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peteralee.bsky.social
Engineer, Naval Veteran. On Mastodon as @[email protected] I don’t post a lot of original content, but do enjoy replying to others who have the imagination or motivation to create content! UK (South and North England)
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This today by @iandunt.bsky.social is one of the very best things he has ever done. (I wish I could write about Birmingham a fraction as well as he writes about London.) iandunt.substack.com/p/they-hate-...

submitted 14 hours ago • 3 comments

Because of [waves hands at the state of the world] there's been a bit of discussion about how difficult it is to sink oil tankers. As this account firmly approves of the empirical method, ie the boffin lingo for fucking around and finding out, let's look at an example. Meet Torrey Canyon.

submitted 10 days ago • 24 comments

I’m surprised not to have seen many comparisons on here between trooping the colour and the American military parade yesterday. Two military pageants on opposite sides of the Atlantic on the same day, with very different vibes. Just the quality of the marching alone is probably worth a mention🤣🤣

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

This particular line leaped out at me: “…it is understood that the government expects them to operate within the law…” from the department of “No Shit, Sherlock”!

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉

submitted 20 days ago • 188 comments

"Younger listeners may not know, but there was a time when the US was an ally of the UK and an enemy of Russia" Zinger from @dorianlynskey.bsky.social in today's Origin Story podcast on Thatcher. More zingers and quality intellectual content on the pod www.podmasters.co.uk/origin-story

submitted 85 days ago • 2 comments

Bloody Hell- beaten by #whamageddon already!! Ten past 10 am on 1st December has to be the quickest time I’ve ever gone out 😠 Thanks a lot Greatest Hits Radio 🤣

submitted 208 days ago • 0 comments

How do you do, fellow farmers?

submitted 220 days ago • 3 comments

Genius

submitted 220 days ago • 1 comment