John Haines
@johnhaines.bsky.social
Chartered Civil Engineer (retired), London, Military History, Lapsed Wargamer, Guide and Trustee for the Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery.
AKA JustsomeguyJohn.
"If you're always curious, you'll never be bored." Vincent Price.
AKA JustsomeguyJohn.
"If you're always curious, you'll never be bored." Vincent Price.
The back benchers who saw the Greens threatening their seats perhaps?
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The back benchers who saw the Greens threatening their seats perhaps?
It's amazing how closely Ashcourt Necropolis resembles Kensal Green Cemetery. Must have been the same architect.
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's amazing how closely Ashcourt Necropolis resembles Kensal Green Cemetery. Must have been the same architect.
Might be more to the point if "Managers at Shopify must now explain why AI can’t do their job."
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Might be more to the point if "Managers at Shopify must now explain why AI can’t do their job."
Doesn't he have people to do that for him?
... I mean the posts.
... I mean the posts.
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Doesn't he have people to do that for him?
... I mean the posts.
... I mean the posts.
A lot of the professional team from Crossrail went on to London Bridge Station. I was one of the. Many then went to HS2. I didn't, I retired. In fact, project team members moving on before the end of a project can be a major problem in finishing that project.
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
A lot of the professional team from Crossrail went on to London Bridge Station. I was one of the. Many then went to HS2. I didn't, I retired. In fact, project team members moving on before the end of a project can be a major problem in finishing that project.
It's to be hoped that this will all go the way of Microsoft's Clippy, unlikely though, that didn't have billions of dollars riding on it.
October 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It's to be hoped that this will all go the way of Microsoft's Clippy, unlikely though, that didn't have billions of dollars riding on it.
Also, if you say just "Napoleon" the assumption is Napoleon I, especially as most non-French people won't be aware of No. 3, and if you tell them they'll ask about No. 2!
October 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Also, if you say just "Napoleon" the assumption is Napoleon I, especially as most non-French people won't be aware of No. 3, and if you tell them they'll ask about No. 2!
Not commenting on the merits or otherwise of this proposal, but it probably wouldn't be necessary if the real brown-field land further into London, was not in the hands of developers who build as few "affordable" homes as they can get away with.
Look at Earls Court and Kensal Canalside.
Look at Earls Court and Kensal Canalside.
October 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Not commenting on the merits or otherwise of this proposal, but it probably wouldn't be necessary if the real brown-field land further into London, was not in the hands of developers who build as few "affordable" homes as they can get away with.
Look at Earls Court and Kensal Canalside.
Look at Earls Court and Kensal Canalside.
They used to say that you needed to get there 45 minutes before your train, now it's 2 hours!
October 18, 2025 at 8:20 AM
They used to say that you needed to get there 45 minutes before your train, now it's 2 hours!
Is he prepared to hear things that would upset or offend him?
October 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Is he prepared to hear things that would upset or offend him?
It was back in the '80s so I don't recall the title but it was some sort of cheap fiction.
I was too young then to get as offended by bad history as I might now.
I was too young then to get as offended by bad history as I might now.
October 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
It was back in the '80s so I don't recall the title but it was some sort of cheap fiction.
I was too young then to get as offended by bad history as I might now.
I was too young then to get as offended by bad history as I might now.
Anne Isabella Milbanke, Lady Byron is in Kensal Green Cemetery.
She's quite tucked away. I have to make sure the vegetation is cleared if I'm taking anyone there.
She's quite tucked away. I have to make sure the vegetation is cleared if I'm taking anyone there.
October 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Anne Isabella Milbanke, Lady Byron is in Kensal Green Cemetery.
She's quite tucked away. I have to make sure the vegetation is cleared if I'm taking anyone there.
She's quite tucked away. I have to make sure the vegetation is cleared if I'm taking anyone there.
I once burnt a book. It was absolute rubbish, offensive even, and I was on a construction site with a convenient bonfire*.
I did feel irrationally guilty afterwards!
*(This was long before environmental regulations).
I did feel irrationally guilty afterwards!
*(This was long before environmental regulations).
October 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I once burnt a book. It was absolute rubbish, offensive even, and I was on a construction site with a convenient bonfire*.
I did feel irrationally guilty afterwards!
*(This was long before environmental regulations).
I did feel irrationally guilty afterwards!
*(This was long before environmental regulations).
Some people talk as if the Supreme Court judgement was ultimate morality. It wasn't, merely a judgement on the basis of the law as written. They said that a small change to the wording of the Equalities Act would have led to a different conclusion. That change is in the power of Parliament.
October 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Some people talk as if the Supreme Court judgement was ultimate morality. It wasn't, merely a judgement on the basis of the law as written. They said that a small change to the wording of the Equalities Act would have led to a different conclusion. That change is in the power of Parliament.