Jim Toms
@jim09ea63.bsky.social
A normal bloke, happy family guy. With a few interests (planes, trains, tanks etc), oh, & an MBA from
@uniofleicester. I was a soldier once. @09EA63 on the bird app if it's still going, and on Insta
@uniofleicester. I was a soldier once. @09EA63 on the bird app if it's still going, and on Insta
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November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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Good luck everyone
The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Good luck everyone
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To the innermost heart of their own land they are known as the stars are known to the night; As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, moving in marches upon the heavenly plain, as the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness
To the end, to the end, they remain...
To the end, to the end, they remain...
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
To the innermost heart of their own land they are known as the stars are known to the night; As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, moving in marches upon the heavenly plain, as the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness
To the end, to the end, they remain...
To the end, to the end, they remain...
For all who had to say bugger
November 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
For all who had to say bugger
Scores on the interactivity doors:
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November 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Scores on the interactivity doors:
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@apiln.bsky.social
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Guy Fawkes took the brilliantly original pseudonym “John Johnson” for his attempt to blow up Parliament today in 1605
We should make sure that anyone of that surname should not be allowed within a mile of the building.
We should make sure that anyone of that surname should not be allowed within a mile of the building.
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Guy Fawkes took the brilliantly original pseudonym “John Johnson” for his attempt to blow up Parliament today in 1605
We should make sure that anyone of that surname should not be allowed within a mile of the building.
We should make sure that anyone of that surname should not be allowed within a mile of the building.
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'Once it was I who stood in the big cold schoolroom, a hot crumpet burning my cheeks with shame. Since that day I have been busy every hour God sent, working to become Prime Minister and fight sloth and privilege wherever I found it'
A bit of Me in #Blackadder 3!
A bit of Me in #Blackadder 3!
November 5, 2025 at 10:40 AM
'Once it was I who stood in the big cold schoolroom, a hot crumpet burning my cheeks with shame. Since that day I have been busy every hour God sent, working to become Prime Minister and fight sloth and privilege wherever I found it'
A bit of Me in #Blackadder 3!
A bit of Me in #Blackadder 3!
Some more #TankTuesday stuff for you - this time from 2007, which was themed 'All-American Armour' (but I had to include the Comet in this little montage). I think this was the last time we punters were able to get up this close to the action as by the next event, the barriers were in place
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Some more #TankTuesday stuff for you - this time from 2007, which was themed 'All-American Armour' (but I had to include the Comet in this little montage). I think this was the last time we punters were able to get up this close to the action as by the next event, the barriers were in place
Nicked from elsewhere obvs...
November 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Nicked from elsewhere obvs...
It's been a while since I've done #TankTuesday - all the way back to 2006's TankFest which was a very wet one from memory. Note this was in the old arena, where you felt much more up close and personal (I really dislike the Kuwait arena as you're too far away now)
November 4, 2025 at 11:26 AM
It's been a while since I've done #TankTuesday - all the way back to 2006's TankFest which was a very wet one from memory. Note this was in the old arena, where you felt much more up close and personal (I really dislike the Kuwait arena as you're too far away now)
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Siegfried Sassoon (1917)
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Siegfried Sassoon (1917)
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Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids
“Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”
“Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”
Discworld QOTD, from A Hat Full of Sky
"... it must be hard, being the best. You're not allowed to stop. You can only be beaten, and you're too proud ever to lose. Pride! You've turned it into a terrible strength, but it eats away at you."
"... it must be hard, being the best. You're not allowed to stop. You can only be beaten, and you're too proud ever to lose. Pride! You've turned it into a terrible strength, but it eats away at you."
Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch
October 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids
“Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”
“Younger assassins, who are usually very poor, have very clear ideas about the morality of wealth until they become older assassins, who are usually very rich, when they begin to take the view that injustice has its good points”
Hold….
November 2, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Hold….
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1 Nov 1914 // Armoured cruiser HMS Good Hope, flagship of Rear Admiral Christopher Cradock, was sunk by sustained gunfire from German cruiser Scharnhorst off central Chile during the Battle of Coronel. She went down with all hands: 926 men. (Imperial War Museum Q 38966) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
November 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
1 Nov 1914 // Armoured cruiser HMS Good Hope, flagship of Rear Admiral Christopher Cradock, was sunk by sustained gunfire from German cruiser Scharnhorst off central Chile during the Battle of Coronel. She went down with all hands: 926 men. (Imperial War Museum Q 38966) #RoyalNavy #WW1 #NavalHistory
Yoinks
And I was here when there was just over 250k of us!!
And I was here when there was just over 250k of us!!
Blimey! The number of @bsky.app
users just passed 40 MILLION!! 👏
users just passed 40 MILLION!! 👏
November 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Yoinks
And I was here when there was just over 250k of us!!
And I was here when there was just over 250k of us!!
Note to end the day - having to find a place to get a puncture fixed right at the end of work (well, training course) when having to drive back home to Manchester was fun. Some how picked up a screw in my tyre on the way to Lancs Constabulary HQ this morning.
a man is pouring coffee into a french press in the kitchen
ALT: a man is pouring coffee into a french press in the kitchen
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October 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Note to end the day - having to find a place to get a puncture fixed right at the end of work (well, training course) when having to drive back home to Manchester was fun. Some how picked up a screw in my tyre on the way to Lancs Constabulary HQ this morning.
To all my brothers in arms
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
To all my brothers in arms
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
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