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2 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

@yen_powell What is the white glittery stuff in tarmac that makes some roads sparkle in the sunshine?

No idea, I assume it's down to whatever aggregate they are using. You can see quartzy type bits in granite kerbs when they are rough surfaced rather than sliced/polished and they do glitter in sunlight. Asphalt roads are just black sticky stuff holding stones together so probably the same reason.

Now if you'd asked me about road markings I could have used one of my favourite words, which is 'Ballotini'. Little glass balls mixed in with the road marking thermoplastic that catch headlight beams at night and reflect it back. When anyone is lining there is always a solidified ooze hanging off the back of the lorry by the boiling pots. I like to snap a piece off to see the little beads.

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1 hour ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Definitely something like that. I'm guessing it's to make the road surface more resistant to the blistering heat in July and August?

It’s usually cullet (crushed glass that couldn’t be recycled) and it makes the road more wear resistant.

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Lovely, so it dumps wet snow all day, it's building up on the trees, on everything.

Then the weather people are putting out snowfall and wind warnings.....seriously....😬

Fingers crossed that the power does not go out, could be a cold night. 🥶  We could be buried alive...lol

If you don't hear from me again, it's been fun....:wave:

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27 minutes ago, Marcel said:

If you want to be technical... Its a battery saving charger ; tester and maintainer. 

I know what you're thinking... I've just dropped the Harley re - sale value by 5 grand using this piece of ching chong hardware.. 

 

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Gay

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I'm doing a first aid refresher course today and tomorrow, I got to the training center a little late due to traffic this morning, when i got in the classroom i felt like i should have had a dozen vodkas before arriving to get to the instructors level of enthusiasm  i think he'd been on the rubbing alcohol and he didn't stop all day feeling mentally exhausted.LOL

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Shit on the road at work today, all coming out of the one building site. No washing down vehicles just a few blokes with brooms pushing it about. I dobbed them in, we don't want the Deliveroos sliding on it in the dark do we.

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3 minutes ago, yen_powell said:

Shit on the road at work today, all coming out of the one building site. No washing down vehicles just a few blokes with brooms pushing it about. I dobbed them in, we don't want the Deliveroos sliding on it in the dark do we.

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I done the same many years ago when the pit in Aberfan was open you had to ride up a steep hill with a tight S bend on it, when the coal lorries went up there a shit load of coal slurry would escape from the tippers and cover the road, i came off the bike one day ended up with bent handlebars footrest and bloody fingers on my right hand, so i went down with my angry head on and ripped a new arse hole in the site manager there, i got fuck all for it but the road was clean the next day 

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46 minutes ago, yen_powell said:

Shit on the road at work today, all coming out of the one building site. No washing down vehicles just a few blokes with brooms pushing it about. I dobbed them in, we don't want the Deliveroos sliding on it in the dark do we.

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Frustrated Austin Powers GIF

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