Ian Spencer 🐧
@ian.spennys.world
Bass player & guitar strummer. Walker. Cyclist. Grumbler.
Heartbeat: https://heartbeatband.info
Prime Numbers: https://primenumbers.org.uk
The Blighters: https://www.facebook.com/theblighters
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Heartbeat: https://heartbeatband.info
Prime Numbers: https://primenumbers.org.uk
The Blighters: https://www.facebook.com/theblighters
IamNotAllowedToUseMyName on MSE
🐧Penguins Against Trump🐧
Doing my own archaeology: why?
December 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Doing my own archaeology: why?
Japan has these, but they are very public transit oriented.
December 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Japan has these, but they are very public transit oriented.
Prog rock 70s says "Only 2?"
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Prog rock 70s says "Only 2?"
It's also to do with not being allowed to own a car unless you can park it off road in a lot of Japan. Japanese houses are usually small without gardens, so having a tiny car means that you can park it, so you can own one. Alternatives are stacking car parks where you can rent a permanent space.
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
It's also to do with not being allowed to own a car unless you can park it off road in a lot of Japan. Japanese houses are usually small without gardens, so having a tiny car means that you can park it, so you can own one. Alternatives are stacking car parks where you can rent a permanent space.
Excited to award my stepson the "FIFA Tidy Room Prize" with special commendation.
December 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Excited to award my stepson the "FIFA Tidy Room Prize" with special commendation.
Back in my Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Boys' School days, we used to be driven in an ancient Duple Vega to Crystal Palace for swimming.
The bus driver drank copiously from a bottle of Teacher's.*
Mr Deakin, the teacher, couldn't believe what he saw. Still the journey was quick.
*Appropriately.
The bus driver drank copiously from a bottle of Teacher's.*
Mr Deakin, the teacher, couldn't believe what he saw. Still the journey was quick.
*Appropriately.
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Back in my Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham Boys' School days, we used to be driven in an ancient Duple Vega to Crystal Palace for swimming.
The bus driver drank copiously from a bottle of Teacher's.*
Mr Deakin, the teacher, couldn't believe what he saw. Still the journey was quick.
*Appropriately.
The bus driver drank copiously from a bottle of Teacher's.*
Mr Deakin, the teacher, couldn't believe what he saw. Still the journey was quick.
*Appropriately.
I'm one of 3 kids and we went on a 2 week summer holiday in a Morris 1100 Mk 1.
December 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm one of 3 kids and we went on a 2 week summer holiday in a Morris 1100 Mk 1.
What would you think the key features of an all-terrain vehicle are?
Hmm, JLR would like a word.
Hmm, JLR would like a word.
December 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What would you think the key features of an all-terrain vehicle are?
Hmm, JLR would like a word.
Hmm, JLR would like a word.
Being in a band trains the spatial awareness required to squeeze 15 impossibly shaped objects into an impractically shaped hole.
I bet Terry Nation was in a band to have come up with The Blue Box.
I bet Terry Nation was in a band to have come up with The Blue Box.
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Being in a band trains the spatial awareness required to squeeze 15 impossibly shaped objects into an impractically shaped hole.
I bet Terry Nation was in a band to have come up with The Blue Box.
I bet Terry Nation was in a band to have come up with The Blue Box.
Depends what you photograph. Any branded phone for the last 3 or 4 years will take good wide angle pictures.
As soon as you say zoom, you are limited to premium.
There are plenty of compacts, but personally I've settled on a Panasonic Lumix TZ90 which has a 30x zoom. Not perfect vs DSLR but.
As soon as you say zoom, you are limited to premium.
There are plenty of compacts, but personally I've settled on a Panasonic Lumix TZ90 which has a 30x zoom. Not perfect vs DSLR but.
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Depends what you photograph. Any branded phone for the last 3 or 4 years will take good wide angle pictures.
As soon as you say zoom, you are limited to premium.
There are plenty of compacts, but personally I've settled on a Panasonic Lumix TZ90 which has a 30x zoom. Not perfect vs DSLR but.
As soon as you say zoom, you are limited to premium.
There are plenty of compacts, but personally I've settled on a Panasonic Lumix TZ90 which has a 30x zoom. Not perfect vs DSLR but.
Definitely not. Main role in edgy film does not equate to powerful acting.
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Definitely not. Main role in edgy film does not equate to powerful acting.
Bit to keen on the lovely Tin-Tin for my liking.
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Bit to keen on the lovely Tin-Tin for my liking.
Has anything changed?
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Has anything changed?
I have an example a couple of hundred yards from me where the only indication it is shared use is an arrow on the road pointing at the pavement and an exit arrow to the road. Note conflict with bus stop
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I have an example a couple of hundred yards from me where the only indication it is shared use is an arrow on the road pointing at the pavement and an exit arrow to the road. Note conflict with bus stop
Explain those legs and body to the left of the policeman- oh, and bloke looking towards camera has a very AI face.
November 2, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Explain those legs and body to the left of the policeman- oh, and bloke looking towards camera has a very AI face.
I'm waiting for, "Why isn't the White House a 68 storey hotel, then all the Epstein Ballroom guests can stay the night. We can put Maxwell in charge of 'room service'."
November 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I'm waiting for, "Why isn't the White House a 68 storey hotel, then all the Epstein Ballroom guests can stay the night. We can put Maxwell in charge of 'room service'."
I was somewhat perturbed by Pizza Guy gaining entry without a key using a novel lock picking routine last seen on Deep Space Nine.
October 31, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I was somewhat perturbed by Pizza Guy gaining entry without a key using a novel lock picking routine last seen on Deep Space Nine.
As prophesied by Thunderbirds, e.g. the road building wonder without an off switch, the Martian Probe launch which fell of a bridge and had no off switch for the launch sequence, or the monorail without an off switch barrelling towards broken track.
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
As prophesied by Thunderbirds, e.g. the road building wonder without an off switch, the Martian Probe launch which fell of a bridge and had no off switch for the launch sequence, or the monorail without an off switch barrelling towards broken track.
If you visit Wroclaw in Poland, you will find hundreds of brass gnomes.
These are in celebration of the resistance movement to Soviet oppression. The resistance dressed as gnomes - the Orange Alternative (Hmmm?)
These are in celebration of the resistance movement to Soviet oppression. The resistance dressed as gnomes - the Orange Alternative (Hmmm?)
October 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If you visit Wroclaw in Poland, you will find hundreds of brass gnomes.
These are in celebration of the resistance movement to Soviet oppression. The resistance dressed as gnomes - the Orange Alternative (Hmmm?)
These are in celebration of the resistance movement to Soviet oppression. The resistance dressed as gnomes - the Orange Alternative (Hmmm?)
Seen that somewhere before...
The Money Pit
The Money Pit
October 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Seen that somewhere before...
The Money Pit
The Money Pit
"It serves as a lovely introduction to Dan Brown's style."
🫣🤔😱😭
🫣🤔😱😭
October 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"It serves as a lovely introduction to Dan Brown's style."
🫣🤔😱😭
🫣🤔😱😭
It amazes me how unnecessarily violent police are. I wonder what the stats are for injuries caused by the arrest of people on minor misdemeanour charges?
Meanwhile in the UK...
Meanwhile in the UK...
October 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It amazes me how unnecessarily violent police are. I wonder what the stats are for injuries caused by the arrest of people on minor misdemeanour charges?
Meanwhile in the UK...
Meanwhile in the UK...
See this example of fine upstanding British citizens represented by Round Table from the 1980s. Table naans from Adils?
October 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
See this example of fine upstanding British citizens represented by Round Table from the 1980s. Table naans from Adils?
If you've got a few feet of roof above which you don't want to open up, they work a treat. The loft has two 18" pipes running down from the roof.
At night with lights on, it creates the impression that there is an occupied loft space, but our roof is barely 6' at the ridge, so not convertible.
At night with lights on, it creates the impression that there is an occupied loft space, but our roof is barely 6' at the ridge, so not convertible.
October 5, 2025 at 9:47 AM
If you've got a few feet of roof above which you don't want to open up, they work a treat. The loft has two 18" pipes running down from the roof.
At night with lights on, it creates the impression that there is an occupied loft space, but our roof is barely 6' at the ridge, so not convertible.
At night with lights on, it creates the impression that there is an occupied loft space, but our roof is barely 6' at the ridge, so not convertible.
We did similar. House was extended but they left a weird corridor and useless space.
RSJ & hammers later, made a big welcoming hallway.
RSJ & hammers later, made a big welcoming hallway.
October 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
We did similar. House was extended but they left a weird corridor and useless space.
RSJ & hammers later, made a big welcoming hallway.
RSJ & hammers later, made a big welcoming hallway.