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The Vinyl Adventure
05-01-2010, 20:40
I took these just down the road on way to chippy, I figured even though it's dark I'd take them with a torch just in case some yob knocked it's head off... Sure enough on the way back some yob had knocked it's head off! Some tossers about... Anyway hopfully a good few people got enjoyment out of one of my neighbours sence of humer and now hopefully some of you lot (neil) will too

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/8c29cfd1.jpg

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/c19caeec.jpg

I particularly liked the whisk and plunger, not far off the original props I recon!

....

As I was walking to the chippy I walked past a chap stuck at the top of the hill just down from me, every time he moved a bit forward he went more sideways! I asked him if he was ok, he sai he was so I told him be careful and went to get my chips!
On the way back I had the idea he might get a bit more traction to get him straight, and not heading towards a couple of cars on the hill if we put a bit o carpet under his tires. Ironically he was a carpet fitter but couldn't use any of the new carpet in his van... I of course have just ripped up a load of carpet. I suggested the plan and he agreed. Off u went home and grabbed some bits from the staircase, went back out and we jammed them under his wheels. Sure enough it provided the grip to get him out of the line of the cars he was sliding into. We thought we had it sussed when he stepped out of the van to just move a bit more carpet to get him straight... Just as he had walked round the van to the back, off it went, unmanned slideing down the hill .. Towards a woman walking up the hill looking at her feet...
"get out the way.... Runnn! We shouted at this woman... She ran in front of the van that afte doing a 180 stopped about a meter away from her. She looked a bit shacken but without saying anything turned heel and wondered off! Me and the transit man turned round to then see a ford ka sliding towards us. Fortunately that managed to stop quite a way from us. Transit man decides it best to abandon his van diagonally on the hill ... Not sure that's wise but he was adament. So we then had to help ford ka man with my bits of carpet get his car back up to the flat. It was actually quite easy... We all wished each other a safe night an proceeded on foot bak to our respective houses and b n b's....
Loads of fun!

DSJR
05-01-2010, 20:48
App-re-ciate, app-re-ciate!!

Spectral Morn
05-01-2010, 21:34
Thanks Hamish....Hero of the hour.

I am surprised that lady didn't leave a brown stain in the snow or at the least a yellow one. Seeing a van sliding towards you down a hill :eek::eek::eek:yikessssssssssssssssssssss !!!!.

Safer inside.....in front of a nice warm fire and good tunes....thats what I am doing tonight.


Regards D S D L

The Vinyl Adventure
05-01-2010, 21:40
It slid from just before the car to the left of the image...
It was the way the lady ran in front of the van instead of in to the gateway to the left of it ... I guess it's hard to predict what a van with no driver sliding down a hill towards you is going to do...

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/e62abb5c.jpg

The Vinyl Adventure
05-01-2010, 21:46
I thought this just made a nice piccy

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/5acaaddf.jpg

Spectral Morn
05-01-2010, 21:59
I thought this just made a nice piccy

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/5acaaddf.jpg

Now thats a fantastic photo..... All you need is a guy in a long black coat and hat standing at the gate..... Exorcist.



Regards D S D L

The Vinyl Adventure
05-01-2010, 23:03
It's so peaceful out there! Just the odd sound of a siren now and then ... Quite eerie! I did I always wish for cycleist to either walk or cycle in to my photos one of the most inspiring photos for me is this one by henri Cartier-bresson

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/c1816ef3.jpg

I took this just a few days after off the back of seeing that image- not quite in the same league I know, but you can see how bresson inspired me I'm sure

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/d460ed5a.jpg

The Grand Wazoo
06-01-2010, 00:20
Good thinking with the carpets, mate!
I once witnessed a guy trying to help get a pick-up out of a tight spot by doing almost that trick. The critical difference was he used sheets of thin plywood instead of carpets. He was pushing the truck & the ply shot out as the driver revved the arse off the engine. One of the sheets took his legs out from under him, seriously damaging his shins. He landed smack on his face, broke his nose & lost two teeth!

Stick to using carpet!!

In the past in my line of work, I've been involved in getting all sorts of machinery unstuck from all sorts of conditions.

The sort of thing in this video is fairly common in forestry!

http://www.equinenow.com/video-num-1582008.htm

('scuse the dodgy Skando-pop!!)

The Vinyl Adventure
06-01-2010, 00:47
That did cross my mind, the alternative was some cardboard but I thought even that was risky with spinning wheels. Carpet seemed the logical solution as it sorta sticks to snow... Or at least snow sticks to it...
The words "serious damage" and "shins" in combination make me feel quite funny! This chap fell over outside the shop the other day, he just landed smack on his face, he didn't even put his hands out!! Knocked him self out and bust his nose in - poor bugger! Me and this middle aged busy body got him into the shop and while I got a chair for him she rang the ambulance! the funny thing is I felt most sorry for him when she starting talking to him like a bloody 4 year old he wasn't even that old, maybe just clear of 70 ish.. She kept on saying "ARE YOU OKAAYYY" in a really patronising way and then saying "aaaah you just sit there the ambulance will be here soon you will be ok" I know she was just being nice, but I really can't stand people who talk to the even vaguly elderly like they are children! ....
I'm babbleing crap today aren't I?!?
Anyway ...

The YouTube link within that page doesn't seem to work for me :(

The Vinyl Adventure
06-01-2010, 00:58
While I'm talking shit and showing you lot random stuff take a look at what my lady is doing to the living room wall... Int she a clever one!

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/3a15d0a4.jpg

The Vinyl Adventure
06-01-2010, 09:07
Hmm it was myseriously rebuilt during the night

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/a579cce7.jpg

Alex_UK
06-01-2010, 17:57
While I'm talking shit and showing you lot random stuff take a look at what my lady is doing to the living room wall... Int she a clever one!

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/3a15d0a4.jpg

That's Barry's avatar!

The Vinyl Adventure
06-01-2010, 18:51
Yeah, it does look like it doesn't it... She says it's from a pitcure of a tatoo that was done to depict a green tara.

Haselsh1
06-01-2010, 18:52
Absolutely love the snow Dalek shot and also the shot of the Spiral Staircase. These images have a lot of CCD noise on them though.

The Vinyl Adventure
06-01-2010, 18:57
Yeah, that would be the crap iPhone I take then on, it's just for convenience really and I'm not to fussed for the odd snap!
There shouldn't be any ccd noise on the spiral staircase or man and Morris photo though!

Haselsh1
06-01-2010, 19:17
Yeah, I understand Hamish.

Barry
06-01-2010, 22:06
Yeah, it does look like it doesn't it... She says it's from a pitcure of a tatoo that was done to depict a green tara.

The Green Tara (in Tibet she is called Drolma Jang), or Green Saviouress, is the patron godess of Tibet and represents the motherly aspect of compassion. Her body is coloured green and she is depicted sitting in the royal posture on a moon disc and lotus flower, her right leg extended with its foot resting on a small lotus blossum. Her two hands hold the two blue lotuses of compassion. Some depictions show an image of Amitabha (the Buddha of Infinite Light) in her tiara.

There is also the White Tara who represents the fertile aspect of compassion.

Regards

The Vinyl Adventure
06-01-2010, 22:11
Do you know which tara this is Barry? It does look just like the one in your avatar

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/f4bb4bed.jpg

Barry
06-01-2010, 22:29
Do you know which tara this is Barry? It does look just like the one in your avatar

http://i728.photobucket.com/albums/ww282/hamish_gill/f4bb4bed.jpg

Now that I can see the finished outline, I am afraid to say that it is neither the Green nor the White Tara, it is, as Alex spotted, my avatar: Manjushri.

Manjushri (in Tibetan: Jampelyang), the bodhisattva of wisdom. Shown as beautiful youth with a golden yellow complexion. (Suggesting that wisdom need not only come with age). In his right hand he wields the flaming sword of wisdom, which cuts through ignorance. His left hand holds the stem of a lotus blossom whose flower bears the scripture 'Perfection of Wisdom'.

So sorry Hannah, 'she' has turned out to be a 'he'.

Regards

DSJR
06-01-2010, 22:36
Hold on a minute, I've got jippy Chakra's (not a pleasant sight :lol:)

The Vinyl Adventure
06-01-2010, 22:37
All good, I like that quite a lot actually! I shall let hannah know, I remember her telling me about that when she was picking it out for a tatoo, she is indeed quite wise before her years. she hasn't got the tatoo yet but I guess she got it mixed up when she chose it out the load of pictures she saved to the computer as tatoo options
cheers for that

The Grand Wazoo
06-01-2010, 23:19
That's Barry's avatar!

Well, she could hardly hae painted Hamish's avatar - that's a picture of a manky big toe!

The Vinyl Adventure
06-01-2010, 23:24
Heh, yeah, she won't even tell it touch her in bed so I would highly doubt she would want it on the wall!