Vapour Trails
@quincyd.bsky.social
I am Geoff Quincy. Vapour Trails is where I collect and write about things that make up the tapestry of the world I was born into, many threads of which are disappearing. An expert in nothing, just an enthusiastic amateur. https://vapourtrails.substack.com
Your wife does it cos she can get away with it, because she knows you're there as back up. In other words she's a bully. Stand back and leave her to it and watch her learn the hard way
March 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Your wife does it cos she can get away with it, because she knows you're there as back up. In other words she's a bully. Stand back and leave her to it and watch her learn the hard way
Anyone who invokes the awful (and this is not mentioned enough) paedo-y Chris Evans or his equally odious mate Danny Baker gets no sympathy from me.
March 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Anyone who invokes the awful (and this is not mentioned enough) paedo-y Chris Evans or his equally odious mate Danny Baker gets no sympathy from me.
I thought that looked familiar then I saw the town and knew why. In 1985 Clowns was a top after school location to go into. The same shop is a poncy cafe now.
March 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I thought that looked familiar then I saw the town and knew why. In 1985 Clowns was a top after school location to go into. The same shop is a poncy cafe now.
This is good but nothing tops the guy who helped his friend who was a Saturday waitress in a cafe write her resignation letter by telling her to write "my position had become untenable" because he'd heard that's what politicians did on the news and thought that just what you say
March 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is good but nothing tops the guy who helped his friend who was a Saturday waitress in a cafe write her resignation letter by telling her to write "my position had become untenable" because he'd heard that's what politicians did on the news and thought that just what you say
I once heard that scene brilliantly described by the guys on the YouTube channel Mr Sunday Movies thus: he goes through those embassy offices like an escaped gorilla from the zoo then just grabs a pen pushing bureaucrat and utterly ruins him for no good reason, it's brilliant.
March 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I once heard that scene brilliantly described by the guys on the YouTube channel Mr Sunday Movies thus: he goes through those embassy offices like an escaped gorilla from the zoo then just grabs a pen pushing bureaucrat and utterly ruins him for no good reason, it's brilliant.
Not as badly as the pound shop Pierce Brosnan one they had I bet.
March 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Not as badly as the pound shop Pierce Brosnan one they had I bet.
Blimey I think you are incredibly preserved for 65. People age so much better these days and you look great.
March 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Blimey I think you are incredibly preserved for 65. People age so much better these days and you look great.
About 25 years ago the area commander in The Bill was played by a middle aged black actor. I was a copper at the time and there was only one black middle aged officer at my station. One day in a ridiculous moment of mixing up real life with tv I addressed him as "Sir" as I said good morning to him
March 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
About 25 years ago the area commander in The Bill was played by a middle aged black actor. I was a copper at the time and there was only one black middle aged officer at my station. One day in a ridiculous moment of mixing up real life with tv I addressed him as "Sir" as I said good morning to him
Was this sent by Martin Daniels?
March 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Was this sent by Martin Daniels?
Ah social media pedantry. Welcome back old friend. Ffs
March 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Ah social media pedantry. Welcome back old friend. Ffs
If I point out something my 16 year old son hasn't done, a chore for instance, he clutches his heart, looks aghast and says "Terrance, please" in an Arthur Daley voice.
March 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
If I point out something my 16 year old son hasn't done, a chore for instance, he clutches his heart, looks aghast and says "Terrance, please" in an Arthur Daley voice.
The US would be a better place if the turd I saw a dog squatting out in the park this morning was in charge.
March 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
The US would be a better place if the turd I saw a dog squatting out in the park this morning was in charge.
Lovely stuff. Big fan here (as my account name gives away). Saw Andy at Bedford tonight. Beautiful show and he kindly signed albums for myself and my son afterwards. A great performer and generous man to his fans. Thankyou for the good times Andy xx
March 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Lovely stuff. Big fan here (as my account name gives away). Saw Andy at Bedford tonight. Beautiful show and he kindly signed albums for myself and my son afterwards. A great performer and generous man to his fans. Thankyou for the good times Andy xx
Yes, today I did the same walk in the rain and it was fine. Still it signifies the coming of Spring which is lovely!
February 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Yes, today I did the same walk in the rain and it was fine. Still it signifies the coming of Spring which is lovely!
Yes perhaps that's it. I was just on the home stretch back in residential streets when my eyes really started itching in that familiar way and I thought wow that's early, so seeing your comment today was nice in a way to know I'm not imagining it.
February 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Yes perhaps that's it. I was just on the home stretch back in residential streets when my eyes really started itching in that familiar way and I thought wow that's early, so seeing your comment today was nice in a way to know I'm not imagining it.
Yes! It happened yesterday afternoon after a walk through the country.
February 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Yes! It happened yesterday afternoon after a walk through the country.
That literally is shoplifting.
February 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
That literally is shoplifting.
Being right is completely irrelevant without power. I wish it wasn't the case but putting a black woman up as the presidential candidate in a hugely racist misogynistic country (outside of the major cities) was a tactically bad decision at this point in history when winning mattered more than ever.
February 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Being right is completely irrelevant without power. I wish it wasn't the case but putting a black woman up as the presidential candidate in a hugely racist misogynistic country (outside of the major cities) was a tactically bad decision at this point in history when winning mattered more than ever.
Screw that. I want a Mr Kidd and Mr Wint origin story where they finally meet..... in the last 5 minutes.
February 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Screw that. I want a Mr Kidd and Mr Wint origin story where they finally meet..... in the last 5 minutes.
There is no way to easily shake off a marriage unless the other person wants to leave you too.
February 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
There is no way to easily shake off a marriage unless the other person wants to leave you too.