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Simon Lye

@simonlye

I am from New Zealand. I live in England. I do sysadmin / DevOps / SQL / IT bits. Also talk about aviation and sports. I’m probably tired. BlueSky too.

 Cambridge, England
Joined June 2009
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Colts fans - pepare to suck like you've never sucked before! (except for maybe the Suck for Luck year)
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Surely there's only one way to respond to this:
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BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) profile pictureBBC News (UK)
@BBCNewsOct 29
Sir Patrick Stewart: Actor who moved effortlessly between Star Trek and Shakespeare bbc.in/4zZh4KX
Sir Patrick Stewart: Actor who moved effortlessly between Star Trek and Shakespeare

Sir Patrick Stewart: Actor who moved effortlessly between Star Trek and Shakespeare

The English actor began his career on stage before finding fame as the captain of the USS Enterprise.

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Air New Zealand's first GE powered 787-9 on its delivery flight: flightradar24.com/ANZ6095/42… Also note that if you click through to details about ZK-NZT, you can see the last aircraft which used this registration - a 70s/80s era McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
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That’s insane…
Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) profile pictureFlightradar24
@flightradar24Oct 12
DL232 safely back on the ground, but even if Delta can reaccommodate passengers tonight, it’s going to be a very long departure queue. flightradar24.com/airport/jf…
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Ahh I see we've got NY Giants Daniel Jones today...
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This WAS-IND game is turning into a puntfest.
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Mariota is injured too? Seriously - I'm going to the Commanders game next weekend, are they actually going to have any quarterbacks?
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England are so mean, making all those Croatian kids sad.
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Get this man on commentary.
BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) profile pictureBBC News (UK)
@BBCNewsSep 22
England fast bowler Wood retires from internationals bbc.in/4yflxZG
Mark Wood: England fast bowler announces international retirement

Mark Wood: England fast bowler announces international retirement

England fast bowler Mark Wood announces his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect.

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If a far right party from Japan joins then we should really worry
The Telegraph (@Telegraph) profile pictureThe Telegraph
@TelegraphSep 20
German and Italian radical Right-wing parties formally joined forces on the political stage in the central Italian city of Orvieto, calling for wider unification of Europe’s nationalist factions 🔗 telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2…
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Wouldn't it be nice if the Saints could score points early in the game and NOT have to rely on second half comebacks.
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Is it just me, or is Bryce Young actually looking pretty good this year?
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Dear website developers - please stop this password shit.
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WTF Chargers? The Cardinals are supposed to be utterly terrible. Why are you losing to them?
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Dear Saints - take the goddamn tie.
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There's NFL teams that are complete ass, and then there's the Browns.
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LOL at DeShaun Watson throwing a pick in the first 5 minutes.
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Hey @SkySports NFL Redzone seems to be broken
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I see we've reached the 'blatantly buying the election' stage of US politics. Surprised it took this long to be honest.
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@BBCNewsSep 10
Trump pledges $5,000 to every American if Republicans win November elections bbc.in/46OM7fN
Trump says every adult American will get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms

Trump says every adult American will get $5,000 if Republicans win midterms

Speaking at a party convention, the US president gave no details on how the plan would work or where the money would come from.

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Ryanair sent me a customer satisfaction survey for our recent flight. Surprising, as I didn't think they cared about what their customers thought. Actually, that's a bit tongue in cheek, as the flights were mostly fine ... even though both were delayed due to aircraft faults😱
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