Echinatum
@echinatum.bsky.social
Here to read more than post.
Feel free to like or follow - or not. I'm not here for the numbers.
My likes are sometimes acknowledgements rather than endorsements.
Feel free to like or follow - or not. I'm not here for the numbers.
My likes are sometimes acknowledgements rather than endorsements.
"Age verification is not available at this time."
The fact that I've had my Amazon account for 23 years doesn't count! (Yes - I can see history that far back.)
Unfortunately, Amazon is the only current UK source for what I want.
The fact that I've had my Amazon account for 23 years doesn't count! (Yes - I can see history that far back.)
Unfortunately, Amazon is the only current UK source for what I want.
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"Age verification is not available at this time."
The fact that I've had my Amazon account for 23 years doesn't count! (Yes - I can see history that far back.)
Unfortunately, Amazon is the only current UK source for what I want.
The fact that I've had my Amazon account for 23 years doesn't count! (Yes - I can see history that far back.)
Unfortunately, Amazon is the only current UK source for what I want.
Yesterday I was stopped for a few minutes during some very heavy rain and took some photos through the windscreen. Had wiped just before starting photos. No image manipulation except sticking them together.
The effect on visibility was dramatic.
Let's Be Careful Out There
The effect on visibility was dramatic.
Let's Be Careful Out There
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Yesterday I was stopped for a few minutes during some very heavy rain and took some photos through the windscreen. Had wiped just before starting photos. No image manipulation except sticking them together.
The effect on visibility was dramatic.
Let's Be Careful Out There
The effect on visibility was dramatic.
Let's Be Careful Out There
I sure hope they get new marketing people!
Calling your product Squitex suggests a failure to fully understand English!
Calling your product Squitex suggests a failure to fully understand English!
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I sure hope they get new marketing people!
Calling your product Squitex suggests a failure to fully understand English!
Calling your product Squitex suggests a failure to fully understand English!
Very happy to get this letter for obvious reasons. But why a letter?
I'd have been happy with an email or even, if verifiable, a text message.
Obviously on some sort of opt-in basis.
I'd have been happy with an email or even, if verifiable, a text message.
Obviously on some sort of opt-in basis.
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Very happy to get this letter for obvious reasons. But why a letter?
I'd have been happy with an email or even, if verifiable, a text message.
Obviously on some sort of opt-in basis.
I'd have been happy with an email or even, if verifiable, a text message.
Obviously on some sort of opt-in basis.
Why do so many YouTube videos have egregious typos/spelling mistakes on their display shots?
And not just one person and a dog outfits.
And not just one person and a dog outfits.
October 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Why do so many YouTube videos have egregious typos/spelling mistakes on their display shots?
And not just one person and a dog outfits.
And not just one person and a dog outfits.
And Welsh. According to the roll I found.
October 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
And Welsh. According to the roll I found.
When NF wants to be elected, remember what he did in another place.
Showed his arse rather than his face.
Do you think he'd treat the electorate any better in future?
Showed his arse rather than his face.
Do you think he'd treat the electorate any better in future?
October 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
When NF wants to be elected, remember what he did in another place.
Showed his arse rather than his face.
Do you think he'd treat the electorate any better in future?
Showed his arse rather than his face.
Do you think he'd treat the electorate any better in future?
Spectacular when you see lots!
Saw this in my garden in Wales this afternoon.
Common Earthball ?
Saw this in my garden in Wales this afternoon.
Common Earthball ?
October 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Spectacular when you see lots!
Saw this in my garden in Wales this afternoon.
Common Earthball ?
Saw this in my garden in Wales this afternoon.
Common Earthball ?
Tracking appears stuffed. Should have had SMS by now - probably get one next week sometime. And tracking is unavailable.
Our local people are great. But RM can be dire.
Our local people are great. But RM can be dire.
October 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Tracking appears stuffed. Should have had SMS by now - probably get one next week sometime. And tracking is unavailable.
Our local people are great. But RM can be dire.
Our local people are great. But RM can be dire.
I note the Three website is currently up.
October 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I note the Three website is currently up.
OK Santander - why are you not updating your status page?
I still cannot login.
I still cannot login.
September 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
OK Santander - why are you not updating your status page?
I still cannot login.
I still cannot login.
What's happening with Santander UK Bank app this morning?
Seems to be very broken but couldn't see anything on their web site.
#BancoSantander
Seems to be very broken but couldn't see anything on their web site.
#BancoSantander
September 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
What's happening with Santander UK Bank app this morning?
Seems to be very broken but couldn't see anything on their web site.
#BancoSantander
Seems to be very broken but couldn't see anything on their web site.
#BancoSantander
Pantone Colour of the Year 2025 - Mocha Mousse.
But very often referred to in more scatological terms...
But very often referred to in more scatological terms...
September 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Pantone Colour of the Year 2025 - Mocha Mousse.
But very often referred to in more scatological terms...
But very often referred to in more scatological terms...
Lidl come up with some extremely unappealing products
Cloetta Plopp Chocolates with Caramel Filling
Which I first misread as Cloaca Plopp...
Cloetta Plopp Chocolates with Caramel Filling
Which I first misread as Cloaca Plopp...
September 9, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Lidl come up with some extremely unappealing products
Cloetta Plopp Chocolates with Caramel Filling
Which I first misread as Cloaca Plopp...
Cloetta Plopp Chocolates with Caramel Filling
Which I first misread as Cloaca Plopp...
No option but recurring monthly subscription is not acceptable.
No thanks Newsquest.
No thanks Newsquest.
July 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
No option but recurring monthly subscription is not acceptable.
No thanks Newsquest.
No thanks Newsquest.
A huge welcome to this new book “Hypothyroidism – A Paradigm Shift” from Rudolf Hoermann & Johannes W. Dietrich.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
May 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A huge welcome to this new book “Hypothyroidism – A Paradigm Shift” from Rudolf Hoermann & Johannes W. Dietrich.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Made dough last night, baked in Pullman tin in an air fryer this morning. And it came out tasting really good.
April 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Made dough last night, baked in Pullman tin in an air fryer this morning. And it came out tasting really good.
Truly minor website annoyances.
Ask for something - a postcode - and start to validate it dynamically. If the first character is a letter which can start a postcode, it is simply incomplete. Not invalid.
Give me a few seconds to enter the full code!
Ask for something - a postcode - and start to validate it dynamically. If the first character is a letter which can start a postcode, it is simply incomplete. Not invalid.
Give me a few seconds to enter the full code!
April 11, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Truly minor website annoyances.
Ask for something - a postcode - and start to validate it dynamically. If the first character is a letter which can start a postcode, it is simply incomplete. Not invalid.
Give me a few seconds to enter the full code!
Ask for something - a postcode - and start to validate it dynamically. If the first character is a letter which can start a postcode, it is simply incomplete. Not invalid.
Give me a few seconds to enter the full code!
Why do we allow product labelling to use print which is unable to be read by more than half the population?
Trying to identify ingredients in supermarkets, often printed smaller than 8pt, with less contrast, and in crappy fonts, is a struggle.
Trying to identify ingredients in supermarkets, often printed smaller than 8pt, with less contrast, and in crappy fonts, is a struggle.
April 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Why do we allow product labelling to use print which is unable to be read by more than half the population?
Trying to identify ingredients in supermarkets, often printed smaller than 8pt, with less contrast, and in crappy fonts, is a struggle.
Trying to identify ingredients in supermarkets, often printed smaller than 8pt, with less contrast, and in crappy fonts, is a struggle.
Well done Lidl GB. Trying to flog out of date fish.
It is illegal to sell food for consumption past its Use by date.
It is illegal to sell food for consumption past its Use by date.
March 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Well done Lidl GB. Trying to flog out of date fish.
It is illegal to sell food for consumption past its Use by date.
It is illegal to sell food for consumption past its Use by date.
Would that have been served here:
March 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Would that have been served here:
And ours don't wear lounge suits on formal occasions!
March 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM
And ours don't wear lounge suits on formal occasions!
February 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I live in extreme south west Wales.
How long will it take “nearest” calculators to realise that Ifracombe (231) and Barnstaple (219) might be closer as seagulls fly. But not road or rail.
Swansea, Cardiff, Newport and Bristol are all much nearer. As mapping software has known since Autoroute!
How long will it take “nearest” calculators to realise that Ifracombe (231) and Barnstaple (219) might be closer as seagulls fly. But not road or rail.
Swansea, Cardiff, Newport and Bristol are all much nearer. As mapping software has known since Autoroute!
February 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I live in extreme south west Wales.
How long will it take “nearest” calculators to realise that Ifracombe (231) and Barnstaple (219) might be closer as seagulls fly. But not road or rail.
Swansea, Cardiff, Newport and Bristol are all much nearer. As mapping software has known since Autoroute!
How long will it take “nearest” calculators to realise that Ifracombe (231) and Barnstaple (219) might be closer as seagulls fly. But not road or rail.
Swansea, Cardiff, Newport and Bristol are all much nearer. As mapping software has known since Autoroute!