Roy Bent
@roybent.bsky.social
Lover of guitars and Moog synthesisers. Woodworker, CAD doodler, 3D printerer and model builder. Movie fan. Vinyl record person.
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Woodturning: The Burl of Alchemy!
YouTube video by David Adamsen
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December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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“Reindeer” is unrelated to “rein.”
It’s from the Old Norse hreindyri, literally “reindeer animal,” with dyr being a word for any wild quadruped—just like Old English deor—and hreinn being the typical/more specific word for a reindeer in Old Norse. (The Old English word for a reindeer was hran.)
It’s from the Old Norse hreindyri, literally “reindeer animal,” with dyr being a word for any wild quadruped—just like Old English deor—and hreinn being the typical/more specific word for a reindeer in Old Norse. (The Old English word for a reindeer was hran.)
December 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
“Reindeer” is unrelated to “rein.”
It’s from the Old Norse hreindyri, literally “reindeer animal,” with dyr being a word for any wild quadruped—just like Old English deor—and hreinn being the typical/more specific word for a reindeer in Old Norse. (The Old English word for a reindeer was hran.)
It’s from the Old Norse hreindyri, literally “reindeer animal,” with dyr being a word for any wild quadruped—just like Old English deor—and hreinn being the typical/more specific word for a reindeer in Old Norse. (The Old English word for a reindeer was hran.)
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Today 22nd December 1973 Elton John is No1 in the UK album charts
#AlbumOfTheDay #EltonJohn #70s #ClassicRock
#AlbumOfTheDay #EltonJohn #70s #ClassicRock
December 22, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Today 22nd December 1973 Elton John is No1 in the UK album charts
#AlbumOfTheDay #EltonJohn #70s #ClassicRock
#AlbumOfTheDay #EltonJohn #70s #ClassicRock
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Some beautiful colours in the sky just before I left work.
December 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Some beautiful colours in the sky just before I left work.
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Late Afternoon Tracks. 7°C after a grey chilly day. Rooks.
December 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Late Afternoon Tracks. 7°C after a grey chilly day. Rooks.
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Pink Ghost Pipe plant at my hometown, Logy Bay, #Newfoundland Canada. Ghost Pipes are most commonly white, but some have pink or even red colouration. Pic from a couple of years ago, in August.
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Pink Ghost Pipe plant at my hometown, Logy Bay, #Newfoundland Canada. Ghost Pipes are most commonly white, but some have pink or even red colouration. Pic from a couple of years ago, in August.
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
#wildflower #flower #botany #plants #fungifriends
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Really sad news, Chris Rea has passed away. A true great.
RIP and thanks for all the great music.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...
RIP and thanks for all the great music.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...
Chris Rea: Driving Home For Christmas singer dies aged 74
A statement from his wife and two children says he
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Really sad news, Chris Rea has passed away. A true great.
RIP and thanks for all the great music.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...
RIP and thanks for all the great music.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...
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A lot of people will only remember him for Driving Home for Christmas but he was also the man who taught Bob Mortimer to put an egg in his bath.
Chris Rea, rock and blues singer-songwriter, dies aged 74
Chris Rea, rock and blues singer-songwriter, dies aged 74
Middlesbrough-born musician had hits with Driving Home for Christmas, On the Beach and The Road to Hell
Chris Rea, the British singer-songwriter whose hits included Driving Home For Christmas, has died at the age of 74, a spokesperson for his family said.
The statement said that he died “peacefully in hospital … following a short illness”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
A lot of people will only remember him for Driving Home for Christmas but he was also the man who taught Bob Mortimer to put an egg in his bath.
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To remember him post your favourite Chris Rea track.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJFf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJFf...
Chris Rea - Stainsby Girls (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Chris Rea
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December 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
To remember him post your favourite Chris Rea track.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJFf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJFf...
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The late great BOB HOSKINS with a brilliant story about how Brian De Palma passing on him to play Al Capone in ‘The Untouchables’ led to Bob asking De Palma if there were any more films he didn’t want him to be in.
December 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The late great BOB HOSKINS with a brilliant story about how Brian De Palma passing on him to play Al Capone in ‘The Untouchables’ led to Bob asking De Palma if there were any more films he didn’t want him to be in.
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Cary Grant & SOPHIA LOREN during filming of ‘The Pride And The Passion’ in 1957.
He was married, she waiting for Ponti’s divorce to complete, but their affair was full on.
To avoid scandal in Italy, Loren turned down Grant’s marriage proposal & wed Ponti.
He was married, she waiting for Ponti’s divorce to complete, but their affair was full on.
To avoid scandal in Italy, Loren turned down Grant’s marriage proposal & wed Ponti.
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Cary Grant & SOPHIA LOREN during filming of ‘The Pride And The Passion’ in 1957.
He was married, she waiting for Ponti’s divorce to complete, but their affair was full on.
To avoid scandal in Italy, Loren turned down Grant’s marriage proposal & wed Ponti.
He was married, she waiting for Ponti’s divorce to complete, but their affair was full on.
To avoid scandal in Italy, Loren turned down Grant’s marriage proposal & wed Ponti.
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I’m having lunch with Dwayne Johnson and I’m not sure whether I should complain about the really tough fish.
I’m between a rock and a hard plaice.
I’m between a rock and a hard plaice.
December 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I’m having lunch with Dwayne Johnson and I’m not sure whether I should complain about the really tough fish.
I’m between a rock and a hard plaice.
I’m between a rock and a hard plaice.
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Been a bit lapse with progress on the 888, it's an old kit and although lacking the detail of their modern kits, it still pretty good. The blue on the exhaust is not nearly as bright as the phone camera shows it. Tigger as always, is not impressed.👍
December 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Been a bit lapse with progress on the 888, it's an old kit and although lacking the detail of their modern kits, it still pretty good. The blue on the exhaust is not nearly as bright as the phone camera shows it. Tigger as always, is not impressed.👍
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Good morning from Fable and Obi!
December 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Good morning from Fable and Obi!
Cool little spider on the kitchen window 😊
December 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Cool little spider on the kitchen window 😊
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SNCASO SO.8000 "Narval" was a prototype heavy fighter designed at the end of the 1940s at the request of the Aéronavale which wanted a new aircraft for its aircraft carriers, in particular to carry out ground attack missions. It was made obsolete by the arrival of the jet.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
SNCASO SO.8000 "Narval" was a prototype heavy fighter designed at the end of the 1940s at the request of the Aéronavale which wanted a new aircraft for its aircraft carriers, in particular to carry out ground attack missions. It was made obsolete by the arrival of the jet.
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MOSQUITO MONDAY
As part of our monument campaign, we get to meet some amazing families of veterans who often have some stunning photos of their relatives. Here we see Fred Efford DFC and his navigator with their PR Mosquito at RAF Benson. What a machine!!!
As part of our monument campaign, we get to meet some amazing families of veterans who often have some stunning photos of their relatives. Here we see Fred Efford DFC and his navigator with their PR Mosquito at RAF Benson. What a machine!!!
December 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
MOSQUITO MONDAY
As part of our monument campaign, we get to meet some amazing families of veterans who often have some stunning photos of their relatives. Here we see Fred Efford DFC and his navigator with their PR Mosquito at RAF Benson. What a machine!!!
As part of our monument campaign, we get to meet some amazing families of veterans who often have some stunning photos of their relatives. Here we see Fred Efford DFC and his navigator with their PR Mosquito at RAF Benson. What a machine!!!
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Deck the halls with boughs of holly! Fa-la-la-la-laa!
Everybody up! It's Christmas week! 🎄
#MondayMotivation
Everybody up! It's Christmas week! 🎄
#MondayMotivation
December 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Deck the halls with boughs of holly! Fa-la-la-la-laa!
Everybody up! It's Christmas week! 🎄
#MondayMotivation
Everybody up! It's Christmas week! 🎄
#MondayMotivation
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This fox has been a regular visitor to our garden this year.
December 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This fox has been a regular visitor to our garden this year.
More 3D printed festive trinkets, this time using Sunlu PLA+ four-colour silk filament. The colour changes along the length and across the width of the filament giving some beautiful horizontal and vertical transitions on the printed item.
#3DPrinting
#3DPrinting
December 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
More 3D printed festive trinkets, this time using Sunlu PLA+ four-colour silk filament. The colour changes along the length and across the width of the filament giving some beautiful horizontal and vertical transitions on the printed item.
#3DPrinting
#3DPrinting
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You don't often hear this on your wireless. 6Music just played it though.
CHOOON!
Colosseum - The Kettle
youtu.be/pe9lUjMknwo?...
CHOOON!
Colosseum - The Kettle
youtu.be/pe9lUjMknwo?...
The Kettle
YouTube video by Colosseum - Topic
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December 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
You don't often hear this on your wireless. 6Music just played it though.
CHOOON!
Colosseum - The Kettle
youtu.be/pe9lUjMknwo?...
CHOOON!
Colosseum - The Kettle
youtu.be/pe9lUjMknwo?...
That’s better. Dry for months, it recently started flowing again and now it’s back to normal.
December 21, 2025 at 11:41 AM
That’s better. Dry for months, it recently started flowing again and now it’s back to normal.
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The Marçay-Moonen monoplane of 1911 was one of the first to be equipped with folding wings to facilitate transport and storage. The angle of attack of the wings could also be modified.
It appears that the machine flew several times between 1911 and 1912.
It appears that the machine flew several times between 1911 and 1912.
December 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The Marçay-Moonen monoplane of 1911 was one of the first to be equipped with folding wings to facilitate transport and storage. The angle of attack of the wings could also be modified.
It appears that the machine flew several times between 1911 and 1912.
It appears that the machine flew several times between 1911 and 1912.