Paul Probert
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Paul Probert
@thepaulprobert
Lapsed historian. Golden Age crime fiction buff. When not reading books or drinking tea, found @chelmsjuniors
Here & there, but mainly Essex Katılım Eylül 2011
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It’s New Year’s Eve which means it’s time for 2024 in #books …
And it’s an eighth year in which non-fiction constitutes the lion’s share of what I’ve chosen to read.
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That’s my #reading for 2017 finished. An empty #BookShelf will beckon from tomorrow for the new year’s #books
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Hey @greateranglia I know this fake GA account isn’t you because it’s at least pretending to be helpful before ripping me off.
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Here’s an idea @greateranglia: why don’t you get some staff out and about exploring what is going on when you cancel all your trains?
I know customer service is foreign to you but just imagine you’re filling the concourse with ticket inspectors instead, heh?
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@ArmyE0D @mikenelson586 Posting tweets is so much easier than reading books, isn’t it?
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@mikenelson586 Wondering how many Brits there were at Omaha Beach?
Or how many British Bombers few daylight raids to Dresden, Germany?
Why is it the USA doing all the heavy lifting every time the USA hooks up with the UK?
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The last time America deployed US troops to combat WITHOUT our British allies fighting alongside us was Somalia- 31.5 years ago
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@dannydorling reading this and you begin by referencing an Oxford roundabout that demarcates not only place but also prospects. May I ask which roundabout? I remember seeing Iffley Church from my window in Rose Hill - not a roundabout but another place where two worlds met…
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@GiveBloodNHS - pint 84 in the bag.
#GiveBlood, eat biscuits, get a medically-sanctioned evening of rest and relaxation
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Overcrowded, overpriced and late. Never change @greateranglia, never change.
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Plenty of ticket inspectors on your services over the last few days @greateranglia - got to extract every last penny before you lose your franchise, I guess.
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@greateranglia Can you confirm rumours that they were celebrating the imminent end of your price-gouging franchise?
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⚠ Due to disruptive passengers at Hertford East some lines are blocked.
Train services running to and from this station may be cancelled. Disruption is expected until further notice.
Specific train service alterations are available here👇🏽
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Can I put on record how God-awful a franchise you are @greateranglia ? £40 for cancellations, driver-less trains, and cattle-class travel.
The day you lose your franchise cannot come soon enough.
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@Journo_Blair Lol get rekt. We don't need organisations that exist to help fresh off the boat migrants learn how to rob us blind for welfare.
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The place set alight last night was Citizens Advice, Sunderland. Its manager this morning told me they’re devastated and now trying to figure out how to help the people they were supposed to see #sunderland
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@JHPAAP @panoparker Ha ha ha.
The poor fellow could have travelled the world for £230 but I assume he simply wasn’t able to book his rail ticket four years in advance using a Super-Combo-Call-This-A-Public-Transport-System-Actually-It-Is-A-Price-Gouging-Monopoly-Awayday-Online-Saver-RailCard
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@panoparker Saw this and thought of you @thepaulprobert
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Paid over £232 for a train ticket if the ticket inspector doesn't show up I'm going looking for him
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Pint 83 in the bag.
When was the last time you got the chance to save a life during your lunch break?
(And the lovely people @GiveBloodNHS even provide crisps and a sit down afterwards)
#GiveBlood
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But the state schools don’t break up until late July…
Ah.
Rachel Cunliffe@RMCunliffe
Also, on the "but we've booked our holidays" point, this isn't as trivial as it sounds. It's not just journos but MPs, spads, MINISTERS who got the green light from No10 that the summer was safe. That's a lot of ill will to kick of a campaign with. From those on your own side
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@maxdubler @_StefanHorn Problem is, obesity rates are now much higher so the prospect of adding a third or fourth grandparent into a small double bed is much tougher than it was back when Charlie was a boy…
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@LBFlyawayhome Is there any truth that this book was Ladybird’s only foray into the scratch-and-sniff-book market? I’m sure this book smells of Brylcreem and liniment.
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#OnThisDay 1960: A British schoolgirl cheerily told Judith Chalmers about her holiday, which involved accidentally getting arrested in East Germany.
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‘Join me as I guide you through 1500 years of Western culture or - if you prefer - on ITV, Val Doonican and Benny Hill will regale you with insights on the House of Bourbon as, dressed up in striped tops and berets, they cycle around France’
BBC Arts@bbcarts
Join @RobbieRinder & @Rylan on an Italian odyssey as they follow in the footsteps of romantic poet Lord Byron, immersing themselves in art, culture, bad behaviour and life-changing exploits. 📺 Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour is coming to BBC Two and @BBCiPlayer on Sunday 12 May.
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