RT @BrettMiller_IT: Want to turn some of those old #PowerShell scripts into reusable code? Come see me cringe at some of my old code and do…
I think they’ve dropped the ball, several Ashes series and a couple of future World Cups
It’s no good having great facilities if only a small proportion of kids have any interest
National teams playing national games should be free to air
Rant over
#OnThisDay in 1968, Jethro Tull played at the Alex Disco in Salisbury
#OnThisDay in 2001 ‘Rmhermen’ created the Wikipedia page for @EH_Stonehenge
Stonehenge got a page before Big Ben, but after the Eiffel Tower
Sod the moon landing and Frost/Nixon, Bjorn Again on #Gogglebox is the TV event of my lifetime
#OnThisDay in 2012 Michael Johnson took the Olympic flame around @EH_Stonehenge and back to @SalisburyCath
You also also know your old when you stop being able to get You’re and Your the right way round
Thought-provoking @LSEpublicevents podcast about Conspiracy Theories
FWIW…. I think ‘conspiracy theory’ is a phrase that’s outlived it’s usefulness - there are good theories and bad theories, useful theories and un-useful theories etc
What happened to the Fail Whale?
I’ve never thought of them as ‘sweet beans’
“Those sweet beans,” he says, still sounding traumatised. Baked Beans? “Yes, I ended up adoring them and always ordered them.””
“A progressive, united Ireland seems more likely than ever – thanks to the DUP”
I don’t know one end of a tennis bat from another, but the idea of having top singles players playing doubles in the same tournament has always struck me as odd
It’s as if England or Germany squeezed in the odd game of five-a-side during the World Cup
#OnThisDay in 1899 Barnum & Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth arrived in Salisbury
#OnThisDay in 2010 an Honorary Consulate of the Republic of the Maldives was opened in Salisbury in the Friary
My word of the day today is ‘befuddled’
As I’ve probably tweeted before in this poster Barnum and Bailey remind me of the Wizard of Oz, and Lenin
Some more Barnum and Bailey posters from around the time
To be honest, I’m not in the target market either for pork products or for prospective Leaders of the Conservative Party
I’m slightly* germaphobic about raw meat….but I’m sure draping it around your neck isn’t a very good idea
*‘Slightly’ meaning absolutely-screaming-paranoid
I enjoyed #SpiderManFarFromHome, particularly the bits in that there London. I’m glad they left Waterloo alone though. Would’ve been chaos on the trains