Mundane News

[Reynard]

Rain has got here with a vengeance now but wind not yet up to full threatened force.

Connel bridge is now part open after a caravan as some wag put it “ got a new peel back sunroof “.
Height limits are signposted as either 4.1 or 4.2 metres but too many either do not see them or just chance it. In this case the sign on the Connel side on the bridge is triangular in the centre of the road with the pointed end downwards.
This scenario does bother me as son lives in North Connel and I could get stuck heading for the ferry home. The alternative route north and then down Glencoe and back to Oban is not practical.
I have been diverted in the past heading from Oban but probably better just waiting it out.

The bridge outside Ely station gets whacked on a depressingly regular basis - even with the new Southern Bypass section of the A142 taking most of the through traffic away from the Angel Drove area of town...

There are warning signs and dangly things everwhere, but it doesn't seem to make one bit of difference.

IIRC it's the fourth most whacked railway bridge in the UK

 

[biggs682]

IIRC it's the fourth most whacked railway bridge in the UK

For some strange reason I read that something else 🤣

 

[oldwheels]

The bridge outside Ely station gets whacked on a depressingly regular basis - even with the new Southern Bypass section of the A142 taking most of the through traffic away from the Angel Drove area of town...

There are warning signs and dangly things everwhere, but it doesn't seem to make one bit of difference.

IIRC it's the fourth most whacked railway bridge in the UK

Never occurred to me that somebody somewhere keeps such records to hand.

 

[Speicher]

Ernie gave me £150 this morning. The Council tax people took most of that back at the same time.

Meanwhile, when I moved here, there was a pre-payment meter for my all electricity flat. As the heating is paid for in the rent, I only pay for lighting and cooking, so it's so cheap I never bothered swapping over to a direct debit account. But these monthly credits I get from the government are beginning to be an embarrassment. They're paying me more than I could use. So, who should I give it to? Food banks? A bigger than usual Crisis donation for Christmas? Or does anybody know of a decent fund that goes to help others' fuel costs?

Ok, sorted, a donation to National Energy Action,

May I ask you a question, but don't answer it if you do not want to. How much are you paying per unit of electricity? I am asking this as I recently found out about someone with a prepay meter who is currently paying £50 approx more per week for electricity. I pay not much more than that for a whole month.

It looked like he lived in a small flat. That seems too high. Okay so he might have a poor credit rating, but even so, I do not understand how he is paying so much. It did not look like he would spend hours on a computer gaming machine. His one evening out, per week, is to a local social club to play dominoes or something similar, or it might have been card games and he has two drinks.

 

[postman]

The saying around this side of town is 'Red sky in the morning, sailors warning ~ Red sky at night, your cars alight'

You live in Gipton Leeds then.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

The bridge outside Ely station gets whacked on a depressingly regular basis - even with the new Southern Bypass section of the A142 taking most of the through traffic away from the Angel Drove area of town...

There are warning signs and dangly things everwhere, but it doesn't seem to make one bit of difference.

IIRC it's the fourth most whacked railway bridge in the UK

I think its a bridge on the A5 near Nuneaton that is reckoned to be the most hit bridge in the country.

 

[oldwheels]

I looked for a picture of Connel Bridge which is a box section being the old railway/road bridge controlled by traffic lights as it is narrow. The top of the box section is where it gets whacked.

 

[postman]

Followed by the bridge at Clitheroe then Ribchester.

 

[Illaveago]

I stumbled across something mundane earlier. When Jack Hargreaves devised 'How' in 1966 it was intended to be only him presenting an adult orientated interesting facts show at 11pm after pub kick-out time. No Fred or Bunty and not for kids.
We were spoiled with Southern TV.

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We had to watch Southern TV here due to sitting next to a railway embankment blocking the line of site to the Wells transmitter.
Wasn't there another chap who used to do experiments ?
I can remember Jack Hargreaves also had a programme in the evening called Out of Town . I think !

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

May I ask you a question, but don't answer it if you do not want to. How much are you paying per unit of electricity? I am asking this as I recently found out about someone with a prepay meter who is currently paying £50 approx more per week for electricity. I pay not much more than that for a whole month.

It looked like he lived in a small flat. That seems too high. Okay so he might have a poor credit rating, but even so, I do not understand how he is paying so much. It did not look like he would spend hours on a computer gaming machine. His one evening out, per week, is to a local social club to play dominoes or something similar, or it might have been card games and he has two drinks.

I'm out at the moment but I'll check the rate when I get back this evening.

 

[Illaveago]

I used a bit of a clay bar that I had been using on my wife's car on my 1977 Viking cycle . It does seem to have made the bike look a bit better . I might wax it later .

 

[Deleted member 1258]

We had to watch Southern TV here due to sitting next to a railway embankment blocking the line of site to the Wells transmitter.
Wasn't there another chap who used to do experiments ?
I can remember Jack Hargreaves also had a programme in the evening called Out of Town . I think !

I remember out of town.

 

[PeteXXX]

2020/21 Bridge Strikes

 

[tyred]

All this talk of catching on bridges.

Not sure why but randomly this photo came up in my Facebook feed. If you're going to do it, do it properly

I wonder what his boss said.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

All this talk of catching on bridges.

Not sure why but randomly this photo came up in my Facebook feed. If you're going to do it, do it properly
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I wonder what his boss said.

I've seen that, came up on my feed as well.