Me, Mum & Dulcie - Spare Room Jim & Dani - Our Room You & Charles - Living room sofas Your Dad- Office Your Mum - Attic My Dad - Shed My son’s gf’s list for the #duvetknowitschristmas arrangements. 10 adults, including 2 sets of divorced parents. Last line makes me howl. I have the best deal.

Thanks Spotify, for confirming that I’m ’down with the (cool) kids’. Or something. BlueSkyers, before you start, I do buy music, and go to gigs, and buy merch (so much merch!) too, it doesn’t harm to boost your favourites’ numbers here in addition

This, so much this. With apologies to the (very indulgent) podiatrist, and to the physiotherapist I’ve visited recently

1st pic was featured in the Newcastle Evening Chronicle reporting on the (January 1964?) sales Mam asked for a copy as she thought she looked glamorous in her fur collared coat I seem to be expressing exactly how I feel about shopping, even to this day I could be cheerful in other circumstances

62 is great, if any of you need to know that

Have they made Spotify sound even worse, in anticipation of it sounding better?

My son ran a marathon, BACKWARDS, raised awareness and £4200 for Autism East Midlands, and I’m so proud that I want to shout it from the rooftops. But I’ll post on here instead

Happy #nationalmackemday to my wonderful Mackem sons, with love from yer Geordie Ma www.instagram.com/reel/DLmbCgX...

I asked Helena Bonham-Carter, at a bus stop, if she was waiting for a bus

My boy, watch to the end, as they say www.instagram.com/reel/DLxnQ8B...

The handshake seals the contract From the contract there's no turning back The turning point of a career In [Venezia] being insincere The holiday was fun-packed The contract, still intact The grabbing hands grab all they can All for themselves - after all

I think they’re even getting fed up with it themselves now. I’m sure I can hear a note of ennui creeping in

This is who runs this account (and who I refer to before making any daily choices, and to whom I dedicate my gratitude for who and where we are now)

It’s World Goth Day, it seems. Selection from today’s Merlin suggests that the local fauna got the memo

There already 🙄

Big Dan Ballard

A quick collage of just some of the birds that Merlin claims to have heard from my garden today. I think it’s having a giraffe, just as likely to see one of those than some of these! Most of them are right though but, and I also saw Red Kites and a Sparrowhawk which it missed.

Go home Merlin, you’re drunk

www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-n... Nottingham man, formerly Sunderland baby and Derbyshire lad, with Geordie heritage

My youngest is running a marathon, backwards. Follow here, look forward to the doc www.instagram.com/reel/DI6dqAf...

Say your age without saying your age I have five friends called Julie

youtu.be/82aLk5WdOts My lads

Old bands releasing new music for the first time in many years that sounds like they’ve asked AI to make music that sounds like them, but new. Telling us that the new album was made in 3 weeks does not convince me otherwise

Mr Brightside Fuck that horrible song and everyone who loves it

Is the light at the end of the tunnel the light of an oncoming train?

I was born less than a mile from SJP, and listened to the crowd from my back yard, trying to guess the score from the reactions. I fell out of love with the football club many years ago, but never the city, or the people. This first domestic trophy in my lifetime is big, I’m happy for them.

Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender

Huh, I always thought it was just for dogs

I think I’m wasting my time here, as I’m pretty sure that the few men who follow me on here are fully aware, but here is my traditional IWD eve anxiety post, as was traditional over on the other place 1/2

Cartoon Michael Jackson #kidcrush (for way longer than was healthy)

Every day is a special occasion Nobody feels that your stuff matters (I get two because I’m over 60)

The Holocaust didn’t begin with gas chambers - it began with hateful words, policies and actions that led to industrialised murder. With rising hate against minorities today, including antisemitism, we must remember what made this genocide. 'Never again' must mean never again.

Big garden birdwatch day, I’m not at home. I could probably make my results up quite accurately. If my bird feeders are empty, there will be no birds. If there is food, there will be 14 jackdaws, 4 crows, 2 rooks and 8 pigeons. My garden is very small

Met Office not kind to newsreaders and broadcasters by calling it Éowyn, and making them have to articulate ‘red weather warning’ while suppressing giggles about problematic wind. Or maybe that’s just me. I don’t like wind.

This saddens me so much. I’ll not help it to reach many on this platform, Tony was one of my very few followers, but I’m sure the many who will respond thanks to others’ shares will offer a small comfort.

My lad Insta @charlesevansfilm YouTube @Top_Bunk_Productions Merry Christmas

I think this wreckless fella’s name is Eric

And December Hastens at Double speed 🙄

Went a little crazy in the heady days of summer there

The thing that makes it the most wonderful time of the year for me 😊

Post you from a different era Even though this is how you still are in your head

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. Especially with strong and Northern nurturing. Now what am I going to do with an oak tree?

Introduce yourself, you say? Hello. I am 61 years old

It’s an echo chamber. I love it.