Nigel Staples (Stapes)

@oldfarmhorace Wow, well done I thought the profile pic was looking a bit different! Have you considered stabilisers for the e-bike? Lol Seriously you will love the e-bike if you can eventually master it

I am officially two thirds the man I was on August 15th last year! #mounjaro

@MaryLowe501 Wow, that can’t be just be one brood, surely?

Still no shortage of ducklings around here ….

@GuyPlummer34449 @MaryLowe501 Contra question: Now that it’s not sitting on the @CI_Coop balance sheet, will shareholder members see a better return on investment or even an improvement/compensation for funding the Co-Op’s folly for over 25 years with zero return

Eg that £ 4.6m for Leales Yard sitting on govgg balance sheet looks like a bit of millstone with years of no return likely V poor decision making imo

@ScribblerJB Yes Follow my page @GuernseyFuelOil for all the latest prices I have an update to do, but still Whiteway’s is the cheapest Don’t go anywhere near the @CI_Coop who are 17.4ppl dearer than Whiteway A huge corporate, so much dearer than a tiny independent forecourt!

Cheapest fuel? Still Whiteway?

@guernseyliz14 Out of interest, how many songs do you have on your ‘liked songs’? I’ve got over 1,000 but always looking for more inspiration Maybe try a ‘Jam’ or a ‘Collaborative playlist’ with a friend Happy to share mine I’ve got everything from Englebert Humperdinck to The Clash 😆

Friends does anyone have any advice for new stuff to listen to? It has to have lyrics with meaning and to be tuneful. I'm stuck with my old friends the Eagles, Paul Carrack, Queen etc. Proper songs from people who are pleasant to listen to.

@DavidPiesing63 @YoungGuern A typical ‘insular’ Guernsey view 😆

@NigelStaples @YoungGuern It would make a significant difference to the UK economy and would protect the security of the UK’s energy supply.

Do the people pushing this think North Sea oil is nationalised or something? Even if every drop was exploited it would make zero difference because it’s not enough to make a dent in international markets. It’s either that or a deeply cynical campaign.

@DavidPiesing63 @YoungGuern But even if North Sea production was back up to maximum levels, it would make zero difference to the global market, as the market tends to move as a ‘whole’ not as a single ‘part’ Brent Crude is just a small part of a much wider market

The North Sea Transition Authority is reducing licences and not renewing licences due to the government policy. The government also made it less commercially viable due to high taxes from the oil industry, which is again government policy. Government policy can be changed. Oil still exists in the UK’s North Sea.

@richarddigard @GuernseyPress @advocategreen1 Rolling back the years to the past of Days Gone By 🤔

If you saw this in today's @GuernseyPress and wondered wtf, I think it has its roots in 1930s boiler legislation and 1950s health and safety because GEL is deemed a "factory" as it generates electricity. @advocategreen1 ?

@TheWavyRed So no one over 44 supports Utd?

Chat, which jersey era did you start supporting our beloved Man United❤️?

@advocategreen1 I doubt the use of the word ‘fever’ is correct at this time Maybe a ‘sniffle’ 🤧 would be more appropriate? 😆 Who will catch a cold though?

By election fever. Let's hope we get a decent spread of candidates that will justify the cost and that there is proper debate about the ideas and policies that the island needs to be talking about. (This isn't the first islandwide by election btw)

@YoungGuern I’ll raise you the Captain Cook Hotel in Hauteville, an horrendous eyesore for too many years now!

Do we have a problem with absentee owners who simply don't care about the condition of their property on the island? This wall has closed a public road for two and a half years but it will be discussed when the owner is "next in the island" guernseypress.com/news/2026/03/1…

@DavidPiesing63 @richarddigard @SeigneurOfSark Looking forward to my annual trip with a group of friends in May 14 of us staying at Mr Hester’s Also going with the old Port City Legends in May for a day trip, for one of the lads 50th ❤️Sark Try to avoid the politics!

@richarddigard @SeigneurOfSark Very sad.

@SeigneurOfSark pulling no punches if correctly quoted here: “The island today is worse than when David and Frederick were causing mayhem. “We have this triangle of doom: the Barclays, depopulation and government inertia.” telegraph.co.uk/gift/57d2cc68f…

@DavidPiesing63 I took on a Downs Syndrome lad thru the SoG work placement scheme (Interworks), he was such a lovely lad and the Downs Syndrome kids always seem so happy go lucky and so willing to please, just like Alex obviously is This melts the heart ❤️ eh?

Brilliant!

@FBAwayDays I did that once travelling to see MUFC v Bordeaux in the days before mobile 📱 and map apps, ended up at Bordeaux training ground! Luckily we (5 of us in a tiny Clio) were very early, so we did make it the ground on time. I took some stick from the lads for that tho 😆

One Barcelona fan had an absolute nightmare last night. He turned up at St James’ Park expecting to see his team take on Newcastle, but he’d travelled to the wrong St James’ Park, Exeter City’s ground… 😭🫣 The staff at Exeter sorted him out with a ticket to their game against Lincoln, so he was able to watch a game. Adam Spencer, Supporter Experience Officer at Exeter City, said: “One of our volunteers came to the office to let us know that this guy had turned up expecting to see FC Barcelona. His English wasn’t great, but from what we could gather, he’d come from London. My guess is he’d put St James Park in his phone and then just followed the directions from there. “He was pretty gutted and a bit embarrassed. So, we sorted him out a ticket and he got to watch a game at the real St James Park. He’d be welcome back any time.” You have to feel for him, but good on Exeter for being so accommodating! 👏

@advocategreen1 @MaryLowe501

@NigelStaples @MaryLowe501 "As David Bowie said in 1974, don't have a bonfire in St Martin's on a Sunday"

This is how you make a speech in parliament. No notes.

@richarddigard It’s up and down like a yo-yo 🪀 at the international championships! Dropped again this morning, but still very high I’ve just knocked 3 hours off my heating timer in protest 😆

An "ouch" increase on heating oil from ATF...

@spice62005527 @SkyNews I’d back that move 🇫🇷 Alex Les Bleu 🧀 🍷 🥂

@SkyNews What next Channel Islands to France 🤷🏻‍♀️

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@advocategreen1 @MaryLowe501 Ah but how many musical 🎶 references and anecdotes will there be? 😆

@NigelStaples @MaryLowe501 Yes, it may have dragged on longer than a day. Lester has a lot to day about bonfires. And the interminable debates about States' rules of procedure or the like. I wasted 8 years of my life on that lol

@advocategreen1 @MaryLowe501 I seem to remember we had literally a whole day on bonfires 🔥 (maybe longer 🤔)

@MaryLowe501 @NigelStaples Yes although it sometimes depends on the subject matter. In for example the assisted dying debate, I felt the need to address all pertinent points, but if it is about bonfires or bornements, less so

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