta is proud to announce the introduction of a new Women’s 8+ event, “The Bridge Challenge Plate,” for the 2025 Regatta, taking place from Tuesday, 1 July to Sunday,...

hrr.co.uk

One of the recent Mayors the UK knighted was Rudolph Giuliani so interesting comparison. Your regular reminder that "Arise Sir...." is not part of the knight's investiture.

Tristan Kirk@kirkkorner.bsky.social · 2y ago

A knighthood for Sadiq Khan My colleague @rosslydall.bsky.social on the Mayor's elevation, as positive news for London www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

Why is my brain organised so that a) I forget a relatively significant task (easily accomplished) for all of yesterday and simultaneously b) it stores away the name of the guy who liked the shaver so much he bought the company. Victor Kiam. WHY?

Self reflection doesn't seem to be coming to the fore with the man.

Sophy Ridge@sophyridge.bsky.social · 2y ago

Gregg Wallace: “I can see the complaints coming from a handful of middle-class women of a certain age” Same age as you Gregg t.co/ax8NNIs8LF

If you are in favour of bodily autonomy (and I am) I cant see if you agree with the safeguards (and I do) how you would oppose the assisted dying bill.

Guest on @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social LBC claims the assisted dying legislation as written can’t prevent another Harold Shipman because the authorising doctors aren’t recorded on death certificate. I don’t see that logic at all.

I seem to have hit a seam of avgeek on here. I mean it’s all lovely … there’s a lot of airports and planes. And wings. And routes. What’s the transponder code for ‘I’m okay with this’?

For the record, I complained about behaviour I witnessed on Masterchef in 2012. They knew then. They knew before then and they’ve known since.

As for Bluesky, at this point, it seems plain rude not to…

At Infinity’s official launch (a start up rowing club in Middlesborough). Dozens of kids already engaged in the sport. Such a great base and initiative.

Too many folks never paid attention to the most important part of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," and now we're all about to pay the price.

WuTangIsForTheChildren@wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 2y ago

Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention

Rowing is photogenic.

Putting the functionality back in where the other place was stripping it away - is great.

Brian Moore@brianmoore666.bsky.social · 2y ago

Another shoutout for bsky.app/profile/deck... - if you liked tweetdeck, this is very similar. I find it's a much better way using the site on a laptop.

Nice to come in here bimble about a bit, click on a few things/people and bimble out again without having a scrap with someone. Huh. “Go figure”. Missed that.