OneOffDave
@oneoffdave.bsky.social
Bi wheelchair user, legs optional. Emergency planning, disability issues, and occasional silliness. He/him
I remember a local authority I worked for burying a small whale on the beach where it stranded but was buried too shallow below the high tide line so the buoyancy overcame the sand after a couple of tides and it resurfaced
November 12, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I remember a local authority I worked for burying a small whale on the beach where it stranded but was buried too shallow below the high tide line so the buoyancy overcame the sand after a couple of tides and it resurfaced
Last time that sort of thing happened to me, I shouted "the next person to touch me gets maimed." I got a wide berth for a while
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Last time that sort of thing happened to me, I shouted "the next person to touch me gets maimed." I got a wide berth for a while
I've used a dictionary and paper map this week. Film camera in the last month. I've not used a floppy disc for a while but have used a DAT drive in the last year
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I've used a dictionary and paper map this week. Film camera in the last month. I've not used a floppy disc for a while but have used a DAT drive in the last year
Or used an overhead projector or epidiascope.
I remember having to book overseas calls and calls via Portishead to ships at sea
I remember having to book overseas calls and calls via Portishead to ships at sea
November 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Or used an overhead projector or epidiascope.
I remember having to book overseas calls and calls via Portishead to ships at sea
I remember having to book overseas calls and calls via Portishead to ships at sea
Growing up on the south coast with barrovian parents and then going to boarding school where my two best friends were from south Wales and Barnsley has definitely left me with and odd accent. Fairly flat vowels
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Growing up on the south coast with barrovian parents and then going to boarding school where my two best friends were from south Wales and Barnsley has definitely left me with and odd accent. Fairly flat vowels
I'm not angry, just disappointed
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm not angry, just disappointed
Mumager - you can't have any biscuits until you've tidied your spreadsheets
November 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Mumager - you can't have any biscuits until you've tidied your spreadsheets
Handi-capable, just no.
Mumtrepaneur *boak*
Mumtrepaneur *boak*
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Handi-capable, just no.
Mumtrepaneur *boak*
Mumtrepaneur *boak*
I just can't conceive what this would be like as it's falling.
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I just can't conceive what this would be like as it's falling.
Back before Teams, a colleague fell asleep during a teleconference and the whole meeting carried on to the sound of his snores. One of the medics on the call noticed his apnea and called him about it afterwards
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Back before Teams, a colleague fell asleep during a teleconference and the whole meeting carried on to the sound of his snores. One of the medics on the call noticed his apnea and called him about it afterwards
An undertaking of great advantage but nobody to know what it is
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
An undertaking of great advantage but nobody to know what it is
What a splendid bear
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
What a splendid bear
An Arts & Crafts oubliette
November 6, 2025 at 9:07 PM
An Arts & Crafts oubliette
Time to launch my retro-phrenology service
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Time to launch my retro-phrenology service
Could have done with this at school. Our atlases dated from the 1930s and most of Africa and eastern Europe was wrong.
November 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Could have done with this at school. Our atlases dated from the 1930s and most of Africa and eastern Europe was wrong.
Fingers crossed for you
November 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Fingers crossed for you
Inside of a trenchcoat festooned with it
November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Inside of a trenchcoat festooned with it
Have you been abandoned?
November 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Have you been abandoned?
Yeah, this phoned threat should have totally been ignored.
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Yeah, this phoned threat should have totally been ignored.