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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 11h

I don't think I've seen this mentioned yet. Jonathan Meades - An Encyclopaedia of Myself

Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 24/10/2026

Don't know who was talking about Ronin here the other day, but thank you, whoever you were. Terrific film, and I don't know how I hadn't heard of it before.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 24/10/2026

While I normally hate throwing away anything which is in perfect working order, putting this in the bin will give me great pleasure. Bastard thing.

A stapler which will only take special staples, which are apparently only available in the distant past.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 23/10/2026

Never mind the new Bond, what matters is who will be the next Jack Reacher.

Norman Rockwell "Freedom Of Speech" standing man.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 21/10/2026

If anyone can't get to see the Bayeux Tapestry in London, there's a representation of it on the 11th c. church font in Contrières. Practically identical. Saved you thirty quid.

Baptismal font in the Church of Saint Marguerite Of Contrières, depicting mounted soldiers in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry.

Baptismal font in the Church of Saint Marguerite Of Contrières, depicting standing figures in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 20/10/2026

Everything may be terrible, but for once I've managed satisfactory poached eggs.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

Kitchen hivemind: Is there an affordable tin-opener which isn't a worthless piece of shit, please?

Two terrible piece of crap tin openers next to a half-destroyed tin of coconut milk. It also required pliers (not shown).

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

An edit facility would be an absolute fucking disaster, if implemented correctly. If not, it would be worse than that.

Norman Rockwell's "Freedom Of Speech" painting.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 19/10/2026

When Tweets* collide. * Posts. Whatever.

Two bum-centric posts in close proximity. You had to be there.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

I've brought it back from worse states. This was a good one.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Oopsie. Sourdough rescue time again.

A jar of long-neglected sourdough starter. It's mostly dark brown, but with ominous grey-green mould and fluffy white mould.
It'll be fine.

Close up of the fluffy white stuff, which looks out of focus, even in real life.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 18/10/2026

Well, this doesn't look sinister at all.

Been followed by an account called @devtest-account.bsky.social.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Everyone else has a "Don't start on the beer until the deep-frying part's done" house rule, right?

Fried onions, fried paneer, and very welcome beer.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 17/10/2026

Go to your camera roll and search “boat” and then post a picture of a boat you like.

THE GUJARAT ISLAM MATCH

MEG. COLT

AHMEDABAD

SAFETY

MATCHES

STEAMSHIP

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026

You couldn't possibly fit anything else into the box, it's simply not big enoug... Never mind.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 15/10/2026

a) I used to do it at 42 or 43 in an older oven, and the new oven only does 5° increments, so I tried 45, and it's consistently better. b) It's done in 4 hours, but the punters prefer it sourer, so usually 6. c) Not my problem. d) Not sure I'd fit 5 jars in an air fryer. If I had an air fryer.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026

Spotted a mushroom, too. If we can have houseplants, why not housemushrooms?

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 13/10/2026

@typejunky.bsky.social, I wonder if I can trouble you for info? My nepenthes is flowering; do I need to do anything? Or just leave it.

A flower forming on the leading vine of a nepenthes.

A pot on one of the side leaves of the main vine.

The base of the plant, with the vine leading off to one side and the rest of the plant pot's surface covered with baby pots and opportunistic ferns and moss.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026

Yet another picture I don't remember taking.

A copy of "Teach Your Cat Welsh", adjacent to a number of copies of "Teach Your Dog Welsh".

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026

There's a very similar one in the big flea market in Paris. Maybe they'd consider an offer.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026

I had to go down the rabbit hole:

Afrikaans: krimpvarkie (S.A.)
Tswana : sethlong (S.A.)
Anglo-Saxon: igil or il
Arabic: qunfud
Bengali: kata chua (spikey mouse)
Bulgarian: taralej
Chinese: ci-wei (needle animal)
Cornish: sort
Croatian: jez
Czech: jezek
Danish: pindsvin
Dutch: egel
English: hedgehog, hedge-pig, herichun, urchin
Finnish: siili
French: herisson
Gaelic: crainneag
German: igel
Greek: skandzohoiros
Hebrew: kipod
Hindi: aik parkar ka jangli chuha ("a spikey sort of mouse")
Hungarian: sün, süni, sündisznó
Irish: grainneog
Korean: kosŭmdoch’i
Italian: riccio
Japanese: hejjihoggu or harinezumi
Latin: erinaceus
Maltese: Qanfud
Mandarin Chinese: Cìweì
Norwegian: piggsvin
Persian: kharpusht
Polish: jez
Portuguese: ourico
Punjabi: kanderala ("thorned animal")
Russian: ezh
Slovenian: jez.
Spanish: erizo
Swahili: kalunguyeye
Turkish: kirpi
Swedish: igelkott
Welsh: draenog

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026

I'm at the *Not permitted to go anywhere or do anything" stage.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 10/10/2026

Am drinking a coffee there right now.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

There's an outside chance it's still there. You're guaranteed to find something equally bizarre, anyway.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 08/10/2026

Was looking for another picture, and found this one, which I have no memory of taking. I assume it's a lamp.

In a junkshop/fleamarket, there's a what I assume to be a lamp in the form of a human torso, roughly from rib cage to neck, in ceramic orange with conical, blancmange-shaped breasts, caged in a kind of wire and leather bra. Most odd.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026

Got back at 1am, exhausted after a hugely diverted nightmare drive in both directions, so of *course* they want to play.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 07/10/2026

The sensational James McMurtry at St Mary's Church in Twyford. Extraordinary show.

James McMurtry and Betty Soo, playing "Saint Mary Of The Woods, in the Early Fall" at St Mary's, in the woods, in the early fall. What were the chances?

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

I had advance notice of this scene in Reacher, but I still wasn't ready for it.

Jack Reacher in the passenger seat of a car with two other people. Reacher is holding a tiny white kitten, made to look even smaller by Reacher's immense size.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

It makes for very quick garlic bread:

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

Just went looking for something else on FB, and found this. Christ.

Poetry posted to Facebook. Draw your own conclusions:

Back in the days of tanners and bobs,
When Mothers had patience and Fathers had jobs.
When football team families wore hand me down shoes,
And T.V gave only two channels to choose.
Back in the days of three penny bits,
when schools employed nurses to search for your nits.
When snowballs were harmless; ice slides were permitted
and all of your jumpers were warm and hand knitted.
Back in the days of hot ginger beers,
when children remained so for more than six years.
When children respected what older folks said,
and pot was a thing you kept under your bed.
Back in the days of Listen with Mother,
when neighbours were friendly and talked to each other.
When cars were so rare you could play in the street.
When Doctors made house calls and Police walked the beat.
Back in the days of Milligan's Goons,
when butter was butter and songs all had tunes.
It was dumplings for dinner and trifle for tea,
and your annual break was a day by the sea.
Back in the days of Dixon's Dock Green,
Crackerjack pens and Lyons ice cream.
When children could freely wear National Health glasses,
and teachers all stood at the FRONT of their classes.
Back in the days of rocking and reeling,
when mobiles were things that you hung from the ceiling.
When woodwork and pottery got taught in schools,
and everyone dreamed of a win on the pools.
Back in the days when I was a lad,
I can't help but smile for the fun that I had.
Hopscotch and roller skates; snowballs to lob.
Back in the days of tanners and bobs.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

I'd love to know the back story of this matching pair of absolutely bonkers pair of houses near me. Huge and rambling and ornate, but set in ramshackle sea of modest semis and terraced. Student or institutional housing now but presumably fairly well-to-do owners with servants BITD.

A mirror-matched pair of 3 story corner houses in red brick with white quoins and various half-timbered bits and pieces of random ornament. As if the Munsters lived on the shabby side of Oxford.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

I was making bread anyway, so I split a bit of dough off before I added rye and seeds to the main loaf, so not as much extra work as it seemed.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026

When it comes to leftover Bolognese, there are two kinds of people. There's "Oh, I'll just have spaghetti again tomorrow" and there's "I'll knead some crumbled fried onions into bread dough, layer and fold it with grated butter, and make some little pasty things".

That dough with a blob of Bolognese sauce and some grated parmesan.

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Rob H&ynes @robonabike.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

Let's not kid ourselves that only the US does this sort of thing. Roger Roger was French.

Roger Roger was born in Rouen, Normandy.[1] His father Edmond Roger was a conductor at the Paris Opera and a friend of Claude Debussy,[1] who is said to have named his son Roger "to satisfy a personal whim".

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