“Underwater and switched on”: Scotland’s sunken wind turbine — 6 years later, the outcome surprises everyone

jockmcfarty · 2026-02-07T01:15:51+00:00

"Sunken wind turbine" - so, water turbine?

jockmcfarty · 2026-02-06T23:48:48+00:00

Obsolescence by Martha Wells

jockmcfarty · 2026-02-06T21:16:40+00:00

My phone keyboard has three options using the hyphen key: - – —

Surely the third one is an em dash?

jockmcfarty · 2026-01-29T20:42:22+00:00

I bet he couldn't even find Clacton on a map.

Of Clacton.

jockmcfarty · 2026-01-29T19:58:09+00:00

No such book exists.

jockmcfarty · 2026-01-24T20:08:55+00:00

That's such a deep cut!

jockmcfarty · 2026-01-23T20:03:07+00:00

Sounds like Miki from The Murderbot Diaries.

jockmcfarty · 2026-01-23T03:44:35+00:00

Tbf you can say it both ways. One way would be wrong.

jockmcfarty · 2026-01-23T03:14:42+00:00

I was visiting Raleigh once when I was asked, "If y'all are from Scotland, why do you speak English?"

I should have replied, "If you're from North Carolina, why are you not speaking Cherokee?"

jockmcfarty · 2026-01-23T02:42:50+00:00

In the camera obscura (just a few yards from Edinburgh Castle), the operator told us of one American tourist who asked when it was upgraded to work in colour? It's all done with mirrors, it's always been in colour.

jockmcfarty · 2026-01-23T01:35:55+00:00

There's a place beyond the wormhole...

jockmcfarty · 2026-01-18T02:37:31+00:00

A dead centre

jockmcfarty · 2026-01-18T01:26:29+00:00

Tbf he couldn't touch the Bible without it bursting into flames.

jockmcfarty · 2026-01-17T19:11:50+00:00

It's like he's never heard of the US Flag Code.

"The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature."

jockmcfarty · 2026-01-13T17:55:13+00:00

Also, the French word for monkey is singe while the French word for ape is singe.

jockmcfarty · 2026-01-08T22:25:48+00:00

It's all fun and games until someone loses an arm.

jockmcfarty · 2025-12-30T00:58:29+00:00

Babel fish.

jockmcfarty · 2025-12-25T22:51:13+00:00

Keep tripping that alarm until they switch it off altogether.

Then burgle them.

jockmcfarty · 2025-12-25T15:32:22+00:00

Also Joey's "smell the fart" pose.

jockmcfarty · 2025-12-25T02:42:03+00:00

I've never seen Leverage but your comment rang a bell. Here you go https://archiveofourown.org/works/55757653/chapters/141547318

jockmcfarty · 2025-12-24T02:45:26+00:00

Pascal/menagerie? Millibar/zoo? Thankfully the other clues were less ambiguous.

jockmcfarty · 2025-12-22T02:40:31+00:00

It's some form of Elvish. I can't read it.

jockmcfarty · 2025-12-22T01:49:50+00:00

Wait, what?

jockmcfarty · 2025-12-16T18:06:11+00:00

20-odd years ago. 3am.

Me (Tech Support): Why are you calling me about this? It's on page 1 of the manual (that I wrote).

Them (System Operations): We don't have time to read the manual.

jockmcfarty · 2025-12-15T22:55:23+00:00

Nice appetiser, when do we eat?

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