Tweets on 2010-02-22

Just hearing the news about Madeira 😦 #
Tonight P watched Lark Rise to Candleford and then Being Human – and I wondered if anyone else was watching such a strange combination? #
Picking bits of bread dough out of the hair on my knuckles. Still, at least it's that way round, eh? #
@neilfawcett they seem a world apart in genre, is the only locus of strange. #
Wow – 6 year old ringing Plain Bob Minor on handbells. I can't do this on two bells at once after 20 years of ringing! http://bit.ly/bpFDh8 #
How strange. But quite nice. Read the blurb http://bit.ly/9jybKT (Youtube, @beaubodor) #
Really seeing how @Dropbox could be a helpful tool. 2GB account is free! http://tinyurl.com/yghn29h – thanks @willhowells #
@adamrio again? in reply to adamrio #
@adamrio there is now Google Chrome for Mac which is now the _nerd plus ultra_ in reply to adamrio #
I just knocked a book off a heap tumbling down the stairs. It was Ruth Rendell's "13 Steps Down" #

Tweets on 2010-02-21

Phew, that's my two hours of talking completed. #
@dr_nick hope you're getting lots of pics! in reply to dr_nick #
Regional Lib Dem Conference (@ Chesterfield Town Hall) http://4sq.com/98xuDX #
@miketd evil gay twins? in reply to miketd #
@ianvisits Eh? Come Dine With Me has loads of straight guys on it! in reply to ianvisits #
On a quick twitter break in the middle of room tidying efforts. In two hours, I have slightly reorganised some of the piles nearest the door #
Press button. Receive bacon http://bit.ly/9hjrs3 #
Ooh, that's a lot of #uksnow I wasn't expecting NG5 8/10 http://flic.kr/p/7EDCVf #

Have worked in this building 6 years and still don't know what's behind this door. http://flic.kr/p/7EdFWQ #
Heh – Fred Macauley's cat impression made my two look round. #bbcr4 #
@andershanson off to Chesterfield ditto ditto ditto #
@trioptimum @kayray they certainly are 🙂 in reply to trioptimum #
@trioptimum @kayray last year was 20th anniversary of Torvill and Dean and local panto spoofed their ice dance in homage 🙂 #
Bleurgh. Had headache all yesterday. Went to bed with headache. Slept like a log for 8 hours. Woke up with a headache. #headache #
Rats, I never remember I'm going to have to scrape the car before setting off. #
Popping into Chesterfield chemist for pain relief and indigestion tablets. Just like when I used to work here! #
Hearing about the death yesterday, of Cllr Izzy Price. Regional conf is turning into a memorial – we all have Izzy stories. #
@LloydieJL calm down, keep it quiet, some of us have a #headache in reply to LloydieJL #
@LloydieJL i'm hoping esmee denters are some sort of powerful new analgesic? in reply to LloydieJL #

@ObiGrae I'd recommend my Jean Patrique set if you can cook without non-stick. in reply to ObiGrae #
Cathedral of despair. Despair heightened by paying £20 for £5 worth of bad food, then having to pay more for ketchup to make it palatable. #
Serious snow started in last hour of journey home, but thankfully didn't impede progress too much. #

Every second shop in Callandar is an Edinburgh Woolen Mill with a different name and all the same stock. How does that make financial sense? #
@ramtops some things can be synched through Google account, but not with Mac and Linux versions in reply to ramtops #
Steak sandwich puts nail in veggie lent plans (@ Mhor Bread Tea Room) http://4sq.com/aFPLwd #
We're all doomed! (@ Doune Castle) http://4sq.com/aMjeXf #
I just unlocked the "Explorer" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/drgfUO #
Frozen waterspout http://flic.kr/p/7DHLjZ #
#Veggie4lent thing vaguely back on track with glamorgan sausages for tea. Well, more glamorgan burgers, really. #
@miketd the End of an Era! in reply to miketd #
@miketd your cruising tweets gave us a home chuckle over lunch. Many happies 🙂 #
I just became the mayor of Tigh Mor Trossachs on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9v17H4 #
Back home for final night 😦 (@ Tigh Mor Trossachs) http://4sq.com/9v17H4 #
@pleaserobme given you know people are away from home, why not have a mobile-friendlier website? in reply to pleaserobme #

Sudden thick fog descends on Stirling just as radio announces a foot of snow is forecast for today. Eek! #
P is wondering if being homesick is missing your home, whether that means missing your cats is catsick. #
Low lying cloud http://flic.kr/p/7DrLxX #
£9 each? Ouch! (@ Stirling Castle) http://4sq.com/bumyKh #
I just unlocked the "Super User" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9ZCled #
In the space of about a minute, the fog dropped 200ft and all us tourists went : ah, there's the Wallace Monument! http://flic.kr/p/7Dt7KF #
Closed for renovation 😦 (@ Stirling Old Town Jail) http://4sq.com/du1tjr #
The fog is behind us and Loch Venachar is perfectly still. http://flic.kr/p/7DxSAG #
@mPOWERSCOTLAND lunchtime weather forecast said a foot do snow expected soon, northern Scotland. I don't know where the North starts! in reply to mPOWERSCOTLAND #
Responding positively to slightly unlikely request to use one of my photos in an Ohian Tv show on home improvement. #
Thinking about going veggie for lent. Then remembering I had bacon for breakfast. #

Unfortch is annual stoppage so no chance to "go for a spin" (@ Falkirk Wheel) http://4sq.com/9mspJ8 #
Watching the rain and wishing we'd parked closer. #
@CharlotteGore yup, lots 🙂 if you like that look out for Better Off Ted too. And I hear Archer (cartoon) is good. in reply to CharlotteGore #
Stocking up (@ Scottish Real Ale Shop) http://4sq.com/cIrsrl #
Lovely chatty landlady / shopkeeper. Also on internet at http://www.scottishrealales.com – widest selection in world! #
Frosty, sunny loch view this morning. http://flic.kr/p/7DteBN #
Pancake batter – whisk together half a mug of flour, a mug of milk and an egg. Simples. http://flic.kr/p/7DpGS2 #
Eating pancakes (@ Tigh Mor Trossachs) http://4sq.com/9v17H4 #
Petting Hamish the Highland Cow. (@ Trossachs Woolen Mill) http://4sq.com/dB5Em3 #

Super wedding so far, now on with the ceilidh. (@ Dalhousie Castle) http://4sq.com/9IQRtI #
And now Strip the Willow – or as paramedics call it, traumatic disarticulation. #
Getting ma #5aday oot of ma hotel brekkie (@ Dalhousie Castle) http://4sq.com/9IQRtI #
I just became the mayor of Dalhousie Castle on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9IQRtI #

Intrigued that almost every garment for sale at the "Scotland Woolen Mill" was in fact 100% acrylic. #
Have found sweet spot in digs with a mobile signal, suspending phone on window in eastern turret. #
Have been lying awake thinking about bacon for the last 3 hours. #
Not for the first time, feeling grateful to cleaners who leave safety pins in shirts. #

Very peaceful and still – about the only sound is rooks banging twigs on the ice on the loch. #