David Rainey
@davidrainey.bsky.social
Singapore 🇸🇬based Scot🏴
Compulsory Purchase Order on Trump Turnberry and Trump International Aberdeen. £1.
January 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Compulsory Purchase Order on Trump Turnberry and Trump International Aberdeen. £1.
You CAN, but you end up with Season 6 of Game of Thrones.
January 18, 2026 at 11:39 AM
You CAN, but you end up with Season 6 of Game of Thrones.
I need a tropical equivalent when I return home to find Wife + Daughter on Sofa, watching TV while wearing fleeces and under blankets and the AC Thermostat set to 16C.....
"When LKY said Air Con was the miracle of the 20th Century, he didn't MEAN THIS!!"
"When LKY said Air Con was the miracle of the 20th Century, he didn't MEAN THIS!!"
December 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I need a tropical equivalent when I return home to find Wife + Daughter on Sofa, watching TV while wearing fleeces and under blankets and the AC Thermostat set to 16C.....
"When LKY said Air Con was the miracle of the 20th Century, he didn't MEAN THIS!!"
"When LKY said Air Con was the miracle of the 20th Century, he didn't MEAN THIS!!"
Or they work in highly regulated industries, such as Finance. Investment Banks typically lock their devices so tightly that you can't even install Uber. Hence the second device.
Corporate owned iPhones have much more extensive visibility to IT than personally owned but corporate enrolled.
Corporate owned iPhones have much more extensive visibility to IT than personally owned but corporate enrolled.
December 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Or they work in highly regulated industries, such as Finance. Investment Banks typically lock their devices so tightly that you can't even install Uber. Hence the second device.
Corporate owned iPhones have much more extensive visibility to IT than personally owned but corporate enrolled.
Corporate owned iPhones have much more extensive visibility to IT than personally owned but corporate enrolled.
It’s highly dependent on passports already held. My South Asian, Singapore National wife and I got married in Scotland. It was a nice chat with the Glasgow registrar and filling in a couple of pages to confirm no risk of bigamy.
Probably not as easy if she held a Sri Lankan or Indian passport.
Probably not as easy if she held a Sri Lankan or Indian passport.
December 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It’s highly dependent on passports already held. My South Asian, Singapore National wife and I got married in Scotland. It was a nice chat with the Glasgow registrar and filling in a couple of pages to confirm no risk of bigamy.
Probably not as easy if she held a Sri Lankan or Indian passport.
Probably not as easy if she held a Sri Lankan or Indian passport.
This. We had a vendor account manager who seemed normal. Then she ends up in The Sun having been caught giving her seat mate on a flight a BJ. A secret boyfriend? Nah, she met him on the plane for the first time.
“Drink had been taken”.
“Drink had been taken”.
December 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This. We had a vendor account manager who seemed normal. Then she ends up in The Sun having been caught giving her seat mate on a flight a BJ. A secret boyfriend? Nah, she met him on the plane for the first time.
“Drink had been taken”.
“Drink had been taken”.
It’s not that. There’s plain abuse.
Ask any FA about the “Miracle Flights” where pax absolutely need assistance to board with a wheelchair but on landing can grab carry ons and walk off themselves.
Ask any FA about the “Miracle Flights” where pax absolutely need assistance to board with a wheelchair but on landing can grab carry ons and walk off themselves.
December 19, 2025 at 5:11 AM
It’s not that. There’s plain abuse.
Ask any FA about the “Miracle Flights” where pax absolutely need assistance to board with a wheelchair but on landing can grab carry ons and walk off themselves.
Ask any FA about the “Miracle Flights” where pax absolutely need assistance to board with a wheelchair but on landing can grab carry ons and walk off themselves.
The Eric Cartman Doctrine of Foreign Policy: “I do what I want!”
December 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The Eric Cartman Doctrine of Foreign Policy: “I do what I want!”
Less annoying than “expresso” and also unlikely to hear these days.
December 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Less annoying than “expresso” and also unlikely to hear these days.
If we were a sensible country, we’d just VAT everything and then mail each household £xxx for the next few years.
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
If we were a sensible country, we’d just VAT everything and then mail each household £xxx for the next few years.
Learned the hard way…. At a pre wedding dinner for a Quebec family: “So, why is ‘tabernacle’ considered a bit rude?”
10 seconds of cutlery hovering above plates. Everyone statue still. Then polite change of subject.
10 seconds of cutlery hovering above plates. Everyone statue still. Then polite change of subject.
December 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Learned the hard way…. At a pre wedding dinner for a Quebec family: “So, why is ‘tabernacle’ considered a bit rude?”
10 seconds of cutlery hovering above plates. Everyone statue still. Then polite change of subject.
10 seconds of cutlery hovering above plates. Everyone statue still. Then polite change of subject.
Or as I saw the other day:
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Or as I saw the other day:
With the added benefit that the monkey won’t pester you 20 times a day for another 15 minutes on the locked down iPad.
“Please?”
“Last one?”
“Last last one?”
“Please?”
“Last one?”
“Last last one?”
December 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
With the added benefit that the monkey won’t pester you 20 times a day for another 15 minutes on the locked down iPad.
“Please?”
“Last one?”
“Last last one?”
“Please?”
“Last one?”
“Last last one?”
“When Winston Met Julia”
A heart warming romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
With John Malkovich as O’Brien.
Guest Starring Remi from Ratatouille.
A heart warming romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
With John Malkovich as O’Brien.
Guest Starring Remi from Ratatouille.
December 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“When Winston Met Julia”
A heart warming romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
With John Malkovich as O’Brien.
Guest Starring Remi from Ratatouille.
A heart warming romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
With John Malkovich as O’Brien.
Guest Starring Remi from Ratatouille.
"So, see, in Glasgow there are two main football teams.....
.....
and when he scored just before the final whistle, that's when I posted about the...."
.....
and when he scored just before the final whistle, that's when I posted about the...."
December 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
"So, see, in Glasgow there are two main football teams.....
.....
and when he scored just before the final whistle, that's when I posted about the...."
.....
and when he scored just before the final whistle, that's when I posted about the...."
Amazon picked up the rights and I was optimistic given how much I enjoyed The Expanse. The deal lapsed over budget and vision. Pity, but better that than a half baked adaptation.
I went to the same school as Iain Banks, had teachers who remembered him. Wasp Factory was very not on the curriculum!
I went to the same school as Iain Banks, had teachers who remembered him. Wasp Factory was very not on the curriculum!
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Amazon picked up the rights and I was optimistic given how much I enjoyed The Expanse. The deal lapsed over budget and vision. Pity, but better that than a half baked adaptation.
I went to the same school as Iain Banks, had teachers who remembered him. Wasp Factory was very not on the curriculum!
I went to the same school as Iain Banks, had teachers who remembered him. Wasp Factory was very not on the curriculum!
This is very common in Asia. Cue arguments with my wife’s family when they go back to the “motherland” in India. The ticket inspectors have a sharp eye to separate locals from the diaspora.
“This process only for Indian!”
“We are Indian!”
“Don’t think so!”
“This process only for Indian!”
“We are Indian!”
“Don’t think so!”
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
This is very common in Asia. Cue arguments with my wife’s family when they go back to the “motherland” in India. The ticket inspectors have a sharp eye to separate locals from the diaspora.
“This process only for Indian!”
“We are Indian!”
“Don’t think so!”
“This process only for Indian!”
“We are Indian!”
“Don’t think so!”
One of my previous employers paid Accenture millions of pounds for a scheme to manage travel expenses that was somehow more insane than this.
We had to send receipts to a scanning centre in Budapest. But also make backup copies at the remote office. Why did we need Budapest then? Nobody knows….
We had to send receipts to a scanning centre in Budapest. But also make backup copies at the remote office. Why did we need Budapest then? Nobody knows….
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 PM
One of my previous employers paid Accenture millions of pounds for a scheme to manage travel expenses that was somehow more insane than this.
We had to send receipts to a scanning centre in Budapest. But also make backup copies at the remote office. Why did we need Budapest then? Nobody knows….
We had to send receipts to a scanning centre in Budapest. But also make backup copies at the remote office. Why did we need Budapest then? Nobody knows….
On my last factory tour of Guangdong, the owner drove me to lunch. The conversation was a rollercoaster:
China will crush America
He made sure his son was born in California
Americans are too lazy to succeed
Could my company help him move money out of China to America?
China will crush America
He made sure his son was born in California
Americans are too lazy to succeed
Could my company help him move money out of China to America?
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
On my last factory tour of Guangdong, the owner drove me to lunch. The conversation was a rollercoaster:
China will crush America
He made sure his son was born in California
Americans are too lazy to succeed
Could my company help him move money out of China to America?
China will crush America
He made sure his son was born in California
Americans are too lazy to succeed
Could my company help him move money out of China to America?
A colleague rented a beautifully refurbished Singapore shophouse. Unusually it had enough bedrooms for his 4 kids to not share.
Even more unusually, there was a panel in the fuse box with red and green LEDs. The state would change as the bedroom doors were open or shut.
What possible reason… oh!
Even more unusually, there was a panel in the fuse box with red and green LEDs. The state would change as the bedroom doors were open or shut.
What possible reason… oh!
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A colleague rented a beautifully refurbished Singapore shophouse. Unusually it had enough bedrooms for his 4 kids to not share.
Even more unusually, there was a panel in the fuse box with red and green LEDs. The state would change as the bedroom doors were open or shut.
What possible reason… oh!
Even more unusually, there was a panel in the fuse box with red and green LEDs. The state would change as the bedroom doors were open or shut.
What possible reason… oh!
I used to get ads for a lawyer to help me renounce the US Citizenship I don't have. And ads from the NZ Government to advise me of incentives to early repay the student loan I don't have.
Meta's customer success people clearly not doing their job and helping advertisers target effectively.
Meta's customer success people clearly not doing their job and helping advertisers target effectively.
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I used to get ads for a lawyer to help me renounce the US Citizenship I don't have. And ads from the NZ Government to advise me of incentives to early repay the student loan I don't have.
Meta's customer success people clearly not doing their job and helping advertisers target effectively.
Meta's customer success people clearly not doing their job and helping advertisers target effectively.
"The Trump Hunterston International"
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
"The Trump Hunterston International"
What really knocked me off my heels was a friend showing me her LinkedIn Messages from men who think it’s Tinder. She gets them daily. Mind boggling.
November 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What really knocked me off my heels was a friend showing me her LinkedIn Messages from men who think it’s Tinder. She gets them daily. Mind boggling.
It was also a sign that they tried to get into Telecoms, but didn’t hire any Telco people.
They’d rock up to Telcos asking about $/Mbs bandwidth, but had no idea about quality. What’s latency? Jitter? Big cheques being waved meant everybody jumped, but nobody could sell them what they wanted.
They’d rock up to Telcos asking about $/Mbs bandwidth, but had no idea about quality. What’s latency? Jitter? Big cheques being waved meant everybody jumped, but nobody could sell them what they wanted.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It was also a sign that they tried to get into Telecoms, but didn’t hire any Telco people.
They’d rock up to Telcos asking about $/Mbs bandwidth, but had no idea about quality. What’s latency? Jitter? Big cheques being waved meant everybody jumped, but nobody could sell them what they wanted.
They’d rock up to Telcos asking about $/Mbs bandwidth, but had no idea about quality. What’s latency? Jitter? Big cheques being waved meant everybody jumped, but nobody could sell them what they wanted.