RMweb Gold Hroth Posted June 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6 19 minutes ago, kevinlms said: Perhaps this has been posted before? Since apparently a UK based competitition! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-06/comedy-pet-photo-awards-2024-winners/103931338 I liked all the dog ones most.... 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 10 hours ago, kevinlms said: So why the partial blanking out of the phone number - given what's there, its easy enough to find their phone number. Agreed, the original is still visible in Google Maps - along with the catastrophic apostrophes. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.4909551,-2.117224,3a,75y,297.06h,82.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZeapeNsIuUYwZvDtt8bdIA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 57 minutes ago, kevinlms said: So the creator thought that he would gain something by excluding the phone number? Perhaps I'm the one who's thick, but I don't see the point! More likely nicked from a genuine website such as a newspaper with the added "Apostrophes" comment. Newspapers aren't going to print the telephone number without advertising revenue. You don't think these people posting these things on Facebook or Twitter make the images themselves do you? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sidecar Racer Posted June 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6 The Chinese cheat at everything . https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp99l9gpzwgo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6 2 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: Agreed, the original is still visible in Google Maps - along with the catastrophic apostrophes. https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.4909551,-2.117224,3a,75y,297.06h,82.01t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZeapeNsIuUYwZvDtt8bdIA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205409&entry=ttu Oddly the founder of the business didn't seem to do any trading, even though those signs were erected. The business was eventually dissolved: Goodwyns Furnitures: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09346004/filing-history The current owners have registered a new company as Goodwyns Furniture (no 's') and kept the signage Looks a bit tatty now They also seem to be in trouble as the accounts are somewhat overdue! Maybe it's the lack of an apostrophe in Goodwyns that is the problem😄 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Spent a pleasant couple of hours with SWMBO at the Anglesey Transport Museum... It was slightly worrying to see that so many cars I remember as being state of the art in my childhood are now museum exhibits. Does that make me a relic? Probably, and in need of restoration by a team of experts. (PS. The last one isn't a car. It's a Hawker Hunter with a rather grotty diesel shunter behind it). 14 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted June 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6 I wonder what the shunter is? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted June 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6 41 minutes ago, CameronL said: Spent a pleasant couple of hours with SWMBO at the Anglesey Transport Museum... It was slightly worrying to see that so many cars I remember as being state of the art in my childhood are now museum exhibits. Does that make me a relic? Probably, and in need of restoration by a team of experts. (PS. The last one isn't a car. It's a Hawker Hunter with a rather grotty diesel shunter behind it). That is a scarry thought..., I wish I still had my vehicles from when I passed my driving test in 1976... Riley Elf, Morris Minor van, Shepa van (might give that one a miss) Ford Escort vans MK1, MK2, MK4, VWLT35 flatbed ... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 11 minutes ago, MJI said: I wonder what the shunter is? If you saw it on a layout, you'd say: "Over-weathered." 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6 1 hour ago, MJI said: I wonder what the shunter is? Rusty. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6 1 hour ago, CameronL said: It was slightly worrying to see that so many cars I remember as being state of the art in my childhood are now museum exhibits. Rather worryingly some are even considered worth a museum place Maestro anyone? Dreadful things, did have plenty of room in the estate though. MGB with plastic bumpers and Rostyle wheels 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6 43 minutes ago, Sidecar Racer said: To be fair, plenty rural towns in the UK look like the top picture. And I’d ask how many people live in the village pictured, actually in those houses, permanently as their first and only residence, and work in the area as well. Nobody in the UK has lived like that for several generations, though some might live in council estates or ‘mobile homes’ (Americans call them trailers) nearby. The prettier the village, the more it has been murdered by tourism and second-homers, dead lifeless things, museum pieces, travesties of their former selves. Bourton-on-the Water, Mevagissey, Beddgelert, Clovelly, Robin Hood’s Bay, Solva, Dunoon, and many, many more. 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 Dunoon?????? https://youtu.be/Z7t7gU4EH-8?si=IGWPyH6DJNa7F3aR 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 13 minutes ago, melmerby said: Rusty. Looks more like a coat of Red Lead One of the Ruston & Hornsby shunters from Octel in Amlwch I think. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 6 6 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said: The Chinese cheat at everything . https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp99l9gpzwgo Do they turn it off at night (like Niagra)? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 6 hours ago, melmerby said: They also seem to be in trouble as the accounts are somewhat overdue! Maybe it's the lack of an apostrophe in Goodwyns that is the problem😄 Company's House isn't too keen on financial irregularity's - let's hope they don't get their regulator's knicker's in a twist, or Goodwyns's fine's might be big. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 2 hours ago, The Johnster said: To be fair, plenty rural towns in the UK look like the top picture. And I’d ask how many people live in the village pictured, actually in those houses, permanently as their first and only residence, and work in the area as well. Nobody in the UK has lived like that for several generations, though some might live in council estates or ‘mobile homes’ (Americans call them trailers) nearby. The prettier the village, the more it has been murdered by tourism and second-homers, dead lifeless things, museum pieces, travesties of their former selves. Bourton-on-the Water, Mevagissey, Beddgelert, Clovelly, Robin Hood’s Bay, Solva, Dunoon, and many, many more. I used to live in the village in the lower picture, for several years. Fortunately, not during the time that Ranulph Fiennes blew the dam up. I had a full time job at the time, as did everyone in the village. I have not been back recently, so can't speak for today's residents, but I can't see much reason for Castle Combe to have altered much. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted June 6 Share Posted June 6 4 hours ago, CameronL said: It was slightly worrying to see that so many cars I remember as being state of the art in my childhood are now museum exhibits It was slightly worrying to see an Austin 1100, AllAggro and Maestro being called "state of the art". But perhaps they were artistic cars, instead of great-engineering cars? Not helped by their use of Lucas (Prince of Darkness) electrics? 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium fulton Posted June 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7 9 hours ago, The Johnster said: The prettier the village, the more it has been murdered by tourism and second-homers, dead lifeless things, museum pieces, travesties of their former selves. Bourton-on-the Water, Mevagissey, Beddgelert, Clovelly, Robin Hood’s Bay, Solva, Dunoon, and many, many more. Add Chatham to the list, the High Street after being gentrified. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted June 7 Share Posted June 7 17 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said: He flew that kite before the last election too. steve 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted June 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 7 11 hours ago, The Johnster said: To be fair, plenty rural towns in the UK look like the top picture. And I’d ask how many people live in the village pictured, actually in those houses, permanently as their first and only residence, and work in the area as well. Nobody in the UK has lived like that for several generations, though some might live in council estates or ‘mobile homes’ (Americans call them trailers) nearby. The prettier the village, the more it has been murdered by tourism and second-homers, dead lifeless things, museum pieces, travesties of their former selves. Bourton-on-the Water, Mevagissey, Beddgelert, Clovelly, Robin Hood’s Bay, Solva, Dunoon, and many, many more. You can't live in these villages, because they are full of film crews, filming the latest series of mass murder for elderly ladies and the clergy to solve, because the police are useless and invariably arrest the first person they see on circumstantial evidence. 3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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