Olympic painting on roads

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Mon 2 Jul 2012 21:22
Olympic painting on roads - Doc
How many workmen does it take to paint five Olympic rings on the road?

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Mon 2 Jul 2012 22:04
Olympic painting on roads - barney100
Think yourself lucky, most towns only have one ring road.
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Mon 2 Jul 2012 22:21
Olympic painting on roads - gordonbennet

Remember comrade, all are equal but some are more equal than others.

No Zil limo's cruising down the lanes though complete with armed motorcycle outriders?, will commissars and apparatchiks feel grand enough i wonder....will the proletariat be ordered to remove their caps and bow to the high and mighty as they sweep by.

Edited by gordonbennet on 02/07/2012 at 22:28

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Tue 3 Jul 2012 11:56
Olympic painting on roads - Bromptonaut

These things are going to be a damn nuisance over the summer in London. Over the weekend the west side of Russell Square has been populated with portakabins. Apparently it's going to be an athletes and/or media bus station.

Some sympathy with guys laying the Olympic logo. They're a sort of stencil and need carefully aligning and some of the 'chads' picking out before applying heat. Too easy to tear or ripple doing it single handed.

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Tue 3 Jul 2012 23:33
Olympic painting on roads - Smileyman
I know this one .... as I am one of the Olympic Games Maker volunteers and this is where I will be 'volunteering'. Pleased to hear the site is being installed - I will get to see it very soon!
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Wed 4 Jul 2012 08:51
Olympic painting on roads - TeeCee

Look on the bright side! With dedicated lanes you can inconvenience the apparatchiks with a few caltrops without that nagging fear of "collateral damage". ;-)

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Thu 5 Jul 2012 16:27
Olympic painting on roads - bananastand

Or copy the behaviour of our local thugs who think they are "hard". Walk into the road

s l o w l y and force the limos to brake. Of course they might just run you over Mugabe-style....

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Thu 5 Jul 2012 20:07
Olympic painting on roads - bananastand

had to look up "caltrop" - naughty!! (but funny)

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Mon 9 Jul 2012 18:44
Olympic painting on roads - Smileyman

Now that is unfair on the driver of the car .... many of whom I understand will be unpaid volunteers like myself......

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