Mark Hawkins

@cardiffcouncil any firm time / date for reopening of michaelstone road to st fags level crossing please? Already caused 3wks of school run pain for many.

Belatedly found, via surprisingly useful fb prompt, whocanivotefor.co.uk

Could vote for a Police and Crime Commissioner in south Wales today. Received nothing except polling cards and can find nothing distinguishing the candidates except party political allegiance. Probably won’t bother.

@cardiffcouncil the roadmarkings at culverhouse cross urgently need reprinting. Barely visible at the moment, in dark / wet. Hope plans are in place.

@cardiffcouncil Good to know, thanks.

@Mawkins Hi Mark. Tetra Paks can also be taken to a local recycling zone based in a Council hub - locations at orlo.uk/Wmazu. Kerbside collection of Tetra Pak cartons is an objective of our waste strategy. Thank you.

Regularly irked that the recyclable tetra pak cartons we use loads of every week are only recyclable if you visit one of the city’s main recycling centres. Nowhere else. #recycling #tetrapak #cardiff @cardiffcouncil

Also made me seek out and complete this new CMA survey on the issue. Urge any pet owners with similar concerns to do the same. #if-you-are-a-pet-owner" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">gov.uk/guidance/how-t… #petowners #dogowners #vetbills

Email from vet saying a regular treatment was 25p below the insurance excess, so we are liable to pay. Makes you wonder about suspicious market complicity >> Vet prices review over pet owners being overcharged bbc.co.uk/news/business-… #Veterinarians #vetbills #petowners

Watched some old Parkinson interviews from the 1970s recently. Such a fascinating, strangely unsettling, tainted era. Unbelievably cringeworthy, how he flirts with Ingrid Bergman. Feels like half a century ago. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Wearying tech weakness that feels like it should be a tiny step away from being fixed forever: on demand films with no subtitles. #film #subtitles #AmazonPrimeVideo

@Tweetleverett @susie_dent Wow. Never heard ‘tit in a trance’ used by anyone except my dad.

@susie_dent ‘You are like a tit in a trance’ and ‘you are dressed like a sack tied up ugly’ are two favourites

Which words or expressions have your parents and grandparents passed on to you? My mum still calls me a ‘contrary Mary’ and often references her ‘giddy aunt’, while my gran loved telling me she ‘couldn’t give a tinker’s cuss’. How about yours?

@Markbirdy @GlassmoonCymru Saw this thread the other day and reserved judgement, tried it a couple of times, and have to say I’m with the blokes on this Lisa. That sweet tangy afterkick.👌

@GlassmoonCymru Sorry Lisa but you're wrong. Marmite and peanut butter on toast is the best. I've been having it for years – seeded bread, butter, marmite, and crunchy peanut butter on top. 👌

Oh my god, husband just made me try peanut butter AND marmite together on toast. He liked it but he is clearly wrong. It is not nice, don’t try it. #wrongfoodcombinations #yesorno

@Markbirdy @SpursOfficial Same, but still quite possible they’ll go for Tuschel anyway. Had enough of Chelsea hand-me-downs

Sack him now. I don’t care who comes in but sending a CB on with 10 minutes to go when you need a goal is shocking. The whole season has been fucking woeful. I hate it. Get Poch in until the end of the season. #conteout @SpursOfficial

Enjoying #slowhorses via the seasonal Apple TV offer and admiring the creative agility of Morwenna Banks, who voices Peppa Pig’s mum and writes the stupendously foul-mouthed Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman).

@HelReynolds all power to you and your gammons. 😉

@Mawkins I’m holding on to this generalisation - don’t burst my bubble! I do seem to get benefit from the gammons I have a day, I must be lucky 😀

For everyone back in work today, getting the old brain back in action and winning at #comms

@HelReynolds feels a tiny generalisation, as there are lots of different coffees and lots of different guts. Very jealous if it works you!

Ever since I discovered coffee is good for gut health, the floodgates have been open

@mkaush @Spotify @spotifybug very annoying, isn't it? Wondered if it somehow related to playing through a 1st gen Alexa, but have now ruled that out. Please fix asap @spotifybug

@Mawkins @Spotify I am experiencing the same thing on iOS @spotifybug

Spotify playlist bug: tracks repeating, playlist returning to start when only 3 or 4 tracks into along playlist. Not set to shuffle / repeat. Makes playlist unlistenable. @Spotify #spotify

Co-presented a Weltch Media copywriting training session for Cardiff University this week. Stimulating chat with a smart bunch. Great to be involved.

This is a good football match.