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h52.bsky.social
Auto-didact (still to graduate) waiting for my footloose hedonist railcard to be delivered Seriously lateral thinker, & irritant No title, no pronoun, since 1972 after starting Mech Eng degree in Brat-fot Yorkshire Immigrant arrival in Scotland - 1976
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@rikufryderyk.bsky.social Enjoyed your transport outputs, but might offer some ideas Have you reviewed local communities set-up their own bu services? Especially using Section 22 & MIDAS?

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Debating how Scotland might welcome #POTUS47 on his threatened visit Perhaps everyone might wear #JaneyGodley masks, or T shirts with a famous image of her friendly chatting with Polis at Turnberry Or drawing inspiration from film #Casablanca we all sing a rousing National song ... ideas? >>

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Would love to engage with bowel health group or similar 25 yr ago right groin inguinal hernia popped, now left side but associated residual blockage with old piles & 'locking up' Some relief solutions but with experience of huge, & solid stools ripping me apart & bright red blood Suggestions?

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My grandad was in ASC as a driver/mechanic during the family feud between Saxe Coburg heads of state 1914-18 He slept in his truck & one night his uniform froze to the side of the truck Here is his shaving mirror made from floorboard from Peronne Cathedral

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With some 60 years of working in engineering & transport My @flickrfdn.bsky.social cloud has several albums collating the history of roads & structures falling apart & transport failures Here's a few in #Glasgow beside #M8 Notably A804 with distressed retaining wall & sign fallen down 10 months!

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Inviting #Engineers & #Architects (& #Solicitors) especially in Scotland to help with the major harm that co owners of a building have delivered with unauthorised work like this, which is both structurally dangerous but also violates my property (50% of depth cut main joists) DM for more detail 'H'

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Valentine's Day Cow Art

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'Appen thy'll get pasted

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So the first year of Wales 20mph default limit saw 26% fewer casualties on the countries roads. That's an amazing drop and a lot less stress on the emergency services and NHS. Can we have this in England too now? the evidence is clear that it saves lives. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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@innovirtuoso.bsky.social interesting that the autonomous bus service from Inverkeithing to EDI has now ended Wrong application-I can see many options for #EVIE Autonomous pods like LHR T5 for shorter on demand shuttle links (like 1.2Km from major NHS sites to very frequent trains)

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@innovirtuoso.bsky.social following you now Daughter working in cyber security-I'm a bit rusty for lack of using boolean stuff (after all I started punching my own 80col cards & using Fortran4 plus early PDP Basic (With more binary stuff on control systems-vehicles & signalling) Lots to develop!

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‘Lucy Currier, from Harborne, has lifted the lid on what it's like navigating Birmingham in a wheelchair - and she's urged Brummies to make one key change’ www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

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@mrmjprice.bsky.social Let's get a conversation going on mobility, with Beryl in Brum you need NHS & Universities to buy-in with free access to bikes for staff & clients reducing demand for vehicles & drivers to move people around dispersed sites (& the costs for this)

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