Ian H
@ringbark.uk
I live in the United Kingdom, but have previously lived in Vanuatu 🇻🇺 and New Zealand 🇳🇿 as well as working in a variety of other countries. ✝️ Reader in the Church of England. Life member of the British Computer Society. Twimmigrant.
I'm worried about the driver next to him, who is just the same.
December 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I'm worried about the driver next to him, who is just the same.
Everybody knows 9/11 was an inside job. (Genuinely said at an event where I was present. I stopped attending the group soon after, not because he said it but because nobody questioned it and lots nodded.)
December 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Everybody knows 9/11 was an inside job. (Genuinely said at an event where I was present. I stopped attending the group soon after, not because he said it but because nobody questioned it and lots nodded.)
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December 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Wordle 1,647 4/6
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7/7 20 THE GOODIES Garden and Oddie are still alive, but Brooke-Taylor is deceased. So around half of the performers are still around after half a century. Merry Christmas, everybody!
December 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
7/7 20 THE GOODIES Garden and Oddie are still alive, but Brooke-Taylor is deceased. So around half of the performers are still around after half a century. Merry Christmas, everybody!
6/7 17 10CC Band has fractured, but all four original members are still alive. 18 SAILOR Band defunct, but lead Kajanus is still alive, aged 79. 19 STEELEYE SPAN Only permanent member, Maddy Prior, is still alive, aged 78.
December 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
6/7 17 10CC Band has fractured, but all four original members are still alive. 18 SAILOR Band defunct, but lead Kajanus is still alive, aged 79. 19 STEELEYE SPAN Only permanent member, Maddy Prior, is still alive, aged 78.
5/7 13 ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW still alive, aged 77. 14 JUDGE DREAD died 1978. 15 BAY CITY ROLLERS McKeown, Wood and A Longmuir deceased. Faulkner and D Longmuir still alive. 16 DAVID ESSEX still alive, aged 78.
December 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
5/7 13 ANDY FAIRWEATHER LOW still alive, aged 77. 14 JUDGE DREAD died 1978. 15 BAY CITY ROLLERS McKeown, Wood and A Longmuir deceased. Faulkner and D Longmuir still alive. 16 DAVID ESSEX still alive, aged 78.
4/7 8 THE STYLISTICS still performing. Their leads from 1975 are still alive. 9 DAVID BOWIE died 2016. 10 CHRIS HILL died 2025. 11 MUD Their lead, Les Gray, died in 2004 but the band is still performing. 12 THE DRIFTERS Still performing, still has unstable membership.
December 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
4/7 8 THE STYLISTICS still performing. Their leads from 1975 are still alive. 9 DAVID BOWIE died 2016. 10 CHRIS HILL died 2025. 11 MUD Their lead, Les Gray, died in 2004 but the band is still performing. 12 THE DRIFTERS Still performing, still has unstable membership.
3/7 4 DANA still alive, aged 75. 5 CHUBBY CHECKER still alive, aged 84. 6 DEMIS ROUSSOS died in 2015. 7 HOT CHOCOLATE Their lead, Errol Brown, died in 2015. Other lead, Tony Wilson, is still alive.
December 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
3/7 4 DANA still alive, aged 75. 5 CHUBBY CHECKER still alive, aged 84. 6 DEMIS ROUSSOS died in 2015. 7 HOT CHOCOLATE Their lead, Errol Brown, died in 2015. Other lead, Tony Wilson, is still alive.
2/7 1 QUEEN Freddie Mercury died in 1991, but Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon are still alive. 2 GREG LAKE died 2016. 3 LAUREL & HARDY Already deceased when record charted. Chill Wills, who also featured on the record, died in 1978.
December 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
2/7 1 QUEEN Freddie Mercury died in 1991, but Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon are still alive. 2 GREG LAKE died 2016. 3 LAUREL & HARDY Already deceased when record charted. Chill Wills, who also featured on the record, died in 1978.
What are your top 3 feels like Christmas songs?
1. Christmas Dream - Perry Como
2. It's gonna ve a cold, cold Christmas - Dana
3. In dulci jubilo - Mike Oldfield
1. Christmas Dream - Perry Como
2. It's gonna ve a cold, cold Christmas - Dana
3. In dulci jubilo - Mike Oldfield
December 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
What are your top 3 feels like Christmas songs?
1. Christmas Dream - Perry Como
2. It's gonna ve a cold, cold Christmas - Dana
3. In dulci jubilo - Mike Oldfield
1. Christmas Dream - Perry Como
2. It's gonna ve a cold, cold Christmas - Dana
3. In dulci jubilo - Mike Oldfield
Rob can't spell potatoes.
December 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Rob can't spell potatoes.
I remember there used to ve a company which sold "misfortune cookies", which are just what the OP is describing. There seems to be a novel called that too, but it's not what we're talking about here.
December 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I remember there used to ve a company which sold "misfortune cookies", which are just what the OP is describing. There seems to be a novel called that too, but it's not what we're talking about here.
Try "Two Year Old" by Admiral Bailey...
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Try "Two Year Old" by Admiral Bailey...
Came here to comment that if it's from 1728, it can't possibly be a holder for postage stamps, as the Penny Black, the world's first adhesive postage stamp, wasn't issued until 1840.
December 11, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Came here to comment that if it's from 1728, it can't possibly be a holder for postage stamps, as the Penny Black, the world's first adhesive postage stamp, wasn't issued until 1840.
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 10, 2025 at 12:34 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
I went to a public school which had an unashamedly right-wing bias. One of our class lost his mother and we were willing to help him, but he fell in with an NF crowd and started spouting fascist stuff. Even at our school, he was shunned for it, probably making the worst time in his life even worse.
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I went to a public school which had an unashamedly right-wing bias. One of our class lost his mother and we were willing to help him, but he fell in with an NF crowd and started spouting fascist stuff. Even at our school, he was shunned for it, probably making the worst time in his life even worse.
I always imagined what it would be like if the standard guide product were toothpaste rather than ice cream. Then everybody would be ranking about spearmint software, spearmint sex, spearmint systems...
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I always imagined what it would be like if the standard guide product were toothpaste rather than ice cream. Then everybody would be ranking about spearmint software, spearmint sex, spearmint systems...
Tetralogy. For example: The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried, The Twilight of the Gods.
December 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Tetralogy. For example: The Rhinegold, The Valkyrie, Siegfried, The Twilight of the Gods.
I can't begin to think about *losing* $77,000,000,000 and scarcely breaking into a sweat about it.
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I can't begin to think about *losing* $77,000,000,000 and scarcely breaking into a sweat about it.
What about SIX nude lemons?
November 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
What about SIX nude lemons?
Trip trap, trip trap, trip trap indeed.
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Trip trap, trip trap, trip trap indeed.