Silent majority.
 

32 members and 11 guests viewing in the last 24 hours, yet only a minority have contributed comments.

Please let us know whether you want to read or see something else - or write a few words of encouragement.

Maybe we should have a trivia thread where members post odd thoughts or observations?

Why do you come here? - where are you from? - where do you go? - what do you drive? - what have you seen? :confused:

As for me, work hours have changed and this cuts out a lot of what used to be ‘my computer’ time.

I have changed Watch and cannot get on here as often as I used to or would like to. (To anyone in Admin, Gulpers is my Line manager and he will verify things.)

evening all maybe some of don't like to butt in but that's what it is all about ,as a 'retired' guy i still get called in to drive the old merc bus full of some-one elses kids doing school holiday programmes to keep the darlings happy whilst parents earn a quid having been a army mech/driver of lots of trucks even mini h/husky 1000 traveller & buses bedford for the use of i left blighty to change all that here i am on square 1 more or less the hobby is buses but sad to say some of our basket cases are casket cases metal cancer from years of neglect take the toll the scrap money helps keep more deserving cases on line ,as any restorer knows cash is the fixer many diyers start the camper convert ,it becomes too much it gets left in a paddock to rot away then the bus group get a donation with a clapped body seized motor etc heart breaking as it is we keep the scrapper busy even if only to fix another

Indeed, keeping old motors running is a battle against the elements.
You need dry storage and occasional use otherwise things will seize-up and the body will rot away.

At last somebody has echoed my feelings. This forum is for all who has joined it, not just a few. Without members adding letter contributions and photographs it would not exist. I realise that people who are working find it difficult to find the time to add, but if they have time to view then why not add a contribution.

Alan

When comments are given to photographs and threads it gives everyone encouragement to carry on taking shots in all weathers and locations, we certainly have some good snappers on here and writers that tell some good stories.

snappers
 

here downunder we have a variety of snappers like crocs or snappy handbags even a nice eating fish but nowhere near a good north sea cod i need to get snappy to post a real size truck I only have a post card that may infringe some copy right so just as soon as i can so we are off on another tangent

rusty bits
 

hi g cptn & good evening down here we don't have the cold weather wetsalty roads to cause corrosion under normal conditions some of the 'DONATED" buses are 70 tears or older have sat stationary for 30 years the current resto is a '64Austin 47 dennis at paint as we speak an underfloor a.e.c with 1/2 shaft troubles amongst others like air pressure ,the normal run of the mill service things can be a bother no one likes to drop oil & as we get older we are losing the tech's we have just done a gardner 6lw using we loosely with as much done in house as possible in a 53 ish guy all sweet All the important buses are under cover the local lottery paid for for another shed addition with 10veh's in it there is a foden age unknown but late 40's i guess a very early leyland cub 20's wood frame & termites a thornycroft chassis that was the d/deck till termites got to it soft pine is chewed with gusto which be glad you don't have or do you? most of the runners are 1/2 cabs over 60yrs old or 'normal'near new at 25to 30 newly retired merc or leyland but so much work so few able bodies & on a workday After all is said & done more is said than done but we try geof the darloboy

I agree when we get comments it gives encouragment to put forward more pictures in, we try our best keep it up lads :)

I (try to) look at every photograph and read every comment.

Sometimes I comment (if I can think of anything or I see something) sometimes I don't, but photographs are appreciated (by me). I'm more interested in trucks (and their loads) than (modern) buses - though some of them catch my eye, and if I see one similar in town I try to identify it so that I can recognise it next time I see one.

I've got 'one' tucked away in the camera that was new to me - I'll need to investigate it first though.

I also try to look at all the images which are posted, but if I can't think of anything to say I won't post a comment just for the hell of it.

Same goes for me. I know I've posted a couple of piccygraphs that have received no comments. I was just thinking about it last week and wondering why. One in particular, I was quite surprised at the lack of comment.

I quite agree with what is being said by all, but take notice of the people who have responded to this thread. It is the same people who contribute all of the time, where are all the other members, they must have something to say or contribute, after all why did they join?

Alan

Looking at the members list, there are some that have not visited the site for two years, so yes why did they join???

It's possible that, at the time, it wasn't as active as they expected.

I have joined other sites when required to in order to see images (members only) then never go back.

Just out of interest here, how many of the members on here, current or otherwise, are also members of "Sister Forums" like SN or the Railway Forum, or even the Aviation Nostalgia forum?

'afternoon all just perusing & low & behold in an old list of members there i am under another name i totally forgot (am of a certain age now) i joined before i went a tripping .
I did not have any i.t. comms the desk top is unable to travel but that is rectified hopefully being compooter illrgitamate can't spell two gud iether whilst away next i can keep waffling on if in an area where the satelite operates from & to We do use the coffee shop (macca's) now & again plug the portable in the ? was put about hobby's well as a non drinker & no tea (after squaddy tea) i collect diecast tea vans but not bus with advert on it any thing i have driven or worked on or an affinity with like a bus from the mob t.o.m. drove for or a b.r.s.truck he had i even repaint the odd truck to what i want tea /biscuit tins but must be a truck or bus/tram or a van the duchess is complaining of the shelf space but i have industrial deafness & besides she got the 1st one, I am an avid diy er being of scot's jewish geordie who moved to yorkshire i hate paying out for a job i think i can do so guy's comments please geof the darloboy

trying
 

I agree we must try my other 1/2 says I am always trying often very trying so come on lighten up jump out of the box whatever it takes & join tangents is not a problem maybe the solution geof the darloboy downunder

old bus
 

as an aside when does new become old? or is it the style of our youth ?

There's a definite attraction for things that were around when we were young.
Most young people notice more detail (without necessarily studying it) especially if they are 'interested' in the subject.

I know I can recognise all sorts of vehicles that were current when I was a youngster. I can also 'differentiate' - ie spot differences - on such, whereas I struggle with modern models to identify from the (apparently) subtle differences. This applies to things like aircraft, too . . .

silent majority & recognition
 

hi G-CPTN there was i thinking it was me mainly on my own buses don't even have a radiator cap or even a badge proclaiming a model, are they so afraid of recognition? or is it i don't see it? whatever it is as buses go the 1/2 cab with an red indian full feathered chief was the way to travel to school no doors & no worries maybe t.o.m. in the cab & my busfare still in the pocket a wink off the conductor a smile a mile wide maybe school wasn't going to be too bad that day geof the darloboy

I'll admit to Railway Forum membership but don't visit there as often as I do here.

I have signed up to Birdforum - Railway - World Photography - Aviation - Forums, but this is the one I visit most often.

I use these sister forums:-
Aviationnostalgia.com
Railwayforum.net

And I have signed up to forumstobart.proboards.com
All great fun and very informative

Alan