RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 6, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2013 Moved here by general request.... Jeff, 7th Feb, 2013: PLEASE READ!! "Dear Andy, I'm at my wits end. I set up a thread for the layout I was building and it has seemingly become a social club for every gobshite on RMWeb. If they aren't talking about cars, they are on about obscure bands from the 60's, the history of cobwebs, the planet Mercury, what they had for tea on the 8th February 1987, whether apples are juicier than pears, etc., etc., etc. It has got so bad that I have had to set up an index so I can actually find the rare posts where someone (usually myself) is discussing something actually related to railways. 159 pages of it, with 25 posts per page..... WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE? Please, for the love of all that is good, PLEASE can you ban them all. Alternatively, can I set up a separate thread so they can all prattle on in there so I can hopefully actually get a loco running on at least one length of track before the thread reaches 10,000,000 posts. Yours desperately, Jeff" And now back to the original "post 1"..... Evening Lunesters!! It occurred to me that a lot of discussion centres around our interests, some railway, others not. In particular, the topic of music is often mentioned. So I thought you might want to use this thread to discuss ANY general issues, hobby-related or otherwise. I'll kick off with my dominant tastes in music. Favourite band = Rush ... 39 years and still going strong. Got tickets for the NEC in May (6th or 7th time I've seen them?). Other rock favourites incl. Led Zep, Deep Purple, Bowie, Pink Floyd. Wide range of music tastes include Elton John, Abba, Queen, Coldplay, Mike Oldfield, Fleetwood Mac....you name it, I listen. Just as happy with "classical": Beethoven, Bruckner, Mahler, Sibelius, Shostakovich..... Aside from railway modelling, interests dominated by Astronomy, Garden Design and Landscaping, Fell Walking (not done much in the last 5 years). So there you go! A-level question..... "Given the information provided by Physicsman: a) Do you consider him to be a balanced individual? b ) What kind of food does he like? DISCUSS. 30 minutes." Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Y Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 No. Bacon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberdare Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I guess you must be a balanced individual as you have similar tastes in music to myself, plus I am a keen amateur gardener, used to be Vice Chairman of an Astronomical Society (a few years ago mind) and a keen walker (LDWA). Therefore I can't say anything different without condemning myself. As for food I think you like to keep it simple to maximise time spent in the Bunker. As for me I eat most things but I do like Italian and also fish dishes. This can be a busy time of year for me as I am starting plants off in heated propagators ready for putting in the polytunnel for an early start, I do grow most of my own fruit & veg as I love all of them and like them as fresh as possible. Over the years I have also renovated a few properties, all old dating between 1750 and 1900, even though now I live in a 60s house so I can devote more time to Linda (the Wife). That's a bit about me too now, but this evening just relaxing as the paint is drying on the carriage shed in the conservatory. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 6, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2013 Oh, Andy. Very disappointed with the first answer! Hope to change your mind at the Member's Day!! Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Hi Jeff, any chance Andy Y can PEG this? to busy to chat tonight but will look tomorrow. All the best Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 6, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2013 I reckon we'll find that many of have very similar interests and outlooks on life. At the age of 20 you'd never have caught me doing any kind of gardening, but it's become a major activity - just wish I had a bigger garden! I co-founded an Astronomical Society back in 1973 and was its Secretary for 7 years. I know it's a bit off-railway-topic (but that's what this thread is about) but this is the kind of thing I love doing - this is my garden, in 2001 as the house was built and 5 years later after I'd "had a play" (cat included, too!!)... (I'm hoping to start work on a friend's huge garden, later this year) Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 A-level question..... "Given the information provided by Physicsman: a) Do you consider him to be a balanced individual? b ) What kind of food does he like? DISCUSS. 30 minutes." Jeff Jeff I can't submit an answer on the grounds of not being A Level standard (I was pushing my luck for O Level) However, with the imformation supplied, you appear to be a balanced individual. Personaly my range of music is from Back to AC / DC and everything in between. Duncan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 You could always come and do my garden, it's a mess and I am no gardener. Lots of scope at 100 x 35 feet. Duncan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 6, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2013 You could always come and do my garden, it's a mess and I am no gardener. Lots of scope at 100 x 35 feet. Duncan You see, that's the kind of garden I could work with. Not too big and plenty of scope. I think I've got around 35' x 30', so yours is 3 times the size. It'd let me have a veg. patch and greenhouse, which I can't fit in at the mo. I hope this thread is a good idea. I thought it might take some of the off-topic stuff away from the railway threads. I was thinking music - and we're already into gardening. Where next? Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emt_911 Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I was thinking music - and we're already into gardening. Where next? Jeff Literature, general knowledge? Duncan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted February 6, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2013 Mountain biking, mainly of the downhill persuasion. I don't mind climbing or carrying up hills and mountains, but it is ALL about coming back down again, on the edge of control. If I wasn't scared at some point in the descent, then I wasn't going fast enough. Keeps you fit, is exhilarating, the most social activity I have ever been involved with, has taken me all round the UK (the bits with hills, anyway), made loads of mates through it from all walks of life, and got me my first published article in a magazine. I have never worn Lycra. Like you and your astronomy society, I was once the Mountain Biking Secretary for Addiscombe Cycling Club, as well as the leader of most of their off road rides around Croydon (hillier than most people think, as it is basically at the foot of the North Downs) despite not originally coming from the area. I am one of those people who like to explore and can usually remember or work out where I am, even in the thickest of woods. Music wise, too much to mention and of a lot of genres. Recently, I have been listening to The Kinks, New Order, LFO, Orbital, Massive Attack, Nine Inch Nails, Rage Against The Machine, Hybrid, Neil Young and Jodie Foster. No logic to the choice, no real link between the genres, just good albums. Next month, it will be a whole different group of, well, groups for want of a better word Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberdare Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Back to gardening again, but this is a picture of my old house & garden prior to its makeover.This was to be where we retired until Lindas health deteriorated to such an extent that we had to sell to allow me to retire. This end where the photo was taken from then had a polytunnel and chickens on. You can just see me with pick axe grubbing out a tree stump. Halfway through makeover and just after heavy snow & gales which is why my fruit cages were bent!! And the top end of the lawned area which got steeper toward the house and was a bu99er to mow I loved that garden and it was sad to have to leave it, nowhere near as much now but so many other things are better. End of gardening bits from me now. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 6, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2013 Yes Jim. Great shame you had to lose that - it was a wonderful garden. I think I'd have been tempted to build a very large layout room at the end of the garden - but then, if you have too much space you never ever finish what you start. Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberdare Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I had thought of that but there was a 18x18ft garage near the house as the garden was twice as wide at the bottom of the slope. It was all planned for me but then again I wouldn't have the time I have now if I was still working and my layout would still be but a dream. As music was the starting point my favourites are Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Cream and BJH, also in the mix is Ten Years After, Jethro Tull, Rick Wakeman and Mike Oldfield as well as many others. I even still have my old LPs, they have been part of my life for so long I can't bear to part with them and they get the occasional twirl on the deck now & again. The last concert I went to was to see Deep Purple in Harrogate a few years ago. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Hi All, not much to offer, I was elected to the committee of my local Motor Cycle Club at 17 and spent nearly 20 years on there. Not into railways untill my late 20's so missed all the best stuff. I even went to Fort William in 1970 to the Scottish Six Days Motor Cycle Trials, and never saw a loco. I am now on the committee of the Gresley and Wychnor Model Railway Group, and Editor of the newsleter, Sight and Sound. Currently Modeling OO Scottish Blue Diesels with Glen Roy, O Gauge BR / WR Steam with Trebudoc, Just starting N gauge Scottish Glenfinick, and planning a Steam Depot in OO. I am into all sorts of music, having been in a 60's band, tried to get a Blues Band and a Shadows Tribute band off the ground with George T. My main love is David Gilmour, / Pink Floyd, Allman Bros, Gary Moore, Zeplin, Clapton, Buddy Guy, Albert King, BB King, U2, , Mowtown, and almost anything with a good driving Bass line. Dee, my wife and I love walking with our Greyhound Sally, although difficult with my duff hips these days, Thats about it, just a boring Old Far* Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 6, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2013 I had thought of that but there was a 18x18ft garage near the house as the garden was twice as wide at the bottom of the slope. It was all planned for me but then again I wouldn't have the time I have now if I was still working and my layout would still be but a dream. As music was the starting point my favourites are Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Cream and BJH, also in the mix is Ten Years After, Jethro Tull, Rick Wakeman and Mike Oldfield as well as many others. I even still have my old LPs, they have been part of my life for so long I can't bear to part with them and they get the occasional twirl on the deck now & again. The last concert I went to was to see Deep Purple in Harrogate a few years ago. Jim Hey, are we talking Barclay James here? If so, brilliant!! Went to see them in concert 4-5 times between 1973 and 1976. Cracking bunch of lads from Oldham.... Galadriel, Negative Earth, Mockingbird - I always thought the "Time Honoured Ghosts" album (1975!!) was superb. Wow - another coincidence.... Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 6, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2013 I PMd Andy Y to check that it was ok to run a thread like this - and it is. And I'm glad I did... Andy - I love the Allman Brothers, and have a fair number of Motown tracks (my brother is a massive Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder fan). Diana Ross - what a voice. There IS some good contemporary music around - but maybe the commonality in these posts is indicative of age!! Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach james Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Let's see: PO2 in the RCN, have sailed (sailing boats) on and off since I was 7, currently Treasurer of the local Community Association (Shirley, BC), 5 years as a volunteer firefighter, duck and hide when my name is mentioned around my son's school as a good candidate for the PAC... I've been a member of a Model Engineering society on and off since I was a wee lad, member of British Railway Modelers of Victoria (BRMoV) at present, no other clubs. Favorite music: James (www.wearejames.com), The Box, Billy Bragg, Tegan and Sara, Sarah Harmer, Sarah Mclachlan, Kathleen Edwards, Skydiggers (I've been known to listen to Rush too though...I have 2 CD's) I play guitar (in the classic key...of "OFF"), owning a 6 string, 12 string & an electric Gardening: we live on 3/4ths of a acre, and I get the "course" gardening jobs- mowing the lawn, weedwacking, chainsaw operator (we have a wood fireplace) I general contracted the addition to my house (890 sq ft or so), after 3 years it just got its final building inspection, although there is outstanding work to be done. Before that, I built our barn (which is 12x24 ft) for the horse, which is my wife's pet. (& re-roof'ed the house, just before it got re-roofed for a 2nd time...) James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I PMd Andy Y to check that it was ok to run a thread like this - and it is. And I'm glad I did... Andy - I love the Allman Brothers, and have a fair number of Motown tracks (my brother is a massive Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder fan). Diana Ross - what a voice. There IS some good contemporary music around - but maybe the commonality in these posts is indicative of age!! Jeff Just a thought, I have NEVER HEARD ANYTHING by Rush, I think I need to. I keep being told by SWMBO that my duff hips are as a result of my Moto Cross days, I still wish I could do it today though. Your garden is a credit to you, very Old English, no streight lines and lots of veriaty, just wonderful mate, I am NOT a gardener, but my Dad would have loved that, he really enjoyed his garden. we should re name you Percy Lunester maybe! Old Lune Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted February 6, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2013 I PMd Andy Y to check that it was ok to run a thread like this - and it is. And I'm glad I did... "Dear Andy, I'm at my wits end. I set up a thread for the layout I was building and it has seemingly become a social club for every gobshite on RMWeb. If they aren't talking about cars, they are on about obscure bands from the 60's, the history of cobwebs, the planet Mercury, what they had for tea on the 8th February 1987, whether apples are juicier than pears, etc., etc., etc. It has got so bad that I have had to set up an index so I can actually find the rare posts where someone (usually myself) is discussing something actually related to railways. 159 pages of it, with 25 posts per page..... WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE? Please, for the love of all that is good, PLEASE can you ban them all. Alternatively, can I set up a separate thread so they can all prattle on in there so I can hopefully actually get a loco running on at least one length of track before the thread reaches 10,000,000 posts. Yours desperately, Jeff" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 6, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 6, 2013 Jason - IF I COULD GIVE THAT LAST POST 10 "LIKES" I WOULD!!! Very funny, and, of course, the funniest things are those that have a large element of truth to them!! If I'm absolutely honest, I wouldn't want KL to be any different to the way it is. I think it's a credit to the Lunester "community" that so much respect is shown, along with the warmth that comes with it. I do worry about how many posts were going to have - lots of "gobshite material" as you might put it! But nevertheless useful. Your post is the funniest I've read on the Forum. Even funnier than some of the stuff that AndyP comes up with. LONG MAY IT CONTINUE - BRILLIANT STUFF!! Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted February 7, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2013 I thought you would appreciate it, and I hope that none of the Lunesters take offence because it is very tongue-in-cheek. p.s. It goes without saying that I am a Floyd fan (who isn't?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 7, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2013 I thought you would appreciate it, and I hope that none of the Lunesters take offence because it is very tongue-in-cheek. p.s. It goes without saying that I am a Floyd fan (who isn't?) I'm still laughing - and I've even PMd Andy Y to read your post. It's so good, you deserve a medal! Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted February 7, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2013 Jeff, can you add a tag to this thread of Lunester Thread please? I'm using this tag on my Highland Bodgery thread, and might be useful for non-payout content? Just a thought as I change the date in the Train Register: Why is February spelt with that extra R? January doesn't have it! Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 7, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2013 Jeff, can you add a tag to this thread of Lunester Thread please? I'm using this tag on my Highland Bodgery thread, and might be useful for non-payout content? Just a thought as I change the date in the Train Register: Why is February spelt with that extra R? January doesn't have it! Andy Ok Andy - "Lunester Thread" tag added. Hope that helps! Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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