Dave Turner
@mrdaveturner.bsky.social
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Dad. Husband. Cat wrangler. Writer. Idiot. www.daveturner.co.uk
Iāve spent my life standing up for my LGBTQ friends and family and I hope Iāve been a good ally. But I realise I need to do more. Iāll get on it. If you need help, Iām here x
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Oh god. I have wine and been sucked into āEvery Number 1 of the 80sā on a music channel. Currently āTake My Breath Awayā. Fun fact: the lyrics were written by Giorgio Moroderās car mechanic.
8 days ago
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Being a teenager in the Midlands in the early 90s, you were legally obliged to love the Wonder Stuff. You were given a copy of āHupā on your first day of big school.
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8 days ago
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Still happy for an unexpectedly Kate Pierson heavy Friday night
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8 days ago
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As much as I love REM, I believe they would agree with me that this was not their finest hour
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8 days ago
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I was sexed up once. Ruined the curtains.
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8 days ago
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Fuck off TāPau were still hanging about in 1991
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8 days ago
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On the rare occasions I play snooker I still sing this song under my breath to remember the order of the balls
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8 days ago
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Everybody had matching towels!!! Tune!!!
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8 days ago
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None of the singers were in the same recording studio or - indeed - key
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8 days ago
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What the fuck did the children do to deserve this?
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8 days ago
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Itās a rather ballsy move to call yourself Mr Vegas. Unless his actual name is Jeff Vegas
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8 days ago
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I prefer the Futurama version
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8 days ago
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Pop fact: Dan Wilson of Semisonic co-wrote Someone Like You with Adele and now sleeps on a big pile of cash
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8 days ago
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Quote with a fictional band that is not Spinal Tap.
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10 days ago
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Iāve reached the age where Iāve just muttered āOh. Thatās an interesting new pain.ā
10 days ago
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11 days ago
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Football. Bloody hell.
11 days ago
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A genre of film I quite enjoy is āFilms starring Daniel Radcliffe because he thought it looked fun even though he doesnāt have to work a day in his lifeā
15 days ago
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Is Will wearing a chastity belt?
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15 days ago
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PSA: The greatest 80s high school romance āSay Anythingā¦ā is on Netflix.
15 days ago
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A lot more man made fibres in 1999 than I remember.
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15 days ago
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Have they considered a bald shortsighted Bond who gets a bit wheezy climbing stairs?
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15 days ago
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I have just blasted this GODDAMN MASTERPIECE throughout the house and feel so much better.
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15 days ago
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Possibly the greatest joke ever recorded. Thereās not a dad amongst us who doesnāt do this.
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16 days ago
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Looking out the window, seems like Ming the Merciless has been at the weather machine again.
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17 days ago
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Please enjoy this picture of Jimmy White dressed as Noddy and Isla Fisher as Penelope Pitstop on Big Break before Hollywood came calling for her.
18 days ago
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I went on a diabetes course this morning. I did not find out how to sell diabetes.
18 days ago
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Ive spent this morning watching Miles Jupp and Danny Dyer discuss Postman Pat.
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Sean Lock loses it as Danny Dyer and Miles Jupp talk Postman Pat š | 8 Out Of 10 Cats
YouTube video by 8 Out of 10 Cats
https://youtube.com/shorts/-X6b5us0DNo?si=aRDLGIafDWNUsn0a
19 days ago
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Happy birthday Ewa. Hereās a picture of Coco. A v good cat despite her frequent insistence that she is, in fact, a penguin.
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20 days ago
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Excellent Simpsons reference from the Sky EPG description writers.
21 days ago
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Fuck me. This is a moronic fucking country. Well, at least Susanna Hoffs is on TOTP later.
22 days ago
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Just seen the Villa/Spurs score. Well, whereās the fun in that?
27 days ago
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Iāve just realised I donāt have to wait for a party to make cheese and pineapple on sticks. Iām an adult and can eat them whenever I want.
28 days ago
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I am watching a silly 90s thriller. The edge is taking off it somewhat as the bad guy is called Nicholas Parsons.
29 days ago
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Will Downing is the name of a boy in the year below you at school
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29 days ago
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Is Gary not staying?
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29 days ago
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I got all nostalgic and then wrote about it. Why not have a read? Thanks!
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The Gen-X Kids Sci-Fi Movie Party Pack
The past is often viewed through a rose-tinted prism of sentimentality.
https://open.substack.com/pub/aimforthehead/p/the-gen-x-kids-sci-fi-movie-party?r=1xpkss&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
about 1 month ago
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Iāve spent the week watching a load of 80s kidsā sci-fi films and then wrote about them. Why not wallow in some nostalgia?
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The Gen-X Kids Sci-Fi Movie Party Pack
The past is often viewed through a rose-tinted prism of sentimentality.
https://open.substack.com/pub/aimforthehead/p/the-gen-x-kids-sci-fi-movie-party?r=1xpkss&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=title
about 1 month ago
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Not sure Iām emotionally in the right place to go and watch E.T. at the cinema tonight. At least Iām at the back of the screen when the emotional wreckage goes flying everywhere.
about 1 month ago
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Now officially on the heart transplant list. Need to get my heart transplant grab bag ready. Which is the same as my zombie apocalypse grab bag but without the shovel.
about 1 month ago
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Iāve spent the weekend watching 80s kids sci-fi movies and now youāre all going to have to read the Substack Iām writing about them.
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about 1 month ago
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Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: No Star Wars/Trek, LotR, or Marvel.
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about 1 month ago
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To be fair, Iāve had the same sort of argument with my cat in the front garden.
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about 1 month ago
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Mark Williams hates Kim Wilde.
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about 1 month ago
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Snooker isnāt even a sport
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about 1 month ago
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Watched Space Camp and The Last Starfighter last weekend. Which means I think Iām legally obliged to watch Explorers this weekend.
about 1 month ago
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Oh good. Iām in a āGreat. Iām dying and I get to spend my day in a series of pointless fucking meetingsā kind of mood.
about 1 month ago
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My hairline.
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about 1 month ago
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Well, the one I use most is āI don't regret this, but I both rue and lament itā
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about 1 month ago
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