@glenagalt.bsky.social
Big trains at work, then travel for small trains and tiny trains in the garden at home, shared with in-scale wifey. WARNING, may contain unprofessional opinions on other subjects: TTRPGs, Space, History &c
THIS, folks, is how you tell the genuinely informative people online from the BSers. The good 'uns are NEVER afraid to say "I don't know", usually followed by "but I think I know who does" or "but I know where to find out". The BSers OTOH always have an answer for everything, however iffy.
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
THIS, folks, is how you tell the genuinely informative people online from the BSers. The good 'uns are NEVER afraid to say "I don't know", usually followed by "but I think I know who does" or "but I know where to find out". The BSers OTOH always have an answer for everything, however iffy.
This is all @sskorkowsky.bsky.social 's fault.
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This is all @sskorkowsky.bsky.social 's fault.
Is it time to dust off "Arkell vs. Pressdram"?
November 12, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Is it time to dust off "Arkell vs. Pressdram"?
If I'm interpreting this correctly, that also puts the long-gone Axholme Joint Railway forming part of the Central line...
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If I'm interpreting this correctly, that also puts the long-gone Axholme Joint Railway forming part of the Central line...
Not even theoretical in my case. When voting in the Lincolnshire mayoral election, I knew that I wouldn’t get a candidate I wanted, so the least harmful remaining option was (for the first and hopefully only time in my life) going dark blue in an attempt to stop light blue.
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Not even theoretical in my case. When voting in the Lincolnshire mayoral election, I knew that I wouldn’t get a candidate I wanted, so the least harmful remaining option was (for the first and hopefully only time in my life) going dark blue in an attempt to stop light blue.
Must be nice to live in a marginal. Meanwhile, in safe seat "Hat stand with a blue rosette" country, I never fail to vote...and it never matters.
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Must be nice to live in a marginal. Meanwhile, in safe seat "Hat stand with a blue rosette" country, I never fail to vote...and it never matters.
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a blackboard with the words failure is not an option .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a blackboard with the words failure is not an option .
media.tenor.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A film you’ve seen more than seven times with a gif
Isn't the deal
1a) You produce content
1b) I watch & enjoy, "like" and maybe comment if I've got something worth saying
1c) Maybe if I'm lucky you respond
2a) You promote your other work
2b) Maybe I buy something?
I didn't think
3) I now have the right to set your homework assignments
was a thing
1a) You produce content
1b) I watch & enjoy, "like" and maybe comment if I've got something worth saying
1c) Maybe if I'm lucky you respond
2a) You promote your other work
2b) Maybe I buy something?
I didn't think
3) I now have the right to set your homework assignments
was a thing
October 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Isn't the deal
1a) You produce content
1b) I watch & enjoy, "like" and maybe comment if I've got something worth saying
1c) Maybe if I'm lucky you respond
2a) You promote your other work
2b) Maybe I buy something?
I didn't think
3) I now have the right to set your homework assignments
was a thing
1a) You produce content
1b) I watch & enjoy, "like" and maybe comment if I've got something worth saying
1c) Maybe if I'm lucky you respond
2a) You promote your other work
2b) Maybe I buy something?
I didn't think
3) I now have the right to set your homework assignments
was a thing
Wasn't that an episode of B5?
October 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Wasn't that an episode of B5?
Even for serving members of the forces, free speech remains. There's ample- and famous case law precedent for this, the Vietnam era "Grunt Free Press"
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Even for serving members of the forces, free speech remains. There's ample- and famous case law precedent for this, the Vietnam era "Grunt Free Press"
Somebody had to be the Yang to Jeffrey Archer's Ying.
September 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Somebody had to be the Yang to Jeffrey Archer's Ying.
Brooke Bond, maybe (a popular brand of tea)
September 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Brooke Bond, maybe (a popular brand of tea)
That really doesn't look like a professional, comfortable or safe way to hold such a dangerous tool.
September 6, 2025 at 5:50 AM
That really doesn't look like a professional, comfortable or safe way to hold such a dangerous tool.
"Just in. Politician announces an end to DUI enforcement. 'It is a matter for the individual, not government, to decide what they do or do not put in their bodies'"
September 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Just in. Politician announces an end to DUI enforcement. 'It is a matter for the individual, not government, to decide what they do or do not put in their bodies'"
A proud name...
July 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A proud name...
Alternatively: Although expensive, taxpayers' money spent subsidising his time on the golf course is excellent value. Every day he spends riding a little cart, distracted by little white balls, is a day he doesn't spend f**king up everything he touches. Keep distracting the toddler with toys!
July 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Alternatively: Although expensive, taxpayers' money spent subsidising his time on the golf course is excellent value. Every day he spends riding a little cart, distracted by little white balls, is a day he doesn't spend f**king up everything he touches. Keep distracting the toddler with toys!
Those sub-group names are interesting, strongly suggesting the whole thing reeks of selection bias and is therefore null.
July 13, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Those sub-group names are interesting, strongly suggesting the whole thing reeks of selection bias and is therefore null.
Join us again next week for another exciting episode of "My personal tastes are Laws of Nature, Yes, Really!"
June 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Join us again next week for another exciting episode of "My personal tastes are Laws of Nature, Yes, Really!"
No, it should have white stripes painted on it marking out parking spaces, and each space should be filled with something appropriate...(example: Tesla Cybertruck), to serve forever as a terrible warning of the consequences of picking the wrong person to live in that house.
June 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
No, it should have white stripes painted on it marking out parking spaces, and each space should be filled with something appropriate...(example: Tesla Cybertruck), to serve forever as a terrible warning of the consequences of picking the wrong person to live in that house.
Since it apparently wasn't obvious from context, by "neighbours" I meant on the same streets, in the same towns- fellow citizens.
April 20, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Since it apparently wasn't obvious from context, by "neighbours" I meant on the same streets, in the same towns- fellow citizens.
I referred to Charles I for a very good reason.
April 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I referred to Charles I for a very good reason.
They rejected George III
Yet here we are, a mere two and a half centuries later, watching as their neighbours pay homage to Charles I.
Yet here we are, a mere two and a half centuries later, watching as their neighbours pay homage to Charles I.
April 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
They rejected George III
Yet here we are, a mere two and a half centuries later, watching as their neighbours pay homage to Charles I.
Yet here we are, a mere two and a half centuries later, watching as their neighbours pay homage to Charles I.