Chris Routledge
@chrisroutledge.bsky.social
Writer, photographer, cyanotypist. Undergoing cosmic rearrangement. https://chrisroutledge.pictures
History is evaporating. The laziness shines brightly from those lamps.
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
History is evaporating. The laziness shines brightly from those lamps.
I visited Velorama, the Nationaal Fietsmuseum in Nijmegen, NL recently and it was fascinating to see early attempts to make bicycles that looked like horses and steering wheel bikes attempting to make them more like cars, both missing the point that bicycles are a beautiful thing in themselves.
November 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I visited Velorama, the Nationaal Fietsmuseum in Nijmegen, NL recently and it was fascinating to see early attempts to make bicycles that looked like horses and steering wheel bikes attempting to make them more like cars, both missing the point that bicycles are a beautiful thing in themselves.
Londoners measure distance in the time it takes to discuss alternative routes with other Londoners. In most cases this exceeds the ability of non Londoners to stay sober, or in the case of routes that cross the river, married.
November 15, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Londoners measure distance in the time it takes to discuss alternative routes with other Londoners. In most cases this exceeds the ability of non Londoners to stay sober, or in the case of routes that cross the river, married.
That's a huge loss.
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
That's a huge loss.
Come to think of it I was 14 in 1982 when the first Mole came out, so even worse.
November 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Come to think of it I was 14 in 1982 when the first Mole came out, so even worse.
Yes, being picked on. Goodness knows I needed to be mocked, and still do no doubt, but my mother used the first of them as a weapon against me when I was 15. It's one of only a handful of books I ever knew her to have read and she thought it was *hilarious*.
November 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Yes, being picked on. Goodness knows I needed to be mocked, and still do no doubt, but my mother used the first of them as a weapon against me when I was 15. It's one of only a handful of books I ever knew her to have read and she thought it was *hilarious*.
It's technical illiteracy.
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It's technical illiteracy.
Thanks. Yes, me too.
November 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Thanks. Yes, me too.
Yes, but unfortunately there are 88 doors, so I had to use two rolls.
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Yes, but unfortunately there are 88 doors, so I had to use two rolls.
Ah I see. Based on how things are going I'm imagining the earth as a charred barren rock by then.
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Ah I see. Based on how things are going I'm imagining the earth as a charred barren rock by then.
Centuries you say.
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Centuries you say.
That's amazing because in the 1970s my mother had a Raleigh Stowaway which I abused horribly by doing Evel Knievel like stunts on it.
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
That's amazing because in the 1970s my mother had a Raleigh Stowaway which I abused horribly by doing Evel Knievel like stunts on it.
I've heard others say something similar, that the connections are not always very strong.
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I've heard others say something similar, that the connections are not always very strong.
I'm planning to see that next week. What a great response!
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I'm planning to see that next week. What a great response!
If you can avoid being run over you should go for it!
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 AM
If you can avoid being run over you should go for it!
Thanks Paula, and 88 of them are better than one.
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Thanks Paula, and 88 of them are better than one.
Well you say that, but.
November 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Well you say that, but.
I've made an A3 one, which is good, but I think it needs to be bigger.
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I've made an A3 one, which is good, but I think it needs to be bigger.