Charlatan, Humbug and Imitation Humorist. Former sporadic cartoonist and game designer. Occasionally #Outdoorsy, sometimes #Cycling. #Ukulele torturer. #Zoot tooter. #RPG player and GM at Whartson Hall. Still European. #LongCovid.
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Last Notes npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…mdr6 @nprofile…4k5s Many people owned them. Few people were actually able to play them. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Spent some time this morning unsuccessfully searching for recordings by Art Fowler, "The Wizard of the Ukulele." Fowler doesn't seem to have actually recorded a great deal, despite his popularity and success as a performer, but even so it's surprising that only one or two of his tracks are easily available today, particularly when the B-sides of the same releases don't appear to have been archived or re-released as well. They'll be out there somewhere, I don't doubt, but the easiest way to get them looks like actually buying the vintage 78s. "No Wonder She's a Blushing Bride" is probably the most widely available, as it has been included on several compilation albums of mildly risqué old songs. Likewise, his performance of "I Haven't Told Her, She Hasn't Told Me, But We Know It Just the Same" is easiest to find on compilations of songs by its composer, Sammy Fain; and his lovely playing on "Everything's Made for Love" turns up because Gene Austin did the vocals, and Austin recorded prolifically enough that he also has numerous compilation albums. Lacking enough tracks to fill an LP, Art Fowler's catalogue didn't survive the changes in format so well. After the Thirties he resurfaced in minor roles in Westerns and ran an antiques shop with his wife, dying in 1953 at the age of only 51. #Ukulele npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Happy birthday to Cliff Edwards, who found fame under the stage name Ukulele Ike, born on this day in Hannibal, Missouri, back in 1895. He went on to appear on Broadway, in dozens of films, and to sell millions of records, but most people today know him as the voice of Jiminy Cricket for Disney and the singer of the corporation's theme song, "When You Wish Upon a Star." #Ukulele #UkuleleIke #CliffEdwards #Disney #Birthday #Missouri https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/722/225/707/830/009/original/01a31249067f2ccb.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Happy birthday to Cliff Edwards, who found fame under the stage name Ukulele Ike, born on this day in Hannibal, Missouri, back in 1895. He went on to appear on Broadway, in dozens of films, and to sell millions of records, but most people today know him as the voice of Jiminy Cricket for Disney and the singer of the corporation's theme song, "When You Wish Upon a Star." #Ukulele #UkuleleIke #CliffEdwards #Disney #Birthday #Missouri https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/721/103/274/799/940/original/f265b1d946050802.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Happy birthday to Cliff Edwards, who found fame under the stage name Ukulele Ike, born on this day in Hannibal, Missouri, back in 1895. He went on to appear on Broadway, in dozens of films, and to sell millions of records, but most people today know him as the voice of Jiminy Cricket for Disney and the singer of the corporation's theme song, "When You Wish Upon a Star." #Ukulele #UkuleleIke #CliffEdwards #Disney #Birthday #Missouri https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/721/100/549/179/005/original/d9bb1547a7204c4b.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Happy birthday to Cliff Edwards, who found fame under the stage name Ukulele Ike, born on this day in Hannibal, Missouri, back in 1895. He went on to appear on Broadway, in dozens of films, and to sell millions of records, but most people today know him as the voice of Jiminy Cricket for Disney and the singer of the corporation's theme song, "When You Wish Upon a Star." #Ukulele #UkuleleIke #CliffEdwards #Disney #Birthday #Missouri https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/721/110/094/717/846/original/7a574f67c05699bf.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…py96 I still don't entirely trust cantilevered staircases, though 😁 npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Reading the Wikipedia entry for Pennycomequick, a location in Plymouth, and I was intrigued by this part: "In the centre of the roundabout is a prominent curious stunted statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel with his trademark stovepipe hat." A *stunted* statue of Isambard Kingdom Brunel? How could anyone tell? npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Aw, man… Can't believe I missed the chance to bid on this. #Ukulele #HappyDays https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/693/390/573/819/351/original/76369542b044151d.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…h04g I'm mostly getting fake pressure washers at the moment, on the occasions when I don't route the video through my ad blocker. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Treated myself to a few secondhand CDs, the first of which to arrive is Foxtrot. This 1994 remaster is listed as having a pretty good dynamic range, something I find essential for early seventies Genesis which can be quite dense and muddy otherwise (my old cassette copy of Nursery Cryme was dreadfully thick); fingers crossed. #Music #Prog #Genesis https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/556/011/743/762/529/original/df5635e9db38cc47.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…3lda Try this: https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo Sorry, didn't realise the Beeb ever did paywalls. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock A remarkable operation—and a golf course actually being useful for once—but this nonsense statement from the Foreign Secretary ignores a long history of Britain turning a blind eye to the needs of its overseas territories: 'Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said: "This extraordinary operations reflects our unwavering commitment to the people of our overseas territories and to British nationals, wherever they are.' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgzv77ldpdo #Hantavirus #TristanDaCunha npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock And if you don't know the song, it's a beauty: https://youtu.be/Rlm-6byol9s npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock A slightly baffling email arrived earlier, thanking me and letting me know that my ukulele chord sheet was now on the site. I had no idea what site it what chord sheet, but it turned out to be a reply to an email I sent in May 2024… So, if you want the ukulele chords to the song "Look At Those Stars" by The 3 Clubmen (Andy Partridge, Jen Olive and Stu Rowe) then you can now get a PDF from Chalkhills.org! http://chalkhills.org/reelbyreal/s_LookAtThoseStars.html #XTC #Ukulele npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Century 21 Films: "NEBULA-75 – The First Episode (Now Preserved by the British Film Institute)" https://youtu.be/jsJaS_2KuFY #Supermarionation #SciFi npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock That she's enjoying a holiday at the British seaside? https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/540/125/018/686/297/original/de8129f4cde0dcc9.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Ah, excellent news: am email alert to tell me that the parcel I'm waiting for has arrived, along with a photograph showing the steps on which it has been left. I mean, they're not actually *my* steps, and I was sitting in the armchair by my front window when the courier supposedly delivered the parcel (nobody has been near the house for half an hour or so), but hey, at least it has arrived. Somewhere. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…kfde Berserker rules had been a part of Tunnels & Trolls for a number of years by the time that article was published, an option for fighting rather than a different class. I don't know how many other games in the 70s had something similar. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…440k He has such a rich harvest of embarrassments from which to choose. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…qxmd It is not. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Shadowplay: "Diabolik" https://dcairns.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/diabolik/ #Film #Movies #Cinema npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Listening to "Tubular Bells," from a CD originally given away with The Mail on Sunday, which I bought a while back for a couple of quid from eBay (far better than paying for a copy of that Tory rag to get one). I'd read on some discussion forum or other that it was a surprisingly good edition, which it does actually seem to be. Strictly speaking I didn't need to get it, since I've owned the excellent Mike Oldfield Boxed collection for years, but I thought it would be interesting to compare the two, since the Mail CD is basically the original album and the version included on Boxed does have some changes. In particular, Virgin wouldn't let Oldfield finish as he wanted, but this was rectified on Boxed; I found myself really missing it when listening to the original release. For the uninitiated, here is that missing section: Mike Oldfield and Viv Stanshall, three sheets to the wind, stomping around The Manor in the early hours of the morning: https://youtu.be/tMDXhmg8lGA npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of British schoolboys suddenly sniggered… https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/493/704/458/321/430/original/851bc10de3b94d8b.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Hobby Games Recce: "Packing A Battle in A Small Box" http://hobbygamesrecce.blogspot.com/2026/04/packing-battle-in-small-box.html ( by @nprofile…djw5) #Wargaming #Wargames #Games npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Are we just completely outsourcing our thinking now? https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/453/978/471/461/093/original/2a882803e07594f0.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Spent a couple of hours looking into possible areas to live and houses for sale, after which my brain feels like jelly. I just can't research like I used to. #LongCovid npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…u2j8 Reading that made me realise that I always thought monitor was an ironclad estuary / lower river ship, so heaven knows where I picked that up. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Can't wait for Tim Rice to revise the book of the musical. https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/441/642/098/889/553/original/24c920037b5ab70e.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Spent some time yesterday evening sorting out and labelling the hi-res files in my music collection. Generally speaking these days I enjoy music using the best compromise I can find between convenience and quality: right now, since I can't afford a playback device with additional storage, I'm trying files converted to 320kbps AAC and some wireless headphones well suited to presenting it, but I keep my actual library backed up as CD quality or hi-res FLAC files (in addition to, in the majority of cases, the original physical media). The first thing I noticed was what a slapdash job I've made of labelling the hi-res files in the past. Since I also tried out a number of different sources when buying hi-res albums, it took a while to go to the different online stores and confirm which albums were definitely hi-res (when I couldn't simply tell by the file size). The second thing I noticed was how many of the albums I've bought from those stores are no longer available to re-download. Not a problem given that I have backups myself, but yet another reminder that digital ownership can't be taken for granted. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…qxmd True, but there were plenty of artists who saw the album as a complete work (more common in some genres than others, perhaps). npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock There's an entire subgenre of YouTube videos where people talk about moving to physical media instead of streaming, which I found interesting. Obviously I'm not the target audience (I had a three month trial of streaming and—apart from the ease of looking up some tunes I didn't own—didn't take to it at all), but what intrigued me is how plain these videos made it that younger people simple don't approach music in the same way as, for want if a better term, my generation. They don't tend to think in terms of albums, for example, and there seems to be a genuine anxiety about failing to keep abreast of new releases. These days I listen to music from digital files, largely because we don't have room for the sort of stereo setup I usually had in the past, but sitting and listening to an entire album is still largely ingrained. I doubt that many of the people who grew up exposed to streaming from the start will change to that behaviour, but they're out there buying old music playback devices, amassing CD and LP collections, and approaching music as something other than a momentary distraction. That's quite cheering. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Now Playing: #Music #Jazz https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/421/039/626/020/604/original/e1aabacd97f91c95.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…esnt Well, I can eliminate myself from the list, so let's see who's left… npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Treated myself to a couple of new albums yesterday. Compared to watching the telly or movies I've always found music to be more engaging and have far greater replay value, so it has generally played a more important role in my life. Of course, that's also why my pop culture references are so woefully dated. https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/419/000/141/307/845/original/6a56f9f18bfd00f2.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock A couple of hours gaming online with friends. Much needed and great fun, despite a few technical gremlins and my long covid exhaustion creeping in and threatening to spoil it for me. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Apparently the much maligned Myrka—almost literally a green rubber version of Dobbin the pantomime horse from Rentaghost—has had a makeover: PaulMasters101: "Doctor Who's most misunderstood monster – The Mirth of the Myrka" https://youtu.be/livSU5VprZk #DoctorWho npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Uke Tunes: "Closer To Your Heart – Clannad – Ukulele Chords" https://uketunes.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/closer-to-your-heart-clannad-ukulele-chords/ #Ukulele #Music #Clannad npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Blimey, that was quick. Huge thanks to everyone who reposted the links to my eBay sales. Both books have now sold, to the same buyer (which certainly makes things easier from my side). npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…k36v @nprofile…zr06 Let's not encourage him too heartily. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Apologies for the flagrant commerce, but as I'm being forced into early retirement due to ill health I'm going to be selling a few things. RPGs and books mainly, along with perhaps a ukulele or two, beginning with a couple of quite rare paperbacks by M.A.R. Barker. Unlike the first two Tékumel novels, these were never available in a mass market edition. https://ebay.us/m/KxZAvi https://ebay.us/m/oXLOe7 I now return you to my usual nonsense. #Tékumel #EmpireOfThePetalThrone #Fiction #Fantasy #Books npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock We asked author, gamer and podcaster @nprofile…zr06 to describe the experience of listening to Actual Play RPG sessions from Whartson Hall: #RPG #Podcast #WhartsonHall #ActualPlay https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/408/382/796/400/023/original/097e7ad3c649b7dd.mp3 npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock If somebody had told me, back when I first started listening to Talking Heads in the early 80s, that David Byrne would still be putting on inventive and powerful live performances as he approached the age of 74, I doubt that I would have believed it. One of Scotland's greatest exports. https://youtu.be/Kn1vsMJk260 #Music #DavidByrne #LifeDuringWartime #TalkingHeads npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock It's not the easiest show to watch these days—thanks to some clumsy and inevitably dated / offensive elements along, with the rather tragically ironic fate of Jeff MacKay and the reprehensible crimes of Stephen Collins—but "Tales of the Gold Monkey" had a lot of charm and fun packed into it. This YouTube overview isn't perfect (and the narration is… idiosyncratic) but gives a decent and compact idea of where things went wrong for the unfortunately short-lived series: https://youtu.be/WHw7yvo7mrE And if you're thinking "Wow! That would make a terrific roleplaying setting!" then my friend, it's your lucky day thanks to @nprofile…djw5: http://griffonpubstudio.blogspot.com/p/heroesof-rura-tonga-buy-heroes-of-rura.html #TV #TalesOfTheGoldMonkey #Pulp #RPG npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock My favourite thing? Oh, that would definitely be waiting for a 'phone call. That's currently twenty minutes overdue. I absolutely adore spending my entire day unable to do anything because all I can think about is the call. Brilliant. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Girding my loins for another go at understanding how to play spatial audio files (Dolby Atmos etc) on my 'phone and computer. Most of the articles I've found lean towards the "and then a miracle happens" style of explanation, skipping the actual bit I need. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…uzgz We had to learn the Gay Gordon. Not something I've had a lot of use for in my life. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Some of you may have noticed my fondness for 1920s music, but found it difficult to get into the spirit of the era yourself. Not to worry! Grab your dancing clogs and favourite embrocation, then follow this convenient link to learn how to do the Charleston! https://youtu.be/S_kb4RpZJIA Or be like me and listen to your joints creak in sympathy as you watch. #1920s #Dance npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock It's so nice to return home after a few days away and get back to familiar, comforting activities, such as fishing cat hairs out of my tea. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…hjpk I have a brass bell from Lion Bellworks, which could probably be heard by someone who had cemented their head inside an oven, but sadly I'm not in much of a condition to ride at the moment. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…7r9s I'm intrigued that they have released the research so that other manufacturers can use it. Hopefully that means that we will be able to see how effective devices based on this idea are. Of course, the comments are already filling with people who are demanding that ANC be developed to shut out the sound of these bells… 🙄 npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Škoda has produced a design for a mechanical bicycle bell that it claims will be heard even if you're wearing noise-cancelling headphones: https://youtu.be/CUetUfeEZZY Personally, I'm wondering what sort of idiots are out there wearing ANC headphones in busy, multi-use public areas, but perhaps my desire to be aware of my surroundings amounts to paranoia. #Cycling npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock I appear to have chosen the slowest software in existence to copy this CD as a FLAC file. This is artisanal file copying, carefully performed by craftsmen from a long line of file copiers. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Transferring a CD over to my computer. You don't see much mention of Clinton Ford these days, seemingly one of those very popular entertainers who, for whatever reason, was relegated to the dusty shelves after his heyday and enjoys only small scale rediscoveries now and then. https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/363/201/259/682/653/original/ea6537c776cde9db.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…4e0w @nprofile…7a7s I would not rebuke One in a peruke But care not a fig For an old periwig. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock That weekend away was probably the most utterly exhausting holiday of my life, including the ones when I hiked across Scotland. #LongCovid npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…mdr6 @nprofile…u2j8 This is how they sneak the stuff onto Mondas. https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/353/570/113/615/619/original/c77a08cab20b614b.png npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Well, I've finished (after a break) "The Flying Legion." It's not a great book, to be honest, but I can't complain about the price. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…u2j8 The place is the perfect location to make a stand when the Cybermen invade. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock “Footnote 1: If any reader doubts the existence of El Barr, as a city of gold carved from a single block, on the ground that such a work would be impossible, I refer him to an account of Petra, in the National Geographic Magazine for May, 1907. Petra, in all details, was carved from granite—a monolithic city.” — George Allan England, "The Flying Legion" (1920) 🤔 npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…u2j8 Interestingly—although also a bit of a disappointment—the name comes from their renowned speed, as they were "terrible fast" at knitting. Sounds great until you learn that they had to be, because they were paid a pittance for each piece. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Autocorrect there, attempting to change "Yorkshire Dales" into "Yorkshire Daleks," although in some ways that's an improvement. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock These places always overpromise. It turns out that Dent only had one vampire, not vampires plural. #Cumbria #YorkshireDales https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/352/764/758/588/169/original/5d6b2ce93ea6af08.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Current Status: Dilapidated Fox. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock I tried having a conversation with Möbius once. It was rather one-sided. (This is a Möbius strip joke. I mention this before anyone points out that August Ferdinand Möbius died in 1868, so all conversations with him are going to be one-sided) npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…u2j8 There is a semi-feral cat, although I've not seen it yet. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…mdr6 @nprofile…k36v Incredible! I'd ignored the F-16 sitting on the lawn, but suddenly it transformed into an evil Deceptikettle. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…k36v Not helping so much. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Does it have very short handles? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/04/02/tyrannosaurus-rex-handbag-auction-synthetic-skin/89421475007/ npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…uzgz Heretic! 😁 npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Current Status: Overwhelmed Mink. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…u2j8 My iPhone already does that. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Does it also work as a spirit level? https://mastodon.social/@NoveltyBot/116341609075820284 npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…h04g What a dilemma for him. Blame the white Canadian? or blame the black man from California? npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock And so I temporarily find myself in a house in the country, rather a long way from the main road. There is no kettle. #IHaveTeaAndIMustScream npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Two of these, two teacakes, and two regular hot cross buns and I'll be able to run afternoon tea using the Fudge RPG rules. #RPG #FudgeRPG #Dice https://mastodon.social/@pauleggleston/116340069211978924 npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock #Glorantha https://zpravobot.news/@Rainmaker1973/116338666884432612 npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock That rather depends on whether this is a romantic matter or a medical one. https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/337/324/722/289/202/original/2a2530b0bb5aa27c.png npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…zr06 https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o72ypk5c474zqklkukaphuy3/post/3miekvopxos27 npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock It's all cisterns go! https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/02/nasa-artemis-ii-orion-spaceship-toilet #ArtemisII #NASA #SpaceLoo npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…v7j2 That looks very much like an argument for certain people not being allowed to edit Wikipedia… npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock I feel this headline rather unfairly makes it appear that the blameless reptile was running the scam. https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/335/144/251/386/168/original/d130ffe8fd37d475.png npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…9k6k Dave? They called it Dave? I'm glad I didn't read that on April the first… npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock #Glorantha https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/116330846560141150 npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Current Status: Admonitory Leopard. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…mvqa "Fool if You Think it's Over" by the late Chris Rea: https://youtu.be/3aZBqrHs4qo npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…wsnn @nprofile…zhhw And a plain chocolate version as well as milk. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Melbourne Ska Orchestra: "Get Smart" https://youtu.be/CVyJkKKfRFs #Music #Ska #Ukulele (if you look closely…) npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…mdr6 Barely recognised him with hair. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…mdr6 Is that… Nah, couldn't be. https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/329/694/890/719/800/original/98eff66ed75feee7.jpeg npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…ncpt A bit of leather conditioner, a drop of 3-in-1… Good as new 🙂 npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Phil Doleman: "Love is Just Around the Corner" https://youtube.com/shorts/tn0K9XpWCrc #Ukulele npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock #Glorantha https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert/116328865564031666 npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock "Meta glasses have become associated with pick-up artists, social-media pranksters and other public irritants" https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/01/i-wore-metas-smartglasses-for-a-month-and-it-left-me-feeling-like-a-creep #Meta #Tech #PervertGlasses npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Stand-up Maths: "How to Break Magic: The Gathering" https://youtu.be/x3dE-NJ1UDQ #MTG #Games npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Current Status: Languorous Mongoose. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Kamuke: Interview with Mic Conway, formerly the frontman of the Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ukulele-stories/id1454903034 #Ukulele npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…mdr6 Dude was clearly a stoner, though. It's no coincidence that his first major work was "Versuch die Metamorphose der Pflanzen zu erklären" ("Metamorphosis of Plants"). npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock @nprofile…mdr6 Ah, the great philosophical posers. npub1nz8xje3hhujvf9gsprlttww32yuetqzmld9ujz3xjp39gtc7tecsczatrm Jon Hancock Looks like Dazzle Camouflage is making a comeback. https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/116/324/413/169/853/274/original/03058b6f17c3cae1.jpeg