{"id":3565,"date":"2023-12-17T02:32:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T02:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/from-old-high-german-for-twisted\/"},"modified":"2023-12-17T02:32:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T02:32:12","slug":"from-old-high-german-for-twisted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camcab.co.uk\/from-old-high-german-for-twisted\/","title":{"rendered":"From Old High German for “Twisted”."},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n The use of the word “queer” for homosexual dates from as recently 1922 when it was a perjorative insult. For most of fbb’s life “queer” was simply a synonym for “unusual” and it is in this sense that it finds its way into today’s blog.<\/p>\n The idea is that such motors look “ordinary” but contains lots of vehicular oomph. The fbb’s Citroen Picasso would not qualify as it is somewhat underpowered with the same engine as a mini.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n … followed by a 1935 build.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n … with 4 and 6 being back to the clerestory design but built in 1927.<\/p>\n Q Stock last ran on the East London line.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div>\n Built with either a front entrance or a centre entrance …<\/p>\n … these buses had the engine tucked under the stairs; but not quite completely “tucked” – its “pod” protruded into the passenger space. The stairs faced towards the rear.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n <\/p>\n They were built in the face of wartime metal shortages (hence the obviously missing bits). Designed for freight work, the class saw occasional use in its later years on local passenger trains.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n … was called a Diddler<\/span><\/p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n That was the problem with Jesus.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n His anger was often directed against the self-serviing pompous and elitist leaders Jewish Religion.\u00a0 Instead of putting God first, they put themselves first and condemned the injured, the mentally unwell and the foreigner to something near to outcast status.<\/p><\/span><\/div>\n <\/p><\/span><\/div>\n
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