RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2021 42 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: It's got a Mig in it so Dave will slot it with a Sparrow Not as many sparrows round here as there used to be. Plenty of mig welders on the industrial estate though. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2021 1967, me and the missus were camping in Anglesey, in a site which just happened to be underneath the flight path into Valley. Just turned in, as it was going dark, then we sensed this very faint whistle up above, and a few seconds later, there was this almighty roar from the runway, then a minute or three goes by, then there’s this whistle, then there’s this roar, so it goes on, and we’re shaking in our beds waiting for the next whistle sound, Til we’re nervous wrecks. Found you, you ***t. 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2021 19 hours ago, PhilJ W said: My gremlin would have said scoff the lot and damn the consequences. Ah yes, but that's how a mere skirmish becomes an all-out war..... 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 18, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, polybear said: Ah yes, but that's how a mere skirmish becomes an all-out war..... I think most people plan wars against the USA then immediately surrender and get a Marshall Plan type scheme in place to totally rebuild your industries and transport infrastructure. Just think of the number of cake processing plants, connected by railways we could get built. If we branched out into the Whisky distilling business we could be on to a life of luxury in pretty short order. 4 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2021 Just now, Happy Hippo said: Just think of the number of cake processing plants, connected by railways we could get built. If we branched out into the Whisky distilling business we could be on to a life of luxury in pretty short order. I'm reminded of Gnasher the Abyssinian Wirehound in The Beano: Denis: "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Gnasher (thought bubble): "Yes, where would we get the money to build a sausage factory?" 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2021 23 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: I'm reminded of Gnasher the Abyssinian Wirehound in The Beano: Denis: "Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Gnasher (thought bubble): "Yes, where would we get the money to build a sausage factory?" A favourite of Bear; you may need to lie down afterwards..... http://calvin-and-hobbes-comic-strips.blogspot.com/2011/11/calvin-asks-dad-about-old-black-and.html 5 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal Digger Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said: think most people plan wars against the USA then immediately surrender and get a Marshall Plan type scheme in place to totally rebuild your industries and transport infrastructure. Try 'The Mouse That Roared' 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, polybear said: A favourite of Bear; you may need to lie down afterwards..... http://calvin-and-hobbes-comic-strips.blogspot.com/2011/11/calvin-asks-dad-about-old-black-and.html There was a whole issue devoted to Denis' Dad reminiscing about the days when The Beano was printed in just black and red. Edited January 18, 2021 by Compound2632 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: I Being as I used to be the King of Radio Relay, I found this amusing. I think it's in the Caribbean. We don't have a pigeon problem round here. It's Seagulls. (and I don't mean the backs for all you rugby fans) Squawking all night, carpet bombing everywhere. "Theyre endangered" they say, "You're counting 'em at the seaside where they don't live" I say Unfortunately they are the wrong type of gull Andy Edited January 18, 2021 by SM42 I really shouldn't post after wine 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 18, 2021 3 hours ago, polybear said: A favourite of Bear; you may need to lie down afterwards..... http://calvin-and-hobbes-comic-strips.blogspot.com/2011/11/calvin-asks-dad-about-old-black-and.html Ah, Calvin & Hobbes - one of the best ever cartoon strips. It was brilliant in many ways, not least of which was the way that whenever only Calvin and Hobbes were in a frame, Hobbes was a seven foot tiger but as soon as anyone else appeared he was a small soft toy. I suppose that their relationship was a bit like NHN and Donk really. Now there's a thought for a comic strip...... Dave 2 3 2 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2021 1 hour ago, SM42 said: "You're counting 'em at the seaside where they don't live" I say We get gulls and pigeons. Gulls v crows is a common event down at the park. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 22 minutes ago, Tony_S said: We get gulls and pigeons. Gulls v crows is a common event down at the park. But we got more of 'em. Gulls v crows sounds like the makings of a computer game. Andy 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 8 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: I think most people plan wars against the USA then immediately surrender and get a Marshall Plan type scheme in place to totally rebuild your industries and transport infrastructure. Our neighbours came from Romania. They say that during the time of Ceausescu, the favourite ‘soap’ on TV was ‘Dallas’. (No, they don’t know how that ended up on TV in Romania, either.) People hoped Ceausescu would annoy the US enough that they would invade, then rebuild the country and everyone could enjoy the ‘Dallas’ standard of living. 4 1 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 15 hours ago, Canal Digger said: Ptarmigan? Ya' called?! (photo credit, nice engine actually) 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2021 38 minutes ago, Florence Locomotive Works said: Ya' called?! (photo credit, nice engine actually) Nice loco, but it looks like it is already in the scrap line. Most of the body-mounted appurtenances and the couplers are missing. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2021 Did someone once build a pre-war layout that was all shades of grey (and gray)? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 What is the difference etween grey & gray? ( in uk English ) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2021 Simply the spelling. Dave 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, laurenceb said: What is the difference etween grey & gray? ( in uk English ) In British English, grey is a colour between black and white but gray is the SI unit of absorbed dose of ionising radiation, equal to one joule per kilogram. In American English, gray is both of the above. Gray as a surname comes from the Borders. I don't know if the Grays were on the English of Scottish side (not that it made much difference in practice) but I suppose the name comes from their habit of choosing especially miserable foggy days for their reiving. Edited January 19, 2021 by Compound2632 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2021 It's the other way around, Dave - NHN turns into a little bear when adults aren't around. 1 1 3 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) The difference I read is that Gray is a mix of black & white whereas Grey is a mix of black & white and at least one other colour ie a grey sky has blue in the mix Edited January 19, 2021 by laurenceb 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2021 1 minute ago, laurenceb said: The difference I read is that Gray is a mix of black & white whereas Grey is a mix of black & white and at least one other colour ie a grey sky has blue in the mix Pardon me for doubting. I keep being told that pre-Grouping wagon grey should be devoid of any hint of blue, on account of the constituents being white lead and lamp black; white pigments only gaining a blue hint with the introduction of zinc white in the 30s. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Therefore it should be spelled gray, but like our US cousins generaly we just use the one name for both 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 19, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, laurenceb said: Therefore it should be spelled gray "Should be spelled" is an opinion, one that I'm afraid is not supported by useage. Lexi* affirms that there is no support for the spelling "gray" for the colour in current British English. *Mrs Compound2632, aka Beatrice, in her aspect as a professional lexicographer. Edited January 19, 2021 by Compound2632 Blunder: I wrote that there was no support for "grey" when I meant "gray" - corrected. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 19, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2021 4 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: "Should be spelled" is an opinion, one that I'm afraid is not supported by useage. Lexi* affirms that there is no support for the spelling "grey" for the colour in current British English. *Mrs Compound2632 aka Beatrice, in her aspect as a professional lexicographer. Somebody had better tell Dulux, Crown, Farrow and Ball, Humbrol, Revell and Tamiya all of whom use grey rather than gray in their current paint ranges. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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