Don Sayers
@donsayers.bsky.social
Retired technology teacher, likes steam engines, cars, clocks social justice. Vaccines work.
Married to Tamsin @tornadovolcano.bsky.social
Married to Tamsin @tornadovolcano.bsky.social
Meet Smudge. About 12 weeks old.
October 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Meet Smudge. About 12 weeks old.
Bought a tin of cookies from the local 'Bargain Buys' shop, for £1, mainly bought for the tin.
Made in India. A bit cheeky if you ask me.
Made in India. A bit cheeky if you ask me.
February 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Bought a tin of cookies from the local 'Bargain Buys' shop, for £1, mainly bought for the tin.
Made in India. A bit cheeky if you ask me.
Made in India. A bit cheeky if you ask me.
What about the camera icon on British road signs? Cameras have not looked like that for 60 years or more.
February 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
What about the camera icon on British road signs? Cameras have not looked like that for 60 years or more.
Wiki is quite good and as ever points to better sources. Here is the map of the genetic relatedness of modern citrus fruits.
January 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Wiki is quite good and as ever points to better sources. Here is the map of the genetic relatedness of modern citrus fruits.
My prescriptions.
Medicate good times, come on.
Medicate good times, come on.
January 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My prescriptions.
Medicate good times, come on.
Medicate good times, come on.
Christmas dinner, no turkey for us.
December 25, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Christmas dinner, no turkey for us.
I have a Good Housekeeping from my Mother circa 1954, not a trace of Fanny, and all the pictures look like that. think it's the photographic colour rendering from that time and the limitations of the printing process.
December 19, 2024 at 1:05 PM
I have a Good Housekeeping from my Mother circa 1954, not a trace of Fanny, and all the pictures look like that. think it's the photographic colour rendering from that time and the limitations of the printing process.
Let's face it adult advent calendars are a bit shit.
December 13, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Let's face it adult advent calendars are a bit shit.
That is not how you construct a four way Venn diagram; some regions are missing. There is a region for just Brave new world AND A handmaid's tale without anything else but there is no region pictured for Brave new world AND Fahrenheit 451 without anything else. Should be constructed thussly:
December 13, 2024 at 4:26 PM
That is not how you construct a four way Venn diagram; some regions are missing. There is a region for just Brave new world AND A handmaid's tale without anything else but there is no region pictured for Brave new world AND Fahrenheit 451 without anything else. Should be constructed thussly:
Not a proper four group Venn diagram.
December 13, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Not a proper four group Venn diagram.
FSM for Christmas.
December 11, 2024 at 1:10 PM
FSM for Christmas.
Not the bullets, the shall casings or cartridges.
December 5, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Not the bullets, the shall casings or cartridges.
Ominous notice. What sort of chemical? What sort of damage? Will it happen again anytime soon, like while I'm reading this notice?
December 5, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Ominous notice. What sort of chemical? What sort of damage? Will it happen again anytime soon, like while I'm reading this notice?
We haven't got an Elf on the Shelf but we do have a Gonk on the Plonk.
December 1, 2024 at 2:49 PM
We haven't got an Elf on the Shelf but we do have a Gonk on the Plonk.
Physics Question:
My new electric blanket is 74cmx135cm and is rated at 40W. My duvet is rated at 9 TOG
Assuming that no heat is lost downward through the mattress, what temperature rise can I expect over ambient?
My new electric blanket is 74cmx135cm and is rated at 40W. My duvet is rated at 9 TOG
Assuming that no heat is lost downward through the mattress, what temperature rise can I expect over ambient?
November 30, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Physics Question:
My new electric blanket is 74cmx135cm and is rated at 40W. My duvet is rated at 9 TOG
Assuming that no heat is lost downward through the mattress, what temperature rise can I expect over ambient?
My new electric blanket is 74cmx135cm and is rated at 40W. My duvet is rated at 9 TOG
Assuming that no heat is lost downward through the mattress, what temperature rise can I expect over ambient?
And the ex year 10 electronics project has been modified to run on a USB adaptor.
November 29, 2024 at 5:11 PM
And the ex year 10 electronics project has been modified to run on a USB adaptor.
Christmas is organised: The tree is up, the YOJ mats have been unearthed from the cupboard, the multi-gauge steam locomotive tin has been sent to the recycling equivalent of Barry Island where it belongs. Still got two strings of fairy lights to find homes for.
November 29, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Christmas is organised: The tree is up, the YOJ mats have been unearthed from the cupboard, the multi-gauge steam locomotive tin has been sent to the recycling equivalent of Barry Island where it belongs. Still got two strings of fairy lights to find homes for.
Meant as a warning sign for nuclear waste repositories, this was my last post to Xitter.
November 28, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Meant as a warning sign for nuclear waste repositories, this was my last post to Xitter.
November 27, 2024 at 9:04 AM