phildebeest
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Outwardly sensible 50 something human and sometimes dog.
Penchant for extreme music. Gay. Vegan. Somewhere in roughly the middle of England.
Musings, music and kink interests. Adult themes if not adult themed
Penchant for extreme music. Gay. Vegan. Somewhere in roughly the middle of England.
Musings, music and kink interests. Adult themes if not adult themed
Yeah, I got it wasn't a point raised in particularly good faith, and better taken up with UK OS than you, but I can (squinting a lot) see the issues with continued use, especialy from the Irish PoV. Calling it The Atlantic Archipelago does make it sound like we're a prog rock album from 1973.
December 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Yeah, I got it wasn't a point raised in particularly good faith, and better taken up with UK OS than you, but I can (squinting a lot) see the issues with continued use, especialy from the Irish PoV. Calling it The Atlantic Archipelago does make it sound like we're a prog rock album from 1973.
Dig something up!
December 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Dig something up!
Argument is a thing is only called something whilst everyone agrees that's what to call it, but there's no special case making a geographic term immutable. If usage shifts over time and that shift isn't contentious or unilateral (Gulf of America...), it's not unreasonable for the term to change.
December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Argument is a thing is only called something whilst everyone agrees that's what to call it, but there's no special case making a geographic term immutable. If usage shifts over time and that shift isn't contentious or unilateral (Gulf of America...), it's not unreasonable for the term to change.
I'm gonna be Devil's avocado here and say they do sort of have a point, albeit poorly made. It is indeed a geograhic term, but it's not codified anywhere. Irish Gov and OS don't use it, but UK OS does. It's replaced with "these islands" in the GFA.
www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/q...
www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/q...
Official Terms.
Official Terms. Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 September 2005
www.oireachtas.ie
December 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I'm gonna be Devil's avocado here and say they do sort of have a point, albeit poorly made. It is indeed a geograhic term, but it's not codified anywhere. Irish Gov and OS don't use it, but UK OS does. It's replaced with "these islands" in the GFA.
www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/q...
www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/q...
I just want to scream "SURVIVORSHIP BIAS!" whenever I hear people twatting on like that. There's a couple of guys in our local pub who endlessly go on about road safety in that way. "Never had seatbelts or ABS in my day, never did me any harm" etc.
December 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I just want to scream "SURVIVORSHIP BIAS!" whenever I hear people twatting on like that. There's a couple of guys in our local pub who endlessly go on about road safety in that way. "Never had seatbelts or ABS in my day, never did me any harm" etc.
I love how the tabloids are spinning "former football hooligan with multiple convictions for violent disorder and a lifetime banning order" to "passionate football fan". I'm sure he never took part in the racial abuse of black players that was endemic in UK football in the 70s and 80s either...
December 13, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I love how the tabloids are spinning "former football hooligan with multiple convictions for violent disorder and a lifetime banning order" to "passionate football fan". I'm sure he never took part in the racial abuse of black players that was endemic in UK football in the 70s and 80s either...
Of course, a lot of that depends on what the EU itself looks like at the end of Trump's term, as US policy is basically to undermine it to make it easier to manipulate and capture government and regulators on individual country basis. Farage's key adviser (James Orr) is also in that school, so yay..
December 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Of course, a lot of that depends on what the EU itself looks like at the end of Trump's term, as US policy is basically to undermine it to make it easier to manipulate and capture government and regulators on individual country basis. Farage's key adviser (James Orr) is also in that school, so yay..
Medium to longer term, I suspect we're more likely to eventually arrange a bespoke customs agreement a la Turkey, plus a bunch of other bilateral stuff a la Switzerland. Even if UK public opinion supports it, I can't see the EU taking the political risk.
December 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Medium to longer term, I suspect we're more likely to eventually arrange a bespoke customs agreement a la Turkey, plus a bunch of other bilateral stuff a la Switzerland. Even if UK public opinion supports it, I can't see the EU taking the political risk.
I was at a UK airport recently having a tour of the fuel farm, including their interceptor and recovery system. Also got to go air-side and stand under a 737 being refuelled. Fun!
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I was at a UK airport recently having a tour of the fuel farm, including their interceptor and recovery system. Also got to go air-side and stand under a 737 being refuelled. Fun!
Even discounting the initial explosion itself, the subsequent tornado of metal, glass and brickwork that tore through the nearest offices would have torn folks inside to pieces. It would have been apocalyptic.
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Even discounting the initial explosion itself, the subsequent tornado of metal, glass and brickwork that tore through the nearest offices would have torn folks inside to pieces. It would have been apocalyptic.
It was a very, VERY big boom. Depot site originally quite isolated, but had a business park (end even houses) built up to more or less the site boundary over the years, so shockwave tore through a lot of stuff. Thankfully at 6am on a Sunday.
December 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It was a very, VERY big boom. Depot site originally quite isolated, but had a business park (end even houses) built up to more or less the site boundary over the years, so shockwave tore through a lot of stuff. Thankfully at 6am on a Sunday.
The event that turned my job into a career!
December 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The event that turned my job into a career!
Pernod, Ouzo, Marmalade and Salt...
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Pernod, Ouzo, Marmalade and Salt...
It's the cupboard under the sink that's going to be the interesting one...
December 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It's the cupboard under the sink that's going to be the interesting one...
That's just made me remember sitting in that bar in Manchester willing on Jenson Button way back when.
December 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
That's just made me remember sitting in that bar in Manchester willing on Jenson Button way back when.
I always get lost at Bank. It's one of these stations where I can never find the same exit twice. Bits of Waterloo are like that as well. Complete labyrinth down there!
December 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I always get lost at Bank. It's one of these stations where I can never find the same exit twice. Bits of Waterloo are like that as well. Complete labyrinth down there!
Also surprised Euston is that low down, though I suppose you have a concentration of stations in that part of town. Farringdon has gone absolutely mad post-Liz Line, yet somehow still feels small and secret.
December 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Also surprised Euston is that low down, though I suppose you have a concentration of stations in that part of town. Farringdon has gone absolutely mad post-Liz Line, yet somehow still feels small and secret.
Wonder whether Liverpool Street and Moorgate need to be viewed as a single mega-interchange now? You could get off mainline in from Welwyn / Stevenage and through to tube and Liz at Liv Street without going above ground or through barriers. Easier at street level, but still doable below ground.
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Wonder whether Liverpool Street and Moorgate need to be viewed as a single mega-interchange now? You could get off mainline in from Welwyn / Stevenage and through to tube and Liz at Liv Street without going above ground or through barriers. Easier at street level, but still doable below ground.
I mean, you could go a bit too Elizabeth Bathory and start bathing in it I suppose?
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I mean, you could go a bit too Elizabeth Bathory and start bathing in it I suppose?
Silly mid-off just makes me think of Graham Chapman...
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Silly mid-off just makes me think of Graham Chapman...