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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I don't watch the Traitors but this has appeared in the Northern Quarter in Manchester. Sort of interesting advert.

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

...and whilst I'm at it, adverbs appear to have been thrown out too... gah. cc: @simonbubb.bsky.social

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Have probably whinged about this before, but... is this what we do now in English? Lots of signs etc appear to have relinquished the use of the semi colon in favour of a comma. I feel this is very wrong; the semi colon also incorporates a pause to the sentence. A comma is inappropriate here.

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Anyone for a Cherry Spirtz? Seen in a Premier Inn!

Drinks sign advertising a Cherry Spirtz!

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

My first wild blackberries of the season! And most sweet and ripe they were too. Yum. (Found in Dinting, near Glossop)

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Here's another thing. Lack of care creating graphs. The years on the x axis are truncated which makes it unusable. Does nobody check these things? (You can deduce the years from the empty 2020 but it doesn't take much to edit the graph before publishing, surely?)

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Can I just whinge again about units and precision in journalism? This prioritises imperial (90ft) and then converts to metres with an unnecessary 'about'; this column wouldn't have been precisely 90ft as it's smoke, so why presume it was when converting? (Via BBC news)

Neighbours of a house that was gutted by fire have told of drying a fireball and a 90ft (about 27m) column of black smoke.

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

OK, so what is this diagram on the back of Victoria's closing remarks script on tonight's #onlyconnect ? It can't be carelessness that it's been broadcast like that.

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Yes, these people pass through Piccadilly Gardens because there's NO PUBLIC SEATING in Manchester city centre!

Sign saying that more than 10000 people pass through Piccadilly Gardens every day

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Slightly puzzled by @privateeyenews.bsky.social 's subscriptions. Three identical offers for different lengths of time, but one marked as 'best offer'. I'm slightly puzzled.

Sub options - £52 for 26 issues, £26 for 13 issues or £10 for 5 issues, all automatically renewing. The £52 offer is marked 'best deal'...

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Just seen on Reddit. Amazing work.

Comment 1: I'm a former quiz master. I ran mine in Afghanistan.
Comment 2: How did you tot up the scores, given the tally ban?

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

This sort of thing really annoys me. In this case not specifically another ISP digging at 0730 on a Bank Holiday Saturday morning, but the misuse of the word 'Advanced'. It should be Advance warning; advanced notice would be if they put up a laser-display-board with a full animatronic show...

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

What on earth is going on with the content BBC News publishes nowadays? Quite often there's just the... wrong word used. Is it all autogenerated? Does nobody proof it? See this ridiculous example of a 'leavening present'!

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I parked in the Salford Quays/Outlet car park yesterday (now run by Your Parking Space). Let's just say that their 'car park walkway' crossing to a pedestrian exit is unsafe and nonsensical... How is this acceptable? What if you have access needs - are you supposed to vault the crash barrier?

A striped crossing over the car exit leading to the back of a parked car and steel barriers

A pedestrian painted walkway where you have to physically step over a large crash barrier in order to continue on the painted path.

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

And while I'm here, I asked for a better map and got this. It gets worse and worse. Typos, two Ardwicks, stations in the wrong places... roads and waterways in the wrong places...

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

ETA because I have access to Copilot from work, I asked it: "create a map of the city of manchester, labelling major areas" and this is what it gave me. It's terrible. At a glance it's OK, but spellings are wrong, and the routes and waterways are just not right. It's got the gist, but is useless.

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It says this for me. What are you looking at?

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This sort of thing always baffles me. Why padlock a gate at the end of a platform (Manchester Metrolink in this instance) when you can just walk round it?

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Amused by this typo on this Manchester Metrolink upcoming works poster! Chortlon sounds like such a happy place!

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

On mobile, the adverts seem disproportionately large on the page and indistinguishable at points from content (eg is the pdf download content or an advert? (I know the answer!)). The map seems good; can there be an option to go full screen? The subheadings seem a bit big. (First impressions)

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Is it wrong of me to think that the smoke will go white when they've decided on a new leader?

BBC news: Iranian classics close to naming new leader as smoke cobbles Tehran after oil depot strikes - with a picture of thick black smoke rising into the sky

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I note that even BBC News can't spell Richard Osman's name...

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Some truly impressively poor parking here in Morrisons car park.

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Fed up with the lack of literacy and proofing in comms from companies. This is from @airtimerewards.bsky.social who have published this with a homonym. Argh! Reading error-laden text is like driving on a road with speed bumps and is unprofessional.

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Found this piece of archaeology in my car earlier today... Dating from 1995-2006 according to logos.fandom.com/wiki/Maplin !

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I've tried a couple of times to edit my local library name on Google Maps to a correctly spelled version! It currently says 'Failsworth Libary' which is embarrassing. Anyway, it keeps getting rejected. Is this autorejection or is someone being malicious? How can I get the spelling updated?

Screen snip showing that the correction for 'Failsworth libary' to 'Failsworth Library' has been 'not accepted.

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

This is amazing. This uniform mockup for Great British Railways is AI - which you can tell, because even in the brand announcement pack, the AI has cocked up the 'British Rail' twin track logo on the train in the background. (Also, the uniform is terrible, IMO.)

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Just seen in Manchester Piccadilly...

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

For example, this one from last year...

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Lovely to be able to get into Albert Square again and see some of the renovations that have been completed in #Manchester. Also: it's quiet, so top tip: come to the Christmas markets in November!

Library walk with the library's curved wall defining the route

Albert's statue with the Christmas Big wheel behind

The helter skelter and the big wheel in front of the nearly refurbished town hall

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

I hate it when people don't test their software properly. This is a screenshot from EE's app; my next 'bill' will be 'higher than usual' because I've got a negative balance. Argh. Come on people, this is basic stuff.

Phone bill saying my next direct debit will be higher than usual, even though it shows my balance£5 in credit

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Hi @robinince.bsky.social - great to see you again in Rochdale tonight. Here's the pictures of you and Brenda! Hope to see you again soon on the Infinite Monkey Cage. Safe travels.

Robin with Brenda (a cuddly donkey) (and Frida Karlo on his t-shirt!)

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

This is the route I've plotted. (The New Inn might be wrong...) www.google.com/maps/dir/The...

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The route bears little resemblance to what the actual track of the route actually looks like. I've just plotted it on google! What on earth is going on here?

Ricky Hatton's memorial route as plotted by the BBC

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Here's my boxes... To be fair, I haven't touched them in decades!

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Pleased to see that over 50% of today's electricity has come from wind turbines. Not entirely a surprise with storm n+1 passing over, but still, it's great that that's where we are at the moment. gridwatch.co.uk

Graph showing 50% wind, 12% nuclear, 19% solar, 13% gas, and other bits and imports making up the rest.

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Interestingly Metrolink have swapped the city crossings for the Bury services and Oldham services so for a change my tram goes to Market Street. Presume this is to increase Oasis capacity and decrease turning times allowing more services.

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

This one has existed since 2008 near the Uni of Hertfordshire in Hatfield. Not quite floating, but shared area at least. www.google.com/maps/@51.759...

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Is this a wild raspberry vine making a break for it across (under) the Manchester tram tracks?

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

In Sainsbury's and amused/annoyed that you have to agree to terms that are styled as a hyperlink to use the scanners, but of course you can't click them to read them...

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

On this day a decade ago I went down to Woodford to wave goodbye to the Vulcan bomber, XH558. I posted on FB at the time: "I was on the edge of the Avro golf course, overlooking the Woodford site - from where we could see its approach to Manchester Airport... (cont) 1/2

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Oh, that's a shame - the Hotspur Press building in the city is on fire, quite seriously. www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/.../manchest.... It has a nice heritage facade, at least; I hope they can save it.

The Hotspur Press well alight, with flames engulfing the inside of its exterior brick walls.

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

"We can surface features" says the Tesco app. What an ugly phrase. The word surface can clearly be a verb (eg submarines surface) but this sentence just seems to be awfully constructed. Also, why would they need to tell you your nearest store when you're already there?! (I did not turn on location!)

When you're in store we can surface all the in-store features and find your nearest store.

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

It's not a comedian but I'm quite pleased with it... Tomatoes, Ham and Crackers with Tomasz Schafernaker (I tried to make it Tomato Spam and Crackers but couldn't find evidence...)

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Peter Scandrett @proogs.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Saw this in Manc Piccadilly Station. That font has got to be a deliberate choice, surely? No competent proofer/advertiser would have let that through otherwise.

Advert for coffee-on-the-go that says "Afternoon? Pick Me Up' but the P looks suspiciously like a 'D' leading to a quick glance reading 'Dick Me Up'.

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