RayB
@roamingray.bsky.social
Photographer for hire. Curmudgeon & recycled teenager. "You're a rebel". Exhibited at Photokina 2012. Sometimes on the radio. Mensch, apparently. #MHFA Trained.
Day 59 in #WatfordGeneral Hit a real low last Sunday and almost did the unthinkable. This last week has been really, really hard to navigate, one week on I'm wondering what the bloody point is? Not really any further forward with diagnosis or treatment. I'm running out of fight.
December 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Day 59 in #WatfordGeneral Hit a real low last Sunday and almost did the unthinkable. This last week has been really, really hard to navigate, one week on I'm wondering what the bloody point is? Not really any further forward with diagnosis or treatment. I'm running out of fight.
Just heard a version of Caribbean Queen called European Queen, still Billy Ocean. This was being played on German radio.
September 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Just heard a version of Caribbean Queen called European Queen, still Billy Ocean. This was being played on German radio.
Rediscovered a Dr. Hope CD, having a mellowed time listening to it.
September 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Rediscovered a Dr. Hope CD, having a mellowed time listening to it.
Been in #WatfordGeneralHospital since Wednesday. The staff are brilliant but the behaviour of some patients leaves a lot to be desired.
July 5, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Been in #WatfordGeneralHospital since Wednesday. The staff are brilliant but the behaviour of some patients leaves a lot to be desired.
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One thing I will take away from România with me is their word for ‘Push’ - somehow this seems so much more descriptive.
From now onwards I shall be impinging doors outwards.
I urge you all to do the same.
Unless it opens inwards & then you’d look like an idiot.
Good afternoon. 💅🏼
From now onwards I shall be impinging doors outwards.
I urge you all to do the same.
Unless it opens inwards & then you’d look like an idiot.
Good afternoon. 💅🏼
June 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
One thing I will take away from România with me is their word for ‘Push’ - somehow this seems so much more descriptive.
From now onwards I shall be impinging doors outwards.
I urge you all to do the same.
Unless it opens inwards & then you’d look like an idiot.
Good afternoon. 💅🏼
From now onwards I shall be impinging doors outwards.
I urge you all to do the same.
Unless it opens inwards & then you’d look like an idiot.
Good afternoon. 💅🏼
I've been wanting to watch "A Taste Of Honey" for decades. I can now strike it from the list.
June 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I've been wanting to watch "A Taste Of Honey" for decades. I can now strike it from the list.
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I thought that was Tony Selby....
May 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I thought that was Tony Selby....
This afternoon I spent over an hour trying to get one of those ID verification things to work - the sort where you have to take a pic of photo ID then your mugshot so that some computer somewhere can decide if you are really you. About time there was a centralised service for this. #glazingindanger
May 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This afternoon I spent over an hour trying to get one of those ID verification things to work - the sort where you have to take a pic of photo ID then your mugshot so that some computer somewhere can decide if you are really you. About time there was a centralised service for this. #glazingindanger
He's not wrong.
Bob's Crying with Laughter autobiog, for anyone who somehow hasn't read it yet, is one of the greatest ever written.
April 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
He's not wrong.
RayB @roamingray.bsky.social
As some may know, I listen German station Oldie Antenne quite a bit. They are currently playing REM's "Man on the Moon". Since when is this an "oldie" ? Turns out it was released in 1992. Where has all that time gone?
[Edited because I made a mess of it]
As some may know, I listen German station Oldie Antenne quite a bit. They are currently playing REM's "Man on the Moon". Since when is this an "oldie" ? Turns out it was released in 1992. Where has all that time gone?
[Edited because I made a mess of it]
April 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
RayB @roamingray.bsky.social
As some may know, I listen German station Oldie Antenne quite a bit. They are currently playing REM's "Man on the Moon". Since when is this an "oldie" ? Turns out it was released in 1992. Where has all that time gone?
[Edited because I made a mess of it]
As some may know, I listen German station Oldie Antenne quite a bit. They are currently playing REM's "Man on the Moon". Since when is this an "oldie" ? Turns out it was released in 1992. Where has all that time gone?
[Edited because I made a mess of it]
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This is just magnificent. What a wonderful thing. I feel very safe to say "It's what he would have wanted".
April 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is just magnificent. What a wonderful thing. I feel very safe to say "It's what he would have wanted".
Still doing for the news what CCTV did for Matt Hancock's political career.
This is just magnificent. What a wonderful thing. I feel very safe to say "It's what he would have wanted".
This is terrific, absolute art www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
April 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Still doing for the news what CCTV did for Matt Hancock's political career.
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You are not alone.
We have resources and information that can help you to understand the news, and how it will impact you.
www.proudwatford.com/lgbtqia-reso...
We have resources and information that can help you to understand the news, and how it will impact you.
www.proudwatford.com/lgbtqia-reso...
April 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
You are not alone.
We have resources and information that can help you to understand the news, and how it will impact you.
www.proudwatford.com/lgbtqia-reso...
We have resources and information that can help you to understand the news, and how it will impact you.
www.proudwatford.com/lgbtqia-reso...
Tomorrow night. Still a few tix left....
Booked to see this next week. Colin Baker, Terry Molloy and Dee Sadler.
April 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Tomorrow night. Still a few tix left....
Booked to see this next week. Colin Baker, Terry Molloy and Dee Sadler.
April 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Booked to see this next week. Colin Baker, Terry Molloy and Dee Sadler.
Just seen some photos I'm in from 9 years ago. It affirms my belief that I'm better off behind the camera.
April 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Just seen some photos I'm in from 9 years ago. It affirms my belief that I'm better off behind the camera.
Seeing this reminded me of a screensaver that appeared a few years later, "Johnny Castaway". Several different scenes and IIRC it boasted sound, too.
Advertised in April 1984 : Even the pirates can't stop playing these priceless new gems from Ocean!
#80s #retrogaming
#80s #retrogaming
April 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Seeing this reminded me of a screensaver that appeared a few years later, "Johnny Castaway". Several different scenes and IIRC it boasted sound, too.
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Join us for a relaxing boat trip down the Grand Union Canal with Waterways Experiences on Sunday 17th August 2025! 🌊 Tickets cost £20 per person. Bring along your favourite tipple and picnic or there is a menu available for an extra charge. Please email [email protected] to book your place.
April 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Join us for a relaxing boat trip down the Grand Union Canal with Waterways Experiences on Sunday 17th August 2025! 🌊 Tickets cost £20 per person. Bring along your favourite tipple and picnic or there is a menu available for an extra charge. Please email [email protected] to book your place.
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Media obsession with trans issues would have many people think that gender fluidity, questioning and transition is a new thing.
Today we celebrate those who fight for equal rights & representation, and will continue to do so for Watford and our neighbours.
#transpride
#transrightsarehumanrights🏳️⚧️
Today we celebrate those who fight for equal rights & representation, and will continue to do so for Watford and our neighbours.
#transpride
#transrightsarehumanrights🏳️⚧️
March 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Media obsession with trans issues would have many people think that gender fluidity, questioning and transition is a new thing.
Today we celebrate those who fight for equal rights & representation, and will continue to do so for Watford and our neighbours.
#transpride
#transrightsarehumanrights🏳️⚧️
Today we celebrate those who fight for equal rights & representation, and will continue to do so for Watford and our neighbours.
#transpride
#transrightsarehumanrights🏳️⚧️
Currently confined to barracks so have been arsing around with a teaspoon and a macro lens. Just because.
March 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Currently confined to barracks so have been arsing around with a teaspoon and a macro lens. Just because.
Current listen, 10" vinyl.
March 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Current listen, 10" vinyl.
Missed this at the time
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... a really good listen - narrated by some bloke called Ogilvy....
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... a really good listen - narrated by some bloke called Ogilvy....
Archive on 4 - Prisoners, Saints and Persuaders: The World of ITC - BBC Sounds
The story of Lew Grade's ITC company, which revolutionised British television in the 1960s
www.bbc.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Missed this at the time
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... a really good listen - narrated by some bloke called Ogilvy....
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... a really good listen - narrated by some bloke called Ogilvy....
Saw this recently, if it happens in your area, do go and see it.
February 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Saw this recently, if it happens in your area, do go and see it.