Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!

Generally low-volume mundane toots tinged with 80s-flavoured nostalgia.

Straight, cis, LGBTQ+ ally.
#childfree

Earlier toots are at @losttourist. All toots here auto-delete after 6 months. tfr.

Interests:
#80smusic #1980s #TopOfThePops #TOTP #Eurovision #BritishTV #cooking #RaspberryPi #catsofmastodon #piano #popmaster #GrangeHill

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2024-09-19 12:13:09

Hey, GenX Brits. Do you want to relive the existential terrors of your youth? Of course you do!
It is, astonishingly, 40 years since Threads exploded onto British TVs and this Saturday Radio 4 is devoting an hour to discussing the film and its impact.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00236xg
#Threads #Radio4 #GenX #GenerationX #radio

2024-09-15 09:28:35

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@npub1pvf…093g Life begins at 40, Ben. That means you're six years old.
Six year olds are not grown ups!

2024-09-11 18:22:42

I was having a conversation today with someone who was convinced that cats can store daylight in their eyes and then shine it out like a torch come nighttime.

2024-09-06 17:59:08

Things I did not expect to see: the role of Frank'n'Furter in the new production of the Rocky Horror Show in London is being played by .... Jason Donovan.
#RockyHorrorShow #JasonDonovan

2024-08-30 13:10:03

Does anyone know of a site or application that will allow me to overlay multiple GPX tracks on a map simultaneously?
It's easy to find places to upload a single track and display it, I'd like to be able to upload several of them and display them all at once on the same map. Bonus points if it's easy to distinguish one from another (different colours, line styles, etc).
#Mapping #Hking #Cycling #GPS #GPX

2024-08-16 17:06:46

The existence of Mean Girls implies the existence of Median Girls.
#MeanGirls

2024-08-16 14:54:12

Hey America. I've seen a few posts saying that your schools have gone back. Is that correct?
Also do you mean "schools" as in where under-18s go to learn stuff, or as in universities?
Although either way, WTF, don't you get an actual summer holiday over there?

2024-08-12 11:22:27

I assume that UK mobile numbers get recycled at some point after an account stops using them.
I make that assumption because otherwise I can't explain why Whatsapp just told me "Dad has joined Whatsapp" given that my dad died almost a year ago ...

2024-08-04 14:06:43

I know the fash aren't well-known for their intelligence or logic, but I'm struggling to understand the mindset that leads someone to have anarchist symbols on a nationalist flag.
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2024-07-31 08:40:05

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@npub1v5a…5yax and they did by hijacking a vigil for murdered children. I can't think of anything more despicable.

2024-07-19 18:43:17

That's a new one to me.
I've just been linkedin-contacted by a recruiter trying to find quote "A full-stack PHP engineer".
I've never done PHP professionally, haven't even looked at it for a decade or more, but I've always considered it a server side language.
Or do they mean someone who knows PHP and can also put together a decent-looking front end in HTML/CSS/JS/whatever the kids use these days?
If it's that, then I'd have to rule myself out on both counts!
#php

2024-07-19 10:37:07

Oh, Fatima. I bet you wish you'd stayed in ballet now, don't you.
#CrowdStrike
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2024-07-19 08:55:52

Spare a thought for security staff at the world's data centres, who are probably going to be seeing more on-site engineers arriving over the next 24 hours than they usually see in a year! #Crowdstrike

2024-07-14 11:34:35

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@npub17ge…hgsu Nope, not even. Arch only targets Intel 64-bit. There's a separate Arch ARM project but it's unofficial - although very good.

2024-07-10 07:01:55

Rik, Vivyan, Neil, Mike.
If you don't immediately know who those four are, you might not be interested in this toot.
But if you do, you'll be very excited to hear that the BBC seem to have quietly slipped The Young Ones onto iPlayer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00glhzn/the-young-ones?seriesId=p0066yxx
#YoungOnes #BritishTV #80s

2024-07-06 19:15:02

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@npub1grx…uxfe I think it's a feature, not a bug. To stop people manipulating polls.

2024-07-05 06:49:11

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@npub1r47…wytr Oh no, what a disaster. Hope you've got it sorted.

2024-07-05 03:42:15

Think I might call it a night for now. Have fun if you're watching the rest of the #GeneralElection.

2024-07-04 13:36:58

Hey UK folk. I'm very much looking forward to watching the #Torygeddon live tonight, but I had a crap night's sleep last night & a long day at work today so I'll definitely need some kip before the fun starts.
Is 2am a sensible time to set my alarm for? I don't want to miss any of the best bits!
#GE2024 #GeneralElection

2024-07-04 11:05:32

At what time do the Americans typically do their big firework displays for their 4th of July thingy? If the timing is right, the whole of the USA might burst out in spontaneous celebration for the Tories collapsing into an irrelevant pile of has-beens.
#GE2024 #GeneralElection #July4th

2024-07-04 06:59:41

Could be some useful tips for more than a few on my timeline.
BBC News: "How to pull off an election all-nighter"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c047gr9mgxxo
(the answer, you'll be unsurprised to hear, seems to be get plenty of sleep before Thursday and try to get in a couple of naps)
#GE2024 #GeneralElection

2024-06-25 09:58:50

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@npub1437…ranm Not in jail for his Wikileaks activity, but I would very much like to see him in court in Sweden to answer for his crimes / clear his name (delete as appropriate)

2024-06-25 06:59:16

What's the point of Tuesdays? They're crap. There aren't even any decent songs about Tuesdays.

2024-06-22 16:34:00

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@npub1grx…uxfe Do you have any pain generally in your foot, too? Pain beneath the heel is often associated with plantar fasciitis, which is a fairly common foot problem.

2024-06-21 13:52:50

Steady on Argos, I'm not sure we're at that level of familiarity yet. 🌞🌞
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2024-06-11 20:35:12

If you're in the UK you probably already know about the TV series "The Outlaws". This new third series is absolutely fantastic with some amazingly hilarious dialogue. Stephen Merchant has really found his stride, do make sure you watch it.
#BritishTV #TheOutlaws #comedy

2024-06-06 08:13:15

How do people organise their micro-SD cards?
I've got about 7 or 8 with different OSes for #RaspberryPi, plus a few others that get used for occasional data storage & file transfer.
It's not like the old days with floppy disks that had a cover label large enough to write stuff on.
Maybe I need a cute little box to store them in, where each card can live in a labelled compartment, something like that.

2024-06-04 14:01:04

We're only making plans for Nigel.
We only want what's best for him.
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2024-06-04 13:55:30

It's less than 24 hours since he announced he was standing as an MP and #Farage has already been milkshaked. Well done that person!

2024-05-21 11:22:26

Very similar to the behaviour of anti-maskers, I've had people laugh at me and call me an idiot when I say I never undo my seatbelt while on a flight. #SQ321

2024-05-14 07:56:35

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@npub1fvt…83fu I'd dearly love to lose 6kg but even though your emergency crash diet system seems effective, I'll pass on catching norovirus!
Hope you're feeling better now.

2024-05-11 21:53:34

Oof listen to that booing! #Eurovision #ESC2024

2024-05-11 04:58:57

The #aurora hashtag has benn just magnificent. Well done everyone on Fedi, you have excelled yourselves.

2024-05-10 10:12:09

Are wheelie bin cleaners a thing where you live?
Round here we have not one but two companies, competing with each other, who follow the bin lorries around in a van and after your bin's been emptied they'll sluice it out with a jet wash (for a small fee, of course).
When I lived down in That London I'd never heard of such a thing, but maybe I just lived a sheltered life.

2024-05-09 19:15:33

It looks like #Dell have suffered a data breach. I bought a Dell laptop a few years ago and have just received this to the email address I used when purchasing it.
#Infosec #DataBreach
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2023-11-24 11:25:16

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@npub1yxz…6s8m Seems pretty accurate, although I think I'd add in this as well.
(Why yes, it is a slow day at work. How did you guess?!)
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2023-11-05 07:01:07

Why am I not just awake but up & about at 7 o'clock on a Sunday morning. I have nothing particularly that I need to do today, either.

2023-09-17 09:33:47

Good morning. #SundayPix3Things #SundayPix @npub1dg6…3dsc
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2023-09-15 18:59:49

Ugh, we're only halfway through the night's music marathon and it's pitch black outside.
Winter is coming.
#TOTP

2023-09-15 18:46:26

I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with Green Day. But Basket Case is definitely on the love side. Great tune! #TOTP

2023-09-03 16:55:40

That moment when you're unsure if next door are having a BBQ or have actually set fire to their entire garden.
https://assets.chatty.monster/media_attachments/files/111/002/264/249/059/181/original/4a150e9018c2b4cf.jpg

2023-08-28 19:04:22

I know it's really just a slightly fancy way of saying "I had bread and cheese for my tea" but honestly a ploughman's is just perfection at times. Throw in a few lettuce leaves and half a tomato and it's almost healthy, too!

2023-08-16 07:58:41

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@npub1qg4…augv The full blog post does go on to say
we make no comment about whether Mastodon should be scalable. There are good reasons to limit the size of an individual Mastodon instance. It is our belief, however, that such decisions should be product decisions and not forced by technical limitations.
But yeah - the whole thing looks like just a product push for their development platform.

2023-08-16 07:39:35

Ahh, this is just *chefs kiss*.
The BBC's opening film to drum up excitement before the world-cup semi-final between England and Australia in a couple of hours.
Featuring the one and only Kylie Minogue. This is the sort of thing the Beeb does so, so well.
Not sure if it's viewable outside the UK, but fingers crossed ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/66516698
#WWC2023 #England #Australia #Lionesses #Matildas #BBC #Kylie #KylieMinogue

2023-08-15 10:17:53

(CW is actually for potential inadvertent suicide but that seemed a bit verbose)
I know it's common for older people to say they don't understand the youth, but seriously young people, WTAF?
In Southampton over the weekend, young people aged between 15 and 17 decided to challenge each other [on TikTok] to take a paracetamol overdose to see who could get hospitalised, and who could be hospitalised the longest.

2023-08-04 05:40:57

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 Oh it's only just over £5 on Steam right now. That's going straight into the basket. Thanks!

2023-07-13 13:01:50

I scored 7/15 in this week's The Guardian News Quiz. Which is, to be honest, about standard for me.
This week's quiz also features a short obituary to my very good friend Vicky who passed away recently, and it made me cry.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jul/13/the-guardian-thursday-quiz-general-knowledge-topical-news-trivia-116
#TheGuardian #NewsQuiz

2023-07-12 15:10:43

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@npub1alq…mnj6
That was an interesting read, thank you.
Slightly orthogonal but I notice from that page that TNS appears to be promoting a presence on Twitter, YCombinator, Linkedin, Reddit, Facebook, Youtube and Instagram. Any chance that a Fediverse account could appear there at some point? 😄
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2023-07-10 15:57:04

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@npub1cne…muve I thought that was from some crazy American evangelical group but there's a London phone number at the bottom of the poster.
How could a crazy British evangelical group not spot that?

2023-07-08 14:19:54

Bloody hell, just sitting idly watching https://lightningmaps.org and suddenly the southern half of Wirral has lit up like the proverbial Christmas tree.
If that's headed my way I'd better call the cat in!
#UKweather #UKstorm
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