Richard De St Croix
@r-d-s-c.bsky.social
My karma ran over my dogma
Born at 319.08 ppm
Born at 319.08 ppm
Just discovered that Mrs Merton had Germaine Greer on her show - it's on iPlayer. Lovely.
The Mrs Merton Show, Germaine Greer, Ant and Dec and Michael Parkinson: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00h0nv9
The Mrs Merton Show, Germaine Greer, Ant and Dec and Michael Parkinson: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00h0nv9
November 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Just discovered that Mrs Merton had Germaine Greer on her show - it's on iPlayer. Lovely.
The Mrs Merton Show, Germaine Greer, Ant and Dec and Michael Parkinson: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00h0nv9
The Mrs Merton Show, Germaine Greer, Ant and Dec and Michael Parkinson: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00h0nv9
View from the shed: Wet Monday.
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
View from the shed: Wet Monday.
You're just going to make me suck sawdust forever, right?
#Pareidolia
#Pareidolia
October 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
You're just going to make me suck sawdust forever, right?
#Pareidolia
#Pareidolia
Diesel heater ftw.
October 6, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Diesel heater ftw.
The things you find in walls, eh?
September 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The things you find in walls, eh?
Gormley. 18 years ago apparently. South Bank.
September 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Gormley. 18 years ago apparently. South Bank.
And he's missed out the fluffy eyebrows and the moustache!
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September 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
And he's missed out the fluffy eyebrows and the moustache!
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Hello Mr Wagtail. Now why would you be beating on my window so late at night, eh?
Sure. It's time for bed. I'll turn my light out. Sorry.
Sure. It's time for bed. I'll turn my light out. Sorry.
September 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Hello Mr Wagtail. Now why would you be beating on my window so late at night, eh?
Sure. It's time for bed. I'll turn my light out. Sorry.
Sure. It's time for bed. I'll turn my light out. Sorry.
There were more cramps. So far it appears to be amazingly square (I whacked it with a mallet just to make it absolutely* clear there were to be no shenanigans). I'm not using blocks because they're just scaffold access steps.
September 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
There were more cramps. So far it appears to be amazingly square (I whacked it with a mallet just to make it absolutely* clear there were to be no shenanigans). I'm not using blocks because they're just scaffold access steps.
Above this spot, sit swallows:
(when it rains).
(when it rains).
September 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Above this spot, sit swallows:
(when it rains).
(when it rains).
Send more cramps.
September 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Send more cramps.
It's still burning, it's still burning..
September 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
It's still burning, it's still burning..
When I said "get ready for lead-work" I hadn't, truthfully, fully understood how much a 6M - 450mm wide sheet of Code 4 lead weighs*. Now I do. I don't think I've given myself a hernia but I had to make a custom cradle on my trolley to move it.
*55kgs
*55kgs
September 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
When I said "get ready for lead-work" I hadn't, truthfully, fully understood how much a 6M - 450mm wide sheet of Code 4 lead weighs*. Now I do. I don't think I've given myself a hernia but I had to make a custom cradle on my trolley to move it.
*55kgs
*55kgs
Crackling.
(with Swallow fly-past).
(with Swallow fly-past).
September 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Crackling.
(with Swallow fly-past).
(with Swallow fly-past).
A parade of basins.
All* old Orcadian houses have a collection of receptacles in the loft. These are the ones that kept my predecessors ceilings dry (and yes, there is a broken piss-pot in there). Now; they're catching the water from a valley gutter I need to replace. Get ready for lead-work.
All* old Orcadian houses have a collection of receptacles in the loft. These are the ones that kept my predecessors ceilings dry (and yes, there is a broken piss-pot in there). Now; they're catching the water from a valley gutter I need to replace. Get ready for lead-work.
September 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
A parade of basins.
All* old Orcadian houses have a collection of receptacles in the loft. These are the ones that kept my predecessors ceilings dry (and yes, there is a broken piss-pot in there). Now; they're catching the water from a valley gutter I need to replace. Get ready for lead-work.
All* old Orcadian houses have a collection of receptacles in the loft. These are the ones that kept my predecessors ceilings dry (and yes, there is a broken piss-pot in there). Now; they're catching the water from a valley gutter I need to replace. Get ready for lead-work.
State of roof! I'm kind of up against it because wind and rain wait for no man (especially if they're trying to replace a Caithness stone roof in autumn). So much to do. I can only hope that Fortuna will favor me and keep going. Counter battens on.
September 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
State of roof! I'm kind of up against it because wind and rain wait for no man (especially if they're trying to replace a Caithness stone roof in autumn). So much to do. I can only hope that Fortuna will favor me and keep going. Counter battens on.
Swallows and Hi-tension leads.
(very unusually they didn't all fly out when I backed the van in because... it was raining!)
(very unusually they didn't all fly out when I backed the van in because... it was raining!)
September 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Swallows and Hi-tension leads.
(very unusually they didn't all fly out when I backed the van in because... it was raining!)
(very unusually they didn't all fly out when I backed the van in because... it was raining!)
We found this chappy under the floor about 3 weeks ago and I popped him onto a stud I'm going to take down now the power has been moved. Think I may call him Flash Gordon.
August 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We found this chappy under the floor about 3 weeks ago and I popped him onto a stud I'm going to take down now the power has been moved. Think I may call him Flash Gordon.
Had the mains supply moved across the hallway today so needed to expose the mains cable so the engineers could re-route it . Took me and my brother 2 hours to move this slab 4ft to the right. Going to invite Obelix round to put it back.
August 27, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Had the mains supply moved across the hallway today so needed to expose the mains cable so the engineers could re-route it . Took me and my brother 2 hours to move this slab 4ft to the right. Going to invite Obelix round to put it back.
In case anyone tells you we don't have tall cranes in Orkney :) [not that that's a likely topic of conversation but, just in case].
August 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
In case anyone tells you we don't have tall cranes in Orkney :) [not that that's a likely topic of conversation but, just in case].
Threading battens through a roof.
August 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Threading battens through a roof.
Late night roofing.
August 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Late night roofing.
I am a mouse
And my name is Pavel
I haven't got a house
Just a bag full of gravel!
And my name is Pavel
I haven't got a house
Just a bag full of gravel!
August 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I am a mouse
And my name is Pavel
I haven't got a house
Just a bag full of gravel!
And my name is Pavel
I haven't got a house
Just a bag full of gravel!
🎶 My roof is in a spin, it's feet now touch the wall🎶
August 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
🎶 My roof is in a spin, it's feet now touch the wall🎶
There is no roof.
August 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
There is no roof.