RMweb Premium TheQ Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said: Welcome back Brian, That church looks like the full sized version of the old Airfix kit:* Note the typical modeller's error.... Stained glass in a church can only be seen as a picture from the inside of the building. Edit: Just seen Dick Rowland's comment: we were obviously typing at the same time, but I was also watching Limp Pig Ladies Rugby 7's. unless it's at night and the lights are on.. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 On the subject of Railway churches, does anyone know the origin of the Triang one? I saw what looked very like it on a tv programme where an RAF Hawk was flying around Britain but there was no commentary 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 30, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, laurenceb said: On the subject of Railway churches, does anyone know the origin of the Triang one? I saw what looked very like it on a tv programme where an RAF Hawk was flying around Britain but there was no commentary An interesting aspect of that programme was it was 'filmed backwards'! The camera in the Hawk faced to the rear (no chance of it getting splatted with flies and other flying detritus, and the recording was then run in reverse in order to get a nose eye view! 1 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: What do you charge GE for your consultancy services PB? Dave Cake. Lots and lots and lots...... 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 30, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 30, 2021 Just now, polybear said: Cake. Lots and lots and lots...... Is there any other solid currency? 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 12 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: The camera in the Hawk faced to the rear (no chance of it getting splatted with flies and other flying detritus.... One of the instructors at the unit where I did my flying training had flown the Beverly. He reckoned that it was unique in that all recorded bird strikes on the aircraft had been from behind. 14 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Is there any other solid currency? I always thought that cake was solid? Dave 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 30, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 30, 2021 17 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: One of the instructors at the unit where I did my flying training had flown the Beverly. He reckoned that it was unique in that all recorded bird strikes on the aircraft had been from behind. I always thought that cake was solid? Dave There is also single malt variety of liquid currency. 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: An interesting aspect of that programme was it was 'filmed backwards'! The camera in the Hawk faced to the rear (no chance of it getting splatted with flies and other flying detritus, and the recording was then run in reverse in order to get a nose eye view! The programme (which I don't think I ever saw) was an episode of QED called "Round Britain Whizz": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q.E.D._(British_TV_series) 1 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 4 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: Is there any other solid currency? Eccles Cakes, they are the right shape. Jamie 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 30, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 30, 2021 1 minute ago, jamie92208 said: Eccles Cakes, they are the right shape. Jamie But they do have cake in their name so fall into PB's initial criteria for solid currency. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Dave Hunt Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted July 30, 2021 It is a little known fact that when the smuggling of brandy, tobacco and wine into Britain was rife, that after they had dropped their cargo the smuggling vessels would go the other way laden with Eccles cakes as contraband into France. This was the start of what became the currantcy exchange. Dave 1 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) On 30/07/2021 at 18:28, Dave Hunt said: It is a little known fact that when the smuggling of brandy, tobacco and wine into Britain was rife, that after they had dropped their cargo the smuggling vessels would go the other way laden with Eccles cakes as contraband into France. This was the start of what became the currantcy exchange. Dave Edited April 21, 2022 by jamie92208 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Somebody should 'eccle' you for that comment. Davey 1 1 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 5 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: It is a little known fact that when the smuggling of brandy, tobacco and wine into Britain was rife, that after they had dropped their cargo the smuggling vessels would go the other way laden with Eccles cakes as contraband into France. This was the start of what became the currantcy exchange. Dave I really wish I hadn't bothered to read all that. That's 20 seconds I'll never get back. Could you perhaps warn us next time? Andy 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 30, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2021 No comment necessary. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 8 hours ago, PhilJ W said: No comment necessary. Darwinism in action. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2021 9 hours ago, PhilJ W said: No comment necessary. Just noticed the baby buggy parked next to the sign. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 31, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2021 Our neighbour has just left, having invited us around to watch the second Lions v South Africa rugby test match. I need to do a beer run! In the meantime, I also need to sort through my metals collection. I have far too much: A lot of it being offcuts that might come in handy one day. I've even found a box full of the brass bits from 13 A plugs. What I was going to make form them is anybody's guess? On the plus side, the garage has places where the floor can be seen at last! 11 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 (edited) Sounds like you need to do a scrap run Steel is around £140 per ton now. We shifted a lot of scrap, mostly steel, out of dad's sheds and have made a tidy sum out of it. A new Hippodrome could be in reach Andy Edited July 31, 2021 by SM42 Units boy, units! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted July 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2021 I thought I would give the green engines a run today. 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 31, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2021 22 minutes ago, Tony_S said: I thought I would give the green engines a run today. Such taste, such style. 2 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2021 37 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Such taste, such style. Yes, green engines can have it: 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted July 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2021 Some Midland Red 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastalview Posted July 31, 2021 Share Posted July 31, 2021 47 minutes ago, Tony_S said: Some Midland Red As an aside that has little to do with this I once worked at the Midland Red Head Office at Edgbaston and it still had the old plug style telephone boards in reception. When Pat who was the longest serving telephonist answered the phone all anyone ever heard was "d Red". Apparently she had been answering this way for over 30 years It was a fascinating place to work as it was in the final days of the Central Works where they used to build buses like the one in Tony's model. The last things I recall being built were some Ford Transit bread van style minibuses. Walking round the works was a real history tour and I rather wish I had taken some photos. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2021 I've just been sitting in the shed doing a bit of modelling to the sound of midland redstarts. I think we have a fledgling as one rather flufy one was on a bookshelf bei g fed by a parent. Jamie 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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