tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post3928824482038924033..comments2023-10-18T15:47:58.821+01:00Comments on Truckshunters: Ian Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06398143513915223362noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-91977398070664104092011-09-16T13:56:08.913+01:002011-09-16T13:56:08.913+01:00Well, I have four 'witches' in my photo......Well, I have four 'witches' in my photo........enjoying a 'spell' at East Tanfield. I think they were discussing the converging railway lines, or lack of them. I guess if the lines had continued we'd have ended up in Dipton!Viviennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12833185895438448279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-89311717110454189152011-09-15T15:38:51.089+01:002011-09-15T15:38:51.089+01:00My perspective on this is that you,young man, are ...My perspective on this is that you,young man, are now on the naughty step ....<br />and I will deal with you later ...<br /><br />Meanwhile, it's time for some lush quotes:<br />I love this one:<br />After you've heard 2 eye-witness accounts of a car crash, you begin to worry about history. AUTHOR UNKNOWN.<br /><br />Each moment is a place you've never been. MARK STRAND.<br /><br />If everybody contemplates the infinite, instead of fixing the drains, many of us will die of cholera. JOHN RICH.<br /><br />Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. JOHN LENNON.<br /><br />Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes, doesn't mean he lacks vision. STEVIE WONDER.<br /><br />A penny will hide the biggest star in the universe if you hold it close enough to your eye. SAMUEL GRAFTON.<br /><br />And lastly (this I find intriguing)<br />...<br />How many merits one sees in those one likes! How many faults in those one dislikes! Yet people fancy they see with their eyes.<br />AUGUSTUS WILLIAM HARE AND JULIUS CHARLES HARE - "GUESSES AT TRUTH< BY TWO BROTHERS", 1827.<br /><br />Sid, I don't think they've found your missing penguin yet ... the last I heard, they had just about given up all hope.<br /><br />Dave, I'm sorry you didn't get to Cragside. Was it the weather that <br />got in your way? Fingers crossed for next year. Maybe AGM, September 2012.<br /><br />Linda, maybe that photo was taken when we were plotting and planning future AGMs ... the one that involved Paul and the one that involved Ada. <br /><br />Ian, petal dust, any luck finding that book yet?Hildiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08859247954480595473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-36590075814431523622011-09-15T12:55:54.594+01:002011-09-15T12:55:54.594+01:00Hildie...'the Leaning Tower of Florence' l...Hildie...'the Leaning Tower of Florence' looks like that because of a phenomenon known as 'perspective', which you don't have in Dipton. When you look along parallel lines - like railway lines, for example, they look as if they are converging. Notice, for example, that if the belfry is leaning, so is the Baptistery on the left, but TOWARDS the belfry. Think of them as vertical railway lines.<br /><br />Dipton is the only place on Earth where perspective is a false illusion. In Dipton, railway lines only LOOK parallel; they do, in fact, converge - probably in Consett or somewhere like that.<br /><br />This means that, if the Florence belfry was in Dipton, it would indeed fall down...<br /><br />I hope I've cleared that up.<br /><br />:-)Ian Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06398143513915223362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-10795121915005304912011-09-13T21:16:09.430+01:002011-09-13T21:16:09.430+01:00Ahem.... dear hearts... 'twas not I that "...Ahem.... dear hearts... 'twas not I that "christened" the photo as The witches of Eastwick..... the guilty party being Keith!! Charming just ain't the word!!! I can't even remember what we were talking about at that point however,I do remember we were speculating what the new concrete base was intended for at the top of the railtrack.Linda South Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12891782229150674072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-38736967473024855222011-09-13T11:45:47.276+01:002011-09-13T11:45:47.276+01:00Nope Hildie, did not get to Cragside as intended, ...Nope Hildie, did not get to Cragside as intended, went to Sisters instead for Sunday lunch, and due to go to other Sister ,s tomorrow. Will have to go to Cragside next year. Dave S xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-91475506371522221262011-09-12T22:00:57.238+01:002011-09-12T22:00:57.238+01:00I do like Linda's photos from the Tanfield AGM...I do like Linda's photos from the Tanfield AGM .... things are looking rather intense on photo one<br />.... there must have been a lot on the agenda that day! And photo two .... it will be nice for Serge to see that one.<br /><br />To continue the theme that Martin has started, I have sent you an email, Ian, with some more funny answers to quiz questions..... the pick of the bunch is attributed (on several internet sites) to Paul Wappat (Radio Newcastle) - but weren't you the one who always asked the quiz questions on the Blue Bus programme? <br />Anyway ..... if you have a little look around your house .... you will find a book I gave you (either for your birthday, or for Christmas, last year) ... the whole book is about contestants' silly answers to quiz questions. Serge, Gerry, Ada, Nev, Linda, Keith, Michael and Vivienne were all there when I gave you the book ... it was at the December AGM. Now, where did you put it?<br /><br />You know Florence Cathedral? The tower? It looks to me, on that photo, as though it's leaning.<br /><br />Hi to Sid ..... and also to Dave who, I see, has been contributing comments just lately. Good lad!<br />Did you get up to Cragside this windy weekend, Dave? I'm sure this<br />was the weekend you were planning to go.Hildiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08859247954480595473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7686549576418787314.post-58478208612810667522011-09-12T15:05:59.871+01:002011-09-12T15:05:59.871+01:00Do you recollect the penguin that turned up alone ...Do you recollect the penguin that turned up alone and lost on a beach in New Zealand.<br />It was returned to the wild after being fed and nurtured, and fitted with a GPS transmitter.<br />The penguin, named 'Happy Feet' has caused some more worry. The tracking device has stopped working....Sidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09274128902753553953noreply@blogger.com