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Tweets on 2011-10-09

alexfoster — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 12:44:00 +0000

@giantsitel needs a link? Cheers! in reply to giantsitel #
I got 62/100 in this html5 kerning game http://t.co/hktvPgLX (incl 100/100 for "gargantuan"!) #
RT @kayray: /me dies laughing! RT @MattRix: Please stop changing the Google logo so much: http://t.co/YURYbjHV #
Anyone got any tips for switching from self-hosted WordPress to using wordpress.com ? (an unusual direction to go in, I suspect) #

Tweets on 2011-10-08

alexfoster — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:44:00 +0000

Good grief, someone is claiming to have a trade mark on "pudding club" and taking me to task for using it on my photos http://t.co/LcCGodmK #
@Martin_Veart eh? wot? in reply to Martin_Veart #
RT @dbelbin: Off to County Hall, where I'll be giving a free talk 'Breaking Bone & Cane' at 8pm. #
Thought Glamorgan sausages were going to be healthy but they seem just bread and cheese and only a little bit of leek. http://t.co/uS3dxYwq #
RT @ChristofHughes: @alexfoster it seems that the first rule of pudding club is 'don't use the trademarked term "pudding club"'. #
Taxing ringing practice made up of just Erin and Stedman… minimus… Still, apparently transferable skills. #
I'm out with coursemates including people who still get IDed. (@ Langtry's Public House) http://t.co/3lGqjZX6 #
I just unlocked the "Overshare" badge on @foursquare! http://t.co/fuYsBnqK #
Good grief, I had no idea the hipster look was so prevalent in Nottingham. #
Sitting on the top deck of a bus blowing kisses at a guy on Parliament Street with flashing LED sunglasses. #
Ooh, Gaviscon in coat pocket. #bonus #
Think I comfortably won the "tell the most disgusting joke you know" competition. #
@Alexander_Ball you'd be surprised how often it comes up but a reet shame NCT stopping cross-ticketing. in reply to Alexander_Ball #
@JulianClary the Dieux du Stade calendar makes an almost acceptable substitute. http://t.co/YkpPJEmb in reply to JulianClary #

Tweets on 2011-10-07

alexfoster — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:44:00 +0000

Suit and tie really are an unwelcome daily reminder that I'm fatter than I should be. #
@LilyWeston ikr? in reply to LilyWeston #
@alixmortimer @oh_henry isn't Economist Understanding of Economics still a bit shaky for trying to expand it beyond the field? in reply to alixmortimer #
Bleurgh. Think I'm gonna have to turn in now. No energy for reflective journal or academic reading tonight. #

Tweets on 2011-10-06

alexfoster — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:44:00 +0000

@Alexander_Ball new one or old one? Caught one other day that was pre-tram! in reply to Alexander_Ball #
@LilyWeston I know, right? in reply to LilyWeston #
Alarm goes off at 0600.00. Cat goes off at 0600.20. #

Tweets on 2011-10-05

alexfoster — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:44:00 +0000

Sticky toffee pudding for tomorrow's pudding club. Two toffee sauces for assembly. http://t.co/6B722CJh #
NOOOOO!!! A hardware malfunction at a crucial time cut off the #GBBO 10 mins before the end! Fingers crossed for @wotchers… #
#gettingupinthedark bacon butty for the breakfast. #

Tweets on 2011-10-04

alexfoster — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:44:00 +0000

@LloydieJL will it be on UK telly or do we have to resort to ahem DVDs? in reply to LloydieJL #
@facesake he's right, though, isn't he? in reply to facesake #
@markpack yeah, but come on, we're English, we don't understand court reports in Foreign. in reply to markpack #
@Documentally well, it would stop being your own house, though, innit. in reply to Documentally #

Tweets on 2011-10-03

alexfoster — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:44:00 +0000

Qp successfully scored. (@ Daybrook St Pauls) http://t.co/yruizZp4 #
8pm on a Sunday. Ideal time for a first peak at the "THINGS YOU MUST DO THIS WEEKEND" list. #
In-laws brought apples. Ever so slightly too sharp for eaters. http://t.co/3GMzHkmP #
Somehow got sidetracked into making this apple cake instead of motoring on through the to-do list http://t.co/CA09rSCr #
@alanfleming @dr_nick next week's lacked punch cake has a pound of apples in it for starters http://t.co/CA09rSCr – Mum raves about recipe! in reply to alanfleming #
Perhaps everyone else is wrong: http://t.co/s3rHnrEr #
@willhowells oh, William J Howells I'm ashamed, "they're casting pages" ?! in reply to willhowells #
@willhowells I also wasn't entirely sure you were a William and not a Willard or a Willbin or a Willence or something. in reply to willhowells #
@willhowells still haven't quite forgiven @rfenwick for not being a Robert. in reply to willhowells #
@helenduffett again? in reply to helenduffett #
Conservatives want out of Europe. Monkeys lie to themselves. #bbcr4 #
Garden trees on the turn http://t.co/lqJqIWLo #
@helenduffett I know, I know I know. in reply to helenduffett #
I'm at Dearing Building (Jubilee Campus, University of Nottingham, Nottingham) http://t.co/9eRGZ7KV #
@helenduffett mama mia! in reply to helenduffett #
RT @LloydieJL: RT @AlecBaldwin: Shooting 30 Rock Season 6 starts….
….now. #

Tweets on 2011-10-02

alexfoster — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:44:00 +0000

Sheet Music WIN http://t.co/GJ6PLShX #
First step in a new filing system: throwing away the old unused files http://t.co/B4DzFDVp #
@Orcs I'd really rather not see @markpack and Grindr in the same tweet. in reply to Orcs #
Somehow, saying the chips were hot hot hot led to a falsetto Queen of the Night battle over the dining table. #
@JChris_J we've got a good 300 quid Bosch, no probs in years, recommended by repairman when last one died. in reply to JChris_J #
@JChris_J mind you, that washing machine sparked a credit card binge it took years to pay off. in reply to JChris_J #
@JChris_J "If I can afford £300 for a washing machine, I can afford a new computer and a camera too!" #
Why you shouldn't drive over the causeway to Shell Island after high tide. http://t.co/Dg1BCPb1 #
@helenduffett DMC? Dinner mit caffee? Demilitarised center? Department of Medical Cybernetics? Duff moisture code? in reply to helenduffett #
@helenduffett have started using BOHOF out loud. FML! *BOHOF* in reply to helenduffett #
RT @MitchBenn: Clara: I'm really grumpy. Me: Have some coffee. Clara: I've HAD coffee. Now I'm just FASTER grumpy. #thingsMsClarasays #

Tweets on 2011-10-01

alexfoster — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:44:00 +0000

The sun is at just the right height to highlight a mahoosive wobkeb in the tree outside, at least two storeys high. #
RT @journodave: RT @katiecouric: #WOTD Pomaceous, adj. Of or relating to apples <<< totes pomaceous, dood. #
RT @dbelbin: Couldn't believe the thermometer in the allotment so took the electronic one out to double check. 33.5% in the shade. #
*pop* gorgeous icy Alsation Gewurztraminer *glug* *glug* *glug*. Just a tiny sip for me however as is ringing tonight. #
webuyanycat.com has valued my cat for £15.39. http://t.co/FSGdFief via @Cats4Gold #

Tweets on 2011-09-30

alexfoster — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:44:00 +0000

RT @catofstripes: Like the Stripey Cat Supper Club on Facebook, dates for the autumn published, buy tickets. http://t.co/HeorTOMM #
@NCCLols @katrinabull I guess the Netherlands is not far enough away for full candour. in reply to NCCLols #
@miltonline also: lucky, lucky computers. in reply to miltonline #
Clumsy panini eating has somehow smeared cheese on my glasses. #
RT @freakonomics: Census Bureau Cuts Number of Same-Sex Married Couples in Half. http://t.co/NFtuyFwZ #
Got home to cats lolling around the house pulling the whole "I haz a sunbeam" schtick. #
@journodave @JosephStash your experience of Twitter mostly limited to people you follow. Bright people follow bright, don't meet the others. in reply to journodave #
@Meryl_F seriously injured pride, but apart from that it was just boosters, so no biggie. in reply to Meryl_F #
RT @tom_geraghty: Very funny cheap flights song: http://t.co/4mGF13Nl <<< this definitely in my head when I booked with Ryanair last month #
@artesea saw 'em in Nottingham a few years ago in reply to artesea #
RT @qikipedia: Last year more than 16,000 hours of UK train delays were caused by people stealing metal parts from the railways. #
@rfenwick funny you should say that just after I put the guitar away after strumming Jolene all night. in reply to rfenwick #
@neilfawcett absolutely – our residual bin is out for the morning and is less than 25% full. Alright, we're a small household but still. in reply to neilfawcett #
@rfenwick *frisson* in reply to rfenwick #
Tutor: "… And today marks the end of the only two weeks you will spend in university during the entire course! " #gulp #