Skinnylinny Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 (edited) Good to see the CAD work continuing, especially Seaford and the Crane Tank, which are looking very nice! I don't like to pester, but is there any chance I could have my G6 back soon please? I'm looking into building some LSWR wagons eventually and it'd be nice to have something to shunt them! Edited August 2, 2018 by Skinnylinny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnylinny Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 Any chance of an update? I'd rather like that bodyshell back, as I was under the impression you only needed it for coursework. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 I would like to see the very talented Sem actually finish some of the things he's started, rather than embark on fresh projects that might also fail to get finished. As an older chap, of a somewhat gittish temperament, I am no doubt forthright to the point of insulting at times, but I do feel that Talent is only part of an equation that requires the addition of Application and Discipline in order to equal Success! Some of us have been waiting around a long time for developments, developments that we were assured would happen over the summer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian keane Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Whens the last time anybody has heard from Mr Missenden? His profile says hes not been active on here in over a week, and I've not heard from him since the start of July Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinnylinny Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I've not heard from him in weeks - do we know if something's happened? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted August 20, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2018 He’s probably gone away to the Banamas, as it is summer holidays right now. Then he is a sensitive artist, just like me, only I worked on BR, so I don’t let little niggles about slow production get me down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Missenden is still around, watching from the shadows. Don't worry, he'll be back! - Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboSnail Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Missenden is still around, watching from the shadows. Don't worry, he'll be back! - Alex Glad to hear it! RMWeb as a whole seems a bit tumbleweed-y at the moment... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 (edited) Glad to hear it! RMWeb as a whole seems a bit tumbleweed-y at the moment...I'm still here, if that counts for anything... Edited August 20, 2018 by RedGemAlchemist 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Possibly he's in hiding from various of us wanting to know where he's got to with various model projects. Assuming all is well, we must winkle him out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 In the meantime, we'll just have to rally ourselves and try to make more of an effort to do our own things! My current project (see second line of my signature), although of pre-group origin, is destined for a late1950's/early60's layout. so probably has no place on here. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 I would post more if I had anything more to add, but hopefully as soon as all the bits arrive I finally get on with doing some actual modelling! No one worry, Sem is fine and will hopefully be back to posting sooner rather than later. - Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 unfortunately I've just got very little drive to do anything at the moment. Little drive or money. And personal issues are also getting to me; - Alex Ditto. Sem, come back. DON'T MAKE ME BEG!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted August 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2018 Ditto. Sem, come back. DON'T MAKE ME BEG!!!! Please do: watching a lawyer get on his knees to grovel is good entertainment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Please do: watching a lawyer get on his knees to grovel is good entertainment. Not worth it at my hourly rate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted August 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2018 Who said we’d pay you anything? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Who said we’d pay you anything? Lawyers never do any pleading for free, thought you'd know that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted August 21, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2018 Lawyers never do any pleading for free, thought you'd know that.Hence the commonly heard phrase, “Pleading lawyers.”Or at least, I think that’s what they say... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 No doubt these days to be booed off the stage at the urgings of populists as the ultimate and original "liberal elite", it was lawyers who were responsible for western democracy, from the Constitutional opposition to Charles I in the 1630s through to the Men of 1789 in the National Assembly in France. Mind you, I admit that both Maximillian Robespierre and Tony Blair were lawyers, but we need not let the odd bloody dictator or devious warmonger get in the way of a good generalisation. Has anyone considered whether Missenden might simply be away on holiday? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 I'd have a lawyer joke to add here but I don't want to be too offensive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 (edited) I think you missed off a semi-circle on the first letter of one of these words, and is it not spelt with 2 'e's? The retired travelling salesman called his house 'Dumroaming', the retired dentist called his 'Dunfillin',the retired lawyer called his 'Dunrobin'! :-) Jim (exiting quickly stage left) Edited August 21, 2018 by Caley Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Here's something to temp him back! https://youtu.be/FeojYgl5GFE 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted August 21, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2018 No doubt these days to be booed off the stage at the urgings of populists as the ultimate and original "liberal elite", it was lawyers who were responsible for western democracy, from the Constitutional opposition to Charles I in the 1630s through to the Men of 1789 in the National Assembly in France. Mind you, I admit that both Maximillian Robespierre and Tony Blair were lawyers, but we need not let the odd bloody dictator or devious warmonger get in the way of a good generalisation. Has anyone considered whether Missenden might simply be away on holiday? Simon de Montfort. Wat Tiler. John Wycliffe. Jan Hus. Gerard Winstanley. Even Lao-tse. Not lawyers: even for a lawyer, that’s an outstanding piece of arrogance. Lawyers were not responsible for western “democracy”, though they were responsible for shaping it into the form it is, i.e. a republic which periodically elects leaders, but which is also responsible for an enormous conservatism which keeps wealth and power firmly in the hands of an elite, partly self-electing and partly hereditary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Simon de Montfort. Wat Tiler. John Wycliffe. Jan Hus. Gerard Winstanley. Even Lao-tse. Not lawyers: even for a lawyer, that’s an outstanding piece of arrogance. Lawyers were not responsible for western “democracy”, though they were responsible for shaping it into the form it is, i.e. a republic which periodically elects leaders, but which is also responsible for an enormous conservatism which keeps wealth and power firmly in the hands of an elite, partly self-electing and partly hereditary. I don't see any of those in your first line as precursors to western liberal democracy, any more than was Oliver Cromwell or the Runnymede Barons. Any nudge they did give in that direction was incidental, indeed, antithetical, to their aims and pre-occupations. Whereas, lawyers tend to be concerned with the rule of law - the issue in the 1630s and the cornerstone of any democratic system - and are rather good at framing constitutions. Without lawyers, all you would have is oppression interspersed with mob rule. Just face it, lawyers set you free! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted August 21, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2018 No. They didn’t. Usually, the have simply oiled the chains. Without the people I mention, particularly de Montfort, there would still have been absolute rule. Each was an essential step towards greater involvement of the populace. Every step was a gradual increase in the number of voices involved. Trying to work out how universal suffrage was driven by, rather than frustrated and delayed by, lawyers - which nearly pushed this country to revolution in 1832. Loss of ego is the only thing that sets you free. That’s going to take you some time... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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