John Peabody-Brown

Spotify engineered playlist called rave beats Friday morning

The spotify day list has exceled itself today too.

Tricky Disco has just come on

Now up to 8.5 degrees in my shed if anyone is wondering how frickin cold I am

Thermostat showing 4 degrees

Once the shed I'm exiled to warms up that is

Thats up 4 degrees from 20 minutes ago

Pointless sign in request but with 69 added childishness

Well, today has the potential to very good

But how would a lad from Cumbria with not an ounce of Irish anywhere near him end up in the Royal Irish?

Especially as we think he was either serving prior to 39 or volunteered very quickly so wouldn't have been part of the later random reinforcements

Wooden box with Germany and Italy written on it and a vague regiment badge

Guess the badge time

#WW2 #HISTORY #BRITISHARMY #WORLDWAR2 #WORLDWARTWO

On a box made by wife's grandad.

We know he served in ww2, from Cumbria and ended up in Lubeck in the mid/late 40s.

It looks Irish (harp) but there's no reason for him to be an Irish regiment.

Any ideas?

two men are standing in front of a car with the word video club on the bottom Alt: two men are standing in front of a car with the word video club on the bottom

Nothing on TV and an evening to myself so watching Gross Pointe Blank

Plot, music, humour, acting, script

Just classic

My channel 4 app has stopped being able to cast

I'm not surprised as it's always been an awful app but it is immensely frustrating

Just realised you can get vintage working Walkmans for £20-£50

So that's my Christmas sorted

There's a story that he tried to shift from the Norfolk to the Hood with a few mates as it was the more prestigious ship. Some of them were successful but he was turned down

My dad has a chunk of metal supposedly a shell fragment from the bismark but I suspect it's more likely from the Scharnhorst

Ive got the marriage cert.

Mallinson, married 30/5/36, Salford

So that format number is right then and the m ties in with the occupation in the kitchen. His misses was also a confectioner

Am I right in thinking the number/code also confirms a voluntary enlisting pre war?

It's not letting me dm but I've never really used it here

Anyway, it's William Turner, don't believe there's any middle name. Married at 21 in May 36 which means born 04/05.

Probably born in Leith, Edinburgh

Was a confectioner in 1936 and I suspect already in the RN.

All a bit vague really.

Another aging Eagle fan.

Remember when it merged with Battle?

Favourite strips were
Dan Dare
Doomlord
Detective Zed
Computer Warrior
Charlie's War

By far the best comic of the time and led me to 2000AD

Royal Navy
My grandad
Served on HMS Norfolk from 1940 to 46 or 47
He disappeared early 50s so no death certificate or details
Has like the most common name ever, there's like millions of guys with his name from Leith

Hi

Anyone know anything about #RoyalNavy #WW2 #NavalHistory

Is DMX 81867 a valid looking service number

Was confectioners foreman a thing or was it more likely a leading cook

Any tips on getting service records without a death certificate? I tried but they treated it as a SAR and denied it

TIA

Aha! One of the items has turned up after I complained

The letter ia signed by someone called "Scout" and I'm encouraged to follow them on "Twitter" for news and ease of contact

I'm now wondering whether the Twitter thing is deliberate to avoid its shit rebrand or just lazy old paperwork

beer is not supposed to be "foamy"

A very American connections today, they are a very strange lot

Mushroom season is upon us

What's the worst that could happen

Turns out a week last Friday was a bad day to buy stuff online as I've had to chase it all up and they were only dispatched today because of the chase

That's why I hate online buying, because if it goes wrong it's a PITA

Im not arguing?

I'm merely pointing out that the left vote is traditionally split whereas the right is traditionally focused

I'd love to see a green/left party in power. Capitalism is by definition short term and selfish and isn't sustainable for the country, race and planet.

Are you one of those keyboard warriors/internet trolls having a go at me because I'm jaded by decades of experience?

What separates you from the maga and NF crowd jumping on people they don't agree with?

Is this just the an example of how the left fights amongst itself?

Green 2000?

POWG?

But the greens are just a subset of the left. Momentum, CND, JSO, Extinction Rebellion, Communists Marxists, SWP, WRP etc etc

The left vote is traditionaly fractured plus a lot is watered down by independents

I want the lefts in power but it's hard because of lack of agreement

#WombatMetamorphosis

Or

#SoLongAndThanksForAllTheSundayPix

X

I think it's tried this in the past but didn't think it worked as it didn't make an immediate impact

I'll try again

Thanks for this

I find Gmail very confusing the way it groups message threads

I want to see a separate message for each sent and received email

I don't want it grouping and hidden as it baffles me trying to find stuff in the middle of the exchange

Does anyone find this frustrating or am I odd,old or just stupid?

Good god, why does the left always fight each other like a bunch hamsters in a tote bag.

The right will always work with each other for their greater goals under the likes of leaders like trump, hitler, farage etc

This is why we can't have good things.

a close up of a person wearing sunglasses with the words `` it 's so bright '' . Alt: a close up of a person wearing sunglasses with the words `` it 's so bright '' .

Dug the sad lamp out to try and boost my energy levels

Changing my mobile provider

Started the process on the 1st Nov and still not received a sim

When I phone they are "unusually" busy and didn't answer within 30 mins

Sent them an email and they auto responded saying they will "try" and answer within 3 working days

All of which, doesn't bode well

Monstertrux album cover

Classic 90s industrial

Wow

AI is just wonderful for 66% of stuff

Of course, if you don't fit the bill companies and AI are an utter crock of shit.

Tech firms like Microsoft are the worst of it as well.

Automate most things and don't give a shit about the balance.

Had to replace the sproglets laptop after the repairs it needed failed

Complete mare as the accounts are all over the place and I can't reactivate office and Microsoft are the shower of shite you'd expect

On the plus side, I've saved Copilot to talk like a pirate so that will irritate him