Fi Daisy G

@fidaisyg

Engineering Academic, Chartered Structural Engineer, Open University Staff Tutor, global citizen living in UK, Mum, she/her.

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Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· 4d

Any idea how long Bexhill had thesevcustom postmarks @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social?

Photo of envelopes postmarked Bexhill-on-Sea. The top letter has a 4d stamp featuring a Tudor queen. Postmark includes a box declaring "Bexhill-on-Sea outdoor and indoor bowls mecca" The other envelope has a 5d stamp featuring RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 and a postmark including an exhortation to "Select Bexhill. Quiet. Clean. Good music & theatre" with an address to request a brochure

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· 7d

BBC illustrating the idiocy by putting news of laws restricting who can access toilets below a story about a genuine risk to privacy and safety

Screenshot from BBC UK news page with the story "New guidance on single-sex spaces comes into force" below "Couple woke to find shirtless intruder in Travelodge room"

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· 9d

ALT text version looks a little squiffy How ngs in castle gridy rung?

Screen shot of ALT text for compass exercise, with original image visible behind. Spellings and word order are muddled eg

765 541

What was hore?

...

760 537

hat colour paint on rock on Worth side?

...

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· 22d

A recent example from Bristol, where there were many positive comments about the greenery during planning process. Zooming in, trees spring from concrete slabs - check back in a few years to see what was actually delivered! www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...

Screenshot zoomed in on architects' render to show a tree on a terrace. The deciduous tree is well grown and in full leaf but the trunk rises straight from the concrete slab with no pit or roots visible

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· 29d

The Bristol border is idiosyncratic, and has moved. This bridge links/divides Oldbury Court from Frenchay - which also claims one house at the deep end of a Begbrook cul de sac - and a map with the proboscis out into the Severn

Screen shot of a map of Bristol's bizarre boundary

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· Jul 3

I thought I had found a good sciencey shirt for my teenage son, but bought elsewhere - sea creatures are friends; not food!

Screen shot of FatFace listing for a "Blue Short Sleeve Seafood Print Shirt £45".

The shirt is pictured worn by a black male model and has line drawings of crab, lobster and squid on a plain blue background. A roundel shows a cream version is also available.

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· Jul 1

More text in print "Over the last decade, we've invested millions in higher education and STEM projects across the UK. Our partnerships are empowering the next generation of aerospace talent." Dystopic juxtaposition of aerospace investment beside hydropower permissions & earthquake emergency appeal

Photo of the Guardian newspaper with a full page advert by Boeing next to an article about hydropower plans and a UNHCR appeal for venezuela earthquake response

A Lego model is on the desk next to the paper - Samwise Gamgee defending Frodo from Shelob

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· Jun 25

Here for the built environment, but very grateful for the iced tea tips (jasmine tea and ginger cordial today)

Photo of a large glass of iced tea beside a computer keyboard

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· Jun 22

Thought provoking research @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social - it was great weather for ducks last time I visited #LongrunMeadow! #UrbanGreenSpace www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Photo of a Midlands style dead-hedge in parkland, with a sign explaining the technology. The sky is monotonous grey and the long grass in the foreground is very wet

Photo of a cafe and timber footbridge in parkland. The sky is monotonous grey and paving slabs around a bench are shiny from rainwater

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· Jun 20

Are we sure BlueSky does not have an algorithm?

Screen shot of bluesky feed. A Guardian article "Help! I'm being held hostage by a car salesman" is lined up just below a post about why harder is needed to shift attitudes on road user safety and reduce sales of SUVs

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· Jun 3

A1 #LTHEChat Starting with a shelfie of eclectic Engineering inspirations. The pasta was a prop for my PhD viva, to illustrate cement compounds. WES Wind turbine is from volunteering on an RAEng ingenious project ...

Photograph of a shelf with objects on it including a model dinosaur skull, cardboard office block and wind turbine, a jar of mixed pasta shapes, a Wallace and Gromit diorama ...

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· May 23

Remembering to do better

Photo of a stone squeeze stile by a park fence, lined with poppies in bloom

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· May 20

I walked from the station last time. There's a great cafe half way, for those fit enough!

Photo of cafe menu, with breakfast served on toast 9-11:45 and toasties for lunch 12-2:30.

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· May 18

Useful context for why St Albans has a mosaic on public display in the adjacent park, free to view! #MosaicMonday

Photo of a mosaic floor with a grid of geometric emblems and a border panel. A modern ramp runs round the mosaic, inside a white concrete wall

Photo of the building housing the mosaic and an adjacent gabion wall. We assumed the building was a sport pavillion until we looked inside

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· May 14

Meanwhile, on the Elizabeth Line ...

Photo of a grand prix car, on display in a building. Text behind reads "Race around buildings? We go through them". A clock displays "Time to race: 095 09 45 08"

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· May 13

A2 #LTHEChat Having been in trouble regularly since infant school for being disengaged, I might veer the other way and not correct my content, approach and delivery when I should

Photo of an Avery impact testing machine at the de Havilland museum

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· May 13

A1 #LTHEChat Engineering materiality is difficult to describe in distance learning. Materials on a busman's holiday have emphasised how much I miss the shared experience of demonstrations, practicals and site visits

Photo of a bolted joint engineered to minimise thermal bridging. The components have different densities and thermal conductivity, best understood by handling

Photo of a pop-up lecture theatre built from wooden box shelves, with audience seated on straw bales

Photo of a Roman wall. Local stone, lime mortar and terracotta tiles are all visible, and have endured centuries of British weather

Photo inside a de Havilland comet aircraft, showing the location of fatigue failure in full scale testing

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· May 13

St Albans City FC turnstiles

Photo of old turnstiles either side of a green-painted, wooden hut with a pitched roof. The stiles are embedded in a modern green corrugated metal fence, blocking the route

Photo of a turnstile. The turnstile has four wings and is painted black. The adjacent gate house has 7 courses of red brick benath green painted woodwork. A hatch is visible, which would open over the enclosed section of the turnstile

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· May 10

Pair of suburban stiles in Bristol, on my route to ParkRun yesterday @lakesstiles.bsky.social

A squeeze stile of two curved stones on a footpath, which now bypasses the stile to either side. The green industrial fence has a gateway just beyond, where the footpath curves into a modern housing estate (2010s)

A slab stile from a footpath, enclosed by stone walls, out onto a street of post-war terraced houses

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· May 4

Not directly related to the Festival, but the January 1951 edition also has an article about "Electrical Research and the Home" including investigation of heat pumps! Sharing ahead of researching further on Miriam Griffiths and the history of heat pumps #WomenInSTEM

Screenshot of start of an article titled "Electrical research and the home" by Miriam Griffiths BSc FInstP, including a black and white photo of "The author carrying out tests with the experimental heat pump"

Screenshot of an article in The Electrical Age January 1951, including a black and white photo of "Taking heat out of the soil - preparation of the site for Heat Pump Tests".

Screenshot of an article on page 379 of The Electrical Age Jan 1951, showing the opening paragraph of a section on "The Heat Pump

An unconventional method of providing heating for buildings was suggested a century ago by Lord Kelvin, ..."

Continuation of article on page 415 of The Electrical Age Jan 1951, explaining technology and applications of heat pumps

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· May 4

That article includes mentions of systems for crowd counters, staff coordination and fire alarms!

Screen shot from article in The Electrical Age October 1951, with a detailed paragraph on "The simple electrically operated Crowd Counting Panel ...".
"A watchman's patrol unit" gets a short mention before a further paragraph on "checking and dealing with fire"

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· May 4

Eclectic accounts of #FestivalOfBritain from around UK in #TheElectricalAge, available as a digital archive. www.theiet.org/membership/l...

Screen shot of an article from The Electrical Age October 1951, titled "Behind the Festival Scene" by Phyllis Thompson. A black and white photo shows the South Bank Control Centre and the opening paragraph highlights "the effect of colour and light"

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· May 3

HYS updated code of professional conduct from Institution of Civil Engineers? Sustainability is a core consideration www.ice.org.uk/news-views-i...

Screenshot of bullet point from Institution of Civil Engineers news item on updated ethics guidance. Text reads:

"Sustainability. For the first time, all members are required to give the environment full regard in their decision-making. This puts it on a par with health and safety"

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· May 2

A trio from my bus - drive through fast food, pedestrian 'diversion' in need of maintenance and poorly thought through 'shared' space

Photo of a McDonalds drive through on a high street. A pedestrian is waiting to cross beside the stump of a felled street tree

Photo of a pedestrian diversion round construction hoardings. The barriers have fallen into the space, making it difficult to use

Photo of a bus stop. Cyclists are diverted across the pavement but there is no warning for pedestrians

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· Apr 25

If you are really lucky, the 48 arrives in celebratory livery, showcasing inspirational women in transport!

Photo of a bus on Fishponds Road, decorated to celebrate 'Inspirational women in transport 1944-2024'. The bus is showing Centre 48

Photo of a bus on Fishponds Road, decorated to celebrate 'Inspirational women in transport 1944-2024'

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· Apr 24

Or the pub ...

Photo of The Heron pub, near London Paddington station, on a spring evening

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· Apr 23

A cheeky bid for 'music I have never heard of'! I love discovering music that is new to me locally, and then discovering new venues further afield for bands I've heard before!

Black Heart Orchestra at Rondo Theatre, Bath

Joshua Burnell and band at David Hall, South Petherton

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· Apr 20

Clear in Bristol, but too bright to see much

Photo of Bristol at night. The Moon and Jupiter are visible in a dark sky, above illuminated buildings and their reflections in the Floating Harbour

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· Apr 20

Hoping skies will be darker but still clear further West

Photo of the night sky over Paddington. There is still a hint of pink on the horizon, deepening into blue, with a crescent moon competing with lights from the station and buildings

Fi Daisy G@fidaisyg· Apr 19

This made me cross today ... Fortunately the road was quiet and I am not reliant on drop kerbs