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« Reply #150 on: November 04, 2013, 22:03:27 » |
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Anyone else online old enough to remember bus conductors?
I can remember 'clippies' on the buses in Taunton when I was a child. Late 70s, early 80s. One in particular used to give me sweets when I was on the 271 from Wellsprings with my Grandma. Grandma would oft tell the story of when she was flattered by a clippie who thought I was her son, rather than grandson. That is until a 6 year old bignosemac piped up, saying, quite indignantly, "That's not my Mummy, that's my Grandma." |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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JayMac
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« Reply #151 on: November 04, 2013, 22:08:51 » |
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Often heard at the end of presented TV programmes:
"See you at the same time tomorrow", or "Don't forget to tune in at the same time next week".
If you do either of those then the programme will be over.
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #152 on: November 04, 2013, 22:11:24 » |
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"See you at the same time tomorrow"
Even better when they say it at the end of a radio programme.  |
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TonyK
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« Reply #153 on: November 04, 2013, 23:01:48 » |
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Grandma would oft tell the story of when she was flattered by a clippie who thought I was her son, rather than grandson. That is until a 6 year old bignosemac piped up, saying, quite indignantly, "That's not my Mummy, that's my Grandma."
My Oldhamer grandma, when asked my age by a conductor, said "He'll be five in September", so avoiding a fare. After he had gone, I pointed out that I was five in March, this being about June. "But you'll be five in September", said my sainted Grandma, who could never tell a lie. |
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Now, please!
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JayMac
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« Reply #154 on: November 11, 2013, 22:56:13 » |
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Not sure whether this is pedantry, or more worthy of a general rant about the oft lack of information provided for bus services. Many bus stops near my home have recently been jazzed up and now include 'live running' information displays. Very welcome that is, but sometimes the transponders fail, or the location can't cope with an infrequent service, so one has to fall back on the information provided by timetable posters.... This is what was available to me at a bus stop in Shirehampton this evening:  Okay. Lets look at the timetables:   |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #155 on: November 12, 2013, 07:32:35 » |
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Predict what? The future, football results, the result of the next general election or perhaps whether we will see a white Christmas.
Predicting when the next bus is going to turn up might be a good start.
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« Reply #157 on: November 12, 2013, 19:27:57 » |
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How can you gain assistance from a member of staff ... ?
You could have a hissy fit about the number of 's's in "assisstance", for a sstart. |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #158 on: November 12, 2013, 20:31:35 » |
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LOL▸ !! I didn't even spot that... Good find Makes it even worse though.............. 
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« Reply #159 on: November 13, 2013, 14:01:34 » |
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This one is courtesy of Stansted Airport and Ryanair. Boarding pass says gate closes at 08:40. Board in departure lounge says "gate open 08:30. All gates 12 minutes from here." Takes even longer than 12 mins if you miss the transit. |
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« Reply #160 on: November 14, 2013, 17:54:14 » |
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In the film Escape Plan released earlier this year, there is a scene where in the control room of the "Super Prison" there is a guard sat in front of some computer screens and built into "Holding Mount" of the screns are some Dell PowerEdge 2950 Front Covers... If you were to look at the whole desk thing and knew how deep those PowerEdge 2950's were (I have 2 of them!) then you'd know it wasn't possible to have them installed in the way they were... For an IT Manager, This really, really annoyed me... Movie Mistake! Wonder how many other IT Techies who say the film spotted it?!  Oh, did anyone see the Class 395 in Fast and Furious 6? I did despite it being less than obvious </get coat=on> |
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« Reply #161 on: November 19, 2013, 17:40:49 » |
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ODEON Cinema in Bath... Needing to avail myself of the facilities I was met by this sign...!  The pendantic point? This is the Disabled Toilet next to Screen 5!  |
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« Reply #162 on: November 19, 2013, 18:06:18 » |
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In the film Escape Plan released earlier this year, there is a scene where in the control room of the "Super Prison" there is a guard sat in front of some computer screens and built into "Holding Mount" of the screns are some Dell PowerEdge 2950 Front Covers... If you were to look at the whole desk thing and knew how deep those PowerEdge 2950's were (I have 2 of them!) then you'd know it wasn't possible to have them installed in the way they were... For an IT Manager, This really, really annoyed me... Movie Mistake! Wonder how many other IT Techies who say the film spotted it?! Oh, did anyone see the Class 395 in Fast and Furious 6? I did despite it being less than obvious </get coat=on> Are the 2950s 1u or 2u TT. I can never remember:) |
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« Reply #163 on: November 19, 2013, 20:24:40 » |
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2950's are 2U
It's the 1950's that are 1U ;-)
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« Reply #164 on: November 19, 2013, 21:05:05 » |
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Asking the pedants in the pedant topic... Wos 1950, 2950, 1u and 2u? In laymans terms please. |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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