tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post7979479844215391618..comments2024-03-28T13:49:48.236+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Ouch!Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-17497372630271732042015-07-26T05:25:50.007+01:002015-07-26T05:25:50.007+01:00It's true; a modern brick or block built house...It's true; a modern brick or block built house would have been demolished!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-40159342289382772432015-07-26T00:00:37.894+01:002015-07-26T00:00:37.894+01:00Cro, this post reminds me of when a friend...
a ca...Cro, this post reminds me of when a friend...<br />a car collector...<br />was having an Anglia towed back to his.<br />He swung onto the pavement outside his house...<br />the tow car... an elderly Mk3 Escort... <br />couldn't stop fast enough...<br />the Anglia hit the lamp post outside my friend's house...<br />and stopped both cars.<br />The concrete lamp post fractured and slowly and gracefully toppled...<br />onto the roof of the Escort...<br />it stove in the roof and popped the front and rear windows... without breaking them!!<br /><br />The driver of the tow vehicle got out...<br />walked over to the Anglia and looked at the totally unbent front bumper... the chrome was scratched, but no dent, no bend...<br />he looked at my friend, patted the Anglia and said...<br />"They don't make cars like this any more!!"<br />In the case of this post of yours...<br />substitute "houses" for "cars"!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-80424669522095238652015-07-25T23:47:51.669+01:002015-07-25T23:47:51.669+01:00Weaver, what you failed to point out is that most ...Weaver, what you failed to point out is that most of the Dales roads are less than 3 yards wide...<br />and the stone walls on each side aren't nearly as smoooooth as these.<br />We used to do an annual run from Leeds to the Tan Hill Inn... the run continues, but we are now in France...<br />it involves around 100 Citroen 2CVs and takes place on the first available Sunday in January...<br />in a 2CV we can avoid Dales cottage walls as we pass via Buckden, over Fleet Moss and into Hawes...<br />then via the Buttertubs Pass, a 1 in 3 climb up Keld Bank and across the moor to the Tan Hill...<br />we know those roads... <br />Cro's walls are too smooth and snow free!!<br />Grassington is occasionally a problem...<br />for anyone coming the other way that is!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86283301073274162362015-07-25T16:11:36.579+01:002015-07-25T16:11:36.579+01:00We have similar roads here in the Dales Cro but th...We have similar roads here in the Dales Cro but there is almost always an alternative route. A problemhere is that our cottages were all built without garages in the days when there was no such thing as a car. Now parked cars in the evenings, when everyone is home from work, are a real problem.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-54320315122531066892015-07-25T16:10:10.377+01:002015-07-25T16:10:10.377+01:00Get them to do some gardening for you, before lett...Get them to do some gardening for you, before letting them go!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-22222398756811705492015-07-25T15:22:33.062+01:002015-07-25T15:22:33.062+01:00Can't believe that cars don't run into it ...Can't believe that cars don't run into it all of the time. They are having those kind of secretive maneuvers in Texas and rumors abound that the government is taking control of Texas. The governor even commented about it. donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-86929315676874899162015-07-25T12:23:21.435+01:002015-07-25T12:23:21.435+01:00Sat Nav doesn't care, send 'em down there ...Sat Nav doesn't care, send 'em down there anyway....Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-52081576290412823412015-07-25T12:16:52.984+01:002015-07-25T12:16:52.984+01:00It reminds me of the1960s and 50s problem with Ame...It reminds me of the1960s and 50s problem with American servicemen trying to drive their (air-liften in) cars over hump-back bridges in places like Devon.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-63674593180455611362015-07-25T10:29:43.583+01:002015-07-25T10:29:43.583+01:00Fascinating. I love that there is evidence around...Fascinating. I love that there is evidence around you of ages past. Here everything (man-made, at least) is new, and rather ugly.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-88748675312591721852015-07-25T06:04:58.030+01:002015-07-25T06:04:58.030+01:00The army here uses the area around for navigation...The army here uses the area around for navigations, sometimes i find lost soldiers in my yard.Yaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181961536405061470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-37615558971487256822015-07-25T05:35:03.768+01:002015-07-25T05:35:03.768+01:00You'd think they'd have detailed maps of s...You'd think they'd have detailed maps of such things. Maybe they do NOW.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-50870658297992640092015-07-25T05:09:28.604+01:002015-07-25T05:09:28.604+01:00This reminds of a time in my youth... The army Nat...This reminds of a time in my youth... The army National Guard (U.S.) was moving heavy equipment via semi trailer on the interstate next to the farm my family owned. Someone, apparently, had no head for numbers and mis-figured the clearances...<br /><br />Several arrmoured vehicles suddenly became 'convertibles'. They had to let the air out of the semi's tyres. The Crankyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11482237436135513483noreply@blogger.com