Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Vince_Cobbold on August 20, 2005, 12:04:52 pm
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i didnt start this thread?
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Honest
I really did try to resist posting this
http://www.insideimdancing.co.uk/devilsrejects/index.php?image=112453549937.jpg&bossname=TOSH
:P
Ha ha Vince. Keep 'em coming.
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Last Saturday night; a young chap was walking home from a club. It was a
cold, wet, windy evening, and he was tired and freezing. Most of the
streetlights in the area were broken, and the silence was only broken by
the occasional sound of a stray cat sifting through a dustbin. Then
suddenly he heard a strange noise.......
BUMP........
BUMP........
BUMP........
Startled by this, he turned, and to his amazement, through the driving
rain, he saw the faint outline of a large box turning into his road.
BUMP........
BUMP........
BUMP........
He froze to the spot, he couldn't believe his eyes, as the box
approached from the shadows, he was able to make out its shape more
clearly....It was a coffin.
Not wanting anything to do with this, he put his head down and started
walking briskly home.
BUMP........
BUMP........
BUMP........
He could feel the coffin gaining on him, he started walking
faster.........
BUMP........BUMP......
BUMP........BUMP.....
BUMP........BUMP......
The coffin was closing with his every step, he started to jog, but he
heard the coffin speed up after him......
BUMP........BUMP......BUMP......
BUMP........BUMP......BUMP......
BUMP........BUMP......BUMP......
He started to sprint, but so did the coffin .
BUMP...BUMP...BUMP...BUMP.
BUMP...BUMP...BUMP...BUMP.....
BUMP...BUMP...BUMP...BUMP.
Eventually he made it to his front door, but he knew the coffin was only
seconds behind. Fumbling around in his pocket, he pulled out his
keys, His hand trembling, he managed to open the lock, he dived inside
slamming the front door behind him. He shot into his front room, and
lumped into his comfy chair.
Suddenly there was a loud crash, as the coffin smashed its way through
the front door. The force of the impact broke the lock off the coffin
allowing the lid to swing freely on its rusty hinges as it continued its chase.....
BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH...
BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH...
BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH...
BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH...
In horror the young lad fled again, as fast as his shaking legs could
take him he bolted upstairs to the bathroom and locked the door........
BUMP...SCREECH...HOP...BUMP...SCREECH...HOP...
BUMP...SCREECH...HOP...BUMP...SCREECH...HOP...
BUMP...SCREECH...HOP...BUMP...SCREECH...HOP...
The coffin again gave chase up the stairs, across the landing and
launched itself at the bathroom door. With an almighty smash, the
bathroom door flew off its hinges....
The coffin stood in the doorway, then started to approach the young
terrified lad.
BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH...
BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH...
BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH...
In a last ditch attempt to save his skin, he reached for his bathroom
cabinet......
He grabbed a bar of Imperial Leather soap and threw it at the
coffin.......still it came .
BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH...
He grabbed his can of Lynx deodorant and threw it .....
Still it came......
BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH...
He grabbed his first aid kit and threw it .still it came......
BUMP...SCREECH...BUMP...SCREECH...
He grabbed some Benelyn cough mixture and threw it........
The coffin stopped.
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and then what happened?
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The 'Little un' thought that was hilarious - she's only nine. She actually understood the joke for a change.
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Hey,
how's this for a sickner.
Last week I bought a backpack, poles, Brush, RO, water butt; and even gave Wor Lass time off work to wait for delivery.
Then I get a phone call from a local window cleaner, only been doing it for nearly a year who wants to sell his:
6 to 8 month old trolley system; (basic shurflo pump and battery) which he purchased for £1170,
A big bag of resin,
Two (225 litre) water butts
20 water jerry cans
A 100 Gallon a day RO for £250.
Two Ionic brushes and poles (one 18 ft, the other 4 ft)
All for the measley sum of £250!!
Well I couldn't say no - I've seen similar here being sold for around £650.
I just wish he'd phoned me last week!!!
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Hi Tosh
You got a right bargain there mate, well done, it may have came abit late, but still a bargain.
Andrew
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Dave
Nice one
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Evening all.
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Evening Pj, or are you Pat tonight?
Quiet around here tonight.
No Dave, and haven't heard from the big G lately...
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what ,where, when ,who ;D
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WHY ?
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Heelloooo
Am I all alone
Is there anyone out there?
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You lookin' at me?
I SAID...ARE YOU LOOKIN' AT ME?
You lookin' at me eh?
(I didn't give me the name Pea Jay)
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Eh you looking at me then
eh
eh
cum on less be avin you then
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So you don't want to be called Sweet Pea?
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See now here's a thing, right...
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I see you said semi colons are useful; Dave wasn't happy with his colon recently...
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He could have ended up with a semi; :(
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10/10 David ............ ;D
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Fair play Dave.
Praise indeed from the man himself. 8)
Teacher's pet. :-*
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So you don't want to be called Sweet Pea?
I have submitted one official complaint.
As you may have noticed, I enjoy some idle banter.
But, I don't want to have to come to chepstow. But I will if I have to.
You give me a bad name on here Pal I will visit, with my 2 sons. You better have more friends. Because you won't have enough. Ok
Pj Pat Joyce
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Sorry to kill this thread chaps. I enjoy the place to chat. This will probably get locked now.
We need a larf on Friday night. But watch what you say personally.
I don't mind checking if I go too far either.
Pat Joyce
(Ready for you) >:(
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I'll just hide behind Ian. ;D
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and I'll just hide behind the wife ;D
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Ok chaps,lets have some fun,add a phrase to this picture and if you can add other pictures and phrases it should be fun,Gaz
http://www.henshinonline.com/images/godzilla_star_29.jpg
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See now here's a thing, right...
As I was saying, here...
You guys set it up, then you run for cover......
hopin' someone will jump in! :( :( :( :( :( :( :(
Pat Joyce
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youve met the wife of course
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pj
whats up mate ???
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youve met the wife of course
Good one,keep em coming,and other pictures
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Read all about it
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sponge bob square pants gets poked off godzilla
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come on Dave@stives you should be reeling em off
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The Feds last stand
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The Feds last stand
mucho applause
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Try this one
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2005/05/27/corby4_gallery__550x368.jpg
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Gaz please please put them back on
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please im gonna chuck
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and another
http://www.molenda.us/photos/gdb-picnic-2000-08-15/theyre-shocked-it-didnt-melt.jpg
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Try this one
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hows this one
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Try this one
i don`t fink vis wiw wast me all day
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next
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ugly
you scared my kids
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shouldn't be up this early anyway
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http://namihei.zone.ne.jp/images/pict/shocked.jpg
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Attractive soul.
Hope your kids aren't really up at 12:20 Dave. :o
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How much ?
its only a two up two down
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are you my daddy
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i asked for a perm
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Sorry looneys
Iv'e been watchin' the Blues on BBC2
Anything happening here? :(
Pat Joyce
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we just been looking at your portrait ;)pat
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;D
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Dead pregnant more like.
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we just been looking at your portrait ;)pat
Wrong colour eyes.
Pj
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Dead pregnant more like.
Dead; I think
Pj
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::)
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pj
we need another story weve had the fistula and the angiagram
now the rest
c`mon ;D
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Good morning all :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
Pat Joyce
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Morning.
Are you talking to me again today Pat?
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On yer
bike scooter ::) ::) ::)
Pat
I'm watching you...
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Who's got the X factor?
Me?
I've been losing clients lately, I just can't understand it! What more can I do?
Pj
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Yew animal!!
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can you all behave tonight boys .I am off to the pub in 1/2 hour .i have not been for a pint for a month and i am going to get hammered .
so if you are not going to behave while i am away ,i will take this thread with me.
I will apologise in advance for my behaviour when i get back ;D
squeeky Gaz chris and the coffin geezer and everyone else i cant remember all yopr names ,hope you dont have too much fun this evening if any one wants to come i will be in The copperhouse
see ya later
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This is for you Dave
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In case you lose your's while you're out!
Pj ;)
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In the copperhouse with a lapdancer holding a laptop linked to cleanitup just a key stroke away.... ;)
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THANKS!!! Just made me jump out of my chair. Nearly had a heart attack!
Could have warned me................... :-\
ok ok ok, perhaps i shouldnt be lookin :P ;)
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Actually, on the subject of health..............
HEALTH QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION
Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.
Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.
Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!
Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.
Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good!
Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!!. Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?
Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.
Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO ...... Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!
Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!
Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about
food and diets.
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busydaffodil
I take it you have'n't been to the gym tonight then!
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Well, if gym liked "X factor" and seedless red grapes, he could have come here instead. ;)
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mmm.. red grapes..red wine...
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Graham
please come back :'(
He's around; I've had a few e-mails. I think he's found God or something.
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Tosh
You'll never make a Detective.
Is that as tight as you can narrow it down?
"God or Something?"
That leaves one or two other possibilities that need eliminating.
Let's chuck a few in the mix........
The Universe?
Life (Real life)?
Family?
It's conker season!! Haven't you picked any up yet? I've got a couple of cheezers!
I'm sure there is more to consider?
Pj 8)
I'm sure our golden Wonder is watching as we type ;)
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Im back from the balti house,hope you liked my link,don`t have nightmares lol,Gaz.
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lol it scared me to death ! :'( :o :o
got to go and change my underpants now ;D ;D
good night 8)
brett
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No post from David StEiffel?
I'm sure he said he was going for a pint at 9pm last night?
Didn't you make it back safely then?
Did someone speed up the earth's rotation on you?
Pj
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No post from David StEiffel?
I'm sure he said he was going for a pint at 9pm last night?
Didn't you make it back safely then?
Did someone speed up the earth's rotation on you?
Pj
Lol with Daves reputation he might not of even made it TO the pub ;D
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god my head hurts :-X
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god my head hurts :-X
As long as that's all that hurts: : : You'll recover quick:
: ;)
Pj
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Im back from the balti house,hope you liked my link,don`t have nightmares lol,Gaz.
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Nightmares - this lady could'nt sleep !!!!!!
Needs a health warning that one Gaz ;D
Sarah
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god my head hurts :-X
Early night David?
Pj 8)
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I had been watching a film earlier and had the surround sound still up high.
I think it said 'look for the 3 somethings'' so I looked.
It nearly done me in.
Bas*ards............. I'm still shaking from the shock.
;D
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:D ;D
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I had been watching a fim earlier and had the surround sound still up high.
I think it said 'look for the 3 somethings'' so I looked.
It nearly done me in.
Bas*ards............. I'm still shaking from the shock.
;D
Poor bloke!
He's an Undertaker as well!!
Pea Jay
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Cor, my feet are killing me!
New page?
Pj
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same here pat
had a good day though ;D ;D
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Had a bad start to day with an awkward new customer on a first clean. >:(
Got better after that until the skys opened and it threw it down. :'(
By time i got to the car to get my jacket it was pointless putting it on.
Was completely soaked.
Got another first clean tomorrow but the forcast is rain - rain and more rain. :'(
Got a couple of indoor cleans to do this week (could have done with them today)
Craig 8)
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WOW!!!
just been listening to music so had speakers up. Lights off, looking at screen. I closed the browser down. My heart is still fluttering as i sit here with the lights on.
gonna have another look.
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heeheehee
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Tomorrow I've got to go on a course to do with the small business enterprise agency.
I don't want to go. It all sounds a pile of rubbish but if we want to be registered with them then one of us has to go.
Why do I end up doing these things. I work with 2 others so why do I always end up being the one.
It cost nothing but I have not the slighest interest in sitting in a room for 8 hours listening to whatever. To make things worse - I have to go on Thursday also.
They sent me the course prospectus. What a load of cr*p. 9.30 to 10.00am - getting to know each other. 10am to 11am - speak about yourself. 11am - 12 - basics of running a small business ..............
I have to fill out loads of sheets of useless rubbish, which I'll do on the train, such as 'your strengths', 'your weaknesses' and tons of other stuff that is written in a board room clap trap modern pro active jargon that I don't understand and don't want to. One is tittled 'what areas of business activities do I peak' ... please explain how these attributes help your a) short term goals b) long term goals and c) the interaction between the two and what do you think the ramifications are of failing to understand and act on either?
I'm just a window cleaner.
I DON'T WANT TO GO.
Hi craig jwc
We had wall to wall warm sunshine today. ;D
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Ross
It will be good for you ,you never know what you will learn especially off your fellow students.
You WILL learn something to improve your business
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Ross
It will be good for you ,you never know what you will learn especially off your fellow students.
You WILL learn something to improve your business
Oh God. Not you as well. That is all I've been hearing all day from the other 2 I work with.
I don't do 'classrooms' and being spoken to very well.
Help.......
I've added this later - one of my so called mates who I work with just phoned me up to ask me if I'd cleaned behind my ears... and did I have my note pad to write down all the useful information and did I have my apple for teacher. Very funny.
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just be yourswelf
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just be yourswelf
;D
Who? ;D
Enjoy your day off Ross.
It may be rubbish, but it's a change from working.
Besides, if it's rubbish you could try to be the most annoying awkward person ever just to upset them and ruin their day. ;D Could be fun...
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Hi Squeeky Clean
Besides, if it's rubbish you could try to be the most annoying awkward person ever just to upset them and ruin their day. Could be fun...
Now there's an idea. A seriously good idea. ;D
As for the 2 days off. I'd rather be working.
I do all the organising for the next day, the next few days, the phone calls, the accounts and all that. I hate having to leave my work diary for someone else to write in and not knocking on the door and all that.
Yeah. I will have fun tomorrow one way or another.
Cheers for that.
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Good night all.
Have to be up at the unearthly hour of 7am. Out by 7.45am to catch the train from Brighton to Eastbourne.
For a 40 minute return journey it would cost a staggering £13.60. I won't pay that though, I will pay £3.60 because I still retain ex BR staff privelidges. If I went by bus it would cost £3.00 but the bus takes about 2 hours door to door.
To think I used to drive trains on that route - I was a train driver in my former life.
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To think I used to drive trains on that route - I was a train driver in my former life.
Was that in the days of steam Ross? ;)
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To think I used to drive trains on that route - I was a train driver in my former life.
Was that in the days of steam Ross? ;)
Horse drawn trams more like
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Was that in the days of steam Ross?
I'm not that old ..... yet..... at 47 :-[
I used to work for Connex South Central and steam as in 'Stephenson' would have been more reliable, faster and more efficient.
Did you know.................. that the width of the rails goes all the way back to Roman chariots?
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I did - and did you know that it was perpetuated by Stephenson in the North-East (cue Tosh for comment) at 4ft 8.5" wide.
Now - down here from London to the South West Brunel laid the Great Western Railway with a width of 7ft 0.25" and so trains were wider, faster and more comfortable. (They could top 70mph in the 1860's which was pretty good) But they cost more to build and so the smaller (now standard) gauge won and was adopted throughout mainland Britain.
Since 1892 no broad gauge trains have run.
Malc "Choo choo" G! ;)
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Anyone lend me a rain mack? ;)
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Did you know.................. that the width of the rails goes all the way back to Roman chariots?
Well, it wasn't exactly Roman chariots, but their carts. They know this from the wear marks left in the roads by the wheels of carts that passed through the various gates in Hadrian's Wall. I could also bore you to death with the link from Roman carts wheels, right upto the modern railway gauge.
But I won't. Wor Lass says it's time I stopped being a computer nerd and had a bath, which means she's got ulterior motives in store for me! I wish she wouldn't!
Oh, don't believe Hadrian's Wall seperated Roman England from the 'wild Scottish' either. The wall finished at Wallsend (funnily enough, but pronounced 'Waaaallsend' in Geordieland) and the rest of the Roman barrier was formed by the River Tyne.
That means Geordies were north of the wall too; undefeated by the Romans.
Unlike people like MalcG, who were subservient to the Italians.
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Anyone lend me a rain mack? ;)
I've got a spare anorak!
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That means Geordies were north of the wall too; undefeated by the Romans.
Unlike people like MalcG, who were subservient to the Italians.
Sorry Tosh - wrong there me old fruit!
Hadrian's son Antonius Pius built the Antonine wall From the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde roughly from East Edinburgh to West Glasgow, so well encompassing Geordie land.
Mind you I give you the fact that no Roman reached Japan! ;D ;D ;D
I've got more Anoraks than you could ever imagine, sad sad git that I am!
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Changed my mind .............got any razor blades?
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Changed my mind .............got any razor blades?
Preferably rusty! ;D
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you know where im goin :P
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Now for another really sad 'did you know'......
The term vandal come from a rogue group of pillagers who lived in Spain years and years ago who pillaged and all that stuff.
Well...... years and years ago when the railways expanded into the countryside there was huge and fierce opposition to those dirty, smelly and noisy contraptions. The builders of the railways did deals with those upper class twitts who owned the land and thus the railways walked all over small holdings, farms and homesteads.
So ...... those who built the railways were called .... 'vandals'...
;D
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And they built the railways in Spain to 5ft 3" gauge (cuz they didn't think that anyone would connect with the rest of Europe over the Pyrenees mountains into France)
Wahaaay! Yet another Anorak, with gold epaulettes, a model railway badge and crossed razor blades for Chris C!
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Lovely
Cheers
Really
Honestly
::) ::) ::)
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Lovely
Cheers
Really
Honestly
::) ::) ::)
;D
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I just knew from the bottom of my heart just how interesting the subject would be.
Thanks all.
I have a warm glow in my heart now.
:D :D :D
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Did you know.................. that the width of the rails goes all the way back to Roman chariots?
Did you know the American Space Shuttle measurements also had to take into consideration the tracks it was to be carried on to the launch pad...
Yep, Roman Chariots, same width...
It's true I read that on NASA somewhere
Chariots of fire!
Pj
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Hi The Cleaner Service
I find that interesting and nope, I'd never read that anywhere.
Cheers for that.
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Did you know the American Space Shuttle measurements also had to take into consideration the tracks it was to be carried on to the launch pad...
Well they couldn't just make the track to fit.
What with NASA being so skint and everything....
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How about this one then?
When a car goes around a corner the outside wheel needs to turn faster than the inside wheel so a car has a diiferential in the axle between the wheels to accomodate this so as the power to both wheels is proportionately to each wheels requirements.
The axal on a train wheels is fixed. In other words, both wheels turns together and cannot rotate indipendantly of each other.
Yet a train goes around bends and the wheels on the same axle in effect go at different speeds whilst being fixed to each other and unable to rotate separately to each other.
The answer is so simple but I bet no one can work it out. How can two wheels on a fixed axle go around a corner with out one wheel slipping?
I was amazed at the simple ingenuity of the Victorians to over come that problem.
Very early trains could only go in straight lines because of that problem.
I'm a world class anorak aren't I?
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Nice one Ross
This should be a new and unique thread. Give me time....
Errmmm.....
Is it anything to do with .......Naaaa.........emmm......
E=mc2?
Pj
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Ross - doesn't the axle remain fixed and the wheels rotate on the end of it on roller bearings?
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Nope.
Not E=Mc squared.
The wheels of a train that are not the ones that have power going to them have wheel bearings but the ones that are geared to the motors don't. They are on a fixed axle as otherwise the motor would turn and the wheels wouldn't.
If you get a chance, which I doubt, look at rail track or think about the profile of rail track and think in terms of the profile of train wheels.
What I mean is all train wheels have wheels bearings but the ones that have power going to them cannot turn independantly to each other on the same axle.
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guess the wheel must leave the track somehow
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oops missed the boat again :-[
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OK - the wheels are flanged and incline slightly (meaning that at their outer edge they are fractionally smaller than at the point where the flange starts on the inner edge) and the top of the track is rounded (in cross-section) so the wheels on the outer edge of the curve (which is slight compared to road bends) push against the rail and thus the wheels are fractionally larger at that point of contact. The wheels on the inside of the curve "fall away" from the rail centre slightly and are thus fractionally smaller at their point of contact. Just enough to compensate for the slight speed difference around the curve.
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Makes sense. Picturing the wheels and rails that sounds right to me.
Tell us he's right then Ross. ???
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Malc
How the hell did you know that? :o
Or how on earth did you work it out?
I'm stunned.
guess the wheel must leave the track somehow
Strangely enough, one of the main principle of driving a train safely is that all wheels remain on the track. ;D
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Clever stuff 100+years ago...
Actually Ross, I think the old broad gauge track had a flat top section, so I guess the wheels were too.
Don't know when "rounded" track started, but it might not have been victorian. ???
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I'm a sad anorakie rail freak - and when I was a kid I'd put old pennies (pre-decimilisation) on the line and they'd be flattened out to the size of an oval tablesp o o n, but fractionally thicker one side than on the other.
And in GCSE physics, Mr Kington our old teacher showed a picture of Caerphilly Castle's (the engine) driving wheels in cross section (he was explaining how the metal tyres were put on using heat for the tyre and chilling for the wheel - expansion and contraction) and I remembered that they were shaped as I described. When you said about "cornering" it all fell into place.
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- and when I was a kid I'd put old pennies (pre-decimilisation) on the line and they'd be flattened out to the size of an oval tablesthingy, but fractionally thicker one side than on the other.
Ho ho! I used to do that.
It's only now you say it - they were thicker on one side. :D
That's probably enough of this...(!)
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Pennies? I've tried all types of things to see what would happen. From pennies to beer cans to glass to my mother in laws picture.
Round profiles on train wheels was introduced in 1875 and the curved profile of the track was in about 1890 but at the time it was very expensive to manufacture so it was limited to curves.
The idea came from an unknown person after a lot of serious accidents caused by the fracturing of the tyre on the wheels caused by one or other wheel having to slip going around a bend. Then after that a number of accidents were caused by the track fracturing because it had a flat profile.
Because the wheels of a train are obviously metal and so is the track, and add to that weight of a carriage and the added shock effect of speed, metal fatigue was a serious problem.
In a lot of sidings even now there is flat headed track but the speed limit is 5 mph or sometimes 10 mph on straight sections but high speed track is seriously made to a very exact profile and the rail track head is often stainless steel to last longer.
Yup. I an am a sad anorak.
Next.....
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What about The Wheel Tappers?
Tell us about them, Uncle Ross.
I remember the Shunters too!!
Eeee, those were the days..
When men were men..
And women were men............hey, that's enough!
Pj
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Aye laddie
When I twas nipper down pit.........
We lived in shoe box in t' middle o' road
We was poor but we was happy
My pa hung a fish on string o'er back door and to eat we licked it as we went past.........
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ok ross my round first for being dumb, was thinking back to my m/cycle sidecar days
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I had a Robin Reliant. ;D
Try that on 2 wheels round a bend.
ps. I drink only the best cider. As I've just had a jar it was on you. You now owe me. ;D
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About them there wheeltappers.
Wheeltappers would go along the train at major stations tapping the wheels with a light long handled hammer - if the wheels had developed infinitesimal (and often not possible to see with the naked eye) cracks they would not ring "true" and then that vehicle could be removed from the train without catastrophic wheel fractures occuring further along the line.
That's it nighty night everyone!
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I knew a long gone retired wheel tapper who used to go up the railways social club. Poor old sod.
He loved his job and stood proudly when us microwave boil in the bag train drivers didn't know what 'westinghouse' was or 'stopping train with piped only flattens loaded with railhead ... took 3 miles to stop'.
Those were the days. Fried egg and bacon on the shovel we did. Now old Bert what a character .... won't see the likes of him again.
Yeah .. right.
Good nightie night. My missus is moaning about this forum being more important than her....... it's more interesting though. I have to go and now listen to what whoever said and what she said and 'I turned around and said' and 'so I gave her a dirty look because she gave me one' etc etc.
Wish me luck. :-[
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Pj
you rained off too
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Yep :'(
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Pat
I met a w/c in Garboldisham a few weeks ago said he was from Thetford called Terry I think he said his son was w/c aswell
you know him?
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Garboldisham!!!!!
What a name! What country is that in? ;D
Nope, don't know him. Although I appreciate the value of this forum, I prefer a measure of anonimity, dont you? That way if you do tread on someone's toes you can disappear into the ether again. If you know wot I mean?
Pj
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Yeah
you get a mental pic in your head of what you think people look like
probably nothing like it
as you said "prefer a measure of anonimity"
Ps I'm 6'6" blonde & from Sweden ;D
not :D
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Ok I'm out of the closet. This is why I need to go wfp......
It's an old photo, but I think you can see my challenge with ladders.
My real name is John, Jo to friends
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Nice one Pj
Made me laugh on this dreary day
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Hi all, it`s my birthday today ;D,so off to the pub later,not too many mind,early start in the morning and a new contract in the afternoon,so no stinking of ale,Gaz :-X
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Hapy birthday Gaz :D
You share it with some odd people though - Margaret Thatcher and my hsband whos 43 today !!!!
Have a great nite,
Sarah
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Cheers Sarah,yes i knew about Maragret Thatcher,but say happy birthday to your hubby,Gaz ;)
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Will do once he has gotten over the frustration of yet another grey hair apprearing in his moustache. !!!!!
Go easy tonight, Sarah
:P
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Happy birthday boys
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Huh....
No word of sympathy for me then? Now you know what I really look like?
Table Top Joe
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I knew it was you just like i imagined i did not say anything because i did not want you to get a complex
dave ;D
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COMPLEX?
COMPLEX?
You seen my wife?
Love conquers all!
Pj
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Happy birthday hope you had a good day :)
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Oops :-[
Sorry David, I merged a topic By Vince Cobbold into your thread and it seems his name appeared as the originator :-\
Was nothing wrong with Vince's post, it just needed to be in 'A place to chat'!
Ian
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???
That makes no sense at all?
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Night night all.
My missus says I have to go to bed now. :'(
Just how do they have this power?
Somehow, the lady of the house always gets her own way.
Why can't I just say to her that I want to spend more time on my pc so tough luck?
How is it that even though I hate and detest shopping that I still have to go shopping?
But then ... when the kids are a problem I have to sort it out?
:-[
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How strange that you should say that Ross....My own missus tells me exactly the same things too :-\
We can sit and watch the telly all evening and hardly speak a word to each other, but if I come on the computer I'm an ignorant b******, and don't I realise the computer is ruining our marriage because it means we hardly talk anymore?
I was thinking of putting one in the bedroom ;D She can blame the fact that I'm on the computer intead of a headache then ;D ;D
Ian
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We can sit and watch the telly all evening and hardly speak a word to each other, but if I come on the computer I'm an ignorant b******, and don't I realise the computer is ruining our marriage because it means we hardly talk anymore?
Ian, buy her a computer and then send her e-mails now and then.
Can't be accused of ignoring her then. ;D
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Tosh!
You said in a "place to chat 3" that you'd be (and I paraphrase) "bringing it on".
So where are you?
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Sounds like fighting talk to me !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Better get the gloves on and flee to another thread - chicken that I am.
Sarah :-X
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Lizzy ducks incase anything kicks off
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wtf?
twice..
I give up
why is this site so slow?
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wtf?
twice..
I give up
why is this site so slow?
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I started this thread and it looks like something has gone wrong
??? ??? ??? ??? ???
Dave
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Dave,did u get fixed up with a pole ? Gaz
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'bout time you locked this thread DSL - or maybe it'll get beamed up by Chief O'Brien pretty soon anyway.
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I cannot lock this thread and Gaz i have noticed my post about the pole has also gone.
Someone is messing us about.
I locked this one weeks ago .it has been unlocked by someone.
??? ??? ??? ???
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has a mod tried locking this post
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Yes, sorry Dave, but we've a dedicated area for 'a place to chat'.
Tosh
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Tosh i locked this weeks ago and it is showing as someoneelse has started the thread and not me
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We've 'Gremlins'!
The same ones that are deleting posts.
Ian_Giles has notified the Site Master about it.
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so how come i can lock this post?
i see the option on the screen
just a thought
the software aint giving some members mod powers when it should be is it?
or can anyone lock thier own thread?...even though it aint me that started it
o, my head hurts
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Vinnie someone some how has put you as starting this thread and the person starting a thread can lock the thread .
I would appreciate it if you could this thread ;)
Dave
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Thanks
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Keep trying, cuz I can still post in it.
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I can't.
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Don't panic about vince appearing to be the originator of this thread...that was my doing!!
Vince had started a thread a week or three ago, it wasn't particularly window cleaning related so I merged it with David's, but the way it got merged it ended out with Vince heading up the thread and not David :-\
When merging a thread you have to careful which way round you merge them, and once done it can't be undone!!
There is a Gremlin in the works though, but Admin are on the case 8)
Regards
Ian