Traffic
Is it just me or is the traffic godawful so far this week? And is it just me or are the vast majority of problems caused by a small number of utter gimps? Will people have re-learned how to drive after the bank hols by next week? I hope so.
Geographically accurate tube map
Found here, of all places: http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=26696
A geographically accurate London Underground map; showing platforms, sidings, crossovers, opening dates etc etc.
Do you wonder where the actual tunnels go, instead of being satisfied that they run somehow between stations X and Y? Then this is for you.
There are also similar maps on that site of the Paris Metro, Barcelona and other places.
This is why we wear goggles when grinding
Goggles prevent hot shards of metal from embedding themselves in your eyes. That would be bad.
Soviet Health&Safety
Found via David Thompson's blog
Health and safety posters, Soviet style
In Soviet Russia, train catches YOU
Stop, hammertime
Them Russians are/were very good at propaganda posters, I have to say.
The Daily Mail: first with the news that matters
On Big Lorry blog, May 2009: http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/2009/05/biglorryblog-has-cam-mcfadyen.html
Makes it to the Daily Mail, Jan 2011: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1344262/Lorry-flips-bridge-held-upside-200ft-drop-China.html
You know things are bad when you're reporting on a lorry crashing in China 2 years after the event.
Merry Christmas from the FNS
The view from FNS towers (Five Ways, Birmingham) today, 9pm. Click for hugeness.