I received a letter yesterday from Chorley Hospital giving me an appointment at the Fracture Clinic on 2nd Sept at 16.30hrs. The letter gave full details about parking, where to go, bring any medications etc so I reckoned this was my long awaited MRI scan.
However, when I finally got through on the phone (after 8 attempts) I was informed this was just a telephone appointment with the spinal consultant who would give me the results of an MRI scan I haven't got an appointment for yet.
If the NHS was a private company they'd have gone to the wall years ago

Further news. It states Ozzy will only be doing 4 songs, yet Iommi states they'll be on their feet for 2 hours! What the heck are they going to play? None of their ditties are long enough to fill 2 hours  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg6321gv8ko

Quote from: Stuarted on July 03, 2025, 10:45:30 PM@PLD There was a Northgate Brewery in Chester, demolished in 1969.

Stuart

There still is (technically) a Northgate brewery here in Devizes. I say technically as it has closed down (moved really) this year but the building itself won't be demolished. It will be turned into flats.

More nonsense...



   The reshursch woz terrrrribill! *HIC!*  Churz! 

@PLD There was a Northgate Brewery in Chester, demolished in 1969.

Stuart

Quote from: Firstone18 on June 30, 2025, 01:57:24 PM

Quote from: snitchthebudgie on June 30, 2025, 12:54:06 PMI'll buy one, whatever, but I'm tempted to suggest a cattle truck, as appropriate for some of our members.  Hat, coat, exit stage left and right.....

If it is a van type, then how about a beer wagon with the lettering in silver as another post suggested. May be 'N.G.F. Brewery' or other text with N G and F in it somehow?

Cheers!

Or the blue NGF logo that Tank has below his messages would look fine on a van.

Sadly I don't think something like a scrap wagon labelled "Fissed Old Parts" would pass NGF family muster.

Or a warflat with tank on it 

"Paranoid" six times could be quite boring then! I jest, BS was my favourite band in the early 70s and I saw them at The Rainbow Theatre on their Vol 4 tour - three rows from the stage - my ears are still ringing!

Tim

I concur with the brewery idea, but I'd really only be interested if it was an authentic looking vehicle that I could run with other stock, along the lines of PLD's idea.  Perhaps the van could have a livery such as this, and a number 15:

central - lgw salt wagon falkirk srps c72 JL by John Law, on Flickr

Presumably the only ones they can all remember.

I don't think the video is about not wanting to accomplish anything, that's almost a given with a hobby. That may be transient or almost a means to an end: playing a game, participating in a sport, or it may be creating a tangible 'thing': painting, pottery, model railways.

I'm one of those people whose ideas far outstrip my skill level! So I know what I want to accomplish, but I'm not good enough, and end up trying repeatedly until I get vaguely close to what I want to do! Over time I think that makes me better, and that feeling of progression and accomplishment is great. The sentiment of the video definitely resonates though; you do see people saying "I'm going to start a layout and I want to make a YouTube channel about it". That feels like madness to me. Why industrialise your hobby? If video editing is a hobby as well then crack on. If you're good then you'll develop a following. But creating a YouTube channel as the actual target? Sounds like a good way to destroy any element of fun, or escapism, or satisfaction or whatever we seek to accomplish.

I remain acutely aware of it with 3D printing. I enjoy it, and I'm lucky enough to make some pocket money selling bits, but I have to pay far too much tax on the sales to want to scale it, nor would I ever want it to become a job. I know Ross/RBTKraisee of this parish has found the same, and I'm not surprised, the batch nature forced by his remoteness means a lot of concentrated work which can really make things feel like a chore. Combined with "is this thing really good enough to sell...?" it can suck the fun out of things. I've just discarded three bodies because a lifting eye hasn't printed properly. Would I use them? Of course. But are they good enough? Maybe. That gets frustrating, and I have to remind myself it's all supposed to be fun. It's also good when people are super relaxed about timelines! Nothing worse than people saying "is it done yet?" each day when you've been clear it'll take x time!