tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post3795345473450085743..comments2024-03-27T15:59:11.066+00:00Comments on Prometheus in Aspic: Hooptedoodle #285 - Drawing the Line Somewhere - another crap postMSFoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-84893094340219340102017-11-23T23:59:58.750+00:002017-11-23T23:59:58.750+00:00He was a nice old man - very clean.
He was a nice old man - very clean.<br />david in suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02945969485547328039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-8029013305177681302017-11-22T09:31:22.356+00:002017-11-22T09:31:22.356+00:00Ross - like us, you must have problems with low-an...Ross - like us, you must have problems with low-angle sunlight at this time of year - here, it's probably more of a visibility hazard than driving at night, so we need all the white lines we can get.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-28476586758397320162017-11-22T09:27:40.462+00:002017-11-22T09:27:40.462+00:00I am mightily uplifted by Queensland's Main Ro...I am mightily uplifted by Queensland's Main Roads Dept's pride in their delivery of high-quality outcomes - all these years later, it's still great that Dilbert had such a positive impact. I'm also delighted to note that, many thousands of miles from East Lothian, the spokesman claimed that it wusnae them, either.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-31747925970858054572017-11-22T09:22:13.651+00:002017-11-22T09:22:13.651+00:00The badger outline is specially good - this could ...The badger outline is specially good - this could give rise to a whole new hobby. We would have deer-shaped and pheasant-shaped bulges here, foxes and badgers, lots of hares...<br /><br />Why does the idea of a painted badger outline make me think of OJ Simpson?MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-50312194410716862852017-11-22T09:19:34.620+00:002017-11-22T09:19:34.620+00:00Splendid - presumably friends and relatives would ...Splendid - presumably friends and relatives would be queuing up to put their shopping or their best coats in his car boot?MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-58028920236347365352017-11-22T07:05:03.815+00:002017-11-22T07:05:03.815+00:00For your information and amusement, we file this u...For your information and amusement, we file this under "meanwhile, in Australia": http://www.smh.com.au/national/road-kill-outrage-highway-workers-paint-white-line-over-dead-animal-20150910-gjjlpl.html It happens a lot.Steve Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440638652987274722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-22723325508975614012017-11-21T22:13:59.014+00:002017-11-21T22:13:59.014+00:00Excellent. My grandfather, having got a car in the...Excellent. My grandfather, having got a car in the early 1950s apparently kept a shovel and a bucket in the boot, in case he saw some horse muck. Good for the garden, of course. david in suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02945969485547328039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-5040738273437452892017-11-21T21:40:14.845+00:002017-11-21T21:40:14.845+00:00Ah, of course. If I'd looked closer at the pic...Ah, of course. If I'd looked closer at the picture I'g have seen the shoulder. <br /><br />Its odd we moved the white line from the middle to the edge in the 70's but I still forget occasionally when not actually looking at a road.Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-49152281052220621642017-11-21T20:38:02.168+00:002017-11-21T20:38:02.168+00:00There was a report on the BBC a while back of work...There was a report on the BBC a while back of workmen painting double yellow lines on a road (I think it was down on the South coast somewhere)and they had painted round a dead badger leaving an odd brock-shaped bulge in the parking restrictions. "Badgers, mate? No, not my job."Chris Gricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08578412472163593374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-28147201430454749962017-11-21T16:46:33.349+00:002017-11-21T16:46:33.349+00:00That's a very reasonable question, but in both...That's a very reasonable question, but in both these cases I think the line is marking the edge of the road. The Scottish picture was actually taken of recent work on the A198, which is a single carriageway road, though not a particularly narrow one. There is a heavy requirement on roads in these parts to mark the edge of the roadway, since there are usually no sidewalks and the edge of the road otherwise is likely to be a thorn hedge, or some sort of a variable bank, pothole, heap of gravel (or whatever). Occasionally, when they resurface these minor roads (which is very occasionally, in fact) it takes them a while to re-do the white lines, which makes night-time driving even more fun than usual, to say nothing of being a pedestrian at night. You don't realise how much we rely in them until they are not there.<br /><br />Horses, of course, can go where they like, though they have to carry lights at night. We have a great many horses in these parts. It seems odd that dog owners have to clean up a few ounces of muck in the street (which I am all in favour of, by the way) on pain of being fined heavily, while horse riders may drop a barrowload at a time without restriction. Perhaps nappies for horses are on the way?MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-6188596168874630982017-11-21T16:06:20.862+00:002017-11-21T16:06:20.862+00:00The joys of semi automation. My real question is w...The joys of semi automation. My real question is why was the horse in question straddling the centre line? Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.com