Damn that link, I just lost 30' of work time, not to mention being hit on
the scone by a shovel.
On Sun, 28 Nov 2021, 17:37 Tony Galloway, arg@...> wrote:
> I was referring to the oleagenous Gritpype-Thynne getting the “dropsy”
> rather than Neddy, who is obviously a scandal free tram melter-downer par
> excellence, the sort of man who made British industry what it is today.
>
> It’s a NSW thing (cue Jeff McCloy, the ”politician’s ATM”) and I’m sure it
> doesn’t happen in a nice place like SA.
>
> Tony (owner of two Triumph motorcycles, superb products of British
> engineering and craftsmanship)
>
> On 28 Nov 2021, at 2:48 pm, Mark Skinner emessk@...> wrote:
>
>
> Prescient?
>
> These days we can only dream of having people as competent as Neddy S in
> charge.
>
> I say that without political bias in SA. I emailed one party about their
> tram policy...no reply. The other replied with almost no information. Meh.
>
> On Sun, 28 Nov 2021, 11:11 am Tony Galloway, arg@...> wrote:
>
>> Did you note the contemporary Sydney reference (they were very prescient)
>> :
>>
>> “You can’t build the flats on the Kingsway Subway!”
>>
>> "Can’t build!!??"
>>
>> “But I’ve already had the dropsy from-m-m-m, err, why not?”
>>
>> Some things never change…
>>
>> Tony
>>
>> On 28 Nov 2021, at 8:42 am, Mark Skinner emessk@...> wrote:
>>
>> I prefer this as being more relevant to Trams Down Under.
>>
>> https://youtu.be/zW8NNSqBjFU
>>
>> On Sat, 27 Nov 2021, 9:56 pm Tony Galloway, arg@...> wrote:
>>
>>> It’s like that Goon Show trope where a character like Neddy Seagoon
>>> says, “the gang of navvies was hard at work”.
>>>
>>> Followed by silence, then a single “tink”.
>>>
>>> Then more silence before another character speaks.
>>>
>>> Tony
>>>
>>> On 27 Nov 2021, at 7:28 pm, 'bblunt3473@yahoo.com' via TramsDownUnder <
>>>tramsdownunder@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> The George St line is closed for "essential maintenance" this weekend.
>>> So I decided to take a walk from CQ up to Central to see what they were
>>> doing.
>>>
>>> Three guys were at the terminus doing some adjustments to the points.
>>>
>>> South of Town Hall, workmen were busy with the new paving works, and
>>> installing even more ugly poles at the intersections; these seem to be for
>>> new pedestrian lights (why do they need more lights when pedestrians ignore
>>> them anyway?).
>>>
>>> At Hay St, a group was engaged with welding at the H crossing.
>>>
>>> As compensation for the inconvenience, the Opal readers were switched
>>> off along both lines.
>>>
>>> Brian, on the L1.5 today.
>>>
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