Adrian Hallam.
@adrianhallam.bsky.social
AKA Leisure Garfunkel. #NFFC. Dysgwr Cymraeg.
'Bazball' is Ange-Postecoglou-cricket (perjorative).
December 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
'Bazball' is Ange-Postecoglou-cricket (perjorative).
Yes, the old nostalgia was much better than the stuff you get now.
December 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Yes, the old nostalgia was much better than the stuff you get now.
I thought that the drink mainly comes from Devon?
December 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I thought that the drink mainly comes from Devon?
Yeah, it's just a bit of an in-joke amongst engineers, particularly Aeronautical Engineers, IME.
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Yeah, it's just a bit of an in-joke amongst engineers, particularly Aeronautical Engineers, IME.
Going to wilfully misread that as 'McSweeney said Labour picked the wrong side in WWII'.
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Going to wilfully misread that as 'McSweeney said Labour picked the wrong side in WWII'.
Preparatory work took a lot longer, though, and willingness by local politicians to risk political damage from the WPL.
December 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Preparatory work took a lot longer, though, and willingness by local politicians to risk political damage from the WPL.
Embrace your natural destiny, and you might get included in the South Wales Metro.
December 18, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Embrace your natural destiny, and you might get included in the South Wales Metro.
Circumstantial evidence, maybe, but if they brought in enough sluces of bread, it would add up to a compelling case, surely?
December 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Circumstantial evidence, maybe, but if they brought in enough sluces of bread, it would add up to a compelling case, surely?
Why is the man in the Notts County shirt wearing that funny white hat?
December 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Why is the man in the Notts County shirt wearing that funny white hat?
'Threads! - the Musical!!'
December 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
'Threads! - the Musical!!'
Yes, I think that we might just be starting to see what he's capable of, which, alongside Anderson, and with Omari Hutchinson coming through too, could be incredibly exciting this season.
December 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Yes, I think that we might just be starting to see what he's capable of, which, alongside Anderson, and with Omari Hutchinson coming through too, could be incredibly exciting this season.
He's an intriguing talent. There have been times when it's looked like he has huge quality, but just needs the pace of the PL to be slightly slower, but today he was immense.
December 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
He's an intriguing talent. There have been times when it's looked like he has huge quality, but just needs the pace of the PL to be slightly slower, but today he was immense.
Yes, I'm sure that he's a seriously impressive individual in many ways, and, more generally, that the armed services give people meaningful leadership responsibilities, much younger than you would get in most other walks of life. Not sure that's always transferable to senior political roles, though
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Yes, I'm sure that he's a seriously impressive individual in many ways, and, more generally, that the armed services give people meaningful leadership responsibilities, much younger than you would get in most other walks of life. Not sure that's always transferable to senior political roles, though
'Excessive faith in the managerial capabilities of military officers' is one of the few probkems that National Service would solve, tbf.
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
'Excessive faith in the managerial capabilities of military officers' is one of the few probkems that National Service would solve, tbf.
Maybe it's a bit of an under-estimating the electorate thing? 'We' know that a Short Service Commission in the RAF doesn't confer magical powers, but we think that the voters love a uniform?
December 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Maybe it's a bit of an under-estimating the electorate thing? 'We' know that a Short Service Commission in the RAF doesn't confer magical powers, but we think that the voters love a uniform?
So perhaps the difference is that we place greater trust in the current Chinese leadership to behave in a predictable and rational way? Which is not a great place to be, it's true. I don't blame journalists for asking the question, though.
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
So perhaps the difference is that we place greater trust in the current Chinese leadership to behave in a predictable and rational way? Which is not a great place to be, it's true. I don't blame journalists for asking the question, though.
We don't get our Strategic Deterrent from China, though.
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We don't get our Strategic Deterrent from China, though.
Isn't this the explanation for how 'Sp¿ked' came about?
December 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Isn't this the explanation for how 'Sp¿ked' came about?
Not going to pay to read tha5, but if he's in the RAF, why don't tgey qualify for Continuity of Education Allowance?
December 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Not going to pay to read tha5, but if he's in the RAF, why don't tgey qualify for Continuity of Education Allowance?