Posts archive for: 3 May, 2008

  • Nulty on Saturdays Joke

    by nultygoestopartick @ 2008-05-03 – 13:02:56

    A well-respected surgeon was relaxing on his sofa one evening just after arriving home from work. As he was tuning into the evening news, the phone rang. The doctor calmly answered it and heard the familiar voice of a colleague on the other end of the line.

    "We need a fourth for poker," said the friend.

    "I'll be right over," whispered the doctor.

    As he was putting on his coat, his wife asked, "Is it serious?"

    "Oh yes, quite serious," said the doctor gravely. "In fact, three doctors are there already!"

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  • Nulty on The Timber ponds on The Clyde

    by nultygoestopartick @ 2008-05-03 – 12:31:30

    I was surfing the web about shipbuilding on the Clyde and got a wee surprise.
    I have been up and down the Clyde hundreds if not thousands of times and had noticed what looked like old trees or poles sticking out of the water.
    at one point I thought they may have been some sort of defencive barrier against enemy  boats landing during the war to protect the shipyards.

    What it was, was, in they days of wooden boats the wood was put into the water to treat it for bending and these areas were called timber ponds.
    They can still be seen on both banks of the river to this day. They must have been there for well over a hundred years.
    I had often wondered now I know.
    Any signs of this on your river?

    Timber_ponds

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