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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

This campsite has framed slop of a cutesey highland coo eating bogroll in the toilet block. I have no idea why.

Generative image of a cute Ewok-like highland cow, sitting on its back legs on the floor of a bathroom with mutant toilet/sink hybrid plumbing. The cow appears to have been caught naughtily nibbling a toilet roll, with sheets hanging out of some unseen orface in the fur behind its mouth/nose. Gills, perhaps? Another toilet roll lies on the floor in front, because our naught cow is also a greedy cow.

This has been colour printed, framed and hung in the toilet block of a campsite, where you would normally expect to find adverts for Camping and Caravanning Club member benefits, or Boomer memes about caravanning.

Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

@quixoticgeek@social.v.st Racing the _Notso_ (Leaper "Not-So-Low") streamliner for the last couple of seasons. At some point at the start of this year I stopped falling over due to general n00b bike-handling incompetence and started crashing due to racing too hard for the conditions.

A cream (with white patches, where repairs have been painted with non-matching paint) streamliner bicycle, viewed from the front.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Sadly for the telecoms nerds following, I failed to achieve a _Serial Experiments Lain_ style artsy silhouette of the rats-nest of copper and fibre at the top of our local pole. The sun kept moving, so all I got was a handful of drop-wires

Projected image with the shadow of drop-wires in front of the partially-eclipsed sun.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

Actually managed to get a half decent image once @NatalyaD@disabled.social remembered that we had a retort stand. This could hold the Powerful Gestapo Binoculars™ a lot more steadily than I could by balancing them on my knee.

Tatty old binoculars clamped in a retort stand, focussing an image of the solar eclipse onto a sheet of paper in a clipboard leaning against the side of a car.

Projected image on a sheet of paper in The Official BHPC Clipboard™. Clouds can be seen passing in front of the ~90% solar eclipse.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026

Yeah, that pillow's gone a bit spicy. Fetch the Explosion Containment Pie Dish™!

A fondleslab lies face down on the bench with its back open and battery removed. The battery is visibly bulging.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Friends re-detected. 🦆 (The fox sniffing around the tents at last night's campsite was not a friend.)

Sitting ducks, next to a wooden fishing platform thingy at the side of a lake. Possiby the same mallard polycule from Thursday evening.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/07/2026

Friends detected... 🦆🚲

A group of Mallards waddle past a recumbent bicycle

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

I have become aware that EE (the cellular provider) are running a "Get the edge" marketing campaign. Presumably because they're all from London and about 12, and have never suffered the frustration of a strong but uselessly obsolete data connection.

Smartphone signal strength indicator with the 'E' symbol that denotes EDGE connectivity.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

This unit hereby endorses this product, service or sentiment: Favourite tools - iSesamo spudger

Someone splitting a chocolate easter egg open using an iSesamo spudger. A drawer of electronics tools is open in the background.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

There's been a pair of scissors on top of a piece of paper on the floor beside @NatalyaD@disabled.social's desk for the last couple of days. I kept thinking that it might be a good idea to pick them up and put them in the pen mug. Anyway, she picked it up and […] [Original post on fedi.social]

A photo of a piece of paper with a pair of slightly open scissors on top of it lying on the floor. A desktop PC, office chair and assorted piles of Top Quality Tat are visible.

Closer shot of the same piece of paper. It is clearly a roughly coloured-in line drawing.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2026

Reasonable Adjustment Cat is purring into the microphone...

A ginger & white cat, flopped happily on a lap with a hearing aid streamer device resting against his chin.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/01/2026

It's still #caturday, and these two are sulking because someone turned the gas fire off...

A black & white and ginger & white cat have colonised a sofa. Black & white has claimed the high ground of the back, as she has superior command of gravity, and is now making little squeaky snoring noises. Ginger & white has curled up on the seat where my lap now isn't, as I got up to take a photo.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2025

Looks like that time spent bashing holes in assorted walls to install more sockets has paid off...

A pile of extension leads, 4-way plug boards and an improbable number of those 13A grelco things that Old People tend to use instead of 4-ways. All made redundant by a sufficiency of wall sockets in sensible places. At least until they come in useful...

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2025

The cats have taken a liking to digestive biscuits... #caturday

A white woman sat on a sofa giggling while holding a digestive biscuit out of reach of a black & white and ginger & white cat. The prospect of stolen food means they've temporarily forgotten that they're supposed to be carnivores.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/12/2025

Preparing a sacrifice for @Anoia@mendeddrum.org...

Freshly washed cutlery (and a "Keep calm and press CTRL-ALT-DEL" mug) on a draining board next to a sink.

Kitchen drawer full of tongs, spatulas, whisks, tin openers, etc. The drawer is labelled "Anoia"

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2025

Yeah, I definitely don't have the thumbs to fix that! Tyre warning went off, I turned off the main road in search of somewhere to park, and ...pulled up outside a Kwik Fit that I've never noticed before. Sorted in under an hour.

Car tyre with a large button-head self-tapping screw through the tread.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2025

@Edent@mastodon.social @jadp@mastodon.social

Screenshot of fedi.social's Sharkey instance displaying the quoted post.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2025

@FlockOfCats@famichiki.jp I took it a step further...

Close up photographe of the back of an orange and black label printing machine, with a black-on-white label, printed by the machine, that reads "Label printer" stuck to it. The last two letters of this are mostly obscured by a smaller, white-on-black label, also printed by the machine, that reads "Label printer label"

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2025

Rocky is also Too Hot, but less so than yesterday...

Ginger and white cat, flopped on a carpet amongst clumps of his moulting fur.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2025

Skye says it's too hot. 🐱

A black and white cat, who has been flopped under a hedge for some time, finally deciding to move because I'm taking a photo...

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2025

Yeah, that's not supposed to be like that. Trimmed the wires back and re-terminated. Maybe that'll stop the thermal cut-out tripping. #NotMyImmersionHeater

Water cylinder immersion heater with the access cover removed. The neutral wire starts off blue, then progresses through black to bare oxidised copper as it approaches the terminal.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2025

Visiting @redcognito@eldritch.cafe. There's an unexpected void in our bed...

Dim photo of the foot of a bed. There's a black bit on the chequered duvet cover. With cat ears.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2025

The correct number of clamps, like bicycles, is _n+1_...

A long strip of MDF straddling a WorkMate and folded table. A thin batten is being glued to the edge, currently held in place by every clamp I have.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/06/2025

Today in #ColourBlind: "Why is there an American flag on the floor?"

Photo of a blue wash bag with white hearts lying on the floor to the left of a green and white striped fabric shopping bag.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2025

What could possibly go wrong?

Photo of a car dashboard computer, applying a firmware update (which it claims is a 'Performance Improvement'). The progress bar is at 25% and has been for a while...

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2025

Operation charge all the things! (Not pictured: Car; 2×AA flatteries for the Garmin.)

A several of battery chargers plugged into one of those cuboid USB extension lead things from Aldi: A Makita 18V power tool battery sits on its cradle next to a small drone battery on a multi-purpose charger. A large homebrew LiFePO4 battery pack that fits on a bicycle luggage rack is open on the floor, with a 250W power supply connected to its charging port. In the background, next to some drying laundry, the upturned fibreglass lid of a streamliner bicycle has a trailing cable connected to one of the power cube's USB outputs. A screwdriver and Brompton C-bag are partially visible.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2025

TIL about Caroline Haslett and her role in creating the BS1363 standard. Possibly the only decent thing about Britain that remains truly world-leading. RE: glammr.us/users/overholt/statuses/1…

Stock photo of a BS1363 13A mains plug and socket.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2025

And that's the last of it done. Ceiling's a mess, but that can wait, as it just looks fugly rather than being an actual fire hazard. Downstairs loo (not pictured, but same ill-conceived 80s shit) is getting the plasterboard treatment. #poystyrene

Photograph of a ceiling that has been stripped of polystyrene tiles, apart from a small area in one corner by way of illustration. The cleared ceiling is a mess of incredibly strong adhesive and mildly scratched plaster.

A long, modern LED strip light is in the centre of the ceiling and an unrelated cable dangles from an experimentally-cut hole off to one side. Also visible are a large analogue clock that doesn't keep very good time, and a chintzy wall-light with an inappropiate LED lamp in it.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2025

Oh look, a SEEKRIT choc-block buried in the bathroom wall. That'll go nicely with the ones in the floor...

Close-up of a block wall with the plaster removed. A crack in a block reveals a choc-block joining some mysterious power cables.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2025

Went for the hide-it-under-new-plasterboard approach, on the basis it would probably hurt less.

The same ceiling as before, now clad in bare plasterboards.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2025

I still hate polystyrene ceiling tiles. At least these ones came off without wrecking the plaster (mostly). Only managed to napalm my arm a tiny bit, too.

A bare plaster ceiling with no fucking polystyrene bastard tiles on it.

An implausibly small loft hatch, bare lightbulb pendant and a smoke detector are visible, and some of the plaster needs repairing.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/03/2025

Whoever invented polystyrene ceiling tiles needs to die, btw.

A ceiling, partially stripped of polystyrene ceiling tiles, revealing a mess of glue and damaged plasterboard.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2025

Just noticed they have an official mug...

Mug with a cartoon picture of perky looking ginger and white, and black and white cats, labelled 'Rocky' and 'Skye' respectively.

Caption reads "My cats are the reason I wake up every morning.
Really freaking early. Every. Single. Morning."

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2025

Continuing the medical archeology theme, this insulin is a bit past its use-by date...

A rusty old container. Label reads: "A. B. Protamine Insulin suspension (with zinc). 400 units in 10 c.c."

Reverse of the container. Label reads: "Manufactured under licence from the Medical Research Council and Licence No 5 of the Theraputics Substances Act. Batch No. 4672. Date of manufacture 7/2/40 Date up to which full potency is retained 7/2/41 Sold by The British Drug Houses Ltd. London N1"

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2025

Okay internets, mysterious object identification time... Found in my late stepfather-in-law's house. The lever extending the blades is spring loaded, retracting them sharply when the small button is pressed. The central knob screws to adjust the amount of blade […] [Original post on fedi.social]

A mysterious brass device. A lever sticks up, and a button and knob are visible.

View of the base of the object, there are several slots.

Another view of the object's base. Two rows of semicircular blades are sticking out through the slots.

View of the object's internal mechanism, with the base removed.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2025

Didn't bring a tree saw. Made do with a tenon saw. Bird table now fixed...

An old wooden chopping board screwed to a tall, narrow tree stump. A label reads "Birds only - No squirrels allowed".

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2025

Cat Politics is happening...

My legs, in a reclining chair. A ginger and white cat occupies my lap. A black and white cat sulks by the fire in the distance.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2025

And now I've been catted...

First person perspective from an armchair. A ginger and white cat flops on my lap while a black and whilte cat loafs across my knees. Bladder status is currently non-critical, fortunately.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2025

Also sorted the telly out. Wondering why they didn't switch to filming snooker side-on when television went widescreen...

16:9 television showing snooker. The table is viewed end-on, with the perspective making it almost square, while we have a nice view of the floor either side.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2025

Got this working. Very strange, no crystal oscillator, no phase-locked loop, no tzdata. Just gears and string and a big weight. Doesn't seem to keep very good time, thobut.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/01/2025

I see the niephews have been upgrading the Lego urban infrastructure...

Top-down view of a pair of 'road' Lego base plates, with a few coupling bricks and contructions on the edge of shot.

Someone has inexpertly marked off a section of road in crayon and drawn a bicycle symbol in it.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/12/2024

As per tradition, I've just watched Die Hard. Improvements in video technology mean that I've just noticed that Karl grabs John by the hair during their final fight. That's right - back then Bruce Willis actually had enough hair to grab. Moreover, I noticed […] [Original post on fedi.social]

Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber, falling to his death at the end of Die Hard.

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Kim @kim.fedi.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/12/2024

Just realised that my logfile would annoy the gammons... 17:32:05 [BAT] Battery low! 3.31V 17:32:15 [BUT] Got short press. 17:32:15 [LCD] Woke LCD backlight. 17:32:30 [ SD] Flushing debug buffer... "I can't read the screen because the backlight is woke."

Firebrick ping graph entitled 'Cellular'. At about 15:30, the connection is switched from LTE to EDGE, with a corresponding increase in latency and immediate severe packet loss. The packet loss drops to merely terrible after about 6pm.

Just before the end of the graphed period, the modem is switched back to it normal 4G settings, and the packet loss disappears.

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