The hull of a diving bell barge at Newshot Island on the Clyde near Erskine. Built in 1852, it's one of two such vessels built to help deepen the Clyde so large ships could travel right into the heart of the city.
The diving bell was lowered to the seabed via a cut-out the stern, allowing workers to dig out areas which were too hard to be cleared by steam dredgers. Abandoned at Newshot Island at the start of the 20th Century, it's the oldest surviving diving bell vessel in the world.
In Scotland, for some unaccountable reason, we have many words meaning "drunk" including bleized, bluitert, bladdered, bungfu, chackit, fleein, fou, fuddelt, hammered, jaked, mingin, rairie, reekin, stottin, stotious, stovin and many more. But one, "steamin", has an interesting origin.
In 1841, a law was passed in Scotland limiting the sale of #alcohol in an attempt to curb the growing issues of alcoholism. The law stated that only a "bona fide'" traveller could purchase alcohol on a Sunday for their "comfort".
Two weeks after the law was passed, pleasure steamers began the first Clyde Cruises on a Sunday where it was possible to partake of strong #beer and #whisky. The original "booze cruise".
"Steamin", meaning drunk, enters the vocabulary.
This is a photo of "Waverley", the world's last seagoing paddle steamer, as she's steamin down the Kyes of Bute.
Had a patio lunch at #CoffeeCupCafe in #Clyde#NC today. Not a bad chick salad on sourdough, but the standout was the #WaynesvilleSodaJerk sodas. It's been a couple of years, and they're always a treat. This was my fav, the Lemon/Lavender.
Sun stayed away, wind was nice, no rain. Perfect. I mean, except for the freeway ramp right there.
Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire struggled through a season of inefficiency and injuries during his third year in Kansas City, his worst yet as a pro, but he doesn't look back on 2022 as a reason to stay down.
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Chiefs RB Clyde Edwards-Helaire was never 'down and out' during injury-plagued 2022 season (www.nfl.com)
Chiefs running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire struggled through a season of inefficiency and injuries during his third year in Kansas City, his worst yet as a pro, but he doesn't look back on 2022 as a reason to stay down.