Rob Leese Jones
@robleesejones.bsky.social
He/Him. Human, most of the time.
Big fan of cats. And robots. Robots that turn into cats. That sort of thing.
Big fan of cats. And robots. Robots that turn into cats. That sort of thing.
I’d rather be arrogant than ignorant every time
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
I’d rather be arrogant than ignorant every time
Now I think about it, I once had to swerve a pod...? One of those big plastic things that people strap to their 4x4 roof rack... anyway, managed to avoid hitting one that had come loose somehow on the M54. It's hard to imagine that scenario where the driver in front isn't at fault though.
November 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Now I think about it, I once had to swerve a pod...? One of those big plastic things that people strap to their 4x4 roof rack... anyway, managed to avoid hitting one that had come loose somehow on the M54. It's hard to imagine that scenario where the driver in front isn't at fault though.
I am mostly on your side though, I have been driven into while stationary an annoying number of times.
November 23, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I am mostly on your side though, I have been driven into while stationary an annoying number of times.
Also on the north circular, while we're naming names, I've had unsecured ladders falling off the vehicle in front of me. Ended up bouncing around all three lanes. Luckily, didn't get a ladder through my windscreen but my partner took their details off the van and reported them.
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Also on the north circular, while we're naming names, I've had unsecured ladders falling off the vehicle in front of me. Ended up bouncing around all three lanes. Luckily, didn't get a ladder through my windscreen but my partner took their details off the van and reported them.
That's the only accident I've caused in 30 years of driving and I count myself lucky that it was that minor, but when someone pulls out right in front of you from a standing start off the cross-hatched bit and you're doing 60 on the main carriageway... how would you react?
November 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
That's the only accident I've caused in 30 years of driving and I count myself lucky that it was that minor, but when someone pulls out right in front of you from a standing start off the cross-hatched bit and you're doing 60 on the main carriageway... how would you react?
The worst bit was instead of pulling off at the next junction to swap insurance details, he insisted on doing it on the side of the dual carriageway where there was no hard shoulder. Some of the most fraught minutes of my life. The driver who caused it was long gone, obv
November 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The worst bit was instead of pulling off at the next junction to swap insurance details, he insisted on doing it on the side of the dual carriageway where there was no hard shoulder. Some of the most fraught minutes of my life. The driver who caused it was long gone, obv
I didn't collide with the vehicle ahead, but someone who'd "taken the wrong exit" once pulled out in front of me from a standing start onto a 60mph stretch of the London north circular. In braking and swerving to avoid that, I took the wing mirror off a driving instructor in the outer lane.
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I didn't collide with the vehicle ahead, but someone who'd "taken the wrong exit" once pulled out in front of me from a standing start onto a 60mph stretch of the London north circular. In braking and swerving to avoid that, I took the wing mirror off a driving instructor in the outer lane.
I can never understand why people who get off at the wrong exit don't just go around the island and re-enter from the same junction.
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I can never understand why people who get off at the wrong exit don't just go around the island and re-enter from the same junction.
This seems obvious but HR don't want her microwaving fish in their office either
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This seems obvious but HR don't want her microwaving fish in their office either
Mate, you tried to correct me on what I believe. Unless you’re an expert on what goes on in my head, sit down.
November 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Mate, you tried to correct me on what I believe. Unless you’re an expert on what goes on in my head, sit down.
Exactly, the kind of self-confident idiot who resorts to insults when their ignorance is exposed
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Exactly, the kind of self-confident idiot who resorts to insults when their ignorance is exposed
The world is apparently full of people who love to confidently tell me what I do or don’t believe 😆
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The world is apparently full of people who love to confidently tell me what I do or don’t believe 😆
No it’s not. Agnosticism refers to knowledge, atheism refers to belief. I don’t believe there is a god based on the available evidence, so I am an atheist.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
No it’s not. Agnosticism refers to knowledge, atheism refers to belief. I don’t believe there is a god based on the available evidence, so I am an atheist.
Most atheists don’t take the line that sky fairies do not exist, rather that there’s insufficient evidence to conclude that sky fairies do exist. It’s like the difference between finding someone “innocent” as opposed to “not guilty”.
November 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Most atheists don’t take the line that sky fairies do not exist, rather that there’s insufficient evidence to conclude that sky fairies do exist. It’s like the difference between finding someone “innocent” as opposed to “not guilty”.
I've been meaning to do this for ages and this post prompted me to do it, so I timed the lights at the crossroads at the top of my street.
Pedestrians get 3 seconds to cross 3 lanes once in every 108 seconds, give or take. That seems ludicrously short.
Pedestrians get 3 seconds to cross 3 lanes once in every 108 seconds, give or take. That seems ludicrously short.
November 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've been meaning to do this for ages and this post prompted me to do it, so I timed the lights at the crossroads at the top of my street.
Pedestrians get 3 seconds to cross 3 lanes once in every 108 seconds, give or take. That seems ludicrously short.
Pedestrians get 3 seconds to cross 3 lanes once in every 108 seconds, give or take. That seems ludicrously short.
That's a first hand account of a member of a military band describing what happened to him and his band on the front line during WWI.
What do you have besides your own incredulity?
I've got time.
What do you have besides your own incredulity?
I've got time.
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
That's a first hand account of a member of a military band describing what happened to him and his band on the front line during WWI.
What do you have besides your own incredulity?
I've got time.
What do you have besides your own incredulity?
I've got time.
'"We worked day and night under heavy fire from their artillery and the snipers were very busy.
"The shelling continued but both sides were busy with wounded and dead."
On July 6, the band played the survivors of the battalion out of the trenches.'
"The shelling continued but both sides were busy with wounded and dead."
On July 6, the band played the survivors of the battalion out of the trenches.'
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
'"We worked day and night under heavy fire from their artillery and the snipers were very busy.
"The shelling continued but both sides were busy with wounded and dead."
On July 6, the band played the survivors of the battalion out of the trenches.'
"The shelling continued but both sides were busy with wounded and dead."
On July 6, the band played the survivors of the battalion out of the trenches.'
You could literally read the last link I posted:
'His entry for July 1, 1916, said: "The enemy shelled us with tear gas. The band lost two men and a few shell-shocked. At this stage the wounded had to be fetched in. Our front line filled up with dead and wounded. It was a terrible job.'
'His entry for July 1, 1916, said: "The enemy shelled us with tear gas. The band lost two men and a few shell-shocked. At this stage the wounded had to be fetched in. Our front line filled up with dead and wounded. It was a terrible job.'
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
You could literally read the last link I posted:
'His entry for July 1, 1916, said: "The enemy shelled us with tear gas. The band lost two men and a few shell-shocked. At this stage the wounded had to be fetched in. Our front line filled up with dead and wounded. It was a terrible job.'
'His entry for July 1, 1916, said: "The enemy shelled us with tear gas. The band lost two men and a few shell-shocked. At this stage the wounded had to be fetched in. Our front line filled up with dead and wounded. It was a terrible job.'
Where do you think stretcher-bearers were needed?
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Where do you think stretcher-bearers were needed?
I don't even know what point you're arguing against. Did the British military have brass bands at the front in WWI? Yes. Did those bands involve trombones? Yes. And even tuba players. Why would you pretend otherwise?
November 18, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I don't even know what point you're arguing against. Did the British military have brass bands at the front in WWI? Yes. Did those bands involve trombones? Yes. And even tuba players. Why would you pretend otherwise?
Next time do some research before you barge in with nonsense pretending you know what you're talking about, you complete tit.
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Next time do some research before you barge in with nonsense pretending you know what you're talking about, you complete tit.
I let a deadly nightshade grow in the garden once, does that count?
November 18, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I let a deadly nightshade grow in the garden once, does that count?
They obviously didn't play every night but concerts were considered a great source of morale for the troops and bandsmen were often given non-combatant roles such as messengers or stretcher-bearers. ayearofwar.com/2018/08/30/w...
Battalion Band - August 31st, 1918 - A Year of War
A Battalion Band could be a stirring spectacle in WWI. It was valued for entertainment, ceremonial and in the aftermath of battle.
ayearofwar.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
They obviously didn't play every night but concerts were considered a great source of morale for the troops and bandsmen were often given non-combatant roles such as messengers or stretcher-bearers. ayearofwar.com/2018/08/30/w...