Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[mondatoo]

Have you read Gypsy Boy on the run by Micky Walsh, a follow up to Gypsy boy but a different book I take it ?

Bump incase u missed it 

[tikay]

Is it kept in tankers like that to protect it from moisture as well?

I would guess that was a sort of "freeroll" benefit, any moisture, of course, & the cement is completely buggered.

[tikay]

Have you read Gypsy Boy on the run by Micky Walsh, a follow up to Gypsy boy but a different book I take it ?

Bump incase u missed it 

Ask a question on my Diary, Ray, & I'll answer it. Better customer care, see?

[Geo the Sarge]

FWIW, my only contribution regards concrete is that I used to make quilts that used to protect concrete/stone during cold weather.

I was 15 and worked in a unit behind Easter Road Football stadium. The quilts were basically large 10ft x 10ft plastic bags that we stuffed with straw then using a sort of spot weld type heating iron you welded certain points to create the quilt pattern.

Can't find anything on web to support this but it deffo happened. I ended up with a scabies-type irritation due to the mites amongst the straw.

Geo

[tikay]

FWIW, my only contribution regards concrete is that I used to make quilts that used to protect concrete/stone during cold weather.

I was 15 and worked in a unit behind Easter Road Football stadium. The quilts were basically large 10ft x 10ft plastic bags that we stuffed with straw then using a sort of spot weld type heating iron you welded certain points to create the quilt pattern.

Can't find anything on web to support this but it deffo happened. I ended up with a scabies-type irritation due to the mites amongst the straw.

Geo

These things, Geo (see photo).

Concrete, when curing, needs to be protected from both heat (dries too rapidly, the heat sucks the moisture out), & frost, (which causes all sorts of probs if it gets into uncured concrete), so these blankets are a must, especially in extreme climes.

 

[Geo the Sarge]

Same idea but a lot cruder (was 35 years ago sigh.) Thanks TK.

Geo

[tikay]

Same idea but a lot cruder (was 35 years ago sigh.) Thanks TK.

Geo

Lol, before "proper" blankets, we just used polythene, or hessian sheet. Did the job just as well, imo.

[Geo the Sarge]

Ah, Hessian

fantastic word and a fabric widely used by the military through the years for uniforms, sandbags, camouflage and various other uses.

Did you know the word comes from soldiers of an old Germanic Regiment - the Hessians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessian_%28soldiers%29

Geo

[tikay]

Ah, Hessian

fantastic word and a fabric widely used by the military through the years for uniforms, sandbags, camouflage and various other uses.

Did you know the word comes from soldiers of an old Germanic Regiment - the Hessians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessian_%28soldiers%29

Geo

Something new learned every day! Nope, never heard that before.

We used to use hession for so many different things, because it's cheap, & adaptable. Best of all - here's a memory - when it was "fresh" it had a most wonderful aroma. I think even butchers used it, to wrap carcasses, though that was of a much "finer" grade.

[Geo the Sarge]

Ah, Hessian

fantastic word and a fabric widely used by the military through the years for uniforms, sandbags, camouflage and various other uses.

Did you know the word comes from soldiers of an old Germanic Regiment - the Hessians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hessian_%28soldiers%29

Geo

Something new learned every day! Nope, never heard that before.

We used to use hession for so many different things, because it's cheap, & adaptable. Best of all - here's a memory - when it was "fresh" it had a most wonderful aroma. I think even butchers used it, to wrap carcasses, though that was of a much "finer" grade.

Oh the aroma of fresh Hessian, yeah and once it aged and deterioated or got wet it smelt rank.

Mostly used now by snipers in creating their "Ghillie Suits" and traditionally never washed as it helps them blend in to the aroma of the surroundings as well as the background.

Click to see full-size image.

[Redsgirl]

Ahh, nice Post Redsgirl, & I think, between us, we can introduce some culture via the medium of interesting bridges to Tom's otherwise bland Diary.

The Transporter Bridge in 'Boro was recently the subject of an hour long documentary on Radio 4, excellent hearing it was, too. It is a much loved & cherished institution in those parts, I gather, & barely 2 months ago, celebrated it's 100th birthday. It is officially a ROAD, being part of the A178.

Here's it's very own Wiki page.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_Transporter_Bridge

For those who can't quite fathom what a "Transporter Bridge" is, or does, see the graphic top right of this Wiki page.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporter_bridge

The company who built the bridge are one of THE great bridge builders of the world, & are British. They have constructed bridges in every Continent, and it is worth taking a look at the list of bridges they have been involved in, including across the Nile, the Victoria Falls, in Shanghai, India, Peru, & all over the world.

In the UK alone they are responsible for numerous iconic bridges, including Trent Bridge (Notts), Chiswick Bridge (London), Tamar Bridge, Forth Road Bridge, Severn Bridge, Wye Bridge, Humber Bridge, & the QEII (M25) monsta Bridge.

There are some awesome photos & memories of their achievements in the photo gallery on the intro page here.....

http://clevelandbridge.com/intro.htm?companyid=1

I thought the lads from  Auf Wiedersehen Pet had dismantled that to be sold to a Casino?

They did - but the people from English Heritage made them put it back...

Os and the boys were filmed using one of our local 'Caffs' and are warmly spoken of by the owner there.

The Middlesbrough Bridge has it's own wiki page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_Transporter_Bridge which includes this gem "In 1974, the comedy actor Terry Scott, travelling between his hotel in Middlesbrough and a performance at the Billingham Forum, mistook the bridge for a regular toll crossing and drove his car off the end of the roadway, landing in the safety netting beneath"

OMG I dont believe it is possible to drive off the end!
Oh and great pictures Tikay, I realised after my original post that if you had'nt seen it, you would'nt
know why I was scared!

[tikay]

Ahh, nice Post Redsgirl, & I think, between us, we can introduce some culture via the medium of interesting bridges to Tom's otherwise bland Diary.

The Transporter Bridge in 'Boro was recently the subject of an hour long documentary on Radio 4, excellent hearing it was, too. It is a much loved & cherished institution in those parts, I gather, & barely 2 months ago, celebrated it's 100th birthday. It is officially a ROAD, being part of the A178.

Here's it's very own Wiki page.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_Transporter_Bridge

For those who can't quite fathom what a "Transporter Bridge" is, or does, see the graphic top right of this Wiki page.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transporter_bridge

The company who built the bridge are one of THE great bridge builders of the world, & are British. They have constructed bridges in every Continent, and it is worth taking a look at the list of bridges they have been involved in, including across the Nile, the Victoria Falls, in Shanghai, India, Peru, & all over the world.

In the UK alone they are responsible for numerous iconic bridges, including Trent Bridge (Notts), Chiswick Bridge (London), Tamar Bridge, Forth Road Bridge, Severn Bridge, Wye Bridge, Humber Bridge, & the QEII (M25) monsta Bridge.

There are some awesome photos & memories of their achievements in the photo gallery on the intro page here.....

http://clevelandbridge.com/intro.htm?companyid=1

I thought the lads from  Auf Wiedersehen Pet had dismantled that to be sold to a Casino?

They did - but the people from English Heritage made them put it back...

Os and the boys were filmed using one of our local 'Caffs' and are warmly spoken of by the owner there.

The Middlesbrough Bridge has it's own wiki page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middlesbrough_Transporter_Bridge which includes this gem "In 1974, the comedy actor Terry Scott, travelling between his hotel in Middlesbrough and a performance at the Billingham Forum, mistook the bridge for a regular toll crossing and drove his car off the end of the roadway, landing in the safety netting beneath"

OMG I dont believe it is possible to drive off the end!
Oh and great pictures Tikay, I realised after my original post that if you had'nt seen it, you would'nt
know why I was scared!

I can understand the nervousness, yes, because I know the thing so well - I once drove all the way up there just to experience using it - I went both ways! Proper degen, me, dem kids got nowt on me.

Not sure if you are aware, but the locals adore it, it is very precious & iconic to them.

[redarmi]

Not sure if you are aware, but the locals adore it, it is very precious & iconic to them.

That is certainly true.  It has been my screensaver ever since I have had a laptop except for a couple of weeks after I got married when i had a picture of the missus for a while but she just wasn't as beautiful to look at ;-)

[tikay]

Not sure if you are aware, but the locals adore it, it is very precious & iconic to them.

That is certainly true.  It has been my screensaver ever since I have had a laptop except for a couple of weeks after I got married when i had a picture of the missus for a while but she just wasn't as beautiful to look at ;-)

NOTHING is as beautiful, or sexy, as a well-designed bridge, I always think.

[pokerfan]

Not sure if you are aware, but the locals adore it, it is very precious & iconic to them.

That is certainly true.  It has been my screensaver ever since I have had a laptop except for a couple of weeks after I got married when i had a picture of the missus for a while but she just wasn't as beautiful to look at ;-)

NOTHING is as beautiful, or sexy, as a well-designed bridge, I always think.