English Seaside Resort - Page 4

Scriveyn · 08-01-2011, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by glatt

What are those wires above Regent Road? It almost looks like the nets they have underneath trapeze artists.

Looks like electric lights, a bit like Christmas decoration. But then, it might be there to deter the gulls (they snatched my fish 'n chips once

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infinite monkey · 08-01-2011, 10:47 AM

That gull had a lot of gall!

glatt · 08-01-2011, 10:48 AM

cursed gulls!

Spexxvet · 08-01-2011, 11:35 AM

I wonder if gulls stole Monster's bike!

Sundae · 08-01-2011, 12:05 PM

Scriveyn has it right - the wires are for lights.
Seaside towns come alive during the summer, so the lights are up all year round.

Gravdigr · 08-01-2011, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

No. Are you looking at the wind turbines out to sea?

Yes, yes I was.

My mind was working way too hard on that. I just could not reconcile why they would fence off the water. Thanks for the clarification.

I see the vanes/props for those turbines coming off the interstate (on trucks) quite often here. I never see the hubs. They are huge. Somewhere south of me, somebody is manufacturing those things at an admirable pace.

Gravdigr · 08-01-2011, 05:00 PM

Heheh, APOD had another picture of Sundae's beach.

zippyt · 08-01-2011, 06:37 PM

I see the vanes/props for those turbines coming off the interstate (on trucks) quite often here. I never see the hubs. They are huge.

Hang out at a state scale some time
Ive seen the vanes ,
Hubs 1per truck,
NaCell (????) 1 per HEAVY Truck ,
and the tower Pieces, damn near as big as the vanes

Lamplighter · 06-26-2015, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by grynch

and I spent about 6 painful hours once trying to get off the magic roundabout at Hemel H...

What is the meaning of "magic" as used here ?

The Amusing Planet is currently exhibiting "Roundabouts in Great Britain",
and the word "magic" is used on at least one other.

Here's another question:
Is it legal to make a U-turn on the Magic Swindon Roundabout, as seen below ?

If so, it seems unusual since you can always just go all the way around the center circle and then exit normally.

DanaC · 06-26-2015, 07:00 PM

As I understand it, some of the more complicated roundabout systems got nicnamed Magic Roundabouts after the kid's tv show of that name.

British pre-school kids tv in the 70s was seriously strange. Dylan the hippy rabbit rocked.

I loved Dougal the dog. He may have a good deal to do with the kinds of dogs I tend to go for. Also - my west highland terrier had a toy snail that looked just like Brian.

Sundae · 06-27-2015, 04:29 PM

Narrated and scripted by Eric Thompson, father of Emma Thompson. He did much more, but did a marvellous job with The Magic Roundabout. It's a French programme and he narrated "blind", in that he did not listen to the original story lines, simply made up his own. It was always surreal, but his perfect RP delivery added an additional layer for us 70s kids.

Funny to have an old thread resurface.
Gosh I was fat.
But I like my hair colour.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-27-2015, 04:33 PM

It's the red and white horizontal stripes that make you look fat.

08-01-2011, 11:35 AM	#49
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08-01-2011, 06:37 PM	#53
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	I see the vanes/props for those turbines coming off the interstate (on trucks) quite often here. I never see the hubs. They are huge. Hang out at a state scale some time Ive seen the vanes , Hubs 1per truck, NaCell (????) 1 per HEAVY Truck , and the tower Pieces, damn near as big as the vanes __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

06-27-2015, 04:29 PM	#56
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Narrated and scripted by Eric Thompson, father of Emma Thompson. He did much more, but did a marvellous job with The Magic Roundabout. It's a French programme and he narrated "blind", in that he did not listen to the original story lines, simply made up his own. It was always surreal, but his perfect RP delivery added an additional layer for us 70s kids. Funny to have an old thread resurface. Gosh I was fat. But I like my hair colour. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

06-27-2015, 04:33 PM	#57
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's the red and white horizontal stripes that make you look fat. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-01-2011, 10:47 AM	#47
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	That gull had a lot of gall!

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08-01-2011, 12:05 PM	#50
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Scriveyn has it right - the wires are for lights. Seaside towns come alive during the summer, so the lights are up all year round.

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