my part is very small and does not involve any acting but helping to put the small train that is in the credits in series at milky way in Devon with fellow volunteers and local rail volunteers back in late 1980s-
Hi-de-Hi! was a BBC television sitcom shown on BBC1 from 1980 to 1988.
The location is Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, during 1959 through to the early 1960s. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who also wrote Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum amongst others. The title was the greeting the campers heard and in early episodes was written Hi de Hi. The series revolved around the lives of the camp's management and entertainers, most of them struggling actors or has-beens.wiki link
Sunday, 1 May 2016
Saturday, 30 April 2016
cb radio slang so no talking to Gay Charlee"
who else remembers the days of cb radio and the fun we had -B slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot or cant which developed amongst users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the USA during the 1970s early-1980s.[1]
The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geographical. Through time, certain terms are added or dropped as attitudes toward it change. For example, in the early days of the CB radio, the term "Good Buddy" was widely used. However, at some point, it became associated only with a subset of male prostitutes (lot lizards) who would advertise via the CB radio (usually at truck stops) and using the term became an insult to other drivers, or radio operators.[2]
Nicknames given or adopted by CB radio users are known as 'Handles'.[2][3] Although this practice is all but dead, many truck drivers will call each other 'Hand',[4] or by the name of the company they are driving for.[citation needed]
CB and its distinctive language started in the USA but was then exported to other countries including Mexico, Germany and Canada. In the French-speaking region of Canada, the cultural chauvinism associated with the French language generated conflict and adaptation of the new loan words.[5]
The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geographical. Through time, certain terms are added or dropped as attitudes toward it change. For example, in the early days of the CB radio, the term "Good Buddy" was widely used. However, at some point, it became associated only with a subset of male prostitutes (lot lizards) who would advertise via the CB radio (usually at truck stops) and using the term became an insult to other drivers, or radio operators.[2]
Nicknames given or adopted by CB radio users are known as 'Handles'.[2][3] Although this practice is all but dead, many truck drivers will call each other 'Hand',[4] or by the name of the company they are driving for.[citation needed]
CB and its distinctive language started in the USA but was then exported to other countries including Mexico, Germany and Canada. In the French-speaking region of Canada, the cultural chauvinism associated with the French language generated conflict and adaptation of the new loan words.[5]
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Popular terms
Law enforcement officers and their equipment
- "Checkpoint Charlie"
- a police checkpoint placed to look for drunk drivers, etc. (alludes to the former border crossing between East and West Berlin)
- "Evel Knievel"
- a police officer on a motorcycle (refers to the popular motorcycle stuntman)
- "Gum ball machine" / "bubble gum machine"
- a state police patrol car or other police cruiser (refers to the older-style, dome-shaped red rotating/strobe light commonly mounted on the roof of state police cars, which resembles a traditional "penny" gumball machine)
- "Miss Piggy"
- a female law enforcement officer (refers to the muppet character, derived from the pejorative term "pig" for police officers)
- "Mama Bear"
- a less derogatory term for a female law enforcement officer.
- "Bear in the Air"
- A police aircraft in flight.
- "Smokey" or "Bear"
- a police officer (refers to Smokey Bear, known for wearing a campaign hat very similar to that included in many highway patrol uniforms in the United States)
- "Bear Trap"
- a police checkpoint, similar to the "Checkpoint Charlie", but concealed.wiki link
Sunday, 24 April 2016
Last PG Tips chimp Choppers dies aged 48 after developing heart and liver failure
The last surviving chimpanzee from the famous PG Tips adverts has died aged 48.
Choppers, the final original 'tea chimp', was put to sleep at Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire on Wednesday, the tourist attraction said.
She had been displaying signs of heart and liver failure.
The 'much-loved' chimpanzee's death came two years after she lost her partner, and fellow PG Tips star, Louis.
Popular with zoo visitors, Choppers was known for her starring role as Ada in the tea adverts, which ran from the 1960s through until 1980.read more
Rare albino blackbird spotted in Devon
A rare albino blackbird has been spotted by a member of the Devon Wildlife Trust.
The "white blackbird" was discovered by Jo Pullin in Hatherleigh, who has worked for the trust for 14-years.She said her children spotted something unusual in the undergrowth at the edge of her garden that turned out to be the bird.
The British Trust for Ornithology said it gets reports of only one or two pure albino blackbirds per year.
A spokesman said this one, with bright pink eyes is much rarer than ones with darker eyes, of which they see about 10 annually.
Mrs Pullin said: "I have never seen a completely white blackbird. It looked very vulnerable. It looked like it had only just recently left the nest."
A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said: "Albino birds are quite rare: albinism is caused by a genetic mutation resulting in a completely white bird with pink eyes.
Survival strategy
Steve Hussey from Devon Wildlife Trust said it was unlikely the bird was still alive: "Being pure white isn't a great survival strategy for a blackbird, particularly as a fledgling. When you've just left the nest you want to be as inconspicuous as possible to avoid the predatory eyes of cats and sparrowhawks."Added to this, part of the condition of albinos often means they have poor or little eyesight. I fear that this little chap's life was probably a very brief one. "
ET will 'conquer and colonise' humanity, warns Stephen Hawking:
Professor Stephen Hawking has previously said artificial intelligence could control humans in 100 years.
Now,
in his latest dire warning, the physicist claims that if AI doesn't
conquer humanity, an advanced alien civilisation may do so instead.
'If
aliens visit us, the outcome could be much like when Columbus landed in
America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans,'
Professor Hawking said in a recent interview.read more
sad end for nala
nala was an ostrich which was released by animal rights which was released by animal rights activisits in germany.zala had 10 minutes of freedom before being run over .
semma looks unhappy
titanic final lifeboat
we want boaty mcboatface?
this is a name -124,109 votes,that was going to be given to a 200 milllion polar exploration ship but the killjoy government have dismissed it and reqiure a more sensible name.
pitrm1- possile cure for alzheimers?
this is a protein found in the cell organism mitochondria .low levels of pitrim1 increase deposits of protein amgloid in the brain ,this clumps together and wrecks memory .metochondria can be passed down generationms.
pee could be used to generate electricity?
scientists have devolped mircobial fuel cells that use the natural biological processes of bacteria .they react as the urine passes through the inch square devive-cost 1 to 2 pounds ,created by university of london and bristol bioenergy centre.
Sunday, 17 April 2016
Stammering mice with SQUEAK IMPEDIMENT created by scientists studying affliction suffered by British monarch behind The King's Speech
Scientists have created stammering mice with a squeak impediment to help them study the affliction that beset King George VI.
The mice are genetically engineers to produce high-pitched stuttering sounds that share similarities with phrases uttered by humans who stammer.
The hope is for the animals will provide insights into the still much misunderstood condition.
King George VI was famous for his stammer, which he managed partially to overcome with the help of Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue. The story of the king's struggle was told in the film The King's Speech , starring Colin Firth as the monarch.
Logue, whose unorthodox therapy included daily breathing exercises and gargling with warm water, would not have known about the defective gene Gnptabread more
nessie has been found .
future shock the story of 2000 ad
this is a documentry charting the ups and downs of this counterculture british comic 2000 ad which featured such characters like judge dredd and has been described as the punk rock of the comic world and part of my youth.-see trailer teaser
is stairway to heaven like the song taurus by spirit?
in a court in los angeles a judge has decide if randy california -spirit -or robert plant /jimmy page-led zeppelin to who owns the copywright to the song =stairway to heaven.this is due to what seems substantial similaries with the 1968 instrumental taurus by spirit and both band s did tour together in 1968 to 1969 .most of the case is about the songs concept and not cords used.read more -plus a link to both songs for you to judge=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pPvNqOb6RA=led zeppelin -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd8AVbwB_6E-taurus -spirit.
no queen on throne at southend -on -sea essex?
i was as an ex essex who lived 3 miles from southend-on-sea ,essex shocked to read that the local town council wish to get rid of the traditional carnival queen for ambassador.the coronation has been at centre of the summer annual bash since 1920 so keep it.
hunt for e.t?
a new project backed by mark zuckerbury-facebook founder-to send tiny starships to hunt for aliens at the cost of 70 million .a laser fired from earth as it sails on the craft to nearest star system alpha centauri a mere 3.37 light years away .the craft the size of a phone mircochip may get there in 20 years and a current spaceship could take 30,000 years.
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