Spademashie
@spademashie.bsky.social
Retired. Golf, Liverpool FC, history, archaeology, astronomy, climbing, hillwalking, family, social justice
One of those blocks was known locally as the boat decks because the men living there were mostly sailors and at sea most of the time.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
One of those blocks was known locally as the boat decks because the men living there were mostly sailors and at sea most of the time.
Although this was nominally a benign breach it would be naive to think that the Chinese hadn't already harvested all the same data to go with all the massive datasets of us and EU populations that they have previously stolen. Big Brother Xi is watching you
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Although this was nominally a benign breach it would be naive to think that the Chinese hadn't already harvested all the same data to go with all the massive datasets of us and EU populations that they have previously stolen. Big Brother Xi is watching you
They need to say distance at the same value of x, or perhaps vertical distance
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
They need to say distance at the same value of x, or perhaps vertical distance
Tried to use PowerPoint for the first time in several years yesterday to do a simple drawing and totally failed. It's trying to be helpful in some fashion I couldn't understand and totally blocked me from doing what I wanted to do. D'oh!
November 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Tried to use PowerPoint for the first time in several years yesterday to do a simple drawing and totally failed. It's trying to be helpful in some fashion I couldn't understand and totally blocked me from doing what I wanted to do. D'oh!
They're not paid to work hard, they're paid to marshal the company's resources to deliver sustained and growing profits. We should be asking why the workers aren't getting a fair share of those profits. I suggest a 5-10% levy on profit after tax to be shared by the workforce
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
They're not paid to work hard, they're paid to marshal the company's resources to deliver sustained and growing profits. We should be asking why the workers aren't getting a fair share of those profits. I suggest a 5-10% levy on profit after tax to be shared by the workforce
I think this every time I watch Sink the Bismarck where there is simply not enough discussion of the relative accuracy and firing rates of British and German naval gunnery compared to their respective deck and side armours and much too much sexual tension between Kenneth More and Dana Wynter
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think this every time I watch Sink the Bismarck where there is simply not enough discussion of the relative accuracy and firing rates of British and German naval gunnery compared to their respective deck and side armours and much too much sexual tension between Kenneth More and Dana Wynter
Where I live in Hampshire they've removed the white cycle lane markers and painted cycles on the road instead. Nobody knows what they mean or what behavior they're supposed to enforce
November 17, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Where I live in Hampshire they've removed the white cycle lane markers and painted cycles on the road instead. Nobody knows what they mean or what behavior they're supposed to enforce
Not forgetting the south wales gang story, The Tonypandy Llan
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Not forgetting the south wales gang story, The Tonypandy Llan
How long before we get Kane and Able headlines?
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
How long before we get Kane and Able headlines?
Nothing new, we used to have space invaders screens that did that!
November 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Nothing new, we used to have space invaders screens that did that!
The Tory party, though technically I think they are in suspended animation which is not quite the same thing
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Tory party, though technically I think they are in suspended animation which is not quite the same thing
Do not go quietly etc
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Do not go quietly etc
Imagine a movie these days where a man tells a woman she's pregnant on the basis of some slightly ditzy behavior. Apart from the pro-SAC propaganda the movie was also pushing another agenda, that Americans should have lots of kids. Still, the planes are impressive
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Imagine a movie these days where a man tells a woman she's pregnant on the basis of some slightly ditzy behavior. Apart from the pro-SAC propaganda the movie was also pushing another agenda, that Americans should have lots of kids. Still, the planes are impressive
Being British, we don't do numbers, we call things stuff like Colonel Lord Bounders Regiment of Foot or 4th Lancashire Teamakers (Territorials) Volunteers (Reserves) Infantry (Mounted)
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Being British, we don't do numbers, we call things stuff like Colonel Lord Bounders Regiment of Foot or 4th Lancashire Teamakers (Territorials) Volunteers (Reserves) Infantry (Mounted)
The conundrum is that it was also peak welfare state and the lowest ever point of social inequality. I graduated that year and had a support structure from birth to graduation that will probably never be equalled. Huge progress in many fields since then but I think we should know what we've lost
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The conundrum is that it was also peak welfare state and the lowest ever point of social inequality. I graduated that year and had a support structure from birth to graduation that will probably never be equalled. Huge progress in many fields since then but I think we should know what we've lost
Anything can happen in the next half hour!
November 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Anything can happen in the next half hour!
22 Gotha bombers, 57 dead (Wikipedia). Must have been quite a well off chap to have a studio like that in South Ken!
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
22 Gotha bombers, 57 dead (Wikipedia). Must have been quite a well off chap to have a studio like that in South Ken!
#1 source of propaganda maybe, news, nope.
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
#1 source of propaganda maybe, news, nope.
That waist band must be made of Kevlar to hold a stomach profile like that
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
That waist band must be made of Kevlar to hold a stomach profile like that
Poking sanctimonious humbug has always been part of their shtick. It used to be the Church of England, the world has moved on
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Poking sanctimonious humbug has always been part of their shtick. It used to be the Church of England, the world has moved on