Clive Evans
@swishbob.bsky.social
Tax man is fine as long as they declare and pay any taxes owed on it. Which I'm sure they remembered to do
January 27, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Tax man is fine as long as they declare and pay any taxes owed on it. Which I'm sure they remembered to do
It's a longish read, but interesting, and gives you the main reasons: www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:38 PM
It's a longish read, but interesting, and gives you the main reasons: www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...
I did a double-take when I first saw it, too. I assume the French government wasn't that dim, and it turns out I was right.
January 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I did a double-take when I first saw it, too. I assume the French government wasn't that dim, and it turns out I was right.
Sorry, a Times what? Journalist? I think you're getting confused.
January 26, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Sorry, a Times what? Journalist? I think you're getting confused.
Microsoft Visio is an application for making diagrams. The Visio in question is a different (French) application: lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/produits/visio
Visio - LaSuite
Visio est la solution de visioconférence souveraine de l’État, pour échanger en toute confiance : fiable, sécurisée, ouverte et hébergée en France.
lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr
January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Microsoft Visio is an application for making diagrams. The Visio in question is a different (French) application: lasuite.numerique.gouv.fr/produits/visio
I take it you missed the bit where he wants to post pictures of non-disclosed individuals on social media ...
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I take it you missed the bit where he wants to post pictures of non-disclosed individuals on social media ...
It's this ...
The origin is a Herzog documentary in which a solitary penguin abandons reason and the rest of the colony and heads for the mountains 70km away. It's certain death, but the researcher explains even if he fetches the penguin back, it'll still head for the mountains.
January 25, 2026 at 4:04 PM
It's this ...
I mean, that sucks quite a bit, but nice stick, sir.
January 23, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I mean, that sucks quite a bit, but nice stick, sir.
Create the hexes with the interesting things, have a list of things that will turn up in the less interesting spaces when the players rock up, but don't assign them to hexes. Instead of randomly rolling, just work your way down the list. If you get near the bottom, write some more.
January 22, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Create the hexes with the interesting things, have a list of things that will turn up in the less interesting spaces when the players rock up, but don't assign them to hexes. Instead of randomly rolling, just work your way down the list. If you get near the bottom, write some more.
Nah, you post them some poo these days.
January 22, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Nah, you post them some poo these days.
Yeah, that's exactly what somebody who was using the tunnels to smuggle sweets into the town would say.
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Yeah, that's exactly what somebody who was using the tunnels to smuggle sweets into the town would say.
I vaguely remember sort of enjoying Dalziel and Pascoe when it was originally showing, maybe. But it was so long ago we didn't have any choice but to watch what they were shovelling.
January 22, 2026 at 1:37 PM
I vaguely remember sort of enjoying Dalziel and Pascoe when it was originally showing, maybe. But it was so long ago we didn't have any choice but to watch what they were shovelling.
It's why there are so few of them. A normal penguin colony is huge, but we only ever see 4 of them.
January 21, 2026 at 10:42 AM
It's why there are so few of them. A normal penguin colony is huge, but we only ever see 4 of them.
It's pronounced F'row, like you would expect.
January 19, 2026 at 10:44 PM
It's pronounced F'row, like you would expect.
Moorcock. Corum.
I took the Dragonlance books with me when I came back to school in the UK
I took the Dragonlance books with me when I came back to school in the UK
January 19, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Moorcock. Corum.
I took the Dragonlance books with me when I came back to school in the UK
I took the Dragonlance books with me when I came back to school in the UK
The first set of fantasy books I found in the school library when I came back to the UK.
They absolutely didn't fuck me up, if already read the Amber series out of order, because back in the old days they didn't print the order of series on the books anywhere ...
They absolutely didn't fuck me up, if already read the Amber series out of order, because back in the old days they didn't print the order of series on the books anywhere ...
January 18, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The first set of fantasy books I found in the school library when I came back to the UK.
They absolutely didn't fuck me up, if already read the Amber series out of order, because back in the old days they didn't print the order of series on the books anywhere ...
They absolutely didn't fuck me up, if already read the Amber series out of order, because back in the old days they didn't print the order of series on the books anywhere ...
He likes reading the dystopian stuff. I think he wants to play the power fantasies, possibly because he's growing up in a world becoming more and more dystopian by the day.
Or possibly the SCP stuff was just a phase. Who can even understand young people these days?
Or possibly the SCP stuff was just a phase. Who can even understand young people these days?
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
He likes reading the dystopian stuff. I think he wants to play the power fantasies, possibly because he's growing up in a world becoming more and more dystopian by the day.
Or possibly the SCP stuff was just a phase. Who can even understand young people these days?
Or possibly the SCP stuff was just a phase. Who can even understand young people these days?
What did they think was going to happen? They'd met us. They knew us.
January 13, 2026 at 10:49 PM
What did they think was going to happen? They'd met us. They knew us.
Have you checked for a hidden compartment in the captain's cabin yet? There's always one there, if you can't find it start breaking down the walls
January 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Have you checked for a hidden compartment in the captain's cabin yet? There's always one there, if you can't find it start breaking down the walls
I was convinced it was people taking the piss and/or getting confused, but no, they really did this. Have you seen the pictures of Tenconi speaking with just an iron cross on the front of his lecturn? It's even less subtle ...
January 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM
I was convinced it was people taking the piss and/or getting confused, but no, they really did this. Have you seen the pictures of Tenconi speaking with just an iron cross on the front of his lecturn? It's even less subtle ...