The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @portableant ever

October 2011

@andrewl tomorrow I’m reconfiguring the garden. With an axe and mattock.

via web in reply to andrewl

Off to Bristol for the Society of Museum Archaeologists conference on Thursday to speak. Anyone else going?

via web

@sgillies next time you’re over…..

via web in reply to sgillies

@tomgoskar @lornarichardson after 5 again? Bree Louise? Can use my camra card and drink cider.

via web in reply to tomgoskar

Written a job application, configured a complex solr schema, gained a fellowship today and now finishing a collaborative paper. Sleep?

via web

@lornarichardson @tomgoskar sorry can’t do Wednesday now. Have to run discipline panel for a sending off at Cambridge Uni rugby. Thurs?

via web in reply to lornarichardson

DorothyKing I posted photos of items missing from the temple of Artemis at Cyrene, stolen from a bank in Benghazi http://t.co/o54xOYY8

via web (retweeted on 5:51 PM, Oct 31st, 2011 via web)

Think we’ll be able to take the NC clause off our cc license for http://t.co/YQtTvogd soon.

via web from Westminster, London

@lornarichardson @tomgoskar nope, sorry. I am away from today until next week. Got SMA conference and other lectures. Next week?

via web in reply to lornarichardson from Westminster, London

adrianmurdoch By the fantastic Brian Rohan for Reuters. Hunt is on for treasures looted in Libyan uprising http://t.co/v4939Px4

via Echofon (retweeted on 7:31 PM, Oct 30th, 2011 via web)

Heading to the Bree Louise with the numismatic crowd…. No coin discussion allowed.

via web from Westminster, London

Sounds like http://t.co/6cwvHo4p is going to get some love @sebastianheath. Agreement to share mints, denoms etc between all our projects.

via web from Westminster, London

Seriously, drying your toes with a hair dryer at the gym. Get a grip.

via Twitter for Android

Discover_Story A big thank you to @britishmuseum and Richard Woff for a very inspiring day for our Children’s Forum all about ancient Greece.

via web (retweeted on 10:57 AM, Oct 28th, 2011 via web)

@paregorios I don’t either. We’ve finished for the day. Lots agreed for http://t.co/6cwvHo4p and hoards.

via web in reply to paregorios from Westminster, London

@simonholmes OSM then. That headline is misleading $4 for requests per 1000 over 25k per diem. Wonder if non-profit grants will exist?

via web in reply to simonholmes

@paregorios we’re on skype if you want to chip in. Andy Meadows is the one to call. Pleiades is major part….

via web in reply to paregorios

stueve My latest #AR effort, using @Unity3D and @Qualcomm to augment soldiers and other info onto a @Usborne make-yr-own fort http://t.co/XnO5uv5R

via web (retweeted on 10:25 AM, Oct 27th, 2011 via web)

Working on digital standards for coins hoards and numismatics today with @ewg118, @Menetys and others.

via web from Westminster, London

ping13 The disruptor now wants/needs to make money “Introduction of usage limits to the Maps API” #googlemaps #clarification http://t.co/Yl9SdboT

via Tweet Button (retweeted on 7:43 AM, Oct 27th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

JISC NEWS: Skeletons, English Place Names and Health Reports to go online:
Learners, educators and citizen sci… http://t.co/fk1T9h2r

via twitterfeed (retweeted on 7:19 AM, Oct 27th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

marshallk Developers: Your Google Maps API Free Riding Days Are Over http://t.co/UF2sz2DQ Google Maps adds usage limits to free service

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 7:14 AM, Oct 27th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

The Shrewsbury Hoard From Discovery to Inquest « PAS in the Marches http://t.co/B5Xltx65 #archaeology

via bitly

paregorios did I mention: “Pleiades is one hundred percent open source, one hundred percent openly licensed and one hundred percent editable”? #oaweek

via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 3:19 PM, Oct 25th, 2011 via web)

pettoir I would like to spend less time in my day undoing other people’s muddleheadedness, stupidity and incompetence, please

via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 3:08 PM, Oct 25th, 2011 via web)

Shropshire coin hoard - a set on Flickr http://t.co/bIeqJUwx old photos by nice license :)

via bitly

Inquest into largest Roman coin hoard from Shropshire - http://t.co/3saREE2g #archaeology

via bitly

smashingmag Coordino: an open source, self-hosted Q&A System (like StackOverflow) for your intranet - http://t.co/0j1DzsI7 #useful

via HootSuite (retweeted on 11:27 AM, Oct 25th, 2011 via web)

Might interest some of you: http://t.co/HwqHjWGV Greater London HER manager for EH. #archaeology

via web

factual Match your data against the world: Factual launches its Resolve API http://t.co/nm8sfHIw

via HootSuite (retweeted on 8:31 AM, Oct 25th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

19.40 - 20:36 on tonight’s University Challenge is all about @findsorguk discoveries. Wonder if they acknowledge image copyright?

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If you still want to come to @findsorguk conference on hoards and hoarding this Saturday, we still have spaces. £10 for day @britishmuseum

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If you though #rwc refereeing was poor, you should watch the chap doing Perpignan vs Clermont….

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Filling in applications and trying to write a paper simultaneously. Not working! Can someone write my lecture for Wednesday for me?

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@hampsteadrugby seen those, good to see comedy match reports from Sumo back on the site. Always a struggle to get people to write them.

via web in reply to hampsteadrugby

@ewg118 Friday might end up being very short. We’ve been room bumped. Thursday full on. Will be good to see you again.

via web in reply to ewg118 from Westminster, London

Nice picture of you with Wilko for your avatar JP @jonnypett shame it isn’t as a double world cup winner :)

via web from Westminster, Londres

Quashed the flickr oauth troubles. Now have zend_oauth configured and working easily. Hurrah.

via web from Westminster, London

Demonstrating @findsorguk stuff @britishmuseum volunteer conference. Half term events in great court.

via Twitter for Android

@tomgoskar If you find anything nice, you can record them on our database or show them to Kathryn at MoL.

via web in reply to tomgoskar

gwladrugby The Choke’s taxi arrives at Eden Park. He climbs out and walks up the steps with a wry smile on his face. It’s on.

via Plume   (retweeted on 10:12 AM, Oct 23rd, 2011 via web)

And France get Justin Bieber to sing the anthem. Ou est le papier?

via web

@jonnypett peut-etre! I think Waller and Nick are coming round. I got up to meet them earlier, they stayed in bed. Lazy.

via web in reply to jonnypett

@jonnypett where you watching the game? Tried to go to the pub, but all of SW London’s kiwis are in the queue.

via web

thehistoryguy This could be the most disastrous French expedition to New Zealand since 1772 when du Fresne claimed it for France: He was killed & eaten

via Twitter for BlackBerry® (retweeted on 8:31 AM, Oct 23rd, 2011 via web)

I was going to the pub to watch the final, but the queue 45 minutes before opening was huge. Back home now.

via Twitter for Android

sjamesjourno 13 more hours or four more years? What is it to be? #RWC

via web (retweeted on 10:15 PM, Oct 22nd, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

@worcestermuseum no probs, someone already uses my name, so had to do a play on words. Hope this week has bought new audiences in?

via web in reply to worcestermuseum

@worcestermuseum better to say from @findsorguk, nice to see him working hard :)

via web in reply to worcestermuseum

yql The YQL Editor http://t.co/b34haStp

via web (retweeted on 10:41 PM, Oct 21st, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

worcestermuseum Eager to find out more about the Bredon Hill Roman Coin Hoard? You can read the early reports on our collections blog http://t.co/UZywVmis

via HootSuite (retweeted on 8:43 PM, Oct 21st, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

@BabelStone wow that was quick. More hoard news next week, another one….

via Twitter for Android in reply to BabelStone from Wandsworth, London

BabelStone @portableant Many thanks for the pictures of the Bredon Hill Hoard !! http://t.co/scKmeUTO

via web (retweeted on 8:40 PM, Oct 21st, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

@mattstares are they formerly estate agents?

via web in reply to mattstares from Westminster, London

@adrianmurdoch if you want pictures for your blog, help yourself off our flickr pages.

via web in reply to adrianmurdoch from Westminster, London

Battled with flickr oauth using php today and it keeps beating me. (Only oauth to do so far). Keep getting invalid apikey error 100.

via web from Westminster, London

@ekansa dual purpose? Goat curry when they’ve outstayed their welcome?

via web in reply to ekansa from Westminster, London

Worcestershire coin hoard: The process from discovery to present by Richard Henry http://t.co/K4TBYvUt #archaeology

via bitly

@GoodOldCause That should be published shortly. 244 - 282 AD, 16 emperors (+1 empress) in hoard. Tetricus I most common. Press conf now.

via web in reply to GoodOldCause from Westminster, London

Worcestershire coin hoard - a set on Flickr http://t.co/dFTtNrIh #archaeology

via bitly

Roman coin hoard - Major archaeological discovery in Worcestershire http://t.co/rCI19zOz #archaeology

via bitly

Bad @periclescat, we don’t need mice presents in bed. Now I’ve put it outside, you can stop chasing shadows.

via Twitter for Android from Wandsworth, London

SuzieElizabethT http://t.co/40ePsTrB Heritage Crime survey - please have a look if you are aware of any issues near to you (and you are in England!)

via web (retweeted on 10:11 PM, Oct 20th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

isawnyu The Leon Levy lecture (Greek Statuary at the Sarapieion at Memphis) is coming up 1 November. RSVP required: http://t.co/WvZt9KcB

via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 10:09 PM, Oct 20th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

@gwladrugby get a grip and believe…..

via web in reply to gwladrugby

@taralatkinson if you want to see baseball, the Staten Island Yankees are quite cheap and easy to get tickets to see.

via web in reply to taralatkinson

@taralatkinson You also need to go and check out ISAW as well: http://t.co/iUfLU0F9

via web in reply to taralatkinson

@taralatkinson public collection is in the Federal Reserve Bank to see their. If you go to Greenwich village, Automatic Slim’s is fun.

via web in reply to taralatkinson

@ArchaeologyDN oh well that scuppers the coin hoard news release tomorrow. Pictures available tomorrow.

via web in reply to ArchaeologyDN

@taralatkinson Highline, the Met, Frick, the Cloisters, central park, american numismatics society. Rent a bike as well.

via web in reply to taralatkinson

philmui URL to sign up for Google Analytics user research sessions: http://t.co/Yt6olabG #emetrics #measure @googleanalytics

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 9:08 PM, Oct 20th, 2011 via web)

findsorguk Roman hoard news released at 10am GMT tomorrow…..

via Facebook (retweeted on 9:05 PM, Oct 20th, 2011 via web)

@givp you could have chosen more obscure ones though :) Mine are Beowulf and Grendel.

via web in reply to givp from Westminster, London

britishmuseum Have you heard of Professor Munakata and his adventures at the @britishmuseum? http://t.co/uiZwqunY #manga

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 2:47 PM, Oct 20th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

Scheme vacancy: Assistant Finds Liaison Officer The North East http://t.co/NWdJoKOj Work for us…..

via bitly

@gaelfury I was told to stop striking against the head whilst at Cambridge Uni. Still do when I play, except when the feed too crooked.

via web in reply to gaelfury from Westminster, London

@gaelfury @rwcbrianmoore indeed. The behemoth hookers are usually useless at striking for and against and can’t get low.

via web in reply to gaelfury from Westminster, London

Interesting article by @rwcbrianmoore on scrummaging: http://t.co/7PEmAxpo Refs need to know more about hooker position too.

via web from Westminster, London

Wish the motorcyclists would stay out of cycle boxes and the cycle lanes…..

via web from Westminster, London

@gaelfury I’m fine. I cycle daily, saved thousands of pounds on TFL fares. Addison Lee are the ones to avoid. Communist councils :)

via web in reply to gaelfury

@tomgoskar I tried to get our external flo staff to use it, but they felt they had too much to do… Still have it installed though.

via web in reply to tomgoskar

@gaelfury how’s that work then?

via web in reply to gaelfury

@RhysJones79 you think he'll deliver or just get on the lash?

via Mobile Web in reply to RhysJones79 from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

BibArch IN THE NEWS TODAY: New 3D Imaging Looks Inside Ancient Artifacts http://t.co/2kxXOQ4K

via Facebook (retweeted on 6:53 PM, Oct 18th, 2011 via Mobile Web)

ExplorersClub RT @earthtoday: NASA, Japan Release Improved Topographic Map Of Earth http://t.co/qlmE0SNK

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 6:50 PM, Oct 18th, 2011 via Mobile Web)

@jonnypett The LX club did, don’t seem to be in it anymore.

via web in reply to jonnypett

@talkSPORTRugby waste of money on wasted talent.

via web in reply to talkSPORTRugby

@jonnypett why are you in the posh part of the train?

via Mobile Web in reply to jonnypett from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

@jonnypett might join you. When did they start playing red bricks other than loughborough?

via Mobile Web in reply to jonnypett from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Seeing as I’m on one piece, off to watch the blues and the club do battle over a ball.

via Twitter for Android from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Stupid pedestrians in Cambridge knocked me off my bike. Look both ways and don’t walk into cycle lanes. I can’t stop at 20 mph quickly.

via Twitter for Android from Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Off to arch & anth at Cambridge for meetings about seal matrices(!) and then Grange Road for CURUFC vs Blackheath II.

via web

SarahEBond Head of world’s largest commodity hedge fund has penchant for antiquities, puts collection on display n Mougins, France http://t.co/UANMOr7M

via web (retweeted on 11:17 PM, Oct 17th, 2011 via web)

@janetedavis @pauljcripps @tomgoskar I guess Paul is wanting to create layouts with the wysiwyg rather than content though.

via web in reply to janetedavis

@pauljcripps @tomgoskar I don’t use that sort of software anymore, ide and text editors mainly. You being retro?

via web in reply to pauljcripps

StevenFeldman If you haven’t played with this webGL stuff and Google Maps go look at Empire State Bldg at http://t.co/HlsBHCkw & switch from Map to Earth

via Echofon (retweeted on 8:25 PM, Oct 17th, 2011 via web)

@carolemadge that article is more accurate. The Telegraph and Mercury ones were complete rubbish.

via web in reply to carolemadge

@lornarichardson Chris Catling via the SALON newsletter and I think Caroline McDonald for SMA.

via web in reply to lornarichardson from Westminster, London

@DorothyKing some one has exaggerated this story. Can’t say anymore.

via web in reply to DorothyKing from Westminster, London

LEGOeducationUK Primary schools – request your free LEGO smart creatures kit by 31 Oct. See how other schools have used their kit: http://t.co/YzeizUMU

via web (retweeted on 9:21 AM, Oct 17th, 2011 via web)

zambonini Amazon Kindle source code: http://t.co/AuAWl2hN

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 8:36 AM, Oct 16th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

Finally finished marking dissertations. Quite impressive.

via web

@gaelfury rolland is always trotted out when France play as he speaks French. He’s got no empathy, can’t ref the set piece. Penalty agreed.

via Twitter for Android in reply to gaelfury from Wandsworth, London

If Wales make final, the red card should be sufficient. If he had just had yellow, he’d have been banned after citing. Dig deep boyos.

via Twitter for Android from Wandsworth, London

Why isn’t this game being reffed by joubert? Northern hemisphere should be doing other game.

via Twitter for Android from Wandsworth, London

ShelfordRugby Good luck to everyone playing rugby in a Shelford Shirt this weekend (n > 260) … or a Welsh shirt (n = 22).

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 8:19 AM, Oct 15th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

Geoplanet as linked data is great. Really useful.

via Twitter for Android from Wandsworth, London

johnniemojo Wales will be closed from 9am, for 2 hours. ‘Please call again, your business is important to us’ rwc11 #Wales #believe rwc2011

via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 8:15 AM, Oct 15th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

Off to @CastleBattersea to be a plastic welshman with the boyos. Hoping for a great game today.

via Twitter for Android from Wandsworth, London

nicolastorzec Yahoo! #GeoPlanet, a comprehensive geo dataset, is now available on the #Kasabi data marketplace, as Linked Data http://t.co/LGwzkeSz

via web (retweeted on 8:08 AM, Oct 15th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

gwladrugby Carwyn James the poet. That voice. TGR Davies the gentleman. What a team. Are the 2011 Wales team made of similar stuff? We’ll see tomorrow

via Plume   (retweeted on 11:57 PM, Oct 14th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

gwladrugby@DavidHasselhoff: Getting ready http://t.co/w58HnIZf
Cymru Am Byth”

via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 8:27 PM, Oct 14th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

@ostephens yes that looks okay to me. Things will be updated soon for exporting more data etc. Just need time to write it.

via web in reply to ostephens from Westminster, London

dltcoins Iron Age gold coin hoard discovered in UK http://t.co/D0Y3dqDt

via web (retweeted on 8:06 AM, Oct 14th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

paregorios Pleiades News: Ratings for locations and names and upcoming design changes: Users can promote or demote names an… http://t.co/H10FaAlB

via twitterfeed (retweeted on 12:01 AM, Oct 14th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

@mrswootarp Thanks, Wendy put it on our website back in September!

via web in reply to mrswootarp

eltonteb ‘Captain Jack’ Achilles, ‘teflon Tony’ Odysseus? For more pearls of wisdom from yours truly check out iTunesU podcast http://t.co/eM4J1g1X

via web (retweeted on 12:22 PM, Oct 12th, 2011 via web)

rwcbrianmoore This is what I call a tackle - http://t.co/YrxoLiY2

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 12:20 PM, Oct 12th, 2011 via web)

DCMS Statistical release for Treasure (2009 figures) and portable antiquities (figures for 2009 and 2010) http://t.co/MW4lHQjw

via bitly

@hapdaniel Edward IV, then Henry VI, then Edward IV.

via web in reply to hapdaniel

@Antony_Daniels @nyeeles thanks I’ll pass that on to the teams. Hope that the news trickles out to others waiting….

via web in reply to Antony_Daniels

@infinitegal PEF was founded for archaeological and topographical survey; not resettlement as you stated. (not arguing with place & date).

via web in reply to infinitegal

metmuseum Hear our own Matt Morgan and @Cogapp’s @Alex__Morrison discuss the new www.metmuseum.org at 2:32 p.m. ET on @BBCClick

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 8:39 PM, Oct 11th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

paregorios Pleiades News: Community Meetup: Wednesday, 19 October, 4:00p.m. UCT: Tom Elliott will initiate a Google+ Hangou… http://t.co/U0Q71u6T

via twitterfeed (retweeted on 8:38 PM, Oct 11th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

ydn @Flickr demonstrated their push API today at #w2e. You can get their full talk plus links to tools at http://t.co/qsL3HOyt #API #nodeJS

via HootSuite (retweeted on 8:33 PM, Oct 11th, 2011 via Twitter for Android)

@Antony_Daniels knocks the project plan quite a bit if they are really late and we actually are successful. Good luck.

via web in reply to Antony_Daniels from Westminster, London

@Pogezana doubtful. The PEF doesn’t have the funds to pay for it.

via web in reply to Pogezana from Westminster, London

@gaelfury obviously it does. But EPL have to back it up if asked. See also definition of overseas players and Bosman rule.

via web in reply to gaelfury from Westminster, London

@gaelfury Greg see http://t.co/alKHlxmn stat says level is still the same.

via web in reply to gaelfury from Westminster, London

@alun look up their higher level complaints department at head office. I worked there when I left uni.

via web in reply to alun from Westminster, London

Any news on JISC econtent 06/11 yet? Last update said news by 10/10. Wondering how the 2 bids we submitted went.

via web from Westminster, London

Palestine Exploration Fund Lectures @britishmuseum now published http://t.co/gxHZA0lx All free, followed by reception #archaeology

via web from Westminster, London

Free conference: Tourism as Colonial Policy? The History of Heritage Tourism in British Mandate Palestine & Transjordan http://t.co/633m8kQZ

via web from Westminster, London

ianvisits Cycles attached to these railings will be removed…. http://t.co/Tet1utvR

via bitly (retweeted on 9:45 AM, Oct 11th, 2011 via web)

@infinitegal If you want to know what the fund does/stands for, send me an address and I’ll send you one of our academic journals.

via web in reply to infinitegal

@infinitegal so where on that page, does it promote your original assertion? The PEF was created specifically for the study of the Levant.

via web in reply to infinitegal

Can’t decide what’s more annoying in your twitter stream - foursq checkins or I gave someone klout. Think they’re level.

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Latest society of antiquaries newsletter: http://t.co/YcK0se1J

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IntarchEditor New article in Internet Archaeology 30: Developing a 3-D Digital Heritage Ecosystem http://t.co/f3dW8gGb

via web (retweeted on 2:53 PM, Oct 10th, 2011 via web)

@lornarichardson Why don’t you do so and ask them to only fill in if they do have a formal social media presence?

via web in reply to lornarichardson from Westminster, London

@lornarichardson Good to know it is working. You can discard my answers if you want.

via web in reply to lornarichardson from Westminster, London

Marking a dissertation today….

via web from Westminster, London

@matthewcock surely there will be a grant programme at some point for this though? would we actually need it?

via web in reply to matthewcock from Westminster, London

Made brownies, office will be happy tomorrow (if the deputy head doesn’t eat them all.)

via web

RSMuseumStudies RT @museolog 50 New jobs and internships in this week’s Jobs Desk at University of Leicester School of Museum Studies. http://t.co/J1LYsU6p

via Twitterrific (retweeted on 7:11 PM, Oct 9th, 2011 via web)

@lornarichardson have you had many response to the survey now? Any problems identified?

via web in reply to lornarichardson

Great wedding at st Mary the Boltons, on a bus to merchant Taylors hall now. Awesome wedding car. http://t.co/WpxLJQMB

via Twitter for Android from Kensington and Chelsea, London

@lornarichardson doesn’t that need copyright notices for the maps?

via web in reply to lornarichardson

@miaridge It will be finished in 30 mins.

via web in reply to miaridge

Glad I got up at 5:30 to watch the Welsh, should have gone back to bed. This is rubbish.

via web

@lornarichardson was my too lazy one of the interesting responses?

via web in reply to lornarichardson

Suppose all the Celts are now supporting les Bleus. Mal oeufs.

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ITV big budget pitch side chat, table stolen from a bar and fake bits of grass to stand on. Budget commentary from Justin Lee Collins.

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Why are there so many empty seats at this QF?

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That’s broken the game for Ireland. Awful defence.

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gwladrugby One performance against Australia does not make you a good prop.

via Plume   (retweeted on 7:18 AM, Oct 8th, 2011 via web)

Great try.

via web

Might be falling asleep in the church later after getting up for this :)

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emilylenajones Ancient Greek city digitally recreated http://t.co/ngyTamXq

via TweetDeck (retweeted on 11:57 PM, Oct 7th, 2011 via web)

@AlexanderIII I hope you have minions doing that for you.

via web in reply to AlexanderIII from Westminster, London

Looking forward to Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μέγας and his tweets tomorrow during the rugby.

via web from Westminster, London

@GaryBankhead cheers dude. Stay out of Klute…..

via web in reply to GaryBankhead from Westminster, London

Impressive gym work in the latest RFU video: http://t.co/O3FY0r5b Hope they’ve worked on some ball skills for tomorrow :)

via web from Westminster, London

@mrmzholland @VivaLewes see http://t.co/Afq6vj3f More info on Monday from colleagues, maybe video as well.

via web in reply to mrmzholland from Westminster, London

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