To lighten the mood.

[Broithe]

I still think it's a bit much to have to part with money to blow your tyres up in a service station these days.

Not only that, but the cost seems to have gone up a lot in recent years.

Ah, well, I suppose it's just inflation.

[Noel]

1 hour ago, Broithe said:

I still think it's a bit much to have to part with money to blow your tyres up in a service station these days.

Not only that, but the cost seems to have gone up a lot in recent years.

Ah, well, I suppose it's just inflation.

Somebody paid for the machine and the private property it is located on (lease/rent/capital), probably also paying commercial rates. There's no such thing as a free lunch. In the old days free water and air pumps were seen as a marketing draw to bring people unto a retail site (ie filling station probably with a shop). Perhaps the pay per use hardware is more robust and therefore up to public abuse.

1 hour ago, Broithe said:

I still think it's a bit much to have to part with money to blow your tyres up in a service station these days.

Not only that, but the cost seems to have gone up a lot in recent years.

Ah, well, I suppose it's just inflation.

Why do people want to blow up anything?

[Broithe]

5 minutes ago, Noel said:

Why do people want to blow up anything?

Discussing that could lead us into a political area...

[gibbo675]

14 hours ago, Noel said:

Somebody paid for the machine and the private property it is located on (lease/rent/capital), probably also paying commercial rates. There's no such thing as a free lunch. In the old days free water and air pumps were seen as a marketing draw to bring people unto a retail site (ie filling station probably with a shop). Perhaps the pay per use hardware is more robust and therefore up to public abuse.

Why do people want to blow up anything?

My Dear Noel,

In answer to your question and by way of provoking positive free thought generally:

Should you study Adam Smith's quote below and have a good think about the effect of usurious interest upon money upon economics, and also find out which countries in the world provide free electricity to their populations after introducing state run banks that do not levy usurious interest upon the bonds that they issue rather than privately owned central banks that do. You might then work out why there are wars that require things to be blown up.

"Labour was the first price, the original purchase - money that was paid for all things. It was not by gold or by silver, but by labour, that all wealth of the world was originally purchased."

The law has been inverted, subverted and perverted in ways that have become normal to the point that creative labour is no longer valued but instead the currency that is created out of thin air is and worse still we have to work to credit interest to it. You know the system we are living it

The realisation of what I have written above really ought to lighten everyone's mood world wide should such a shift in the paradigm take place.

Gibbo.

[DJ Dangerous]

2 hours ago, gibbo675 said:

You might then work out why there are wars that require things to be blown up.

 

I'd posit that the three main reasons there are wars which require things to be blown up are:

1. Religion.

2. Scarcity of Resources.

3. Mental Ill-health.

I'm sure there are other excuses / reasons, but those three cover the majority.

[Horsetan]

2 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

I'd posit that the three main reasons there are wars which require things to be blown up are:

1. Religion.

2. Scarcity of Resources.

3. Mental Ill-health.

I'm sure there are other excuses / reasons, but those three cover the majority.

Sometimes all three combine...

[jhb171achill]

7 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

I'd posit that the three main reasons there are wars which require things to be blown up are:

1. Religion.

2. Scarcity of Resources.

3. Mental Ill-health.

I'm sure there are other excuses / reasons, but those three cover the majority.

You forgot Guinness shortages, and bustitutions.

[Mayner]

3 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

You forgot Guinness shortages, and bustitutions.

JHB

Give going teatotal and long distance bus a chance good for the health and avoids the stress of 'modern day rail travel.

Been of alcohol for several years (aggravates my gout) has imporved my health and last year enjoyed a 238mile bus ride from Minneapolis to Fargo, I was tempted to drive from Chicago but wife said No!  No nonesence with long distance trains in my part of the World except those aimed at foreign tourists and run at a profit

Must now join some fundamentalist religious sect.

Edited September 3 by Mayner

[jhb171achill]

2 hours ago, Mayner said:

Must now join some fundamentalist religious sect.

Might I suggest the Inch Abbey Parpists?

[Horsetan]

2 hours ago, Mayner said:

.....Must now join some fundamentalist religious sect.

Suggest the Pastafarians.

[Mayner]

Probably start my own fundamentalist sect (cult) on the prosperity theology model. Members chip in 10% of their earnings in the hope of eternal salvation, health and wealth in this world (1st dibs on IRM & MM new releases, all I need is a decent suit, top of the line BMW, a mansion and some slaves to build a decent layout. 

Wife says that these days I look like an Old Testement Prophet with my long grey hair and beard though my teenage child thinks I look more like a  Rock Star though I can't play or sing .

[Horsetan]

8 hours ago, Mayner said:

Probably start my own fundamentalist sect (cult) on the prosperity theology model. Members chip in 10% of their earnings in the hope of eternal salvation, health and wealth in this world (1st dibs on IRM & MM new releases, all I need is a decent suit, top of the line BMW, a mansion and some slaves to build a decent layout... .

The charismatic preacher business is a lucrative one, especially in American or African Christianity. Although the industry sometimes looks oversubscribed, there's always room for another preacher because "God will provide".....

[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, Horsetan said:

The charismatic preacher business is a lucrative one, especially in American or African Christianity. Although the industry sometimes looks oversubscribed, there's always room for another preacher because "God will provide".....

Very true! Elements in the U S and A will commercialise anything!

[Broithe]

From Viz...
 

[skinner75]

I always loved the Top Tips in Viz! 

[Mayner]

19 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Very true! Elements in the U S and A will commercialise anything!

No shortage of religious cults in this part of the World and a few that preach Prosperity Theology common demonators are leaders (not always charasmatic) with a lust for power, control and sometimes wealth.  Not that we ever had anything remotely similar in Ireland 

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350306415/new-zealand-cults-hit-world-stage#:~:text=Many of the other presenters,Jehovah's Witnesses and Destiny Church.

Edited September 5 by Mayner

[Broithe]

To be fair to the religious crew, model railways is virtually a cult, with various sects considering each other as heretics...

There are those who would burn others at the stake, if they could agree on the dimensions of the fire and get the smell of the smoke right.

[jhb171achill]

18 minutes ago, Broithe said:

To be fair to the religious crew, model railways is virtually a cult, with various sects considering each other as heretics...

There are those who would burn others at the stake, if they could agree on the dimensions of the fire and get the smell of the smoke right.

“Yiz’ll all burn in hell, on the wrong gauge and with the WRONG couplings!!!”

[Mayner]

9 hours ago, Broithe said:

To be fair to the religious crew, model railways is virtually a cult, with various sects considering each other as heretics...

There are those who would burn others at the stake, if they could agree on the dimensions of the fire and get the smell of the smoke right.

In my expericnce the model railway cult seemed to be a lot more Tribal, Sectarian when I lived in Ireland than in clubs in the English Home Counties.

Club members in Dublin struggled to classify me as a member of a particular tribe or sect as I always seemed to be changing loyalties and beliefs, changing from OO British outline (Western Region) to N Scale Irish before turning to Irish 4mm on 21mm gauge God forgive.

My English railway friends took it in their stride my running of N Gauge American, side by side with OO and EM British outline and the odd Irish 21mm gauge competition item.

I guess I fit into the dissenter/heritic field in model railways as I am always questioning my beliefs/allegiences and doing my own thing, my great grandfathers on both sides were 'proper Protestants" (Scots and English) who held their beliefs despite marrying strong minded girls from old Irish families.

Similarly in the preservation world during my time with the Welsh Highland (64 Company) I was simply know as the "Main Man" someone who knew what they were doing and could lead and get things done on the construction and civil engineering side.

Edited September 5 by Mayner

[irishmail]

Thought this may be of interest!

 

[Darius43]

I'm now in Dublin en route to Denver having cleared US immigration.  In the lounge in time for lunch

Cheers

Darius

[Darius43]

The flight path to Denver from Dublin took us due north so I was able to get a few snaps of places visited many years ago…

Carlingford Lough.

 

Lough Neagh foreground With Aldergrove Airport centre - just below the cloud.  You can also see the former Langford Lodge airfield.

 

North coast - Portstewart and Portrush.

Cheers

Darius

[jhb171achill]

On 12/9/2024 at 1:07 PM, Darius43 said:

The flight path to Denver from Dublin took us due north so I was able to get a few snaps of places visited many years ago…

Carlingford Lough.

 

Lough Neagh foreground With Aldergrove Airport centre - just below the cloud.  You can also see the former Langford Lodge airfield.

 

North coast - Portstewart and Portrush.

Cheers

Darius

Lough Neagh would be green now, with heavy agricultural pollution!

[Broithe]

27 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Lough Neagh would be green now, with heavy agricultural pollution!

Orange algal blooms are available, it should surely be possible to alternate it to promote civic inclusivity?

[Darius43]

No algal blooms here.

Cheers

Darius

[Broithe]

That lawn needs some aeration.

[jhb171achill]

On 29/5/2020 at 11:15 AM, WRENNEIRE said:

By the time you read through this you will understand "TANJOOBERRYMUTTS"...and be ready for  China .

Now, here goes...

 

The following is a telephonic exchange between maybe you as a hotel guest and room-service in  China ......

 

Room Service : "Morrin. Roon sirbees."

Guest : "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service."

Room Service: "  Rye . Roon sirbees...morrin! Joowish to oddor sunteen???"

Guest: "Uh..... Yes, I'd like to order bacon and eggs."

Room Service: "Ow ulai den?"

Guest: ".....What??"

Room Service: "Ow ulai den?!?... Pryed, boyud, pochd?"

Guest: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry.. Scrambled, please."

Room Service: "Ow ulai dee bayken ? Creepse?"

Guest: "Crisp will be fine."

Room Service: "Hokay. An sahn toes?"

Guest: "What?"

Room Service: "An toes. ulai sahn toes?"

Guest: "I.... Don't think so.."

RoomService: "No?  Udo wan sahn toes???"

Guest: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'udo wan sahn toes' means."

RoomService: "Toes! Toes!...Why Uoo don wan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin we botter?"

Guest: "Oh, English muffin! !! I've got it! You were saying 'toast'...Fine...Yes, an English muffin will be fine."

RoomService: "We botter?"

Guest: "No, just put the botter on the side."

RoomService: "Wad?!?"

Guest: "I mean butter... Just put the butter on the side."

RoomService: "Copy?"

Guest: "Excuse me?"

RoomService: "Copy...tea..meel?"

Guest: "Yes. Coffee, please... And that's everything."

RoomService: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, creepse bayken , Anglish moppin, we botter on sigh and copy ...  Rye ??"

Guest: "Whatever you say."

RoomService: "Tanjooberrymutts."

Guest: "You're welcome"

 

Remember I said "By the time you read through this YOU WILL UNDERSTAND 'TANJOOBERRYMUTTS' ...

Clearly the same call centre as Eircom and the Bank of Ireland…..

[Horsetan]

10 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Clearly the same call centre as Eircom and the Bank of Ireland…..

I reckon that call centre is in the Philippines - native Tagalog speakers sound very much like that when they switch to English. 

[jhb171achill]

39 minutes ago, Horsetan said:

I reckon that call centre is in the Philippines - native Tagalog speakers sound very much like that when they switch to English. 

Methinks they speak tag-along…..!

[Mayner]

22 hours ago, Horsetan said:

I reckon that call centre is in the Philippines - native Tagalog speakers sound very much like that when they switch to English. 

Had an interesting conversation with a Kiwi Asian call centre agent yesterday as we struggled to understand each others accents dailects, but being a pragmatic Asian he quickly figured out and solved the problem while while I was trying to longwindly explain what was wrong! 

Reminded me of the girl in a Sallynoggin chip shop asking a Kerryman to interpet of a Meath Man about 40 years ago.

The two boys were working on a construction site and decided to order fish and chips for lunch or a friday the girl could not understand what Noel from Rathmaloyn was saying and asked his friend who was from Killorglin to explain with similar results. 

Interesting Dairy Farm Managersand Stockmen/women from the Philippines are much sought after in New Zealand alomg with trained medical staff having an excellent work ethic.

[Horsetan]

2 hours ago, Mayner said:

...Interesting Dairy Farm Managersand Stockmen/women from the Philippines are much sought after in New Zealand alomg with trained medical staff having an excellent work ethic.

Britain has nicked loads of Filipinos over the decades for the NHS and care home staff.

Luxury cruise lines such as Cunard are substantially crewed by Filipinos, who have a lengthy maritime tradition 

[Broithe]

When I was 'managing' rented houses for people, a chap I knew very distantly was looking to rent one of them. When we met, he had his girlfriend with him and, after we'd clinched the deal, he asked me where I thought she was from. With a childhood in the RAF, I'd lived all over the Big Island and can generally place people into 50-mile squares. She sounded "posh north midlands" to me, so probably either Warwick or Chester areas - I plumped for Chester.

She was from a town in the back end of beyond in Romania and had been in the UK for less than a year, having learnt English via You Tube and watching films.

Even more amusingly, she was a civilian worker at the nearby RAF base.

Thirty years before, she would have been a superb secret agent.

The only word I ever had to explain to her was "rounders", which makes no sense, grammatically, unless you know what it is.

I once heard her having two different arguments, with two different people, at the same time - one in English and one in Romanian.

 

Conversely, the local boot sale in Stafford will have lots of foreign workers attending and I like to feel that I can recognise the languages, even if most are unintelligible to me. Occasionally, there can be ones that I can't place. There was once a chap who looked very southern European, but sounded very northern, that stumped me, until I asked him and it all made sense - he was speaking Afrikaans.

Once, there were two blokes a good bit older than the general run of foreign worker, I eavesdropped on them for a while and decided that they might be Albanian. Later, I saw them again and, because of what I could see that they were obviously discussing at the time, I suddenly realised they were talking English, but in the thickest of Stoke on Trent accents, from just 15 miles away...

[Mayner]

7 hours ago, Broithe said:

When I was 'managing' rented houses for people, a chap I knew very distantly was looking to rent one of them. When we met, he had his girlfriend with him and, after we'd clinched the deal, he asked me where I thought she was from. With a childhood in the RAF, I'd lived all over the Big Island and can generally place people into 50-mile squares. She sounded "posh north midlands" to me, so probably either Warwick or Chester areas - I plumped for Chester.

She was from a town in the back end of beyond in Romania and had been in the UK for less than a year, having learnt English via You Tube and watching films.

Even more amusingly, she was a civilian worker at the nearby RAF base.

Thirty years before, she would have been a superb secret agent.

The only word I ever had to explain to her was "rounders", which makes no sense, grammatically, unless you know what it is.

I once heard her having two different arguments, with two different people, at the same time - one in English and one in Romanian.

 

Conversely, the local boot sale in Stafford will have lots of foreign workers attending and I like to feel that I can recognise the languages, even if most are unintelligible to me. Occasionally, there can be ones that I can't place. There was once a chap who looked very southern European, but sounded very northern, that stumped me, until I asked him and it all made sense - he was speaking Afrikaans.

Once, there were two blokes a good bit older than the general run of foreign worker, I eavesdropped on them for a while and decided that they might be Albanian. Later, I saw them again and, because of what I could see that they were obviously discussing at the time, I suddenly realised they were talking English, but in the thickest of Stoke on Trent accents, from just 15 miles away...

Once tried to have a conversation with some Doric (Northeast Scots) speakers on the Aford Valley Railway in Aberdeenshire  about their Fowler steam loco the only word I cound understand was fuck. 

Lot of Dutch and Afrikaans speakers in thus part of the World Hans the owner of the local gourmet cheese shop advertised for Dutch speaking staff too much hassle to explian technical terms into English. Dairy farmers are often of Dutch ancestory, Afrikaaners migrating in more recent years, I have an acquaintance of Italian-Afrikaaner extraction so much for Northern and Southern European stereotypes!

Wife is from a part of the States settled by Scandanavian's with the coming of the Railroad in the late 1800, one of her classmates a farmer has a classical 'sing song' Scandanavian accent not unlike the Swedish Chef in the Muppet Show.

[LNERW1]

On the topic of accents, I’ve heard a story that sometime, maybe a few decades prior to the beginning of the plantations, a British court set up in an English-speaking pocket somewhere in Cork. After a while there were complaints to those that had sent them there. “These people speak Irish, we can’t understand them.” An interpreter was sent over, and after arriving at the court he very quickly clarified that they were not, in fact, speaking Irish, but just had a Cork accent.

[Horsetan]

On 21/9/2024 at 11:30 PM, Mayner said:

....Wife is from a part of the States settled by Scandanavian's with the coming of the Railroad in the late 1800, one of her classmates a farmer has a classical 'sing song' Scandanavian accent not unlike the Swedish Chef in the Muppet Show.

Minnesota, by chance?