Early Risers.

[monkeysarefun]

14 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

And thats just the men.😁

 

 

 

....Theres a period in March when we let it all hang out.

 

 

 

 

 

I think @chrisf was here for it  when he was down here,  I hope he was because its the happiest time to be here, everyone is just ... happy!  (I'd say that everyone is just... Gay! but that would be misleading!)

[polybear]

@New Haven Neil  Neil - I've been trying to send you a p.m. but it's coming back as unable to receive messages?

 

Cheers,

Bear

[KeithMacdonald]

3 hours ago, Grizz said:

JJB…The first few words of your post momentarily made me think that you had written a Limerick….😂

 

There once was a young lady from Japan

Who met with a railway modelling man

She asked if he liked Buddhists

He replied he preferred Bulleids

And they never crossed tracks again

 

 

Edited 2 hours ago by KeithMacdonald

[jamie92208]

Funnily enough my early years were spent in an area covered by a volunteer fire crew, Settle in the Yorkshire Dales. Those days before pagers they were summoned by the air raid siren on the Town Hall in Settle.  Some of the crew lived across the river in Giggleswick and you would hear their cars or motorbikes heading towards Settle shortly afterwards.  The siren was tested every Saturday at 10.00.

 

Now I again live in a  volunteer covered area, our local 'Station de Secours' is in Néré about 3 miles away.  Les Sapeur Pompiers, also provide ambulance cover and a crew has gone past with blues and twos as I type this. Not a common occurrence. 

 

Jamie

[DaveF]

I went to the Tanfield Railway today, it is their annual "Run it Weekend" when everything that works gets run.  It was very enjoyable, next week there may be some photos in my photo thread, I won't time to sort them out until at least Monday.  I thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

One "highlight" was the standard of driving today.  Some people were driving well, at either the speed limit or the safe speed, signalling, getting in the correct lane and so on.  Most people were not!  I get particularly annoyed when people drive close behind me bullying me to go faster - sorry, it doesn't work with me, I just carry on regardless.  There are also a lot of people, many quite young, who drive very slowly.   I am always surprised when I am travelling at or just below the speed limit to catch someone up who is doing 15-20mph less in good weather and on a clear road.

 

In a 40 limit near me most people do just over 30, a few years ago the traffic always moved at 40, similarly in a nearby 50 limit.  Soon we won't need 20 limits in parts of towns, a lot of people already drive at that speed.

 

When I was young it was usually very old people (like me) who drove too slowly, now I think I drive faster than many.

 

Then there are the people who have no idea of the size of their car and who consequently cross the central white line on slight bends or if the road narrows a fraction. Then they encounter a parked car and can't get round it until there is no traffic within several hundred yards.

 

David

Edited 3 hours ago by DaveF
I put there not their.

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Just took an eyelid inspection and woke up with a sore back, paracetamol has been taken and that seems to do the trick.

[Debs.]

43 minutes ago, DaveF said:

........

David

Edited 29 minutes ago by DaveF
I put there not their.

You put it there? There-there!......but grammar pendants, they're not worried, it's neither here or there, they're clearly keeping quiet, for if they're there, they're probably here and it's only for their collective grammatical pleasure; there! 😇

[Debs.]

3 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

 

 

....Theres a period in March when we let it all hang out.

 

 

 

 

 

I think @chrisf was here for it  when he was down here,  I hope he was because its the happiest time to be here, everyone is just ... happy!  (I'd say that everyone is just... Gay! but that would be misleading!)

There's Progress for you ✊ 🏳️‍🌈 & 🏳️‍⚧️ & 💜 🥰

[pH]

6 hours ago, The Lurker said:

Chugger = Charity mugger.

 

exactly the people you describe 

As has been noted here before, with reference to ERs going for a ‘chug’ on their motorbikes, ‘chug’ has an additional meaning in Scotland. The Scottish meaning of ‘chugger’ would seem quite appropriate in these circumstances.

[pH]

We are under a meteorological phenomenon which used to be known as a “Pineapple Express”, a strong weather system which tracked here from the Hawaiian Islands. It’s now known by the more general, and appropriate, expression “atmospheric river”. From Friday evening to Sunday evening, we’re expecting up to 5 inches of rain, with 7 inches on the local mountains across from us.

 

It’s provincial election day today. We used to have to walk (or drive if it was a day like today) about a quarter of a mile to a polling place. Today’s trek was 100 yards to the gate of the local high school, and another 100 yards to the polling place to vote. But it was raining ☹️!

[The White Rabbit]

3 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

Yeah, she (my older sister) deserved it.

 

When I was very little she'd "trip" over on the floor and pretend to be dead. I'd eventually come across her and apparently be all inconsolable because I believed my sister was dead.

 

It took me 40 years or so to get my revenge, but I am very patient.

 

As the Spanish say, revenge is a dish best served cold... 

 

El Catolico had met northerners before, strong men, brave men. They had taken three moons to die and every minute they had known their pain, pleading with him for their final release. This time, el Catolico promised himself, [Chris' sister/insincere charity CEOs/pushy chuggers/...?] would beg him for such a death... 

 

How's that for an opening paragraph? 😉