Sean D

@seand.me.uk

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From Belfast. A bit nerdy Am even more nerdy at Seanddotmedotuk@mastodon.ie

Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 08:29 UTC

Thanks, starting back at work today doesn't feel so bad now.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 08:22 UTC

My parents still have one. I'm fairly sure they were fairly common when I was young (even though no-one knew how to use them)

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:13 UTC

Associating the two events with each other may be difficult for her.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 16:52 UTC

No, she actually does turn up for work!

x.com/ClaireHanna/...

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 16:33 UTC

My MP has just prefixed her oath of allegiance with a little speel in Irish, then said that she doesn't agree with the oath, but is taking it anyway. (Hate that type of usage)

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Andi Fugard @andifugard.info
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 16:00 UTC

Does anyone have a csv or similar to hand with the UK general election vote counts by party and constituency?
The Commons Library is posting them next week but I'm impatient 😄
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 16:03 UTC

I do think it would be nice to have a language that I could use to speak to my wife and feel confident no one around me could understand. If learning a language for that purpose, I wouldn't use Irish though. (Since it might be understood in Ireland)

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:48 UTC

In my schooldays in NI, speaking Irish felt more of an anti-British thing than anything to do with heritage. Personally I don't see much value in learning a language that doesn't help you communicate with people who couldn't communicate with before. However it's not a popular position to take in NI.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:12 UTC

Now playing the game of "swear or affirm" when politicians are declaring allegiance to parliament. I really need to get back to work!

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 15:08 UTC

I remember cupán tae, now that you mention it! It's a language that I don't find particularly pretty, but that's obviously very subjective.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 14:47 UTC

Lacha and oraiste are the only words that stick on my memory.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 14:46 UTC

Any examples?

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 13:28 UTC

Nerdily watching house of commons coverage on BBC Parliament even though I don't know who anyone is anymore!

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 13:15 UTC

Otherwise I'd have had to use this awful photo which would have suggested this lunch wasn't delicious!

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 13:07 UTC

Yep, fat fingers when screenshotting it!

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 12:49 UTC

I guess the success of these places shows the impact that marketing can have for a business.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 11:57 UTC

Here we go, finally. Courtesy of Election Maps, map of UK by second place party: CON: 293 LAB: 105 RFM: 98 SNP: 48 GRN: 40 LDM: 27 INDs: 13 DUP: 6 ALL: 5 PLC: 4 WPGB: 3 SF: 3 SDLP: 3 UUP: 1

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 11:09 UTC

Ah, my chain-drinking is generally green and oolong (from much further east of those places) Occasionally have something dark like a Lapsang Souchong or a Lady Gray in the evening for something different.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 10:59 UTC

Do you only drink black tea?

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 10:15 UTC

How do the prices compare to the ones you can get at the Vineyard on Ormeau Road? www.vineyardbelfast.co.uk/search?q=mead

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 10:12 UTC

That's a new lowe.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 10:10 UTC

Other tea-producing countries are available. (And are superior in my opinion)

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 09:32 UTC

Maybe that's why they are so restless.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 09:13 UTC

Looks like you've already got stuck into the mead!

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 09:08 UTC

Are there peahens too? I'm guessing they're less of a nuisance?

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 09:06 UTC

😄 Is hard to know. Thanks for asking. I haven't made it out of bed yet. Need to be up and about to assess the true impact. Almost felt normal for a while yesterday evening, so am hopeful.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 08:49 UTC

The seagulls round here seem to be much noisier this year Ryan usual. Especially at around 6am!

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 18:54 UTC

We only see each other a few times a year. We get on fine and have similar senses of humour. Is just that we like and are interested in completely different things. Food, drink, holidays, politics, social media, having children, urban living, you name it, we're different.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 18:31 UTC

Yeah. We have absolutely nothing in common now apart from our parents!

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 18:24 UTC

My sister was in an Indie band. I listened to Classic FM. Siblings often have different tastes!

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 18:00 UTC

This was in Spain (Tarragona). Close to the Priorat wine region, so we did a tour of that too. 😄

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 17:45 UTC

I'm very old-school. Whatever is playing on the car radio is what I listen to.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 17:41 UTC

Finally, musicians I've heard of!

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 17:20 UTC

Similarly, it would also involve lots of compromise.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 17:20 UTC

Am sure we can muster better than that!

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 17:14 UTC

Roman architecture is experienced much better with wine. (Like what the Romans drank)

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 17:08 UTC

My dad lent it to me. (he got it at a book signing) It's not my normal sort of book and I think it's a bit long-winded. Haven't got to the end yet, but seems to be coming to the conclusion that unification would open big cans of worms. Not really news to anyone with an ounce of common sense.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 17:04 UTC

But they are being impaled in a light-hearted way according to that cartoon.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 17:01 UTC

It really doesn't sound that bad to me!

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 16:53 UTC

You were lucky visiting Roman places. We had family holidays in Wales where we just seemed to drive across bumpy roads in the mountains that made me carsick.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 16:26 UTC

I'm currently reading this. At least I'm reading it on a sunny balcony, so that's something.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 16:23 UTC

The cover suggests it will be reasonably light-hearted. Is it?

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 12:40 UTC

My experience of English trains hasn't been too bad, but it's also been minimal.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 12:10 UTC

Used to get the bus to work that left before the bus that should have got me there on time, but that was usually delayed.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 12:08 UTC

I've found Metro buses to be fairly unreliable and trains to be usually delayed. However I'll admit I rarely need to use them. My main ire comes from being a student when I needed to use them to get to and from my parents' house and uni and to a part time job. They were awful.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 10:55 UTC

This was when he was a baby, it seems. www.brusselstimes.com/230319/trave...

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 10:45 UTC

If you see this, post a bird

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 10:33 UTC

After spending a week at the start of June travelling on German trains, I found Translink's punctuality to be surprisingly ok.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 09:37 UTC

Found it online and am now watching it.

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Sean D @seand.me.uk
[ View ] Jul 08, 2024 at 09:00 UTC

Yes, definitely.

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