I moved to Singapore when my employer asked me to, in 2023. I’m getting married in May, to a lady from South Korea. I always expected to come “home”, but that now looks like an insane thing to do - but I’d like to be able to visit friends and family. So - somewhere in Europe I suppose is logical.

Ketam channel from a 32’ ketch

There are only two certainties in life- death and taxes. This chap is betting on people trying to risk the first in order to dodge the second

I go to India a lot for work- Indian drivers pay attention in a way which is completely alien to English drivers. You have to in India or you don’t make it 100 metres.

Maybe. When I see this type of debate everyone seems to set the bar at “my own driving when I’m being very good”, rather than “black cab pulls a completely unannounced and unsignalled U-turn”, which collects a motorcyclist who had no idea that today was the day they were going to die

And yet: as a vulnerable road user who commuted through London for 20 years I’d prefer robo-cars over those driven by humans. Just making vehicles move predictably would be a huge win. Getting a robot to drive better than someone staring at TikTok on their phone is the level.

I’ve worn glasses since I was 12, and the one thing I could always count on was astonishingly good vision around, as you say, 4” in front of my nose. But I just had a diagnosis of cataracts in both eyes so lens replacement surgery beckons, and I’ll lose that magnifying glass vision.

The cells to build the battery array for my boat cost $5,000. I acknowledge prices are falling and economies of scale - but still, golly.

If you look at the quality of the materials, tolerances and so forth in a midrange bike they are way in advance of a motorcycle of similar level- but the market demands bikes are cheap, so margins are thin.

Embrace the Rafale

Canada, who cancel their current order for F35’s and replace it with one for nuclear capable Rafales

Small firms of solicitors are popular targets for cyber-criminals who gain access to the email system and monitor for messages that involve payment details/payment- then they send a follow up email saying "oh, those were the old bank details, please use these", might be an attempt to address that?

Arco Zeus alternator regulator that can effectively turn a marine alternator into a generator

I just cannae do it captain, I dunnae have the power. Oh, wait

As an English person my strongest association with “Heritage” in a phrase describing origin would be “Heritage vegetables” (about purple carrots in Sainsbury).

“If they run they’re VC, if they sink they’re well disciplined VC”

I moved out of the UK for work, and I’m getting married next year to a Korean lady whom I met out here. I’m trying to lay out how hostile the UK would be to us if we were to try to return at some point in the future- I don’t think she believes me.

I’ve voted Labour my entire life and the current “out Farage Farage” thing disgusts me. I’d vote for Hypnotits if I still lived in the UK

Flying back home today from Canberra and Virgin cancelled my flight due to too few people being on it for them to bother flying them to their destination, so I’m going to definitely answer the question “how much coffee can a man drink in 6 hours?”

The most common problem for cyclists is a motorist pulling alongside then turning into or across the cyclist- by the time you apply the brakes or there’s a loud noise it’s too late to record the sequence of events. I sincerely wish this wasn’t an issue that needs a way of preserving the evidence.

True- you would need to turn them on but if I recall correctly you can do that with a verbal instruction, which might be enough to capture the chain of events.

I think these glasses may, genuinely, be the only chance a lot of runners and cyclists have of any justice following their death at the hands of a motorist. I agree that they’re not without issues, but- they have a unique (if unfortunate) use case.

I think I need an earthing rod as I am wearying numerous articles of poiyester clothing and otherwise I might generate lightning

True. There’s a reason why every app on my phone requires face-ID to open it, despite the phone being unlocked

And that bicycle theft (for example) has been effectively decriminalised. The police at least turned up when someone nicked your bike in the 90’s.

It’s generally the car in the same lane that is going to be the one that hits you- however, the most common cause of accidents is the left hook, where the driver comes parallel to the rider and then turns across them which means you need to have recorded them previously.

I’d suggest that both pedestrians and commuters have rights, the issue is that the state is doing nothing with regards to them, hence commuters with helmet cams they don’t want.

Commuting on a bike in London a helmet camera is the only way to get police action on dangerous driving, which I wish were not the case- but we don’t live in that world

Believing in it very, very strongly?

I think a lot of people who would have described themselves as good Tories in years gone have been on a radicalisation journey. I think they were always open to the racist element but would cover it with “it’s just a joke mate”, now it’s become socially acceptable so it drops the facade.

I have a tendency to get up from the desk and walk around when on Zoom, apparently it makes people sea sick if I don’t turn the camera off (laptop balanced on one hand usually)