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  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    @Dovefromabove these things take months of planning.  It's certainly not just a case of looking on Google Maps and thinking "That looks like the best route".  There have been a number of programmes about moving abnormal loads.  You look at the route and think they can't get through, but they do.
  • Apple iPhone problem. When I make a personal one to one call no problem. When I phone a company to order gardening products for example I hear a telephone continually ringing out in the background which which makes listening to the other person very difficult. I have tried search engines with no luck.
  • KT53 said:
    @Dovefromabove these things take months of planning.  It's certainly not just a case of looking on Google Maps and thinking "That looks like the best route".  There have been a number of programmes about moving abnormal loads.  You look at the route and think they can't get through, but they do.
    Oh I know that .., my tongue was in my cheek when I said that .., but I am puzzled as to the reason they’re going via the congested centre of the old part of Ipswich rather than the straightforward route taken by all other very large loads from Ipswich Docks straight onto the 6 lane A14 and then to  interchange with the A140  … very puzzling. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited September 2023
    Curmudgeonly and lazy. I was almost glad to come across a couple of dodgy bulbs in the packet. It meant that I didn't have to plant them. It's hard work even after the rain has softened the clay!
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Referring back a few pages but I saw this floating in the local pond last night. Its partner was no doubt floating about somewhere else.
    The council have a new strategy of hanging rubbish bags in random litter hotspots around the town rather than installing new bins. This has been great and has really reduced the amount of litter this year. People still litter right next to the bags but it has encouraged more people to litter pick due to the convenience. Some of the bags didn't survive the recent storms though and the contents ended up in the pond.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Don't the foxes, crows or seagulls root about in them?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Jackdaws are the biggest problem around here and they're small enough to get inside litter bins to drag stuff out. So far the bags have been untouched but things might change over the winter. I don't think much food goes into them, it's mostly just plastic and cans.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I'm all for wild edges but this is a bit wild even for me.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Honorary membership of GoS. He could definitely give us some tips. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Songbird-2Songbird-2 Posts: 2,349
    Not good though if it's attracting vermin. That garden is a nightmare, I certainly  couldn't relax out there and enjoy the surroundings or even see any wildlife. 
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