br2975 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 (edited) Whilst we were away on our holibobs, the Big River delivery chap once put our parcel in the green recycling wheelie bin and recorded the fact in the appropriate manner. . You can guess what happened between his delivery and our return home. . "A long time ago In a landfill far, far away !" Edited December 14, 2023 by br2975 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted December 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, br2975 said: Whilst we were away on our holibobs, the Big River delivery chap once put our parcel in the green recycling wheelie bin and recorded the fact in the appropriate manner. . You can guess what happened between his delivery and our return home. . "A long time ago In a landfill far, far away !" Hopefully Amazon replaced it? Come to think of it, that might be a tad hopeful..... 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 2 hours ago, SM42 said: Wasn't my door 😁 Andy Quite right Andy you don't have a brown door do you. You have a fresh flower coloured door. 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted December 14, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2023 I sold a pannier tank this week! Don't worry, it wasn't mine. I did get another pannier tank this week. It is now definitely mine. 8 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 47 minutes ago, polybear said: Hopefully Amazon replaced it? Come to think of it, that might be a tad hopeful..... . The wife was refunded; we let the vendor take it up with Mr. A Mazon Esq. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 24 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: I sold a pannier tank this week! Don't worry, it wasn't mine. I did get another pannier tank this week. It is now definitely mine. . And look what it has led me to.......................... . 11 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 2 hours ago, jamie92208 said: We have a brown door with several panes of glass in it however the big river has failed miserably to deliver the router collects so I can't work on the shutters tomorrow. The tracking info says they are very sorry and if it isn't here by the 18th to contact them. That's no use as we depart for the UK on the 19th. Jamie Maybe DH could bring HH over to drop in with some? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 We seem to do quite well with Big A orders. Maybe this is a popular route with the carrier drivers? They get a nice scenic drive in the country on roads that are never very busy 😀 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted December 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 14, 2023 8 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: I think the copy writer needs to go to grammar jail! I've just walked past a local Post Office and shop with a professionally-made sign above the front window, which reads, "Under NEW Managemnet". 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted December 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2023 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Northmoor said: I've just walked past a local Post Office and shop with a professionally-made sign above the front window, which reads, "Under NEW Managemnet". Former Co-op store at Tarpots, Benfleet. Edited December 14, 2023 by Tony_S 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 9 minutes ago, Northmoor said: I've just walked past a local Post Office and shop with a professionally-made sign above the front window, which reads, "Under NEW Managemnet". I sympathize. It's not unusual for me to put the letters in the wrong order. I suspect I've always been a bit dsylexic. 5 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 1 hour ago, Northmoor said: I've just walked past a local Post Office and shop with a professionally-made sign above the front window, which reads, "Under NEW Managemnet". Well it was what the customer asked for. It's not my fault he can't spell. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted December 14, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2023 4 hours ago, br2975 said: . And look what it has led me to.......................... . The number of track plans I've drawn up over the years that have been based on Coleford Junction..... There is a Springside 45xx that Gordon acquired as a wreck that is sitting in the workshop. If I were to take it on and finish it, I would soon be drawn into either the Forest, or somewhere north and west of Whitland. 7 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted December 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2023 It can’t be a corporate sign problem as the next nearest Nisa store can spell “Entrance” 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said: Springside 45xx If I were to take it on and finish it, I would soon be drawn into either the Forest, or somewhere north and west of Whitland. . I have also toyed with the idea of a West Wales milk branch, . You know, a timeless scene to allow anything from a pannier, 45xx to a Hymek, somewhere more remote even than the FoD. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, Tony_S said: It can’t be a corporate sign problem as the next nearest Nisa store can spell “Entrance” Oh! That's what it meant. It thought it was the name of the proprietors or something 🤣 There is also a film from India called Enthiran. Edited December 15, 2023 by AndyID 2 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted December 15, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2023 A bit over 60 years ago, Toronto was putting up a new Board of Education building. My father reported a big sign painted on the hoarding "No parking on front this doors". 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted December 15, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2023 6 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: The number of track plans I've drawn up over the years that have been based on Coleford Junction..... There is a Springside 45xx that Gordon acquired as a wreck that is sitting in the workshop. If I were to take it on and finish it, I would soon be drawn into either the Forest, or somewhere north and west of Whitland. How did you manage to jump from a picture of yummy cake to some place called Coleford Junction? Is there a cake factory there? 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted December 15, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2023 2 hours ago, polybear said: How did you manage to jump from a picture of yummy cake to some place called Coleford Junction? Is there a cake factory there? By Jingo, the Bear has cracked it! Never mind about off scene coal washers and collieries. Forget the brickwork, oil depot or cement hoppers. Just have a rail served cake works. 9 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted December 15, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2023 5 hours ago, BR60103 said: A bit over 60 years ago, Toronto was putting up a new Board of Education building. My father reported a big sign painted on the hoarding "No parking on front this doors". I think it was an Australian State's Education Department that published a leaflet that said, "One in ten people in South Australia can't read. Are you one of them?". 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted December 15, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 15, 2023 51 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: By Jingo, the Bear has cracked it! Never mind about off scene coal washers and collieries. Forget the brickwork, oil depot or cement hoppers. Just have a rail served cake works. It is an American thing. Also available are pie factories. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 15, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2023 58 minutes ago, Northmoor said: I think it was an Australian State's Education Department that published a leaflet that said, "One in ten people in South Australia can't read. Are you one of them?". I'm sure I've seen a UK tv ad for adult literacy support along the same lines, that provided a telephone number and web address for further information, but neglected to read them out... 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 15, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said: By Jingo, the Bear has cracked it! Never mind about off scene coal washers and collieries. Forget the brickwork, oil depot or cement hoppers. Just have a rail served cake works. Combine them all as an Eccles Cake factory. Its gritty oop North! 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted December 15, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2023 7 minutes ago, Hroth said: Combine them all as an Eccles Cake factory. Its gritty oop North! There is an alternative: I'll tell you a story 'tis a strange and weird tale: Of a factory in my valley Not fed by road or rail It's built beneath the mountain Beneath the coal and clay It's where we make the outside-halves That'll play for Wales one day. Down by the council houses Where on a quiet day You can hear the giant engines Digging up the clay No naked lights or matches Where the raw material's found In the four-foot seams of outside-halves Two miles below the ground We've camouflaged the mouth with stones From Bradford Northern spies: From plastic 'E-Type' Englishmen With promise in their eyes And we've boarded up the entrance For the way must not be shown; And we'll tell them all to **** off And make their ******* own! My Dad works down in arms and legs Where production's running high It's he that checks the wooden moulds And stacks them forty high But he's had some rejects lately 'cos there's such a big demand; So he sells them to the northern clubs And stamps them 'second-hand' It's there where Harry Dampers works It's where the money's best But now his health is failing And the dust lies on his chest But he'll get his compensation Though his health's gone off the rails When he sees that finished product Score the winning try for Wales. But now the belts are empty Came a sadness with the dawn And the body-press is idle And the valley's blinds are drawn Disaster struck this morning When a fitter's mate named Ron Cracked the mould of solid gold That once made Barry John. Old Harry Dampers (struck with grief) Received the final call And old Harry has been taken to The greatest outside-half of all Whose hands are kind and gentle Though they bear the mark of nails So Harry stamped him 'Number Ten' 'cos he was made in Wales And the wheels will go on turning And trams will run on rails To that factory 'neath the mountain Making outside-halves for Wales. Thank you Max Boyce. 13 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pacific231G Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) I received this from one of my feeds this morning https://bigthink.com/health/james-hamblin-doctor-didnt-shower-five-years/?utm_campaign=weeklynewsletter&utm_source=rejoiner&utm_medium=email&utm_content=11%2F30%2F23+Smarter+Faster+(A)&rjnrid=kyq43eA The Doctor is from New York but the interview came from Australia's Nine Network. Could it be that we've been wrong about a certain proportion of exhibition visitors all these years? I have "tests" today at the local hospital. The trainee GP I saw on Tuesday (who fortunately for me happens to have been a urologist before she changed specialties) is pretty sure it's nothing serious but "wouldn't want to be the doctor who missed it". Edited December 15, 2023 by Pacific231G 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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