Simon
@hangry.horse
🇸🇪🇬🇧🏳️🌈🇪🇺 Infosec database toucher.
🚣♂️🪚 rowing, gardening, learn-it-once-and-move-on DIY
📍Cambridge (but sometimes also Värmland 🦅)
🚣♂️🪚 rowing, gardening, learn-it-once-and-move-on DIY
📍Cambridge (but sometimes also Värmland 🦅)
This room also had the final carpet to be removed from the house.
We found a receipt of some sort under the carpet, and it looks like it was fitted the same year the Soviet Union fell
We found a receipt of some sort under the carpet, and it looks like it was fitted the same year the Soviet Union fell
January 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
This room also had the final carpet to be removed from the house.
We found a receipt of some sort under the carpet, and it looks like it was fitted the same year the Soviet Union fell
We found a receipt of some sort under the carpet, and it looks like it was fitted the same year the Soviet Union fell
So much sitting room redecoration progress today
And farewell ugly fireplace 🖕🏼
And farewell ugly fireplace 🖕🏼
January 4, 2026 at 10:37 PM
So much sitting room redecoration progress today
And farewell ugly fireplace 🖕🏼
And farewell ugly fireplace 🖕🏼
Moved the living room into the master bedroom, to make way for redecorating the actual living room. I kinda like it here tbh
January 1, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Moved the living room into the master bedroom, to make way for redecorating the actual living room. I kinda like it here tbh
I got a moka pot for Christmas but I’m not sure I can commit to reading the instruction manual *every time* I want coffee.
Help?
Help?
December 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I got a moka pot for Christmas but I’m not sure I can commit to reading the instruction manual *every time* I want coffee.
Help?
Help?
No Christmas without Juleskum
December 25, 2025 at 9:45 AM
No Christmas without Juleskum
Christmas morning run completed
December 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Christmas morning run completed
Probably a justified expense, tbh…
December 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Probably a justified expense, tbh…
More crimes against airbricks uncovered after removing some plaster for a future extractor fan vent. Not even surprised anymore 🥱
I’ll be reinstating it to give my cavity wall some air. As a treat.
I’ll be reinstating it to give my cavity wall some air. As a treat.
December 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
More crimes against airbricks uncovered after removing some plaster for a future extractor fan vent. Not even surprised anymore 🥱
I’ll be reinstating it to give my cavity wall some air. As a treat.
I’ll be reinstating it to give my cavity wall some air. As a treat.
Ah yes we’re now in the season of my least favourite Apple Watch feature - let’s randomly just pause a long bike ride because the cold weather makes heart rate sensing unreliable
December 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Ah yes we’re now in the season of my least favourite Apple Watch feature - let’s randomly just pause a long bike ride because the cold weather makes heart rate sensing unreliable
So that’s our gas pipe right there.
Apparently gas engineers don’t like this?? ? 🤷♂️
Apparently gas engineers don’t like this?? ? 🤷♂️
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
So that’s our gas pipe right there.
Apparently gas engineers don’t like this?? ? 🤷♂️
Apparently gas engineers don’t like this?? ? 🤷♂️
Some more iffy electrics left for us by the previous owner. I genuinely have no idea what’s going on here.
September 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Some more iffy electrics left for us by the previous owner. I genuinely have no idea what’s going on here.
My ”a mugs guide to Geordie dialect” mug has finally been through the dishwasher so many times that the red text supposed to show the Georgie words has faded, leaving only a confusing patchwork of random English words
August 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My ”a mugs guide to Geordie dialect” mug has finally been through the dishwasher so many times that the red text supposed to show the Georgie words has faded, leaving only a confusing patchwork of random English words
I could definitely be a brickie. Just look at this replacement half brick I just did?
August 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I could definitely be a brickie. Just look at this replacement half brick I just did?
A signup form allowed me to provide no gender, so I selected that option.
I guess this is my title now?
I guess this is my title now?
August 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A signup form allowed me to provide no gender, so I selected that option.
I guess this is my title now?
I guess this is my title now?
Right. Let’s see if we can work out what this pictogram is telling us.
Left: red background, easily recognised ’forbidden sign’. Don’t do the thing depicted. Don’t litter.
Right: blue background, nothing is forbidden. I’m encouraged to do something?
Use this cup to murder some turtles?
Left: red background, easily recognised ’forbidden sign’. Don’t do the thing depicted. Don’t litter.
Right: blue background, nothing is forbidden. I’m encouraged to do something?
Use this cup to murder some turtles?
July 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Right. Let’s see if we can work out what this pictogram is telling us.
Left: red background, easily recognised ’forbidden sign’. Don’t do the thing depicted. Don’t litter.
Right: blue background, nothing is forbidden. I’m encouraged to do something?
Use this cup to murder some turtles?
Left: red background, easily recognised ’forbidden sign’. Don’t do the thing depicted. Don’t litter.
Right: blue background, nothing is forbidden. I’m encouraged to do something?
Use this cup to murder some turtles?
Spotted next to two recently dug ponds/mini lakes in Cambridge. Feels like the city council may have listened to @davegoulson.bsky.social 🙂
June 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Spotted next to two recently dug ponds/mini lakes in Cambridge. Feels like the city council may have listened to @davegoulson.bsky.social 🙂
That’s a crazy amount of oil just for frying onions. Are you trying to kill me, bbc good food?
June 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
That’s a crazy amount of oil just for frying onions. Are you trying to kill me, bbc good food?
My unhinged opinion: these shouldn’t be painted
June 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My unhinged opinion: these shouldn’t be painted
This was the original colour of our bathroom, apparently. Drugs as an explanation for a lot of things in this house makes a lot of sense now
June 8, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This was the original colour of our bathroom, apparently. Drugs as an explanation for a lot of things in this house makes a lot of sense now
One of the tasks for this tool is not like the others 🤔
I'll keep an open mind, though
I'll keep an open mind, though
June 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
One of the tasks for this tool is not like the others 🤔
I'll keep an open mind, though
I'll keep an open mind, though
Every screw can be a flathead screw when you own an angle grinder
May 31, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Every screw can be a flathead screw when you own an angle grinder
These airbricks I thought were just a bit cobwebby were upon closer inspection actually siliconed-up. Spent a good hour pulling it out, and hopefully my cavity walls will thank me later
May 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
These airbricks I thought were just a bit cobwebby were upon closer inspection actually siliconed-up. Spent a good hour pulling it out, and hopefully my cavity walls will thank me later
Previous owner was definitely not a floor layer. In fact, not even pretending to be one
May 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Previous owner was definitely not a floor layer. In fact, not even pretending to be one