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Oct 18, 2018 11:25:32 GMT
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George, a little bit of the Philippines is coming to London. Just heard the CEO of Jolibee on R4 Today programme telling us the first store opens this Friday. Actually, Jollibee is a rather large bit of the Philippines! Wonder what their burgers will taste like with identifiable meat in them?  To be fair, it's a real Philippine success story, happily going head to head with MacDonalds and, in most cases winning. I know of two McD's that have opened adjacent to JB only to close again soon after. Give a Big Champ a try, let me know what you think. Miss the spaghetti though, here it's made for the Phils market and is sweeter than most puddings. Revolting.  |
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Last Edit: Oct 18, 2018 11:25:49 GMT by georgeb
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Oct 18, 2018 12:10:25 GMT
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Please come and run the Thameslink 2020 project. I'd give some of my more useful organs for my life to be this straightforward  Of course it's not straightforward, silly boy. Keep yer innards, this is the Philippines.  Five, all stop commuter per hour + four semi-stop express an hour + one hardly stop anywhere airport express an hour, just don't mix on this infrastructure. Never, no way, no how. And that's in 2023. At least double those frequencies, probably more, by 2025 and I give you the longest stabling roads on earth. Me? Six, dropping to five, four and then three minute headways with all trains, across the line, works every time. But does anyone want to listen...  'sides, I flipped my fingers at the UK after Mr Darling f'ed me over with Metrolink in 2002. Never worked there since. |
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luckyseven
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Oct 18, 2018 13:41:21 GMT
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Anyone who works on the coal face of any railway can tell you the answer to almost all problems is fewer trains. But no-one ever listens. It all looks so easy drawn up on a track diagram in an airconditioned bunker miles from the front line. Any reason we can't run 24 trains an hour through a crumbling Victorian freight tunnel under central London?
Errrr... yeah, lots of reasons, not the least of which is that it's a crumbling Victorian freight tunnel under central London. Ahhhhh, but we've moved all the signals really close together....
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Anyone who works on the coal face of any railway can tell you the answer to almost all problems is fewer trains. But no-one ever listens. It all looks so easy drawn up on a track diagram in an airconditioned bunker miles from the front line. Any reason we can't run 24 trains an hour through a crumbling Victorian freight tunnel under central London? Errrr... yeah, lots of reasons, not the least of which is that it's a crumbling Victorian freight tunnel under central London. Ahhhhh, but we've moved all the signals really close together.... I hear you. Trying to overstuff trains onto unsuitable infrastructure is always going to be a problem on legacy systems. What annoys me about this, is that the track layout was drawn up first, then some little Japanese guy copied and pasted a Tokyo Metro service and said, "That'll do" or somesuch, forgetting that the system in question is quad and even eight track in places, to allow all these different services. So they're trying to foist the same idea onto an essentially double track railway, and it just doesn't work. I've proved it, but everyone has fingers in ears, 'cos they don't want to be wrong. If I hear one more time, "It's how we do it in Japan"... I could go on, but then I'd have to kill someone to feel better. |
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Now where were we? Oh aye. John the driver went to see the lawyer and she must have given him a very stern talking to, as he was home, tail between his legs, profusely apologetic. Been good as gold since. I know, I'm a soft touch. Him and the lawyer went to City Hall to arrange his bail on Monday. It was set at 200,000 Peso, a little over three grand. That was arranged via a bail bondsman, so cost me 20% of that. It's all very American isn't it? Anyway, his court case is set for Monday 5th November and no, I haven't explained the significance of that to the Brits, I didn't think it would help. Meantime, because nothing stands still, I had a feeling that money was going missing from my wallet. So I set a little trap. Last Saturday, I actually had a productive morning, followed by a beer or two. Announcing to the maid that I was going for an hour's kip, I went upstairs, counted my money and had PHP9,500. Two hours later, woke up and it had cost me 1,500 and hour. Yep. 3,000 missing. She had little alibi as Madam and Tania were out, so there was only the two of us and I was asleep! Turns out that she's just met some Tondo low-life and wants to have a baby with him (she's got six she can't afford already) and, when he found out she worked for a white guy, suggested that theft was a good way forward. So she's blown a well paid (by maid's standards) job, he has no income and no doubt she will have number 7 on the way soon. Long term planning in the Philippines? Lunchtime! Four days off now, today and tomorrow being All Souls and All Saints days. Nice. Oh, and whilst she was in Manila, the lawyer picked up my stuff from Immigration, so I have a nice shiny new visa, valid for two years and in my company's name. This means that it's not tied to a particular project, so I have the freedom to move should I wish to. Now, let's have four days of peace and quiet... One way of helping with that, is this...  House, avec new security grilles. |
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Last Edit: Nov 1, 2018 1:05:05 GMT by georgeb
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^^They to keep the Maid inside with the contents of your wallet, I take it? 😂😂
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The like button does not really always suggest approval and in the case of the caged house, it’s more that it made me smile, in a wry way.
Reminds me of my former homeland, South Africa.
Sometimes needs must.
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Sorry to hear about the maid; good help is sooo hard to find!
Looks like an interesting drop from that ladder - does it extend by some release from the top or do you just time it to drop on a fat passer-by?
Hope John doesn't let you down.
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Last Edit: Nov 1, 2018 16:38:23 GMT by Morris63
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"Fat passer-by" is the name of my new album, due out on K-Tel in time for Christmas.  |
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Last Edit: Nov 1, 2018 17:07:51 GMT by Deleted
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I hate thieves! Well done Columbo
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The like button does not really always suggest approval and in the case of the caged house, it’s more that it made me smile, in a wry way. Reminds me of my former homeland, South Africa. Sometimes needs must. While this might not be the place to discuss it I agree with you regarding the like button. Perhaps we ought, as some other fora do, to have a selection of different response buttons. |
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The like button does not really always suggest approval and in the case of the caged house, it’s more that it made me smile, in a wry way. Reminds me of my former homeland, South Africa. Sometimes needs must. While this might not be the place to discuss it I agree with you regarding the like button. Perhaps we ought, as some other fora do, to have a selection of different response buttons. There are infinite replies available via the 26 response buttons in front of you... |
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^^They to keep the Maid inside with the contents of your wallet, I take it? 😂😂 Don't quote me, but I think the general idea is to keep them separate, JB. Reminds me of my former homeland, South Africa. Sometimes needs must. Yeah, wasn't too keen, but it does mean we can keep windows open and nothing can get in, if you discount cockroaches of course! However, silver linings and all that. If you see where it juts out from the balcony on the top floor, well... A sheet of glass (currently eyeing Madam's coffee table) and a bar stool gives me a place for beer, book and ashtray, and I can still look down on the passing totty. So not a total loss then. Looks like an interesting drop from that ladder - does it extend by some release from the top or do you just time it to drop on a fat passer-by? Hope John doesn't let you down. There's a hook about halfway down which allows it to extend. Fat passers-by should be safe. And so do I...so do I. "Fat passer-by" is the name of my new album, due out on K-Tel in time for Christmas. Brilliant! I hate thieves! Well done Columbo So do I. Especially one who is doing it to order, because I'm a "White Guy" and therefore can apparently easily afford it. It's a damn shame, she was reliable, good with the dogs and, as I say, well paid by comparison to most. She asked Madam for her job back and was told that if she'd needed money for her family, then that's one thing, stealing because of some idle, shiftless, bottom wipe, whose bones she wants to jump, is quite another. There are infinite replies available via the 26 response buttons in front of you... Nicely put! |
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Isn't it wonderful when a dream starts to become a reality? May I present Prototype No.1...  Beautifully photobombed by Lola. Strictly speaking, I didn't need to number the prototypes, as this is it. As a consequence, providing our Filipino glazier can translate 22.5"x43.5" into something glass-like, that won't be Mk1 either. It'll be the final result. "Why do you need glass Daddy George, the wood stops your beer falling through?" "Well Darling, it's so I can look at totty see if the police are raiding us see who's at the front door." And talking of Tania, I have a great belief that one vital job of a parent is to instil a sense of confidence in our children, ensure they grow up with a positive view of their looks and worth. So Saturday night we were having a chat and I said that I'd got a new pet name for her. She mulled this over, repeated it a few times and concluded it was a good word. She liked it. Liked it very much. "What does it mean?" she enquired. I told her. She hit me. But, d'you know she's right, podgy is a lovely word! |
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Last Edit: Nov 5, 2018 12:07:35 GMT by georgeb
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And talking of Tania, I have a great belief that one vital job of a parent is to instil a sense of confidence in our children, ensure they grow up with a positive view of their looks and worth. So Saturday night we were having a chat and I said that I'd got a new pet name for her. She mulled this over, repeated it a few times and concluded it was a good word. She liked it. Liked it very much. "What does it mean?" she enquired. I told her. She hit me. But, d'you know she's right, podgy is a lovely word! Hmmm, up to now I was an admirer of your parenting skills under some extremely adverse conditions but 'podgy'!!!!!!! If you want to instil a sense of confidence, seeing as where you live, then get her down the local gun club and teach her to strip, load and fire a 9mm then a Hello Kitty Glock for her 18th birthday would be great present.  Of course, too much confidence can be a problem. #1 daughter is currently on holiday in Medellin, Colombia  |
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Oh and ask Mr. Filipino glazier if it could be bullet-proof glass!
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Tales of the Volcano Lair hereFrankenBug - Vulcan Power hereThe Frankenhealey here |
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Hmmm, up to now I was an admirer of your parenting skills under some extremely adverse conditions but 'podgy'!!!!!!! If you want to instil a sense of confidence, seeing as where you live, then get her down the local gun club and teach her to strip, load and fire a 9mm then a Hello Kitty Glock for her 18th birthday would be great present. Of course, too much confidence can be a problem. #1 daughter is currently on holiday in Medellin, Colombia So okay, she may have slight self-worth issues and a growing distaste for her body shape, but she won't grow up vain. Oh no! And would you buy a gun for someone you called podgy? Really? 😂 As to the glass, the required measurements are 43.5"x22.5". The piece that appeared in the garage last night looks, at a guess, to be about 6'x4'. Close! I await the outcome with interest. |
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Life continues to be interesting George! I hope the railway work is proceeding according to plan - yours that is!
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we can engineer a way around that, maybe
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Oh and ask Mr. Filipino glazier if it could be bullet-proof glass! but how could you shoot back at them ? |
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A55 Austin Cambridge 1961
Triumph Spartan 1965
mk1 Ford Escort 2 door 1968
Peugeot 406 diesel estate 1998
Citroen Xsara hatchback diesel 1999
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Getting there with this project now...  Given the size of the original sheet, everything in the house now has a glass top! |
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