Oliver Schick

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• Lost cities / archaeology / ancient history

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• Overheard at the Guardian reading, Tofu eating, Yoghurt weaving, Vegan Deli Counter

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 15 hours, 33 minutes

  

  I got distracted by a delicious raclette cheese toastie in Newington Green.

• Lost cities / archaeology / ancient history

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 17 hours, 42 minutes

  

  A good excavation closer to home:

  https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/16/archaeologists-uncover-roman-service-station-during-roadworks-in-gloucester

• Lost cities / archaeology / ancient history

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 17 hours, 43 minutes

  

  Another excellent excavation in Pompeii:

  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/17/pompeii-excavation-private-spa-thermal-bath-complex-vesuvius-eruption-italy

• Lfgss tattoo?

  in The End is Nigh or The Future of LFGSS • 1 day, 15 hours

  

  Isn't it more like hipster dadsnet?

• Overheard at the LFGSS golf club bar

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 20 hours

  

  The nearest street lamp to my house is 6km away.

• Snooker

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 21 hours

  

  I'm sure Snooker fans know all about this, but on Wednesday I was on a tour of the Mildmay Club in Newington Green and saw the Snooker Hall. Nine full-size tables currently, and it looks as if there were at least two more back in the day, judging by some lamp chains still hanging from the ceiling at the back. We were told it's used a lot for filming. You can probably see why from the photographs:

  https://mildmay.club/sports/

  

  The club actively welcomes new members, so if you live in that area and didn't know about how to get your snooker fix there, you could think about applying. (I imagine someone will immediately point out x number of other snooker clubs nearby. :) )

• Bicycle Tag of bike

  in General • 2 days, 7 hours

  

  It's spooky in there. Plus, I've only just done one there. :)

• In the news

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 days, 15 hours

  

  If only someone could write a programme that automatically brings up the right XKCD cartoon when one is needed.

• London fires

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