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CalKing

@mynameiscal.bsky.social

Digital at Paramount*. Film photography, Tinkering. Creator of Keeping Up Appearances on Gameboy and the Columbo Tamagotchi. Can I interest you in a photo of my cat? *views my own, etc

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Hazel grew on me.

17.05.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Election meme: 50.1 Everyone gets a puppy, 49.9 diarrhea forever

Election meme: 50.1 Everyone gets a puppy, 49.9 diarrhea forever

Everything feels like this now

17.05.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4

Ok so it’s Germany, Austria and Finland for me so far. Hazel is a bit much #eurovision

17.05.2025 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I love AI. It’s like they took the concept of SatNav devices that direct you to drive straight into a lake and expanded it to absolutely everything.

14.05.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 44    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Annoying, I got through the first time but then changed my mind on timings! Locked out, after that.

14.05.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I tried to swap performance time and now it says the code is invalid for both... any ideas? thanks!

14.05.2025 09:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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this β€˜jurassic park’ story 😭

01.03.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 9538    πŸ” 1693    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 52
letter to The Observer 2.3.25

"The absent sausage"
Nigel Slater's mouthwatering recipe for sausages with spinach and cannellini beans was accompanied by a succulent full-page photograph (Magazine, last week). However, it depicted only five sausages, while the recipe indicated six. Am I the only one who wants to know what happened to the other one?
Verne Sanderson
Tenterden, Kent

letter to The Observer 2.3.25 "The absent sausage" Nigel Slater's mouthwatering recipe for sausages with spinach and cannellini beans was accompanied by a succulent full-page photograph (Magazine, last week). However, it depicted only five sausages, while the recipe indicated six. Am I the only one who wants to know what happened to the other one? Verne Sanderson Tenterden, Kent

superb letter to The Observer

02.03.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1202    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 65    πŸ“Œ 29

Finally (& way later than I should have) fully deleted the Bird App, and feel weirdly bereft. I posted some good tweets over the years! Some really good tweets. Will my Bleets be as fresh? (no)

02.03.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

wait I mean "oh my god I do the same thing"

10.01.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

someone texted me recently do be like "why do you always start your messages with "guys - "? so I 100% feel your pain. we find our thing and we stick with it (until someone points it out)

10.01.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I got a pair of Bose QuietComforts with work, and they're definitely quietly comfy! Apparently the noise cancelling works well too, judging by the people throwing things at me

10.01.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Meme with pictures of Michael Caine from Muppet Christmas Carol and Tim Curry from Muppet Treasure Island with the following description and reply:

"The reason Michael Caine and Tim Curry are so good in their respective Muppet movies is that Michael Caine treats the Muppets as fellow actors, and Tim Curry treats himself as a fellow Muppet. Discuss."

"No need to discuss,your analysis is spot on"

Meme with pictures of Michael Caine from Muppet Christmas Carol and Tim Curry from Muppet Treasure Island with the following description and reply: "The reason Michael Caine and Tim Curry are so good in their respective Muppet movies is that Michael Caine treats the Muppets as fellow actors, and Tim Curry treats himself as a fellow Muppet. Discuss." "No need to discuss,your analysis is spot on"

Obligatory: (And as noted, spot on)

25.12.2024 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4578    πŸ” 1152    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 23
A Christmas tree pressed up against the ceiling of a room that is objectively too small for the size of the tree purchased

A Christmas tree pressed up against the ceiling of a room that is objectively too small for the size of the tree purchased

Merry Christmas from the Griswolds x

02.12.2024 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

well well well

29.11.2024 10:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A fancy cat leaning over the side of a bath looking concerned

A fancy cat leaning over the side of a bath looking concerned

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β€œOh you’re having a bath? That’s great. Well anyway, lemme know when you’re out and I’ll lick your legs”

29.11.2024 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Once again weeping that I can never create something as funny as "1 day blinding stew"

22.11.2024 04:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9969    πŸ” 1897    πŸ’¬ 117    πŸ“Œ 54

I’m just excited to find someone I haven’t already bored with the story!

22.11.2024 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It was 2023’s hottest news! me dropping a radiator on my hand

22.11.2024 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

for anyone keeping track of my β€œhe dropped a radiator on his hand” drama, I’m having more surgery next week because the last one put my finger back on the wrong way

22.11.2024 19:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I've recently taken to collecting all the early DVD classics - A Knight's Tale, The Day After Tomorrow, Dodgeball, Bruce Almighty, Ice Age, please send help I'm a deeply unhappy ma

19.11.2024 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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on a potentially related note, anyone know how to get rust off a Rolleiflex?

17.11.2024 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

can’t live without mine! That and my moisture meter go everywhere (in the house) with me…

17.11.2024 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Heavily damaged black and white film photo of a small lady holding a plate in front of her face. The plate also has a face on it.

Heavily damaged black and white film photo of a small lady holding a plate in front of her face. The plate also has a face on it.

Heavily damaged film photo of a drinks tray and wedding photo

Heavily damaged film photo of a drinks tray and wedding photo

Developed a roll of film I’d left in a camera for three years and the results were… interesting…

17.11.2024 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

We did a whole rewire and re-plumb so I was quite lucky in that regard - you might need an afternoon with a studfinder that can also detect live wires and copper…

17.11.2024 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very cool! I did the same for ours - it’s also handy to keep track of where all the pipes and cables are in the walls…

17.11.2024 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve decided that it’s a You’ve Got Mail and Planes Trains & Automobiles kind of Sunday and you can’t stop me, I will never be stopped

17.11.2024 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent

17.11.2024 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Marie this is excellent

17.11.2024 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A handsome cat looks at his reflection in a mirror

A handsome cat looks at his reflection in a mirror

Hello

20.10.2024 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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