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Barnsley boy. Holiday planner.Retired Hotelier.Small time owner with Middleham Park Racing. Owner of Shouldvebeenaring and now Galilean Quality.

Joined March 2017
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I'm not 67 YET but getting closer, but ALL of this is true! I need to make a very PUBLIC announcement on behalf of those of us who are 60-something. If you see a 67-year-old who seems a little boring now, understand something… WE ALREADY GOT IT IN. Like…GOT. IT. IN. 😂 We’re not sitting home on Friday night because we never knew how to have fun. We’re sitting home because WE’VE HAD ENOUGH FUN FOR THREE LIFETIMES. We went to parties in farmhouses, machine sheds, gravel pits and cornfields. Nobody sent a location because THERE WERE NO CELL PHONES. Somebody just said, “There’s a party out at Johnson’s.” Which Johnson? Nobody knew. But somehow 75 people found it. We cruised Main Street for hours with absolutely nowhere to go. Gas was cheap, the music was loud, and somehow 11 people fit into a car made for five. We drank Boone’s Farm, cheap beer and mysterious concoctions somebody handed us in a plastic cup. Nobody asked what was in it. You drank it and trusted the process. We closed down the bar and instead of doing the responsible thing and GOING HOME… somebody would yell: “RED ROOSTER!” Or… “LET’S GO TO THE BOONDOCKS!” And suddenly at 2:30 in the morning, the whole crew was sitting around a table eating eggs, hash browns and greasy breakfast food like we’d just finished a hard day’s work. Then somebody would say: “Well…might as well stay up now.” 😂😂 There was no Uber. No GPS. No Life360. No Find My Friends. There was just somebody saying: “Follow me. I know a shortcut.” And for reasons nobody can explain… WE FOLLOWED HIM. We made entire weekend plans without sending ONE text message. “Meet me there around 8.” That was the plan. And somehow everybody showed up. We did stupid things. We did REALLY stupid things. And the greatest gift our generation ever received was: THERE WERE NO CAMERA PHONES. There are events from approximately 1975 through 1985 that exist only in the memories of the people who were there. AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHERE THEY NEED TO STAY. So yes… Now we’re 67. We like our recliners. We like comfortable shoes. We like restaurants at 5:00. We like being home by 8:00. And if somebody calls at 9:30 and asks: “What are you doing?” The answer is: “Why the hell are you calling me this late?” 😂 We’re not boring. WE’RE RETIRED FROM ACTIVE DUTY. We’ve already closed the bars, stayed out until sunrise, made questionable decisions and somehow lived to tell about it. So when younger people see us peacefully sitting at home and think: “Man, you guys are boring.” Sweetheart… YOU’RE NOT LOOKING AT BORING OLD PEOPLE. YOU’RE LOOKING AT RETIRED LEGENDS. And thank God there isn’t much photographic evidence.
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Dominic Cummings on Rupert Lowe.
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Come on people! CJ does an amazing job with this every year It makes a massive difference to the kids and she puts a lot of time, effort and money into it I know lots of my followers are poker players and sports bettors so I also know you can all spare a few quid! Please help
🎄❤️ I could really do with your help. For the 5th year, I’m trying to bring Christmas presents to children spending Christmas at Chestnut Tree House Hospice. I’m not going to pretend it’s been a great start this year but it’s still early! amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/…
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Maybe certain people bashing out comments on this platform should bear in mind Rachel's comments here before calling people c**ts, retards etc? Those who don't clearly don't or won't get the message.
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Never forget Owen Jones saying “Vulnerable white girls being targeted by British Pakistani grooming gangs” was “not true” Never forget.
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I rarely do this… But @Shearings you are a disgrace. My in-laws, in their 70s, spend their pension on a holiday with you in St Ives …and this is where you sent them?! My father-in-law has Parkinson’s too - so well done for stressing him out. And my mother-in-law cried on the phone to you asking for a full refund And YOU REFUSED?!
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As France is burning, I keep thinking of what the UAE Foreign Minister said a few years ago 👇 He accurately predicted this.
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Not the biggest fan of AI but saw this and had to share it Crying
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Hola, soy palestino. 🇵🇸 Y como la honestidad es poco común en mi política, permítanme confesar algunas cosas. 1947. La ONU me ofreció un estado. Junto a Israel. Fronteras, independencia, reconocimiento. Dije que no. Mis líderes prometieron que la guerra "arrojaría a los judíos al mar". En cambio, lo perdí todo y lo llamaron catástrofe. No porque no me ofrecieran un estado, sino porque lo rechacé. 1948–2025. Los estados árabes podrían haberme integrado, dado derechos, pasaportes, dignidad. En cambio, me encerraron en campos de refugiados durante generaciones, para que siguiera siendo un arma contra Israel. Construyeron palacios para ellos y cárceles para mí. Me usaron como propaganda, no como personas. 1967. Tras otra guerra perdida, podría haber construido un estado en Cisjordania y Gaza. En cambio, insistí en "ni paz, ni reconocimiento, ni negociaciones". Tres noes. Cincuenta años después, sigo sin Estado. Resulta que el rechazo no paga el alquiler. Oslo, década de 1990. Israel dijo: «Intentémoslo». Me dio autonomía. Armas para la policía. Miles de millones en ayuda. ¿Qué hicieron mis líderes? Robaron el dinero, armaron milicias y lanzaron una intifada. Atentados suicidas en lugar de escuelas. Cohetes en lugar de fábricas. Gaza, 2005. Israel se fue por completo. Sin colonos, sin soldados. Tuve la oportunidad de convertir Gaza en un Singapur mediterráneo. Voté por Hamás. La convirtieron en Mogadiscio junto al mar. ¿Miles de millones en ayuda? Túneles, cohetes y palacios para sus líderes, mientras mi gente come comida enlatada en la oscuridad. ¿Democracia? No he tenido elecciones en casi 20 años. Hamás mata a los disidentes en Gaza. Fatah los encarcela en Cisjordania. Mis líderes cancelan elecciones porque están demasiado ocupados luchando por el poder. Religión. En lugar de construir un futuro, pongo a clérigos en televisión enseñando a los niños a odiar a los judíos. Glorifico a los "mártires" que hacen estallar autobuses. Crío a mis hijos con canciones de sangre y fuego en lugar de libros y ciencia. Cambio la esperanza por la guerra santa. Mundo árabe. Los regímenes árabes me llaman "hermano". Pero pregúntenles cuántos palestinos pueden vivir libremente en Líbano, Siria, Egipto o Kuwait. Me excluyen, pero celebran mi muerte, porque mi muerte es su excusa. Absurdo. Sigo diciendo que quiero "construir un estado". E irónicamente, justo al lado está Israel: el vecino que construyó una democracia próspera, una potencia tecnológica, granjas en el desierto, ciudades de polvo. Sin petróleo, sin riqueza infinita, solo coraje. Podría haber aprendido, copiado, colaborado. En cambio, elegí la envidia y la rabia. Obsesión antijudía. Podría haber aceptado a los judíos como vecinos. Podría haber dicho: "Dos naciones, dos estados". En cambio, repito: "Del río al mar". En lugar de exhibir el honor, la hospitalidad y la rica cultura árabe, mostré solo la cultura de la espada: la ira, el extremismo y la sangre. En lugar de gritar salaam (paz) a los israelíes, grité muerte a los judíos. Y luego finjo sorprenderme cuando los israelíes no confían en mí, cuando están enojados, decepcionados y convencidos de que no quiero coexistencia en absoluto. Responsabilidad. Culpo a Israel de todo. Siempre. ¿Mis líderes roban miles de millones? Culpa de Israel. ¿Hamás dispara cohetes desde hospitales? Culpa de Israel. ¿Glorifico la muerte más que la vida? Culpa de Israel. La responsabilidad no es mi fuerte. Soy palestino. Podría haber construido una nación, muchas veces. Elegí el rechazo, la corrupción y la guerra sin fin. Podría haber vivido en paz con Israel, pero elegí vivir a la sombra de su destrucción. Así que sí, soy una víctima. Pero con demasiada frecuencia, soy víctima de mis propios líderes, de mis propias decisiones y de mi propia negativa a abandonar el odio. Y esa, querido lector, es la tragedia que nadie quiere admitir.
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#HappyBirthday The wonderful Brian Blessed OBE hits 90 today. A brilliant English actor known for his bushy beard, loud booming voice & mastery of the English language, or as he would say "Tudor Big Bollocks" #BrianBlessed
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A whopping 1,739 illegal migrants arrived in the UK over the last week. Fri - 91. Cost to taxpayers = £31m Sat - 164. Cost = £56m Sun - 418. Cost = £142m Mon - 609. Cost = £207m Tues - 338. Cost = £115m Wed - 119. Cost = £40m Total = £591m This invasion can’t go on.
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21-year-old promising lady amateur jockey has suffered a life-changing spinal cord injury due to a freak accident on the gallops. Kaitlyn is currently receiving treatment for her injury and will be for the foreseeable future. Kaitlyn will need to make many lifestyle changes to adapt to her new life to ensure her independence. Kaitlyn’s future is unknown and she faces a long journey ahead. We want to help Kaitlyn and her family through this challenging time. bit.ly/KaitlynGFM
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How far we have fallen.
Hannah Spencer MP and her beaver. You pay more than £100k per annum for this. Embrace it.
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Getting there!! Amazing to see another £1.2k added to the fund over the course of the last 4 miles…amazing support xx huntfamilyfund.com
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£3 trillion in debt... jobs being lost... rapes through the roof... yet this clown chooses to pick a fight not only with Israel, but USA too. Marxists will stop at nothing.
🚨 BREAKING: Ed Miliband has officially announced a UK trade ban on Israeli settlements in the West Bank "I do not believe the British people want us supporting the occupation"
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Yemeni man destroys the UN in 90 seconds 🔥 UN Human Rights Chief: “Nothing justifies how Israel fights in Gaza…” Then a Yemeni takes the mic: “I ask the UN, the Arab League, and everyone waving the Palestinian flag since October 7… Where is the flag of Yemen? Half a million dead. Biggest famine in modern history. Silence. Where is the flag of Sudan? 150,000 killed in less than two years. Silence. Where is the flag of Syria? Half a million dead. Silence. Why is it that when Arabs kill millions of Arabs… no one bats an eye? The Houthis spend millions firing missiles at Israel instead of feeding their own starving people. Your report mentions Israel 188 times. Iran? Zero. And Qatar sits here on the Human Rights Council… while hosting Hamas leaders in luxury hotels.” The room went quiet. This is the real face of UN hypocrisy. #AmYisraelChai #StandWithIsrael
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I am furious. Our son was murdered by a man whose violent and vicious history and risks were repeatedly missed. Now we learn that another mentally ill man with a fixation on us and the Nottingham case travelled to Somerset, including our home town, seeking out victims' families; and the police chose not to tell us. @nottspolice knew. The @policeconduct knew. Yet nobody thought Barnaby's family deserved a warning. Nobody thought Charlie's school deserved safeguarding advice. Nobody thought we had a right to know. Is this even legal? Isn’t this within 'Osman warning'. As @drsanjoykumar points out in the story; the Calocane family were heaped with additional support and resources, including CCTV to make them safe. We had zero. How many more shocking failures are we expected to uncover ourselves? Victims' families should not have to fight for every piece of information while those responsible hide behind processes and excuses. STILL no accountability for ANYONE in these failed agencies. ⬇️ thetimes.com/article/9a5e6fb…
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Let me introduce you to a brave hero from my country, Iran. She was 16 years old. Just a girl. And on the streets of Iran, she did something braver than most people do in a lifetime: she took off her hijab and burned it in public. Right in front of the regime. Right in front of the world. That was her crime: civil disobedience. A teenage girl refusing to obey men who claimed authority over her hair, her body, her life. Her message spoke for millions of Iranian women: To every man who rules over women in the name of religion, honor, or culture: We do not obey you. Your laws were never made for us. This is what real power looks like: unarmed, unafraid, unbowed. For that defiance, she was arrested. Her family says she was tortured and killed after falling into the hands of security forces. The Iranian authorities denied responsibility and gave a different account of her death. Her name was Nika Shakarami. She was 16. Now ask yourself: How many women in the West know her name? How many know what she risked for a freedom they have never had to fight for? Say her name: Nika Shakarami.
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Hi, I noticed you tipped up Galilean Quality last Saturday on the morning line. After his super fast finishing 2nd in the Melrose, where do you think his future may lie? Cheers @olibellracing – at Tavira, Portugal
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