Barry S.

@bickley200 @newstart_2024 Have you given up tea? Just wondering!

@newstart_2024 I feel so much better without caffeine. I gave it up about 4 years ago. Everything is just better - sleep, heart rate, alert. No side effects when I went cold turkey. Never going back!!

Michael Pollan quit caffeine for 3 months… and realized his “normal” self was just caffeinated. First week: “Felt like I contracted ADD. Couldn’t concentrate, couldn’t write, veil between me and reality.” Month 1: Functional but miserable. Month 3: “Slept like a teenager… but I was still a mess.” First cup back: “Waves of well-being → euphoria → like cocaine for 20 minutes.” Then: irritability, compulsive cleaning, unsubscribing from 100 listservs, reorganizing sweaters, plotting the next dose. Classic addict behavior — even he admits it. Chronic caffeine lowers adenosine sensitivity (your brain’s sleep-pressure signal). Withdrawal = fog/ADD-like symptoms. Re-dose = euphoric adenosine clearance after 24+ hours of buildup. Baseline becomes caffeinated baseline. Pollan’s takeaway: “Yourself is caffeinated… and that is baseline for many of us.” Ever quit caffeine cold turkey? What hit you hardest — the brain fog, the irritability, the insane euphoria on return, or something else? Your stories 👇

@SerenaJB3 @OrbitalSoph @MillennialWoes As a kid I found the Ogrons really scary, that was back in the early seventies!

@OrbitalSoph @MillennialWoes I remember watching Dr Who when it first came out and hiding behind the sofa! I found the daleks so scary. But Tom Baker was my favourite Dr. I agree, the decline has been very rapid.

I finally around to digitising this 1972 feature on the making of Upstairs Downstairs. Anyone curious can read it here: archive.org/details/upstai…

@DoubleODispatch It's just as I remember it, I could be wrong!

@AroundOnFoot I actually looked for a still with her and the slippers but I couldn't find one that showed her face in hi res. I've heard that was actually an ad lib on Connery's part...he was supposed to hand her a towel but thought the slippers would be funnier...and he was right!😊

Feb 25, 1965: Shooting for "Thunderball" moves to Pinewood Studios to film the interior scenes, including the Shrublands Clinic & Bond's romantic interlude with Fiona Volpe.

@RodneyMarshall1 I thought he was excellent in the role. It was a wonderful series!

I'm not convinced that any other actor could have matched Mike Pratt in portraying the downtrodden private investigator Jeff Randall. Unlucky in love, business...He 'nailed' the role, with a mixture of pathos and light comedy.

@Dene71 I often add pickled beetroot to things. Glad to hear I'm not the only one!

Due to a best-before snafu, having to eat fish + vegetables 2 nights in a row. 🐟🥕🥱 Oh well, different fish, different vegetables. But there will be pickled beetroot added for extra taste. 😋

@fenlandflo About 9-10pm supposedly, although I'm in N.E. Lincs!

What time is that storm coming? We’ve got fog in Lincolnshire.

Around the corner #photography #blackandwhitephotography #streetphotography

Riverhead, Grimsby #photography #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #Grimsby

By the water in Peoples Park, Grimsby #photography #Grimsby #Lincolnshire

Can’t believe it! I’ve written a book! ❤️ Whispers Through the Forest is a collection of fairy tales inspired by life with chronic illness-the tricky times but also finding hope and happiness. ❤️ All profits going to @mssocietyuk, @MSTrust & @shiftms xxx amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0FVGD…

Autumn colours on Scartho recreation ground #photography #trees #Scartho #Grimsby

@YesterdaysBrit1 Freeman street, Grimsby. M&S no longer there, sadly!

Very nice indeed!

Riverside, central Grimsby #photography #streetphotography #Grimsby #Lincolnshire

Fine day in Scartho village #photography #streetphotography #Grimsby #Scartho #Lincolnshire

"We do not remember days, we remember moments." Cesare Pavese Chris Cyprus

@KentPiano Bit dangerous showing that jug, you might get a visit from the police!

St Lady Feckinghull Reveals ALL!! 😲 Enjoy coffee, travel tips and intrigue plus a possible murder mystery with KentPiano playing St LFH being herself -- quality dating tips up later + piano + wine but first breakfast! It is half three after all! Yes, 3 day dressing gown 😇😆🥂

Springtime in Peoples Park, Grimsby #photography #Grimsby #Lincolnshire

@Fuyohboy Thank you

@Scarthoman13 Great shot 💛

Sunshine and showers on this March afternoon #photography #rainbow #weatherphotography