leopardml2341 Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Horrocksford? Que? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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6892 Oakhill Grange Posted February 24, 2017 Share Posted February 24, 2017 Buchanan Bus station WH Smith let me down. Can't get to Model Rail Scotland this weekend. So where does a man buy a copy of MRJ in central Scotland over the next 36 hours, whilst attending a funeral, looking after 2 kids and sleeping a normal amount. Oakhill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 24, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 24, 2017 Buchanan Bus station WH Smith let me down. Can't get to Model Rail Scotland this weekend. So where does a man buy a copy of MRJ in central Scotland over the next 36 hours, whilst attending a funeral, looking after 2 kids and sleeping a normal amount. Oakhill Harburn Hobbies? One of the big railway stations? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 My local newsagent had 253! Its nice to see the mag embracing the Modern Image so thoroughly on the front cover, but WHAT a bright nose!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted February 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2017 Wiv all this talk of availability, I shall have to sally forth into Plimuff and see if smiffs 'ave it in yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted February 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2017 Wiv all this talk of availability, I shall have to sally forth into Plimuff and see if smiffs 'ave it in yet. Are you actually going to take Sally Forth into Plymouth? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted February 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2017 Are you actually going to take Sally Forth into Plymouth? I knew her daughter, Sally Fifth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I knew her daughter, Sally Fifth. And Sally Lunn has some buns in the oven...... But they're nothing to do with me! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iak Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Who said buns? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted February 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2017 Are you actually going to take Sally Forth into Plymouth? I did and I got out alive, and most importantly I got me mits on a copy of the MRJ. There woz however a casualty, I broke me bus pass, when I had to put me 'and out to stop meself falling off the seat, when Damon Hill pulled off the stop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted February 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2017 My local newsagent had 253! That's a lot of copies. Are they going to sell them all? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jollysmart Posted February 25, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2017 Once again my local WH Smith has let me down. There was no sign of MRJ in the Shatti Al Qurm branch. The lady at the counter gave me a blank look and muttered "trainspotter" under her breath in Arabic. So I headed off to the Intercontinental for a beer and sausage supper watching the sun go down over the Indian Ocean. A cool 20 deg C breeze blew in from the sea and I thought to myself that I really should wear long sleeves in the winter. Oakhill Oman is really nice this time of year, I envy you being there. However, give it a couple of months and you are welcome to it until the end of November when it starts to drop below 30 degrees. A much underrated country, a stark contrast to Dubai and I have really enjoyed my times there . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 That's a lot of copies. Are they going to sell them all? I must admit it took me aback too - perhaps they'll shred the surplus for loft insulation, rodent bedding and so forth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grob1234 Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I must admit it took me aback too - perhaps they'll shred the surplus for loft insulation, rodent bedding and so forth. The newsagent is obviously a shrewd business person. They are clearly catering for the eventuality of having 5 coach loads of model rail enthusiasts turn up at the same time all demanding the latest MRJ. Next month they will order 254, and so on, knowing that one day they will hit the jackpot, and can retire when they sell them all. I'd imagine that's definitely what's going on. I'll be on dragons den next week... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6892 Oakhill Grange Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 Oman is really nice this time of year, I envy you being there. However, give it a couple of months and you are welcome to it until the end of November when it starts to drop below 30 degrees. A much underrated country, a stark contrast to Dubai and I have really enjoyed my times there . After a few years, only the June / july period becomes too hot at least at night. This will be summer no 8 there will be only about 4 weeks when it is too hot to sit out at night. I have been using the heated seats in the car in winter for years when the morning temp is below 20 C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6892 Oakhill Grange Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I finally braved the crowds of red and blue rugby fans to get a copy from Smiths at Waverley. Sitting at Heathrow at the moment and will pull out MRJ on the long haul if the film selection is same as the flight over earlier in the week. Oakhill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium corneliuslundie Posted February 26, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2017 You mean you flew into Thiefrow especially to buy MRJ. Wouldn't East Midlands Airport have been nearer to an outlet selling MRJ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I have checked the magazine through from cover to cover, and whilst there are plenty of interesting articles about model railways, I’m disappointed to note that there is scant mention of sausages of any kind. I had my hopes up, after their mention in number 252, but there you go, you can’t win ‘em all. I have left this reply for over a week in the hope that my frustration/anger would subside but no. Over eight days have past and I still feel the pain that the the sausage meister could have missed such important and colourful references to the meat product most favoured by MRJ readers and editors alike. Not only were the sausage references in colour but the audacity in seeing the makers of the sausages (Walls & Bowyers) also receive acknowledgment did not go unnoticed on my untrained eye. After all these passing days, my outrage still knows no bounds in that the Captain missed such blatant & obvious sausage inclusions. I feel it only right that he should be battered around the extremities with a wet Cumberland in the hope it restores his sausage radar to some semblance of efficiency. I shall say no more on the subject and retreat to my frying pan to take solace until my vexation dies down. P.s. There were multiple copies of MRJ 253 available in the Bluebell shop at Sheffield Park last weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 P.s. There were multiple copies of MRJ 253 available in the Bluebell shop at Sheffield Park last weekend. Blue Star? Or perhaps the more esoteric White Circle Hat, coat and MU Jumper - I'm outta here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted March 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2017 I have left this reply for over a week in the hope that my frustration/anger would subside but no. Over eight days have past and I still feel the pain that the the sausage meister could have missed such important and colourful references to the meat product most favoured by MRJ readers and editors alike. Not only were the sausage references in colour but the audacity in seeing the makers of the sausages (Walls & Bowyers) also receive acknowledgment did not go unnoticed on my untrained eye. After all these passing days, my outrage still knows no bounds in that the Captain missed such blatant & obvious sausage inclusions. I feel it only right that he should be battered around the extremities with a wet Cumberland in the hope it restores his sausage radar to some semblance of efficiency. I shall say no more on the subject and retreat to my frying pan to take solace until my vexation dies down. P.s. There were multiple copies of MRJ 253 available in the Bluebell shop at Sheffield Park last weekend. I most humbly abase myself at your feet, O Grand Master of Sausage Observation and Identification. I have been suffering from Cumberland Deprivation for these last few months, and my faculties are clearly impaired. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2017 I have had cause to visit MRJ's printers this morning, no sausages were in evidence however intelligence (if that can exist in the upper Spen Valley) suggests that 254 will be out some time in April. I am still available, at exorbitant cost of course, to sit watch in the car park to give advance warning of when it leaves the premises. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted March 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 3, 2017 I have had cause to visit MRJ's printers this morning, no sausages were in evidence however intelligence (if that can exist in the upper Spen Valley) suggests that 254 will be out some time in April. I am still available, at exorbitant cost of course, to sit watch in the car park to give advance warning of when it leaves the premises. Jamie Do they also make sausages? Sorry, it would appear that at least someone in the Spen Valley obliges with suitable products - http://www.metcalfes-butchers.co.uk/page/produce/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 3, 2017 Do they also make sausages? Sorry, it would appear that at least someone in the Spen Valley obliges with suitable products - http://www.metcalfes-butchers.co.uk/page/produce/ The quote about the intelligence was a common one among my ex colleagues. Something about it being a tight knit community and allegedly very inbred. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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