Random Stuff!

[Ray Finkle]

A hazy view of Londinium taken yesterday.

The one of Heathrow is a little clearer as we were almost overhead, the blur towards the top of the picture is due to heat from the engines.

I did get a picture of Gatwick but as I had to zoom quite a bit it's not the clearest of pictures.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Save the best view until last, Birminum, as one member of the cabin crew kept calling it

Sadly I was shooting towards the full sun

 

[rollo]

Save the best view until last, Birminum, as one member of the cabin crew kept calling it

Sadly I was shooting towards the full sun

I'm so glad someone else notices that people from down souff do not regonise the "g" or "h "in Birmingham so it's anyone's guess how they would get on with Brummigem, nice photos though.

 

[Vile8er]

Save the best view until last, Birminum, as one member of the cabin crew kept calling it

Very popular with TV football pundits too

 

[TheLocalYokel]

In the Mild Mild West it's often "Birningum"

In the Wild Wild West it's "Burrningham".

 

[Brummiegem]

Pronunciation and use of the English language in the media in particular, is a pet hate of mine.
Birminum is just one word that really winds me up,and one of the worst offenders is a Midlands Today presenter.
The English language is dying.It is being replaced by text speak,the sort of language that is used on social media and mobile phones. A never ending series of hash-tags and emojis.
Also people seem to be less able to string a comprehensible sentence together, the use of the term, ‘you know’, every 10 seconds is particularly aggravating.
I dread to think how people will be communicating to each other in 50-100 years from now. I would not rule out returning to grunting a la Neanderthal man.
Then again, judging by the antics of politicians lately, I think we may already be at that stage.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Pronunciation and use of the English language in the media in particular, is a pet hate of mine.
Birminum is just one word that really winds me up,and one of the worst offenders is a Midlands Today presenter.
The English language is dying.It is being replaced by text speak,the sort of language that is used on social media and mobile phones. A never ending series of hash-tags and emojis.
Also people seem to be less able to string a comprehensible sentence together, the use of the term, ‘you know’, every 10 seconds is particularly aggravating.
I dread to think how people will be communicating to each other in 50-100 years from now. I would not rule out returning to grunting a la Neanderthal man.
Then again, judging by the antics of politicians lately, I think we may already be at that stage.

I could write for an evening on the gradual strangulation of the English language. English might not have the beauty of French when spoken, although that is always a subjective view, and I don't mind regional accents. In fact, I applaud them and you can still speak English properly with a regional or national accent.

I'm finding that 'you know' is increasingly being replaced by 'like', particularly with the younger generation. On buses I sometimes amuse myself (I'm easily amused) by mentally counting the number of times the word 'like' is used by fellow passengers. They are often using their mobile phone at the time and users seem to need to shout or speak loudly when so doing, so it's impossible not to hear what is being said - at one end of the conversation anyway; unless you are using your own mobile phone at the time which I never do on buses and it's only a pay-as-you-go one anyway with no Internet connectivity.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Buy, Buy.......Everything

 

[Ianbutty]

Spare a thought for two other footballing B's as the future of Bury and Bolton looks so bleak. Both have great histories and in an age when the game over all have never had so much money, never has it also been so poor.

I hope they both survive.

 

[Ianbutty]

Important stuff....

BHX is the third cheapest airport ( equal with our friends at MAN) for buying a pint.

Only Glasgow (£2.99) and Heathrow (£3.79) are cheaper than Brum's and Man's £4.10. Therefore, it is not the promise of a cheaper pint that is driving passengers to MAN.

London City the most expensive at a staggering £7.00 and Bristol...sorry localyokel.... The second most expensive at £5.90. Better the Somersetonians skip Lulsgate and head straight for Elmdon and save £1.80 a pint.

Info courtesy of the I newspaper.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Brum's and Man's £4.10.

I paid £3.90 for an Abbott Ale only a couple of weeks ago

Good old Wetherspoons

 

[58terminus]

Heathrow (£3.79)

Who would have expected? The cheapest pint in London is at Heathrow!

 

[IanFarquharson]

I paid £12.20 for two pints of Sierra Nevada in All Bar One at BHX a few weeks ago !

 

[Ray Finkle]

I don't think I'll be holding my breath for this one.

HS2 to serve Nottingham and Leicester city centres under plans submitted to government and HS2 review by Midlands Connect

 

[Ianbutty]

I don't think I'll be holding my breath for this one.

HS2 to serve Nottingham and Leicester city centres under plans submitted to government and HS2 review by Midlands Connect

The good news about the HS2 review is that ideas such as this are being tabled. What a sham...sorry, shame....that we have not had a national intercity transport strategy. A figure of 8 of high speed rail: London to Bristol/Cardiff. Bristol and Cardiff to Brum. Brum to Glasgow with stop off at the villages along the way. Glasgow to Edinburgh or Newcastle. Newcastle to Brum stopping of the Yorkshire somewhere. Brum to London. Sorted. Oh and Essex to Alsace.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

The good news about the HS2 review is that ideas such as this are being tabled. What a sham...sorry, shame....that we have not had a national intercity transport strategy. A figure of 8 of high speed rail: London to Bristol/Cardiff. Bristol and Cardiff to Brum. Brum to Glasgow with stop off at the villages along the way. Glasgow to Edinburgh or Newcastle. Newcastle to Brum stopping of the Yorkshire somewhere. Brum to London. Sorted. Oh and Essex to Alsace.

A lovely thought but in the entire South West we don't even have electric trains. The largest city, Bristol, is all diesel except for the newly-electrified London-Cardiff route that passes just to the north of Bristol.

 

[58terminus]

I don't think I'll be holding my breath for this one.

We see a lot of wish lists on the forum but they are just that and accepted as such.
But nobody is being paid a decent salary to post them unlike the people responsible for this nonsense.

 

[nancledre]

Anyone catch Midlands news this morning on Breakfast? If not the you should be aware that all British Airways flights from Birmingham have been cancelled today - well that’s a large loss of traffic!!!!

 

[rollo]

Is it early April or just the media having done their in depth research before informing the nation of the facts?

 

[JENNYJET]

I never watch morning 'BREAKFAST' type programmes, too lightweight for my patience to bear! Inaccurate reporting I can work around but a cheery chappie wanting to be my friend is intolerable when I am dealing with life maintenance medication. I am a bit of a monster until the drugs start working, usually around 5pm.

I am sure we will be informed in good time that it is no longer possible to fly direct to NEW YORK from Birmingham.