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I don't understand why some people get as far as bagging the 'poop' only to leave it on the pavement or, stranger, tie it to a railing. City and country. Lazy f*ckwits
Was over in Paisley on a wee Geocaching hunt, one of the sites was at the Abbey.Here are some pics of stonemason's marks on the north wall. http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff356/Shazbat_bucket/PaisleyAbbey006.jpg http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff356/Shazbat_bucket/PaisleyAbbey010.jpg http://i...
Mull Railway The Outers http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff356/Shazbat_bucket/newpicsE061.jpg http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff356/Shazbat_bucket/newpicsE062.jpg http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff356/Shazbat_bucket/newpicsE063.jpg The Innards http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff356/Shazbat...
The Moggies: Toasty http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff356/Shazbat_bucket/Picture003.jpg Pure Posers http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff356/Shazbat_bucket/Picture002.jpg She knows she shouldn't be in here.... http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff356/Shazbat_bucket/DSC00524.jpg
Vinegar Tom wrote: I'm pretty sure they are marks made by the stonemasons who carved the kerbstones, to allow payment by piecework. Letters carved by those who could and symbols by those who couldn't read ?? Hmm, not sure about that as it's mostly Ts and Js. And most of the stones do not have a mark.
Panama Jax: I've just worked my way through the boxed set of Tutti Frutti, and the band play a gig in the venue. Complete with cut out banana/pineapple trees. It was a total nostalgia fix! The series is great for spotting pubs and shops no longer on the streets of Glasgow, and some which have morphe...
I've recently noticed that some older kerbstones round my way (West End) have letters carved into them - usually what looks like a T or a J, sometimes wee arrows. Does anyone know what these signify?
I was a bit surprised at being encouraged to buy a lottery ticket while at the check out in M&S Service Station Great Western Road. I thought that pushing Creme Eggs at checkout was bad enough.
Packing up to move house tomorrow. Never seen such a shambolic, random, haphazard approach to a job - and it's all my own work Much interspered by internet and channel surfing. I'm such a flibbertigibbet.