RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2020 He was a late developer. Paul. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 19, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2020 8 hours ago, 5BarVT said: He was a late developer. Paul. Still wondering what to do when (if) I grow up. 5 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Bridge Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 20 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Still wondering what to do when (if) I grow up. Join the roast of us, growing old disgracefully. Hedonism is the way forward. Rich 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 On 19/07/2020 at 18:24, St Enodoc said: "Bye Bye Rosie Off You Go - Birmingham Via Great Western" (which I find totally useless as I can never remember which order the "B"s are in - perhaps there's another mnemonic for that!). I learnt "Bill Brown reads Olaf Yellow's green book: very good with gold and silver pages". 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 21, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, aardvark said: I learnt "Bill Brown reads Olaf Yellow's green book: very good with gold and silver pages". Thanks - but is Bill black and the book blue or the other way round? Edited July 22, 2020 by St Enodoc 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: Thanks - but is Bill black and the book blue or the other way round? Are you casting aspersions on my aging memory? Well, you'd be right to, but it does seem that I have it the right way around. Edited July 22, 2020 by aardvark ... but you made me look :) 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 22, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, aardvark said: Are you casting aspersions on my aging memory? Well, you'd be right to, but it does seem that I have it the right way around. That's exactly my problem - without looking it up I can never remember which of the Bs is black, brown or blue, which rather defeats the object of the mnemonic in the first place! Edited July 22, 2020 by St Enodoc 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2020 When working for Marconi I found it easier just to remember the colours. I was doing PCB inspection at the time. 1 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2020 Resistance, they say, is futile. 1 1 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted July 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2020 Can you get a vaccine against futile??? Baz 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 22, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, Barry O said: Can you get a vaccine against futile??? Baz Probably, but some strains or carriers are resistant to it... 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted July 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: When working for Marconi I found it easier just to remember the colours. I was doing PCB inspection at the time. I think, though, that is a reflection on your job or passion, as opposed to a casual interest. For example, you had some grey coaches whizzing round the other day - you know exactly what they are, but how many didn't. Olddddddudddders can probably recognise each type of Le Mans car, but I can't. Halls, Granges, Stars, Castles - they all look similar to me... . Maybe it's just me... Edited July 22, 2020 by Stubby47 2 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 22, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2020 11 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: Halls, Granges, Stars, Castles - they all look similar to me... As I've said before, Veronica has the same opinion, so when I get another she doesn't notice... 3 1 2 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 8 hours ago, Stubby47 said: Halls, Granges, Stars, Castles - they all look similar to me... . Isn't it to do with how far away they are relative to each other? 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted July 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2020 9 hours ago, St Enodoc said: As I've said before, Veronica has the same opinion, so when I get another she doesn't notice... A sobering tale I heard of recently though - a gentleman who sadly passed away left a large collection of locomotives and rolling stock, apparently worth several thousand pounds. His family just chucked them all away, thinking they were simple toy trains. My first thought on hearing this was that he’d most likely never let on to his family quite how much he was spending (for obvious reasons). Like they say, you can’t take it with you (Saint Class presumably excepted). 3 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted July 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Keith Addenbrooke said: A sobering tale I heard of recently though - a gentleman who sadly passed away left a large collection of locomotives and rolling stock, apparently worth several thousand pounds. His family just chucked them all away, thinking they were simple toy trains. My first thought on hearing this was that he’d most likely never let on to his family quite how much he was spending (for obvious reasons). Like they say, you can’t take it with you (Saint Class presumably excepted). Hi Keith Some of my stuff might be worth a few bob, that is if there is a buyer. All I hope they can raise enough dosh to pay for the skip to take the rest away. Or they give it away to someone who will make use of it. I have it to enjoy playing with it and if someone else can do the same afterwards then wonderful. 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 22, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: Hi Keith Some of my stuff might be worth a few bob, that is if there is a buyer. All I hope they can raise enough dosh to pay for the skip to take the rest away. Or they give it away to someone who will make use of it. I have it to enjoy playing with it and if someone else can do the same afterwards then wonderful. It would be worth more if everything was the same colour... 1 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted July 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2020 39 minutes ago, St Enodoc said: It would be worth more if everything was the same colour... That would depend on the colour. 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted July 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 23, 2020 9 hours ago, St Enodoc said: It would be worth more if everything was the same colour... It worked for Jackson Pollack. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 23, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: It worked for Jackson Pollack. A much-underrated fish. 1 1 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted July 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 23, 2020 "and for those watching in black and white, the pink is next to the green" 2 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted July 25, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 25, 2020 (edited) I've had a bit of a blitz on ballasting and earlier this afternoon I laid the last section to complete the main lines and Porthmellyn Road station except, of course, for the curve and points on to the branch, which aren't built yet. Tomorrow I'll start tidying it all up - filling in any missing bits, vacuuming up all the loose stuff, clearing flangeways and point blades, touching up the brown paint and cleaning the rails. Then I'll be able to run some trains again. Last night I watched the Waratahs against the Rebels, which was a waste of time, then the first session of the 3rd England v West Indies Test. I've taken a liking to Rakeem Cornwall - with a name like that he obviously can't go wrong in my book - who looks a decent tweaker. Of course he fields at first slip, which isn't a surprise at all given his body shape. It's good to see someone playing at the top level in this day and age on the basis of his cricketing skills rather than just athleticism. Edited July 17, 2023 by St Enodoc images restored 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted July 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 25, 2020 Great to see the ballasting done. Yes Rakeem does give the ball a good tweak and he bowls a nice " heavy" ball. A real character and a good slip fiwlder as well. Baz 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted July 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2020 Does he play at 1st, 2nd and 3rd slip? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted July 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: Does he play at 1st, 2nd and 3rd slip? He certainly doesn’t look like a professional sportsman. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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