isanbirder
Surin Dinosaur
I made it up, Co-co! (well, I think I did).
I made it up, Co-co! (well, I think I did).
CO-CO
Rather wrinkly & occasionally cantankerous member
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Coffee
Guest
I've heard , "A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell."
Refreshingly and brutally honest, IB...and yes , nowhere, nothing or nobody is perfect.
If I had a dollar for every moan and groan I hear coming from assorted individuals hailing from my neck 'o the woods I'd be wealthier indeed. (I'd also be contributing to that account too.)
Welcome aboard. Hopefully it will never become 'a highway to hell'.
isanbirder
Surin Dinosaur
Alas, Coffee, whenever I think I've created a phrase to remember, somebody is bound to remember it from elsewhere. Foiled again! (like Bluebottle)
Not Cogito ergo sum, but I enjoy, therefore I am.
Not Cogito ergo sum, but I enjoy, therefore I am.
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johnb
Guest
Bluebottle, IB, may be a somewhat esoteric reference for some of our non-Brit members.
One of the best conversations of all time was between Bluebottle and Eccles.
Bluebottle: What are you doing here, Eccles?
Eccles (after pause for thought): Everybody's got to be somewhere, Bluebottle.
isanbirder
Surin Dinosaur
I admit I'd forgotten a lot of the wonderful Goon Show. Was it Bluebottle or Eccles who died, and they put up a stone to mark his grave, and on it was the inscription,
"57 miles to Poona"?
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Surin
Guest
Rice
Resident Smart Arse
Yes Surin, you are right it is in Gaelic.
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johnb
Guest
That might have been Colonel Bloodknock, IB. Not sure.
isanbirder
Surin Dinosaur
Yes, it was, John. I'd forgotten.
(I shall be going back to Much Binding in the Marsh soon.... definitely second childhood setting in!)
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johnb
Guest
Actually, wasn't his name Major Bloodknock? I am no longer sure.
Much Binding in the Marsh means nothing at all to me. It just goes to show what a handful of years age difference can mean in terms of our childhood memories.
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gotlost
Kap Chong R Us Member
Give it a year and it will look like nomads.
Prakhonchai Nick
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Local authority spec for village c0oncrete roads is 6" thick. In my village most concrete roads were laid with 4" thickness, and broke up in short time. When they made the road outside my house 7/8 years ago, the local Orbador was overseeing things. He is a friend. I was out there with my tape and clearly showed him and the workers how large 6" was. My road has not cracked up.
Coffee
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The road that's crapped out is within your village estates and should be assessed accordingly for repair.
The road in my picture goes to fook all nowhere that has a proper residential structure. Strange...maybe an estate is in the works.
Surely the cows didn't require the road surface.
(I'll check with chickens and dogs.)
nomad97
Resident Geek
Our section of road was well and truly f@#ked when the did they built the new intersection on the ring road near Robinson's. We had very heavy 10 and 20 wheelers carrying even heavier loads using the stretch as a short cut to avoid the traffic jams. The area of ground 100 meters to the north of us was piled high with building materials and old concrete removed from the road works. Very heavy traffic for nearly 6 months. Not that there was ever 6 inches of reinforced concrete to begin with, more like an inch. Once the rains came that was it. No point doing anything before the dry season comes along.
gotlost
Kap Chong R Us Member
In my part of paradise concrete roads were put in some 4 years or so back. I would be hard pressed if I said they were 3 inches thick. You can guess what they look like now. The money was put into to some scam, ****, sucking politicians pockets and you can also guess what color shirt this asshole was wearing and who was in office. I would still give her the bone.
You can guess what they look like now. The money was put into to some scam, ****, sucking politicians pockets and you can also guess what color shirt this asshole was wearing and who was in office. I would still give her the bone.
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