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Rupert V/

rupert@mastodon.nz

<p>He/him/his. Writing code for a living for 35 years and counting. I&#39;ve lived in England, Minnesota, and (currently) Aotearoa New Zealand :laserkiwi:.<br />Married with two off-site adult children.<br />Profile pic is a loon (state bird of Minnesota) in the form of the Star Wars Rebel Alliance symbol. <br />Boost=Other people should see this. <br />Like=Thank you for posting this. <br />Boost+Like=Other people should see this and I endorse the commentary.</p>

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    #ThreeGoodThings rollup edition - Got my replacement passport. Well done NZ high commission in London. - Air Transat found my bag. It was in Islamabad. No-one knows how, but it swapped tags with someone else&#39;s bag who was going there. - All set for flying to Toronto tomorrow and back to AoNZ on Thursday.

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    #ThreeGoodThings - Practice round in the Indian Crossword League went ok. - Lunch plans with both brothers. Hasn&#39;t happened in at least a decade. - Got through to someone at Air Transat and they might actually be looking for my luggage now.

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    Same crossword as last week, but if you haven&#39;t done it yet it&#39;s now up with annotated solutions at https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3886 #CrypticCrosswords

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    #ThreeGoodThings - Urban streams protected by green belts - with bike paths through them - Canadian baristas that admire AoNZ coffee culture and will tweak the way they make a long black to produce something I like

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    #ThreeGoodThings 1. Biked to the /good/ bakery in the village 2. Which wasn&#39;t busy (you could get in the door) 3. And got out again without speaking any English

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    Do it in the road #BadAdviceASong #HashtagGames

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    North of 40°C in Dallas #HeatWaveMovies #HashTagGames

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    #ThreeGoodThings - Guy time, helping my host and his neighbour fix the fence that blew over in the last storm. 10 post holes dug and posts cemented in (except the one where we tried the foam, not a fan). - Poutine. It&#39;s not my favourite Canadian food (that&#39;s cretons) but it&#39;s a notable contribution to world cuisine. - The Internet. Yes, a lot of it is bots and shit sites, but it still enables real human connection, and we shouldn&#39;t throw that out with the heads in the baskets un...

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    #ThreeGoodThings Getting out of Toronto. Two teenage girls busking with their violins while I napped on the back porch. Heavy on the Pachelbel. This borb coming to visit the island in the river.

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    The title is not a guide to the content. #DisclaimersForBooksOrMovies #HashTagGames

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    Fly like an illegal #RuinABrandOrSlogan #HashTagGames

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    Hard to tell if the woman in the middle of Orewa this morning shouting &amp;quot;Speak English! Get the fuck out of my country!&amp;quot; was having a mental health episode or if she&amp;#39;s the NZFirst spokesman on Immigration. #NZPol

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    @rimu Hi. Blame Dave Lane for suggesting I try https://piefed.iridescent.nz I&amp;#39;ve created a login but there&amp;#39;s an error sending the email. It says to contact the admin, but there&amp;#39;s no address for them. https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@lightweight/116327710169738708

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    Five year old me wants you to know that people going to the Moon is cool, and you can watch the Artemis launch here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBMIzNo

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    I know what you did last Summer of 69 #ScandalousSongsAboutCharacters #HashTagGames

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    There are worse things I could do #Grease #NoEffort #ScandalousSongsAboutCharacters #HashTagGames

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    Residency Evil #DoctorMoviesOrPlay #HashtagGames

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    Kumquat May #FruitASongOrPoem #HashtagGames

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    99 problems but a peach ain&amp;#39;t one #FruitASongOrPoem #HashTagGames

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    The Mighty Quince #FruitASongOrPoem #HashTagGames

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    @joyousjoyness

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    #SelfCongratulation Just won a competitive game of #croquet within time for the first time. 26-12 in 2h24.

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    I paused reading @cstross@wandering.shop &#39;s Regicide Report (I wonder how many searches for &quot;stross regicide&quot; it takes before Google puts him on a list?) this evening to watch The Abominable Dr Phibes (1971) which I last watched much closer to its release date than to today. #VincentPrice #LaundryFiles