TAFKANorthernHeckler
@northernheckler.bsky.social
Mainly retired former Special School Head & Teacher. Born in North, Living down South. English by the quirks of fate.
Labour till I die, unless they get another tosser like Corbyn.
Huddersfield Town is my religion
Labour till I die, unless they get another tosser like Corbyn.
Huddersfield Town is my religion
Worth it though !
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Worth it though !
Very like my Pigling Bland
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Very like my Pigling Bland
Just a flag tho
November 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Just a flag tho
I’d actually feel very sad about it. I wouldn’t miss him one bit though.
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I’d actually feel very sad about it. I wouldn’t miss him one bit though.
Thatcher wasn’t PM until 79
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Thatcher wasn’t PM until 79
Not really, just growing up in UK & travelling in EU, US & Canada as I got older.
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Not really, just growing up in UK & travelling in EU, US & Canada as I got older.
The US cent is almost identical in size and colour to a current UK penny, a Euro cent & an old German pfennig (aka penny). But when the cent was first called a penny, an old UK penny was much larger. The old UK farthing (¼ of a penny) was almost exactly the same size as a cent.
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The US cent is almost identical in size and colour to a current UK penny, a Euro cent & an old German pfennig (aka penny). But when the cent was first called a penny, an old UK penny was much larger. The old UK farthing (¼ of a penny) was almost exactly the same size as a cent.
Why do you call it a penny when it’s a cent ?
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Why do you call it a penny when it’s a cent ?
And the robot wouldn’t even know what “hoy” meant until wa hoyed it leik !
November 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
And the robot wouldn’t even know what “hoy” meant until wa hoyed it leik !
It would make team sports interesting. And the fields crowded. Also the stadiums.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It would make team sports interesting. And the fields crowded. Also the stadiums.
The people’s flag is deepest red,
It’s shrouded oftentimes our martyr’d dead.
Nah - just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Plus Americans do their political flags the opposite way round.
Go figure. As they say in the US.
It’s shrouded oftentimes our martyr’d dead.
Nah - just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Plus Americans do their political flags the opposite way round.
Go figure. As they say in the US.
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The people’s flag is deepest red,
It’s shrouded oftentimes our martyr’d dead.
Nah - just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Plus Americans do their political flags the opposite way round.
Go figure. As they say in the US.
It’s shrouded oftentimes our martyr’d dead.
Nah - just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Plus Americans do their political flags the opposite way round.
Go figure. As they say in the US.
I think your text is fine tbh. You mentioned 2 minutes silence - this used to be the case but mostly 2 minute is used, in particular because 2 minutes doesn’t always hold. Especially at sporting events. We did a minute in my class at the school where I teach today. Impeccable. I was pleased.
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I think your text is fine tbh. You mentioned 2 minutes silence - this used to be the case but mostly 2 minute is used, in particular because 2 minutes doesn’t always hold. Especially at sporting events. We did a minute in my class at the school where I teach today. Impeccable. I was pleased.
It still is Armistice Day in the UK (Remembrance Day is the closest Sunday). A minutes silence is observed nationally at 11.00 AM
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It still is Armistice Day in the UK (Remembrance Day is the closest Sunday). A minutes silence is observed nationally at 11.00 AM
What are tamales ? They look very strange.
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What are tamales ? They look very strange.
I’ve visited the American Military Cemetery in St Avold, France & also the American Military Cenetery in Cambridge, England. They are completely overwhelming. Trump is missing a major component of being human.
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I’ve visited the American Military Cemetery in St Avold, France & also the American Military Cenetery in Cambridge, England. They are completely overwhelming. Trump is missing a major component of being human.
I’m sure they’ll give it a go if they think there’s money to be made.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I’m sure they’ll give it a go if they think there’s money to be made.
Surprisingly, leeches are very occasionally still used. And wait until you find out about maggot therapy.
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Surprisingly, leeches are very occasionally still used. And wait until you find out about maggot therapy.
Hips don’t lie
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Hips don’t lie
Tolkien has always bored me rigid. I didn’t even read it until the end when I had to sit an exam on it at the end of term.
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Tolkien has always bored me rigid. I didn’t even read it until the end when I had to sit an exam on it at the end of term.
But with that meal ?
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
But with that meal ?