Workers in the street...C&C

[Texas Dave]

Does the forum need an "investigative photography" section?

Those two guys in the chartreuse shirts seem to be happy workers albeit, I suspect the fella with the tar hose can't wait to light his ciggy.

Welcome back to the states!

[IzzieK]

Does the forum need an "investigative photography" section?

Those two guys in the chartreuse shirts seem to be happy workers albeit, I suspect the fella with the tar hose can't wait to light his ciggy.

Welcome back to the states!

He probably did when the guy in blue went away...because I saw those two walking with the only working guy in orange while they conferred with one another...you know, street conference, their office.

[Barbara Ponder]

Izzie I am so sorry to hear that you lost a son to cancer, I was not aware. I lost my only brother and brother-in-law to cancer. Both were in their early 50's. It is a horrible disease that I pray will have a cure soon!

I LOVED the picture of your son's mailbox. How creative to use an old computer!

[Dave Humphries]

An interesting thread Izzie - it is always educational to see how things are done on other parts of our globe.

I too applaud the re-use of the PC case, I have one in my study awaiting 'breaking' myself, but such street edge letter boxes are quite rare in the UK (at least in an urban environment such as depicted in your photos).

After seeing the red one, I briefly considered that 'fate' for mine, but while we (as a nation) have 'posties' that bring the mail to our front door and poke it through the slot provided, enabling us to access it in pj.s or whatever, why would I want to go outside! Don'tcha know it rains here sometimes

Equally, I'd suggest that most UK streets have numbers that only stretch as far as the 100's, so US ones that run to tens of thousands seem quite bizarre to us, as Matt exclaimed.

Of course, both these things stem from the more 'compact' nature of our country, amongst other factors.

Cheers, Dave

PS - we have workmen all up our street for weeks now replacing the gas main and house service pipes, perhaps I should plant some bushes to hide behind and get some shots

[IzzieK]

Izzie I am so sorry to hear that you lost a son to cancer, I was not aware. I lost my only brother and brother-in-law to cancer. Both were in their early 50's. It is a horrible disease that I pray will have a cure soon!

I LOVED the picture of your son's mailbox. How creative to use an old computer!

Yeah right! My youngest son said his brother will be lost without his GPS so that was the explanation for the blue bucket of laundry soap.... Thank you for your comments. I appreciate it very much...

[IzzieK]

Now that explains why Matt was surprised by the 149 thou start to our numbering system...thanks for that...

Letter boxes here in the US can be anything or any shapes to enclose a "normal" mail box so the hole where the letter is to be delivered or for the mail carrier to be getting in and out from should be the same height as the vehicle that s/he is driving, hence the height restriction.

yeah...been to the UK several times when hubby was still in commercial flying...cold, wet and at times miserable, but it is OK...you people taught us how to grin and bear a little bit of water...from the sky that was...living condition is cramp where I stayed most times but I lived to tell the tale, bigger and wider than a Japanese inn in the olden days...

As for those workers, go and take some pictures...it will be interesting to see what they are really up to on that side of the pond. When our side street was being "fixed" for nearly over a year last year, I took shots of their equipment, with or without the workers and when they sees my camera, they hide. They are a funny lot...

Thank you for the added information and comments and for looking. 'Appreciate it very much...

An interesting thread Izzie - it is always educational to see how things are done on other parts of our globe.

I too applaud the re-use of the PC case, I have one in my study awaiting 'breaking' myself, but such street edge letter boxes are quite rare in the UK (at least in an urban environment such as depicted in your photos).

After seeing the red one, I briefly considered that 'fate' for mine, but while we (as a nation) have 'posties' that bring the mail to our front door and poke it through the slot provided, enabling us to access it in pj.s or whatever, why would I want to go outside! Don'tcha know it rains here sometimes

Equally, I'd suggest that most UK streets have numbers that only stretch as far as the 100's, so US ones that run to tens of thousands seem quite bizarre to us, as Matt exclaimed.

Of course, both these things stem from the more 'compact' nature of our country, amongst other factors.

Cheers, Dave

PS - we have workmen all up our street for weeks now replacing the gas main and house service pipes, perhaps I should plant some bushes to hide behind and get some shots