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Hi Abi

Glad to hear you are feeling better. We missed you when you weren't here.x

Some of the meaningful Wednesday comments really got to me, but I also felt great unity with some who said they were still being dismissed, ridiculed or isolated in their lives. We retired to Greece in 2020..bloody nightmare..we had to get permission to leave our houses to shop or go for exercise and masks outdoors too and fines if you were found not to have permission or a mask blah blah..Also my freind and neighbour committed suicide by hanging herself from her roof one morning...she was terrified of the Covid...Im still angry at the bastards for doing that to her. Needless to say we wouldn't comply and we came home and spent 2021 in the UK. I was having my haircut yesterday. I thought I could test the water by asking my new hairdresser her opinion on lockdowns...I wished I hadn't ! She had had the lurgy in 2021 she said and she was on a ventilator but had her jabs and the hospital just couldnt understand it.!?lol . the lockdowns were as necessary as the jabs and my friend in Greece must have had mental health problems! I was so fookin angry...Im gonna take some Light Newspapers down there on Monday and throw them at her! Anyway we do have a good Network here in the North East. In 2021 I met and have kept loads of SITP freinds and other truthers ive met at the protests .I do go backwards and forwards to Greece as our home is there but actually the UK, for us, has been less totalitarian and when we faced any bossy bullshit in the UK we felt more able to say NO and we ignored it...still do .Just to let people here know that Stand in the Park and other groups are still here if you need company or a chat. We are still doing yellow boards and other satisfying shenanigans if anyone wants to get involved. You are a life line for us too Abi.We are a new and growing community and we are connected... I feel as if Ive known you and every awake person I meet or chat on line with forever. I feel happy and normal and affirmed by you and them. That's a real God send after all of the threat and abuse we've all endured. Nothing can change that ..we are family. Thanks for doing what you do Abi x

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What a beautiful pod and the post by abc at the end brought a lump to my throat.

Have a great weekend everyone 💖💕💖

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Keep going Abi and all the lovely listeners.

Look how strong we are and hold on to that energy.

Xx

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Some awesome comments on the pod tonight never fails to lift my spirits xx 🥰

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Little Drummer Boy intro was excellent blended nicely in to da dad da daaa. Love to all you nutters and have a nice weekend xx

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Hi substack abi family. Have a great weekend everyone. Can I thank the jules. Shes got me a ticket for your backing singing. If anyone going is get hotel for the night ,please let me know, will need to stay overnight really need to be with friends. Love all. 🙏

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Agreed! Love from Limerick and a very Happy CHRISTmas to you.

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Loved this POD. Next week in the countdown to Christmas. Have a fabulous weekend everybody

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Great POD!! Have a fabulous weekend everyone XXX

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Only just got a chance to catch up with this as I’m back in Cheshire for Christmas visiting family. I’m living in Lucca near Pisa in Italy. We moved during lockdown in Nov 2020 just before Brexit kicked in. My husband and I were going to travel around a bit and see if it suited us...then I got pregnant immediately. Had to deal with crazy Italian lockdowns, vaccine mandates and covid restrictions during the birth. Have made a few friends through anti vaccine protests however, and as we’ve all experienced the people you meet through all this that are on the same page are always the best people. I still miss old Blighty a lot though.

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It’s Monday before I had time to listen to Friday’s pod. Hope you all had a good weekend. I managed to slice my thumb with a steak knife this morning getting Roxy’s food ready and then the bitch didn’t eat it! Found some steri strips to hold the cut together, don’t want stitches if I can avoid it🤦🏼‍♀️

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The dullest question, Abi.

What is your audio set-up? It really sounds good.

Cheers and Happy Christmas!

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/3QV63vjxEAiUDR4RPrQDT8?si=V19i_0pKR0GAUx3ay1u7IA PPPS PPPS Delingpod with Alex is essential listening Abi

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Live commenting at silly o clock. Linking Zuby to Kaiser Chiefs is genius. Simon Cowell would have XXX'd it.

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P.S. Bill Hicks was so red pulled he turned into Alex Jones....

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https://youtu.be/CgbcQIT7BMc?si=loebGxCLfKAHpa9y

I shared this Rainbow spoof with my BSL Interpreter WhatsApp group on Friday! Bizarre coincidence. Loved Pipkins, Mr Benn, Roobarb and Custard - acid trip of wobbly lines and birds with teeth. For anyone interested, do search for Lidsville intro theme...

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