utterly random picture thread.

[Skub]

[derek badger]

My odometer today when I fueled up.

[KungFooBob]

Max pre-load, you fat bastard!

[derek badger]

Max pre-load, you fat bastard!

It's a trick of the light...ya bastard.

[Trinity765]

Not technically a picture.

This is generally how I talk to mechanics.

[MingtheMerciless]

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A railway fishplate, about 6 miles from the nearest railway in my local forest, why?

[Horse]

For you to trip over?

[Pirahna]

A railway fishplate, about 6 miles from the nearest railway in my local forest, why?

It's from an old branch line that was dismantled in the 1920's.

[gremlin]

A railway fishplate, about 6 miles from the nearest railway in my local forest, why?

It's from an old branch line that was dismantled in the 1920's.

If that's correct, then I like it.

A century old. Proper history, right there. I must be right nerdy as that's proper interesting.

[David]

A railway fishplate, about 6 miles from the nearest railway in my local forest, why?

It's from an old branch line that was dismantled in the 1920's.

If that's correct, then I like it.

A century old. Proper history, right there. I must be right nerdy as that's proper interesting.

Am I seeing a joke that wasn't intended, or are you being slow?

[gremlin]

No joke, just expressing my enthusiasm for everyday history. If being interested in history makes me slow, I'll happily wear the dunce hat.*


*Better the dunce hat than the bumming hat, as at least I have a chance of keeping it for more than 5 minutes.

[Mussels]

Am I seeing a joke that wasn't intended, or are you being slow?

I'm seeing the same as you and I think Gremmers is being slow.

[Horse]

Am I seeing a joke that wasn't intended, or are you being slow?

I'm seeing the same as you and I think Gremmers is being slow.

Indeed. Very much a slow stopper train rather than express.

Or, perhaps, a wooden sleeper?

[gremlin]

Am I seeing a joke that wasn't intended, or are you being slow?

I'm seeing the same as you and I think Gremmers is being slow.

Nope. Lost me.

[slowsider]

Am I seeing a joke that wasn't intended, or are you being slow?

I'm seeing the same as you and I think Gremmers is being slow.

Nope. Lost me.

Branch line. In a forest.

[gremlin]

I'm seeing the same as you and I think Gremmers is being slow.

Nope. Lost me.

Branch line. In a forest.

FFS.

[Noggin]

Nope. Lost me.

Branch line. In a forest.

FFS.

This has made me laugh out loud far more than it should!! I need to get out more - oh!!

[Pirahna]

I'm seeing the same as you and I think Gremmers is being slow.

Nope. Lost me.

Branch line. In a forest.

There's a company called Cassini that print the old OS maps but have re-scaled them to match the modern maps. I've got a couple of sets of my local area. The maps are from 1805, 1898 and 1919-1920. There's quite a bit of railway that had come and gone, it goes though what are now woods, fields, roads. There's lots of stuff out there (not just railways) if you want to go exploring.

[Wreckless Rat]

Timing is everything....

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[the_priest]

I took this on Wednesday on a cold misty morning. A broken grave stone laden with moss, daffodils showing their colour and the gloom holding all in stillness.