Jim Toms
A normal bloke, happy family guy. With a few interests (planes, trains, tanks etc), oh, & an MBA from
@uniofleicester. I was a soldier once. @09EA63 on the bird app if it's still going, and on Insta
- Yep... they got very inventive
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- #TBT - back to when I was a guest of the now defunct Orange Arrows F1 team at the British 🇬🇧 Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2001. I had won a competition at work & was a vip guest for the day
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- Reposted by Jim TomsKudos to Andrew Marr for pointing out the elephant in the room. There's now a heap of evidence that Epstein was working hand in glove with Putin's regime. And with the Putin-aligned far right in Europe & the UK. He was a lynchpin in this global network of fascist kleptocracy.
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- Reposted by Jim Toms1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.” This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵 www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
- #MerlinMonday... from behind (Flying Legends 2016 photo from the Gold Enclosure)
- #Monday - and a flashback to my first encounter with the much missed Centurion Mk12 Waterloo - now in new hands with deep pockets
- We had a terrible experience in Cape Verde similar to what these families suffered some years ago (but without dying obviously ) Never been back & never would www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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- And another awesome track Pitney & Almond #TOTP
- Reposted by Jim TomsMacaulay Culkin on Instagram. 😢
- Now here’s a f*cking TUNE!! Roachford #CuddlyToy #TOTP
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- Bloody hell, Billy Idol before he was Billy Idol!! #TOTP
- Now here’s a classic banger from the Stereophonics #TOTP & it’s lovely to see Gail as well presenting
- But from the sublime to the twatish E17 #TOTP
- Whitney at peak here #TOTP
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- Reposted by Jim TomsRE-VAMPED WITH JULIET LANDAU won BEST PODCAST again! This time at brilliant Lisa K Crosato’s brilliant CITY OF ANGEL’S FILM FESTIVAL! 4 out of 4 submissions and 4 wins!!! REWATCH: TED Part 2 is now up! Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5oSV... Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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- Bit of a mini rant here. We've got several Hive radiator valves and this year they've all started sticking in the 'on' position for some reason. First thing one notices is the room becoming uncomfortably warm - so of course the first thing you try is turning the valve down/off via the app, but
- #TBT - 31 years ago, and yours truly was in Chile with Raleigh International (some may know it by it's former name of Operation Raleigh) - I was the Comms Officer for the expedition
- Oh my days.. yep (though I avoided having to take what the US call PB pills, in UK service NAPS, and even, probably worse, combined with BATS - Biological Agent Treatment Set)
- . @krystinaarielle.bsky.social happy birthday!!!
- This is excellent news
- Spectacular new hangar extension for the Avro Heritage Museum has been approved. I volunteer at the museaum, helping to produce their podcast and delivering cockpit tours. www.avroheritagemuseum.co.uk
- Having our first team chat tonight of 2026 - discussing the future of the collection (what's left of it) and the direction we will take I guess Have some Bedford loveliness for your delectation as a result
- I misplaced this Seiko Chronograph years ago & have just found it again whilst looking for something else. Hopefully a new battery & it will be good to go
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