well filled baps The Sheep Chronicles : These are the adventures of a Sheep, the Works Forecat and Naughty George,

[Gilbert]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

That reminds me............sausages for tea...yum. 

It stirs.....

[NHY 581]

1 hour ago, Gilbert said:

It stirs.....

 

I'm feeling better.........

[Gilbert]

10 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

I'm feeling better.........

I bet you don't look any better...

[NHY 581]

17 minutes ago, Gilbert said:

I bet you don't look any better...

 

 

 

 

Same old........

 

 

 

 

Edited June 7, 2021 by NHY 581

[Gilbert]

Shearer......!

[Captain Kernow]

3 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

That reminds me............sausages for tea...yum. 

Decent veggy sausages?

 

[Gilbert]

10 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

Decent veggy sausages?

 

A contradiction in tins...

[Captain Kernow]

It's all about choice.

 

I still have some decent veggy sausages left in the freezer from the most recent lot I bought on impulse.

 

[NHY 581]

14 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

It's all about choice.

 

I still have some decent veggy sausages left in the freezer from the most recent lot I bought on impulse.

 

 

 

I've just bought this little pamphlet on Amazon.....

[figworthy]

39 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

 

 

Same old........

 

 

 

 

 

Aren't you due your annual short back and sides any time now ?  Your cousins who live near the manor house have had theirs.

 

Adrian

[phil_sutters]

3 hours ago, Gilbert said:

A contradiction in tins...

Appropriately for this diversion from the central wooly discussion, the famous (or infamous) wartime veggie pie was named Woolton after the Minister for Food in WW2.

[sb67]

Just been catching up on your thread Rob, hope you've recovered from your jab? The IoW always looks a good idea for modelling so I'll look forward to seeing tings progress, does this mean you've moved away from the Essex/Suffolk area or is that on hold for the time being? 

 

[NHY 581]

30 minutes ago, sb67 said:

Just been catching up on your thread Rob, hope you've recovered from your jab? The IoW always looks a good idea for modelling so I'll look forward to seeing tings progress, does this mean you've moved away from the Essex/Suffolk area or is that on hold for the time being? 

 

 

 

Morning Steve. Yes, seemingly all good now. 

The Great Eastern project is going on hold for a bit. I'll hold onto the buildings and stock for when I am once more that way inclined. 

 

I've been interested in the Isle of Wight for a while but not to the point of wanting to build a layout. When Hornby released their IoW tooled Terriers it got me thinking more seriously about it. 

 

It will probably  take me a while to get going as I have no suitable stock to run with said Terriers and I would like one more for variety. So, whilst there will be updates as I go, I have decided not to rush this. 

 

In the interim, we MAY see another small, goods only Southern region layout emerge.........NOT Isle of Wight  based for which I have stock, locos AND buildings more or less ready to go................

 

 

 

[wiggoforgold]

12 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

It's all about choice.

 

I still have some decent veggy sausages left in the freezer from the most recent lot I bought on impulse.

 

Mai  I recommend those produced by "The Vegetarian Butcher) (usual disclaimer). 

Alex

 

[NHY 581]

2 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

In the interim, we MAY see another small, goods only Southern region layout emerge.........NOT Isle of Wight  based for which I have stock, locos AND buildings more or less ready to go................

 

 

 

It could be my smallest yet.........it might include water.........it will feature very small tank engines.......and few points.....

 

 

[Captain Kernow]

15 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

It could be my smallest yet.........it might include water.........it will feature very small tank engines.......and few points.....

 

 

A tiny island nation modelled in 'T' gauge, featuring a circle of track, serving the various palm trees on the coast?

 

[NHY 581]

37 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

A tiny island nation modelled in 'T' gauge, featuring a circle of track, serving the various palm trees on the coast?

 

 

 

Morning CK, 

 

I regret to confirm and should  maintain that this is delivered in such a manner so as to promote the avoidance of doubt, in the first part aforementioned, which should be taken  in the right spirit and circumstance, and therefore could  be considered as to infere, in  both  the spirit of presenting same in a forthright and foremost manner in the second part, there shall be nothing seemingly so small as to deliver any such malcious or otherwise form of troubling trifles on any levels so as may cause grievous troublement or impairment of a suitably similar severity to either ocular or cutaneous functionality. 

 

I thank you. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

 

Edited June 8, 2021 by NHY 581
Clarity

[St Enodoc]

18 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Morning CK, 

 

I regret to confirm and should  maintain that this is delivered in such a manner so as to promote the avoidance of doubt, in the first part aforementioned, which should be taken  in the right spirit and circumstance, and therefore could  be considered as to infere, in  both  the spirit of presenting same in a forthright and foremost manner in the second part, there shall be nothing seemingly so small as to deliver any such malcious or otherwise form of troubling trifles on any levels so as may cause grievous troublement or impairment of a suitably similar severity to either ocular or cutaneous functionality. 

 

I thank you. 

 

Rob.

 

Edited 15 minutes ago by NHY 581
Clarity

 

Edited for clarity? You cannot be serious!

[Donw]

Having lived on the island for a while I shall be interested to se what you do.

We walked loads of the old lines which are now cycleways. Perhaps the easiest way to model them saves building or buying stock.

 

Don

 

[bgman]

2 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning CK, 

 

I regret to confirm and should  maintain that this is delivered in such a manner so as to promote the avoidance of doubt, in the first part aforementioned, which should be taken  in the right spirit and circumstance, and therefore could  be considered as to infere, in  both  the spirit of presenting same in a forthright and foremost manner in the second part, there shall be nothing seemingly so small as to deliver any such malcious or otherwise form of troubling trifles on any levels so as may cause grievous troublement or impairment of a suitably similar severity to either ocular or cutaneous functionality. 

 

I thank you. 

 

Rob. 

 

You're definitely feeling better !

[Oldddudders]

2 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

I regret to confirm and should  maintain that this is delivered in such a manner so as to promote the avoidance of doubt, in the first part aforementioned, which should be taken  in the right spirit and circumstance, and therefore could  be considered as to infere, in  both  the spirit of presenting same in a forthright and foremost manner in the second part, there shall be nothing seemingly so small as to deliver any such malcious or otherwise form of troubling trifles on any levels so as may cause grievous troublement or impairment of a suitably similar severity to either ocular or cutaneous functionality.

ISTR someone describing Stanley Unwin as having "slaked his thirst at the fountain of knowledge - and become slightly drunk in the process".

[NHY 581]

27 minutes ago, bgman said:

 

You're definitely feeling better !

 

I can neither confirm nor deny that I am de facto feeling better or not as the case may or may not be. Pro rata, in all probability, I am, though this is not an unreserved position in which I may or may not find myself in and therefore such said position may well be the subject of revision, or not,  as or when such position is influenced by as yet to be established variable factors. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 8, 2021 by NHY 581
Further clarity for the avoidance of doubt.

[bgman]

11 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

I can neither confirm nor deny that I am de facto feeling better or not as the case may or may not be. Pro rata, in all probability, I am, though this is not an unreserved position in which I may or may not find myself in and therefore such said position may well be the subject of revision, or not,  as or when such position is influenced by as yet to be established variable factors. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aah ! I believe the technical medical term is......Kernowitis Capitanious frequently caught through the written word and easily caught on web sites !

[Donw]

It sounds to me like a well known affliction rife among civil servants whereby the afflicted person cannot ever even under extreme duress allow to pass from there lips anything that may seem in anyway to indicate a preference for any one choice of action over any other. All comments are given with the express intention of covering all possible courses without favour so that full responsibility for any descision taken based on any information believed to be given in the response is wholly down to the person or person posing the questions. 

Our motto

Never Knowingly Understood.

 

Don

[Oldddudders]

10 minutes ago, Donw said:

It sounds to me like a well known affliction rife among civil servants whereby the afflicted person cannot ever even under extreme duress allow to pass from there lips anything that may seem in anyway to indicate a preference for any one choice of action over any other. All comments are given with the express intention of covering all possible courses without favour so that full responsibility for any descision taken based on any information believed to be given in the response is wholly down to the person or person posing the questions. 

Our motto

Never Knowingly Understood.

 

Don

No dispute with that, Don, but as someone pointed out to me many years ago, civil servants are infinitely easier to work with than their paymasters, the elected representatives of the people!