North Country Boy
@northfield.bsky.social
Newcastle in bio. I live in my cat's house.
Using Twitter.
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Using Twitter.
"Doctor, I want to live to 100". "Ok, eat what Marion eats". "Will that make me live to 100?". "Probably not, but it'll definitely feel like it".
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"Doctor, I want to live to 100". "Ok, eat what Marion eats". "Will that make me live to 100?". "Probably not, but it'll definitely feel like it".
Not even let people starve. He actively made the choice to *make* people die.
November 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Not even let people starve. He actively made the choice to *make* people die.
If you got paid $1 million dollars a mile, you'd be rich beyond most peoples' dreams driving 5 miles to the local retail park & back, maybe 20 minutes drive. To get $1 trillion, you'd have to drive from Land's End to John o' Groats and back - about 30 hours each time- 600 times.
November 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
If you got paid $1 million dollars a mile, you'd be rich beyond most peoples' dreams driving 5 miles to the local retail park & back, maybe 20 minutes drive. To get $1 trillion, you'd have to drive from Land's End to John o' Groats and back - about 30 hours each time- 600 times.
Toaster was the best one she did. Dropped it into one of the slots (we assume). We didn't notice & started making breakfast. Mmm, that appetising smell of burning fur and flesh...
Funny thing is, she was mostly a hopeless hunter. Brilliant at hiding things though.
Funny thing is, she was mostly a hopeless hunter. Brilliant at hiding things though.
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Toaster was the best one she did. Dropped it into one of the slots (we assume). We didn't notice & started making breakfast. Mmm, that appetising smell of burning fur and flesh...
Funny thing is, she was mostly a hopeless hunter. Brilliant at hiding things though.
Funny thing is, she was mostly a hopeless hunter. Brilliant at hiding things though.
True, but my cat did once leave a dead mouse in the shoes I use for gardening. I discovered it maybe a week later, using the simple method of shoving my foot into the mush.
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
True, but my cat did once leave a dead mouse in the shoes I use for gardening. I discovered it maybe a week later, using the simple method of shoving my foot into the mush.
Mmm, Raasey. The cause of - and solution to - all of my problems.
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Mmm, Raasey. The cause of - and solution to - all of my problems.
The route would be Great Park to Pilgrim St, for anyone who knows the city. Almost all possible without going on roads. It's a route I do often.
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The route would be Great Park to Pilgrim St, for anyone who knows the city. Almost all possible without going on roads. It's a route I do often.
Also try & change the mindset that cycling means expensive bike & specialist clothes etc. Someone told me the reason he wouldn't cycle the 5 miles into Newcastle, mostly on the few decent cycle paths we have here, was that he didn't want to have to dress up for it.
November 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Also try & change the mindset that cycling means expensive bike & specialist clothes etc. Someone told me the reason he wouldn't cycle the 5 miles into Newcastle, mostly on the few decent cycle paths we have here, was that he didn't want to have to dress up for it.
Keith Richards and his last thousand dollars?
November 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Keith Richards and his last thousand dollars?
Similar one I saw is that if you got $1 million for each mile you drove, it might take you 30 minutes to become very wealthy. But to match Musk's wealth, you'd have to drive from Land's End to John o' Groats and back about 250 times.
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Similar one I saw is that if you got $1 million for each mile you drove, it might take you 30 minutes to become very wealthy. But to match Musk's wealth, you'd have to drive from Land's End to John o' Groats and back about 250 times.
Yep. I'm a full-on wet metropolitan liberal, but I'd support the stocks for littering. Actually, I'd probably support capital punishment for a second offence.
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Yep. I'm a full-on wet metropolitan liberal, but I'd support the stocks for littering. Actually, I'd probably support capital punishment for a second offence.
Saw it under your post and just thought "oh, new Cold War Steve picture. I'll zoom in". Then slow realisation...fuck me, it's real.
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Saw it under your post and just thought "oh, new Cold War Steve picture. I'll zoom in". Then slow realisation...fuck me, it's real.
I once had someone genuinely try to claim his Tesla probably cost the same per mile as my bike, because I had to eat more to fuel the extra exercise. 10 miles is about 400 calories, or about 4 slices of bread. Not to mention my commuter bike cost £800 4 years ago, his Tesla costs £800 a month.
November 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I once had someone genuinely try to claim his Tesla probably cost the same per mile as my bike, because I had to eat more to fuel the extra exercise. 10 miles is about 400 calories, or about 4 slices of bread. Not to mention my commuter bike cost £800 4 years ago, his Tesla costs £800 a month.
Note: Except for the Netherlands
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Note: Except for the Netherlands
My ride this morning (11 miles, had to stop off in a couple of places) cost me £1. Bought a croissant, sat in a park and ate it while watching a swan chase some geese. Can't do that in a Range Rover Vogue Special Edition V8 Evoque Turbo.
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My ride this morning (11 miles, had to stop off in a couple of places) cost me £1. Bought a croissant, sat in a park and ate it while watching a swan chase some geese. Can't do that in a Range Rover Vogue Special Edition V8 Evoque Turbo.
I've seen "Least we forget".
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I've seen "Least we forget".
I think the problem might be that wherever you move to, the one thing you take with you is yourself.
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I think the problem might be that wherever you move to, the one thing you take with you is yourself.
"What was it you wanted again? We forgot"
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"What was it you wanted again? We forgot"
The bike in the photo is not "mounting the pavement". It's being pushed and it's not on the pavement.
November 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The bike in the photo is not "mounting the pavement". It's being pushed and it's not on the pavement.
Of course it's going to happen though. Not that much punishment for selling them, especially at the top of the chain & if someone can pay a fiver instead of about £12 (I think. Not sure of cost, don't smoke), they'll do it. Used to be people hawking them round pubs where I'm from, now it's shops.
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Of course it's going to happen though. Not that much punishment for selling them, especially at the top of the chain & if someone can pay a fiver instead of about £12 (I think. Not sure of cost, don't smoke), they'll do it. Used to be people hawking them round pubs where I'm from, now it's shops.
Yep. Met a bloke I'd not seen for a while in west end of Newcastle the other day. Said, "still on the tabs, eh? How do you afford it when they're about £12 a pack?". He said, "not paid more than 6 quid for years. Nobody round here does. Loads of shops sell snide tabs".
November 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Yep. Met a bloke I'd not seen for a while in west end of Newcastle the other day. Said, "still on the tabs, eh? How do you afford it when they're about £12 a pack?". He said, "not paid more than 6 quid for years. Nobody round here does. Loads of shops sell snide tabs".
It's for when they cross the Sahara on the way to wee Jonty's school.
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It's for when they cross the Sahara on the way to wee Jonty's school.
I sometimes cycle a street in Gosforth, Newcastle (that's the posh bit) where the Range Rovers are gradually being replaced by Defenders, a car that could drive up Cairngorm. All black, all shiny, not a speck of dirt on them. They've spent 000s on technology they will never use. Bloody weird.
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
I sometimes cycle a street in Gosforth, Newcastle (that's the posh bit) where the Range Rovers are gradually being replaced by Defenders, a car that could drive up Cairngorm. All black, all shiny, not a speck of dirt on them. They've spent 000s on technology they will never use. Bloody weird.
Did I miss something? Was there a massacre of the Stone Island Regiment on 11.11.11?
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Did I miss something? Was there a massacre of the Stone Island Regiment on 11.11.11?