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meladoodle

my granddad just called me to tell me how big his cauliflowers are growing and it was so cute theyre “TWICE as big as the ones you get in the shop”

i told my granddad this post has 3,500 notes and he said ‘who are they? do i know them?’ he wanted me to list everyone and see if he knew anyone

If you don’t reblog cauliflower granddad, then you’re just a mean person.

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mjandersen

I have been here, multiple times!  By referring to the order as a “Little Rosa”, you don’t have to make as big a deal out of the fact that you’re seeking help.

And believe it or not, it gets better. Rosa’s also gives out sweatshirts to the homeless (or sells them to the general public) that has information on local soup kitchens and even computer training in the area, on an insert sewn inside the sweatshirt.

Reblogged again for these excellent details.

Also you can buy slices for the homeless through their online store, from anywhere, not just PA!

thank you for the comment about buying online! I am in canada but would love to help

PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST

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lexxerduglas

Tis the season!

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gwynerso

Can we talk about Vic Akers, arsenal’s kit man, and what he did for the arsenal ladies? Not only did he found them back in 1987, but he lead them to every major title in English women’s football; the FA women’s cup ten times, the FA women’s premier league cup ten times, and the FA women’s premier league eleven times. This included five league and FA women’s cup doubles and four domestic trebles. He also won the UEFA women’s cup (now known as the women’s champion league) with them in 2007, making arsenal ladies the first (and only) English side to win the title. He retired from arsenal ladies in 2009, having won 32 major trophies in his 22 years with the side; and then went on to be arsenal’s kit manager. He also was born in Islington, which is arsenal territory.

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It’s great to finally be on Tumblr. At the moment, I’m travelling across 7 continents to play 7 games of football at incredible venues, and we’ll be sharing moments along the way.

The love of football has an amazing ability to unite people, I hope that you will join us for this adventure. We’re playing these games in order to raise money for children around the world through @unicef - learn more here, or donate here. Thank you. 

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“Take On Me” is a song by Norwegian synthpop band A-ha. Written by the band members, the original version was produced by Tony Mansfield and remixed by John Ratcliff. The second version of the song was produced by Alan Tarney for the group’s debut studio album Hunting High and Low (1985). The song combines synthpop with a varied instrumentation that includes acoustic guitars, keyboards and drums.

The original “Take On Me” was recorded in 1984 and it took two versions and three releases to finally chart in the United Kingdom, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in November 1985. In the United States in October 1985, the song became the only A-ha song to reach the top position of the Billboard Hot 100, due in no small part to the wide exposure on MTV of its innovative music video, directed by Steve Barron. The video features the band in a pencil-sketch animation method called rotoscoping, combined with live action. The video won six awards and was nominated for two others at the 1986 MTV Video Music Awards.

(Take on me)

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Bulimia isn’t a long haired pretty girl bending over a toilet with a tragically beautiful face on. It’s a puffed miserable face with vomit dripping from it’s chin and a fucking nose bleed. Anorexia isn’t a slim figure shyly refusing a cupcake. It’s hair growing over your freezing malnourished body. Depression isn’t a model with running mascara staring into the sunset. It’s staring at the fucking ceiling at 4 in the morning with burning eyes because you can’t even find the motivation to close them. Self harm isn’t lovely boys kissing your arms telling you you’re still beautiful. It’s nasty fucking scars that will be there forever and showers that sting. Panic attacks aren’t burying your face into your lovers chest and them telling you everything will be okay. It’s feeling out of control and like oxygen has been taken from you. Mental illnesses aren’t beautiful. They don’t make you special and don’t make people suddenly care about you. They’re monsters that destroy lives. So stop taking them lightly and promoting them to impressionable teenagers on the damn internet.

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colt-kun

Boycott the Pan movie

Great Ormond Street Hospital has confirmed they will receive no money from Warner’s new “Pan” movie, despite being the copyright holders thanks to the author J M Barrie’s generous gift.

On their site they say the copyright is “enormously valuable – not only in financial terms but also as a symbol and icon – and has brought a fair amount of income to the hospital”.

Disney’s Peter Pan and Return to Neverland, Spielberg’s Hook, columbia Picture’s 2003 Peter Pan, and even Finding Neverland all paid proper dues for the use of the Peter Pan characters. Warner did not for the Pan movie.

They are using allusions to the characters to benefit from their popularity, but changed the story entirely. Edit: yes, this is technically LEGAL to do, but morally dubious./edit

So not only are they white-washing the Native Americans, they are also stealing from a children’s hospital.

BOYCOTT.

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drtoof

What? I was going to at least give it a watchh assuming the Hospital was still going to get their proper dues. Not cool…not that it could beat Hook anyways..

Wow news to me

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yamino

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Destroy it worse than you destroyed Stonewall guys.

I know people who’ve worked at Great Ormond Street, I know people who have been treated there too and the Barrie legacy is absolutely vital to their work. This shit is not on. Donate the price of your ticket to the hospital instead.

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'Joey Ate The Frog's Legs, Made The Swiss Roll, And Now He's Munching Gladbach'

In a nine year reign from 1974 to 1983, Bob Paisley lead Liverpool to six First Division titles, and produced one of the best teams ever to compete in the English game. However, it was on the continent where Paisley would leave the biggest impression, becoming the first coach to conquer Europe with three different sides. His team, built on the foundations laid by the great Bill Shanky in the sixties and early seventies, would become the first team in British football history to retain the European Cup.

Despite replacing Shankly at the helm of the club, Paisley continued much in the same vein as his predecessor, preserving Liverpool’s renowned pass and move tactics while ingraining within his players a rigorous work-ethic. A strict coach, he became infamous for awarding fouls against static players in training, as well as demanding absolute commitment from each of his players in every match. His squad was drilled to stay on the move, thus providing several options for the man in possession, as well as offering the opportunity to build swift counter-attacks to catch opponents at their most vulnerable. In fact, Paisley implemented a very attack minded strategy, opting for a fluid 4-4-2 with scope for both long balls out of defence and intricate build up play through the midfield. With the effervescent Kevin Keegan dropping into the hole just behind either David Fairclough or Steve Heighway, Liverpool developed a strategy under Paisley capable of outwitting any opponent.

The greatest year of the Paisley regime was undoubtedly 1977, with an unprecedented treble on the cards going into May. Having already secured the league title, Liverpool turned their attention to cup glory. After a captivating European adventure, the club had reached the final. Overcoming St. Etienne in the quarter-finals and then FC Zurich in the semis, the team captained by Welshman Emlyn Hughes had earned themselves an eagerly anticipated meeting with the German champions Borussia Mochengladbach in Rome. Before then, however, was the small matter of an FA Cup Final showdown with Manchester United at Wembley.

Not disheartened by an unexpected 2-1 defeat at the hands of their fierce rivals, 30,000 scousers (the largest ever troupe of football fans to leave these shores) assembled in Rome, confident of victory in their inaugral European Cup Final.

Clubbing together money by any means possible despite the harsh realities of the recession, Liverpool fans had flocked to Rome in their droves. Waving an imposing sea of red and white flags and banners, determined to see their heroes triumph, the travelling Kop occupied nearly three quarters of the famous Stadio Olimpico. By kick-off, the arena was bubbling with anticipation.

Liverpool operated a customary 4-4-2 (or 4-4-1-1 depending on which way you look at it), with Terry McDermott and Jimmy Case dictating the midfield in front of a stern defence of Joey Jones, Tommy Smith (playing his 600th game for the club), captain Hughes and Phil Neal. With Ray Kennedy and Ian Callaghan providing dangerous crosses for the strikers Keegan and Steve Heighway on a regular basis, Liverpool controlled the tempo of the game imperiously for the first half hour, getting their just rewards through a well worked McDermott goal in the 28th minute. Mustering a short spell of dominance after the goal, Mochengladbach pressurised Liverpool deep into the first half, forcing Paisley to order a change to a more defensive strategy. Despite failing to register an equaliser, Borussia grew in confidence early in the second half, with Allan Simonson putting them back on level terms with a thumping left footed drive in the 52nd minute. Determined to restore their lead, Liverpool immediately reverted to a more attacking formation, reaping instant rewards with a powerful Tommy Smith headed goal from a corner, two minutes later. Over the course of the last half hour, Liverpool regained total control, sealing the result emphatically with a Phil Neal penalty after a meandering and menacing run from Kevin Keegan in his last game for the club.

The 1977 season set in motion a decade of Liverpool dominance on both the domestic and European stage. Despite Paisley’s departure in 1983, the club thrived under the continued influence of the ‘boot room’s’ pass and move philosophy. Under the stewarship of Joe Fagan, Liverpool were crowned European champions once more in 1985. However, as the 90s loomed and the new glamourous Premier League crept into view, Liverpool’s grip on English football loosened, weakened by the Hillsborough Disaster and the resulting resignation of club idol Kenny Dalglish as coach.

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I'd care if the person I reblogged this from committed suicide.

Reblog this from anybody. literally. ANYBODY. even if you dont like them or even know them that well. YOU COULD SAVE THEIR LIFE.

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