The footage below is from a crash course (literally SIV is french for simulating incidents whilst flying) in 2019 on my racy Delta 3 paraglider.
Author: giles
More irreverance for my own amusement….
When someone dies (and a lot of people are doing that at the moment) who is worthy of a mention in the newspaper, unless se is
Kilobuck IEMs and my bad run of luck …
Just like Alice I disappeared down a rabbithole a few years back. But the world I entered was one that belongs to the audiophile (where
I had a thought this morning in the shower .. there .. no it’s gone
No it’s gone… No hang on … here it is …… It was about being brutally honest. My point is – I think – that
Laying low …. starting to not like people in general ….
Mr Grumpy here…. We are having a 3 week lockdown in the Isle of Man as a result of the new Covid-19 strain and I’m
Always an optimist me …. I love a bit of chaos ….
Or …. a rainbow always follows a storm.. π€ͺ In biology … chaos (think natural disaster – there are a few around π) always benefits an
jeez ….. the press … a very quick one …
The FT report today ….. “Bitcoin tumbles back to $30,000 in volatile trading” From an all time high over the weekend of $35,000 … Is
Do not start a sentence using “So”. It sounds like you are buying time to think.
.. to think about what you intend to say!? Duh! You should have thought about that before you started talking… That’s all ….
A tiny new(s) year’s eve rant :)
This is a very quick one and concerns the objectivity of the news we are subjected to day in and day out! It’s OK for
New acronym incoming ….
snoscunts = dozy fuckers I probably need to put some context around this as it is a bit vulgar I know so my apologies for
I learnt a new word last weekend…. “haiku”
Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry. A haiku uses just a few words to capture a moment and create a picture in the reader’s
I have fallen down the audiophile rabbit hole!
2020 has been a strange year for all of us. For me, who has always been into music and listening to tunes – intimately and
The pink guardian
I cancelled my ft.com subscription today mainly because of a lack of balance re covid-19 reporting – which most of the mainstream media are guilty
SAGE; my arse
SAGE (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies); my arse! More like “Stupid Arses Gouge Economy” Oh, and how they laughed at the acronym! This paper republished in
LOSE WEIGHT; EXERCISE MORE!
battery chickens = bird flu; battery pigs = swine flu; battery humans = covid 19
Some entertainment at last?
OK – hopefully this is going to entertain some people and others I am sure it will offend. But you can’t please everybody. A good,
I don’t want to sound like “the donald” …..
This is what is on my mind today! … and don’t get me wrong … I live in the Isle of Man where we have
An interesting analysis of the covid-19 data
An interesting analysis of the covid-19 data https://youtu.be/8UvFhIFzaac If it’s TLDW, my 6 takeaways from this – based on the empirical data presented in the
Deaths …. just putting this out there…
Just putting this out there… In the UK in 2018 there were 541,589 deaths (530,841 in 2019). That’s 1,483 per day if you divide the
Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit is a brave man!
In the UK we accept that the monarchy – the Queen as Sovereign – is Head of the Armed Forces. This is largely a symbolic