I see your text speak and raise you...emoji's! Is it clapped hands, someone begging or someone praying? The aubergine?
Ah, I can help here. Clapping hands, there’s a few. You’ll need to be more precise. The aubergine or “egg plant” as it’s intended by our special American cousins is meant to be a representation of the male genitalia.
When I had my first hernia op, all the swelling and bruising was VERY representative of an aubergine.
Drains. Can anyone remember when the council or water board used to clear the grates in the road and blast them out so that rainwater could go down them?
Is it 'special' in the same sense as used by the late Phillip K Dick, and here in the u.k. for 'special schools'? Dodgy, it is a while now since I've seen any of the special (that word again) 'Gully' or 'Whale' trucks used for drain maintenance.
@Dougie they used to clear the drains but now seems neglected, where I lived few years ago there was a downpour and the water came down the main road, doubled back at the junction and flooded the lower part of the road cutting the residents off from the town, cars floating in it and everything. Same as the rhynes (pronounced reens), drainage on the somerset levels used to get maintained but not so much now and problems arise. Must be Speshul.
Councils, local authorities etc are not spending money like that anymore-I was talking to the Mother last week and she has noticed that - in our case they are not cutting the hedges along the roadsides and most definitely not clearing drains either
yeah they did that near us, just didnt cut the grass during the whole Covid lockdowns.. grass was upto my thigh
Well maybe in rural areas,(although rural is a relative term in Ireland) I live along the main Tralee -> Limerick road and they used to cut that once per year and it wasn't the landowners but the council who would then sub-contract it others - my Mother reckons it's been at least two years since it was done. No problem inhaling all the cash from road/motor tax bonanza mind you.
Oh there's more than one fiasco Tristan - there have been many over the years as I'm sure you know. Overpaid, and completely unaccountable public servants, excessive taxation overall (overt and stealth), overspending on projects and late delivery and absolutely nothing done to reconcile - e.g. Children's Hospital, National broadband implementation - I could go on.
Pre-internet, using the telephone book to locate a number and Yellow Pages. YP is now as thick as a monthly magazine!
Weren't they doing away with the yellow pages? Still prefer a physical item to look at, screwfix or toolstation catalogue are much better than online versions in my opinion. What about using a phone box, even remember the neighbour at my mums coming around as he had to make an emergency call, even left a ten pence piece on the 70s telephone seat afterwards.
In work yesterday one of the guys had an Amazon package arrive, felt like a magazine or similar through the packaging and size. So I said " oh your latest issue of penthouse has arrived" and none of the up to 30 year olds knew what penthouse, or top shelf magazines were.
