Neil

That’s it. I’m quitting this place. For many reasons, but basically it’s scraping the bottom of the barrel, having been emptied since the bond-villain took over. If any of you are interested, I’ll be over on threads. Countryside_to_city there.

If Liz truss lives to 96 she will have spent more days at the cenotaph than in Downing Street

@bartvanbakel @AutoPap Renault isn’t Stellantis. Unless I’ve missed something big in the automotive world.

@AutoPap It’s about time an EV does well for Stellantis as so far their EV sales are a disaster. We need plenty of more midsize or small electric cars in Europe. What’s the price point?

I cannot tell you how emotive the new Renault 5 is. Proportions are perfect, drive sublime and the interior has just enough Va Va Voom to make you smile. My verdict - buy one!

@whingewine @fesshole Wholeheartedly guffawed at that. You have earned a follow. ☑️

Can we confess about our worst dates on here? Anyway, here goes. As the waitress was pouring wine into our glasses, the guy rather unashamedly asked me if I'd like to eat bananas out of his arse. Girl, that waitress, absolute hero, helped me quietly get out of there so fast.

@howie_hua Factors of 12.

I'm watching Who Wants to be a Millionaire right now and this was the question. What would your strategy be?

@Seatz37 I got this for £300 a few weeks ago. Non-runner but she’s going now - TBC whether she passes her MOT in a few weeks though. Fingers crossed.

This is going back soon and I’m sad. No convertible on my driveway for a while. So, if you were going to buy a cheap convertible - what would you buy…? Asking for a friend (myself)

This is amazing by @inglesp, comparing MRP projections for each seat inglesp.github.io/apogee/ HT @Samfr

@thehistoryguy A sorry sight indeed, but I bet many of us have got wrecked in Blackpool at some point in our lives.

@fabulucy The horse looks like it has lost the will to live. Or at the least, it has had enough of that guy’s bullshit!

@brandonhli @Airbnb Just so you know, London has a 90-day Airbnb rule, meaning a home can only be rented out for 90 days per year without planning permission. Now I’m not suggesting you notify the local council to grass him up. But it’s one course of action.

Hotels > @Airbnb, a horror story 🫠 It’s 2:30am in London. Flight delayed 3 hours. Raining. I message our host that we’re going to miss the check in window. There’s a fee. Weird since it’s self check in, but ok We get to the airbnb and the lockbox doesn’t work. Rain, rain..

some Irish primary school kids made a tune and there is zero legitimate reason for it to go this hard holy shit

@ETWriteHome I missed my opportunity to vote this evening because my train was 30 mins late so polling had closed by time I passed the polling station (it wasn’t open when I left at 6:30am). Unreliable public transport is frustrating and painful sometimes.

Here is a quite silly story about how transport being unreliable caused me a lot of stress today... I was leaving work this evening, and as I was leaving I needed to pee. However, my colleague was using the bathroom to get changed and I thought, "I can wait"...

Try this one…

@annie_m_morgan Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine by Gail Honeyman The seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton The last list of Mabel Beaumont by Laura Pearson Hetty Feather by Jacqueline Wilson Charlotte Gray by Sebastian Faulks

Crowd sourcing -- help me make a list of female main characters whose full names appear in the title of the (traditionally published) book. Here are a few I have so far: Olive Kitteridge Eleanor Oliphant Addie LaRue Evelyn Hugo Daisy Jones

@TheRAC_UK My elderly parents are broken down in a car park in Tattershall Castle near Conningsby, and can’t get through to an operator. They’ve been told they won’t get anyone to them before 5pm (!) but that’s after the car park shuts. They’re in their 70’s on a cold day.

@KaylaAncrum Cloud Atlas is a favourite of mine, and anything by Thomas Newman (especially Finding Nimo and Wall-e).

What’s your favorite orchestral film score? I’m looking for mood music and I’m really into orchestral film scores. If you have a specific track that would help a lot. I’m looking for stuff like this, or anything interesting really:

Martin Lewis has quite a speech here lamenting how the BBC relegated consumer journalism to a section in The One Show, when such issues affect millions of lives