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  1. Quite fitting that Three in Ten on this morning's Popmaster was Kirsty MacColl. RIP Kirsty.

     

     

  2. Where'd ya get ya jumpa?

    Geordie Jumpers!

    1. chris p bacon

      chris p bacon

      Jumpers for goalposts...

  3. Want to avoid the f******l? Titfield Thunderbolt, 2.30, BBC2

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    2. Harlequin

      Harlequin

      Wonderful, wonderful stuff!

      Shame on the Beeb for only giving it three stars!

       

    3. Re6/6

      Re6/6

      Love the film!

    4. SHMD

      SHMD

      I kept trying to shoe-horn swear words between the "f" and "l" until I worked our what you meant!

      Another vote for an excellent film. (Haven't seen it in ages though...)

       

       

      Kev.

  4. Who would have thought a derailment would help us arrive home two hours early... 

    1. chris p bacon

      chris p bacon

      Depends on whether you set off 4 hours early...

    2. Worsdell forever

      Worsdell forever

      Left Edinburgh on time, should have been diverted via Carlisle so engineering work North of Newcastle cancelled so straight through, darlo 2 hours earlier than expected.

    3. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Reminds me of 20 years ago - when track works being cancelled, when I was on a train due to be diverted, ended up costing me money!

      I've lived in Cwmbran (in S Wales, a few miles from the GW main line). At the time, I was commuting daily to Oxford - so the usual routes with my season ticket involved changing at Didcot (Newport - Bristol Parkway / Bristol Temple Meads / Gloucester - Swindon - Didcot) (Hereford - Worcester was an alternative, but took an hour or two longer).

      Track works were planned around Swindon - so train booked to go via "Berks and Hants" - during diversions like this, season ticket validity would be extended to allow travel via Reading - so, if I wanted to visit London, I'd only need to buy a ticket from Reading, instead of all the way from Didcot.

      Track works being cancelled meant a slight change of plans / fare ... !

  5. Re-photographed my profile pic, then found the original... oh well, the new one is staying.

  6. Well, Bilsdale TV mast has gone up in smoke so I can get in with some modelling while Mrs WF is watching Emmerdale on her tablet.

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    2. Liam

      Liam

      A landmark I’m well acquainted with, having gone up the A170 from Thirsk towards Helmsley up Sutton Bank countless times and always seeing the mast. I may be crossing wires here but doesn’t it provide 4G as well, which then covers most of the North York Moors? 
       

       

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Bleddy DCC eh. Should have had proper job Short Circuit Protection. 

      P

    4. DK123GWR

      DK123GWR

      My sister's very unhappy. We're going on holiday to the area next week and she's worried about missing the final of Love Island. Hopefully they won't fix it until September...

  7. Tam o' Shanter

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Tam the Shunter? Is this the latest TTTE character?

    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      There's a need for inclusivity, and the Scots have been complaining that no-one south of the border pays any attention to them. Measures need to be taken!

       

       

    3. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Would those measures be pints - or sixths of a gill?

       

      As for our friend "Tam", you could almost imagine some preservation line getting hold of a class 09 - fitting nameplates to it - and hooking it up to a driving trailer.

       

      Well, they've got to make up for income lost to all those Corona lockdowns - better still if they can also get the nippers "trained" ... .

       

       

  8. Alexei, play 'Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?

    1. ian

      ian

      I keep tropical fish...

    2. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      Them locks are easy

  9. A few more gulls flying about round here, suppose there's no chips for them to steal in Whitby at the moment.

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      Stocked up the bird-feeding device yesterday, no gulls but the squirrels are interested!

  10. No matter how much you polish a turd, if you break in half it still smells of sh...

    1. AY Mod

      AY Mod

      Is this one of your 'special' jobs that you get landed with?

    2. Worsdell forever

      Worsdell forever

      Yes, but in general also.

  11. Is 'AY Mod' Andy's good or evil alter ego?

    1. Stubby47

      Stubby47

      It's not the one that's outside 'making a phone call'...

    2. woodenhead

      woodenhead

      Maybe there is also a Mr Nasty 'No Mod' somewhere that comes out to attack trolls and such like.

    3. AY Mod

      AY Mod

      @Worsdell forever - AY Mod talks Anglo Saxon through gritted teeth.

  12. What possible argument could I put forward to get you a Wellington?

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    2. New Haven Neil

      New Haven Neil

      so you think if you tell them I designed it would help?

    3. RJL

      RJL

      I’m starting a Rolf Harris/Jake the peg tribute act and need one for my third leg!

    4. KDG

      KDG

      Geodesic....nice

  13. Wallpaper successfully stuck to the wall! Now a bit of modelling.

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    2. Worsdell forever

      Worsdell forever

      Yes, sky blue and clouds...

      6" nails would stick out the other side.

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Wallpaper?

       

      Just paint over the previous covering!

    4. Worsdell forever

      Worsdell forever

      She told me to, it's a feature wall she said. I didn't argue.

  14. On September 4th 1818 a committee met in Darlington Town Hall "to consider the propriety of opening up a line of communication from Stockton to the collieries".

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    2. locoholic

      locoholic

      It'll never catch on.

    3. DougN

      DougN

      Well the birth of mass transport other than on water. pretty big day really and The NER was effectively created!

    4. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      If only they could see it now

  15. Snorkers! Good-oh!

    1. Londontram

      Londontram

      It's the war just the war!!!

    2. 60159

      60159

      I Sea, it's a bit Cruel

    3. Londontram

      Londontram

      Very clever 60159

  16. That most dangerous of animals, the clever sheep.

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Jumping a Grid?

       

      Is it a bird? Is it a plane? NO! It's SuperSheep!!!

    3. Tim V

      Tim V

      The Blaenau Ffestiniog sheep were legendary, they could get over the grids around the town, until someone spotted one of them doing it ...

    4. Tim V
  17. Ey Up.

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    2. Indomitable026
    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      Dus’t know that ex-President Mugabe was an honorary yorkshireman – just pronounce his name backwards.

    4. Boris
  18. Help! I'm being held captive and forced to watch football!

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    2. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      I'm just waiting for a drunken chorus of:

       

      "We're coming home ... England's coming home!"

       

      Well, I'm Welsh - so I'm not likely to support England, am I?

       

      Especially when I prefer to see "football" played using an oval ball with pointed ends.

       

      Seriously though, I hope England do OK - but I'm nowhere near as worried as some people here might be.

       

      Hardly surprising, really.

  19. Harricot beans in an Italian dressing served on a lightly grilled ciabatta.

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    2. Stubby47

      Stubby47

      Gary Rhodes, on making a quick snack, beans on toast: "First, take your haricot beans and soak them for 24 hours...."

    3. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      Beans, beans are good for you heart.

      The more you eat , the more you f**t!

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Liver with some fava beans and a nice.... Chianti.

  20. Harricot beans in an Italian dressing on a lightly grilled ciabatta.

  21. Caught Boris in the supermarket tonight buying healthy green food, gave him a slap.

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    2. chris p bacon

      chris p bacon

      Dear God ..please tell us it wasn't Cabbage..

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Could be Brussels Sprouts...

    4. Jim49

      Jim49

      I heard he was seeking Planning Permission for a natural wind farm.

  22. Going to the pub.

    1. Liam

      Liam

      Sounds like a good idea to me.

  23. Home on my own tonight so bit of modelling then to the pub.

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    2. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      Green with envy.

    3. tractionman

      tractionman

      Sounds like a great evening!

    4. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Pub first, then ebay, what could possibly go wrong?

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