SM42 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Leak soup in a bucket for AGM supper it is then! Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Had a trot round the West of Wycombe and just taken a lease on our new club house....a few damp walls but nice tea room adjacent! (prevents clumsy accidents with the tea urn) Screen Shot 2015-04-09 at 13.47.29.png Well, hellfire and damnation! That's a REAL man-cave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9, 2015 Well, hellfire and damnation! That's a REAL man-cave. Thats what I was thinking, will we have to share it with the Pagans and Devil Worshipers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 The Magic Roundabout shown above is terrifyingly close, in Swindon. First came across it in the 60s - there is NO warning and [as far as I can tell] no rules. ......... which possibly makes it the safest roundabout in the world ..... people have been known to exit with both eyeballs wrapped round the back of their neck ..... ....... rather like a swimming pool full of 10ft sharks ....... no-one drowns in one of those ..... :no: It is actually a very clever piece of design once you get over the initial shock as traffic can circulate in both directions. For instance if you want to go to Marlborough in the picture above, you turn right and then right, rather than left, right , right, right and then left as you would on a conventional roundabout. I prefer the one in Hemel Hempstead myself. Andy edit. Too many rights. Met myself coming back there. Looks like I'm taking the minutes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Oh ..... My ..... Goodness .............................. how on EARTH? ................... ................. did the road planners get the roundabout approved ........................................................... It is actually a very clever piece of design once you get over the initial shock as traffic can circulate in both directions. For instance if you want to go to Marlborough in the picture above, you turn right and then right, rather than left, right , right, right and then left as you would on a conventional roundabout. I prefer the one in Hemel Hempstead myself. Andy edit. Too many rights. Met myself coming back there. Looks like I'm taking the minutes .......................... in the light of the whole area being occupied by Military and ex-military personnel ........................... ... ... ... the only option is to accept the whole of Swindon Borough Council .................. wait for it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, this is not pleasant ....................... to be elected as members of the Clumsy Club ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted April 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9, 2015 Thats what I was thinking, will we have to share it with the Pagans and Devil Worshipers? Oh ..... My ..... Goodness .............................. how on EARTH? ................... ................. did the road planners get the roundabout approved ........................................................... .......................... in the light of the whole area being occupied by Military and ex-military personnel ........................... ... ... ... the only option is to accept the whole of Swindon Borough Council .................. wait for it ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, this is not pleasant ....................... to be elected as members of the Clumsy Club ... I rest my case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted April 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 9, 2015 Apparently the man who designed Swindon's Magic Roundabout, also designed Hemel's first. He also ended up sectioned (in a hospital rather than the NRM like Ellerman Lines) Regards Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 It is actually a very clever piece of design once you get over the initial shock as traffic can circulate in both directions. .....I prefer the one in Hemel Hempstead myself. The first time I used the Hemel one, I came out of it going in a completely different direction to the one I had intended. Here's the man who designed it... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Me and Mrs SM42 toss a coin (Hypothetically, as it would be silly in a moving car, get stuck under the brake pedal or something) sometimes to decide which way round we might go. Do we go the qiuck left and left or do we have a righty sort of feeling today Of course more fun can be had if you do a U turn at the roundabout before the one with your exit. It's even more fun than it sounds as no-one expects a U turn in the middle of a roundabout. So far, for a clumsy modeller, nothing to report at either location Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridee Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 i'm so glad I don't have to deal with mental roundabouts I do have the mad mile near me though on the A217!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Here we go again ............. yet another doomed attempt, by the Clumsy Club Membership ....................... Leak soup in a bucket for AGM supper it is then! Andy ....................... what on earth is the point of putting soup in a bucket ....... with a leak in it ............ and NO mention of a straw and a blunt knife anywhere to be seen ........ ...................... whatever next ........... children sent to bed without nursery rhymes? .. as parents too busy crawling on the carpet to find Buffer Spring ......... how will they ever learn the true nature of life?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I didn't start it! Someone mentioned needing a bucket for the leaks. Well draw your own conclusions. I did. Anyway I like soup, Mrs Sm42 says I do and who am I to argue with an international woman of mystery. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railsquid Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 children sent to bed without nursery rhymes? .. as parents too busy crawling on the carpet to find Buffer Spring ......... how will they ever learn the true nature of life?? What rank amateurs do that? My little boy is not allowed to go to bed until he's retrieved at least one Useful Lost Item from the maw of the Carpet Monster. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railsquid Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 I didn't start it! Someone mentioned needing a bucket for the leaks. Well draw your own conclusions. I did. Guilty as charged, m'lud. Do you prefer pencils or crayons or those artistic coloured stick thingies whose name escapes me for drawing your conclusions? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridee Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 did you find that spring ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railsquid Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 A couple did turn up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I'll have you know that my conclusions are well crafted, beautiful, artistic creations of a mind tormented by buying replacement parts only to find the original with a bare foot 2 hours later and then having to visit A&E to have it removed from said foot. Still could worse. Could be stuck in my ear Andy Limping a bit . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpipes331 Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 A couple did turn up. HELICAL_COIL_SPRING.jpg Mrs B insists that every now and then, I lift the carpet in the workshop, and have a clear out of the rubbish that I chuck under there. Imagine her surprise when I pulled back the carpet and discovered this bloody great spring..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 I've got a feeling I know what happened to the club subs if that if that is under your carpet. Actually I didn't know the club had any submarines but I can see why now. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpipes331 Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 Just nipped under the bench to retrieve a wayward fine scale flange nut. I told Mrs B we had a damp problem................. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 In light of the above Do we have wellies in the clumsy club catalogue yet Mr Chairman Bagpipes sir? Can I get a waterproof onesie? Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagpipes331 Posted April 12, 2015 Author Share Posted April 12, 2015 Yes Mr SM42, the new waterproof onesey, is now in stock, wet look, pre 1964 bauxite only............ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted April 12, 2015 Share Posted April 12, 2015 How can you make a profit from ex-WD 1918 Diver stock ....................... when you are fully aware that .... all is well ....................................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Oooh wet look. That'll be good for putting the transfers on then. Not sure about the hard hat though. Don't forget the diver! Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Yes Mr SM42, the new waterproof onesey, is now in stock, wet look, pre 1964 bauxite only............ onesey.jpg Well, hello sailor!! Is that the Victorian version of a gimp suit? Whatever that is................. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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