John Martin
@johnandjennyjohn.bsky.social
Irish emigre at 4 now 71 in England. Retired teacher of Maths & sometime tutor. Golfer HCap NOT 24. Love learning *everything*: I want to live FOREVER. Socialist, Humanist, Atheist. Spiritual homes are with my wife of 42 years & Goodison Park.
Placement of Down's Syndrome people in TV shows (& ads) has increased my empathy for such people & their families. I am pleased about that.
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Placement of Down's Syndrome people in TV shows (& ads) has increased my empathy for such people & their families. I am pleased about that.
What are their sales? What is their profit margin?
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
What are their sales? What is their profit margin?
Add to that: improving all the time!
ICEs have peaked (or is it 'troughed'? fnah fnah)
I think it a shame that the bike design was 80% perfect just as cars came on the scene. Cars required petrol, petrol stations, oil, mechanics & tarmacadem roads. They caused urban sprawl & invented jaywalking.
ICEs have peaked (or is it 'troughed'? fnah fnah)
I think it a shame that the bike design was 80% perfect just as cars came on the scene. Cars required petrol, petrol stations, oil, mechanics & tarmacadem roads. They caused urban sprawl & invented jaywalking.
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Add to that: improving all the time!
ICEs have peaked (or is it 'troughed'? fnah fnah)
I think it a shame that the bike design was 80% perfect just as cars came on the scene. Cars required petrol, petrol stations, oil, mechanics & tarmacadem roads. They caused urban sprawl & invented jaywalking.
ICEs have peaked (or is it 'troughed'? fnah fnah)
I think it a shame that the bike design was 80% perfect just as cars came on the scene. Cars required petrol, petrol stations, oil, mechanics & tarmacadem roads. They caused urban sprawl & invented jaywalking.
How many women have been assaulted verbally or physically in a 'Female Only' space?
Answer: There are no statistics, official or unofficial, for such abuse in 'Female Only' spaces.
So: come back to me with such data
OR
focus on abuse which is real & monstrous & mostly down to MEN.
Answer: There are no statistics, official or unofficial, for such abuse in 'Female Only' spaces.
So: come back to me with such data
OR
focus on abuse which is real & monstrous & mostly down to MEN.
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
How many women have been assaulted verbally or physically in a 'Female Only' space?
Answer: There are no statistics, official or unofficial, for such abuse in 'Female Only' spaces.
So: come back to me with such data
OR
focus on abuse which is real & monstrous & mostly down to MEN.
Answer: There are no statistics, official or unofficial, for such abuse in 'Female Only' spaces.
So: come back to me with such data
OR
focus on abuse which is real & monstrous & mostly down to MEN.
Choose: lose your life or lose your house!
November 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Choose: lose your life or lose your house!
Comfortably Numb. Pretty Vacant. Crime of the Century. Starman. Milk and Alcohol. Stairway to Heaven. Get Back. Future Blues. Valley Girl. Hotel California. When I Dream. Are 'Friends' Electric?. Electricity. Harry's House...
There were PLENTY of great songs. NONE by Wings.
There were PLENTY of great songs. NONE by Wings.
November 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Comfortably Numb. Pretty Vacant. Crime of the Century. Starman. Milk and Alcohol. Stairway to Heaven. Get Back. Future Blues. Valley Girl. Hotel California. When I Dream. Are 'Friends' Electric?. Electricity. Harry's House...
There were PLENTY of great songs. NONE by Wings.
There were PLENTY of great songs. NONE by Wings.
I find tiresome the insistence of (too) much eating at Christmas. My favourite day is 27th December: good stuff to eat and ENJOY.
My thoughts go out to those for whom excess is but a dream.💔
My thoughts go out to those for whom excess is but a dream.💔
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I find tiresome the insistence of (too) much eating at Christmas. My favourite day is 27th December: good stuff to eat and ENJOY.
My thoughts go out to those for whom excess is but a dream.💔
My thoughts go out to those for whom excess is but a dream.💔
Vote. Object. Sue.
November 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Vote. Object. Sue.
TBH I feel 💔 about a young woman losing her life like that. I wish Andrew Wolfe well.
Why on 🌎 were they deployed to D.C.?
Why on 🌎 were they deployed to D.C.?
November 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
TBH I feel 💔 about a young woman losing her life like that. I wish Andrew Wolfe well.
Why on 🌎 were they deployed to D.C.?
Why on 🌎 were they deployed to D.C.?
Conservatives in the UK are blaming the poor. "We are giving too much taxpayer's money to people who 'don't want to work'" they say.
Houses are (I est.) 50% overpriced & rents are too high. Poor working renters claim Housing Benefit which subsidises their rent: it goes STRAIGHT TO THE LANDLORDS.
Houses are (I est.) 50% overpriced & rents are too high. Poor working renters claim Housing Benefit which subsidises their rent: it goes STRAIGHT TO THE LANDLORDS.
November 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Conservatives in the UK are blaming the poor. "We are giving too much taxpayer's money to people who 'don't want to work'" they say.
Houses are (I est.) 50% overpriced & rents are too high. Poor working renters claim Housing Benefit which subsidises their rent: it goes STRAIGHT TO THE LANDLORDS.
Houses are (I est.) 50% overpriced & rents are too high. Poor working renters claim Housing Benefit which subsidises their rent: it goes STRAIGHT TO THE LANDLORDS.
He will be quietly pardoned & given a house in Montana.
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
He will be quietly pardoned & given a house in Montana.
My favourite is "Bedsitter". THEY wrote it too. 💓
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
My favourite is "Bedsitter". THEY wrote it too. 💓
Alastair Sim gets my vote. I admit I have not seen the George C. Scott version: I will rectify that this year. Perhaps he's too good looking for the role?
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Alastair Sim gets my vote. I admit I have not seen the George C. Scott version: I will rectify that this year. Perhaps he's too good looking for the role?
I wish all Americans a Happy Thanksgiving.
Remember that "in the end, they always fall. Always."
Remember that "in the end, they always fall. Always."
November 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I wish all Americans a Happy Thanksgiving.
Remember that "in the end, they always fall. Always."
Remember that "in the end, they always fall. Always."
He was a coward. Snide.
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 AM
He was a coward. Snide.
OTOH I use Copilot a lot though I try to verify what I am told.
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
OTOH I use Copilot a lot though I try to verify what I am told.
He also condoned ethnic cleansing in the West of Ireland. To the tune of between 20% & 40% of the native population. Long before the famine(s).
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
He also condoned ethnic cleansing in the West of Ireland. To the tune of between 20% & 40% of the native population. Long before the famine(s).
We should shout this from the rooftops!
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
We should shout this from the rooftops!
I give to my *local* people. I KNOW THEM!
We have the same in the UK: highly organised, great with advertising, very well paid Execs, ostensibly helping the poor.
We have the same in the UK: highly organised, great with advertising, very well paid Execs, ostensibly helping the poor.
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I give to my *local* people. I KNOW THEM!
We have the same in the UK: highly organised, great with advertising, very well paid Execs, ostensibly helping the poor.
We have the same in the UK: highly organised, great with advertising, very well paid Execs, ostensibly helping the poor.
Quincy Jones did music for some of the episodes. Check it out: brilliant! Cool jazz.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Quincy Jones did music for some of the episodes. Check it out: brilliant! Cool jazz.
Has anyone ordered the body bags?
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Has anyone ordered the body bags?