David Rearlamp
@rearlamp.bsky.social
cEUrmudgeon
Reflective, orange faced, white bodied. Valid handle
Suspect the Rail Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 is Commission Regulation 1158/2010 with the words Member State crossed out and United Kingdom written in crayon.
Reflective, orange faced, white bodied. Valid handle
Suspect the Rail Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 is Commission Regulation 1158/2010 with the words Member State crossed out and United Kingdom written in crayon.
There has been service recovery and gains since 2020 but not goods trade.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/economic-upd...
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/economic-upd...
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
There has been service recovery and gains since 2020 but not goods trade.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/economic-upd...
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/economic-upd...
Well, I have seen two Corsairs.
a Vought Corsair F4U7 in San Diego air and space museum.
and a Goodyear FG1D Corsair in Seattle museum of flight.
But not a Brewster made Corsair, so real life was not helpful for the quiz. Still an amazing aircraft.
a Vought Corsair F4U7 in San Diego air and space museum.
and a Goodyear FG1D Corsair in Seattle museum of flight.
But not a Brewster made Corsair, so real life was not helpful for the quiz. Still an amazing aircraft.
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Well, I have seen two Corsairs.
a Vought Corsair F4U7 in San Diego air and space museum.
and a Goodyear FG1D Corsair in Seattle museum of flight.
But not a Brewster made Corsair, so real life was not helpful for the quiz. Still an amazing aircraft.
a Vought Corsair F4U7 in San Diego air and space museum.
and a Goodyear FG1D Corsair in Seattle museum of flight.
But not a Brewster made Corsair, so real life was not helpful for the quiz. Still an amazing aircraft.
(low carbon produced) Hydrogen interconnectors?
Bacton-Zeebrugge carties natural gas now, plus new proposed pipelines.
See section 2.4 onwards.
www.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de/Redaktion/EN...
Bacton-Zeebrugge carties natural gas now, plus new proposed pipelines.
See section 2.4 onwards.
www.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de/Redaktion/EN...
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
(low carbon produced) Hydrogen interconnectors?
Bacton-Zeebrugge carties natural gas now, plus new proposed pipelines.
See section 2.4 onwards.
www.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de/Redaktion/EN...
Bacton-Zeebrugge carties natural gas now, plus new proposed pipelines.
See section 2.4 onwards.
www.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de/Redaktion/EN...
We kept the receipts.
October 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
We kept the receipts.
This is in a square in steel town Bochum that sits on top of coal mines near the old closed Bessemer furnace made into a fabulous public park in Duisburg that I visited in June.
The people of Bochum understand European unity. England does not.
(There were a few English names.)
The people of Bochum understand European unity. England does not.
(There were a few English names.)
October 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This is in a square in steel town Bochum that sits on top of coal mines near the old closed Bessemer furnace made into a fabulous public park in Duisburg that I visited in June.
The people of Bochum understand European unity. England does not.
(There were a few English names.)
The people of Bochum understand European unity. England does not.
(There were a few English names.)
Delightful, but oh my, I'd be kind of cautious about what I put in the basket to create a good impression.
I once carried this record all around a Saturn Hansa in a clear plastic bag, it didn't work.
I once carried this record all around a Saturn Hansa in a clear plastic bag, it didn't work.
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Delightful, but oh my, I'd be kind of cautious about what I put in the basket to create a good impression.
I once carried this record all around a Saturn Hansa in a clear plastic bag, it didn't work.
I once carried this record all around a Saturn Hansa in a clear plastic bag, it didn't work.
A Paunch Full of Pesto
(a Spaghetti Western book)
(a Spaghetti Western book)
October 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A Paunch Full of Pesto
(a Spaghetti Western book)
(a Spaghetti Western book)
tl Fiat G.55 Centauro
tr VL Pyörremyrsky
bl Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario
br Macchi C.202 Folgore
All used Daimler Benz DB605 engine, apart from the C.202 which used a DB601.
As a boy I was once allowed to sit in a Mercedes Silberpfeil (W154 engine?) for answering what the 3 pointed star signifies.
tr VL Pyörremyrsky
bl Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario
br Macchi C.202 Folgore
All used Daimler Benz DB605 engine, apart from the C.202 which used a DB601.
As a boy I was once allowed to sit in a Mercedes Silberpfeil (W154 engine?) for answering what the 3 pointed star signifies.
October 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
tl Fiat G.55 Centauro
tr VL Pyörremyrsky
bl Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario
br Macchi C.202 Folgore
All used Daimler Benz DB605 engine, apart from the C.202 which used a DB601.
As a boy I was once allowed to sit in a Mercedes Silberpfeil (W154 engine?) for answering what the 3 pointed star signifies.
tr VL Pyörremyrsky
bl Reggiane Re.2005 Sagittario
br Macchi C.202 Folgore
All used Daimler Benz DB605 engine, apart from the C.202 which used a DB601.
As a boy I was once allowed to sit in a Mercedes Silberpfeil (W154 engine?) for answering what the 3 pointed star signifies.
Is the chap astride the prop in bottom left pic asking...
"Is this really how we start the engine? Definitely 'slide down a propeller blade to turn the engine clockwise'. Hold on, is that viewed from the front or the pilot's seat?"
"Is this really how we start the engine? Definitely 'slide down a propeller blade to turn the engine clockwise'. Hold on, is that viewed from the front or the pilot's seat?"
October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Is the chap astride the prop in bottom left pic asking...
"Is this really how we start the engine? Definitely 'slide down a propeller blade to turn the engine clockwise'. Hold on, is that viewed from the front or the pilot's seat?"
"Is this really how we start the engine? Definitely 'slide down a propeller blade to turn the engine clockwise'. Hold on, is that viewed from the front or the pilot's seat?"
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Looks like it was Egg Salad at Anna Purna.
No gammon with pineapple, sorry. We also offer Chinese food.
Me: "Can I have overjean! curry, tarka dal, and an aloo parata for 76 new pence?"
(does the He Man's Grill date this menu to 1983 not early 70s ?)
No gammon with pineapple, sorry. We also offer Chinese food.
Me: "Can I have overjean! curry, tarka dal, and an aloo parata for 76 new pence?"
(does the He Man's Grill date this menu to 1983 not early 70s ?)
October 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Looks like it was Egg Salad at Anna Purna.
No gammon with pineapple, sorry. We also offer Chinese food.
Me: "Can I have overjean! curry, tarka dal, and an aloo parata for 76 new pence?"
(does the He Man's Grill date this menu to 1983 not early 70s ?)
No gammon with pineapple, sorry. We also offer Chinese food.
Me: "Can I have overjean! curry, tarka dal, and an aloo parata for 76 new pence?"
(does the He Man's Grill date this menu to 1983 not early 70s ?)
Munton's Gervin GV9 wine yeast was slow to start. Bubbling away now.
October 9, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Munton's Gervin GV9 wine yeast was slow to start. Bubbling away now.
somebody on my timeline suggested what to with quinces was make quince wine.
Can't find it.
so thank you anyway
18 quinces, 7 hours and about to add the wine yeast.
Can't find it.
so thank you anyway
18 quinces, 7 hours and about to add the wine yeast.
October 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
somebody on my timeline suggested what to with quinces was make quince wine.
Can't find it.
so thank you anyway
18 quinces, 7 hours and about to add the wine yeast.
Can't find it.
so thank you anyway
18 quinces, 7 hours and about to add the wine yeast.
Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia "singing revolution" and Baltic Way human chain protest led to free democratic elections, independence from Russia and, just over a decade later, EU membership.
October 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia "singing revolution" and Baltic Way human chain protest led to free democratic elections, independence from Russia and, just over a decade later, EU membership.
Surely higher rent is also brexit.
Can anyone else see Brexit in this graph?
Jan 31 2020
Covid-19 lockdown caused the March 2020 evictions moratorium lifted May 2021.
About 750,000 people of 20m behind on rent.
Construction company insolvencies were 17.4% of all firms going bust in 2024.
Why?
Can anyone else see Brexit in this graph?
Jan 31 2020
Covid-19 lockdown caused the March 2020 evictions moratorium lifted May 2021.
About 750,000 people of 20m behind on rent.
Construction company insolvencies were 17.4% of all firms going bust in 2024.
Why?
October 4, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Surely higher rent is also brexit.
Can anyone else see Brexit in this graph?
Jan 31 2020
Covid-19 lockdown caused the March 2020 evictions moratorium lifted May 2021.
About 750,000 people of 20m behind on rent.
Construction company insolvencies were 17.4% of all firms going bust in 2024.
Why?
Can anyone else see Brexit in this graph?
Jan 31 2020
Covid-19 lockdown caused the March 2020 evictions moratorium lifted May 2021.
About 750,000 people of 20m behind on rent.
Construction company insolvencies were 17.4% of all firms going bust in 2024.
Why?
Isn't that Steve Baker's job now?
September 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Isn't that Steve Baker's job now?
UK's new trade agreements are dwarfed by Brexit losses.
September 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
UK's new trade agreements are dwarfed by Brexit losses.
Civil service staff numbers have grown nearly 50% since the referendum at a cost of +£1.5bn per year.
We had to make our own Indonesia partnership agreement that we would have got anyway as EU members.
The EU has new trade agreement with Mercosur (just about final). UK does n't.
We had to make our own Indonesia partnership agreement that we would have got anyway as EU members.
The EU has new trade agreement with Mercosur (just about final). UK does n't.
September 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Civil service staff numbers have grown nearly 50% since the referendum at a cost of +£1.5bn per year.
We had to make our own Indonesia partnership agreement that we would have got anyway as EU members.
The EU has new trade agreement with Mercosur (just about final). UK does n't.
We had to make our own Indonesia partnership agreement that we would have got anyway as EU members.
The EU has new trade agreement with Mercosur (just about final). UK does n't.
Correct but that's 'submit' as in a claim or form, not the surrender to an opponent, kowtow meaning of submit implied here, which is of course also an Arabic word, ḵhaḍaʻa.
en.bab.la/dictionary/a...
en.bab.la/dictionary/a...
September 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Correct but that's 'submit' as in a claim or form, not the surrender to an opponent, kowtow meaning of submit implied here, which is of course also an Arabic word, ḵhaḍaʻa.
en.bab.la/dictionary/a...
en.bab.la/dictionary/a...
Thomas Taylor's cartoon sums it up.
September 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Thomas Taylor's cartoon sums it up.
reminds me of this
"Leave vote higher in areas with low immigration."
theconversation.com/hard-evidenc...
"Leave vote higher in areas with low immigration."
theconversation.com/hard-evidenc...
September 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
reminds me of this
"Leave vote higher in areas with low immigration."
theconversation.com/hard-evidenc...
"Leave vote higher in areas with low immigration."
theconversation.com/hard-evidenc...
It's not immigrants crumbling hospital ceilings or chiselling potholes.
www.davidsonmorris.com/immigrants-e...
www.davidsonmorris.com/immigrants-e...
September 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It's not immigrants crumbling hospital ceilings or chiselling potholes.
www.davidsonmorris.com/immigrants-e...
www.davidsonmorris.com/immigrants-e...
Agree. I have 3.
Wilfrid -I think the shortest Bash St kid- on their pros and cons.
"Stands head and shoulders above his classmates as the boy who's gone longest without ever having to wash his neck, once spent a whole winter hibernating in a shoebox when he was mistaken for a tortoise."
Wilfrid -I think the shortest Bash St kid- on their pros and cons.
"Stands head and shoulders above his classmates as the boy who's gone longest without ever having to wash his neck, once spent a whole winter hibernating in a shoebox when he was mistaken for a tortoise."
September 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Agree. I have 3.
Wilfrid -I think the shortest Bash St kid- on their pros and cons.
"Stands head and shoulders above his classmates as the boy who's gone longest without ever having to wash his neck, once spent a whole winter hibernating in a shoebox when he was mistaken for a tortoise."
Wilfrid -I think the shortest Bash St kid- on their pros and cons.
"Stands head and shoulders above his classmates as the boy who's gone longest without ever having to wash his neck, once spent a whole winter hibernating in a shoebox when he was mistaken for a tortoise."
Ghanian immigrant in a Union Jack stab vest by Banksy now in the Design Museum, pictured singing at Glastonbury who used his wealth and fame to fund Cambridge university scholarships, create MerkyBooks, MerkyFC and MerkyFilm.
That kind of undermining of culture?
That kind of undermining of culture?
September 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Ghanian immigrant in a Union Jack stab vest by Banksy now in the Design Museum, pictured singing at Glastonbury who used his wealth and fame to fund Cambridge university scholarships, create MerkyBooks, MerkyFC and MerkyFilm.
That kind of undermining of culture?
That kind of undermining of culture?
