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12 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

No. 1 Son has just submitted his undergraduate dissertation which has some great long technical title but is basically about some details of glaciation in the Lake District. I mention this here because he was explaining to me how sediments can be dated to particular interglacials by their biological component - particularly the type, size, and quantity of hippo remains. Hippos were particularly plentiful in certain interglacials - great herds of them throughout what is now the Severn basin. I though that might be of interest to some.

According to one of my news feeds, HH has got a new grandchild in Edinburgh and the new baby hippo is very cute.

 

Jamie

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3 hours ago, Tony_S said:

When Dennis did his assessment on joining the navy they identified that he had linguistic skills. So he was asked for his preference of language. He asked for Arabic and Farsi. He was told the US would not need such languages so choose again. He chose Mandarin and Japanese as the language school was in  California. He was from New York. 
Tony

I've a strange and funny novel based on a guy who could understand what his Rough Collie said. It's base in a certain military language school in California... The Collie ends up as an instructor....

The guy who wrote it was a former instructor at the school. You get the feeling there was much hidden digs at the real management in the story..

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7 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

I hope they are 4mm no 7mm, a wagon avalanche could be expensive in 0 gauge.

Jamie

 

Mainly 4mm.

26 vans,

13 opens

4 containers

5 tanks

3 CCT / PMV

6 Turbots

and

a Mark 2

 

7mm 

2 vans

 

I've been busy during lockdown. Just need to finish that lot off now.:O 

 

Then I can start on the pile in the centre (no avalanche risk) portion of the bench :swoon: and the lower slopes of the right hand side.

 

Did I mention the class 47, 37 and EU47?

 

Why did I start another kit? :banghead:

 

Andy

wagons is addictive

 

 

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9 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said:

 

This young man speaks beyond his tender years!  :D

Neil, on n account must you see a copy of the latest 0 Gauge gazette, there are photos of 7mm scale P5's and P5a's.   Do not go there.

 

Jamie

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45 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

Why did I start another cake?

 

Because I started another layout!

 

I don't see the connection between my kit and your layout

 

Andy

Who has just superglued an axlebox in upside down :fool:

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4 minutes ago, SM42 said:

 

I don't see the connection between my kit and your layout

 

Andy

Who has just superglued and axlebox in upside down :fool:

At least the van sides aren't upside rown like one of my Slaters Fruit vans. It's run roundvlayouts since 2010 and no one has ever noticed.

 

Jamie

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3 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

At least the van sides aren't upside rown like one of my Slaters Fruit vans. It's run roundvlayouts since 2010 and no one has ever noticed.

 

Jamie

 

Take it to a WA (Wagons Anonymous) meeting and someone will

 

Andy

My name is Andy and I'm a wagonaholic

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20 minutes ago, jamie92208 said:

Neil, on n account must you see a copy of the latest 0 Gauge gazette, there are photos of 7mm scale P5's and P5a's.   Do not go there.

 

Jamie

 

I'm safe Jamie, I left the guild after the last year's politics.

 

P5a though...ohhh.....

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Pal H came around today, with a new loco he has had for a year but never steamed, due to illness, lockdown, and life getting in the way.  He's fairly new to live steam so wanted a bit of re-assurance.  The loco's colour isn't that bright in reality, the camera has over emphasised it.

 

It was nice to boil some water together, although sunny it was bloomin freezing.  H went home a happy man, which is nice, he's not well at all and is a good friend.  

 

My old railway is getting a bit....lot...rickety, sorry.

 

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3 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

Why did I start another cake?

 

Because I started another layout!

 

And why did Hippo start another layout?

So he could start another cake......

 

Bear knows all the excuses.....

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Today was a eventful one; I had to attend a funeral of a church member and when I got home, there was a massive pile of boxes on my front porch:

  1. A James Clavell novel  Gai-Jin

  2. An O scale MTH Geigy Chemical tanker to be two-railed

  3. A K-Line three-pack of HOOKERS; three-dome tankers plus a work cabin car

  4. Two very large boxes that contain (in total) thirty O scale freight cars

Tomorrow will seem like Christmas day as I will open those two boxes. :drink_mini:

And having said that, goodnight to all.

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1 hour ago, J. S. Bach said:

Today was a eventful one; I had to attend a funeral of a church member and when I got home, there was a massive pile of boxes on my front porch:

  1. A James Clavell novel  Gai-Jin

  2. An O scale MTH Geigy Chemical tanker to be two-railed

  3. A K=Line three-pack of HOOKERS; three-dome tankers plus a work cabin car

  4. Two very large boxes that contain (in total) thirty O scale freight cars

Tomorrow will seem like Christmas day as I will open those two boxes. :drink_mini:

And having said that, goodnight to all.

Will we get photos?

 

Asking for some friends.

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5 hours ago, J. S. Bach said:

Today was a eventful one; I had to attend a funeral of a church member and when I got home, there was a massive pile of boxes on my front porch:

  1. A James Clavell novel  Gai-Jin

  2. An O scale MTH Geigy Chemical tanker to be two-railed

  3. A K=Line three-pack of HOOKERS; three-dome tankers plus a work cabin car

  4. Two very large boxes that contain (in total) thirty O scale freight cars

Tomorrow will seem like Christmas day as I will open those two boxes. :drink_mini:

And having said that, goodnight to all.

A bit worrying leaving all that on your front porch, in many places that would have disappeared in minutes.

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Deliveries this morning, so the Staffel Fuhrer had better look out as I may be making a low fast pass through MD on my way to points further NE.

 

Fortunately, it will not be accompanied by either a further touch and go, or worse still a full stop!

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