Misfits, Dad's Army Types et al...
Discussion
AW111 said:
Surely that pic needed a warning!
I'm still trembling a little, and my heart is racing.
As a former student and once proud owner of a British Gas flashing roadworks light I have to wonder what the average pissed undergraduate would give for the contents of that Disco. You could decorate so many bedrooms!I'm still trembling a little, and my heart is racing.
egor110 said:
How would you carry the cones home?
Obviously one you wear like a hat , 1 you carry and use like a megaphone , a 5 cone stack on your head would break your neck!
Well there were six lads in our house. So, I reckon allowing for some droppage, the odd cone left on the head of a Queen Victoria statue and bus stop, we could have had most of that adorning our kitchen before the sun rose.Obviously one you wear like a hat , 1 you carry and use like a megaphone , a 5 cone stack on your head would break your neck!
djc206 said:
Nope, we built this at university.
I'm not sure how my mate got the bin through the front door but it took some effort and a bit of frame damage to get it back out.
You're not called Dave are you? Did you do history and politics at uni? If so, hello mate.I'm not sure how my mate got the bin through the front door but it took some effort and a bit of frame damage to get it back out.
The reason I ask is the bin. He had one like that in his kitchen over the normal
Bin. For a couple of years, the bin at the end of his road was without the cover. Feeling guilty, he returned it to its proper place at the end of his time at university only to be caught by a copper putting it back.
BossHogg said:
It was probably a Traffic Control and Safety Officer (TCSO) They're responsible for designing traffic management plans for long term roadworks, installing the roadworks cones and signs, maintaining them and removal once the work is complete. I've seen several TCSO vehicles marked up to look like ours!
That fits, it was near a big road engineering work - A19/A1058 Silverlink roundabout on North Tyneside.A MK1 Focus still seems terribly old.
In defence of Boss Hogg, though I am sure he doesn't need it.
He has contributed to this thread with good humour and insight into his job. It's m sure no-one minds a piss take, but let's face it he does a job most of us would not want to do.
As for HATOs or whatever they are called these days, I was very grateful for their presence when my car spat it's coolant out on the A1M. I felt very small and vulnerable sitting on the Armco with trucks and cars rounding a bend and seeing my abandoned car on the hard shoulder. The arrival of the HATOs was most welcome. They weren't Walts.
He has contributed to this thread with good humour and insight into his job. It's m sure no-one minds a piss take, but let's face it he does a job most of us would not want to do.
As for HATOs or whatever they are called these days, I was very grateful for their presence when my car spat it's coolant out on the A1M. I felt very small and vulnerable sitting on the Armco with trucks and cars rounding a bend and seeing my abandoned car on the hard shoulder. The arrival of the HATOs was most welcome. They weren't Walts.
Edited by wildcat45 on Wednesday 29th March 17:43
Our local volunteer rescue chaps - referred to as Dad's Army by many locally - rocked up in their truck.
They badly blocked the road with the help of two hapless council employees.
The road did need closing but not so close to the roundabout. It caused local traffic which had no plans to pass the memorial, to find access to residential streets some distance away was denied.
Still it was a dignified service and they did their bit in their own way.
They badly blocked the road with the help of two hapless council employees.
The road did need closing but not so close to the roundabout. It caused local traffic which had no plans to pass the memorial, to find access to residential streets some distance away was denied.
Still it was a dignified service and they did their bit in their own way.
neilr said:
Im at the start of a hill which caused some problems for the f
knuckles that decided to drive about today . There were a couple of 4x4 guys driving about attempting to help.
I say attempting because although they did tow a few cars up the hill, they caused utter chaos while they did it. Not to mention there is a pub car park with a large apron/entrance not 20 yrds away (and on an appreciably less steep part of the hill) that would have been easier and safer to push the cars into allowing them to turn around and drive off onto the main road that's bout 10 yards away from there.
Their vehicles matched the previously mentioned descriptions but no 4x4 stickers though so perhaps they are rogue Walts operating outside of the 4x4response jurisdiction, or maybe an undercover Walt unit.....
I'm sure they meant well but it could have genuinely caused several accidents. I guess they were just overcome with excitement of seeing action.
What you saw there my friend was Walt black ops.knuckles that decided to drive about today . There were a couple of 4x4 guys driving about attempting to help.I say attempting because although they did tow a few cars up the hill, they caused utter chaos while they did it. Not to mention there is a pub car park with a large apron/entrance not 20 yrds away (and on an appreciably less steep part of the hill) that would have been easier and safer to push the cars into allowing them to turn around and drive off onto the main road that's bout 10 yards away from there.
Their vehicles matched the previously mentioned descriptions but no 4x4 stickers though so perhaps they are rogue Walts operating outside of the 4x4response jurisdiction, or maybe an undercover Walt unit.....
I'm sure they meant well but it could have genuinely caused several accidents. I guess they were just overcome with excitement of seeing action.
markcoznottz said:
Weren't popular at school, or 'cool' . Poor social function/ interpersonal skills. No barriers of entry to such an event so it's a field day to them.
Interesting reading my original post after all this time.I'd forgotten how mad that registration day was.
In the end, I didn't join the event. Mainly because innthe subsequent days I was bombarded with emails from various organisers full of rules and regulations.
You must wear the logo'd Tee shirt at all times, along with hiViz. If it rains you are not to wear your own coat but the waterproof provided, complete with sponsorship from a local firm.
You must eat at certain times. You are allowed 15 minute breaks at set times.
There will be social events and you may have alcohol in moderation.
If you are found to be drunk you will be escorted from the event and if we believe you have taken drugs you will be handed over to the police.
You will behave!
All well and good, but bearing in mind that you are emailing mature people volunteering their time the tone annoyed me somewhat.
The prospect of being involved with a bunch of walts and misfits really pissed me off.
A shame, because with a better attitudes and fewer Mr Hodges from Dad's Army, it could have been fun.
A friend of mine - a qualified and experienced yacht skipper volunteered his services. They wanted someone to man RHIBs as tenders. He found himself in a different sort of Walt hell and withdrew. Their loss as he is a knowledgeable professional good humoured and helpful bloke.
who actually has a very responsible safety critical job involving the public. He just doesn't shout about it or wear his hiViz safety boots and hard hat when he doesn't have to.
DonkeyApple said:
Walt vicars!!! Finally you’ve stumbled across a Walt that is useful. Not sure the other half would fall for a marriage certificate hand scrawled on children’s Disney writing paper though?
Walt vicars do exist. Readers, intercessors and various helpers at church get to dress up in dresses on Sundays. I've met a few - not I have to say at my local church - who just like our jacked-up Disco driving pals, take it a bit too seriously when it comes to being in charge, telling people what to do and assuming some sort of status.
One eye on the pulpit!
Yes. His real name is Colin, he lives in Nuneaton with his downtrodden wife and this known as Bravo Two Zero Orange Leader.
https://fayetteville.craigslist.org/cto/d/land-rov...
https://fayetteville.craigslist.org/cto/d/land-rov...
austinsmirk said:
not sure where to post this but here is a good place, as its very hi-viz related.
So who watched Dick Strawbridge and the "biggest littlest railway in the world" recently on CH4
idea being to get a little steam train- toy sized, across Scotland on a track. So 100 miles of track laid by railway modellers, enthusasists et al.
it's one of the funniest programmes you'll see, if you view it with the right mindset. The volume of hi-viz was immense. The beer bellies and real ale enthusiasm superb, the total lack of social skills and lady ability, amazing.
and little gems like one guy wearing a head torch all day in bright sunshine, but then admitting the batteries are dead, or another guy driving his quad bike into a canal................
I saw that too. A lot of the "organiser" types there and some proper oddballs. There were also one of two who appeared to be genuinely autistic. One guy mentioned it I think.So who watched Dick Strawbridge and the "biggest littlest railway in the world" recently on CH4
idea being to get a little steam train- toy sized, across Scotland on a track. So 100 miles of track laid by railway modellers, enthusasists et al.
it's one of the funniest programmes you'll see, if you view it with the right mindset. The volume of hi-viz was immense. The beer bellies and real ale enthusiasm superb, the total lack of social skills and lady ability, amazing.
and little gems like one guy wearing a head torch all day in bright sunshine, but then admitting the batteries are dead, or another guy driving his quad bike into a canal................
I loved it when the quad went in.
But in general as my old uncle used to say, they were a rum old lot.
I just remembered a couple from my childhood.
A World War Two Luftwaffe Walt. (Try saying that in a comedy German accent.)
My Dad, like I imagine lots of kids during world war two, was a bit of a plane spotter. He could reel off the differences in marks of German and RAF planes.
We were on holiday in Spain when my folks got chatting to this German couple. The guy started telling war stories of British towns and cities he had bombed.
My Dad asked him what aircraft he flew and I think he said something like a Junkers 52 which was a transport and not a bomber.
The German guy stormed off when this was pointed out to him.
Conversely, when I visited Germany for a wedding in the 1980s, I met a few reverse Walts. Most of the men of WW2 fighting age told me they were either medics or cooks during the war. All very plausible until I met a member for the German family years later. We got chatting about the wedding and he asked me if I knew about his uncles - the cooks and medics I had met.
They'd all been in the SS and had never touched so much as a saucepan or bandage during the time they were rampaging round Europe following Aldolf's orders.
A World War Two Luftwaffe Walt. (Try saying that in a comedy German accent.)
My Dad, like I imagine lots of kids during world war two, was a bit of a plane spotter. He could reel off the differences in marks of German and RAF planes.
We were on holiday in Spain when my folks got chatting to this German couple. The guy started telling war stories of British towns and cities he had bombed.
My Dad asked him what aircraft he flew and I think he said something like a Junkers 52 which was a transport and not a bomber.
The German guy stormed off when this was pointed out to him.
Conversely, when I visited Germany for a wedding in the 1980s, I met a few reverse Walts. Most of the men of WW2 fighting age told me they were either medics or cooks during the war. All very plausible until I met a member for the German family years later. We got chatting about the wedding and he asked me if I knew about his uncles - the cooks and medics I had met.
They'd all been in the SS and had never touched so much as a saucepan or bandage during the time they were rampaging round Europe following Aldolf's orders.
Edited by Wildcat45 on Wednesday 23 January 10:18
Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff