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dan barker
@danbarker
Living life, one day to the next, trying to avoid the gristle. Worked for 100+ companies. Happy to follow people with varied opinions. Do follow & say hello!
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    dan barker
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    Sep 30, 2023
    Took a taxi tonight, and the driver absolutely insisted on giving me the journey for free, as it was his last ever job before retirement, and tradition is they don't charge for their first ever and last ever journey. He began driving in 1965. Thank you, Mike. Best wishes!
    Mike, taxi driver
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    dan barker
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    May 10, 2022
    Every time this clip pops up I watch it. His face, and the way he automatically takes off his hat.
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    dan barker
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    Sep 16, 2023
    The person who posted this "low stakes conspiracy theory" on Reddit 8 months ago is probably having an interesting day.
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    dan barker
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    Nov 7, 2020
    By coincidence: exactly 6 years ago today, as Vice President of the USA, Joe Biden sent this note to his staff. I presume in the background, thoughts of his first wife & daughter who died long ago; or his son, who died of cancer just a few months after this note. Worth reading.
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    dan barker
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    Jul 15, 2019
    I just got a nice little shiver when working out whether the binary on the ribbon of the new £50 banknote meant anything. 1010111111110010110011000 is 23061912 in decimal. Alan Turing was born on the 23rd June 1912. What a nice touch. RIP, Alan.
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    dan barker
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    Sep 18, 2023
    The career history of Pret A Manger's CEO, Pano Christou. Nice to see things like this.
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    dan barker
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    May 10, 2022
    Replying to @danbarker
    And the clip, from Desert Island Discs, where he explains the backstory.
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    dan barker
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    Dec 24, 2019
    A reminder that George Michael, who died 3 years ago tomorrow, used to secretly donate money to Deal or no Deal contestants he felt needed a helping hand.
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    dan barker
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    Dec 8, 2024
    UK knife deaths 2023: 244 US knife deaths 2023: 1,562 More than 6 times as many knife deaths in the US, but only 5 times the population. UK gun deaths 2023: 29 US gun deaths 2023: 46,728
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    dan barker
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    Jun 15, 2020
    A few weeks ago I was in London for the day. I took the first train down, & finished work by early afternoon. My return train was at 8:46pm, so I spent the afternoon going round the Monopoly route. I thought it would be interesting to photograph London at such a unique time.
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    dan barker
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    Aug 6, 2018
    The BBC news homepage looks like someone made a fake BBC news homepage.
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    dan barker
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    Mar 29, 2019
    Sad that Dominic Raab cannot afford bookshelves, and is forced to place small stacks of politically relevant books either side of his head in a way that looks really inconvenient in terms of opening those blinds.
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    dan barker
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    May 20, 2017
    This guy figured out how to shut down the biggest ransomware attack in history. This is his reward.
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    dan barker
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    Aug 13, 2024
    Passed through Leicester Square and got to congratulate this man on his actions. Thanks, Abdullah!
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