Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life (Vol 32)
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slopes said:
P5BNij said:
Reminds me very much of a Jesus & Mary Chain gig in Birmingham on a wet Wednesday night in 1989!
More 'train stories' later, or tomorrow, or whenever... just home from another twelve hours of shuffling troublesome trucks at the Fat Controllers behest.
Toodle ooh, it's tiffin time again...
Yes please, the exploding engine one was great More 'train stories' later, or tomorrow, or whenever... just home from another twelve hours of shuffling troublesome trucks at the Fat Controllers behest.
Toodle ooh, it's tiffin time again...
Certain drivers and firemen were well known for playing practical jokes on their workmates, 'Scatty Dai' of Old Oak Common told me of the time he and his driver were working a steam hauled coal train through Chipping Sodbury tunnel one night in the '50s, Dai was busy seeing to his fire just as they entered the tunnel, once inside the pitch black hole his driver climbed out of his side of the cab, walked along the raised footplate round the front and reappeared on Dai's side of the loco, as they came out of the tunnel he jumped back into the cab shouting ''boo!!", giving poor old Dai the fright of his life, he fell backwards and nearly fell out of the cab!
Another one told to me at Old Oak was the time 'Titch' the (very) small and (very) stocky Welshman lost his new boots whilst firing on the Royal Train - he and his driver arrived on shed all spick 'n' span ready to take Phil the Greek from Paddington to somewhere in deepest South Wales, Titch had just been issued with brand new hobnail boots and didn't want them to get mucky so he went to work in his slippers, carrying the boots onto the loco, placing them out of harm's way on the tender. As they went off shed for the three mile run into Padd to hitch up to the Royal Train Titch drove while his driver Bryn Williams stoked the firebox, somewhere between Old Oak and Padd Bryn had scooped up Titch's new boots on the shovel and thrown them on the fire.... on arrival at Padd the Locomotive Inspector and the DofE walked up to the cab to say hello and saw Titch standing there in his slippers, the Inspector was furious but Phil just looked at Titch, burst out laughing and said ''been up all night have you...?''
ApOrbital said:
Hey they are free hugs mate don't knock a free hug i will not rob you
But you might Bobberoo him and there's quite enough of that sort of nonsense going on around here without you adding to the plot complexity.Thinking of which, I've just found the remainder of the TT Anniversary beer bottle labels.
P5BNij said:
I've had a few incidents happen to me but nothing as excitable as exploding diesel engines - I'm digging into the old 'grey cells archive' to try and remember the stories told to me by old hands when I first joined the footplate grade in '83, a couple of 'quickies' off the top of my head...
Certain drivers and firemen were well known for playing practical jokes on their workmates, 'Scatty Dai' of Old Oak Common told me of the time he and his driver were working a steam hauled coal train through Chipping Sodbury tunnel one night in the '50s, Dai was busy seeing to his fire just as they entered the tunnel, once inside the pitch black hole his driver climbed out of his side of the cab, walked along the raised footplate round the front and reappeared on Dai's side of the loco, as they came out of the tunnel he jumped back into the cab shouting ''boo!!", giving poor old Dai the fright of his life, he fell backwards and nearly fell out of the cab!
Another one told to me at Old Oak was the time 'Titch' the (very) small and (very) stocky Welshman lost his new boots whilst firing on the Royal Train - he and his driver arrived on shed all spick 'n' span ready to take Phil the Greek from Paddington to somewhere in deepest South Wales, Titch had just been issued with brand new hobnail boots and didn't want them to get mucky so he went to work in his slippers, carrying the boots onto the loco, placing them out of harm's way on the tender. As they went off shed for the three mile run into Padd to hitch up to the Royal Train Titch drove while his driver Bryn Williams stoked the firebox, somewhere between Old Oak and Padd Bryn had scooped up Titch's new boots on the shovel and thrown them on the fire.... on arrival at Padd the Locomotive Inspector and the DofE walked up to the cab to say hello and saw Titch standing there in his slippers, the Inspector was furious but Phil just looked at Titch, burst out laughing and said ''been up all night have you...?''
Certain drivers and firemen were well known for playing practical jokes on their workmates, 'Scatty Dai' of Old Oak Common told me of the time he and his driver were working a steam hauled coal train through Chipping Sodbury tunnel one night in the '50s, Dai was busy seeing to his fire just as they entered the tunnel, once inside the pitch black hole his driver climbed out of his side of the cab, walked along the raised footplate round the front and reappeared on Dai's side of the loco, as they came out of the tunnel he jumped back into the cab shouting ''boo!!", giving poor old Dai the fright of his life, he fell backwards and nearly fell out of the cab!
Another one told to me at Old Oak was the time 'Titch' the (very) small and (very) stocky Welshman lost his new boots whilst firing on the Royal Train - he and his driver arrived on shed all spick 'n' span ready to take Phil the Greek from Paddington to somewhere in deepest South Wales, Titch had just been issued with brand new hobnail boots and didn't want them to get mucky so he went to work in his slippers, carrying the boots onto the loco, placing them out of harm's way on the tender. As they went off shed for the three mile run into Padd to hitch up to the Royal Train Titch drove while his driver Bryn Williams stoked the firebox, somewhere between Old Oak and Padd Bryn had scooped up Titch's new boots on the shovel and thrown them on the fire.... on arrival at Padd the Locomotive Inspector and the DofE walked up to the cab to say hello and saw Titch standing there in his slippers, the Inspector was furious but Phil just looked at Titch, burst out laughing and said ''been up all night have you...?''
they both made me laugh which brought on a coughing fit.Glenners - i don’t like any of the current brand available to the discerning voter of this here parish but when i’ve request people to stop putting their drivel through my door, they have all taken note - except for Labour.
Do i have to walk round to the local Labour party orifice and nail it to some futters head before they get the point? Fer fut sake
But mostly it’s the local council that grind my gears so much, wont spend the money doing essential repairs - what makes them essential? Well a five foot long crack front and back of the property along with a rotten outer wall plus rotten drain pipes and windows with busted sealed units all passed as ok and no action needed.
U wot m8?
No wonder i’m always sick and then to top it off they stick their diarrhoea ridden rubbish through my door despite being asked not to 8 times in the last 18 months alone.
Slopes you have diarrhoea ridden rubbish though the letterbox???
Earlier today:
Mrs P: (looks out window) you would have thought they would be out canvassing today - they probably just don’t care as it’s a conservative stronghold (she’s libdem) so they can all just sit round and do sod all.
Me: FFS we are in the middle of nowhere, it’s a Sunday, and it’s only 10am.
Earlier today:
Mrs P: (looks out window) you would have thought they would be out canvassing today - they probably just don’t care as it’s a conservative stronghold (she’s libdem) so they can all just sit round and do sod all.
Me: FFS we are in the middle of nowhere, it’s a Sunday, and it’s only 10am.
DickyC said:
You simply buy beer of your choice, soak the labels off, dry the bottle, affix the TT label and - hey presto - genuine TT Anniversary Ale.
I like the way the labels are suitable for light or dark beers. Very clever design. Mmmmmm, come to think of it, I'm starting to get a bit of a thirst...
What ho chaps!! I'm in a rather nice pub having a couple of drinks with my mate Colin!!
Twas a good morning at Thruxton, seeing Scrump pirouetteing his Porsche!!
No Dicky the weather started ok absolutely pissed down and then cleared up and the wind was horrendous, I don't think Scrump could help it though he was nervous!!!!
Twas a good morning at Thruxton, seeing Scrump pirouetteing his Porsche!!
No Dicky the weather started ok absolutely pissed down and then cleared up and the wind was horrendous, I don't think Scrump could help it though he was nervous!!!!
glenrobbo said:
Nice pic of Fabio there Peri.
Where was it taken? I can't read that sign, I'm not sure if it's due to my eyesight or lack of definition on my phone screen.
Or both.
It doesn't look like Sainsburys car park.
It's the sign that denotes the crossing of the Arctic circle ,about 5 miles north of Trivbury on Ice......AKA Rovaniemi ,Finland.Where was it taken? I can't read that sign, I'm not sure if it's due to my eyesight or lack of definition on my phone screen.
Or both.
It doesn't look like Sainsburys car park.
July 2015.
There's a big shop full of tacky gifts there ,it was ace.
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