James Lipman

@SimonHbikes M'accuse

@HolmesTW @thedailymash Same here. Previously never watched a TV series in my life. Did the whole lot, now on Better Call Saul.

@thedailymash We have discovered Breaking Bad, so not a complete waste, then

How to pretend you used the last ten weeks for something useful thedailymash.co.uk/news/work/how-…

@TimPollardCars @Tesco Are you tweeting from 2003?

Slightly blown away by the size of the magazine racks in @Tesco Corby. Bravo! Great to see a major retailer supporting the mag industry with a whole aisle dedicated to printed #magazines 👏

@tomwookieford @nickdeacon71 @JLeightonPhoto @RoadHouseMotor The lights make it look like a Truly Nolen truck

Aww. My old 300TE. Another car bought from @nickdeacon71 and eventually sold to @JLeightonPhoto . Lights and rack were off the NotDakar BMW X6 (I need to post about that!). Had some good times in this. @RoadHouseMotor supplied the wheels (which I loved). 😉

@Mike_Sayer They should get you in. Fuckitty-bye, etc.

Boris’ problem is that he either knew where Cummings was - and so is complicit in the breaking of their own rules - or looks stupid because he wasn’t aware where his senior adviser was at a time of national crisis. One miscalculated press conference changes nothing.

@AndrewBoxThomas Looking forward to watching your homesteading channel on YouTube

Pre and in lockdown. Some might say like a fine wine...😂

RIP Florian Schneider. This is what true innovation sounds like.

@matty_prior Looks a bit under-motored. Otherwise, excellent idea.

@TheDanProsser Beats the shit out of my pseudo-science nonsense.

@jameslipman It’s a good theory, though I prefer mine: at that time of day, after spectating for many hours, everyone is completely hammered.

Why do rally cars always sound better at night?

@TheDanProsser Night air is generally cooler, and thus denser, than daytime air. Sound travels further ('better') through denser air. Add into this that there is generally less background noise and fewer visual distractions at night, and it's all adds up to a bit more fizz on the senses.

@jameslipman Let’s have the science Lipman

@OctaneMark @Airfix @octane_magazine @MrJamesMay I remember this article. It had never occurred to me that these all came from one person. The artwork absolutely brings the product to life - I think Airfix owe every ounce of their success to Roy.

Mention on a friend's Facebook page of the great @Airfix box-art painter Roy Cross reminds me of the time I interviewed him for @octane_magazine. It's rumoured that @MrJamesMay owns the original B17 artwork.

@DickieMeaden @matty_prior It was just to juxtapose with the Raptor. No plans to actually use it.

@jameslipman @matty_prior Hopefully you’d shoot the 2CV and then set fire to it

@WillBeaumont Looks great Will. What colour did you go with? I have an IWL Berlin that I painted RAF Blue-Gray and it looks similar.

It’s out of the garage. Give me a couple of seconds to work out how to actually do a Twitter Live thing and I’ll be… err… live.

@PawnSacrifice @harrismonkey Spot on. Bought my first 911 (a '72 911T) back before prices went nuts, and it was a lot more fun being able to track it, thrash around in the snow, etc. Also less to insure, and no worry leaving it places overnight. Sold it when I stopped feeling comfortable using it like that.

@harrismonkey In a strange way, I quite like the idea of my '81 SC being worth relatively little again, it gets dailyed and tracked, but come restoration time (it's up next) there'll be no psychological barrier to doing what I want - not a Safari.

Anyone else grazing the classifieds, subtracting about a third of the asking price and thinking ‘that’s about right - for now’.

@Carpervert @HolmesTW Ha! Post Office just now...

@HolmesTW Me, supermarket, today.

Is there a dress code for the supermarket? Bringing a tie just in case

@leolebkuchen You have to literally unlearn your entire user interface experience and enter another psychological dimension. It's why architects all drive Saabs and Alfa Romeos, dress socks first, and can't load a dishwasher during a full moon.

@IanDunt No rules but the six foot rule.

I've put leftover mashed potato in my sandwich because there are no rules anymore.

@RoadworkUK @BahnstormerTom @DanWRAlcock 6mpg urban, according to Regular Car Reviews. Ouch.

@BahnstormerTom @DanWRAlcock Mercury Marauder, please. If only for its name.

Don't know if it's because I've been cooped up too long but I'd love a Crown Vic to smoke around in. My 13-mile round commute would be a breeze. Not a taxi/police unit, though, that would be ridiculous.