Just watched them out the window. It was amazing watching these huge machines eating up the road and spitting it outĀ
The new road resurfacing machines are incredible.Ā One programme I watched said they actually recycle and reuse up to 70% of the tarmac they strip off.Ā The same machine strips, cleans, heats and relays the old tarmac.
So many potholes round here you drive on both sides of the road trying to miss them, I report one at the junction just by me, they come out with a bucket of tarmac, by next week itās out again.Ā To be fair on the council, when I report it they are out straight away, thatās to cover their own backsides, if there was accident, and the hole had been reported and they didnāt do anything about it, they would be in serious trouble.
A couple of years ago a hole appeared, just around the corner from me, Ā it was a mine shaft, could hardly see the bottom of it, they put a board over it and it stayed like that for a year until they decided what to do.!Ā
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Ā
OMG!!! Is there no end to this nonsense? Now they're talking about flippin' netball. Is there any sport which they won't bang on about? croquet? tiddlywinks? waterpolo? bog snorkelling?Ā
I'm sure they'll all be chucked on the bandwagon soon.Ā Serious question. How many of us have ever asked for, or heard anyone suggesting there should be netball on tv?Ā
It's cheap TV. The more niche the sport, the less they have to pay for the media rights. It's easy to cover all the action with lots of remote cameras - no need for paid camera men. No need for a script writer. No need to pay the 'actors'. Just find some minor sports person to talk endless drivel in a monotone (no shortage of those, apparently) to fill in the bits where nothing happens, and make up a few over dramatised trailers to build the hype. Easy peasy.
Much cheaper than documentaries or decent drama. We're lucky if we get more than 6 episodes of a good programme - but sports last forever, and ever and ever and ever.....
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
āIt's still magic even if you know how it's done.āĀ
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To be fair on the council, when I report it they are out straight away, thatās to cover their own backsides, if there was accident, and the hole had been reported and they didnāt do anything about it, they would be in serious trouble.
A couple of years ago a hole appeared, just around the corner from me, Ā it was a mine shaft, could hardly see the bottom of it, they put a board over it and it stayed like that for a year until they decided what to do.!Ā
Is there any sport which they won't bang on about? croquet? tiddlywinks? waterpolo? bog snorkelling?Ā
Shin kicking.
Serious question. How many of us have ever asked for, or heard anyone suggesting there should be netball on tv?Ā
We're all told it's great and some are too scared to say otherwise.
Much cheaper than documentaries or decent drama. We're lucky if we get more than 6 episodes of a good programme - but sports last forever, and ever and ever and ever.....
āIt's still magic even if you know how it's done.āĀ