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25 Jul, 5 tweets, 1 min read
No stream today am trapped. Kitty on bed
(also need more sleep. But mostly just trapped)
I did try to move but he just rearranged himself. Kitty having a wash on duvet
"go back to sleep"
Zzzzz Snoozy kitty

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26 Jul
What Johnson and co. haven't realised is that supermarket supply management is starting to prioritise core goods as the crisis deepens with road haulage.

If you start noticing a lack of booze on supermarket shelves this is why.

And a UK booze shortage will be harder to dismiss.
Essentially, the perishables go first as they're time critical, but then they have to start making hard choices about non-perishables.

At that point, booze goes next. Mostly by triaging down to the big brewery lagers.
So (silly as it may sound) a good sign that your local supermarket is struggling with supply, for whatever reason, is ALWAYS when you start seeing empty shelves for things like Newcastle Brown Ale, bitters (that aren't John Smiths) and other Tier 2 booze.
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24 Jul
Well this is the plan for Yugoslavia this morning.

Two armies main pressure on their front line across the river, while the armoured and Mountain forces try and hook round through Slovenia.

Cavalry push on the other flank as a possible alternate breakthrough. hoi4 screenshot showing battle plans.
It's kind of working. Managed to break through in the east before the Romanians could take too much ground.

Cavalry are advancing and we're hooking round the Yugoslav front, while 2nd Army has been quickly flipped back to face the Romanians.

If they hold, we'll win this. yugoslavia mostly cut in half. romanians pushing on budapest
BREAKING: There's fighting in the suburbs of Budapest but Yugoslavia has surrendered!

Just the Romanians and the small matter of the French to worry about now.
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John Bull Profile picture
23 Jul
Heh. Started a Hungary run in HOI4 to finally get the achievements for the Austro-Hungarian restoration...

...and Germany has immediately kicked off the civil war there to restore the Kaiser.

WE'RE GETTING THE BAND BACK TOGETHER LADS!
No idea which way France and Britain have jumped yet (historical focuses are obviously off).

But with Germany going Imperial this run may last longer than anticipated.
Britain's going Fascist!

Half tempted to stream this tomorrow. Should be interesting.
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John Bull Profile picture
23 Jul
Every time I get sent a press release for a game that promises "a realistic squad-based WW1 combat experience", I wonder how much fun getting shelled in a trench by artillery (the enemy's or sometimes your own) can really be.
"well done lads. We made it to the start line this time before we got shelled into a warm mist."
MULTIKILL!

You were killed by GermanArtilleryman021221 from 2 miles away!
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John Bull Profile picture
22 Jul
I am on the most Teamsiest of Teams meetings ever.
This whole pandemic has been a real exercise in discovering which colleagues thought that getting cheap broadband was a good idea.
Oh cool. The point of the meeting where people act shocked at a thing happening that everyone was warned would happen if people didn't do the things required to avoid it in time.

And people didn't.
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22 Jul
If you've never read the Vindolanda tablets, you need to.

They're a rare insight into everyday life on the Roman frontier in Britain.

Turns out it's mostly arguments about bar bills, and begging letters to mum back in Italy to PLEASE send some warm socks.

They're fascinating.
And they're fascinating precisely because (Latin aside) they could be letters from ANY bunch of soldiers stationed far from home, from any era.

Our image of Rome is shaped by Classics. The Vindolanda tablets blow that image apart.
They also contain exactly the same passive aggressive family drama you see on Facebook and elsewhere today.

"I'm writing to you, despite the fact that you've not written to me in months, because good brothers write to each other. And I am a good brother"

That kind of thing.
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