Jones the Steam
@tony-jones.bsky.social
Temporarily retired train driver. Cyclist, climber, wandering cat lover, happiest in wild places, occasional fly fisherman. Mostly sensible, occasionally lazy. (Also likes beer.)
You're the second person who used shite as their second word?
December 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You're the second person who used shite as their second word?
If your diet comprises of eight Big Mac meals a day it takes a lot of time for the elephant house employees to hose you down and remove the stench. Probably better to just wait rather than endure that.
December 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If your diet comprises of eight Big Mac meals a day it takes a lot of time for the elephant house employees to hose you down and remove the stench. Probably better to just wait rather than endure that.
We should probably go back one more step and let Native Americans keep their lands. They were much better custodians of that beautiful country than those who drove them off their ancestral lands.
December 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
We should probably go back one more step and let Native Americans keep their lands. They were much better custodians of that beautiful country than those who drove them off their ancestral lands.
It would be nice if the actual Americans got America back. Settlers wanting to kick other immigrants out is pretty fucked up.
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
It would be nice if the actual Americans got America back. Settlers wanting to kick other immigrants out is pretty fucked up.
Dissing Jimmy Carter like that: that guy could catch more trout than you caught crabs. (And he always smiled when he was doing it.)
December 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Dissing Jimmy Carter like that: that guy could catch more trout than you caught crabs. (And he always smiled when he was doing it.)
Good to see the two fossil fuel sponsors and the 1970s monster truck thing, I hope that's not allowed into the convoy, it's a recipe for disaster. Much better to be hit by a Skoda if you value your future sporting career. The shorts aren't great either.
December 17, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Good to see the two fossil fuel sponsors and the 1970s monster truck thing, I hope that's not allowed into the convoy, it's a recipe for disaster. Much better to be hit by a Skoda if you value your future sporting career. The shorts aren't great either.
Astounding act of courage! We'll never know how many lives were saved by that man today.
December 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Astounding act of courage! We'll never know how many lives were saved by that man today.
It's a Trump playbook facsimile: be really good to have Farage (or Trump) answer questions on matters of theology. The closest either of them have been to a bible is when it's in the bedside drawer of a hotel room which they're hosting a dodgy liaison. These fuckers make my skin crawl.
December 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It's a Trump playbook facsimile: be really good to have Farage (or Trump) answer questions on matters of theology. The closest either of them have been to a bible is when it's in the bedside drawer of a hotel room which they're hosting a dodgy liaison. These fuckers make my skin crawl.
How can a business that basically steals money from people have that much debt? That’s a Trump casino level of incompetence.
December 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
How can a business that basically steals money from people have that much debt? That’s a Trump casino level of incompetence.
I was just thinking this as I was scrolling down the thread. They have such an opportunity with their huge Westminster majority. If they were to do this *and* introduce a form of PR for Westminster elections it would exceed all my expectations and give us all a future.
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I was just thinking this as I was scrolling down the thread. They have such an opportunity with their huge Westminster majority. If they were to do this *and* introduce a form of PR for Westminster elections it would exceed all my expectations and give us all a future.
(Before it went bad, I should add!)
December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
(Before it went bad, I should add!)
Wow! What a shame, I used to love Duolingo.
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Wow! What a shame, I used to love Duolingo.
That Jesus guy seemed pretty sound from what I remember. More recent exponents of the cult named after him however...
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
That Jesus guy seemed pretty sound from what I remember. More recent exponents of the cult named after him however...
The letter sent to Welsh voters was only in English with no Welsh translation. That's what they think of Wales and its inhabitants. Farage wouldn't even call the Caerphilly Reform candidate by his real name calling him 'Welsh Dave' instead of Llyr. Interestingly, Cymraeg for Farage is 'Y coc oen'.
November 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The letter sent to Welsh voters was only in English with no Welsh translation. That's what they think of Wales and its inhabitants. Farage wouldn't even call the Caerphilly Reform candidate by his real name calling him 'Welsh Dave' instead of Llyr. Interestingly, Cymraeg for Farage is 'Y coc oen'.
My partner got her Reform letter on the same day I got my NHS Bowel Cancer screening kit. Both contain return envelopes so we're exchanging them. Apologies to the NHS for the excrement they're going to receive instead of my stool sample.
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My partner got her Reform letter on the same day I got my NHS Bowel Cancer screening kit. Both contain return envelopes so we're exchanging them. Apologies to the NHS for the excrement they're going to receive instead of my stool sample.
Fingers crossed! I honestly think that Farage's schoolboy antics aren't going to negatively affect them that much because it's what a lot of their potential voters think anyway. The Russian stuff however will affect them and we haven't heard the half of that yet.
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Fingers crossed! I honestly think that Farage's schoolboy antics aren't going to negatively affect them that much because it's what a lot of their potential voters think anyway. The Russian stuff however will affect them and we haven't heard the half of that yet.
With reference to the photograph: "No Entery"? Why am I not surprised by this linguistic mastery. (Or should that be mastry?)
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
With reference to the photograph: "No Entery"? Why am I not surprised by this linguistic mastery. (Or should that be mastry?)
So what happens if it meets a wheelchair user or a person with a pushchair?
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
So what happens if it meets a wheelchair user or a person with a pushchair?
Probably cost as much as a lifetime's worth of sustainable public transport too.
November 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Probably cost as much as a lifetime's worth of sustainable public transport too.
Another benefit of EVs: no pool of engine oil under the front of that monstrosity.
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Another benefit of EVs: no pool of engine oil under the front of that monstrosity.