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What a bus queue looks like where I live
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Still, it was the last bus of the day ;)
What a bus queue looks like where I live
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Still, it was the last bus of the day ;)
I dunno you wait for a shopping cart and three come along at once, and then another three, and then.....
:no: :beers:
Does anyone still use buses?! Aside from the olds with free travel I mean!I'm an 'old' njee and I occasionally use the bus, with my free bus pass, to go into town and check my life insurance is up to date and funeral expenses are properly covered.
Does anyone still use buses?! Aside from the olds with free travel I mean!
Does anyone still use buses?Me,and i aint allowed a bus pass for a good few years.
Yes indeed, mate. The Police here are like locusts and will put you in the lockup for smelling of alcohol.
Therefore I do my driving during the day to get stuff done, then put me car to bed about 4ish and catch buses from there on.
Does anyone still use buses?! Aside from the olds with free travel I mean!
I'm an 'old' njee and I occasionally use the bus, with my free bus pass,I'm an old and I have not bothered to get a free pass, in fact I'm not sure I can remember! what a bus looks like :(
Does anyone still use buses?! Aside from the olds with free travel I mean!
Yes indeed, mate. The Police here are like locusts and will put you in the lockup for smelling of alcohol.
Therefore I do my driving during the day to get stuff done, then put me car to bed about 4ish and catch buses from there on.
How else are we supposed to go on our weekly "Cultural :beers: Tours"?
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Fortunately we have a good local bus service :thumbsup: Oh and in case you were wondering I'm the fat one front right.
Does anyone still use buses?! Aside from the olds with free travel I mean!
Does anyone still use buses?! Aside from the olds with free travel I mean!
Think you still have to pay for Park & Ride services though as Bus Pass is not valid on them. Also where I live not valid until after 9.30a.m. Believe some local authorities have slightly different rules.
The service in my town is very punctual, but infrequent. The bus to and from Chez Bealman only runs on the hour, last one from the watering hole being 8.25pm.
The fact that I drink with most of the companies drivers who have adopted this club as the watering hole after work doesn't help - sometimes I have to move to a different table because of the diesel fumes ;D
Argh! They're back!Maybe they're following you?
Argh! They're back!
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PS, we brought a bus engine back from Aus. But then it was from 1919.
I know because they were running preserved buses from Bankstown station to the major Sydney model railway exhibition at one point.Back in 1992, they ran a shuttle on sundays to the museum from Sydenham station. This was being worked by a Sydney AEC Regent III on the day we went.
Do the drivers keep the doors shut to prevent shopping trolleys boarding? And what are the lifting hooks on the roof for? :)
New bus stop for Bealman this weekend....
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Oh no, Man down
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Happy Australia Day to all Ozites and to those in the rest of the world who would like to celebrate with us.
Webbo
Best I could do at the bus stop.... all the best! :beers:
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Best I could do at the bus stop.... all the best! :beers:
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By the way, Webbo.... hope your local council is going to fix that mess up!
:laughabovepost:So one bottle left for the walk from the bus to home?
Thanks, mate. Actually the bus trip is less than 5 minutes! ;)
Not the bus stop, but not far from it. Rainbow over bowling club and fleet of alien spacecraft that look like they've just nuked us over to the east (right) :D
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You're a funny man, Ian ;)
Actually a mate of mine who drives buses is driving the Wigan team around for a couple of weeks! :thumbsup:
I started this thread as a joke.
However, I would like to show forum members what routine life is here in Australia.
Well, I just can't believe I watched an episode of Home and Away at the bowling club! :sick2: :sick2: :sick2:
:laughabovepost: :smiley-laughing: ;DThe Flat Earth Society reigns supreme then? :worried:
One problem with the script: no crown green bowls here :beers:
Here's my ticket home. I guess it's a bit like a British Oyster card. This card works on buses, trains and the Sydney Harbour ferries.
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Oh no. Japan doesn't have implants, surely. I'd be going to the toilet all the time!
:hellosign: :greatpicturessign: so far, This is Triplets bus stop at Crofthandy in rural West Cornwall
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Nice new small bus, in comparison the double decker resting at Padstow is much older & the roads are narrower
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regards Derek.
:hellosign: :laughabovepost: :laughabovepost: Nice one Chris, the Padstow to Newquay run has two very interesting 180% bends on hills in & out of Watergate Bay, very much like on your layout, not easy to photo though when driving :no:Not easy to negotiate with a bus either I imagine. It’s hard enough with a caravan behind the car!
:hellosign: Thanks Martin, I would say the West footbridge as the full train is nearly always in view
regards Derek.
:hellosign: :laughabovepost: :laughabovepost: Nice one Chris, the Padstow to Newquay run has two very interesting 180% bends on hills in & out of Watergate Bay, very much like on your layout, not easy to photo though when driving :no:Not easy to negotiate with a bus either I imagine. It’s hard enough with a caravan behind the car!
:hellosign: Thanks Martin, I would say the West footbridge as the full train is nearly always in view
regards Derek.
It’s a full size Calvados bottle looking out at an N Gauge bus stop.
:laughabovepost:It’s a full size Calvados bottle looking out at an N Gauge bus stop.
Yes, actually it looks smaller than the one you have at Tregonning :D
It’s a full size Calvados bottle looking out at an N Gauge bus stop.Now why didn't I notice that :doh:
I noticed a funny white thing in the sky at the bus stop yesterday.....
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Can't work out what this road sign means thoughI thought it was sun a rising ahead,and the speed the sun is rising at.
No bus stop tonight... taxi. At harbourfront restaurant, bit of a change from club.
Upmarket Bealman!
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I did the Eels thing though, and ended up near the bottom. ::)
Why is it dangerous? Too many Gongs around? :)
Ah, just a weird habit I'm into... like them, I suppose. :worried:
I'll have another beer or two on your behalf this afternoon. :beers:
Webbo
How's the motorised wheelchair coming on? It could be converted to run on alcohol too.
Uh-oh Bealman's back at the bus stop!
Albeit with moonboot and crutches, but at least mobile....
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Ok, bus stops fans.
(I don't believe people are actually following this!)
Ok, bus stops fans.
(I don't believe people are actually following this!)
They were obviously waiting for the trolley bus :-X
(You'll remember them, George. Before my time, though) ;)
They were obviously waiting for the trolley bus :-X
(You'll remember them, George. Before my time, though) ;)
I beat you to that one by a couple of years (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=39693.msg479403;topicseen#msg479403) :P
I see the Toilet Paper Panic Buying Virus has spread to Australia (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/03/toilet-paper-is-trending-in-australia-heres-why) :smiley-laughing:not only toilet paper, but lots of other staples are being horded !!! makes one wonder about the mentality of some people. the next thing we know is the retailers will all be moaning in a few months time as sales of staples have dropped off the wonderful level they had in March!
The Australian gold link doesn't work, though. :(
Probably because the whole country is totally out of bog roll ;D
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While the virus thing is real here too at the moment, things aren't yet totally critical in Tasmania.
Yes, been watching it on telly this morning. I assume they'll happily let us leave on Saturday.
Even if NSW pulls the same strategy, it shouldn't be a problem as the only place we're going is home.
............. even though they seemed wary of him :worried:
............. even though they seemed wary of him :worried:
It's not just them, we're ALL wary of him 8)
............. even though they seemed wary of him :worried:
It's not just them, we're ALL wary of him 8)
Doesn't like cats and hangs out at bus stops late in the evening in the company of feral shopping trolleys. :hmmm:
Home now. Taxi from airport to daughter's place in Randwick, she wouldn't let us go in, she'd put our car keys outside and we had to wave at granddaughter through the window.
Then drove straight to Wollongong. Having driven from Launceston to Hobart at lunch time and then home from Sydney, I'm pretty knackered. :beers:
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Taxi from airport to daughter's place in Randwick, she wouldn't let us go in, she'd put our car keys outside and we had to wave at granddaughter through the window.
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Strewth, Mate! That VB looks like very flat gnat's piddle :goggleeyes:
@Trainfish (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=262) What say you, John? ;) ;)
Strewth, Mate! That VB looks like very flat gnat's piddle :goggleeyes:
@Trainfish (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=262) What say you, John? ;) ;)
So flat I didn't even notice anything in the bottle or glass previously. VB tastes like gnat's piddle anyway.
Home now. Taxi from airport to daughter's place in Randwick, she wouldn't let us go in, she'd put our car keys outside and we had to wave at granddaughter through the window.
Strewth, Mate! That VB looks like very flat gnat's piddle :goggleeyes:
@Trainfish (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=262) What say you, John? ;) ;)
So flat I didn't even notice anything in the bottle or glass previously. VB tastes like gnat's piddle anyway.
I have some worried epidemiologists on the line demanding to know the circumstances and context in which you came to know how gnat's piddle tastes.
And these:
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My dad used to have these :o
That's Mrs Bealman's white wine in the glass, not the VB, Mick! :D
And these:
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Yeah, it's not a problem, it's just that I don't often drink at home. Prefer a few with the lads at the club. :beers:
On the positive side, Bealman's going to save a heap of money!! :beers:
Yeah, it's not a problem, it's just that I don't often drink at home. Prefer a few with the lads at the club. :beers:
I bet Anne's chuffed to bits having you under her feet all the time......................................not :no:
All McDonald's closing here today at 7 pm (UK time) as well so no more of those raspberry yuk things.
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I hope so, too!
However there's still a lot of sense in staying cautious....
Victoria saw a spike of 21 cases (Covid, not VB) today. I hope we're not being a bit premature here.
My wife got called into work today (retired teacher), but thought better of it.
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Those panties really don’t work :no:
Yeah, I blame the green one. That's a Woolworths trolley. The red ones are Coles.
Yeah, I blame the green one. That's a Woolworths trolley. The red ones are Coles.
Yeah? How the hell do they make them, then?Haven't you met Flippy the Californian Robot?
I've got one! ;)
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I think the garden neglect on both sides means nature will continue to take over and it'll gone from view......
You're not missing anything, Graham. The best shopping centre is an empty one like this, as far as I'm concerned. ;)
My trolley is bigger than your trolleybut mines faster
OK, the blurb on the box, "Pub Favourites" got me sucked in :beers:
Furry mothership hanging over the bowlo today.
Looks a bit like a giant paramecium!
Well that got me! had to look that one up! ??? :hmmm: you could have just said it was a genus of Unicellular Ciliates :doh: :D
Well that got me! had to look that one up! ??? :hmmm: you could have just said it was a genus of Unicellular Ciliates :doh: :D
What's the reception like one those?
I'd start to really worry if I saw a giant Euglena up there!If its got an axe be careful
Hi George.
It's disgusting. It's some sort of dried meat and tastes like a sweaty sandal sole. Apparently, translated from Afrikaans, it means 'buttock tongue'. I rest my case :D.
Cheers, weave :beers:
...how do people know it tastes like "sweaty sandal sole" and ... why do they eat sweaty sandal sole? ???
I love biltong.
In English we would call it "beef jerky", in the US pemmican.
.. jerky is air dried on racks while biltong is hung to dry...
.. jerky is air dried on racks while biltong is hung to dry...
:confused1: Ain't "air dried on racks" the same thing as "hung to dry"?!
Just to prove I still have the moonboot off....You have all the animal life in Australia trying to kill you, and you two keep trying to do it yourselves it seems a wasted effort :bounce:
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Couldn't put it on anyway.... SWMBO has it at the moment, nursing fractured ankle :no:
Well she was wrestling a diamond python at the time.... and that was before breakfast! ;)
how did the original post, a member from Tokyo know about trolly busses?
The local councils in Aus are trying to beat the wildlife.. By killing more ..
Sidney has bought 10 new ferries , on them if you stand on the top deck, the bridges take your heads off..
Nothing to do with bus stops, but strewth!
Snakes on a plate: Australian man shocked after massive serpents crash through kitchen ceiling (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/01/snakes-on-a-plate-australian-man-shocked-after-massive-serpents-crash-through-kitchen-ceiling)
Nothing to do with bus stops, but strewth!
Snakes on a plate: Australian man shocked after massive serpents crash through kitchen ceiling (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/01/snakes-on-a-plate-australian-man-shocked-after-massive-serpents-crash-through-kitchen-ceiling)
Nothing to do with bus stops, but strewth!
Snakes on a plate: Australian man shocked after massive serpents crash through kitchen ceiling (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/sep/01/snakes-on-a-plate-australian-man-shocked-after-massive-serpents-crash-through-kitchen-ceiling)
Only two new developments at the bus stop last night....
A new tag....
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Monopoly man asleep on the job again... nice light show, though.
Bealman's 'arty' photography.
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Every time I go there, mate, except for once. I missed it and had to catch an Uber.
Tonight, me phone's telling me it's gonna be 4 degrees hotter tomorrow than today!
Great.
That's me operated on foot, by the way. :thumbsdown:
PARMIburger?!
New one on me.... :sick:
but at least they make sure you don't bang your head when you get in the back seatpity there not so careful when helping you down the stairs
Have you been on the sake again?
Those are Italian shoes, by the way, that I bought in Berlin in 2013. They are the most expensive shoes I've ever owned, bought in a brain fart.
Meanwhile, Bealman missed the bus to the club today, so walked. Noticed on the way that the trolleys have learned to swim!! :worried:
Could explain why the way home was blocked yesterday ;D
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Can't you see there's no tyre? ;)
Can't you see there's no tyre? ;)
Indeed, get it done up, attach it to the back of a bicycle and Mrs B could take and collect you from the bowling clubno need for a bike
A big horsey gatecrashed the bowling club yesterday
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These nifty yellow buffer stops in the parking spaces are a good idea.
What the hell are you drinking?!says the man from the land that brought us fosters
Sounds like cleaning products!
.............Tipples were Hobgoblin *2 (which I now find acceptable after Marstons :censored: messed it up for it's original fans) Fursty Ferret, Bath Gem and Ringwood 49er
Cheers :beers: David
Yeah, well that's true. Shipped all off to you. Nobody drinks the bloody stuff here!Seems that some Australian beer names reflect on the recent colonial past:
OK.... for everyone looking at this utterly banal thread...
I'm heading for the bus stop! ;)
Been nearly 22 hours now since you sauntered off. What happened?, what happened? 'Twas a Friday Night after all. :headbang: :pint:
Been nearly 22 hours now since you sauntered off. What happened?, what happened? 'Twas a Friday Night after all. :headbang: :pint:
Good point - I've alerted the Sydney police to be on the lookout for a man who was possibly abducted from a bus stop by shopping trolleys.
I'm guessing George no longer works at McDonalds as he hasn't posted about it for a couple of daysNa its getting towards the weekend when there busier, so he's more likely on double shift
Which reminds me, I wonder if I'm the only forum member who lives within sight of an actual dormant volcano?
Which reminds me, I wonder if I'm the only forum member who lives within sight of an actual dormant volcano?
I am sure our Kiwi members will be in a similar position, especially if they live in the Auckland area
About 20cm long, hard to tell which is the head and which is the bum, but I think the head is at the top. :worried:
Santa Claus is alive and well in the shopping centre beside Bealman's bus stop. In fact he walked right past me ringing his little bell this afternoon on the way to the club!
:laughabovepost: :laughabovepost:
But they keep talking to me for some reason! :worried:
....keeping an eye on Bealman, probably ;)
Bealman's happy socks at the bus stop the other night. Designed in Sweden, made in Turkey, bought in Japan
I believe the concept of "electricity" and "night-time street lights" has reached Australia, far and distant as it may be.
He doesn't own a mirror?
Speaking of mirrors, I ran our local zoom quiz on Sunday and 'inadvertantly'used a picture with me in a mirror :goggleeyes:
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a picture with me in a mirror :goggleeyes:
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I believe the concept of "electricity" and "night-time street lights" has reached Australia, far and distant as it may be.
I'm prepared to accept that as a remote, if fanciful, possibility, but it still doesn't explain the different colours. Unless the brown is actually a bloodstain... :worried:
Actually, the brown bits are more likely to be bat :poop: as they've started flying over MacDonalds at that time of night.
I'd go for the toy. :D
Looks like McRibs and El Maco are back!
Whoopsie doo - can't wait :no:
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That has actually started, as evidenced by the large rockfall visible in the photograph ;)
Thanks, Chris and John.... just about to tuck into Christmas lunch with of course, a VB :beers:enjoy washing that dinner down with the vb and look forward to a quality day with the family George
Thanks, Chris and John.... just about to tuck into Christmas lunch with of course, a VB :beers:
Dunno when the next post here will be..... the Wollongong covid case had been in the very shopping centre I walk through on the way to the bus stop! :confused1:I saw on the news, it looked like a very, very long wait line at the Gong Hospital for testing. Best wishes and hope you haven't contracted it.
On another note, it's a shame international flights are generally not operating, 'cos @Trainfish (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=262) could have come and got a job! :D
Notice the covid police motorcycle in background. Actually, if they're true to form, he's probably in there having an El Maco ;D
On another note, it's a shame international flights are generally not operating, 'cos @Trainfish (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=262) could have come and got a job! :D
Notice the covid police motorcycle in background. Actually, if they're true to form, he's probably in there having an El Maco ;D
I would need some serious training though as I even had to google El Maco :(
I think a spotty teenager would be more suitable.
Who's not paying attention then :P
I think the policeman might lose his job if he did that. Pretty sure that's illegal even in Australia.
Who's not paying attention then :P
Yeah, like anything from McDonalds ever looks like the picture?I think the policeman might lose his job if he did that. Pretty sure that's illegal even in Australia.
Really? I've seen them go in loads of times around here. And the other emergency services too.
Yeah, a lot of ours are fresh out of nappies too, but I was like that too, once I suppose. :(
Yeah, a lot of ours are fresh out of nappies too,
Mrs Bealman went for a walk over the seacliff bridge for her birthday.
Just my 2cents worth, but that part of the NSW coast is one of the nicest places you could find yourself.
He replies, ignoring above post. :P
Even though I've lived here a long time now, I am constantly amazed at the ability of the Australian climate to cause things to grow so quickly.
This is the same green from a few days ago:
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It may be just my mind but I also think that a walk across a bridge would sound better than over it. Especially when you say "over the seacliff".
Mrs Bealman went for a walk over the seacliff bridge for her birthday.
Happy Birthday to Mrs. B'. (Bit of a cheap present though - a walk on a bridge ???).
Just my 2cents worth, but that part of the NSW coast is one of the nicest places you could find yourself.
It certainly looks like a lovely stretch of coastline. So why have they ruined the view by building that concrete monstrosity along it??
Cheers,
Chris
It may be just my mind but I also think that a walk across a bridge would sound better than over it. Especially when you say "over the seacliff".
Couldn't happen. She had bodyguards with her in the form of Bealettes 1 and 3, Bealette 3 having become very proficient at martial arts after her 18 months in Japan ;)
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Just my 2cents worth, but that part of the NSW coast is one of the nicest places you could find yourself.
It certainly looks like a lovely stretch of coastline. So why have they ruined the view by building that concrete monstrosity along it??
Cheers,
Chris
Simples. The sandstone cliffs in this area are very susceptible to crumbling and rock falls are very common. The old road (which can just be made out in the photos) hugged the cliffs, was extremely tortuous to drive, and would often be blocked, and I believe there were fatalities.
Anyway, I don't reckon that the bridge looks bad at all - quite a graceful piece of engineering, I feel.
amazing how each council has to be different. Red for green waste, yellow for domestic rubbish and blue for recycling here.
I live in Poppingham, but upside down, John. ;D
Chris:
Yeah, we had to sort stuff out like that too, but not for a few years now. The recycling plant (at the local dump) is very sophisticated and we don't need to worry about that sorting stuff too much anymore.
green waste and food waste which goes for composting and given back to residents who want it for their gardens.
green waste and food waste which goes for composting and given back to residents who want it for their gardens.
How do you know you are getting your own waste back and not that from somebody else? ??? ;)
The potential cost savings by having one (or perhaps two) systems across the country appears to have escaped their notice.
The potential cost savings by having one (or perhaps two) systems across the country appears to have escaped their notice.
I think you're missing the point here.
Consider the scene at a model railway exhibition in, oh, say 2075, when modelling the 2020s is considered "historic railway modelling" ...
Mr R I V Etcounter: well done on getting the right colour cows on your layout ... but oh my goodness, that mix of wheelie bins ... what part of the country are THEY supposed to represent???
If you leave your old large one outside, they will do you for flytipping....
maybe you should start 'My local poo lamp post .......... you'll get lots of replies,
Our tip is called a Household Recylcing Centre (HRC) these days :doh:
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Here's something different - not that you'd know it - you'll just have to take my word for it (although the more observant may notice the shadows are different).
Not pm at all, but 11am on a Sunday morning. The return of the trolleys! ;D
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A bit more exotic tonight, though. A VB at the Mollymook golf club a couple of hours drive down the coast. Here until Thursday.
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................. which just happens to be next to the pub.
Maybe the golf club and the figgy had the same electrician :D
Maybe the golf club and the figgy had the same electrician :D
Yes. It looks like Marvin's work.
Given that 'Perseverence' has landed on Mars, this might have been the Martian equivalent landing on Earth.
Please watch out for the Martian Trolley Rover sitting behind you down the Bowlo as you enjoy a few swift 'alfs of VB. It might try to pinch some of your VB for alien analysis.
a couple of baseball caps!
a couple of baseball caps!
That's a little greedy isn't it? Or have you grown an extra head?
Jill was treated to a rather lively-looking green glass of wine which she downed like a good 'un and requested to go back to a regular color. My green pilsner looked more like a Woodland Scenics "cloudy pond" effect, so that was chugged and not replaced, at least not on the same chromatic scale.
I whipped up some corned beef, mustard dill cream sauce, cabbage & carrots in the beef drippings and colcannon.
a couple of baseball caps!
That's a little greedy isn't it? Or have you grown an extra head?
You do know that in the mod team, "George" is actually known as "Zaphod"?
Just on news that it looks like I won't be going to the Tokyo Olympics - all tickets to be refunded to overseas spectators. Not that I was going anyway!
Bucketing down as I write this, but creek is coping.
I assume a list of public toilets is also available ?
When I first arrived in Australia, I used to go to work on one of them. Mine was in the maroon livery of NSWR at the time.are those railway items preserved George eg the ones you remember from 40 plus years ago?
Used to be called "The Red Rattler"
Awesome! :beers:
The seat looks a bit rugged, though :goggleeyes:
...so you wait in the shelter for a bus, and when a bus appears you excitedly get up and move forward and smash you face on the wall (nice wall by the way)! If I placed a bus shelter on my layout facing a wall, everyone would giggle! Oh, well, prototype for everything.
Bus shelter still faces the wall rather than the road, though :D ;)
Not wishing to hijack the "bus stop" but thought I would bore you with another couple of pics this time the Karunda Scenic Railway, been on my bucket list for a while and managed it this trip. just a shame they didn't have the "dreamtime loco's" running yesterday.
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Cool! Yep, piccies please! :thumbsup:
Bus shelter still faces the wall rather than the road, though :D ;)
It may also be so that other waiting passengers aren't subjected to this :goggleeyes:
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Not exactly a bus stop, but a spectacular train stop!
Wouldn't want get off, though.... it's a long way down!
Although there's a station nearby, if I recall.
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Does that sign say "No stopping at any time except bodies"? I can't quite read it. ???
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No shelter here but a nice wall.
Does that sign say "No stopping at any time except bodies"? I can't quite read it. ???
Once, many years ago, ...
It's on the wall. Took them three hours to set all this crap up!wonder how long a ) until one was defeaned and b ) to dismantle
It's on the wall. Took them three hours to set all this crap up!wonder how long a ) until one was defeaned and b ) to dismantle
Meanwhile, back at the bus stop, maybe because of the latest covid outbreak, Melbourne coffee has disappeared, replaced by chook!
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On that note, when people do the Lands End to John O Groats walk why don't they do it in the opposite direction? Surely it would be easier going downhill wouldn't it? Or am I just being silly? (Probably no need to answer that) :doh:
Just on news that it looks like I won't be going to the Tokyo Olympics - all tickets to be refunded to overseas spectators. Not that I was going anyway!
I was planning to avoid the whole spectacle last year by taking advantage of all the extra flights. However if there are empty stadia needing filling, I might consider taking the Squidlet along for the once-in-a-lifetime experience and to extract some value from my taxes.
Freedom Day.
Yesterday saw the end of lockdown in NSW, so yours truly was first into a local pub :thumbsup:
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Freedom day meant a return to the bus stop, of course. Unfortunately it seemed to coincide with a return to winter, as can be seen in the pics:
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Freedom Day.
Yesterday saw the end of lockdown in NSW, so yours truly was first into a local pub :thumbsup:
Excellent. Enjoy lunch! :beers:
I'm rugged up in the pic, by the way, because it was cold and wet! It's not all sunshine and hot weather here (well, sometimes) ;)
I took it off altogether yesterday
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I'm rugged up in the pic
Neigh... ! Burrrr.... brurrr, (shakes head) ;)
Meanwhile, the diet altered a little to VB followed by a Guinness chaser....
George, who's your friend with the chunky pink tights on then? :laugh3:
I wonder if they have their own bus stop threads on some other forum(s)... :hmmm:
The 'pint' on the right looks like a short measure to me :goggleeyes:
The 'pint' on the right looks like a short measure to me :goggleeyes:
Probably not a bad thing if it's VB though
I’m with you John, Guinnness doesn’t do it for me.The 'pint' on the right looks like a short measure to me :goggleeyes:
Probably not a bad thing if it's VB though
I've not had an opportunity to try VB yet, but I'm looking forward to it. I'm pretty certain I'll prefer it to Guinness, though. Still, I'd much rather have a 'Babycham' with a cherry on top than a Guinness.
:beers:
That's me in the middle in case you're not sure :no:
Nice atomic glow over Bealman's street on the way from the bus the other night:
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Nice atomic glow over Bealman's street on the way from the bus the other night:
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I remember the music.air on the g string. JS Bach
More interesting skies over Chez Bealman last night
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Looking over the garden wall in your direction!
Looking over the garden wall in your direction!
I hate to be pedantic ( :no: ), but Australia is on the opposite side of the world, so whichever way you look, it is in the direction of Australia...
True, if you live on the north pole or the south pole ;)
Like being at Blackpool illuminations!
Like being at Blackpool illuminations!
Except drier. And warmer. And nicer. So nothing like Blackpoo really :D
When I stopped by there in 2010 they had daleks strapped to the lampposts, which I thought was very cool.
I can see another two there George making it "The Figtree Three" :D
Three?
Ah you mean the one that’s about to kidnap GeorgeIt will definitely regret doing that!😎
Nearly 2 weeks since we had any news of the bus stop. Did the UFOs finally get it? :worried:
Cheers,
Chris
Don't worry chaps, he's OK but they blew up his neighbour's swimming pool and he's a bit miffed about it - see the 'Angry Thread'.
Ah well..... some fruitloop wandering around the street at Windang this morning (not too far from here) dressed in black with two automatic weapons, firing them into the air.
Glad it wasn't my bus stop! :uneasy:
Cops got him though, and nobody hurt.
I must say I didn't realise before that it was such an elegant-looking bus stop :confused2: Is there space round the back where you could shelter from an active shooter if needed?
A large part of the particles are in damp air put out by you when you breath out.. They are absorbed by the mask. That protects others..
They are are less effective at stopping dry air particles floating around, like the smell of perfume..
if a naked man pees in your direction you get wet.... if he's wearing zipped up trousers, He gets wet.. but you can still smell it...
... if I can smell that through this mask, then sub-microscopic viruses must just waltz through!...
Anyway, at this point according to my calculations there are only 9 unused letters in the Greek alphabet, so I don't think it will get that far :thumbsup:
This is a Jacaranda tree, of which there are a lot in gardens around here (the town of Grafton in the far north of NSW is famed for them):
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They are quite spectacular, I suppose, with vivid purple flowers. However, they drop them prolifically, forming a purple carpet underfoot.
This one belongs to a couple a few doors up the hill from me. Anyway, we had a massive rainstorm yesterday afternoon and everything got a good soaking - including the purple carpet under this tree.
It was really slippery and Bealman just about went AOT on the way home :uneasy:
Interesting pile of puke at MacDonalds tonight. For overseas readers, Tim Tams are a chocolate coated wafer biscuit made by the Australian company Arnotts.
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My gardener reckons they must have got an inheritance.
Spotted in a local suburb this morning.....
Hope he's not in a hurry to go anywhere! :uneasy:
...
Do you not have underground cables in Oz?
I thought they were anti-UFO defences.
Do you not have underground cables in Oz?all the new areas have the cables underground, all the older area's (pre 1980 for Victoria) everything is above ground.
Do you not have underground cables in Oz?all the new areas have the cables underground, all the older area's (pre 1980 for Victoria) everything is above ground.
Do you not have underground cables in Oz?
GrandBealette follows her mum into the water (foreground)
Yummy! Onion rings, Macspicey Deluxe, Aussie Angus! Yummy yummo yum! :sick2:
they're all yours, you lucky man.
Yummy! Onion rings, Macspicey Deluxe, Aussie Angus! Yummy yummo yum! :sick2:
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Have the UFOs now appeared at MaccyD's? I'm sure I can see 3 going across that banner.
Back to old tricks.Double handed drinking is a slippery slope.
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I appreciate the wealth of suggestions. Wot a helpful lot you are! ;)Anorl!!! I got a clip round the ear aged 7 when I asked the teacher how to spell anorl. I wanted to write about a day out and say John came anorl. She said,”It’s as well”
Anyway, all history now. They both went down a treat, and in fact, I repeated the trick last night anorl. :beers:
:laughabovepost:
I still have a book from my infant school days, where I wrote:
I have blue traws on. A bol I wasl in.
I know.... I've had to erase it as part of mods duties ;D
No prizes for guessing where Bealman is.
Golf club. Right on the beach. ;)
Back to reality....
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What is amazing is that there is no toilet paper or paper hankies in the supermarkets due to covid supply chain problems, but the Maccas fleet keep on rolling....
is that some sort of wild catlike animal lurking in the bushes to the right of the question mark's full stop?
you sure you weren't photobombed by an itinerent roo
Bin night last night.... don't you think we have pretty bins, though.
We’re still in the dark ages. Black bin bags at the roadside tied at the top for us.
Bin night last night.... don't you think we have pretty bins, though.
These bins are very nice indeed and agreeably vertical.
Unlike here! After a breezy evening and night, there are lots of horizontal bins hereabouts. And their contents are widely distributed. No-one seems to have invented a clip lid for wheelie bins.
Best wishes.
John
Ha Ha, no.... the UFOs are still buzzing around, but I haven't been abducted yet. ;D
Bin night last night.... don't you think we have pretty bins, though.
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We’re still in the dark ages. Black bin bags at the roadside tied at the top for us.
Bin night last night.... don't you think we have pretty bins, though.
These bins are very nice indeed and agreeably vertical.
Unlike here! After a breezy evening and night, there are lots of horizontal bins hereabouts. And their contents are widely distributed. No-one seems to have invented a clip lid for wheelie bins.
Best wishes.
John
Trouble is, seagulls and foxes like to tear them open.
Geez, that's a lot to remember! :worried:
I built it's some years ago - flashes the appropriate coloured LED on garbage day :D
...
I built it's some years ago - flashes the appropriate coloured LED on garbage day :D
...
Our Council have an app for that. 8)
That chewing gum on the pavement is absolutely disgusting!
New bus stops coming up. Flying to South Australia tomorrow. Except I'll have a hire car. I'll try to snap some. :beers:
Thinking about the flooding, a pal of mine bought a house in Evesham by the river. When he stripped the wallpaper off the living room wall, he found a mark going all the way round the room, about 2’ from the ceiling. He thought it might have been where a picture rail had been fitted. However his neighbour told him it was the high water mark from the last flood.
Thinking about the flooding, a pal of mine bought a house in Evesham by the river. When he stripped the wallpaper off the living room wall, he found a mark going all the way round the room, about 2’ from the ceiling. He thought it might have been where a picture rail had been fitted. However his neighbour told him it was the high water mark from the last flood.
Don't people ever think "oooh, there's a river, that's nice, I wonder how often and how high it floods?".
I know I did , there were several houses I rejected as being on the flood plain, our house is surrounded by land that is -1M ASL, but we ourselves in this house is +7m ASL.Thinking about the flooding, a pal of mine bought a house in Evesham by the river. When he stripped the wallpaper off the living room wall, he found a mark going all the way round the room, about 2’ from the ceiling. He thought it might have been where a picture rail had been fitted. However his neighbour told him it was the high water mark from the last flood.
Don't people ever think "oooh, there's a river, that's nice, I wonder how often and how high it floods?".
Don't people ever think "oooh, there's a river, that's nice, I wonder how often and how high it floods?".
When I was working in Holland, a workmate showed me some family pictures. I asked him what the green bank towering over his house was. He told me it was the Dyke and his house was 10m below sea level.
A liquid breakfast of Cooper's (South Australia's signature beer)
Hey don't knock it. I just won two packs of cards with their scratchie promotion
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Never seen at the bus stop.
At the bus stop the sun sets over the escarpment. Here in Adelaide, we're facing the gulf, so it sets over the water. Different!
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Is it just an antipodian thing, or is it just where you are? There is a hell of a slope on the sea, great for downhill waterskiing.
Is it just an antipodian thing, or is it just where you are? There is a hell of a slope on the sea, great for downhill waterskiing.
Missed the bus!
Good job this isn't the bus home from the club... it's full! :worried:
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A new erection while I was in South Australia.
Not sure what it means...
probably a free junior cheeseburger :worried:
Ah, it's only water. My concern is the club being closed.
Ah, it's only water. My concern is the club being closed.
At last! A use for surfboards that doesn't involve pose-value :D
Did someone say Surfboards?
I live in Cocoa Beach, Florida, which is home to a few pretty big surf board companies. Without naming names, one of them is rumoured to have made their money, not by selling surfboards, but by carving out some of the white stuff inside their surfboards and packing them with other, illegal, "white stuff" before sealing the whole thing up and shipping them to all across the country. Apparently when things started to get hot for them a few decades back, they went legit, having already made enough money to make a vast "palace" of a shop here.
Ross.
Out of hospital and back to the bus stop.
As I hadn't paid a visit to the bus stop since I was released, I thought it was long overdue, so I called in last night in the rain.
Interesting find.... looks like @Trainfish (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=262) has been there while I was away!
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Didn't realise poker was a sport ???
Didn't realise poker was a sport ???
Didn't realise poker was a sport ???
Dynamite Valley, eh? I wouldn't call what we had at this boutique brewery Dynamite! But at least it didn't taste like perfume like much of the stuff you get at these places does.
Unfortunately it was served in thimbles! So why am I smiling?
Because it beats hospital!
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Three new swimming pools at FigtreeBowloSports Club today.
Three new swimming pools at FigtreeBowloSports Club today.
Not, the bowling club, but a pub in a very old inner suburb of Sydney, Enmore. Thought the coaster was cool!
Hey George, are you affected by the deluge, hope not?
That's a big bus!960m in length, dictated by these sidings outside of Coober Pedy, as the train waits there for the day whilst you do the tours. Normally there would be 2 of the red Ghan loco's on the front, but they had a couple break down a couple of weeks earlier and they have not been returned yet.
Hope all in the UK and Europe are enjoying the warm weather. Here's Bealman's bus stop last night.... wet and bloody cold!
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I'm not keen on it either, but unfortunately I'm living in the wrong place to expect otherwise in our summer! ;D
I'll tell you something sadder....
Logging on the forum today and seeing me name in the birthday list with 70 in brackets behind it.
Now that sucks. :uneasy:
George it could be worse, according to the list yorkie08shunter who is next to you is 1997 years old, now that is some going, who does he think he is Dr Who.
If those are current UK plastic banknotes I hope they didn't give you a rash ?