A Brief Interlude

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Here is an old BBC interlude from days of yore. Please watch from 2.24mins onwards. You may of course watch it all, or none of it, but it features workman digging and playing with their pneumatic drills. I thought this might be of interest for those who feel inspired to dig.

Meanwhile I am up to my eyeballs with poorly executed calligraphic experimentation. There are screwed up balls everywhere…. amongst the discarded chip paper…

Please bear with. Normal service will resume as soon as I’ve gotten the ink out of my favourite T-shirt…

30 thoughts on “A Brief Interlude”

lx August 5, 2015 at 2:25 pm

That big jumpy bouncy thing is scary. I would probably smash my foot with it.

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1. Scarlet Post authorAugust 5, 2015 at 2:32 pm
  
  Bloody noisy as well, Mr Lax! I don’t think I could even lift one.
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  1. 63mago August 5, 2015 at 3:30 pm
    
    Wonderful world of Stampfer, here you can see a BT60 in action – enjoy while I look at the windmill in Bury St.Edmunds …
    
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  2. Scarlet Post authorAugust 5, 2015 at 4:56 pm
    
    Good grief, that’s a big one, Mr Mags!
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  3. lx August 5, 2015 at 6:56 pm
    
    I am, however, probably qualified to be a Dutch crane operator.
    
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  4. Scarlet Post authorAugust 5, 2015 at 9:59 pm
    
    Oops!! Well, that upset a seagull!
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IDV August 5, 2015 at 5:39 pm

Oh! I remember when the BBC used to be like that. How horribly ageing… Where did I put that vat of Oil of Ulay?
It made this look almost normal.

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1. Scarlet Post authorAugust 5, 2015 at 10:06 pm
  
  Not ageing! It wasn’t so long ago, was it??? I moved on from Oil of Olay… now using staples and sellotape.
  Anyhow, Mr Devine, I love anything Victoria Wood, and Susie Blake has always been a favourite.
  
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2. IDV August 6, 2015 at 8:08 am
  
  Sellotape? My Avon Lady has been waving a roll of duct tape around lately, apparently “for no particular reason”…
  I feel a Victoria Wood marathon is in order!
  
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  1. Scarlet Post authorAugust 12, 2015 at 4:44 pm
    
    Charmaine has been waving extra thick bandages at me…
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dinahmow August 5, 2015 at 9:02 pm

I’m a bit disappointed that they didn’t all sit around a brazier having big mugs of tea…

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1. Scarlet Post authorAugust 5, 2015 at 10:08 pm
  
  But there was a few seconds featuring tea, wasn’t there, Dinah??
  They were a little industrious though…. maybe they weren’t British?
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Pat Mackay August 6, 2015 at 9:17 am

I watched it all and found it mesmerising and strangely moving. They did those things so well didn’t they?

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1. Scarlet Post authorAugust 12, 2015 at 4:28 pm
  
  They did indeed, Pat! Times of Yore.
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lx August 6, 2015 at 11:25 am

[off-topic. sorry.]

Soggy bottoms are back! I hope it is shown here.

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1. Scarlet Post authorAugust 12, 2015 at 4:29 pm
  
  I cried for this poor woman last Wednesday, Mr Lax. That’s a very soggy bottom… looking forward to watching tonight.
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Exile on Pain Street August 6, 2015 at 11:42 am

I wish I was British. You guys have all the quaint fun.

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1. Scarlet Post authorAugust 12, 2015 at 4:30 pm
  
  I know, Monsieur Pain!!! And we usually get to do it in the pouring rain!!
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hilaryprosser August 6, 2015 at 7:37 pm

take care … sounds as though you need a pinnyxxx

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1. Scarlet Post authorAugust 12, 2015 at 4:32 pm
  
  I need industrial overalls, Ms Prosser, and an umbrella.
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Princess August 7, 2015 at 12:14 am

I’m now thoroughly exhausted after watching all that work…

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1. Scarlet Post authorAugust 12, 2015 at 4:33 pm
  
  I am thoroughly exhausted after today’s post, Princess, and I’d forgotten my replies to this one… I fly by the seat of my freshly laundered pants sometimes 🙂
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lisleman August 7, 2015 at 9:00 pm

OMG so bad it’s funny. I thought cable TV has gone down hill. TV interludes? What was that when the production people took their quaaludes?
Since I’ve actually drive a number of British motorways I know your roads are built well. Apparently not by that crew. While on the subject – you over do it with the orange warning barrels.

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1. Scarlet Post authorAugust 12, 2015 at 4:35 pm
  
  Bill… you’ve obviously not driven down a Devon country lane… there are no warnings about the hideous things that can befall you. Usually a big hole. Caused by endless rain. Not that I’m going on about the weather or anything.
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Autolycus August 8, 2015 at 10:50 am

Hmm. Screwed-up balls, doesn’t sound at all good (though not as bad as for the gents in the film, obviously). Something calming might be in order. You can only do what you can do.

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1. Scarlet Post authorAugust 12, 2015 at 4:38 pm
  
  Mr Mags!!! I’m hopeless. But I will take your advice and stop screwing those balls. Perhaps I should sit quietly and imbibe something comforting?
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nick August 10, 2015 at 2:14 pm

All very primitive compared to today’s advanced road-repair machines! I haven’t seen a pickaxe for decades. All blatant propaganda of course. In reality there’d be ten men standing around, a foreman scratching his head, and someone else making cups of tea.

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1. Scarlet Post authorAugust 12, 2015 at 4:39 pm
  
  Tsk, Nick, you are such a cynic! Plus, I think they all used to carry their own flasks…
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Roses August 12, 2015 at 12:04 pm

I am blissed out by this.

Brings home how frenetic modern television has become.

Also, I have an off-topic question for you: when you are doing your calligraphy, do you form your Os (and other letters) going anti-clockwise or clockwise?

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1. Scarlet Post authorAugust 12, 2015 at 4:42 pm
  
  God, yes, television is frenetic. I try to mute the adverts… they are all too bright, brazen and repetitive.
  Anyhow, I had to think about the question! O’s are anti-clockwise… thick stroke down, thin stroke up for pointed pen work.
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