d’guy’s all new and totally improved 2019 painting diary

[Leman]

Indeed, Stuart reckons the Francs Archers stationed in north-west France, of whom many were armed with pike, halberd and arquebus as well as those with crossbows and longbows, were a cut above the usual and were well capable of putting up a good fight.

[d_Guy]

I'd mentioned to Techno sometime back that I had a hamstring sprain but after a few days I was relatively OK and this past Monday I was carrying a heavy box upstairs for my wife and at the top tripped forward. The result was a hyperextension of the same hamstring AND a sprained hip (which is arthritic anyway). I am now on two weeks of bed (or recliner) rest with my new friend, an ice pack. I will then get several weeks of PT.

I can only stand to sit in a chair for brief periods so painting and gaming are intermittent. Thursday I was able to clean up fifty-four figures for painting, Friday got them organized and on their painting sticks and today they got acrylic burnt umber primer/base coat (which I brush on). Now my butt hurts.

[paulr]

B*gg*r, I hope the recovery goes smoothly and as rapidly as possible

[Ithoriel]

Sorry to hear that. Hope recovery is as swift as possible.

[d_Guy]

Thanks both, it is a tad annoying.

[Westmarcher]

I can only stand to sit in a chair for brief periods so painting and gaming are intermittent. Thursday I was able to clean up fifty-four figures for painting, Friday got them organized and on their painting sticks and today they got acrylic burnt umber primer/base coat (which I brush on). Now my butt hurts.

Whit? Stand to sit? Sounds like the Glasgow clippie* who said to the perplexed drunk who tried to get on to the tram, "C'mon, get aff!" (Come on, get off). 

Seriously, what bad luck! Mind you, at least you're still managing to do some good hobby stuff. All the best, for a speedy recovery.

* a "clippie" is the lady - sometimes, a guy - who used to take the fares on the trams.

[fsn]

Westie, how old are you? You sound like Techno's slightly younger brother.

[Techno]

Awww, Bill....

Hope that the hamstring and hip recover as soon as possible !

The joys of advancing years, seem to affect a lot of our esteemed colleagues on the forum nowadays.

Get better soon, Matey.

Best wishes - Phil

[Westmarcher]

Westie, how old are you? You sound like Techno's slightly younger brother.

Not far off, actually ...    (but still to collect my Old Age Pension). I can vaguely remember the last of the trams in my childhood home town of Paisley and, in later years, being very wary of getting the wheels of my bike stuck in the tram lines that continued to run through the cobbled streets before their eventual removal. In recent years, I discovered that my late mother-in-law was a clippie on the trams for a while and she loved it. She was a wee feisty but friendly woman and despite her size, if you gave her any cheek or bother, she would have had you off the tram before you got to the next stop!     

[Leman]

We have come to rue the day we got rid of trams, but now they are being restored - to my knowledge apart from Blackpool (which never lost them) they have been reinstated in Manchester, Sheffield, Wolverhampton, Nottingham and Croydon. does anyone know of anywhere else? We very nearly got them back in Liverpool but then the council got cold feet.

Sorry to hear about your trip Bill. Hope all is well soon.

[Ithoriel]

Edinburgh wasted a fortune on trams a few years back and is threatening to squander even more to extend the existing, useless service.

"500 million f***ing quid to replace the number 22 bus, have they completely lost their f***ing minds!"

BTW the 22 bus continues to run ... more frequently and to more stops than the trams.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

New trams in Liverpool were going to run out to Kirby, same as Merseyrail has, hence being abandoned. Brikenhead had the first trams in the country btw.

[Westmarcher]

Seen the Hitler / Edinburgh Tram video before - but still good! 

My last experience on the Edinburgh Trams was as a prisoner. We were heading into town and very late for a special dinner reservation at the Balmoral Hotel. We were stuck in a traffic jam in Princes Street caused by motor vehicles which were, in turn, stuck at the junction between the Scott Monument and the Balmoral(?) and thus blocking the rails. We weren't allowed to exit the tram and time was ticking by very, very slowly, putting our reservation at risk. Very frustrating and I'm sure would not have happened if we were in a bus.   

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

This is a hijack, take this thread to Cuba.
(Warning, subtitles not safe for work)
https://youtu.be/scIj3WSOhho

[Steve J]

Very funny . Here in Bristol there has been talk for years of putting the trams back on the streets. Eventually they decided to go with a fancy park and ride scheme, with the roads completed before they had anyone to even run it!!! Oh, and bendy buses cause a perpetual nightmare here .

[d_Guy]

 
"Find Wally"

If not to be highjacked, what are the point of threads? It's like:

In early visits would stick out a handful of bizarre coins and let the "clippy" sort through them.

Thanks for the continued good wishes.

[Techno]

"500 million f***ing quid to replace the number 22 bus, have they completely lost their f***ing minds!"

So...Mike.....Come on.....Are you trying to tell us that you think it was a waste of money ? 

I really think that folk should say what they mean, and not simply sit on the fence and leave everybody to guess their true opinions.

Cheers - A Git.

[Ithoriel]

So...Mike.....Come on.....Are you trying to tell us that you think it was a waste of money ?  :-

"You might say that, I couldn't possibly comment."

[Techno]

 

Cheers - Phil 

[Leman]

Obviously if they are used correctly they can be of enormous benefit and cut pollution - or perhaps people like the idea of more youngsters with asthma - makes the awkward little buggers easier to control. The tram from Kirkby into Liverpool City centre would have taken a different route to the train with more stops, and then have looped around the city centre. Would have been a boon now that Liverpool has become a tourist destination. The buses push out fumes and are help to congest the roads.