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Erbury Old Boy

@erburyoldboy.bsky.social

Son of Suffolk, iPhone snapper, leisurely cyclist, watcher of wildlife & drinker of beer. Still figuring out what I want to be when I grow up. Occasionally foreswunk. Not so much mainstream, more ox-bow lake. Not entirely serious. Life huh? En France

created September 17, 2023

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Today’s #dailypicturegame word is TECHNOLOGY Tomorrow’s word is Farming Using technology to get tiles on a roof.

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Profile picture Tony Dexter (@timbleman.bsky.social) reposted

Tories pledge to support their donors

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Profile picture Pat Green (@thepatgreen.bsky.social) reposted

"Superman is woke! Smithsonian is woke! Lego is woke! Cracker Barrel logos are woke!" It must be so exhausting hating everyone and everything, all the time. What a sad, pathetic way to live your life.

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Profile picture Neil Mackay (@neilmackay.bsky.social) reposted

An addition: buy a Bible, read the Jesus bits and you’ll be a woke socialist

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Profile picture Girl on a Brompton 💚🚲 (@girlonabrompton.bsky.social) reposted

Do you have a war memorial in your town? Go look at it. Look at the people that died fighting against Nazis and fascists. Now ask yourself what these people would make of the current situation here and the direction we are heading. News editors this means you, especially you.

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social)

@rickedwards1.bsky.social @rachelburden.bsky.social Is there anyone at the BBC that can take a look at the the rights restrictions thing? It keeps cutting in through your show. Cut you off after your introduction today.

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Profile picture God (@thegodpodcast.com) reposted

Thou shalt not end vaccines. God will not save you from plague. The Middle Ages should’ve made that very clear.

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Profile picture The Singular Malt 🥃😻🐧 (@artbookreview.bsky.social) reposted

Well there's your end of civilization as we know it, right there. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Who would have thought it would end by gradually sucking the joy out of life?

1/9/2025, 4:41:41 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Bonjour mon ami. September!

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Cat food never smells very pleasant.

31/8/2025, 7:00:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

What flavour cat food?

31/8/2025, 6:51:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Medical tutorial

31/8/2025, 6:45:55 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

I’ve lived a very pure life.

31/8/2025, 6:27:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

I was either 21 or 22 can’t remember which.

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31/8/2025, 6:19:37 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes just three now, they are so easy to break in the washing up bowl.

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Available in Lidl

31/8/2025, 5:43:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe they are talking about Abe Lincoln?

31/8/2025, 5:38:37 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Obviously. What else could it be?

31/8/2025, 5:37:10 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Girl’s Own advice (@girlsown.bsky.social) reposted

Enjoy the Sunday caption contest. Give away ❤️s, retweet to encourage more competitors, include #GirlsOwnCC

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

‘The bullet missed his top hat by this much’ ‘That was lucky.’ ‘Not really, hit him right between the eyes.’ #GirlsOwnCC

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

I’m not forcing anyone to do anything they aren’t itching to do anyway!

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

And do you know the bit in between is called the perineum? #GirlsOwnCC

31/8/2025, 5:24:03 PM | 17 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

True

31/8/2025, 5:20:37 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s been a topic of conversation that goes back as far as the American constitution. #GirlsOwn CC

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

It might be there to take away the taste of the alcohol.

31/8/2025, 4:36:17 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

I would have to drink it in bed.

31/8/2025, 4:22:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

I want to say thankfully but that would admit to age creeping up.

31/8/2025, 4:21:24 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

It is a place where the weak willed and disaffected are easily led.

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Indeed 15%

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social)

I think a litre bottle would be a step too far for me nowadays.

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

b0\_ L 0x :-)

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

It is definitely what I thought I saw.

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Profile picture Snigdha (@snig.bsky.social) reposted

Flag raising "patriot" used to be a people smuggler. Between him and all the domestic abusers currently loutishly protesting outside asylum seeker hotels, please can we give up all pretence they have "legitimate concerns"? manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social)

Glass Water Steel Concrete Decay

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social)

Water Steel Concrete Decay

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social)

I’d like the picture but could you do the frame in wood?

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Today’s #dailypicturegame word is DANGER Tomorrow’s word is Technology Stay Away!

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

And fewer bloody politicians.

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Profile picture Groggy (@grogmeister.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture Samuele ~ ImTheSnack (@imthesnack.bsky.social) reposted

Solar panels are basically wireless receivers for a nuclear fusion power plant.

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Odd fragment of kryptonite whilst litter picking in the park?

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Can’t be real, they’ve got to e colours the right way ‘round.

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Profile picture H e t e r o t o p ia (@artsofexistence.bsky.social) reposted

Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. #Photography René Jacques, L'homme de la nuit.

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Profile picture George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 (@gtconway.bsky.social) reposted

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Made a nicely framed picture!

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Profile picture Girl’s Own advice (@girlsown.bsky.social) reposted

In last Sunday’s caption contest most of you wilfully misinterpreted the poor old dog curled up to sleep in the grass. 🥇 @flups.bsky.social 🥈 @ancientnmodern.bsky.social 🥉 @davidjarvis.bsky.social 4th @erburyoldboy.bsky.social And…..,

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

But It’s around the ankles I don’t like them! 🤔

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It is stubbornness rather than strength 😳

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Profile picture Graham Jones (@oldmanrambling.bsky.social) reposted

#Scape #ColorADay #BWFri #LandscapePhotography #AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIcon #BirdsOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky An iconic scene in the English countryside as a farm tractor ploughs a field in North Norfolk near marshes followed by a flock of gulls.

A tractor ploughs a field in North Norfolk near marshland followed by a flock of gulls. The field to the left has already been ploughed and the rich soil will be left for some time until being replanted with fresh crops. To the right, the field’s crop has been harvested and awaits the plough. The gulls are ready to pounce as the plough turns up worms and other insects from the earth. Fields stretch towards the horizon, broken by hedges and small trees in the typical East Anglian coastal landscape.
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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Are the words predictions and incitements interchangeable now?

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Profile picture ❁ 𝐊 ❁ (@girlybojon.bsky.social) reposted

Lovrafjorden, Norway Yes, I could. . . Easily, 😍

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They will be having a pint in ‘spoons and missed the call.

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Profile picture The English Oak Project (@thekentacorn.bsky.social) reposted

Not all those who wander are lost J.R.R. Tolkien

An oak tree seemingly appearing out of the mist
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Profile picture Trevor Stables 🇨🇵 🔶🏳️‍🌈 (@trevor0257.bsky.social) reposted

Le Royaume-Uni maintenant est complètement fou. L'extrême droite a seulement 4 sièges au Parliament. Donc, je poserai la question : œuf ou poulet qui est premier? Parce que sans le média qui donne leur oxygène, ils ne sont rien.

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It’s not dead. It’s just resting.

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Profile picture Lodestar Travel Guide (@lodestartravel.bsky.social) reposted

Carved into rose-colored cliffs over 2,000 years ago, Petra’s Treasury actually lives up to the hype. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and true wonder of the world, every bit as iconic as it looks. 🏛️🌄 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforIconic #Petra #UNESCO #TravelAddicts #TravelBlogShare #travel #jordan

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Profile picture Maudie (@maudiestokes.bsky.social) reposted

Saturday

Knitted bunting across the streets in Clevedon town centre
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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

That looks like a painting. Carnival day?

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I’m going to stick it out until at least September 😂

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Autumn!

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It was a decent morning here yesterday it rained all afternoon but I didn’t go out of the house all day. Quite chilly this morning.

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I haven’t worn any since early April.

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Only 13° here when I got up at 6:00 this morning

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I’m thinking of putting socks on but it’s not even September!

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Profile picture Paul Garrard (@paulgarrard.bsky.social) reposted

Sometimes what we need more of is this. youtube.com/watch?v=jxmZ...

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Just dunt stray orf the road buh.

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Post a film from the year you were born.

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Profile picture Rob (@robosullivan.bsky.social) reposted

People are making fun of this, but honestly there's nothing more English than sticking a flag on an island that's not yours

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

You don’t know more than orange Donny, he probably knows more about everything than anyone else, a lot of people tell him that.

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Sadly It will go over the heads of those that take their assault rifles when they do their grocery shopping.

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Profile picture Codfather #FBPE 🇫🇷🇪🇺 (@codfather.bsky.social) reposted

😂

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Probably not

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s an idea, just not a very good one.😳

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

1. Birds 2. Beer 3. Bicycling

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Bit brighter here today, it didn’t really get light here yesterday.

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That’s you told!

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

I like it btw, better than the usual grim looking concrete towers.

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Today’s #dailypicturegame word is FURNITURE Tomorrow’s word is Landmark Street furniture, Castres.

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You just know the architect had been in a cheap shoe shop on his way to work that day.

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

One breakfast ingredient for breakfast?

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I am taking no questions at this time.

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Profile picture Helbel 🌻☘️💚🤍🧡 (@pudner.bsky.social) reposted

Off the scale, repugnant greed at its worst 👇

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Stop putting them on an English breakfast while you are at it. They are exclusively to be placed on toast.* *I will not be swayed on this so don’t bother replying.

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They never respond to complaints

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Many happy wassernames

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

I’ll put that down as a yes then.

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

Were you complaining about that Polish bloke?

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Profile picture Erbury Old Boy (@erburyoldboy.bsky.social) reply parent

That tends to be the case.

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Probably better than an alive reform candidate.

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A possibility though?

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