RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 14, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2019 (edited) Strangely why are the curtains not vertical? (I know it's real because there is plenty on t'web about it, including that photo!) https://forum.norfolkbroadsnetwork.com/topic/16585-subsiding-house/ I assume that's here it was linked from? Edited June 14, 2019 by melmerby 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted June 14, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 14, 2019 1 hour ago, TheQ said: In the village of Horning this houses foundations collapsed suddenly.. Can anyone explain the handrails off an A4? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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eastglosmog Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 8 hours ago, melmerby said: Strangely why are the curtains not vertical? (I know it's real because there is plenty on t'web about it, including that photo!) https://forum.norfolkbroadsnetwork.com/topic/16585-subsiding-house/ I assume that's here it was linked from? Serious answer coming up: Probably because they are the kind with a rod top and bottom, and the curtains are kept in place by friction on the bottom rod. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 15, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2019 11 hours ago, melmerby said: Strangely why are the curtains not vertical? (I know it's real because there is plenty on t'web about it, including that photo!) https://forum.norfolkbroadsnetwork.com/topic/16585-subsiding-house/ I assume that's here it was linked from? I agree with the remarks about the grand piano. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbo675 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 12 hours ago, TheQ said: In the village of Horning this houses foundations collapsed suddenly.. Hi Folks, I remember back in the 1970's that there were quite a few houses tilted over at similar angles along Scarisbrick New Road to the east of Southport due to having insufficient foundations. Whether or not the curtains were plumb I cannot recall. Gibbo. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted June 15, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2019 4 hours ago, eastglosmog said: Serious answer coming up: Probably because they are the kind with a rod top and bottom, and the curtains are kept in place by friction on the bottom rod. That's common practice on boats, and that house is along side a dyke off the river Bure. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted June 15, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 15, 2019 13 hours ago, melmerby said: Strangely why are the curtains not vertical? (I know it's real because there is plenty on t'web about it, including that photo!) https://forum.norfolkbroadsnetwork.com/topic/16585-subsiding-house/ I assume that's here it was linked from? I'm on that forum as much as this one, I personally know people on the site as well, and I spend a lot of time a few hundred yards from the sinking house, which had some reinforcement done to the non failed side in the last few years. I can see the Broads area from my house, but thankfully I'm not actually in it. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted June 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 20, 2019 Not a sign, but a sales receipt that I got at an Orlando, FL restaurant: Actually, the food and service were very good; it must have been as we went back three times. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) 58 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: Not a sign, but a sales receipt that I got at an Orlando, FL restaurant: Actually, the food and service were very good; it must have been as we went back three times. The service you say was good, but was it miraculous? Such things are unsurprising in Florida. Very little is surprising in Florida. The Village Inn is a big chain, though not quite "national". It's clear what you ordered last Friday. Edited June 21, 2019 by Ozexpatriate 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted June 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said: The service you say was good, but was it miraculous? Such things are unsurprising in Florida. Very little is surprising in Florida. The Village Inn is a big chain, though not quite "national". It's clear what you ordered last Friday. The only other Village Inn that I have eaten in was in Farmington, NM; it, too, was very good. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 When a door needs an instruction manual (PULL), and the instruction manual is wrong: (York station buffet yesterday - you had to push to get in) 2 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Not necessarily whacky, but I've never seen that paying for parking is optional... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Damo666 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, talisman56 said: Not necessarily whacky, but I've never seen that paying for parking is optional... In 2015 I was in Bampton, near Tiverton, Devon, and in the local car park there was an Honesty Box for parking, with a recommended 50p contribution. I too found it unusual but civilised, and wished the life could be more like that. Whereas I'd normally look to pay the minimum I could when parking, I felt that this approach should be encouraged so I paid £1. I took a picture of the sign but after 30 minutes hunting through my photos on my phone, Dropbox uploads and Google Pictures, I cannot find it. Edited June 23, 2019 by Damo666 Typos 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted June 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2019 4 hours ago, eastwestdivide said: When a door needs an instruction manual (PULL), and the instruction manual is wrong: (York station buffet yesterday - you had to push to get in) I like the disembodied legs walking around in there. 3 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted June 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 23, 2019 3 hours ago, Sidecar Racer said: The usual ending to this is 1 Tequila 2 Tequilas 3 Tequilas FLOOR! 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo666 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 4 hours ago, Ramblin Rich said: The usual ending to this is 1 Tequila 2 Tequilas 3 Tequilas FLOOR! Agreed. And I have the T-Shirt to prove it. The 'floor' part is supposed to be blurry, but it's a well worn t-shirt. 5 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted June 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2019 11 hours ago, eastwestdivide said: When a door needs an instruction manual (PULL), and the instruction manual is wrong: (York station buffet yesterday - you had to push to get in) It appears that there may previously have been "pull" handles at one time. Still the signs should have been changed. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post manna Posted June 24, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 24, 2019 G'Day Folks 5 1 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two_sugars Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 HA, HA, HA, HA, . . . . . . . 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 On 23/06/2019 at 12:46, Damo666 said: In 2015 I was in Bampton, near Tiverton, Devon, and in the local car park there was an Honesty Box for parking, with a recommended 50p contribution. I too found it unusual but civilised, and wished the life could be more like that. Whereas I'd normally look to pay the minimum I could when parking, I felt that this approach should be encouraged so I paid £1. I took a picture of the sign but after 30 minutes hunting through my photos on my phone, Dropbox uploads and Google Pictures, I cannot find it. Several village car parks in east Gloucestershire operate on this principle (Adlestrop and Guiting Power, for instance). Like you, I tend to be more generous than if the 50p had been demanded! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 24, 2019 Slightly off topic but connected with honesty boxes. A local charity book shop replaced tills with honesty boxes and their takings doubled. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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