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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Apaches and The Finishing Line. Two public safety films aimed at kids. In the first, kids playing on a farm die in a range of ways including drowning in a slurry pit. The second imagines a deadly school sports day on a railway line. Both available to watch online

A boy drowning in a slurry pit, only his head and hands showing

Bodies of school children in sports kit laid out on a railway line with medical staff around

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It just amused me that the prewar technology is becoming useful again. I'm all for stylish structures everywhere. Or these

Large ear trumpets on a wheeled carriage

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'd love an set of these drawn by Tom Gauld

Three plates depicting Martian tripods laying waste to western Surrey

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

This has to be my favourite in Ottershaw

A telephone exchange with the sign swapped to read Elephant Exchonge

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I love asking people to name their favourite icebreaker then showing them mine

An icebreaker with a red hull and white superstructure surrounded by broken ice pack

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

If only! It was one of these!

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Given what I do for a living, a friend thought this was apt

A rainbow pin badge in the colours of the bi flag with flames in top and the text "Disaster Bisexual"

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

It had a metered prism and a pistol grip. He was in a flight suit and got out of one of these. Made my 110 camera look tiny

A royal navy wessex helicopter in orange and dark blue air sea rescue colours

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

There used to be one called the CyKey but that vanished with the company. When they do crop up for sale they are really expensive

A CyKey hording keyboard. 9 keys laid out in a finger friendly arrangement for right and left handed operation

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Similar, it used a chord system for each letter

The chord letter scheme for a Microwriter

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I'd love a plug in keyboard version of the microwriter. Used one at school and got pretty proficient. Was way better for me than writing.

A Microwriter note taking device that uses 6 keys in a hand layout. The device is beige with brown buttons and a single line lcd display at the top

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Just about to start this. Looking forward to it @hookland.bsky.social

The black and white cover of Hookland Fragments by David Southwell with a bear surrounded by stars and bones

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I found these folks in the airport. Unfortunately I was just transiting there

Two moomins, Snuffling, Little My ans a couple of Hattifattners against a winter evening sky in Helsinki airport

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Taking the Mamyia 645 out for the first time tomorrow! Just need to remember how to take photos!

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I wonder how well the Berlin Brigade camo would work?

A Chieftain tank at a public display painted in a selection of brown, light gray and white squares and rectangles

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

In the days before pens like the Rotring isograph, there was the lining pen. The point was adjustable to alter the line thickness. My mum used them a lot as a trained "Lady Tracer" in a shipyard as tracing was one of the main ways of duplicating engineering drawings.

A ruling pen on a white background. The handle is black and the nib is silver coloured metal

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

After seeing a story in the Telegraph about continuing denial of justice, this photo seems apt. An event so appalling, it got it's own chapter in the report of the public inquiry into the wider catastrophe Volume_2.pdf share.google/kE8JURqfGW69...

A billboard lorry in Parliament Square. The billboard board reads "72 Haemophiliac boys of Treloars RIP"

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Well, I took the plunge and it's arrived! Just need to build up my arms to use it!

A Mamiya 645 medium format camera on a wooden desk

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars”, “Star Trek”, “Dr. Who”, or “Transformers.”

The Cheesoid robot from Mitchell and Webb

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I once asked people to name their favourite Icebreaker

The icebreaker RV Araon seen from above in broken ice

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Everyone knows they're armed with black puddings so they can follow the ancient martial art of Ecky Thump

A master of Ecky Thump demonstrates the key moves

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

This was Cara, we didn't know her origins but she looked like a black lab on corgi legs

A short legged black dog in a red coat in the snow

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I'm reminded of the racks and racks of candles at Lourdes. Some arm or leg thickness the heat given off softening and bending their neighbours. A pic from the web as I didn't have a camera when I went back in the days of film

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

There's one on my desk as we speak

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

We had this similar set. Our neighbours had the same ones but with a tiled top

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Today's hot take: if parents want pushchair spaces on public transport they should do what disabled people did to get our spaces

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

My new wheelchair on it's first trip to the office

An RGK Octane FX wheelchair in the natural metal colour with red castors, hubs and spokes

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Three years ago today I was in my hotel in Tokyo waiting to head to the airport to fly home and I was treated to this view of Mt Fuji

A twilight Tokyo cityscape with Mt Fuji above the clouds on the horizon against the post sunset sky

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I'd love to use independent bookshops but most of them have access like this so I can't get in. See also independent coffee shops. This isn't a criticism of these specific businesses, just an observation of the kind of premises so many independent businesses operate out of.

A bookshop. The doors have a step to get in

A bookshop. There is a step and narrow doorway

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OneOffDave @oneoffdave.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Can't believe it's taken me years to get round to seeing The Lady of Shallot by Waterhouse in person. Was introduced to it when doing Tennyson for O-level last century