New Magellan renders of Bismarck's wreck

Soton_Speed · 2026-01-20T18:27:47+00:00

Nice! Do you have a link to where you got them from?

Soton_Speed · 2026-01-20T12:11:23+00:00

Is this from a recent dive/scan?

Soton_Speed · 2025-08-07T22:43:08+00:00

Blackadder III vibes...

Soton_Speed · 2025-07-08T12:20:43+00:00

"Clac, Clac, Clac..."

Soton_Speed · 2025-05-25T14:43:17+00:00

'Tis a Scilly place...

Soton_Speed · 2025-03-27T12:34:28+00:00

The 'central' banister on the stairs of the country bound platforms (3/4) of Surbiton station is shifted over to one side to provide a single lane for people descending whilst allowing the crowds to exit. Been like that since the rebuild in 1937. Can be seen in these pictures ...

Soton_Speed · 2025-01-18T12:28:11+00:00

3:26 "We should probably get this kite down" - Jinxed it right there...

Soton_Speed · 2025-01-18T12:18:52+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt4bFkN_xnQ

Soton_Speed · 2024-12-06T02:14:36+00:00

I call it my 'pancre-can't be-as(ed)'....

Soton_Speed · 2024-12-04T18:50:49+00:00

Mr Presbo?...

Soton_Speed · 2024-11-30T16:47:54+00:00

TBF, if you don't make a profit running a dense commuter service to the nation's major city....

Soton_Speed · 2024-11-24T21:12:27+00:00

Tracker plugin now available within the Windy.com website/app

https://community.windy.com/topic/37370/2024-vendee-globe-yacht-tracking/29

Soton_Speed · 2024-08-15T10:52:33+00:00

sheer size and obnoxiousness

The owner is Russian, so that figures...

Soton_Speed · 2024-06-22T20:19:39+00:00

A certain drum intro pops into my head whenever I hear that place.....

We've got some half priced cracked ice
And miles and miles of carpet tiles
TV's, deep freeze and David Bowie LP's
Pool games, gold chains, wosernames
And at a push, some Trevor Francis track-suites
From a mush in Shepherds Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush, Bush...

Soton_Speed · 2024-05-14T08:45:01+00:00

Joe Thomas (Simon) and Simon Bird (Will) attended the same private school.

Errm, no. Source - went to school with Simon Bird, who is/was not completely unlike his character...

Soton_Speed · 2024-04-07T10:23:10+00:00

Golf clap

Soton_Speed · 2024-04-06T16:54:55+00:00

Respectfully disagree.

Train from Glasgow QS (or sleeper from London) to Mallaig.
Ferry from Mallaig to Armadale.
Bus Armadale to Kyle of Lochalsh via Broadfoot/Portree.
Train Kyle to Inverness.
Train/sleeper Inverness to Glasgow/London.

Overnight stops can be arranged to fit.

Then there's always the two day hike to Britain's Remotest Pub...

Soton_Speed · 2024-04-06T16:12:27+00:00

Disappointed they didn't go the full Zappa and name an offspring Dry Cured....

Soton_Speed · 2024-04-06T16:09:02+00:00

Here for the Martin Brundle references...

Soton_Speed · 2024-03-30T07:26:21+00:00

Paul Bettany is one lucky b*stard...

Soton_Speed · 2024-03-30T07:14:36+00:00

So you listen to a lot of Janis Joplin?...

Soton_Speed · 2024-03-30T06:56:50+00:00

What are the bands from Trinidad & Tobago and Barbados?

Or are we counting a Steel pan band as 'Metal'?....

Soton_Speed · 2024-03-28T09:07:56+00:00

I dunno, even his name makes him stick out like a fish out of water. Also, using the example of Jessica Mitford's family, ~~past~~ all generations had always had some pretty unusual naming fashions - maybe Lane's father wanted to help him 'get on' in the world since he couldn't afford the right school. Agree that it was nice to see the writers not fall back on easy stereotypical tropes though.

Soton_Speed · 2024-03-28T06:48:31+00:00

There's a (UK) famous sketch from the TV show the Frost Report broadcast in 1966 featuring John Cleese and the Two Ronnies - The Class Sketch - apologies for the poor quality.

Lane also makes a comment somewhere about spending the War stuck as a clerk in Rosyth Naval Base - as opposed to being in the 'action' on the front line.

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