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The Puzzle Picture
The lads at Peco had a jolly idea a while back. Why not put together bits from several different kits and thus offer a "bargain pack" of gardenalia. The bargain is brought about by the price being significantly less that the total likely price of the individual bits.
Reader may excitedly spot what ffb has bought to enhance his newly created back yards. The selection of bits illustrated above is just a part of the totality. There is:-
A garden shed
A brick-built cold frame
A lean-to greenhouse in brown
A proper greenhouse in white
Some larch-lap fencing
A water butt
A garden bench.
The laser-cut thingy, the actual puzzle picture, is for:-
A power lawnmower
A garden roller
A wheelbarrow
Then there is a mysterious grey bit of wall with a door which doesn't fit anywhere.
£14 sounds a lot, but there are a good few bits.
Imagine fbb's attempts to glue these diminutive bits of polystyrene together using his stubby fingered wobbly hand. Maybe they will turn out to be rotting disused garden appurtenances!
And what about the glass for the greenhouses etc. Clever people; they tell you to use the package it all came in.
And what about the glass for the greenhouses etc. Clever people; they tell you to use the package it all came in.
Social Distancing - a P S
Thanks to Roy from Sheffield, fbb is able to bring you a gallery of snippets to show how Sheffield's operators are preparing for the onslaught of very few well-distanced passengers.
Operators are all doing their own thing with various attempts at imparting terror into the minds of anxious passengers. Here's is a "fair enough" Stagecoach notice ...
... with an attempt at politeness.
Here is the PTE a k a Travel South Yotkshire in a threatening dayglo pink ...
Here is the PTE a k a Travel South Yotkshire in a threatening dayglo pink ...
... glued to a shelter. And there are new smaller ones at all the bus stops.
They cover up the timetables; but it matters not as these are ALL pre-virus and thus useless!
The Interchange (bus station) has been re-arranged for social distancing with more pink pushy pictures ...
... and extra railings!
Even without the virus, the bus station (a k a Interchange) is usually deserted, so these precautions are not likely to be used by the crowds! But the PTE has been very very busy.
Which may explain why, at 2000 last night, as this journalistic wonder was being composed, there was absolutely no mention ANYWHERE in PTE-land of the huge timetable changes that explode, largely unannounced, on Monday.
And Stagecoach have snook (snuck, snooked, snooken?) in a few non-virus but controversial service changes; following the standard political principal of "a good day to bury bad news". More on this in tomorrow's "Stuff".
But the prize for creating a regime of terror must go to First Bus with a wide selection of posters and notices ...
... and the most shouty seat embellishments of any operator seen by fbb.
Yikes. fbb reckons good "salt of the earth" Sheffield tykes will soon get fed up with this aggressive stuff and decide to "sit where us wants" and "not get me wearin' one of they poncy masks".
Transdev are doing it "very nicely" with a "we are all in this rogether, so lets help one another" style ...
Yep - much better.
And, even worse, you can't sit on the front seats of the tram and look over the driver's shoulder to view the ride!
If it is to protect the driver, it seems a bit pointless as you can still sit one row back and the driver still has to pass you.
Hey ho! Stay Safe; Stay Sane and, above all, Stay Sensible!
The Interchange (bus station) has been re-arranged for social distancing with more pink pushy pictures ...
Which may explain why, at 2000 last night, as this journalistic wonder was being composed, there was absolutely no mention ANYWHERE in PTE-land of the huge timetable changes that explode, largely unannounced, on Monday.
And Stagecoach have snook (snuck, snooked, snooken?) in a few non-virus but controversial service changes; following the standard political principal of "a good day to bury bad news". More on this in tomorrow's "Stuff".
But the prize for creating a regime of terror must go to First Bus with a wide selection of posters and notices ...
... and the most shouty seat embellishments of any operator seen by fbb.
Transdev are doing it "very nicely" with a "we are all in this rogether, so lets help one another" style ...
And, even worse, you can't sit on the front seats of the tram and look over the driver's shoulder to view the ride!
Hey ho! Stay Safe; Stay Sane and, above all, Stay Sensible!
Next Monday Stuff blog : Monday 1st June
Of course, everything will have to be redone if the "social distance" goes down to only 1 metre, as recommended by the WHO and being pushed by some Conservative MPs.
ReplyDeleteI caught a bus yesterday, on the way back from shopping. Apart from two seats near the driver being "closed" with dangly notices, and a new screen by the driver, it didn't look too bad. However I didn't see what the situation was towards the back. The windows were open, I didn't touch anything, and if anything it felt much less scary than the supermarket! Things would be different on busier journeys, of course - I was the only passenger (admittedly we do live near the end of the route so the buses are often fairly empty by the time they get to us, even in normal times).
It’s all very well for them to cordon off all the seats all over the bus, but if, for some reason, I have to make an essential journey with another member of my household then I would expect to... god forbid... SIT TOGETHER! ...so what am I to do... rip those stupid banners off of the 2nd seat so as I can sit next to my family member or what?
ReplyDeleteThe banners do I believe say something about being able to use the seats if you're travelling together. You don't have to remove the banner to sit on the seat.
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