UMinion Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Not really discussed P. More look at the MRJ threads if you need a reason to not bother (I must add, exposure to those threads myself meant I was only a lurker for several years, it's much better since I actually signed up properly and have the new posts button ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted September 5, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 5, 2017 The MRJ threads on rmweb cropped up quite regularily in other places as examples of why rmweb was seen as so awful. Well, they were clearly not looking hard enough to find the good stuff on this forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMinion Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Well, they were clearly not looking hard enough to find the good stuff on this forum. Obviously Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefrk Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Well, they were clearly not looking hard enough to find the good stuff on this forum. As always, things quoted out of context can be misconstrued..... I've read 'pointed' complaints on a few other forums and quotes showing how silly RMweb gets but when one reads the whole RM thread it tends to all make sense.... Sometimes. TFIC. Dave. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iak Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Sense? Who needs sense when the world is going mad ... A bit of silliness does no harm on occasion. Now about those bangers.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 (edited) I've read 'pointed' complaints on a few other forums and quotes showing how silly RMweb gets but when one reads the whole RM thread it tends to all make sense.... Sometimes. So I'd better not mention modelling lamposts then. Having said that I know I will be seeing some rather exquisitely modelled examples this weekend. P Edited September 5, 2017 by Porcy Mane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
neal Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 In stock at Ian Allan Waterloo today N Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) Editor is Paul Karau. Thought it might be: he seems to be the worst culprit for keeping to the advertised date. Edited September 7, 2017 by Regularity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I don't believe it's possible to post a magazine subscription to a car: Dunno, I've had a pizza delivered to a playground before Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) Nothing like a nice glass of Highbridge, eh? A glass of what ever takes your fancy - here's the menu - I think I'll have a nice 'thing whatsoever'! So good that even the 'Collector of tolls' is Lush. This is a reconstruction of the quayside notice. Edited September 7, 2017 by phil_sutters 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Young Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 (edited) Picked up a copy from the Wild Swan stand at Guildex last Sunday, but not got round to reading it until today, where MRJ257 has joined me for my day as Abergynolwyn Blockman. Highlights being the articles on the Victory Cafe, the Herring wagons (educational, having seen photos of the wagons on the old Tanat Valley, I now know what they are.) A healthy letters page and Mr Kazer's exquisite Talyllyn carriages, my reading interrupted by the real ones going past the window! Should I finish MRJ before it's time to close up, my Rules & Regs folder is a handy size for containing some additional reading... Cheers, Andrew Edited September 7, 2017 by Andrew Young 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poggy1165 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 Anything by Mr Kazer has to be well worth a read. Unfortunately my copy has not entered the section yet. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leander Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Have any subscribers received their copy yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 One of my mates in Thirsk has had his, but mine hasn't appeared up to this morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Whey hey! Eight copies in Hemel this morning. Subscription copy should be along in a few days. I resisted the urge to have a quick browse. Bernard 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jollysmart Posted September 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2017 Have any subscribers received their copy yet? No, keep listening out for the Post lady but another day passes, pity as I saw it at Guildex last Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 (edited) It has hit Ealing WHS, but now occupies a different shelf, next to the last two copies of GWRJ 102. Edited September 8, 2017 by Horsetan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Wellyboots Posted September 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2017 Picked up my copy from WHS in Westfield White City this afternoon, the suprise was they only charged me £4.50 for it Now what to do with the 30p I saved! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6892 Oakhill Grange Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 This is an update to my comment on the very unserious MRJ 253 thread about BA not supplying complementary MRJ on its Middle East routes. We discovered that Cathay Pacific also did not supply aforementioned mag and that the first bus to Morley was also lacking in interesting reading. However this was recently seen in the posh seats on Qatar Airways So all that nasty stuff that the Saudis have been saying about the Qataris is obviously rubbish. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Zero Gravitas Posted September 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2017 Picked up my copy from WHS in Westfield White City this afternoon, the suprise was they only charged me £4.50 for it Now what to do with the 30p I saved! It's obvious- put it towards an Eccles Cake when you visit Pendon tomorrow :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Zero Gravitas Posted September 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2017 This is an update to my comment on the very unserious MRJ 253 thread about BA not supplying complementary MRJ on its Middle East routes. We discovered that Cathay Pacific also did not supply aforementioned mag and that the first bus to Morley was also lacking in interesting reading. However this was recently seen in the posh seats on Qatar Airways So all that nasty stuff that the Saudis have been saying about the Qataris is obviously rubbish. My twenty-year long-haul allegiance with Virgin Atlantic is over. I'm talking to our travel people first thing on Monday morning! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hughes Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 I must admit that as a subscriber for the entire period of MRJ's existence (and I bought No. 0 when it came out too!) I do get a bit cross that it doesn't get posted out until well after it's already in the shops - by which time there's already quite a bit of information online about what's in it! When it finally gets shoved through the door I feel I've already read it! More seriously, doing it this way round seems simply unprofessional, and is certainly lacking in gratitude to those who've put their money on the line long before they have a clue what's on the menu for the next twelve months. It's that safely banked cash up-front that pays for much of what happens during the year, after all. Please fix it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Zero Gravitas Posted September 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9, 2017 I must admit that as a subscriber for the entire period of MRJ's existence (and I bought No. 0 when it came out too!) I do get a bit cross that it doesn't get posted out until well after it's already in the shops - by which time there's already quite a bit of information online about what's in it! When it finally gets shoved through the door I feel I've already read it! More seriously, doing it this way round seems simply unprofessional, and is certainly lacking in gratitude to those who've put their money on the line long before they have a clue what's on the menu for the next twelve months. It's that safely banked cash up-front that pays for much of what happens during the year, after all. Please fix it! In their defence, I think it's because for the "mass market" publications, the subs issues are bagged and dispatched direct from the printers, and so get to the subscribers before the magazine gets to the shops. With MRJ, the subs copies go back to Cygnet for packing and despatch and so tend to get posted a bit later. I know what you mean - but then I decided that in the overall scheme of things I probably had bigger things to worry about, and it always comes as a pleasant surprise when it drops through the letter box. And, of course, things could be worse - you could be a GWRJ subscriber... To more important matters - and at the risk of making somebody grumpy - my subs copy arrived this morning, together with my renewal notice. So it is time to write literally the only cheque I write each year.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 It has hit Ealing WHS, but now occupies a different shelf, next to the last two copies of GWRJ 102. Picked up my copy of 257 yesterday from my local Purveyor, where it enjoyed a similar relationship to a couple of copies of GWRJ 102. The railway mags at this particular establishment are all "Top Shelf" and a reach for a tall person. Its no wonder that youngsters aren't so interested in the hobby, when they see furtive older men scanning the top shelf, then snatching a magazine and scurrying away to the counter to pay... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 (edited) ... And, of course, things could be worse - you could be a GWRJ subscriber... ... Its a double whammy for the GWRJ subscriber, not only is/was the magazine perennially late, but this last late copy is the last, so no more carping that its late. After it arrives, of course! (Edit for the traditional spelin mistake...) Edited September 9, 2017 by Hroth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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