Jim Stanton
@jimstn.toot.community.ap.brid.gy
Engineer, mostly railway bridges. Civil engineering, cycling, and chickens, in no particular order. Newcastle, UK
[bridged from https://toot.community/@jimstn on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
[bridged from https://toot.community/@jimstn on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Reposted by Jim Stanton
How to Carry a Bike With Another Bike mschausprojects.blogspot.com/2020/07/how-...
How to Carry a Bike With Another Bike
DIY towing system to enable you to take a second bike with you when you ride!
mschausprojects.blogspot.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:16 PM
How to Carry a Bike With Another Bike mschausprojects.blogspot.com/2020/07/how-...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8gyml5m3lo.amp
I don’t understand what changes between London and Edinburgh that would cause a previously edible sausage roll to suddenly need binning mid-journey. If LNER (or anyone) has a surplus of safe, wrapped and presentable sausage rolls, I am happy […]
I don’t understand what changes between London and Edinburgh that would cause a previously edible sausage roll to suddenly need binning mid-journey. If LNER (or anyone) has a surplus of safe, wrapped and presentable sausage rolls, I am happy […]
Original post on toot.community
toot.community
January 6, 2026 at 9:50 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8gyml5m3lo.amp
I don’t understand what changes between London and Edinburgh that would cause a previously edible sausage roll to suddenly need binning mid-journey. If LNER (or anyone) has a surplus of safe, wrapped and presentable sausage rolls, I am happy […]
I don’t understand what changes between London and Edinburgh that would cause a previously edible sausage roll to suddenly need binning mid-journey. If LNER (or anyone) has a surplus of safe, wrapped and presentable sausage rolls, I am happy […]
Reposted by Jim Stanton
Do you know what one of the biggest seasonal culture shock was here in the Netherlands Vs back in the UK.
Public transport is work today.
The UK tends to shut down all public transport sometime on Christmas eve and not restart it until early on the 27th. Cos noone needs to use public transport […]
Public transport is work today.
The UK tends to shut down all public transport sometime on Christmas eve and not restart it until early on the 27th. Cos noone needs to use public transport […]
Original post on social.v.st
social.v.st
December 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Do you know what one of the biggest seasonal culture shock was here in the Netherlands Vs back in the UK.
Public transport is work today.
The UK tends to shut down all public transport sometime on Christmas eve and not restart it until early on the 27th. Cos noone needs to use public transport […]
Public transport is work today.
The UK tends to shut down all public transport sometime on Christmas eve and not restart it until early on the 27th. Cos noone needs to use public transport […]
Reposted by Jim Stanton
It's wet, windy and unseasonably warm. Dark, dreich and depressing.
Scenes from better winter days on Ilkley Moor.
Scenes from better winter days on Ilkley Moor.
December 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It's wet, windy and unseasonably warm. Dark, dreich and depressing.
Scenes from better winter days on Ilkley Moor.
Scenes from better winter days on Ilkley Moor.
Reposted by Jim Stanton
@jorkussmellington.bsky.social On coffee (and really, I would say most other food-related questions OTHER than unchecked consumption of red meat, which the biggest single food-related source of emissions and unsustainable use of land/water resources), this post makes an excellent point!
December 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
@jorkussmellington.bsky.social On coffee (and really, I would say most other food-related questions OTHER than unchecked consumption of red meat, which the biggest single food-related source of emissions and unsustainable use of land/water resources), this post makes an excellent point!
Random unrelated thought, but i wonder what Dara Ó’Briain and Frankie Boyle are up to these days?
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Random unrelated thought, but i wonder what Dara Ó’Briain and Frankie Boyle are up to these days?
RE: https://mastodon.online/@Geri/115575688120895959
but the official UK terror threat level is a mid-range ‘Substantial’. Despite the sudden surge in ‘terrorists’ arrested, the actual threat of terrorism has never been this low for so long.
but the official UK terror threat level is a mid-range ‘Substantial’. Despite the sudden surge in ‘terrorists’ arrested, the actual threat of terrorism has never been this low for so long.
mastodon.online
November 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
RE: https://mastodon.online/@Geri/115575688120895959
but the official UK terror threat level is a mid-range ‘Substantial’. Despite the sudden surge in ‘terrorists’ arrested, the actual threat of terrorism has never been this low for so long.
but the official UK terror threat level is a mid-range ‘Substantial’. Despite the sudden surge in ‘terrorists’ arrested, the actual threat of terrorism has never been this low for so long.
Reposted by Jim Stanton
When Labour won with a massive majority everyone expected they would follow through on their pre election promise to make things better.
What we have got instead is this Reform lite hatred, and even the environmental promises seem tos be turning to dust.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What we have got instead is this Reform lite hatred, and even the environmental promises seem tos be turning to dust.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:49 AM
When Labour won with a massive majority everyone expected they would follow through on their pre election promise to make things better.
What we have got instead is this Reform lite hatred, and even the environmental promises seem tos be turning to dust.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What we have got instead is this Reform lite hatred, and even the environmental promises seem tos be turning to dust.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Jim Stanton
BREAKING!
Blogger's long term plan to get the EU to put rules in place against scraping trains is to become law in 2027 😂
My 2021 blog post:
https://jonworth.eu/the-eu-should-place-a-blanket-ban-on-trains-being-scrapped/
Today's plan
"The Commission will propose, in 2027, measures to ban […]
Blogger's long term plan to get the EU to put rules in place against scraping trains is to become law in 2027 😂
My 2021 blog post:
https://jonworth.eu/the-eu-should-place-a-blanket-ban-on-trains-being-scrapped/
Today's plan
"The Commission will propose, in 2027, measures to ban […]
Original post on gruene.social
gruene.social
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
BREAKING!
Blogger's long term plan to get the EU to put rules in place against scraping trains is to become law in 2027 😂
My 2021 blog post:
https://jonworth.eu/the-eu-should-place-a-blanket-ban-on-trains-being-scrapped/
Today's plan
"The Commission will propose, in 2027, measures to ban […]
Blogger's long term plan to get the EU to put rules in place against scraping trains is to become law in 2027 😂
My 2021 blog post:
https://jonworth.eu/the-eu-should-place-a-blanket-ban-on-trains-being-scrapped/
Today's plan
"The Commission will propose, in 2027, measures to ban […]
It’s been non stop banging of fireworks for three hours now and the air stinks
November 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It’s been non stop banging of fireworks for three hours now and the air stinks
Good morning, sir, to you and your sandwich
November 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Good morning, sir, to you and your sandwich
Reposted by Jim Stanton
For those wondering why Dutch trains are so substantially built, this is why. Yesterday, a lorry got stuck on a level crossing, and the train (a VIRM) went right through it like it was made of butter.
Even so, it's fortunate that nobody died.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvL...
Even so, it's fortunate that nobody died.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvL...
Aanrijding vrachtwagen met trein in Meteren
YouTube video by ProRail
m.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
For those wondering why Dutch trains are so substantially built, this is why. Yesterday, a lorry got stuck on a level crossing, and the train (a VIRM) went right through it like it was made of butter.
Even so, it's fortunate that nobody died.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvL...
Even so, it's fortunate that nobody died.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuvL...
Always write your alt-text, otherwise the robots will do it and you won’t like it
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Always write your alt-text, otherwise the robots will do it and you won’t like it
Reposted by Jim Stanton
I forgot to mention that the gas cap was full of wasps also
I found that out when I gave the car a quick once-over after Spiders-Man texted me the first time, saw a big wasp going under the gas cap flap, opened it up and a hundred wasps flew out
He was like hey is this available, I was like […]
I found that out when I gave the car a quick once-over after Spiders-Man texted me the first time, saw a big wasp going under the gas cap flap, opened it up and a hundred wasps flew out
He was like hey is this available, I was like […]
Original post on retro.social
retro.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I forgot to mention that the gas cap was full of wasps also
I found that out when I gave the car a quick once-over after Spiders-Man texted me the first time, saw a big wasp going under the gas cap flap, opened it up and a hundred wasps flew out
He was like hey is this available, I was like […]
I found that out when I gave the car a quick once-over after Spiders-Man texted me the first time, saw a big wasp going under the gas cap flap, opened it up and a hundred wasps flew out
He was like hey is this available, I was like […]
Reposted by Jim Stanton
So the curse is, two guys have gone out and bought radiators and batteries for this car intending to buy it and fix it up.
The first guy, we got all the way to the AAA, he handed me the cash, I handed him the keys and we took a seat and waited, we got chatting, I remembered oh, when you swap […]
The first guy, we got all the way to the AAA, he handed me the cash, I handed him the keys and we took a seat and waited, we got chatting, I remembered oh, when you swap […]
Original post on retro.social
retro.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
So the curse is, two guys have gone out and bought radiators and batteries for this car intending to buy it and fix it up.
The first guy, we got all the way to the AAA, he handed me the cash, I handed him the keys and we took a seat and waited, we got chatting, I remembered oh, when you swap […]
The first guy, we got all the way to the AAA, he handed me the cash, I handed him the keys and we took a seat and waited, we got chatting, I remembered oh, when you swap […]
Reposted by Jim Stanton
October 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
This might be last week’s news cycle, but: calling it a ‘Digital ID Card’ gives it a seriousness and credibility and permanence that it doesn’t deserve. What is being proposed is an ‘App’.
September 29, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This might be last week’s news cycle, but: calling it a ‘Digital ID Card’ gives it a seriousness and credibility and permanence that it doesn’t deserve. What is being proposed is an ‘App’.
Reposted by Jim Stanton
Just had a preview ride in Experiment, the replica passenger carriage, pulled by Locomotion ahead of tomorrow’s 200 year anniversary of opening of world-first Stockton & Darlington railway.
September 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Just had a preview ride in Experiment, the replica passenger carriage, pulled by Locomotion ahead of tomorrow’s 200 year anniversary of opening of world-first Stockton & Darlington railway.
Reposted by Jim Stanton
CAPTCHA difficulty level: nightmare
September 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
CAPTCHA difficulty level: nightmare
Reposted by Jim Stanton
In early September we had to retreat unexpectedly from a backpack trip in the #WindRiverRange of #Wyoming due to #wildfire smoke from the nearby #DollarLakeFire.
Check out more photos and stories from this unique and surreal trek here: www.mountainphotography.com/gallery/smok...
Check out more photos and stories from this unique and surreal trek here: www.mountainphotography.com/gallery/smok...
September 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In early September we had to retreat unexpectedly from a backpack trip in the #WindRiverRange of #Wyoming due to #wildfire smoke from the nearby #DollarLakeFire.
Check out more photos and stories from this unique and surreal trek here: www.mountainphotography.com/gallery/smok...
Check out more photos and stories from this unique and surreal trek here: www.mountainphotography.com/gallery/smok...
Reposted by Jim Stanton
For the past 120 years, the U.S. National Audubon Society has worked on bird conservation and for the past 16, it's run a contest to find the most stunning imagery of our feathered friends. @[email protected] shares some of the winning photos, from a royal tern feeding its chick a fish to a […]
Original post on flipboard.social
flipboard.social
September 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
For the past 120 years, the U.S. National Audubon Society has worked on bird conservation and for the past 16, it's run a contest to find the most stunning imagery of our feathered friends. @[email protected] shares some of the winning photos, from a royal tern feeding its chick a fish to a […]
Reposted by Jim Stanton
Apparently, it's bad luck to mention a "MacBook" in a software company. You have to call it "the Scottish laptop".
September 9, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Apparently, it's bad luck to mention a "MacBook" in a software company. You have to call it "the Scottish laptop".