Mike Storey Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 It's not the knife fights that have stopped me going to exhibitions unaccompanied, it's the litotes and hyberbole. I made the mistake of underestimating them and then overreacting, 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2017 3 of us are going to Peterborough today, we're going to watch out as there's a rumour the fans of bladed turbine propulsion and BR ballast ploughs are going to clash with some choreographed dance moves. We'll stick to the East side or It'll end in tears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2017 Next thing I know I'm waking up in a hospital bed after having had a centre punch surgically removed from my ar$ehole. I have to return to hospital in a fortnight so they can have another go at reteiving a fishplate. . P Fishplate? Hmmm. is that a P4 plate, or just 00 finescale? Mind you, those scale seven chairs make you walk in funny places.... Psst! keep quiet! Here comes the n.............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Lime Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I did actually see a punch up at an exhibition once, about 15 years ago. A guy in his 40's (?) set about a younger guy in his 20's (?) for no apparent reason. Location? Worthing, of all places...... We've cleaned up our act since then at Worthing and introduced a one rucksack per person policy too... Having said that, when we have been on the road with LR, I have seen several acts of ungentlemanly conduct involving pushing and shoving to take pictures. Usually "handbags at fifty paces" but still wholly unnecessary. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2017 Dead easy, just walk up to a guy, fix him in the eye, and say “you’ve painted it the wrong colour!” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 81C Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2017 3 of us are going to Peterborough today, we're going to watch out as there's a rumour the fans of bladed turbine propulsion and BR ballast ploughs are going to clash with some choreographed dance moves. We'll stick to the East side or It'll end in tears. That wasn't even funny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 That wasn't even funny. Oi, who says it wasn't funny? L. Bernstein Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 3 of us are going to Peterborough today, we're going to watch out as there's a rumour the fans of bladed turbine propulsion and BR ballast ploughs are going to clash with some choreographed dance moves. We'll stick to the East side or It'll end in tears. Just don't go near the Hornby stand and look at the Pantograph options for the 87, rumour had it if you ask five OHLE modellers how to do something you'll get ten different answers before it all kicks off. OHLE modellers are identifiable through carrying their weapon of choice (a soldering iron), and have developed asbestos fingers to match. Other capabilities include the ability to start an argument in an empty phone box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Whizz Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I'd be careful there. She's on a very short fuse that one. Last time I saw her doing the conscious uncoupling demo, some poor unsuspecting individual happened to remark that he thought Jackson's appeared to be more reliable. ... Ah yes, dear old Glenda too - though how she simply found the time to be an MP, a writer, an Oscar-winning actress, a campaigner for feminism and a niche provider of model railway products was always beyond me. No wonder some suppliers never grow beyond 'cottage industry' size with all that other stuff going on in their lives ... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 (edited) I expected the hobby to become so much more genteel when the luvvies started to get involved. Even more so when they started doing demo's and developing special items. Then things went really downhill when that Australian/American appeared trying to sell wheels. He would always turn up in some strange van that looked totally out of place amongst the Skoda's and Itals out in the carpark and his dress sense was just plain weird. Always p!ssed up and ranting that pinpoints should always be exposed and flanges razor sharp. I saw him have a right go at one bloke. Apparently it was just over the shape of the figures noses on a layout. I temporarily gave up on the hobby after things really went to pot (ter). That was just after wizard models appeared on the circuit. P Edited October 15, 2017 by Porcy Mane Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
valleymodeller Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 We should have body searches on entry to Warley, and confiscation of rucksacks in las they contain offensive sandwiches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Ah yes, dear old Glenda too - though how she simply found the time to be an MP, a writer, an Oscar-winning actress, a campaigner for feminism and a niche provider of model railway products was always beyond me. No wonder some suppliers never grow beyond 'cottage industry' size with all that other stuff going on in their lives ... AND appearing in Ernie’s play, what he wrote... We should have body searches on entry to Warley, and confiscation of rucksacks in las they contain offensive sandwiches. Weapons of mass indigestion? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2017 Ah yes, dear old Glenda too - though how she simply found the time to be an MP, a writer, an Oscar-winning actress, a campaigner for feminism and a niche provider of model railway products was always beyond me. No wonder some suppliers never grow beyond 'cottage industry' size with all that other stuff going on in their lives ... OI! Jackson! NOOOOO! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2017 Who’s eat all the cakes?? WHO’S EAT ALL THE CAKES??? You fat b*stards! YOU FAT B*STARDS!!! YOU’VE EAT ALL THE CAKES!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signaller69 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Fighting is preferable to the amount of farting that goes on at exhibitions... Surely down to all the pies? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signaller69 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Who’s eat all the cakes?? WHO’S EAT ALL THE CAKES??? You fat b*stards! YOU FAT B*STARDS!!! YOU’VE EAT ALL THE CAKES!!! Again, its the PIES!!!! ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave47549 Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 (edited) . Edited October 4, 2021 by Dave47549 Removed pointless guff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2017 Maybe a truce should be called before things turn ugly..... .....or is it already too late? Dava Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2017 Again, its the PIES!!!! ;-) It’s what you sing at all those w******* who have emptied a cake box for the competition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porcy Mane Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 Just thought I'd post this: One of the Blackgill operators getting in some pre-exhibition training for next weekends Hartlepool show. P 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
43110andyb Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 (edited) Just thought I'd post this: One of the Blackgill operators getting in some pre-exhibition training for next weekends Hartlepool show. BlackgillOperator.jpg P Don't mention the pools! -Darlington v Harlep**l exhibition derby! -Violence in the local trade stands for sure! Edited October 15, 2017 by 43110andyb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2017 That wasn't even funny. It was, it was just a bit too complicated for you. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ramrig Posted October 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 15, 2017 Heard at a recent exhibition "Who's the bast**d in the black" turned out to be the fat controller!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axlebox Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 My dad says it all started when we no longer wanted to follow European standards and went it all alone with the usual British half baked fudge (that eventually spawned the EM Blinders and the P4 Boot Boys et al)...just imagine if something like that happened again today... However the question I have to ask is, why does (nearly) everyone hate the lads in the corner with the GW terminus layout? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR(S) Posted October 15, 2017 Share Posted October 15, 2017 and the "body odour" code they adhere to as well.... Explains why it's doubly bad at exhibitions as it'd have to be a BO-BO Code. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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