Tell Us Something Really Trivial About Your Life Volume 37
Discussion
DickyC said:
From my Great Grandfather's Journal from the First War:
we was on the move again Nov 13th we left Coixyde [Koksijde] At 11 to Adinkirke where we went by train to Calais / the train caught fire on the way which gave the Zeps The Chance of finding where we was going / they drop bombs on the station and Kills 44 Troops and our train Was hit just before we started by air Craft
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Jesse Bullock was called up during WWI to serve in the Labour Companies. He died in 1919 from exposure to poison gas during the war. Several times in his journal he has a medical and is pronounced fit. His wife, my Great Grandma Bullock, widowed with three children, went out cleaning and cleaned house for the rest of her life. During the Second War her house was destroyed by a V1 flying bomb. Weapons of Mass Destruction? The should have talked to my great gran.
Dicky, thankyou for your post and the link which sent me down a deep rabbit hole for the rest of the evening.we was on the move again Nov 13th we left Coixyde [Koksijde] At 11 to Adinkirke where we went by train to Calais / the train caught fire on the way which gave the Zeps The Chance of finding where we was going / they drop bombs on the station and Kills 44 Troops and our train Was hit just before we started by air Craft
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
Jesse Bullock was called up during WWI to serve in the Labour Companies. He died in 1919 from exposure to poison gas during the war. Several times in his journal he has a medical and is pronounced fit. His wife, my Great Grandma Bullock, widowed with three children, went out cleaning and cleaned house for the rest of her life. During the Second War her house was destroyed by a V1 flying bomb. Weapons of Mass Destruction? The should have talked to my great gran.
Sobering stuff indeed.
For those reading this, I implore each and every one who has not already done so, to make the trip to visit Ypres in Belgium, the 'In Flanders Fields' museum, and attend the deeply moving Last Post Ceremony carried out every single evening at the Menin Gate on the Eastern approach to the town. And have a look at the many war grave cemeteries in the area: a sobering and very poignant experience.
It's a testimony to the utter futility and pointless loss of life that is War.
Morning chaps 
Another crap nights sleep.
We visited the war graves cemetery at Dunkirk, a beautiful and moving place, I've wanted to visit Ypres and the Menin Gate for some time but sadly Mrs Bobbers isn't keen.
I think everyone should make the effort to visit war grave cemeteries, not only to show your respect but as you say glenrobbo to help people understand the utter futility of war.
In Victoria Country Park just a few minutes walk from where we live there's a war graves cemetery, it's a beautiful, peaceful and well kept memorial, some of those lost are just teenagers.
Another crap nights sleep.
We visited the war graves cemetery at Dunkirk, a beautiful and moving place, I've wanted to visit Ypres and the Menin Gate for some time but sadly Mrs Bobbers isn't keen.
I think everyone should make the effort to visit war grave cemeteries, not only to show your respect but as you say glenrobbo to help people understand the utter futility of war.
In Victoria Country Park just a few minutes walk from where we live there's a war graves cemetery, it's a beautiful, peaceful and well kept memorial, some of those lost are just teenagers.
Did I ever mention about the time I lost 9 Rolls Royce jet engine shafts off a pallet at full height ?
RB one eleven shafts or something like that.
They made an awful loud expensive tingly clattering sound as the rolled down the tarmac road.
The Rolls Royce lorry driver was having kittens as it was he that was directing me away from the lorry and as it happened the MD of the company walked along the road and saw it all unfold!
I never got invovled with who was at fault but one of the quality inspectors told me it cost many thousands to save the shafts.
'Twas a very long time ago now I think about it.
RB one eleven shafts or something like that.
They made an awful loud expensive tingly clattering sound as the rolled down the tarmac road.
The Rolls Royce lorry driver was having kittens as it was he that was directing me away from the lorry and as it happened the MD of the company walked along the road and saw it all unfold!
I never got invovled with who was at fault but one of the quality inspectors told me it cost many thousands to save the shafts.
'Twas a very long time ago now I think about it.
Magooagain said:
Did I ever mention about the time I lost 9 Rolls Royce jet engine shafts off a pallet at full height ?
RB one eleven shafts or something like that.
They made an awful loud expensive tingly clattering sound as the rolled down the tarmac road.
The Rolls Royce lorry driver was having kittens as it was he that was directing me away from the lorry and as it happened the MD of the company walked along the road and saw it all unfold!
I never got invovled with who was at fault but one of the quality inspectors told me it cost many thousands to save the shafts.
'Twas a very long time ago now I think about it.
RB one eleven shafts or something like that.
They made an awful loud expensive tingly clattering sound as the rolled down the tarmac road.
The Rolls Royce lorry driver was having kittens as it was he that was directing me away from the lorry and as it happened the MD of the company walked along the road and saw it all unfold!
I never got invovled with who was at fault but one of the quality inspectors told me it cost many thousands to save the shafts.
'Twas a very long time ago now I think about it.
Just the thought of that makes me twitch!!!!
The number of times I see emails asking us to search our areas for a batch of parts or a missing component, it stopped being funny a long time ago!!!
After yesterday's pasta failure we finally have tuna pasta bake with garlic bread for tea tonight!!
I see that Dermot O'logicals creative parking has progressed from "Abandoned at a water feature" to "Embedded In a Hedge", the poor UP! (Exclamation mark) is really going through it!!!
It does however highlight the need for some sort of reorganisation of the parking facilities here at Trivial Towers, for some inexplicable reason the coaches have started parking outside the hangar, and we all know that's not going to end well!!!!!
I see that Dermot O'logicals creative parking has progressed from "Abandoned at a water feature" to "Embedded In a Hedge", the poor UP! (Exclamation mark) is really going through it!!!
It does however highlight the need for some sort of reorganisation of the parking facilities here at Trivial Towers, for some inexplicable reason the coaches have started parking outside the hangar, and we all know that's not going to end well!!!!!
glenrobbo said:
It would have been RB 211 shafts.
Luckily I stepped in just in time to save this Trivial thread from falling off the pallet and rolling downhill to Page 2..
Whew!
Them's the ones Glen!Luckily I stepped in just in time to save this Trivial thread from falling off the pallet and rolling downhill to Page 2..
Whew!
We used to de-grease them,a light sand blast then about 20 odd coats of a Teflon based paint that was cured each coat for a few hours in a big roll in roll out oven.
Fluorocarbon was the outfit in Hertford.
What ho Hall!
Dribbling has settled down and Aled and Daffyd have been well behaved today despite all distractions, mane lee knee bees!
Speaking of knees, one of mine is giving me gyp albeit still functioning.
I am pleased to read that the Hen Haitch Esse will see me in 2022....
Fubarred or is there something in the back of the hanger that will do?
Good evening.
Dribbling has settled down and Aled and Daffyd have been well behaved today despite all distractions, mane lee knee bees!
Speaking of knees, one of mine is giving me gyp albeit still functioning.
I am pleased to read that the Hen Haitch Esse will see me in 2022....
Fubarred or is there something in the back of the hanger that will do?
Good evening.
Bobberoo said:
Have you had the boys out in harness lately, or is the ground still too wet?
Yep, cut the upper lawns today as they are well drained and the ground is firm enough for the boyos to walk on without leaving a hoofprint!As the weather is in changeable mode I decided to get on with the job, today.
Am thinking about a themed TTFNQ based, loosely, on one or two wheels.
Edited by pequod on Wednesday 23 June 18:40
pequod said:
Bobberoo said:
Have you had the boys out in harness lately, or is the ground still too wet?
Yep, cut the upper lawns today as they are well drained and the ground is firm enough for the boyos to walk on without leaving a hoofprint!As the weather is in changeable mode I decided to get on with the job, today.
Am thinking about a themed TTFNQ based, loosely, on one or two wheels.
Edited by pequod on Wednesday 23 June 18:40
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