New railbridge at Diss
 

Here is a christmas present to the town of Diss:-

http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co...6&NewsAreaID=2

Did anyone manage to see it happening?

:DIs'nt diss a marvel,
how diss this happen:D:D

with a heavin and a hoeing dass how!

DISS was very good in only 72 hours they all DISS-erve a medal

ccmmick.

Diss old ballast went to Mangapps in demm big lorries and dumped 60 tons on datt derr yard so diss old man can start diss-tributing down the main line. Not a spring and summer of Diss-content in SE Essex at all.

Dey do Diss dere, don't dey; dey don't do dat dere dough, do dey? :D

Diss is getting a dit dissy do da do da day :D :D :D.

ccmmick.

If Diss goes on much longer we'll be told to Diss-ist!:eek:

Regards, 62440.:D

Duck it ????? :D :D

Duck it????? Why? It's not a low bridge is it?:confused:

Regards, 62440.:D

Ha Ha

ccmmick.

Very good chaps and not a mention of motorbikes or guitars - yet!!!

As it happens we're just tuning up. And that covers both motorbikes and guitars.:D

Regards, 62440.:D

Well, since you mentioned it - I got Diss guitar here, dat guitar over dere, and dose guitars down dere. Do dey do dongles in Diss? :D

Well we can start on dat again if you want :D :D :D

ccmmick.

This starting to sound like the Archers theme tune :- dum dee dum dee dum dee da diss is ow it goes!!!

Ready Lads? After four....Dis old house ain't got no windows.....:D

62440.

Must go and dig out my Rosemary Clooney LP.:D

My god i had forgotten about her :D :D

ccmmick.

She sounds lovely through all my home made hi-fi, especially the valve amplifiers.:D:D

Well we are back to amps are we.
I was fortunate to buy one of the late Al Hodge's amps
a Marshall JCM 2000-60w Super Lead it is a realy beautiful sound.
He was smashing bloke so sad he died at only 55 WHY ????????????????:( :(

ccmmick.

Valve amps are for weightlifters! :)

My latest monoblock amps (single mono) are built on two bits of 18mm plywood (we call it breadboarding) and I can just manage to comfortably lift each one.

It's all the "iron" (transformers etc) that does it !!:D

Most of my other amps are lightweight by comparison.;)

My Fender Twin Reverb lives on the floor nowadays; I reckon if I attempted to put it somewhere higher up I'd either throw m back out, or develop an immediate hernia! It was far too heavy when I got it secondhand in 1974, and I was reasonably fit then. I moved to a flat in Southsea in 1980, it was up five flights of stairs. Uuurgh. Since I'd got six guitars at the time as well, I came to an arrangement with the local pub landlord - I could keep all the gear in the large pub kitchen free of charge, providing that we could occasionally jam in the pub during afternoon closing hours. Suited me fine! ;)

Back in the late 60s i bought first secondhand Marshall head amp and a 4x12''cabinet from Plymouth i only had a three wheel van at the time a bit like Del boy only mine was blue.
We used to do gigs in Truro Newquay Penzance St Austell i used to take as much in the van and the drummer used to take what he could in his ford anglia van plus singer and bass player quite a squeeze.
How the two vans lasted i do not know.

ccmmick.

The first band I was in (never got paid for playing anwhere), the drummer was the only of the four of us with transport, and we had to ferry all our gear (not much of it, thankfully) around in his AUSTIN HEALEY SPRITE!!!! :eek:

You did for the fun of it i wish you had a picture of the Austin i bet it was quite a sight :D :D.

ccmmick.

We had to do it in bits; luckily we only played VERY locally, so it didn't take too long, but his drum kit went first, then the bass & guitar stuff (the singer didn't have any gear!), then he'd take the bassist & singer, then pick up his girlfriend, and me & my girlfriend, so there'd be FOUR of us in a 2-seater. It was a bit of a hoot! :D:eek:

I regularly had 4 of us in my Mk2 Sprite,
For a squash try 4 in a Messerschmidt bubble car, two in the back and one on my lap.
Fun days indeed.
John (G)

My uncle had Isetta bubble car and yes they were great days indeed :D :D.

ccmmick.

Isettas were OK until you parked with the front up against a wall,
Unless you had a car license that is. Reverse was blanked off for driving on a motorbike one. Mine opened sideways and you got out of the top but by my time the rule had been done away with so 4 forward and 4 reverse gears.
Sometimes I wish I still had it.
John (G)
PS Did burst my bubble one night but that is a different stoiry.

I borrowed a sprite once and towed it to a scout camp which our sons were attending.
Lovely it was - all sat round the camp fire toasting marshmellows on sticks and eating burgers/drinking beer till all hours. Those were the days.
At last I get a chance to switch the thread from amps and cars to something I enjoy - caravans!!!

I'll ask my uncle Jeremy about those Sprites ,Mine was an Austin Squealy.
John.