Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Tal]

For added Tikayness, the reason I learned this was because the conductor on the train I was on this morning announced it over the speakers.

Train conductor.

A WHAT?

FFS.

What am I supposed to call him?

Ticket inspector? Man with shoulder-strapped-machine? Keith?

[tikay]

For added Tikayness, the reason I learned this was because the conductor on the train I was on this morning announced it over the speakers.

Train conductor.

A WHAT?

FFS.

What am I supposed to call him?

Ticket inspector? Man with shoulder-strapped-machine? Keith?

Guard. That is it. No more, no less. GUARD.

You can even be respectable & call him Mr Guard, or no douibt in these enloghtened times, Mrs Guard, or Miss Guard.

[Tal]

For added Tikayness, the reason I learned this was because the conductor on the train I was on this morning announced it over the speakers.

Train conductor.

A WHAT?

FFS.

What am I supposed to call him?

Ticket inspector? Man with shoulder-strapped-machine? Keith?

Guard. That is it. No more, no less. GUARD.

That's what I said. Guard.

[tikay]

I'm going to see Mary on Sunday.

Not seen her in the flesh before, but I'm told she is HUGE.

She travels the world non-stop, thats it, it is all she does. 

She is only in England for one day, she arrives 9am, & leaves again @ 4.30, & she rarely visits, so I have to go see her.

Bet she'll look magnificent.

Don't worry, I'll take my camera with me.

[tikay]

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[RED-DOG]

Another lonely day is almost gone.
The sun's going down again and you're still not home.
The last of the trains have all come in,
so I'll come back tomorrow and wait again.

I know the conductor, he thinks I'm losing my mind.
Cause I come here and wait so many times.
But me and the ticketman are the best of friends.
So I'll come back tomorrow when the trains come in.

[tikay]

Another lonely day is almost gone.
The sun's going down again and you're still not home.
The last of the trains have all come in,
so I'll come back tomorrow and wait again.

I know the conductor, he thinks I'm losing my mind.
Cause I come here and wait so many times.
But me and the ticketman are the best of friends.
So I'll come back tomorrow when the trains come in.

The clue is in "ticketman".

American. Does not count.

[RED-DOG]

https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/trainconductor.aspx



http://www.northernrail.org/northern/careers/conductors

[tikay]

To get on the shelves in their Supermarkets, this had to get manufacturing approval, wholesalers, distributors, Buyers @ the Supermarket, Quality Control, & Store Managers. How did they all think it was OK?


How do these things happen?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24278768

[Tal]

https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/trainconductor.aspx



http://www.northernrail.org/northern/careers/conductors

There was one in Camberwick Green but he was made of wood so was a poor conductor.

[tikay]

https://nationalcareersservice.direct.gov.uk/advice/planning/jobprofiles/Pages/trainconductor.aspx



http://www.northernrail.org/northern/careers/conductors

Northerners.

Do not count.

[redarmi]

I came across this today

It was news to me, this juxtaposition of greyhound/speedway track with football ground. Both have gone now...

Know which it is?

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Cold Blow Lane (what a name) was, imo, the best football ground ever.  I only managed to go twice but it just oozed atmosphere and menacing both in a good and bad way.  Whenever I manage to go to football these days I always hope for an experience like one of the trips there but it just gets more and more sterile.  When I was a kid, from 14 through until I went to University, every Saturday I would get on the train at 655am from Barrow in Furness (where we moved for my dad's job) and go and watch Middlesbrough.  If it was a home game or in the North West my Dad would make the trip with me but if it was further afield I would go on my own.  Over those 4-5 years  I went to so many grounds and had so many adventures.  I loved so many of those old grounds but Millwall just had it all as an experience.  When I went to university I went to Goldsmiths and lived in New Cross but they had built the New Den by then and it was never the same for me although they can still make the place inhospitable.  Funnily enough when I got to uni football was largely replaced in my affections by greyhound racing although New Cross Stadium was long gone by then.  3 or 4 nights a week I would utilise my travelcard and go to the dogs.  Hackney was always my favourite but I spent a lot of time at The Stow, Wimbledon and Catford too.  Even Wembley.  I used to stand and marvel at Tony Morris and John Power standing there and taking what I thought were huge bets.  One night at the Stow I was stood watching Power and he had 10-11 about a dog I thought was a good thing.  A fella ran in and asked for £1100 to win a grand and as expected Power quickly rubbed out the 10-11.....what was less expected was his next price.....Evens!!!!  Sorry I know I am rambling but you do when you reminisce don't you......

[Simon Galloway]

What about that "bronco" loo-roll that we used to get at school.

It was like wiping your arse with grease-proof paper.

We used to call it John Wayne paper.  It was rough, tough and didn't take shit off anyone.

[tikay]

What about that "bronco" loo-roll that we used to get at school.

It was like wiping your arse with grease-proof paper.

There were two that I recall - Bronco, & Izal. One was in a roll, the other in a flat pack.

Both were much the same - glossy & shiny one side, & like sandpaper the other side.

It seemed to disappear in the 60's or 70's, with the advent of Andrex & the like, but it was still considered a luxury in varioius parts of Africa I visited in the 90's.

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[tikay]

Other "family favourites" at the time were.....

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