Hroth Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 10 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: On RMWeb, I know this might be dangerous .... but I'm not going to post this on the HS2 topic. Oh no, no way. There's dangerous, and then there's suicidal... Live scenes from HS2 north of Birmingham: The Rev Awdry was very prescient.... 🤔 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Reorte Posted September 27, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2023 10 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: On RMWeb, I know this might be dangerous .... but I'm not going to post this on the HS2 topic. Oh no, no way. There's dangerous, and then there's suicidal... Live scenes from HS2 north of Birmingham: Something about HS2 that's made me laugh rather than my blood boil, well done! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exmoordave Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 100 years ago, everyone owned horses and only the rich had cars. Now, everyone owns cars and only the rich have horses. Oh how the stables have turned..... 1 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 For Christmas one year, David Bowie and his wife decided to have a break in the English countryside. They found a lovely country house hotel in Herefordshire, on the banks of the River Wye: five stars, Michelin three-star restaurant. It seemed perfect. It wasn't the easiest of trips to get there. Britain was in the grip of a cold spell. The roads were covered in snow and ice, and when they got to the hotel they saw that the river had frozen over. After checking in and unpacking their bags they wandered down to the residents' lounge for a drink. But they couldn't find the barman. Bowie went out to the reception desk and asked where he was. The receptionist led him to the front door and pointed towards the river. There was a figure out on the ice, gliding backwards and forwards, spinning and leaping effortlessly on the frozen surface. "What's he doing?" the Thin White Duke asked. And the receptionist sang .... "There's the barman, skating on the Wye!" (I plead guilty and throw myself on the mercy of the court). 1 10 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted September 27, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2023 19 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said: But I thought Australia and everyone living here was just a complex hoax? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bernard Lamb Posted September 27, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2023 14 hours ago, KeithMacdonald said: On RMWeb, I know this might be dangerous .... but I'm not going to post this on the HS2 topic. Oh no, no way. There's dangerous, and then there's suicidal... Live scenes from HS2 north of Birmingham: I had similar thoughts about this one. 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted September 27, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) 20 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said: L@@k (in my best eBay voice!), the cats going to push Australia over the edge! Edited September 27, 2023 by kevinlms More info 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted September 27, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 hours ago, CameronL said: For Christmas one year, David Bowie and his wife decided to have a break in the English countryside. They found a lovely country house hotel in Herefordshire, on the banks of the River Wye: five stars, Michelin three-star restaurant. It seemed perfect. It wasn't the easiest of trips to get there. Britain was in the grip of a cold spell. The roads were covered in snow and ice, and when they got to the hotel they saw that the river had frozen over. After checking in and unpacking their bags they wandered down to the residents' lounge for a drink. But they couldn't find the barman. Bowie went out to the reception desk and asked where he was. The receptionist led him to the front door and pointed towards the river. There was a figure out on the ice, gliding backwards and forwards, spinning and leaping effortlessly on the frozen surface. "What's he doing?" the Thin White Duke asked. And the receptionist sang .... "There's the barman, skating on the Wye!" (I plead guilty and throw myself on the mercy of the court). ???? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 1 minute ago, J. S. Bach said: ???? I think you need to know David Bowie songs to get it! Only liked one song by him. I think there might have been something consumed! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 39 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: ???? David Bowie -"Starman" - the chorus begins "There's a starman waiting in the sky". 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted September 27, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 27, 2023 32 minutes ago, Steamport Southport said: I think you need to know David Bowie songs to get it! Only liked one song by him. I think there might have been something consumed! I know the name but (thankfully) have never knowingly listened to any of his carp fish. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 8 minutes ago, CameronL said: David Bowie -"Starman" - the chorus begins "There's a starman waiting in the sky". Obvious once explained, but initially it whooshed over my head too! 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 10 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: I know the name but (thankfully) have never knowingly listened to any of his carp fish. That song isn't typical of his music. It was a comic song released in the late 1960s. There was a bit of a trend for comedy songs at the time, some of them were the biggest hits of the era such as Ernie by Benny Hill. This was the number one record in the UK for four weeks! 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 6 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: That song isn't typical of his music. It was a comic song released in the late 1960s. There was a bit of a trend for comedy songs at the time, some of them were the biggest hits of the era such as Ernie by Benny Hill. This was the number one record in the UK for four weeks! I believe that "Laughing Gnome" was referred to as Bowies "Anthony Newley" period... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB-AU Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Occasional Comic Reliefs notwithstanding, I miss those unexpected novelty songs in the charts. Now it's all manufactured stuff. The Funky Gibbon reached #4 in the charts just 3 months after Wombling Merry Christmas reached #2. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 17 hours ago, kevinlms said: But I thought Australia and everyone living here was just a complex hoax? No, you’re thinking of Finland, which was made up to keep Japan’s fishing grounds north of the Baltic a secret. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted September 28, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Obi-Jiff Kenobi said: No, you’re thinking of Finland, which was made up to keep Japan’s fishing grounds north of the Baltic a secret. Finland, the place I'd rather be! 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted September 28, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2023 2 hours ago, Obi-Jiff Kenobi said: No, you’re thinking of Finland, which was made up to keep Japan’s fishing grounds north of the Baltic a secret. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, kevinlms said: Is he mentally unstable, merely a total prat or just extracting the urine? steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted September 28, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2023 Just now, steve1 said: Is he mentally unstable, merely a total prat or just extracting the urine? steve All of the above? Funny that he is Scottish and not a MAGA hat wearer! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 27 minutes ago, kevinlms said: 22 minutes ago, steve1 said: Is he mentally unstable, merely a total prat or just extracting the urine? steve 20 minutes ago, kevinlms said: All of the above? Funny that he is Scottish and not a MAGA hat wearer! I'd say that he's a fine example of "Your Brain On Buckfast". Not a pretty sight..... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 On 26/09/2023 at 23:27, KeithMacdonald said: On RMWeb, I know this might be dangerous .... but I'm not going to post this on the HS2 topic. Oh no, no way. There's dangerous, and then there's suicidal... Live scenes from HS2 north of Birmingham: That's Cecilia being buried between Old Oak and Euston just in case Rishi changes his mind re Euston 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 28, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 28, 2023 1 hour ago, kevinlms said: He's right, it can't exist because the Earth is flat. Now where did I put my tinfoil hat? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 8 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: He's right, it can't exist because the Earth is flat. Now where did I put my tinfoil hat? Its behind you!!! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckymucklebackit Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 On 25/09/2023 at 12:00, PhilJ W said: Whether you go back ten minutes or ten thousand years if you alter the present who is to know? An ideal time machine would be one where you could be able to view the past without being present or being able to alter events. This would be an ideal tool for historians and archaeologists and even for police investigating crimes. I have a theory that most UFOs are time machines, charter trips from the future to see the past, strict rules that you mustn't interact. The spike in sightings in the 1960s was due to large numbers of future railway enthusiasts wanting to see the last years of steam! 6 3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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