Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[atdc21]

Hi Tikay, didnt know where to post this, but thought here would be ok. makes you wonder how those footballers appear in so much pain after an ankle tap.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/horse-racing/32154522

[atdc21]

Ha, i see tighty beat me to it - and had the sense to put it on the racing thread !  clever bugger.
was jockeys first ride in public, prob remember it for a while.....

[Machka]

A train and motorway related post, something to get excited about!

Have you ever seen a Zipper lane mover or an automatic train track laying machine?

[bobAlike]

What do you think of the new pylon design TK?

[RED-DOG]

What do you think of the new pylon design TK?

Birds can't nest on it, youfs can't climb up it and electrocute themselves... 

I don't like it.

[Machka]

Pylons got Talent?

The Pylon Factor?

Britain's Next Top Pylon?

They definitely need to think of a catchy name for it but National Grid have announced a Design-A-Pylon competition!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/may/23/electricity-pylon-competition-design

also possibly of interest

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/may/22/national-grid-pylons-design

http://www.pylons.org/

http://www.gorge.org/pylons/structure.shtml

Fascinating.

I think that's the winner from the Design-A-Pylon competition!

[Doobs]

Morning from the Oslo Bergen line.  Hydro electric power stations 1, ski jumps 2, but the concrete seems to have disappeared for now; am sure you'd be disappointed if you were here.

How's my man, Jordan, doing?  Hope you got on off thread. 

[Karabiner]

^^^

He's still not signed a new contract yet.

[TightEnd]

Ian Gas found this

Nesting Ospreys on Rutland water

http://www.ospreys.org.uk/webcam/

just now

[AndrewT]

Here's a blast from the past - another of my 'I thought they'd died years ago' people - Viv 'Spend Spend Spend' Nicholson

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/12/spend-spend-spend-football-pools-winner-viv-nicholson-dies-aged-79

[Tal]

I watched a brilliant piece today on Kim Philby, what he accomplished and, specifically, how he was unveiled as a Soviet agent, despite being one of the most senior people in MI6.

It was on BBC Four and was the first of a two parter. The second part is on Monday evening, on the same channel.

Click to see full-size image.

Thoroughly recommend catching up on the iPlayer.

[DaveShoelace]

Got a book recommendation for you pops.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/So-Youve-Been-Publicly-Shamed-ebook/dp/B00NLFVN8E/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1429020906&sr=1-1&keywords=jon+ronson+so+you%27ve+been+publicly+shamed

Its a book all about internet outrage, really entertainingly written and shocking at the same time. Based on our previous chinwags on the topic I know you'd enjoy it.

[MrDickie]

Such a wonderfully written compassionate article:-

http://ontheotherhoof.co.uk/?p=949

..in other news I have just finished reading Danny Baker -  Going to Sea in a Sieve and just ordered Vol 2 of his autobiography “Going off Alarming”. Thanks again for the recommendation

[tikay]

Hi Tikay, didnt know where to post this, but thought here would be ok. makes you wonder how those footballers appear in so much pain after an ankle tap.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/horse-racing/32154522

Apols for the delay in replying, I've been a bit all over the shop with this & that.

That was an amazing fall, & the lad just got up & walked away, no theatricals, no histrionics. Jump jockeys are exceedingly brave.

Footballers in pain?

You might enjoy (not...) this. If 3 minutes is too long, just watch the Ronaldo one 30 seconds in. Oh, & turn the sound off, it's poo.

[tikay]

A train and motorway related post, something to get excited about!

Have you ever seen a Zipper lane mover or an automatic train track laying machine?

Thanks Aaron.

Never seen or heard of that "lane mover" thing, no.

Am very familiar with track laying machines, though. When I was a train-spotter, & as I had access, via my Dad, to Loco sheds & railway sidings, I was a high roller train spotter, so I became familiar with the early models. In the last 20 years, automatic track laying has moved on, it's very impressive now.  They are generally nocturnal, so we rarely see them in action though. Really, they lay prefabricated sections of track, but it's all jolly clever.