John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Or at least move it along at a faster pace. That part is dragging way too much. Tim Robbins is decently scary though. 000
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Neither looks like they’d last a round. Especially Bannon. As someone with almost 40 years of martial arts experience, I know I’d barely last a round now I’m in my mid-50s. 120
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Big Door Prize deserved to be shown the door. Totally lost us when the lead just had a random affair with a fellow teacher. The show then lost all interest in the main plot line about the spooky arcade machine. Just became a dull show about a douche. 000
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Enjoying Silo, but they could definitely pick up the pace a little. 131
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 29/12/2024I don’t even like it when close friends and family DM me, let alone randoms. But, I am also someone whose anxiety spikes whenever the landline phone rings (blessedly rarely these days) or any form of notification pings on my cell phone. And when someone rings the doorbell 😱 000
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Fell in love with this part of Scotland in 1987 on a two week geology field trip. Years later I did a DNA test and was shocked to find my British ancestry is mostly from NW Scotland, and not England as my surname suggests. 100
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 26/12/2024That’s my wife’s favourite scene also. Whereas, I love the earlier bar scene. 010
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 26/12/2024I spotted how short their shadows were in the opening scenes downtown. That was some hot sun! 010
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Also watched it with the family. It suddenly struck me how cool the inventor dad is at the end with gruesome deaths of several neighbours and widespread destruction of the town all thanks to him bringing Mogwai home for his son. That dude was cold. 060
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 25/12/2024Same. It was about as plausible as a Carry On movie of old, but with none of the humour. 000
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 24/12/2024What happened to no more foreign wars? And, will swapping Puerto Rico for Greenland be back on the agenda? Maybe I will regain freedom of movement in the EU, which Greenland’s citizens enjoy, thanks to being half Puerto Rican. I lost it thanks to Brexit as I am also half British. So, an upside? 120
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Weird how I hardly remember them. Just the 8 limbs (although I know it’s not Muay Thai, it’s Pencak Silat). 020
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 24/12/2024This is exactly what jumped into my head when I saw the Archbishop of Notre Dame on TV at the reopening after its restoration. 030
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Agreed. I sang that hymn descant, and others in the, 80s with my school choir. Quite badly, but fond memories nonetheless. 020
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 24/12/2024It’s like John Wick in it’s relentlessness, but almost entirely hand-to-hand and few, if any, guns from what I recall. So, definitely more my kind of film due to my four decade long obsession with martial arts. 110
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 24/12/2024At the point of hiring, yes. But, circumstances change. Injuries occur. People catch bugs, develop work-related psychological problems. The list goes on. 000
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 24/12/2024If his black friend plays for the NFL, why would said black person chose to live in the crappy neighbourhood where this white dude almost certainly lives? Nah, the NHL player can afford somewhere altogether better. 010
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Do you know how the military assesses fitness for deployment? Maybe it’s as tough, if not more so, as the PIP assessment. I have no idea, but your post suggests you have a clear idea of the different assessment standards. So, please, do share. 100
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Bandae dollyo chagi? I just dug that from deep inside my head thanks to years of taekwondo in the 80s and 90s. 000
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 22/12/2024This one has no backup. The Catholic Church invented limbo in the 12th century, and then ditched the idea in 2007 (the year the iPhone was launched. Interesting 🤔). No other Christian faiths even accepted the idea of limbo, and it was never part of the Magisterium anyway. Hope that helps 😂 020
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 22/12/20241992? Like via America Online, Compuserve or just good old fashioned IRC? I started dating my wife in 1992. Before I even had an email address 😳 Nice to know my kids’ souls are at risk of eternal hellfire. 130
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 22/12/2024The Roman Catholic Church “invented” limbo around the 12th century. And then they “univented” it again in 2007. Where are all the unbaptised babies who went to limbo, while it was a thing, now? And so where do babies of couples who met online go? I’ll go ask the nearest priest and report back. 090
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 21/12/2024And don’t forget Mandy. The episode in the banana factory is perfect. 020
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 21/12/2024I live in semi-rural England. I have always loved the sound of corvids, especially so in winter when I seem the hear them better. Maybe it’s the lack of leaves on the trees. Today I watched and listened to a murder of crows in a field. Perfect. 000
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 21/12/2024Ptarmigan in Britain are native to Scotland, not England. The word is Gaelic in origin, so many English people would not necessarily know how to pronounce it anyway. Then again, many of us can’t even pronounce the names of towns in other parts of England. Our country confuses even the natives. 000
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 21/12/2024For some reason, this post made me emotional. Sitting in the gloom of 53 degrees north, it struck a cord. 040
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 21/12/2024We can certainly hope so. If the Dems can put a brake on some of the craziness that Trump has in mind, then that’s reason to celebrate. 010
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Agreed. The final episode was hugely disappointing. 000
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Watch the 1973 movie again and then the new show. You’ll enjoy all the little homages throughout to the original. 150
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024It’s great up to and including the penultimate episode. Then, sadly, it’s meh 🫤 000
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024The teacher handled that so well, but is within her rights to report that man to the police for threatening behaviour, which is a crime in England and Wales. Their accents are Merseyside, so England. Someone only has to feel threatened for it to be a crime as far as the law is concerned. 010
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Upper end estimate of Musks’ net worth on 12/20/24 is $484bn 😳 It was about $264bn on November 5th. A $220bn gain since Trump was re-elected. 000
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Yeah, I watched this movie when my kids were really young. What I would have just enjoyed before becoming a dad I found pretty damn distressing. 030
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Mm. I never eat from the jar. I do agree that is just wrong. 010
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Hey, don’t diss the Tesco meal deal. A proud British lunchtime institution for the oppressed office worker and taken-for-granted tradie. And who eats cheese with mayo anyway? Cheddar cheese goes with Branston pickle in the UK, or it goes solo. That’s almost the law 😉 100
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Nah, a Tesco meal deal sarnie this bad is only purchased at the self-service checkout to hide your shame. 020
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Rape in marriage only become a criminal offence in England and Wales in 1991 after a ruling in the House of Lords. It was fully enshrined in law through the 1994 Criminal Justice Act. Absolutely insane that it was not illegal before in England and Wales. 010
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Either lying or doesn’t know what he’s talking about Mmm, I’m guessing it’s both. Nice demo of the inverse square law 👌🏼 000
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 16/12/2024This was making my head hurt, so I asked ChatGPT. Now it hurts a little less. This was my prompt: “Is the universe expanding faster than the speed of light?” 010
John Franklin @johnfi.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Maybe someone calling me out on my terrible fashion sense? The “chat” being constructive criticism of my combination of colour, fabrics, patterns, clown shoes etc. 000
