Chris Upton
@turkeyplucker.bsky.social
Jesus, Gouda bove all other.
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Jesus, Gouda bove all other.
It's something about the word, I reckon, it somehow sounds intrinsically high tech and futuristic, and is therefore irresistible.
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
It's something about the word, I reckon, it somehow sounds intrinsically high tech and futuristic, and is therefore irresistible.
<looks at number and width of seats in photo> 6 passengers as long as some of them are very good friends!
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
<looks at number and width of seats in photo> 6 passengers as long as some of them are very good friends!
Unit capacity ~4 passengerd, two units per line, this had better be for very short distances.
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Unit capacity ~4 passengerd, two units per line, this had better be for very short distances.
Trouble is, if it's using existing track (and those rails don't look new) then only one side faces a platform. Also, rail timetables/schedules are only partly there for passenger convenience, they also have an important function preventing collisions.
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Trouble is, if it's using existing track (and those rails don't look new) then only one side faces a platform. Also, rail timetables/schedules are only partly there for passenger convenience, they also have an important function preventing collisions.
Oh absolutely. So much reinvention of the wheel(ed conveyance) going on.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Oh absolutely. So much reinvention of the wheel(ed conveyance) going on.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's on one of the existing rails. Which could present a problem if some stations have island platforms.
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I'm not 100% sure, but I think it's on one of the existing rails. Which could present a problem if some stations have island platforms.
Good morrow, masters all.
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Good morrow, masters all.
Or a true crime podcast - how the police finally caught the Clothes Moth Killer.
However, the trial collapsed as the prosecution case was full of holes.
However, the trial collapsed as the prosecution case was full of holes.
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Or a true crime podcast - how the police finally caught the Clothes Moth Killer.
However, the trial collapsed as the prosecution case was full of holes.
However, the trial collapsed as the prosecution case was full of holes.
I can't. Because I never started. <ducks>
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I can't. Because I never started. <ducks>
Slightly more complicated - it started to tip before it was finished, and the builders adjusted for it. So it couldn't ever be made perfectly upright, because it's curved. But certainly they could, if desired, have gone closer than they did.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Slightly more complicated - it started to tip before it was finished, and the builders adjusted for it. So it couldn't ever be made perfectly upright, because it's curved. But certainly they could, if desired, have gone closer than they did.
Other than the obvious but implausible art gallery/museum imagery? There's presentation in court (as in "exhibit A" &c.) - maybe around ~1715 it became acceptable to present copies rather than the originals?
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Other than the obvious but implausible art gallery/museum imagery? There's presentation in court (as in "exhibit A" &c.) - maybe around ~1715 it became acceptable to present copies rather than the originals?
Also, from a quick perusal of Wikipedia, duplicate records were required to be sent to the Bishop annually from 1597; no legislative changes are mentioned between 1660 and 1812. I wonder if it's public access to those central copies that changed around 1715.
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Also, from a quick perusal of Wikipedia, duplicate records were required to be sent to the Bishop annually from 1597; no legislative changes are mentioned between 1660 and 1812. I wonder if it's public access to those central copies that changed around 1715.
Archived might make more sense, but I'm sure there are two "i"s.
November 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Archived might make more sense, but I'm sure there are two "i"s.
And what did the London gentleman have to do with it?
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
And what did the London gentleman have to do with it?
(ran out of characters for Mr. Preston's address; Park Street Westminster)
So we have the answer; the question is what was the question!
So we have the answer; the question is what was the question!
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
(ran out of characters for Mr. Preston's address; Park Street Westminster)
So we have the answer; the question is what was the question!
So we have the answer; the question is what was the question!
I make it:
Registrar's office Northampton
11th April 1842
Sir,
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 9th Inst. and in reply to inform you that the Copies of the Parochial Registers were not exhibited until about the year 1715 and am
Sir
Yours obedly
Wm Gates
R. R. Preston Esq. 4 Park St
Registrar's office Northampton
11th April 1842
Sir,
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 9th Inst. and in reply to inform you that the Copies of the Parochial Registers were not exhibited until about the year 1715 and am
Sir
Yours obedly
Wm Gates
R. R. Preston Esq. 4 Park St
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I make it:
Registrar's office Northampton
11th April 1842
Sir,
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 9th Inst. and in reply to inform you that the Copies of the Parochial Registers were not exhibited until about the year 1715 and am
Sir
Yours obedly
Wm Gates
R. R. Preston Esq. 4 Park St
Registrar's office Northampton
11th April 1842
Sir,
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 9th Inst. and in reply to inform you that the Copies of the Parochial Registers were not exhibited until about the year 1715 and am
Sir
Yours obedly
Wm Gates
R. R. Preston Esq. 4 Park St
While the German Handel moved to London in 1712.
November 22, 2025 at 7:17 AM
While the German Handel moved to London in 1712.
I got in the car and turned the radio on just in time for Archer's first ball. His second improved my mood somewhat!
November 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I got in the car and turned the radio on just in time for Archer's first ball. His second improved my mood somewhat!
It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early.
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early.
Another argument in favour of electric cars? I've just filled my "tank" overnight.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Another argument in favour of electric cars? I've just filled my "tank" overnight.
A better Latinist than I could supply "What is this that roareth thus? Can it be a motor bos?" with bos/bovis substituted for bus/bi throughout.
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A better Latinist than I could supply "What is this that roareth thus? Can it be a motor bos?" with bos/bovis substituted for bus/bi throughout.
#Thursgate sounds like it ought to be a village, maybe in Derbyshire.
November 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
#Thursgate sounds like it ought to be a village, maybe in Derbyshire.
That's not my spy ship, its antennae are too obvious.
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
That's not my spy ship, its antennae are too obvious.