Oztalgian
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Loppy, I said exactly the same thing a few weeks ago but people said that they had not noticed it, never got an answer about back ups etc.
Maybe the elastic to Georgia and downunder gets a bit stretched and stops all the little '0's and '1's getting through.
Certainly is slow, painfully slow at times.
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Imps, Incredible room by loading through the tailgate hatch and the rear seats folded flat.
Adjusting the valve clearances with the .001 thou graduated shims between the top hat and the valves was an absolute pain in the arris.
The linkage between the gear lever and the gear box needed tightening regularly else the gear lever became more like a pudding stirrer than a gear lever.
Had one for 10 years in OZ only had to replace one head gasket, an overheating problem due to a bearing failure on the fan.
When I sold it, it still had the bag of cement in the boot at the front.
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I remember delivering both the Football Post (Pink) and the Football News (Green?) Never did understand why there were two papers?
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I can sympathise with you Banjo as I had a similar thing 5 years ago, the doc took the donor skin from the skin folds in my neck.
Going to the pub with something that looked like a yellow and green pan scourer stapled to your temple is not fun. Trying to sleep was almost impossible as turning in your sleep invariably gave the impression that you were trying to rip the skin of your face. I am left with a one and a half inch
diameter depressed scar which I used to tell the grandkids was where they took my horn off. Now they are older I have told them that it was a type of cancer caused by being out in the sun and that they must always put on sunscreen and wear a hat.
Fair skin from Nottingham and 40 years of Aussie sun do not result in a good mix but in those days we were not as "sun smart" as we are today.
This was the first of my three battles with the BIG C but am still looking at the grass from the right side.
Hang in there Banjo, I hear that the Margaret River wines are a good painkiller and keep the graft out of the sun.
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For those from Nottingham who are interested here is a database of paranormal activities in the shire.
For those further away you can search for your area. Some of the reports corroborate comments on this thread?
I came across it whilst looking for the car accident in Calverton, apparently there have been several reports of paranormal activity on Georges Lane Calverton.
Probably over active imaginations or the effects of too much Hobgoblin, Shippos or something similar.
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I see from Fly's comment that things have not changed. Back in the 60's "The Ramper" as it was known locally was notorious for accidents. Many were caused by impatient motorists overtaking in areas where there were three lanes. I remember that in certain sections the centre lane on the road had red coloured tarmac and was meant for overtaking if the other lane was clear. Unfortunately too many ignored common sense and overtook when they could not see if the road ahead was clear. This was due to the dips in road often combined with road junctions in the bottom of the dips (e.g. Blidworth Lane now Baulker Lane and Longland Lane into Farnsfield) An accident mentioned somewhere else on this site where a slower vehicle pulled out or was crossing the A614 and was hit by a vehicle travelling at speed down the dip. Another notorious junction was Mickledale Lane (to Bilsthorpe) and Inkersall Lane right near the Limes café where cars turning off the A614 often misjudged the speed of oncoming vehicles and were T-boned.
We used that road regularly when going to one of the great Dukeries estates for picnics in the 60's. Clumber Park was a particular favorite of mine.
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Enjoyed the poem Chulla but I had never heard the word progging in that sense? Had to look it up. Apparently it dates back to the late 16th century. I only knew progging as computer slang for writing a program.
This is the first new thing of many I will learn today
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Hello Loppy,
As someone who also uses the site in the wee hours of the UK do you notice that it is often quite sluggish, would this be back ups or something or is the server having a few zzz's too?
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Having stood on the equator in Indonesia, the tropic of Cancer in India, the tropic of Capricorn here in OZ. I suppose the Arctic and Antarctic circles should be next. Doubt that as I don't like the cold. Strangely enough I have never stood on the Greenwich meridian in London, maybe this year?
See Forest, County and Stags play again, see the Test Match at Trent Bridge.
Invent a time machine and go back to the sixties
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I know modern cars are much more reliable but have just bought a new one and it does not even have a temperature gauge, just a tiny bar above the odometer figures. I would love to go back to the old days where you had some indication of a fault before it happened and not just a warning lamp and/or a limp home mode.
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Great Post Stephen. Thank you.
I never realised how extensive the MGO routes were as until I got a car as never really travelled much by bus to the west of the city and into Derbyshire. Must have caught a blue bus though going to Hardwick hall and the fair but can't remember the details.
The routes of MDT caused me to remember days long gone of fishing on the Trent at Fiskerton and Averham via the 209, at Gunthorpe via the 210 and visiting relatives at Bilsthorpe on the 207
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This map shows the convoluted route of the B8 now the 141 and other routes around Nottinghamshire.
Wish we could find a similar one from the mid sixties
http://www.ournottinghamshire.org.uk/documents/Route_Map_Notts_History_By_Bus_map.pdf
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Any one on here with a mining heritage that went on their local "pit trip" which took almost the entire village to usually Skeg, Mablethorpe or occasionally Cleethorpes. Up at the crack of dawn, walk to the pit yard where the steam train had been marshalled or a bus to the local railway station and then off on the train to the seaside. Had vouchers for chips and pop on the train and more for rides at the amusement parks. Most kids fell asleep exhausted on the train on the way home. All paid for by the miners contributing a few bob each week out of their pay.
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#135 There is a picture of a red Midland General bus towards the bottom of this page.
There is also a picture of a combined Midland General and Mansfield District bus in black and cream livery
http://midlandgeneralomnibus.weebly.com/
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Winter warmers - A sort of early form of microwave great for almost "instant" baked potatoes and chestnuts.
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Merthyr Imp #131
Yes you are correct that was the story line. I also remember seeing the same in a film starring Harry H Corbett (Steptoe and Son), Diane Cilento (Sean Connery's first wife) and Michael Medwin (The Army Game) some time in the sixties. I particularly remember it as it was filmed in black and white.
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plantfit #165 So many memories in that one post I could have been in my Gran's kitchen too.
A few other things that I remember. The thick stone shelf in the pantry where you put the butter, marg, milk, cheese etc to keep them cool. The metal mesh meat safe that on hot days she would put a damp towel over to keep the meat cool, the fine mesh kept the flies and other creepy crawlies out too. Above all my Grandad used to keep the brown teapot with a cream circular line round the middle on the hob to keep it warm. It was so "stewed" at the end of the day that the spoon would stand up on its own.
Also nothing from the kitchen went to waste, bones were used to make stock, then along with vegetable scraps were fed to the chooks or pigs. We never went without fresh vegetables, seasonal of course, grown in the garden or the allotment. I have to admit that apples and pears were most often scrumped from local orchards.
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Alan Simpson, half of comedy writing legends Galton and Simpson has died.
This comedy duo brought us ground breaking comedy such as Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son
Who can forget this brilliant piece of writing from the blood donor sketch on Hancock's Half Hour 'A pint? Have you gone raving mad? I mean, I came here in all good faith, to help my country. I don't mind giving a reasonable amount, but a pint? Why. that's very nearly an armful.'
Alan Simpson RIP Thanks for the laughs
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On the old system there were 11 locks with a fall of 115 feet. There are still locks at the top before you can get on to the wheel.
The Anderton boat lift is well worth a look too. Originally using hydraulic pressure from the river and the canal, then changed to electric motors, pulleys and counterweights and now running on hydraulic oil filled rams lifts boats 50 feet between the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey canal.
Sorry can't help myself just love clever engineering from any era.
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The Falkirk Wheel, impressive piece of kit, I seem to remember that he of the coloured outfits Michael Portillo said that the system is so balanced that it takes very little power to run it. The late great Fred Dibnah also did a bit on it in one of his shows - heaps on YouTube.
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Wicksteed Park, now there is a memory, as a young'un I had heard that the local Sunday school yearly trip was to Wicksteed Park so I endured six weeks of Sunday school so I could go on the trip. The day dawned bright and sunny and we left our village on a blue Bedford OB bus operated by Butler Bros. of Kirkby in Ashfield and set off for Kettering. It seemed to be miles away in those days. My memories, like Benjamin are of the boating lake and the little steam train that went around the park. The mountain slides were the biggest I had seen, no elf and safety in those days, up the steps, down the slide or one of the supporting poles like a fireman. If you were really good shinning up the pole to get on the slide and often burning your a**e on the hot metal of the slide. Returned home around 8:00 pm exhausted but a very happy kid.
P.S. Never went to Sunday school again.
Does any one on here remember Drayton Manor Park in the late 50's very similar to Wicksteed?
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One of those voices once heard never forgotten
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'oh 'eck'
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I reckon a manual gearbox would almost be a special order for cars downunder these days. 90%+ of cars sold here are autos, on many models, manufacturers do not offer a manual option. More and more are CVT with simulated 6, 7, 8 or 9 ratios
Still always park with the wheels facing the kerb when parking on steepish hills, just a throwback from the old days and less reliable mechanicals.
I'm with Carni, - Mirror, Signal, Manoeuver, trouble is too many people thing the indicators are for decoration only and only to be used after drivers around you have worked out what you are doing.
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#4 Loppy, about an two hours ago it was taking between one and two minutes to go to the unread content page from the item I was reading.
Now it is taking less than 10 seconds. I am sure something must be happening in the background of the wee hours in the UK