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Toby - wittering about cars, technology, showtunes and other stuff since… ooh, ages ago.
You do? Oh, that's wonderful! Can you keep it for me? My name... yes, it's: J R R Tolkien.
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
You do? Oh, that's wonderful! Can you keep it for me? My name... yes, it's: J R R Tolkien.
An exception for the Deinocheirus arms, please.
November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
An exception for the Deinocheirus arms, please.
Me doing today's Clues By Sam.
October 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Me doing today's Clues By Sam.
I'm enjoying Clues by Sam. It's rather a well-constructed logic game.
September 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I'm enjoying Clues by Sam. It's rather a well-constructed logic game.
You should know that this is actually a US custom car registered in 2016; it's a rather overcooked 'tribute' to this, the Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic.
September 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
You should know that this is actually a US custom car registered in 2016; it's a rather overcooked 'tribute' to this, the Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic.
Well, there's something he can do...
![Tweet from Senator Markwayne Mullin:
I will lead the breach. I will lay down cover fire. I will take the high ground. I'll expose myself to
[some redacted words]
@SecDef @PeteHegseth.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lcxsy2ci7b4hh2vsrdxlt22o/bafkreiaf3jvlqa2lew6rnn4yd6lmdfbai2phqkarcarki7cirbbqterpj4@jpeg)
August 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Well, there's something he can do...
Tom after a few drinks...
August 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Tom after a few drinks...
In the ABC News report quoted here, there's a couple of appalling paragraphs, in which the statistics regarding support for same-sex marriage are completely misconstrued. In what sense has overall support 'softened' if it's still at the high it reached five years ago?
August 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In the ABC News report quoted here, there's a couple of appalling paragraphs, in which the statistics regarding support for same-sex marriage are completely misconstrued. In what sense has overall support 'softened' if it's still at the high it reached five years ago?
But while we're playing this game...
August 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
But while we're playing this game...
OK - to add to the "AI-generated lists of US Presidents" fun, I asked ChatGPT this:
'Please generate an image that shows all the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with portraits of each of them'
and got this...
'Please generate an image that shows all the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with portraits of each of them'
and got this...
August 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
OK - to add to the "AI-generated lists of US Presidents" fun, I asked ChatGPT this:
'Please generate an image that shows all the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with portraits of each of them'
and got this...
'Please generate an image that shows all the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with portraits of each of them'
and got this...
Now THAT'S a stance.
July 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Now THAT'S a stance.
The same seller has this 1951 "Famous Crimes" title featuring real-life New York murderer Kenneth Neu - an odd pre-echo of Kenneth Noye of Brinks-Mat/road rage infamy.
July 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The same seller has this 1951 "Famous Crimes" title featuring real-life New York murderer Kenneth Neu - an odd pre-echo of Kenneth Noye of Brinks-Mat/road rage infamy.
'Shooting break' - you've been in France too long!
But if any car is one, it's this...
But if any car is one, it's this...
July 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
'Shooting break' - you've been in France too long!
But if any car is one, it's this...
But if any car is one, it's this...
Always worth reposting Rollie Free on his Vincent at Bonneville, in case people haven't seen it...
July 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Always worth reposting Rollie Free on his Vincent at Bonneville, in case people haven't seen it...
It was a pretty successful starting point for Bentley, too.
July 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
It was a pretty successful starting point for Bentley, too.
With ZZ Top's 'CadZZilla' being the apotheosis of the breed (though strictly it's a kustom, not a rod).
July 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
With ZZ Top's 'CadZZilla' being the apotheosis of the breed (though strictly it's a kustom, not a rod).
But they don't even sell Tango in... The Bottle.
July 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
But they don't even sell Tango in... The Bottle.
You lookin' at me?
July 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
You lookin' at me?
Hmm. Pre-WWII shooting brakes often had four doors. The recent idea that they should only have two is a confection of the marketing departments.
Then there's the odd French practice of referring to estate cars as 'breaks'.
Then there's the odd French practice of referring to estate cars as 'breaks'.
July 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Hmm. Pre-WWII shooting brakes often had four doors. The recent idea that they should only have two is a confection of the marketing departments.
Then there's the odd French practice of referring to estate cars as 'breaks'.
Then there's the odd French practice of referring to estate cars as 'breaks'.
I felt the same about the Ali Bongo biopic...
July 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I felt the same about the Ali Bongo biopic...
Well, he was involved in that nasty business at Morningside Cemetery.
July 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Well, he was involved in that nasty business at Morningside Cemetery.
I just assumed the same question. Looks like the odd perspective has been fixed, at least, but the answer is still oddly specific about Ghislaine Maxwell and other denials.
July 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I just assumed the same question. Looks like the odd perspective has been fixed, at least, but the answer is still oddly specific about Ghislaine Maxwell and other denials.
I'm amazed by how long people persisted with his truck designs - and that DAF retained the obviously Mercedes-inspired wipers on its Aero 3000.
July 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I'm amazed by how long people persisted with his truck designs - and that DAF retained the obviously Mercedes-inspired wipers on its Aero 3000.