Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[Perris]

the emergency services closed the Portway while they got his body down and didd whatever other stuff they did that took over two hours

that is a major route into and out of Bristol, including to and from its airport. I'd expect a lot of traffic on a Sunday afternoon.

The cars were able to turn around in the road, but not the buses or the large lorries so there we sat

So why didn't they let the traffic already on the stretch that was to be closed actually complete their transit before shutting the exits? (shut the entrance to stop more traffic coming in and divert, but let those already there, like your bus, through, before closing it completely). Reminds me of the many times Gwent police have completely shut the M4 because of an accident. No consideration given to the consequences of their actions on huge numbers of other people, including those responding to their own emergencies without all the fanfare.

a few minutes after starting the journey home there was a very loud bang and the train ground to a halt. The guard informed us over the tannoy that the train had hit a tree.

was it particularly windy there, or was it in an area where there might have been bored teenagers on a Sunday afternoon?

All in all, it must have been a very bad day for travelling in or through the Bristol area.

 

[Shadrach]

So why didn't they let the traffic already on the stretch that was to be closed actually complete their transit before shutting the exits?

I have no idea. They do this every time (close the road). I could understand better if the guy was injured and they had to do medical stuff where he fell, but he was dead! Two hours to move a dead body ffs!
I've seen mountain rescue teams get injured climbers off mountains with less fuss and disruption.

 

[Molpet]

Why I like fahrenheit.

 

[Perris]

Why I like fahrenheit.
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said Protagoras

 

[RoyalChick]

said Protagoras

I confess I had to look him up.
Very clever.

 

[Perris]

I confess I had to look him up.
Very clever.

some of those old Greeks were very smart indeed. Thinking was relatively untrammelled by dogmas and taboos in early ancient Greece, and they were remarkably honest in their self-evaluations. 'Know thyself', 'Nothing too much', and a period-specific reference to indebtedness were the mottos they chose to inscribe round the door of the temple to Apollo at Delphi. They are still good advice.

 

[RoyalChick]

some of those old Greeks were very smart indeed. Thinking was relatively untrammelled by dogmas and taboos in early ancient Greece, and they were remarkably honest in their self-evaluations. 'Know thyself', 'Nothing too much', and a period-specific reference to indebtedness were the mottos they chose to inscribe round the door of the temple to Apollo at Delphi. They are still good advice.

Indeed. Though I actually meant your post and by inference, you!

 

[BDutch]

I confess I had to look him up.
Very clever.

Now you 2 make me curious.
Thought is was a joke with the name Pythagoras or some other greek . Is there a 21st century person who posts stuff under the name Protagoras? Or….

PS indeed Protagoras was a Greek philosopher. But was did they use for temperatures in those days? Celcius I can imagine. But Kelvin and Fahrenheit were not around in those days for sure.

PS2
Celcius is much later too.
Anders Celsius (Swedish: [ˈânːdɛʂˈsɛ̌lːsɪɵs]; 27 November 1701 – 25 April 1744)[1]

What did the old Greeks use to say anything about temperatures?

 

[Perris]

Now you 2 make me curious.
Thought is was a joke with the name Pythagoras. Is there a 21st century person who posts stuff under the name Protagoras? Or….

https://www.worldhistory.org/protagoras/

 

[RoyalChick]

I am probably behind on tax. Here is Sylvie being pretty while hunting little worms yesterday.