Graeme Cole (@graemecole.bsky.social)

@Halfords_uk Yes, you've explained that the reason you need that information is that "we would need to contact the store and have them get back to us". That's a bit of a non sequitur - no part of that process requires my contact details.

@elocemearg Hi Graeme, Thank you for your response. We have responded to your DM and explained why we need those information. Please check and get back to us via DM. Regards, Ching

@Halfords_uk Hi, you've got this sign up at your Winnersh store. Is it true? If so, why do you do this? Leaving aside the obvious fact that "4 equals 0" isn't what anyone would expect, why have 1-4 at all? You might as well offer only 0 and 5, or even just 0 and 1.

@Halfords_uk Yes, I noticed - you've sent me a DM asking for my full name, email address and phone number, none of which you need to answer this straightforward question. Do you count a feedback score of 4 as zero or don't you? If so, why?

@elocemearg Hi Graeme, We have received your DM and responded to it on the same. We would appreciate it if you could check it and get back to us. Regards, Ching

@Halfords_uk Fair enough, I'll send you a DM, because I'm intrigued about what extra details about this you need me to provide confidentially.

@elocemearg Hi Graeme, Since this is related to our store, we will need to check this with our team to provide you with the correct information. Could you please share more details with us via DM so that we can look into this further and assist you with an update? Regards, Shivam

@Halfords_uk That's great but it answers literally none of the question at all. Is the sign accurate or not?

@elocemearg Hi Graeme, Welcome to Halfords. Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We apologize for any confusion caused by the signage at our Winnersh store. If you need any further assistance or clarification, please feel free to direct message us. Regards, Shivam

@LydiaMizon FWIW, I don't think that bit is anywhere near as bad as you remember it. I didn't even notice it during the recording, and on broadcast it seemed like a very rapid nonevent.

@snathe All my recent Linux machines use the AltGr key for this, but not with a control code. AltGr+2 puts an umlaut on the next letter AltGr+6 puts a circumflex on the next letter AltGr+' puts an acute accent on the next letter

Posting here to announce that I can now be found on bsky as graemecole. This feels like the social network equivalent of using Edge to download Chrome.

@David_Strathdee And they say the Millennium Bug never happened.

@snathe Pretty sure it's the same place. I remember it as the pie shop because we had some excellent pies there.

@snathe Is that the pie shop? I ate there a couple of months ago.

@UndeniablyAlex twitter.com/elocemearg/sta…

Taskmaster video game as a text adventure or no deal

Scrolling through Twitter & I see this on my timeline. I think, ‘that’s odd there’s no way I’d choose to follow this sort of crypto BS’ So I look at the acct. It’s also followed by dozens of comics. That’s even odder. So I scroll back &find old conversations it was in. And… 1/

@VictoriaCoren Congratulations!

Many people are assuming my tweet yesterday was a Halloween costume. Not at all; last week I had a baby and nothing currently fits me except cloaks. Luckily, Only Connect is a pre-record. Happy All Saints Day! ❤️

@Hayleystevens I just wish they would put as much research effort into questions like "what was in that corner of the room, were there any ordinary but vaguely man-shaped objects" as they do into their standard "who died in or near this building" every week.

@nebagram Perhaps it's a very subtle advert placed by Apple.

Never mind TGIF, TGI day 63 of the Lincoln bus station BSoD #LBSBSoD

@DavidJBodycombe I'm going with "who" all day long. Madison may be the object of the bit before the comma, but I don't think that's also true for the bit after. In "X was not pleased", X is a he/she/they (who), not a him/her/them (whom). And "...whom was not pleased" just sounds wrong anyway.

Grammar pedants! Should "who" or "whom" replace the X in the sentence "She once gave it to Madison, X was not pleased"?

@MrBButterfield Bonkbonkbonkbonks.

🚨NSFW🚨 Saw this disgusting bit of graffiti. Please council sort this filth out #UNLOLLE

@AdamLatchford Unless you have some additional context which I don't, this seems harsh. To me it just looks like a contestant who got beaten on every round by a strong opponent and tried to make the best of it. SEALED was a perfectly respectable spot from AIEDJSELD, and he declared first.

Please can main stream media not do stories on todays countdown episode. Guy did it literally on purpose and is doing everything to scramble for even the slightest bit of fame. If you missed today's episode - don't bother. Go watch another one. Go back to Jan and watch me lose

@nebagram Have you had one of your dreams again?

@elocemearg fearure request for atropine: the live broadcast page to be renamed 'the Greemcast' and the logo to be a blue spiral with the countdown clock superimposed over it. Dunno where that came from, but that can be said of most of my ideas.