Greem (Graeme. Not Graham!)

greem@cyberplace.social

Born at 327ppm. Son, husband, dad, friend, IT person (no I cannot fix your printer) Used to rock climb (and fall), scuba dive, walk and climb mountains. Now I run around after racing cars** Motorsport marshal | <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/BMMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BMMC</a> Member | <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/MotorsportUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MotorsportUK</a> Grade 3 (Post Chief)Terminally ill with S4 prostate cancer. No idea how far away the end is, years hopefully.Grumpy, sweary, cynical, lefty/Green, <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/BuckFrexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#BuckFrexit</a> Very likely to make jokes about poo.<a href="htt

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Post #4229926
These days it seems like any time my phone rings, it&#39;s either the person I&#39;m awaiting a call from or: 1. Somebody in Kolkata pretending to be from O2. 2. A dead, flat, boring voice pretending to be from Indeed, wanting me to add them on WhatsApp. 3. A recorded message from &quot;VISA Fraud Department&quot;, leading to another voice from India telling me that my life is at risk if I don&#39;t give them my card details. They really don&#39;t like being told to &am...
Post #4076278
@jadedtwin@corteximplant.com when I was a kid, if I asked a question of my parents and the eventual answer was "I don't know" it was usually followed by "we'll go to the library and find out". That imbued a lifetime of curiosity in my brother and I. Thanks, Dad 😊
Post #3974017
@TwoClownsEating@beige.party @neonbubble@mstdn.social Heh, Brian Jacks and his oiled socks. What a great show that was. No way would today's elite sports stars do that. They might ruin their hair, or manicures.
Post #3834847
Please excuse me a Proud Dad moment. Youngest got the best result for her course in her year for the first year exams at uni. At OXFORD. Yes, that Oxford. This is a young woman who struggled through school until the right diagnosis (which we had to fight for) unlocked all sorts of additional help and teaching/learning methods. If you're a parent of an ND child or children, keep up the fight for them. It's worth it, and I hope it works out for you. #ProudDad
Post #3623456
RE: https://cyberplace.social/@greem/116850052804160535 In a few minutes it&#39;ll be 4 years since I was picking bits of F1 racing car out of a barrier. I hope nobody has to today. Here&#39;s to a good, safe race everyone. #F1 #BritishGrandPrix #Silverstone
Post #3623455
Well that was a complete mess. #F1 #BritishGrandPrix #Silverstone
Post #2439007
My hotel room last night either had a hairdryer or something from a book by @cstross in it.
Post #2005903
The house is unnaturally empty and quiet, as Doglet has gone to the kennels. It&#39;s almost time... #BigCanadaTrip
Post #2005902
In honour of a number of people I know who identify as female bemoaning, repeatedly, men insisting on explaining (often incorrectly) stuff to them, here&#39;s A Thing. Feel free to use it. #WellActually #Mansplaining
Post #2005901
Well, dammit. Zanardi finally copped it, after cheating the reaper twice. One of the nicest people to walk the earth, and with such amazing drive. This is a sad day. #Zanardi #RIP https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/cvgz0kpxjpgo
Post #2005900
This morning looks a little different to usual... #BigCanadaTrip
Post #2005898
Ah, I&#39;m still not getting it Ted. Well, Dougal...
Post #2005896
I know, it&#39;s the morning, but it&#39;s still wine o&#39;clock somewhere in the Empire! (Not a nightmare at 34000 feet) #BigCanadaTrip
Post #1837342
Happy mailman day, everyone! #mailman #gnu #reminders
Post #1739583
Things that never happen: Phoning the GP surgery at 0800 to join the Monday morning thundering herd. Getting through on the first dial. Getting an appointment for 0900. It happened! I&#39;ll do the lottery this week 😁
Post #1739582
RE: https://mastodon.online/@brianbilston/116475587389426038 AAAAAARGH not that one!
Post #1328176
Another one bites the dust. Not that he&#39;d have played that track on many of his radio shows, mind you. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9qprx2ljlo #AndyKershaw
Post #1328175
I may have reached another level up in my middle class cookery skills. I had some spuds to cook, and they needed trimming to a shape. I made the offcuts into salt and vinegar crisps. There&#39;s none left *burp*
Post #1106766
I&#39;m in Belgium this weekend. The reasons for this aren&#39;t really relevant. Tonight I went to the Menin Gate for the first time, to witness the Last Post - a ceremony that&#39;s been done at 8pm local time since the memorial was built, excepting during WW2. I cried. There are 54000 names on the Gate, none of them have a known grave, and every night their lives and loss are commemorated. This is astonishingly powerful. I also drank beer, but that&#39;s not important righ...
Post #1106765
Good morning from Ypres, pocket friends. It&#39;s a bright, clear, cold day and I&#39;m going slow. Meanwhile three of my friends are out pounding round a cycling route which is a little easier than yesterday&#39;s, which involved a number of classic cobbled climbs used in the Tour of Flanders. They&#39;re mad! (Both the climbs and the cyclists). Today may well include the Tyne Cot cemetery. I&#39;m not sure I&#39;m ready for it, but there we are. What&#39;s happ...
Post #1000101
I&#39;m hoping that the Nuclear Football, the case with the launch codes that&#39;s supposed to accompany the US President, has been replaced with a case containing an actual football. I do not want to be woken in the night. I&#39;d like to be able to go on the trips I&#39;ve arranged.
Post #725056
A 94 point match with the two teams separated by 2 at the final whistle. That&#39;s one of the best rugby matches I&#39;ve ever watched. Well done, France. You squeaked it. #FRAvENG #M6N
Post #703134
A 94 point match with the two teams separated by 2 at the final whistle. That&#39;s one of the best rugby matches I&#39;ve ever watched. Well done, France. You squeaked it. #FRAvENG #M6N
Post #310750
Monday, 1000UTC: User opens ticket saying &quot;last week I did a lot of work with Copilot, but now I can&#39;t find the files we created together or the app we used to do it&quot;. Monday, 1200UTC: IT person responds to ticket with a response which (in their words) &quot;MAY BE COMPLETELY WRONG&quot; as they asked Copilot where to find the files. Maybe in OneDrive? Maybe in Sharepoint? Monday, 1400UTC: Graeme reads ticket, cries inside, coins term #AsinineInstructions inst...
Post #9152
Serious post, please boost... On #InternationalMensDay here's your periodic reminder, fellow AMAB & prostate carrying people who are over 50: Go see your doctor. Don't put it off. Ask for a DRE or a PSA test. Yes, DRE means a finger up your bum, get over it. They probably won't find anything wrong, but if they do then early intervention will help you avoid the situation I'm in. PSA units should be 3-5; mine was 1206 and my prostate about the size of an orange. Stage 4 c...
Post #4233
A rather comical conjunction of posts just appeared in my timeline thanks to @cstross@wandering.shop, XKCD and @lhcstatus2@vmst.io