a very determined snail crossed to the other side i got a backache to take a few shots

Taken within the Mabula Game Reserve, Ouklip, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

All parts of this tree have traditional uses:

The gum of Combretum zeyheri has antibiotic properties.

The roots of the tree are used to make baskets, necklaces for young girls and fishing traps.

Pounded roots mixed with fats are used for an ointment to relieve haemorrhoids.

Powdered roots are taken orally in porridge to stop a bleeding nose and to ease kidney pains.

Leaves mixed with oil are used as an embrocation (liquid for rubbing on the body to relieve pain), to ease a stiff neck and backache.

Crushed leaves are mixed with water and the resultant fluid is used as an eye lotion.

Bark is used for treating gallstones.

Jelly donut disc. Squeezed between my friends, L4 and L5.

Thirty-six and counting to second the motion of trying to survive.

Obsequiously, exactly thirty-two minutes and fourteen seconds.

Moving from bed to bath is the time that this beckons

Being ubiquitous is choked by this pain chain wrapped about the waist

X-rays, MRI, scans done. Touch wood, I no longer feel what Humpty faced

Yay.

24th June 2018:

Woke up with a dreadful backache, well more precisely hip ache. Couldn't sit on a dining chair or the sofa, but one of the garden chairs gave me some comfort. I'm going rusty!

As soon as I had the energy I went out for a gentle walk, moving is far better than lying flat in bed. It did help a bit too, but I'm now stiffening up again.

While I was out I noticed this metal tube, it would have had a rope or chain on it at some point to stop access, but that's long gone. Liked the ring that is beginning to rust and found my photo for today ... Something different.

Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)

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I have been tagged by Irena Jovanovska; a good friend who chose me among ten to carry out the tagging mission. Now I have to play the game in my turn. The ten facts about myself:

1-I am 27 years old from Syria, Latakia. Not an outgoing person but I love hiking and picnics. I tend to prefer solitude, countryside and nature rather than the crowded city (just like the Romantics). I studied English literature (sometimes I wish I never went that way, but other times I think I have been following my intuition.) Now I have started my life in the real sense, after the military service (Obligatory in Syria) I am going to spread my wings to the wind, and do what I like in life (this is a bit exciting and scary at the same time, because once you go this or that way there is no way back).

2-I have a compulsive habit of viewing people's profiles, not only that but viewing all their photos and commenting when necessary. This costs me a lot of time and backache but sometimes I end up with having good friends :) and fill my pocket with favorite photos. And of course there is no need to say that I feel a kind of relief after doing the 'task' :P. When it comes to profiles with hundreds of photos I give up !

3-My basic interest is psychology. Other secondary interests are literature, philosophy, mythology, archeology, history, photography, pets, astronomy, optics, acoustics, mechanics, etc. My knowledge in these fields fades away the more you go from left to right :D

4-I haven't been a smoker until the last few years. Now I smoke pipe, and as I am a beginner it seems normal to have such an obsession with pipe smoking. However, it most often ends up like viewing people's profiles; something bites on my head telling me to do it although I don't feel like it. Soon I am going to eliminate this 'thing' and be more in accord with myself (not that I am going to quit smoking or viewing people's profiles :D)

5-I live with three of my brothers in one house, and it is messed up most often that's why I never think of posting a photo inside :D

6-My favorites drinks recently are honey, coffee and tea. I quit tea for years and used to drink cacao and hot chocolate but not anymore.

7-I have this part of me that is interested in bodybuilding but it does not show up more often.

8-I don't like to talk about myself, and because of that I am not very good at doing so; I always find myself a trench to hide in at the first corner.

9-I am a total failure in romantic relationships. I had to experience that for years before I know that it has something to do with me. So, now I am off for an essential maintenance work :D

10-Lately most of my efforts are directed to reconcile with my inner self (I know this sounds crazily introverted; other people would make use of their free time by acquiring new skills or looking for jobs, etc). Because of this, I am going through a different stage in my life, and my personality witnesses some gradual but drastic changes (hopefully I am going through them till the end). I am really content with these changes, although they are unwelcome by so many people around me. You know pleasing oneself could mean building relationships on different bases.

Now I am going to honor some poor fellows with carrying out this honest mission :P

1- The InnKeeper ♥

2- MissFrannyGlass

3- Pipeman1

4- Ms.Phishy

5- Colorful wings

6- Kalabonn

7- It's just Jack

8- Madison McKenna

9- AnnuskA - AnnA Theodora

10- efigment

Let's hope the tagging will not comes around at me again because I don't think i have enough contacts for the next time :D

Scotland County

Missouri

This is a the barn my father found the other day for me. Not great conditions, but I will be back there after our coming snowfall.

Its been awhile since I used a texture.

Today we had some sun, first time in what seems like weeks so, hampered by backache, I ventured out to get some images in the low winter sun.

After missing 7M57 on the shopping run this morning (didn't appear on the maps until 0945 - 3 minutes before departure time, temporary traffic lights & "whitevan man"!) & not having taken a train photograph in over a week (that's got to be the first time in over 45 years for the first week in June!!!!!), here are the last photographs from our May 97 vacation.

Elderly GP9 BN 6181 switched the Alliance (empty unit coal train) Yard on the morning of 15th May 1997, where the trains received mileage exams & cripples removed, whilst BN 5530, 7831, 5084, 9043 (OAK) & 7179 waited to depart with a loaded coal train from the Powder River Basin.

I'm going to take a break from scanning, whilst I try & make my first train journey since June last year and prepare to celebrate August 19th (2015)!!!!

Il soffitto della mia camera è stata l'unico panorama fotografabile durante un attacco di lombosciatalgia che ancora non conoscevo,non è assolutamente piacevole !

Buon fine settimana a tutti,, tutto passa!

don't like this, looks as if I had backache :-)

new year.

grandma talking to aunts.

hurry..time to rescue han solo from storage! haha yes..plenty of my star wars toys are still in storage,i dread rummaging through the boxes >-< so much blood sweat and tears...and backaches.

9 October 2021.

English: back.

Irish: drom.

Finnish: selkä.

*Please translate to your own language in the comments.*

#inktober #inktober2021 day 9.

Rapidograph on strathmore 100 lb drawing paper.

3 1/2 inch square.

Examples:

Gaeilge:

Do léim sé an claí agus thit sé ar shlait a dhroma.

(He jumped the fence and fell on the flat of his back.)

Tá drom na cathaoireach san briste.

(The back of that chair is broken.)

Tabhair dhom an stól is ísle agus cuirfidh mé mo dhrom leis an bhfalla.

(Give me the lowest stool, and I shall put my back against the wall.)

Suomi:

Olette erehtynyt, tyttö vastasi, ja kääntäen heille selkänsä hän astui ovesta sisään.

(You have made a mistake, the girl replied, and turning her back to them she went in the door.)

Hän vilkaisi erään kirjekuoren selkäpuolta

(he glanced at the back of an envelope)

Selkääni särkee.

(My back hurts.)

Minulla on selkäsarkyä.

(I have a backache.)

Demy's - Poses, Backdrops and Textures first commercial backdrop!

It includes poses for planting, weeding, stretching that backache out of our bodies and wiping honest sweat from our brows.

MP: marketplace.secondlife.com/p/The-Garden-Backdrop/17196871

The reason for a little backache. I positioned the tripod nearby the ground and with my body height of 1,90m it's a hard thing to focus without live view - which unfortunately is a missing feature of my Nikon.

The HDR is made out of 5 photos and edited with Lightroom, Photomatrix and Photoshop. My usual post processing tools. I like the different colors here, some blue, some green, yellow, red and the reflections. I really wanted to take some more pictures, but some places were restricted this evening for a reason I don't know. A police officer told me, that I need a special identification badge to pass through the barriers.

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The busy Coal Tit never leaves without one. Slowly recovering my husband and I have been very unwell due to visit to my GP's surgery for backache where we caught a virus in the waiting area which became infected. GP had to come to us then...:-D

66547 (Freightliner).

7V57 : 0949 Harlow Mill Recp - Acton TC (14 empty JNAs & JYAs).

Slipe Lane (between Broxbourne & Cheshunt) - 0959 - 13/02/20.

I nearly missed this (was 10 minutes EARLY), as ARS decided to run it ahead 1B33, due to 6Y99 not leaving the Up Goods Loop at Broxbourne on time (booked 0958), even though the Up Passenger Loop/Platform 1 was avialable to loop 7V57.

I then missed 66781 & 723 on 6Y99, as it had started to rain & was sheltering in the car, when it passed 18 minutes late (don't know why & with chronic backache, I was not impressed).

Another shot from my first twin session - taken today. I had so much fun. Everyone says that twins are "hard" but I didn't think so! They were certainly more work (and more stinky blankets to take home and wash), but I guess I was having so much fun - I never once thought of it as something that was "hard."

You know what does suck though? The backache I'm rockin' right now from the workout this session was. Tylenol is callin' my name....

After having backaches every weekend, I decided to get a table where I can stand up and work. I also have a stool if I need it. My wonderful son-in-law assembled if for me and I have spent the day rearranging stuff. I have alot more room to work too. I think I am going to like this table! Now if I am not too tired, I should make something!

Galium triflorum

Leaves

Unknown use

Unknown part

Tea

Material uses

A red dye is obtained from the root[3].

The plant is aromatic. It has been crushed and used as a perfume, particularly by women[4]. The aroma is given off as the plant dries[4]. A poultice of the whole plant has been rubbed on the scalp to encourage hair growth[4].

The plant is used as a stuffing material for mattresses etc.

Unknown part

Cosmetic

Dye

Hair care

Stuffing

Medicinal uses(Warning!)

An infusion of the plant has been used in the treatment of gallstones and kidney complaints[4].

A poultice of the whole plant has been used to treat backaches in babies

A number of species in this genus contain asperuloside, a substance that produces coumarin and gives the scent of new-mown hay as the plant dries[5]. Asperuloside can be converted into prostaglandins (hormone-like compounds that stimulate the uterus and affect blood vessels), making the genus of great interest to the pharmaceutical industry"

From the internet.

Perhaps I have not been properly identifying this plant...maybe not lady's bedstraw...which is usually yellow flowered.

Fragrant bedstraw .....Galium triflorum is white,according to a couple of sources I have checked.

A String Bean and Her Tummy -

Middle-of-the-night insomnia, I pulled up my T-shirt and engaged in a pillow talk with my prominent pot. Dear belly, I just fed you a massive dinner three hours ago. A bag of cheesy Nachos, two fried butter balls, three filling Twinkies, four deep-dish pizzas and five greasy Buffalo wings washed down with a river of coke... in half a shake you’re gurgling with hallowed echoes before daybreak? Please, you can’t get bigger anymore because I can’t see my belt already. Subway riders are giving up their seats, how embarrassing for me. The 30 sit-ups I work out every morning gets me nowhere, I don’t understand why. What good are fats burning creams that promise tight, toned abs if my blubber, three inches thick, are staying put and not relocating? In the market, there’s a quick fix for every ailment. Pills for headaches, heartburns, backaches, leg cramps and joint pains, but there’s nothing for the overabundance belly. In a losing battle, all I can do is pray. On bruised knees with hands clasped together in silent plea, I meditate. I wish, wishfully the excess baggage could transfer up my bosom instead of pooling around my waist. Can’t you be smaller, nicer and flat? O protruding potbelly, won’t you become a better tummy? I can’t use the mall escalators anymore. While every member of my body is at a stand still on the moving stairs, you like to do a Middle Eastern belly dancing.

HBM - Happy Blue Monday! Please listen to: ♫ ♥ ♫ Paris Blues … ♥ ♫ ♫

LA SEINE

Le soir tombe sur la Seine.

La Tour Eiffel habillée d’écarlate raconte les prémices d’un festival.

Notre-Dame se drape de lumière, et c’est comme si mille ans n’avaient pas duré plus d’une journée.

Le bateau-mouche empli d’histoires intimes devient l’acteur principal,

Le pont Mirabeau s’est fait une beauté,

Et pointe deux mains tendues vers le point d’orgue de ce carnaval.

La Seine, de plus en plus belle à la nuit tombée,

Fend les vagues et vogue vers le pays des rêves, emportant les secrets de chacun en son sein.

(Philippe Poggianti )

From an 'outing' last week, including my beloved little sister (of whom you hear quite a bit... and who brought me ALREADY NOW the most amazing 'Advent calendar' 2009 - 26 individually packed presents, numbered and lovingly wrapped - just like she did for me the past years!) See comments for photos of her goodie 'bags'....

We took the boat trip on the river Seine and although the weather wasn't up to our expectations, we still enjoyed our one-hour tour greatly. We saw all the Paris attractions from the boat, we didn't worry about traffic, and the guide told us what had to know - you even get a brochure with the 'items' described in many languages.

The boat cruise was followed by a walk to the Jardin du Luxembourg where Kiki took another 300 photos, mostly of couples in love.... what a dramatically romantic place this is! I think in my whole life I've never seen so many lovers at any one place. This is my second visit in a few weeks and on both occasions my camera groaned under the impact of so much loving get-together.... :) I'll upload a mosaic of some scenes - one day.... (It will be important not to show faces, I didn't ask for the snaps and therefore those people must stay anonymous). Lots of work....

Enjoy a moment of pure joy with me - I am SO THANKFUL for the love of my partner, my family and friends, for being 'rich' enough to take trips, for having so much to share, for my fabulous camera..... and the backache I have from working long hours in the garden, meaning that I have a LARGE AND VERY BEAUTIFUL GARDEN wilderness!!!!

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Tanacetum vulgare

It is also known as common tansy, bitter buttons, cow bitter, or golden buttons

Tansy was formerly used as a flavouring for puddings and omelettes, but is now almost unknown, except in Cork, where it is used in a sauce to accompany drisheens.

according to liquor historian A. J. Baime, in the 19th century Tennessee whiskey magnate Jack Daniel enjoyed drinking his own whiskey with sugar and crushed tansy leaf

In the Belgian coastal province of West-Flanders small quantities of crushed dried tansy leaf were traditionally used as culinary herb to spice up pancakes and omelettes. Their tansy is colloquially known as "pancake herb".

For many years, tansy has been used as a medicinal herb despite its toxicity

19th-century Irish folklore suggests bathing in a solution of tansy and salt as a cure for joint pain

] A bitter tea made with tansy flowers has been used for centuries as an anthelmintic to treat parasitic worm infestations, and tansy cakes were traditionally eaten during Lent because it was believed that eating fish during Lent caused intestinal worms.

Various Tanacetum species are used ethnomedically to treat migraine, neuralgia and rheumatism and as anthelmintics.

tansy was often used for its emmenagogue effects to bring on menstruation or end an unwanted pregnancy, and pregnant women are advised to not use this herb.

Research published in 2011 identified 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid (3,5-DCQA) and axillarin in tansy as antiviral compounds that are active against herpes simplex virus.

The Cherokee use an infusion of the plant for backache, use the plant as a tonic, and wear it around the waist and in shoes to prevent miscarriages

Tansy is also used as a companion plant, especially with cucurbits like cucumbers and squash, or with roses or various berries. It is thought to repel ants, cucumber beetles, Japanese beetles, squash bugs, and some kinds of flying insects, among others.

Dried tansy is used by some beekeepers as fuel in a bee smoker.

Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric Oil was formulated by Dr. S. N. Thomas in the late 1840s. It contained: spirits of turpentine, camphor, oil of tar, red thyme, and fish oil.

Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil claimed to cure toothache, earache, backache, lameness, coughs, hoarseness, sore throat, deafness, burns, scalds. catarrh, neuralgia, asthma, bad cold, rheumatism, bronchitis, croup, and piles.

-- Joe Nickell. Com

Heureusement, je n'ai pas attrapé de mal de dos!

Fortunately, I didn't get a backache!

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Interesting impressions

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Monkeypox is a rare viral infection that does not spread easily between people and symptoms include fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes.

Cases of monkeypox - which is endemic to Central or West Africa - have emerged in the UK, Spain, Portugal, the US, Italy, Sweden, France and Canada recently.

The Melbourne man developed mild symptoms before he returned to Melbourne on May 16, according to the Victorian Department of Health, and immediately sought medical attention

The illness begins with:

Fever.

Headache.

Muscle aches.

Backache.

Swollen lymph nodes.

Chills.

Exhaustion.

My comment:

For a rare viral infection that does not spread easily, I find cases across the globe a matter of concern -too many in a relatively short period of time!

Currently, the CDC is monitoring six people in the United States for possible monkeypox infections after they sat near an infected traveler who had symptoms while on a flight from Nigeria to the United Kingdom in early May, as transmission between humans mostly occurs through large respiratory droplets prolonged face-to-face contact is needed -the question is how close to this traveler did these 6 passengers get? was the infected person a female too beautiful to keep away from? we instinctively keep away from "unwell strangers" in these pandemic days so why didn't these 6 people practice some commonsense social distancing?

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Actually taken by my son since I was indisposed with a bad backache. I was unable to move, but saw the clouds outside and ordered my son out with my camera! (Thanks, my son!)

Oh to be young, 20 years old, traveling on my own, have no hotel reservations and just winging it. No hotel reservations? Just winging it? Who was that person? He certainly doesn’t exist today! Having a Student Railpass that summer of 1975, when I was a Pratt student doing a semester in the South of France, made traveling very easy and convenient. One could just hop on a train. 2nd Class of course, or was it steerage? You could go almost anywhere in Europe, it was already paid for! I usually opted for Paris on the weekends after classes were done. This drawing (and yes, I do see my future lines and compositions developing) was done outside of the Nimes train station, drinking my coffee and waiting for the ten hour night train to Paris. Those trains were very uncomfortable. The cars had one long corridor on one side with compartments on the other. Each cabin held six people and they usually were full. They were cramped, hot and sleeping was difficult. However, you woke up in Paris with a backache, sketchbook in hand and ready to go!

The 1 has seen these G2 B5LH units before but this transfer from New Cross (NX) to Morden Whard (MG) seems like a permanent move since some ex-Putney MHVs have transferred due to cuts on those routes.

I'd certainly rather use this to Canada Water than the terrible frogs and backache inducing EvoSetis on the 188. Hope that route changes contract. Either way, there are proposals to merge this and the 168 together to create a jumbo Canada Water to Hampstead Heath route, using the 1 as main number. Contract, allocation and final results will have to wait until they're all published later.

LJ61GXH (WHV10) is at Aldwych/Drury Lane on the messy new gyratory bound for Canada Water.

RD21014. On a dull, dismal rainy autumnal evening, Northern Railways 142 Class Pacer DMU 142096 waits for departure time at Whitby in North Yorkshire; it is bound for Middlesbrough via the scenic Esk Valley Line.

The Class 142 Pacers, or Skippers, as they where known in the West of England, were built by British Rail Engineering at Derby in the period 1985 – 1987. They were based on the then current Leyland National Bus and were a cheap method of providing rolling stock for branch lines and local stopping services.

They weren't very popular with the passengers though, as the rigid four wheels and lack of bogies led to rough riding and much rail squeal on curves. I was once told that the drivers didn't like them either because the uncomfortable driver's seat gave them backache.

Withdrawals began in 2019 and they will all be gone by the summer of 2020; some however will live on in preservation as several are destined for heritage railways and 142001 has gone to the National Railway Museum at Shildon in Co. Durham.

Sunday, 29th September, 2019. Copyright © 2020 Ron Fisher.

Oh I'm so so happy! Finally, after many years, I'm building a permanent diorama for my dolls!

What do I need to make this dio? Styro foam, wood, paints ( both acrylic+ leftovers from other projects), scrapbook paper, glue-lots of glue, windows, doors, good red wine ( note my EMPTY glass, lol!) , helpful and handy hubby and a vacation from job!

I love to create this chaos to my craft room. I work mostly on the floor in weired positions which means atleast backache in a near future.

I will put my time and concentration into this project, let's say for atleast 4 next days. I hope to finish something then and post photos!

Rest whether you want to or not. The Sandman will resort to any method that works. Joint pain, cramps, backache, nausea, hunger cravings, headaches, muscle fatique, memory loss, and anything he can get his hands on. My Mr S used to try and gently sneak up on me. Now mine uses a baseball bat or a building!

If I could hear him, this is the bedtime story he would read me: Go the f**k to sleep, read by Samuel L Jackson, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Udj-o2m39NA

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Lessertia frutescens

Common name: Balloon Pea, Cancer Bush

Family: Fabaceae

Formerly known as Sutherlandia frutescens.

This plant is one of the most talked about in the ethnobotanical world because it has a strong reputation as a cure for cancer and now increasingly as an immune booster in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. Research on its properties is ongoing.

It has long been known, used and respected as a medicinal plant in southern Africa. The original inhabitants of the Cape, the Khoi San and Nama people, used it mainly as a decoction for the washing of wounds and took it internally to bring down fevers. The early colonists regarded it as giving successful results in the treatment of chicken pox, stomach problems, and in the treatment of internal cancers. It is still used as a wash for wounds, to bring down fevers, to treat chicken pox, for internal cancers, and farm workers in the Cape still use it to treat eye troubles. It is also used to treat colds, 'flu, asthma, TB, bronchitis, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis and osteo-arthritis, liver problems, haemorrhoids, piles, bladder, uterus & 'women's' complaints, diarrhoea & dysentery, stomach ailments, heartburn, peptic ulcers, backache, diabetes, varicose veins and inflammation. It is also used in the treatment of mental and emotional stress, including irritability, anxiety and depression and is used as a gentle tranquillizer. It is said to be a useful bitter tonic and that a little taken before meals will aid digestion and improve the appetite. It is considered to be a good general medicine.

There is as yet no scientific support for the numerous claims and anecdotes that this plant can cure cancer, but there is preliminary clinical evidence that it has a direct anti-cancer effect in some cancers and that it acts as an immune stimulant.

Sutherlandia should not be regarded as a miracle cure for cancer, its real benefits are as a tonic that will assist the body to mobilize its own resources to cope with the illness. It is known to decrease anxiety and irritability and to elevate the mood. Cancer patients, as well as TB and AIDS patients, lose weight and tend to waste away. Sutherlandia dramatically improves the appetite and wasted patients start to gain weight. It is also known to improve energy levels and gives an enhanced sense of well-being. It is hoped that treatment with sutherlandia will delay the progression of HIV into AIDS, and even remission of the disease is hoped for.

On Explore May 18, 2008 #118

wake up early, my backache is here again

I remember that tomorrow I have to go to my stretching class and my thoughts fly

I visualize my hectic schedule and all the new things I want to cram into my already busy days . Things I need to do, things I want to do

I am still sitting down in my bed. Step by step, I say to myself

I pass through my corridor with the cats meowing behind me. I start to refill their bowls with fresh water and their feed

While I am bending down, my backache reminds me that tomorrow I have to go to my stretching class and my thought follow the same course again

I wonder why I cannot divide my life into little, organized, compartments. Why I cannot be more efficient and why things seem to be so muddy

I go to the kitchen to prepare my first tea. I open the cupboard I am still lost in my thoughts when something catches my attention

It´s that precious tea sachet awaiting the boiling water and suddenly everything changes

The loop of my mind stops (...)

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The distance between Medan and Lake Toba is only about 142 km but we took 6 hrs to reach Parapat from Medan. The traffic was crazy and the journey was so tiring. Luckily I brought along my neck rest.. (haha) and my pareo (used as mini blanket). I guess I was the most comfortable in the bus, but even that I had a really bad backache the next day. Nevertheless, I'm glad that I went because the place is splendid. This shot was taken when we were on the way to Brastagi from Parapat. Wohh.. Brastagi is another magnificent place. No one should miss it.

In photo: Lake Toba @ Sumatera, INDONESIA.

p.s. we = collegues (it was a company trip... my first one!!)

I'm sick leave ... I have backache ... A pulled muscle ... Three days off work ... But I'm happy! I'm hoping a new girl! Guess who can be?

Has anyone else noticed that poor Batman's weapon is getting heavier and heavier?

The lumbar extension required to prevent him from toppling over is just a red flag for the development of chronic lower back pain.

After a little thought and development of a new wepon aid, Batman seems very pleased with his new WEAPON-MOBILISING-BACK-SAVING-DEVICE....

Feeling sorry for myself this morning, dealt with back ache for 20 years so I know the crack, but hope is on the horizon !! watched Star-trek last night & in the in the year star date 3098 you can have a back transplant !! can't wait ;-)))))))))

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Longhorn love .......... looks like a tangle of legs ending in cramp and backache to me. The things one does to perpetuate the species eh !

Return of the Renown

Despite the influx of new buses into First Glasgow, the old faithful Volvo B10BLEs continue to ply their trade, despite now being the oldest single-deckers in the fleet in front line service. Indeed most of the withdrawals that have taken place following the new buses have been the slightly newer Volvo B7Ls (ghastly buses) and the ex-London Marshall Darts.

Indeed, such is FiG’s affection for the B10BLE it’s actually taken some ex-First Aberdeen one’s so the fleet of these weary warhorses have actually increased. Despite now being the only Euro-2 buses in passenger service and having thinly padded seats straight from the First backache range, these are some of the most reliable buses in the fleet and well-liked by the drivers.

These are also the last buses built for the fleet with Wrightbus’s Classic front. For years, Wrightbus named its models after classes of warships, the company hailing from a part of the UK famous for its shipbuilding. The launch of the Millennium range of bodies in 1999 saw its bodies named after celestial events. - Solar, Eclipse, Pulsar and so on.

Seen here is 61600 (SF51YAG) although this bus was new as FiGs SV635. The dot-matrix screen looks rather quaint in these days of LED screens.