Oztalgian 3,294 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Now keep this one clean please! After all these years when waiting at a level crossing or seeing a train I still cannot stop myself counting the number of carriages or wagons. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,136 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 All the time on the Nottingham to Lincoln line. Fuel tankers - usually about 33. Obviously they would be longer in Oz! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 I can't stop checking Nottstalgia every day Rog 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
carni 10,094 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Me Too. If I am at home, it is checked throughout the day. If I go out, it is the second thing I do when I return. The first being 'Mash the tea'. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 When ever I approach a mini island I always say "give way to traffic coming from the right" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 I'm with Oz on the train counting. Whenever a special comes by I always count the carriages. Other trains these days are just fixed units and don't require counting As for goods trains - they practically no longer exist here in Scotland. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 When I walk in to a Wetherspoons pub I have to count how many clean tables there are ! A bit like "spot the clean table" ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Breathing When in spoons(Bulwell) counting the number in the nine o'clock stampede Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,160 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 Chatting Ladies over 60 up..................lol. Edit.......and getting a slap (verbal mostly) and turned down......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 10, 2017 Report Share Posted September 10, 2017 You'de have been in yer elements last week with us Ben, 2 coach loads of over 60's mostly widows in our hotel. Should have seen em jiving in the lounge & knocking the drinks back annall. One old fella (91 years) was up there with the best of em. until early in the morning he was carted off to the local A&E with chest pains ! 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,294 Posted September 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 22 hours ago, philmayfield said: All the time on the Nottingham to Lincoln line. Fuel tankers - usually about 33. Obviously they would be longer in Oz! Yes Phil you are quite right the longest in Australia was an iron ore train 682 wagons pulled by 8, 6,000HP Diesel - Electric Locos. Total length was 7.35 Km (4.7 miles) with a gross weights of around 100,000 tonnes. Imagine waiting at a crossing for that to pass! The longest passenger train in the world is also in OZ. The Ghan which travels north south across Australia from Adelaide to Darwin, a journey of some 1,850 miles in a train that is 0.7 of a mile long. The leader of the opposition and I were fortunate enough to take this journey, an unforgettable experience of three days and two nights, a very civilised way to travel. Image from Australian-Trains .com 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
banjo48 928 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 I'm currently in the Pilbara region of NW W Australia, visiting our youngest daughter, she's a midwife here. Some amazing trains here and most if not all are now driverless ! they are controlled from a central hub in Perth about 1000 miles away ! Very disconcerting when you see the barriers on the road crossings come down and the train goes slowly past with no one at the controls, some of these iron ore trains are a couple of klms long. 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,328 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 17 hours ago, Bubblewrap said: Breathing When in spoons(Bulwell) counting the number in the nine o'clock stampede What's the nine o'clock stampede? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Wetherspoons don't start serving alcohol till 9am. There is always a rush to the bar by several middle aged men to get the first pint in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Counting stairs as I climb them. Not your run of the mill house stairs, but any tall building's. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Walking on paving slabs & avoiding walking on the cracks (joints) things we did as kids ! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Katyjay and Catfan - I do both of these things...... also sometimes find myself counting the slices of carrot and cucumber as I slice them! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,872 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 Eating chocolate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,091 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 And the problem with that is..........? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plantfit 7,597 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 You can never have enough Rog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gem 1,430 Posted September 11, 2017 Report Share Posted September 11, 2017 2 hours ago, katyjay said: And the problem with that is..........? It makes you fat or so "they" say, i don't listen. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,294 Posted September 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 14 hours ago, katyjay said: Counting stairs as I climb them. Not your run of the mill house stairs, but any tall building's. Not as stupid as it sounds, knowing how many steps down the stairs could help during a blackout or fire with no torch and you have to get out quickly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,294 Posted September 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 Making animals or other objects out of cloud formations Following the contrails of planes until you see the silver flash of the aircraft. Looking for the "green flash" as the sun sets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 Checking the weather forecast daily, us Brits have this hing about the weather ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted September 12, 2017 Report Share Posted September 12, 2017 We still do it here in Ga. Mick. The object now is to see if we have a hope of surviving the next 24 hours. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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