Spoquey
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"When a man lets things go so far that he is more than half a bicycle, you will not see him so much because he spends a lot of his time leaning with one elbow on walls or standing propped by one foot at kerbstones.”
Flann O'Brien The Third Policeman
Flann O'Brien The Third Policeman
Cela ferait une superbe couverture pour le roman "La Chatte" de Collette.
November 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Cela ferait une superbe couverture pour le roman "La Chatte" de Collette.
Prrrr.... they all look lovely. I still haven't got my N+1 quota...
November 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Prrrr.... they all look lovely. I still haven't got my N+1 quota...
Never-driver either, but my fave five bikes are:
Cannondale Bad Boy (late 1990s, when it had normal forks)
Condor Acciaio
Condor Potenza single speed
Méral 1979 road bike
Brompton T-Line
Cannondale Bad Boy (late 1990s, when it had normal forks)
Condor Acciaio
Condor Potenza single speed
Méral 1979 road bike
Brompton T-Line
November 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Never-driver either, but my fave five bikes are:
Cannondale Bad Boy (late 1990s, when it had normal forks)
Condor Acciaio
Condor Potenza single speed
Méral 1979 road bike
Brompton T-Line
Cannondale Bad Boy (late 1990s, when it had normal forks)
Condor Acciaio
Condor Potenza single speed
Méral 1979 road bike
Brompton T-Line
Never-driver here, so my fave five bikes are:
Cannondale Bad Boy
Condor Acciaio
Condor Potenza
Méral 1979 road bike
Brompton T-Line
Cannondale Bad Boy
Condor Acciaio
Condor Potenza
Méral 1979 road bike
Brompton T-Line
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Never-driver here, so my fave five bikes are:
Cannondale Bad Boy
Condor Acciaio
Condor Potenza
Méral 1979 road bike
Brompton T-Line
Cannondale Bad Boy
Condor Acciaio
Condor Potenza
Méral 1979 road bike
Brompton T-Line
The “Sue Story”albums, “Victor Uwaifo and his Melody Maestros”….and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.
Takes me back!
Takes me back!
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The “Sue Story”albums, “Victor Uwaifo and his Melody Maestros”….and Beethoven’s Violin Concerto.
Takes me back!
Takes me back!
An Indian/Spanish friend recalls his mum insisting on returning to Franco's Spain, after a few years in Leytonstone, because East London was just too racist for the kids to suffer frequent attacks.
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
An Indian/Spanish friend recalls his mum insisting on returning to Franco's Spain, after a few years in Leytonstone, because East London was just too racist for the kids to suffer frequent attacks.
Todays #dailypicturegame word is DOOR
Tomorrows word is UNREAL
The DOOR to the Palais des Rois de Majorque, Perpignan.
Tomorrows word is UNREAL
The DOOR to the Palais des Rois de Majorque, Perpignan.
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Todays #dailypicturegame word is DOOR
Tomorrows word is UNREAL
The DOOR to the Palais des Rois de Majorque, Perpignan.
Tomorrows word is UNREAL
The DOOR to the Palais des Rois de Majorque, Perpignan.
Todays #dailypicturegame word is DAWN
Tomorrows word is DOOR
A remarkable purple and pink. DAWN seen here the other day.
Tomorrows word is DOOR
A remarkable purple and pink. DAWN seen here the other day.
November 23, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Todays #dailypicturegame word is DAWN
Tomorrows word is DOOR
A remarkable purple and pink. DAWN seen here the other day.
Tomorrows word is DOOR
A remarkable purple and pink. DAWN seen here the other day.
In Swinton, England, 1964, me and sister used to walk to the local library on Saturday. We would each take out four of the Oz books and devour them on the library stairs, so we could return and take out four more on the same day. I recall the sweep of the stairs and the lovely smell of those books.
November 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In Swinton, England, 1964, me and sister used to walk to the local library on Saturday. We would each take out four of the Oz books and devour them on the library stairs, so we could return and take out four more on the same day. I recall the sweep of the stairs and the lovely smell of those books.
Excellent and so fantastic. I would love to hear your stories. Please write a little something about your times there xxx
November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Excellent and so fantastic. I would love to hear your stories. Please write a little something about your times there xxx
Come back to us once you have done your Google research. It should take about five minutes max.
This is from 2024 alone. www.declassifieduk.org/labour-mps-h...
This is from 2024 alone. www.declassifieduk.org/labour-mps-h...
Labour MPs have accepted over £280,000 from Israel lobby
Twenty percent of Labour’s sitting MPs have been funded by pro-Israel groups or individuals – including 15 who have been directly funded by the Israeli state.
www.declassifieduk.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Come back to us once you have done your Google research. It should take about five minutes max.
This is from 2024 alone. www.declassifieduk.org/labour-mps-h...
This is from 2024 alone. www.declassifieduk.org/labour-mps-h...
So true. Ed Miliband's parents being a case in point, as his dad fled to England as a refugee from the nazis. Does Ed feel a tremor of conscience?
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
So true. Ed Miliband's parents being a case in point, as his dad fled to England as a refugee from the nazis. Does Ed feel a tremor of conscience?
I wonder how Ed Miliband is faring with his conscience. His dad and granddad fled nazi Germany as refugees. His granny and aunty were hidden by a French family to avoid being killed by the nazis.
November 18, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I wonder how Ed Miliband is faring with his conscience. His dad and granddad fled nazi Germany as refugees. His granny and aunty were hidden by a French family to avoid being killed by the nazis.
I agree 100% - I am working my way through this series at the moment. I love the depth of knowledge of William and Anita and their brilliant guests. I am now on episode 200 and will have to re-visit every episode.
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I agree 100% - I am working my way through this series at the moment. I love the depth of knowledge of William and Anita and their brilliant guests. I am now on episode 200 and will have to re-visit every episode.
Billy Pilgrim, in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five, finds two lumps in the frozen and raggedy fur coat he is given as a prisoner of war in Dresden. A partial denture and a 2 carat diamond, concealed long before by a desperate prisoner on her way to death in a concentration camp.
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Billy Pilgrim, in Kurt Vonnegut's novel Slaughterhouse Five, finds two lumps in the frozen and raggedy fur coat he is given as a prisoner of war in Dresden. A partial denture and a 2 carat diamond, concealed long before by a desperate prisoner on her way to death in a concentration camp.
Surely THIS is the derailleur you want for Christmas?
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Surely THIS is the derailleur you want for Christmas?
I remember seeing by chance the Elephant Polo competition in Corbett Lodge, in Nepal 1997. I was cycling past and nearly got trampled by one elephant. One of my favourite "near misses". I have no idea what the rules were.
November 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I remember seeing by chance the Elephant Polo competition in Corbett Lodge, in Nepal 1997. I was cycling past and nearly got trampled by one elephant. One of my favourite "near misses". I have no idea what the rules were.
Message to the Starbucks CEO:
November 15, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Message to the Starbucks CEO:
So sorry Ed. It is a horrible thing to have hanging over you. Solidarity to you and the other NHS workers and f@&€ Streeting!
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
So sorry Ed. It is a horrible thing to have hanging over you. Solidarity to you and the other NHS workers and f@&€ Streeting!
So true. The first bike I bought on the scheme was a Condor Acciaio in 2007, which I rode to work every day and is still going strong. I would have been put off riding a cheaper, less reliable bike.
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
So true. The first bike I bought on the scheme was a Condor Acciaio in 2007, which I rode to work every day and is still going strong. I would have been put off riding a cheaper, less reliable bike.
You are totally bouleversée avec this little darling, and I have to say objection overruled xxx
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
You are totally bouleversée avec this little darling, and I have to say objection overruled xxx
Your poetry is bursting up among these cracks in very dry Perpignan in France. Plants are such thirsty little survivors.
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Your poetry is bursting up among these cracks in very dry Perpignan in France. Plants are such thirsty little survivors.
I lost all my smell and taste in 1984/5 when I was knocked off my pushbike and got concussion. Sometimes I can get a tiny momentary whiff of e.g. coriander or basil...and very little else. I am still grateful for my lingering memory of all the smells and tastes I knew before this loss.
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I lost all my smell and taste in 1984/5 when I was knocked off my pushbike and got concussion. Sometimes I can get a tiny momentary whiff of e.g. coriander or basil...and very little else. I am still grateful for my lingering memory of all the smells and tastes I knew before this loss.
