OneOffDave
@oneoffdave.bsky.social
Bi wheelchair user, legs optional. Emergency planning, disability issues, and occasional silliness. He/him
Paid the balance for my new wheelchair yesterday so it should be arriving soon!
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Paid the balance for my new wheelchair yesterday so it should be arriving soon!
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.
This isn't a criticism of these specific businesses, just an observation of the kind of premises so many independent businesses operate out of.
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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.
This isn't a criticism of these specific businesses, just an observation of the kind of premises so many independent businesses operate out of.
Where do you start with this? "LED lights don't carry red wavelengths, they just mimic red light"
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Where do you start with this? "LED lights don't carry red wavelengths, they just mimic red light"
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
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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
I can definitely recommend the Lee Miller exhibition at Tate Britain
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I can definitely recommend the Lee Miller exhibition at Tate Britain
So lacking in photography inspiration at the moment. Think I need to find an accessible photo walk or similar group to do something with to restart things
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
So lacking in photography inspiration at the moment. Think I need to find an accessible photo walk or similar group to do something with to restart things
Sod pepper spray, I want Worcestershire Sauce spray so I can add it to food wherever I go
November 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Sod pepper spray, I want Worcestershire Sauce spray so I can add it to food wherever I go
Hearing people my age saying it's all funerals and care homes now rather than weddings and christenings. As someone with a life long disability, death has been an almost permanent presence in my life. Only about ⅓ of my peers from school are left. Most never saw 50
November 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Hearing people my age saying it's all funerals and care homes now rather than weddings and christenings. As someone with a life long disability, death has been an almost permanent presence in my life. Only about ⅓ of my peers from school are left. Most never saw 50
Why is it that even on empty trains/tubes bipeds still take up the wheelchair space?
October 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Why is it that even on empty trains/tubes bipeds still take up the wheelchair space?
What would you call a Placebo tribute act?
October 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
What would you call a Placebo tribute act?
Just chased my disabled freedom pass application as it's been 10 weeks since I applied (start of August). Apparently they are currently processing applications received in the first week of July! How can a straightforward application take that long?
October 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Just chased my disabled freedom pass application as it's been 10 weeks since I applied (start of August). Apparently they are currently processing applications received in the first week of July! How can a straightforward application take that long?
I want to know who decided I should dream about triffids last night
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I want to know who decided I should dream about triffids last night
A bit of a long shot but does anyone know of a wheelchair accessible photography studio for hire in London? I'm trying to plan a couple of studio shoots but finding it hard finding anywhere to shoot
October 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A bit of a long shot but does anyone know of a wheelchair accessible photography studio for hire in London? I'm trying to plan a couple of studio shoots but finding it hard finding anywhere to shoot
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
Have a quiet on-call
Have a quiet on-call
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
Sir Gilbert Scott restoration.
Sir Gilbert Scott restoration.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
Manuscript lost in fire.
Manuscript lost in fire.
October 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
Have a quiet on-call
Have a quiet on-call
Thoughts - is a car park where people who need the accessible space can only park for 3 hours regardless of payment but people who don't can park for as long as they like discriminatory?
October 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Thoughts - is a car park where people who need the accessible space can only park for 3 hours regardless of payment but people who don't can park for as long as they like discriminatory?
I love how one of the symptoms of nerve agent poisoning is listed as "involuntary fecal incontinence" which suggests the existence of "voluntary fecal incontinence"
October 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I love how one of the symptoms of nerve agent poisoning is listed as "involuntary fecal incontinence" which suggests the existence of "voluntary fecal incontinence"
Anyone got good FOI knowledge? Does a request need to be made to a specific point of contact within an organisation or any of their points of contact?
October 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Anyone got good FOI knowledge? Does a request need to be made to a specific point of contact within an organisation or any of their points of contact?
Got to track down a referral from one clinic to another that appears to have vanished. More soul-sapping disability admin
September 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Got to track down a referral from one clinic to another that appears to have vanished. More soul-sapping disability admin
Border terrier on the tube klaxon! My commute is already better
September 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Border terrier on the tube klaxon! My commute is already better
Me on the way to the rapture.
September 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Me on the way to the rapture.
Spooky literature folks, I've just had a memory bubble up of a tale about a chap camping on an island in a river, probably in northern Europe, that's posessed/sentient and he struggles to escape. Has an M R James feel but not sure it was his. Radio 4 did a dramatisation. Would love to find it again
September 14, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Spooky literature folks, I've just had a memory bubble up of a tale about a chap camping on an island in a river, probably in northern Europe, that's posessed/sentient and he struggles to escape. Has an M R James feel but not sure it was his. Radio 4 did a dramatisation. Would love to find it again
This is why Street Countdown needs to be stamped out
Countdown champion stabbed rival at fans' event in Blackpool - BBC News share.google/JzzMwVWezdir...
Countdown champion stabbed rival at fans' event in Blackpool - BBC News share.google/JzzMwVWezdir...
Countdown champion stabbed rival at fans' event in Blackpool
Jurors decide John Cowen attacked a rival with a knife at a Countdown-themed event in Blackpool.
share.google
September 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is why Street Countdown needs to be stamped out
Countdown champion stabbed rival at fans' event in Blackpool - BBC News share.google/JzzMwVWezdir...
Countdown champion stabbed rival at fans' event in Blackpool - BBC News share.google/JzzMwVWezdir...
The next medic that makes a snide comment inferring I'd still have legs if I managed my diabetes better is going to get properly roasted. Lost one in 1999, the other in 2021. Diabetes arrived January 2025
September 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The next medic that makes a snide comment inferring I'd still have legs if I managed my diabetes better is going to get properly roasted. Lost one in 1999, the other in 2021. Diabetes arrived January 2025
Interesting conversation with the surgeon. Apparently I've not quite got type 3c diabetes but I've not quite got type 2 either. Somewhere in between apparently
September 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Interesting conversation with the surgeon. Apparently I've not quite got type 3c diabetes but I've not quite got type 2 either. Somewhere in between apparently
Jersey looked great in the sunshine today
September 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Jersey looked great in the sunshine today