Castle Aching

[St Enodoc]

22 hours ago, Caley Jim said:

At one time in Scotland alcohol could only be served on a Sunday to 'bona fide travellers'.  My father told me that the bus service between Hamilton and 'The Popinjay' at Rosebank, in the Clyde valley, was very busy of a Sunday, as was the bar in the hotel!  It was the first hotel on the route.

 

Jim

The Hawes Inn at South Queensferry was also popular with Edinburgh folk.

[St Enodoc]

20 hours ago, rocor said:

 

Presumably this could have been circumvented by the cocktail bar expediently not serving any beer.

After a cricket match against a rather snooty Former Pupils' team in Edinburgh (exactly which one is academic...) I went to buy the drinks.

 

"Eleven pints please".

 

"We don't serve pints in the cocktail bar, sir".

 

"All right, I'll have 22 halves then".

[Donw]

When I worked in EM most of my wagons were built using Colin Waite etched aleguards which had compensation by rocking at one end. When I first tried 2mm they also had some Colin Waite etches. However I moved up to 0 gauge and didn't bother with compensation of wagons but I did weight  them.  I found adding weight made the most difference.  Having rejoined the 2mmSA I find the recommendation now is not to compensate wagons as due to their light weight the compensation doesn't work well.

Make of that what you will. I would suggest that from 4mm up weighting wagons is worthwhile as it improves their road holding in my experience particularly the lightweight plastic ones. 

 

Don

[Compound2632]

1 minute ago, Donw said:

I would suggest that from 4mm up weighting wagons is worthwhile as it improves their road holding in my experience particularly the lightweight plastic ones. 

 

It twists them into submission.

[Caley Jim]

2 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

"All right, I'll have 22 halves then".

A group of student friends and I went into a pub in North Berwick after a round of golf.  "What'll it be then lads" said the barman.  "A pint and ten straws?"  Despite that remark we did stay and have a pint each!

 

Jim

[Compound2632]

51 minutes ago, Caley Jim said:

A group of student friends and I went into a pub in North Berwick after a round of golf.  "What'll it be then lads" said the barman.  "A pint and ten straws?"  Despite that remark we did stay and have a pint each!

 

Did you not pass the straw round?

[jcredfer]

30 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

 

Did you not pass the straw round?

 

You don't normally have to pay for the straws.....    although it is noted that the event was North Berwick and therefore North of the Tweed, so it's entirely possible that a charge for the straws would be made.   

 

 

[Caley Jim]

55 minutes ago, jcredfer said:

 

You don't normally have to pay for the straws.....    although it is noted that the event was North Berwick and therefore North of the Tweed, so it's entirely possible that a charge for the straws would be made.   

That's more likely north of the Tay.

 

What's the difference between going to visit friends in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen? :-

 

In Glasgow the greeting will be 'Oh! Come away in and have your tea!'

In Edinburgh it will be 'Come away in.  You'll have had your tea.'

In Aberdeen it's 'Come away in and have your tea.  We've a grand selection of sausage rolls, pies, scones and cakes.  All at verra reasonable prices!'

 

Jim

[Edwardian]

Right, well I've booked to take my parents to Didcot on 22 May; 3 Edwardians and a dog. 

 

Any parishioners going?

[Compound2632]

30 minutes ago, Edwardian said:

Any parishioners going?

 

Possible. Got to photograph that lining!

[Edwardian]

Just now, Compound2632 said:

 

Possible. Got to photograph that lining!

 

Me too!

 

See you in the carriage shed!

[ChrisN]

I went a couple of weeks ago, so no.  Hopefully before the 22nd I will have posted all my photos in the Gallery with a link from my thread.  It is just taking a while.

[CKPR]

12 hours ago, Edwardian said:

It's certainly a manufacturer I will avoid where possible in future, as it's proving quite a frustrating build.   

I must assume that you are unacquainted with the sheets of etched brass formerly sold as 'kits' by Jidenco...

[monkeysarefun]

4 hours ago, Edwardian said:

Right, well I've booked to take my parents to Didcot on 22 May; 3 Edwardians and a dog. 

 

Any parishioners going?

 

Make sure you've got a roobar fitted if driving around there after sunset.

Almost hit 3 of them just outside Didcot on the road to Gooroolba when I was last up there.

 

And dont drink the XXXX.

Edited April 28, 2021 by monkeysarefun

[Edwardian]

9 hours ago, CKPR said:

I must assume that you are unacquainted with the sheets of etched brass formerly sold as 'kits' by Jidenco...

 

I gave Chris Phillips one of their LSWR T1 kits to build. He may yet not have forgiven me. Certainly he announced the wish to retire from kit building!

 

7 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

Make sure you've got a roobar fitted if driving around there after sunset.

Almost hit 3 of them just outside Didcot on the road to Gooroolba when I was last up there.

 

And dont drink the XXXX.

 

 

Ah, Didcot, Queensland, population 60, noted for its heritage-listed cemetery, and formerly the dullest named station on the Mungar Junction to Monto Railway, that Didcot?

 

 

 

No, I'm going to this Didcot:

 

"The small, oddly shaped bit of card which a ticket inspector cuts out of a ticket with his clipper for no apparent reason", The Meaning of Liff, Douglas Adams and John Lloyd (1983).

 

And summed up by Wiki, thus:

 

''... known for the railway museum and power stations ... In January 2021 it was voted as being among the worst places to live in England.''

 

Didcot Wikipedia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Compound2632]

Bur the Ladies of the Vale are no more.

[Edwardian]

The Agony and the Lethargy ....

 

I don't know what's wrong with me these days, but I seem to be perpetually on the Brink of Despair and it takes almost nothing to tip me over the edge.

 

Recently I received a kind and flattering invitation to contribute to a modelling showcase being organised by a line society. I do struggle for motivation, and I welcomed the kind invitation to contribute as a way to get my modelling back on track.  Last night I learnt that there is a cut-off for contributions of 30 May. None of my chaotic modelling is complete enough for display and it is most unlikely that anything would be ready by the end of next month. I have to take advantage of the lifting of lock-down restrictions in the second half of May to spend time with my parents, so I will have even less time for modelling than usual. So, the timing just doesn't work for me.  Even if I do have something, it will be too paltry to represent a significant body of work worthy of display.  So, I've had to tell them to count me out. 

 

This lack of a commitment to work to now completely robs me of all motivation and now I just don't feel like doing anything. I really have to be realistic about my failure to achieve anything tangible after five years and, again, want nothing more than to sack the whole sorry business! A ridiculous see-sawing from hope to despair, I know that, but I cannot seem to help it. The prospect of further modelling is now ashes in my mouth. What's WRONG with me?!?

 

Sorry. Rant over. 

 

Thanks and best wishes to all of your.

 

 

 

 

[Hroth]

I trust that you're not going to this one either

 

 

Though it might be fun in a "Westworld" (film) sort of way...

 

 

 

[monkeysarefun]

1 hour ago, Edwardian said:

 

I gave Chris Phillips one of their LSWR T1 kits to build. He may yet not have forgiven me. Certainly he announced the wish to retire from kit building!

 

 

 

Ah, Didcot, Queensland, population 60, noted for its heritage-listed cemetery, and formerly the dullest named station on the Mungar Junction to Monto Railway, that Didcot?

 

 

 

No, I'm going to this Didcot:

 

"The small, oddly shaped bit of card which a ticket inspector cuts out of a ticket with his clipper for no apparent reason", The Meaning of Liff, Douglas Adams and John Lloyd (1983).

 

And summed up by Wiki, thus:

 

''... known for the railway museum and power stations ... In January 2021 it was voted as being among the worst places to live in England.''

 

Didcot Wikipedia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeez, how do you choose?

If you go the Queensland option you do get to spend 2 weeks in quarantine watching Big Brother Australia though.

[Compound2632]

1 hour ago, Edwardian said:

What's WRONG with me?!?

 

Middle age and lockdown. I can sympathise - I failed to organise an entry for the Chairman's Cup at the Midland Railway Society AGM last Saturday - that pre-Lot 4-plank would have done nicely if I'd been bothered to finish it. My usual remedy for lethargy is to start another wagon kit, which is why I have so many not-quite-finished ones.

 

Getting out and about and doing something different may help.

[Hroth]

Dynamic people have kept diaries, done photo shoots, learned a new language. All sorts of interesting things...

 

All I can say is, where did the last year go???

 

[Northroader]

We’re all spending far too much time on RMweb? Oh, and there’s the small matter of wives continually finding jobs.

[Caley Jim]

James, you have a wonderful group of buildings so I don't understand how you can say that you have nothing to contribute.

 

Jim 

[Compound2632]

29 minutes ago, Northroader said:

We’re all spending far too much time on RMweb? 

 

That too. Saps the will. I'm off for a quick round of Bridge Base Online.

Edited April 29, 2021 by Compound2632

[Boldon Boy]

Caley Jim should have made clear that in Edinburgh the invitation, "Come away in. You'll have had your tea", is followed by "You'll take a refreshment".