JoeVSimp
@joevsimp.bsky.social
Essex boy in Berkshire, Chemist escaping the oil industry. RSC, Unite and GPEW member (pro-trans, pro-trams, pro-trains wing)
"you could be a doctor!" Tr: "you're clever but your handwriting's terrible"
February 3, 2026 at 12:42 PM
"you could be a doctor!" Tr: "you're clever but your handwriting's terrible"
The state of that freestanding wardrobe!
January 29, 2026 at 9:21 PM
The state of that freestanding wardrobe!
Something would've happened in the big 1974 rejig though. Maybe we would've ended up with three or four Metropolitan Counties surrounding the LCC, like the petite couronne départements around Paris?
January 25, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Something would've happened in the big 1974 rejig though. Maybe we would've ended up with three or four Metropolitan Counties surrounding the LCC, like the petite couronne départements around Paris?
It's kneejerk reaction to "people from Newham and Tower Hamlets" moving in as if a: they're not moving to Thurrock as well and b: we don't all wang on about our grandparents growing up in the East End during the Blitz!
January 25, 2026 at 8:23 PM
It's kneejerk reaction to "people from Newham and Tower Hamlets" moving in as if a: they're not moving to Thurrock as well and b: we don't all wang on about our grandparents growing up in the East End during the Blitz!
Completely irrelevant sidebar, had to look up that TD in this case is Territorial Decoration (long service medal for 12 years in Reserves) which is fair enough, but I did spend a moment wondering how he could be in the HoC and the Dàil at the same time
January 22, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Completely irrelevant sidebar, had to look up that TD in this case is Territorial Decoration (long service medal for 12 years in Reserves) which is fair enough, but I did spend a moment wondering how he could be in the HoC and the Dàil at the same time
Have you read the The Doomsday Book by Connie Igguldsen? As it's set partly in near-future Oxford and partly in the Middle Ages it's probably perfectly calibrated to enrage you!
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Have you read the The Doomsday Book by Connie Igguldsen? As it's set partly in near-future Oxford and partly in the Middle Ages it's probably perfectly calibrated to enrage you!
Don't forget the Mercury Music Prize, Mercury Telecoms hasn't existed for longer than it sponsored it for
January 16, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Don't forget the Mercury Music Prize, Mercury Telecoms hasn't existed for longer than it sponsored it for
Presumably about the violent incidents in Amsterdam when Maccabi Tel Aviv played Ajax in 2024
January 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Presumably about the violent incidents in Amsterdam when Maccabi Tel Aviv played Ajax in 2024
"is the Doomsday prep larder It? Let's see, one, two, three, f-nope, nope nope! Wasn't it!"
January 11, 2026 at 7:11 PM
"is the Doomsday prep larder It? Let's see, one, two, three, f-nope, nope nope! Wasn't it!"
Driving lessons on Saturdays in Reading. Impossible to practice parallel parking anywhere on the test route.
January 8, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Driving lessons on Saturdays in Reading. Impossible to practice parallel parking anywhere on the test route.
I used to have one of those, perfect size for a bagel, doesn't work on induction though :( so I use a le cruset dish that I'm not sure of it's intended purpose
January 7, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I used to have one of those, perfect size for a bagel, doesn't work on induction though :( so I use a le cruset dish that I'm not sure of it's intended purpose
It says the album's a cobbled-together crock of shite and that's one of the best-known recordings of a well-known folk song.
January 3, 2026 at 8:10 PM
It says the album's a cobbled-together crock of shite and that's one of the best-known recordings of a well-known folk song.
Is this from the fifties introducing the concept or from the eighties saying please don't switch to tapes!?
December 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Is this from the fifties introducing the concept or from the eighties saying please don't switch to tapes!?
The First Annual Giovanni Infantino Award For Outstanding Achievement In The Field Of Excellence (apols if anyone's already done that one)
December 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The First Annual Giovanni Infantino Award For Outstanding Achievement In The Field Of Excellence (apols if anyone's already done that one)
Is nobody going to point out to them that this is actually a Brexit Benefit? (Unless the EU already reversed this while we weren't paying attention?)
December 3, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Is nobody going to point out to them that this is actually a Brexit Benefit? (Unless the EU already reversed this while we weren't paying attention?)
Disappointing, thought it would be a bobblehead!
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Disappointing, thought it would be a bobblehead!
Bird's or Ambrosia? Enquiring minds need to know.
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Bird's or Ambrosia? Enquiring minds need to know.
Are our policies bad? No it's the voters who are wrong...
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Are our policies bad? No it's the voters who are wrong...
Hey! Is not my fault that my favorite colour is blue and I got Ruud Gullit in my first pack of panini stickers, how's a nine year old supposed to know their fans were a bunch of Fash?!
October 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Hey! Is not my fault that my favorite colour is blue and I got Ruud Gullit in my first pack of panini stickers, how's a nine year old supposed to know their fans were a bunch of Fash?!
I was told (when a student) that a lock on a door means you need a separate TV licence, I'm sure we all did have our own 🤨
October 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I was told (when a student) that a lock on a door means you need a separate TV licence, I'm sure we all did have our own 🤨
Literally never needed that, but in my line of work as a physical chemist I could deffo use a °, a μ and occasionally an Å.
October 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Literally never needed that, but in my line of work as a physical chemist I could deffo use a °, a μ and occasionally an Å.
I have a leftover lamb leg with a bit of meat still on it in the freezer. Considered using it to make pottage but think I'll go Ragu alla Genovese instead
October 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I have a leftover lamb leg with a bit of meat still on it in the freezer. Considered using it to make pottage but think I'll go Ragu alla Genovese instead
I also lack deeper analysis and intellectual tradition; am I right in understanding this as something like "filthy casual, probably wouldn't recognise correct praxis if it sat on his head!"?
October 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I also lack deeper analysis and intellectual tradition; am I right in understanding this as something like "filthy casual, probably wouldn't recognise correct praxis if it sat on his head!"?
Random technical question: are you able to vote at a polling station in France? Or would you theoretically be there to cover the campaign, come back to London to vote at the embassy and then head straight back to cover the aftermath? (Or vote by post, but that's less fun!)
October 6, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Random technical question: are you able to vote at a polling station in France? Or would you theoretically be there to cover the campaign, come back to London to vote at the embassy and then head straight back to cover the aftermath? (Or vote by post, but that's less fun!)
I think she'll last longer, nobody else wants to be this generation's Hague/IDS and being leader would preclude then defecting to Reform
October 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I think she'll last longer, nobody else wants to be this generation's Hague/IDS and being leader would preclude then defecting to Reform