@markswingler.bsky.social
Retired Mechanical Engineer, (former AMIMechE). Plays folk music (song and morris). Peterborough. I follow those who interest me. I rarely follow back.
They are not ideal, but are a vast improvement over what we had before.
December 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
They are not ideal, but are a vast improvement over what we had before.
No point in calling for an apology. It would be insincere and lack credibility.
December 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
No point in calling for an apology. It would be insincere and lack credibility.
Correction. That's a win for the Conservative Party.
December 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Correction. That's a win for the Conservative Party.
Who is this Dunning Kruger bloke?
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Who is this Dunning Kruger bloke?
Goldfish memory Dede! Think hard; can you not recall Truss and Johnson?
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Goldfish memory Dede! Think hard; can you not recall Truss and Johnson?
Which country?
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Which country?
Why reply at all? Aren't antics in a foreign court irrelevant in the UK?
November 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Why reply at all? Aren't antics in a foreign court irrelevant in the UK?
Does that mean that Nigel Haw-Haw did it for free?
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Does that mean that Nigel Haw-Haw did it for free?
I'm not aware of any connections. No female Swinglers that I know of are near you. Some cousins that I haven't seen for about 60 years may have daughters. Grandad was from Kettering where the name is a bit more common, but I don't know if he was related to any of them.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm not aware of any connections. No female Swinglers that I know of are near you. Some cousins that I haven't seen for about 60 years may have daughters. Grandad was from Kettering where the name is a bit more common, but I don't know if he was related to any of them.
HuntingTon? That's in America isn't it?
November 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
HuntingTon? That's in America isn't it?
Ultimate responsibility is down to May for invoking Brexit and Johnson for choosing worst options.
October 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ultimate responsibility is down to May for invoking Brexit and Johnson for choosing worst options.
It's reported that Farage told BBC Wales "I knew him in the EU parliament" and of the pro- Russian statements "I didnt know anything about it". Perhaps NF should have paid some attention to what was going on in the EU parliament.
October 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It's reported that Farage told BBC Wales "I knew him in the EU parliament" and of the pro- Russian statements "I didnt know anything about it". Perhaps NF should have paid some attention to what was going on in the EU parliament.
Encyclopedia Rutland
September 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Encyclopedia Rutland
I'm glad I don't live in a country where shooting kids is normal, and successive governments are complicit.
August 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I'm glad I don't live in a country where shooting kids is normal, and successive governments are complicit.
K & S! Best set of the festival!
August 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
K & S! Best set of the festival!
Can that image be blocked under the Online Safety Act?
August 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Can that image be blocked under the Online Safety Act?
Our spaniel's bowl would be empty again at 11:31.
August 4, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Our spaniel's bowl would be empty again at 11:31.
Why? Surely Bluesky is not a porn site.
July 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Why? Surely Bluesky is not a porn site.
Will it make any difference? Wasn't he known to be an offender before he was elected?
July 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Will it make any difference? Wasn't he known to be an offender before he was elected?
The link doesn't say how much energy gets transferred in 3 minutes. I haven't done the sums, but surely, for a typical car battery size, that would require an impractically massive current and/ or high voltage.
July 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The link doesn't say how much energy gets transferred in 3 minutes. I haven't done the sums, but surely, for a typical car battery size, that would require an impractically massive current and/ or high voltage.
Cooking the books?
July 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Cooking the books?
Goldfish memory!
June 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Goldfish memory!
TV has to be entertaining, and Farage is a good talker. Reminds me of Dennis Skinner, except that he talked sense.
June 26, 2025 at 10:02 AM
TV has to be entertaining, and Farage is a good talker. Reminds me of Dennis Skinner, except that he talked sense.
Starmer now knows the nuclear codes.
June 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Starmer now knows the nuclear codes.
Yes, but without sound to avoid disturbing others.
June 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yes, but without sound to avoid disturbing others.