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SimplerDave

  1. @tanehisi You and @scalzi have a lot of common thoughts on this - you should (if I may) talk to each other (if you don't already...) 3:36 PM May 31st via web in reply to tanehisi
  2. @Mumbler3 Sham 69 And A Half Weeks #PunkFilms 1:44 PM May 31st via web in reply to Mumbler3
  3. @SimonNRicketts @JonathanHaynes Thanks to you both - that makes sense. 9:41 AM May 31st via web in reply to SimonNRicketts
  4. @SimonNRicketts @JonathanHaynes Serious Q: was Hunt used to bury the U-turn announcement, or was the U-turn intended to distract from Hunt? 9:34 AM May 31st via web in reply to SimonNRicketts
  5. @jackseale And again, as always, a Coogan character is driving EXACTLY the right car... 7:53 AM May 31st via web in reply to jackseale
  6. @JasonArnopp And, really, not so long since everyone had forgotten about "the Doctor Who slot" - amazing change in so short time... 7:42 AM May 31st via web in reply to JasonArnopp
  7. @LFBarfe Almost amusing play on words. 6:10 AM May 31st via web in reply to LFBarfe
  8. @RealTimVine Serious answer: 3663 do catering supplies to schools, business canteens, etc., inc. Winchester College, so I see them every day 6:09 AM May 31st via web in reply to RealTimVine
  9. @AbrushwithItaly Come And Have A Go If You Think You're Thomas Hardy Enough #FightingWriters 5:42 AM May 31st via web in reply to AbrushwithItaly
  10. @VictoriaPeckham Treble clef - tells you that the piece is in the normal vocal register... 5:31 AM May 31st via web in reply to VictoriaPeckham
  11. @Mumbler3 Are you also following the fascinating discussion that Jack & Robin & Mhairi etc are having on precisely this? 3:15 AM May 31st via web in reply to Mumbler3
  12. @ackneylad Safe journey onward... 3:00 AM May 31st via web in reply to ackneylad
  13. @richardosman Blair at Leveson 2:31 AM May 31st via web in reply to richardosman
  14. @LanceMannion Happened in London too - vote for Mayor was close enough for all to see that Labour would have won if they'd nominated better. 12:30 PM May 30th via web in reply to LanceMannion
  15. @LFBarfe It has a use as an adjunct - e.g, exchanging telephone no's or similar private info when Twitter is your original point of contact 8:27 AM May 30th via web in reply to LFBarfe
  16. @exitthelemming Bad plan, also terrible optics: Rare(ish) bird to have habitat destroyed as is disruptive to pheasant shoots. Right on...(!) 5:13 AM May 30th via web in reply to exitthelemming
  17. @JasonArnopp Official Uni Bookshop joke: Customer: Do you have a copy of Fight Club? Bookseller: Yes, but I can't tell you where it is. 1:26 PM May 29th via web in reply to JasonArnopp
  18. @hotpatooties M3/M27 should take no more than 1 hour 20, but you'll hit traffic at both ends. Allow 2 1/2 to 3 hours door to door. 9:00 AM May 29th via web in reply to hotpatooties
  19. @BrightonArgusJo Thanks. 8:34 AM May 29th via web in reply to BrightonArgusJo
  20. @Hemmo @brightonargus Reminds me of this: newsfeed.time.com/2012/05/18/wat… 8:22 AM May 29th via web in reply to Hemmo