Almost went arse over tits myself yesterday, as none of the pavements or bike lanes in Wales' 2nd city were gritted. The roads? Perfect.

If this is the album cover reference I think it is, then I doff my cap Sir. Bravo.

Hey Captain Dan! @dankaszeta.bsky.social Sazerac cheer you up? (I know it's the wrong glass, broke one of my straight ups! 🙄)

International Twist Your Seatpost Day https://www.guyjeanbikes.com/2026/01/02/international-twist-your-seatpost-day/ Happy International Twist Your Seatpost Day to all who celebrate! And that should include everyone who has a seatpost. It’s very simple to play along: Loosen your seatpost clamp […]

Read ^^^ upthread 🙂

Red trousers. I think I know what's next...

British citizens and UK-based folks: please consider signing and sharing this petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75... #RefugeesWelcome

Very low-effort indeed. I've answered a few of these calls now, always a nice thing to do.

Officially, that's a French 75, but there's FA French in there, so bearing in mind the British ingredients, I'm calling that a Pair of Long Nines.

this chart has me on the 9th decile but flirting with the 10th. I am nowhere near 75 drinks a week, it's under 20. So how much are the top 2% of drinkers drinking, to skew the numbers so?

Heed the message. - Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. It's just prescient, and eerie, how this fits what's happening right now. #movie #messagefromthepast

Planning on seeing in 2026 in with Champagne? Here's the science behind the celebratory bubbles! www.compoundchem.com/2014/12/30/c... #ChemSky 🧪

Guys guys guys, I found the archive of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (it's not an achievement, they've not hidden them) - you can watch every single one since they started televising them in the 60s: www.rigb.org/christmas-le... I love watching them every year, now I can see them all!

"You look really nice from the back" My own mother.

Any orchid experts here? My mom died and I now have 14 step-orchids that need care. It's watering day, and I know she did the dunking thing, but I don't know all the details.

I’m selling my Riese & Muller Cruiser 2 Mixte Vario. It’s a lovely bike, I’m just not using it. Full specs in pics below. It’s 2 years old and done 2600 miles. Just been serviced. Tyneside. Niche so please share! www.facebook.com/share/1AGbtx... If you’re not on FB, can share more via DM.

Old people of Cardiff / South Wales… There’s a night club currently called District opposite New Theatre. Anyone remember what it would have been called in the mid-90s? Bar it was joined onto was called Brannigans

I was selling a home cinema to Alun-Wyn Jones & my boss was using 6 nations rugby footage to sell another guy a TV. AWJ looks over, winks at me & stands behind the guy, dwarfs him. At the point Mike Phillips scores a try he says "Could've passed me the ball there" And this guy's jaw hit the floor 😜

Sold wine & 200 cigarettes to Paul Darrow (of Blakes 7 fame) Absolute gent. Lovely, lovely man. Sold *a lot* of Rosé Champagne to Danny la Rue for a week. As camp & theatrical as you can imagine, we were treated to the full star turn performance, but such a nice man & really funny.

This. I buy 2nd hand clothes these days. Whoever owned them first was clearly "keeping them for (a) best" which never came - Ralph Lauren chinos for £20. A beautiful, Italian wool winter coat for £45. Brilliant clothes just...stored and never used.

Did you get something really *nice* for Christmas? Are you saving it? STOP Eat it. Slather yourself in it. Spray it on a random wfh Tuesday. Use it next time you have a meal. Make up an occasion and use it. Whatever it is don't hoard it until it's near its use by date or too precious.

The surprise and delight on the faces of the father & son when they heard what a 'dumb' turntable, amplifier and speakers can do in my shop yesterday..

I have to ask - why is this Marler prick all over my socials? I've got his name muted and yet fuckers will insist on screenshotting his fatuous mush all over my online life. Fuck off with it mun, or use his actual name so I can block him.

Maybe we could name it Dionysus - blazing through spacetime leaving stars in his wake?

"You're an ill bred little shit" When I remonstrated with the mad old fuck who'd just barged my girlfriend to the floor because he couldn't wait for her to move her bike a bit so he could get by. Should have just punched him out.

Can any Cardiff friends help?

Ok gimme your smartphone recommendations for a 78yo who's not in any way savvy. Needs to still be getting security updates etc., but doesn't need to be brand new. Thx.

I love it when a plan comes together...

OK so It’s Christmas Eve & petitioning Govt might not be front of mind today - but *please* take just 20 secs to sign this, calling for a funded national #climate resilience plan to help protect us all. Just 1700 more needed to get a Govt response! 🤞🙏https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730062

Yes, so many folks celebrating Jake Paul getting his jaw broken. We should celebrate that we have 32 million pounds more tax money as a result, goodness knows we need it. Thanks Antony Joshua for your contribution

Once had my Auntie Pam's Sherry Trifle for breakfast; can recommend. I was 14 years old.

An elaborate knitted nativity scene has been unveiled at a Yorkshire Dales church. Buckden Knit and Natter, which has 16 members, spent about a year crafting the display. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

That should be a Xmas show: Roast a Gammon, where reform voters are lined up and asked questions about reform policies and watch their faces go red with rage and embarrassment

Happy Christmas Eve Eve lovely phone family. How's everyone feeling? 🤗 I know this can be a really difficult time of year for many of you. Here are some great support charities (UK) if you need them. There's never any shame in asking for help. Have a fabulous day ☕️ #HaveCourageAndBeKind ❤️

Once again, the only kind of immigration that's a real threat to a British identity is English millionaires turning houses in Welsh speaking villages into holiday homes x

Duck Livers on Toast. £1.50 a packet and a bit of skill. Fit for a king.

You know how in Murder, She Wrote, Jessica Fletcher is always going to the aid of her niece or school friend’s daughter or whatever in sorts of locations? There should be a modern mystery series where someone is going to the aid of all their internet friends all over the world.

I am a Great Uncle again! Young Daphne was delivered at 5:19 this morning after a 3hr labour. She looks just like her mum.

A Welsh museum has joined a UK-wide initiative designed to inspire communities to take action on climate change wp.me/p8Mk4U-1baq

This is the time to recall the Xmas my chef sister stayed and we had THE PLUMPEST roast duck & spiced pear chutney sandwiches on Boxing Day because she miraculously managed to win a double handful of meat off the previous day's carcass. Loaves & fishes ain't in it!

High Society on BBC2! What a joy.

In a bizarre twist of fate, this is the name of my new punk metal band.

McCloud proving his value yet again.

Should probably say that Mr M here is none too shabby an author himself. Although not of children's novels.

A post about children's books that's NOT about David Walliams: I've just made my annual donation to the @booktrust.org.uk Christmas appeal, to help give books as gifts to kids in care and whose families need to use food banks. If you can help spread the #MagicOfBooks, please do - they're brilliant.

Just heard the run-out 'groove' of a new vinyl album and it has 3 saxophone parps to entertain you whilst you approach your turntable to swap sides...😎

I’m sure churches did food banks when I was a kid but I do not recall hearing the words “food bank” until the 2010s. About three million people rely on them now and it’s not even a problem, let alone a crisis. And that’s how easy it was to just revoke your living standards, without any great fuss.

*Wales, Ireland & Scotland look over their spectacles*