Moan, Moan, Moan - 2011

[ranunculus]

There was a large muscular bloke on my bus to work this morning. He was wearing only ladies underwear. It was 7:20AM, 8 degrees C and raining at the stop where he got on.

Why is this a moan?

Because being the most eccentric person on that bus is MY job!  I can't top this without getting arrested so I'm throwing in the towel and going back to being as boring as the other commuters

The bus company shouldn't be allowed to hire drivers like that!   

[Anthony Darby]

Maybe he was any English rugby player on his way home from another dodgy party?

[ranunculus]

Maybe he was any English rugby player on his way home from another dodgy party?

... Or a politician on his way home from another dodgy party?   Isn't life great?

[Anthony Darby]

............only if you get invited to dodgy parties!

[Darren]

Given his youth and the fact that he was travelling from town centre out to the University would support the dodgy party theory. 

Cliff - I suspect that he would not meet the employment criteria for stagecoach buses Lancaster. For one thing he didn't look nearly grumpy enough...

[Colin]

That's pretty much the standard dress for bus travellers in North Wales - in fact, that's prretty much the standard dress anywhere in North Wales !

[Anthony Darby]

I didn't think he fitted the criteria for a little Briton?

[David Nicholson]

Did he get off at Skerton Darren

[Darren]

Obviously you know Lancaster well David!

Skerton bridge (a major part of the one-way system) is currently the site of roadworks caused by United Utilities so nobody is getting off there for fear of falling down a hole. According to stagecoach this is likely to cause major delays to bus services entering the city from the north. What is actually happening is that for much of the day the traffic flow is improved as there are lights controlling it instead of the usual lane-switching chaos as two roads meet on the bridge.

[David Nicholson]

Obviously you know Lancaster well David!

Lots of fond memories Darren. My Mum was born in Lancaster and early childhood holidays were always spent there and in Morecambe. No relatives alive now though and haven't been there for donkey's years. Relatives lived in the Torrisholme road area (Lymm Avenue, Bowland Drive) and I've memories of walks down Powder House Lane passed the Vale of Lune rugby ground and along the canal where, if I went too near the edge of the path, "Jenny Greenteeth" would pull me in. I remember Skerton Bridge very well.

[SusanS]

ground and along the canal where, if I went too near the edge of the path, "Jenny Greenteeth" would pull me in. I remember Skerton Bridge very well.

alas "Jenny Greenteeth" has been replaced by the "stench monster" who lives under canal bridges, as it crawls onto dry land to catch small children it turns into "sweaty socks"  Or that is what my Niece and Nephew believe .... the joys of childhood, nothing like a bit of existential dread to get you through the day. 

[David Nicholson]

 

[Paul T]

Howdy All,

Just a quick note to apologise for my absence of late.  Has been a difficult year...... my wife is currently in Hospital and is quite ill, my "new" 5 month old laptop computer just lost track of it's hard drive and I have lost all emails, pictures etc since May (despite regular "backups" which apparently didn't work  )..... and generally things are a bit tetchy right now.    Murphy's Law has been very busy of late.

So...... any important email from the last few months please resend.  I have seed collected for some of your as previously discussed, but they can wait for chemo results etc before I am going to do anything with them.  So sorry to have been such a stranger here of late, just been wrapped up in a few months of my wife's illness.

So please, any emails etc that you're waiting on please let me know.

I hope you're all well, and I'm going to try to get up here more often as I need a bit of friendly distraction right now.

[Anthony Darby]

Welcome back Paul and please may I wish your wife a speedy recovery.

[ranunculus]

Welcome back Paul and please may I wish your wife a speedy recovery.

May we all echo Anthony's sentiments, Paul?   Please pass on the affection and best wishes of the alpine world to your wife ... and chin up mate, we're all here for you!