Peter Lucas
@peterlucas.bsky.social
All right! This fess contains one of the things I hate more than anything else in this hellhole that is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland these days: it's a fucking RAILWAY station FFS.
January 26, 2026 at 9:39 PM
All right! This fess contains one of the things I hate more than anything else in this hellhole that is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland these days: it's a fucking RAILWAY station FFS.
I'm glad that when I was drafting ministerial replies and responses on their behalf this shit hadn't been invented. And the standard of drafting has plummeted. My 37 years civil service saw massive grade drift.
January 23, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I'm glad that when I was drafting ministerial replies and responses on their behalf this shit hadn't been invented. And the standard of drafting has plummeted. My 37 years civil service saw massive grade drift.
It's Wagner's tricky enharmonic changes that got her feeding. Does it for me every time.
January 21, 2026 at 10:03 PM
It's Wagner's tricky enharmonic changes that got her feeding. Does it for me every time.
I've worked out what you mean; millions won't.
January 20, 2026 at 9:02 PM
I've worked out what you mean; millions won't.
Oh yes! It's the reflexive pronoun wot does it!
January 18, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Oh yes! It's the reflexive pronoun wot does it!
Do you mean "brakes"?
January 15, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Do you mean "brakes"?
My village stocks date from late C17. Traffic cone is probably a later addition.
January 14, 2026 at 9:38 PM
My village stocks date from late C17. Traffic cone is probably a later addition.
I saw mud slide there, and went back to my Christmas present from my parents in 1971 - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. It led my to teach myself fingerpicking.. I was 14 and three months into Greek, after two previous years of Latin. And a great year for music - Tapestry, Blue.
January 12, 2026 at 9:50 PM
I saw mud slide there, and went back to my Christmas present from my parents in 1971 - Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. It led my to teach myself fingerpicking.. I was 14 and three months into Greek, after two previous years of Latin. And a great year for music - Tapestry, Blue.
I wonder if he was an ancestor of John Cleese?
January 11, 2026 at 7:43 PM
I wonder if he was an ancestor of John Cleese?
My mate Evans the Spy (he wouldn't admit it in the 80s, but he did work for SIS) famously planed a door to take account of a fitted carpet. Tried three or four times till he realised he was taking it off the top of the door. (He ended up HOS in Vienna, and is now in deepcover in the COE. Honest.
January 8, 2026 at 9:58 PM
My mate Evans the Spy (he wouldn't admit it in the 80s, but he did work for SIS) famously planed a door to take account of a fitted carpet. Tried three or four times till he realised he was taking it off the top of the door. (He ended up HOS in Vienna, and is now in deepcover in the COE. Honest.
I never thought at the time that singing to a small guitar would result in a large number of shags. Ho-hum.
January 7, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I never thought at the time that singing to a small guitar would result in a large number of shags. Ho-hum.
Ha-ha! Don't remember that. Now I couldn't manage either.
January 7, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Ha-ha! Don't remember that. Now I couldn't manage either.
Strange innit, what we remember from early teens. Vast majority of music in the charts, could name every FA Cup and Division 1 winners since the war. And if you didn't know those facts you must be gay.
January 7, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Strange innit, what we remember from early teens. Vast majority of music in the charts, could name every FA Cup and Division 1 winners since the war. And if you didn't know those facts you must be gay.
Suitable music would include SS Wesley in E, I suppose.
January 6, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Suitable music would include SS Wesley in E, I suppose.
Basic rule of civilly serving: don't put up such obvious bollocks. I'm old enough to remember the Central Office of Information; they were shut down by the coalition in one of its more egregious stupidities.
January 5, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Basic rule of civilly serving: don't put up such obvious bollocks. I'm old enough to remember the Central Office of Information; they were shut down by the coalition in one of its more egregious stupidities.
*Silently chucks two 3-litre wine boxes.*
January 1, 2026 at 9:31 PM
*Silently chucks two 3-litre wine boxes.*
I can't think of a cacophony of anything other than noise. 😉
December 31, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I can't think of a cacophony of anything other than noise. 😉
Done the same. plus booked a slot at the tip tomorrow. (Birmingham has had no recycling collections since last March.)
December 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Done the same. plus booked a slot at the tip tomorrow. (Birmingham has had no recycling collections since last March.)
This is the best; it can't be improved on. I really did laugh out loud. I squeaked with giggles so much that my wife asked me to shut up.
December 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is the best; it can't be improved on. I really did laugh out loud. I squeaked with giggles so much that my wife asked me to shut up.