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Title: You shouldn't joke about the Irish ! Post by: mobaholic on February 24, 2010, 02:12:19 PM These workmen are installing bollards to stop nurses from parking on the pavement outside the Royal Hospital in Belfast. They are cleaning up at the end of the day. :o (http://i47.tinypic.com/29eqfk5.jpg) How long do you think it will be before they realise that they can't go home? :-\ This is a real photograph..! :D Title: Re: You shouldn't joke about the Irish ! Post by: delaro on February 24, 2010, 02:19:16 PM ... This is a real photograph..! :D Are you the author of this photo then?? ;] Title: Re: You shouldn't joke about the Irish ! Post by: mobaholic on February 24, 2010, 02:22:21 PM Are you the author of this photo then?? ;] Unfortunately I have never been to Ireland, but it would have been fun to be the first one to see the site ! :D Title: Re: You shouldn't joke about the Irish ! Post by: petkow on February 24, 2010, 02:40:54 PM Brilliant! ::)
Title: Re: You shouldn't joke about the Irish ! Post by: Graham on February 24, 2010, 03:03:56 PM Thanks for the laugh! ;D
Title: Re: You shouldn't joke about the Irish ! Post by: NewStarter on February 24, 2010, 06:48:59 PM Nice one :) Too funny to be true.. yes... you can find all kind of people around the world. ;)
Title: Re: You shouldn't joke about the Irish ! Post by: andy on February 25, 2010, 02:26:17 AM hmmm, spoiling the story a bit, apparently it's actually in Manchester, and some people reckon the bollards are removable
try zooming in for a close-up, and see what you think - I'm not so sure about removal http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=quay+street+manchester&sll=53.786004,-2.72363&sspn=0.010218,0.027895&ie=UTF8&ll=53.478942,-2.253163&spn=0.004623,0.027895&z=16&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=53.478936,-2.253156&panoid=oNLUOWI6CetJ-k18DJfgcA&cbp=12,150.60525306101798,,0,8.305769230769261 Title: Re: You shouldn't joke about the Irish ! Post by: petkow on February 25, 2010, 01:22:53 PM Andy you sad sad man!! ::) ;)
I suppose you couldn't resist the temptation to google it... just as I had to as well! ;D http://lmgtfy.com/?q=installing+bollards+to+stop+nurses Non-literally I realise I do this many a time. (i.e. paint myself into a corner, or saw off the branch I am sitting on)... By the way... and not that it's the point... but I hear that few of these bollards are non-removable as they ultimately may need access for window cleaning machinery etc. Title: Re: You shouldn't joke about the Irish ! Post by: mobaholic on February 25, 2010, 02:45:29 PM Congratulations to both andy and petkow for their great industry. :) For anyone confused by the options shown by petkow's search, I believe that the sixth one down gives the information produced by our avid checkers. ;) I never anticipated that a fun post would generate so much research ! ;D Title: Re: You shouldn't joke about the Irish ! Post by: andy on February 25, 2010, 04:47:25 PM I accepted it ....... then thought maybe I'll just check
as I typed Royal Hospital Belfast in the Google box,the drop-down options appended bollards, and that started a bit of scepticism even before I got there actually even the first result on petkow's alternate search has the streetview link in the comments presumably these things have a semi-hidden key somewhere to remove them, but this really is spoiling the story |