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« on: September 15, 2025, 21:08:49 »

Can you believe - it's now well over a year since the big old laptop that was supposed to last me through retirement got drowned at the Melksham Splash Pad ... and with it access to my old Facebook profile was lost.   It was something of a struggle to establish a new profile, because so many people didn't believe that this new account really was / is me; it started with all the hallmarks of a spam / phishing account such as being very new, and with very few friends.   However, the struggle is much reduced as the new profile is firmly established.

I encourage Coffee Shop members on Facebook to befriend me at
https://www.facebook.com/graham.ellis.melksham/
where the profile looks like this:

you'll find lots of posts "obviously me" there, and lots of friends - many whom are likely to be mutual

My LinkedIn profile is at
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wellho/
where my profile looks like this:


My blog is at:
https://grahamellis.uk/blog.html
Email:
graham @ sn12.net

I need to catch up on Instagram and BlueSky, and I have dropped X.  Various other sites and presences, but the above are the main ones relevant to friends and Coffee Shop members.
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« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2025, 21:41:35 »

For the benefit of our readers, I can confirm that this is grahame posting.



As an side, having got to know them quite well, I can tell you that the dog on the left is the noisy one and the dog on the right is the naughty one.

They are both great characters - as is grahame.  Wink

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« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2025, 22:13:35 »

For the benefit of our readers, I can confirm that this is grahame posting.

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As an side, having got to know them quite well, I can tell you that the dog on the left is the noisy one and the dog on the right is the naughty one.


Pictures of animals always help post visibility ... so here we go ...



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« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2025, 22:25:53 »


Pictures of animals always help post visibility ... so here we go ...




Erm ... lest you be deceived, despite the rather innocent look on her face, she is the dog who chewed grahame's tv remote control and my laptop's wireless mouse, fairly recently. Grin

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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post (a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London), depending on context) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: Stop, Look, Listen.

"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner."  Discuss.
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