Steamport Southport Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 5 hours ago, J. S. Bach said: Tips too? I recall reading about a small (comparatively) cruise ship that the passengers did not tip; company policy, the crew was very well paid. I did have an offer of working on one a few years back. Sailing around the Caribbean, Florida, Gulf of Mexico, etc. for most of the year. Very well paid. Then I found out the ships were totally dry for crew and they are very strict about it! Let's just say they were a Mickey Mouse firm.... 🐭 1 2 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 hour ago, SM42 said: I do have some painting jobs to do in the motherland. Andy Will you be taking the Fresh Flower with you or do you have a supply already in the Motherland. 5 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted March 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 21 I have just uploaded over 700 images of model railways, taken at exhibitions over the last 16 years, to my Flickr account. I now need to go through them all and identify every layout; the recent ones will be easy but older ones will need me to delve through exhibition guides. It's going to take days (spread over months)..... what have I done? 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted March 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21 4 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: Will you be taking the Fresh Flower with you or do you have a supply already in the Motherland. I am sure there must be lovely paints available in Poland. I wonder if there are other typically British items that are appreciated there. My nephews partner is Austrian. They live in Switzerland. Visitors from the UK try to remember to take her British chocolate and multi flavour crisps. I think she came to like them when she was in Durham for a year. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 minute ago, Tony_S said: I am sure there must be lovely paints available in Poland. I wonder if there are other typically British items that are appreciated there. My nephews partner is Austrian. They live in Switzerland. Visitors from the UK try to remember to take her British chocolate and multi flavour crisps. I think she came to like them when she was in Durham for a year. Probably but they won't be proper fresh flower just not the same. 6 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted March 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: Probably but they won't be proper fresh flower just not the same. It looks like magnolia to me anyway so I can’t really comment. Edited March 21 by Tony_S 7 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 43 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: Will you be taking the Fresh Flower with you or do you have a supply already in the Motherland. Oddly no. To go with foreign and exotic climes, I shall be using exotic colours like terracotta for the ambiance. As this will be an outdoor job, I will need decent weather. It may not happen till later in the year. Andy 8 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 38 minutes ago, Tony_S said: I am sure there must be lovely paints available in Poland. I wonder if there are other typically British items that are appreciated there. My nephews partner is Austrian. They live in Switzerland. Visitors from the UK try to remember to take her British chocolate and multi flavour crisps. I think she came to like them when she was in Durham for a year. PG Tips tea and shortbread are quite popular with the in laws. Andy 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted March 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22 Night Owl from the Piedmont. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted March 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22 6 hours ago, Tony_S said: I am sure there must be lovely paints available in Poland. I wonder if there are other typically British items that are appreciated there. My nephews partner is Austrian. They live in Switzerland. Visitors from the UK try to remember to take her British chocolate and multi flavour crisps. I think she came to like them when she was in Durham for a year. Eccles Cakes are always welcome in The Charente. Strangely enough we did find some Mint Jelly, another regular request, in a bargain store called Noz. Jamie 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted March 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22 When I worked in America the standard requests for British foods among the expats were chocolate, tea and Marmite. Dave 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted March 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22 3 hours ago, jamie92208 said: Eccles Cakes are always welcome in The Charente. Good Eccles cakes are one of the foods of the gods and there used to be a market stall in town that sold very good home made ones. Alas, that is no longer the case so recently I bought some from Morrisons; there was a similarity in the spelling on the packet but that was as far as it went and otherwise there was little resemblance. Such a disappointment. Dave 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 48 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: When I worked in America the standard requests for British foods among the expats were chocolate, tea and Marmite. Dave One son worked for an Australian mining company, and was based in Brisbane for a while. He had to visit a site in Laos, and took a significant amount of TimTams in his luggage for the Australian expats working there. Apparently, not doing so could almost be considered grounds for dismissal. (TimTams are chocolate biscuits. They closely resemble Penguin biscuits, though Australians will vehemently deny this.) 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 11 hours ago, SM42 said: Oddly no. To go with foreign and exotic climes, I shall be using exotic colours like terracotta for the ambiance. As this will be an outdoor job, I will need decent weather. It may not happen till later in the year. Andy Oh does this mean we can call you an exotic painter then. Polish Andy the Exotic Painter. I'm not going to ask where you put your tips. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted March 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22 11 hours ago, SM42 said: ........ I shall be using exotic colours like terracotta for the ambiance. Initially I read that as "terracotta for the ambulance" and wondered why in God's name would the Poles paint their ambulances terracotta? Dave 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Well this is a good day. All jobs that can be done have been done except one, which I shall start on shortly. Just need to find the silicon sealer. Whilst looking for my glasses in my work bag I also found a long forgotten chocolate bar Bonus! Andy Happy bunny full of chocolate. 12 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Found the silicon. It's gone off, so there's a job that can wait till after Easter. Never mind. There was bonus chocolate to take the edge off the disappointment. Andy 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted March 22 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22 https://www.facebook.com/reel/3811486865802655 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted March 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22 49 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: https://www.facebook.com/reel/3811486865802655 ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, skipepsi said: ? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_Hungry_Hippos 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted March 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22 3 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: https://www.facebook.com/reel/3811486865802655 It must also have been the quickest game of hungry hippos if you were involved HH. One bag of M&Ms? Not even a tooth full surely? Dave 1 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted March 22 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 22 43 minutes ago, AndyID said: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungry_Hungry_Hippos One can imagine how quickly a family garden party descends into total chaos. 5 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted March 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22 24 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: One can imagine how quickly a family garden party descends into total chaos. Well, the hippo is one of the most dangerous animals you could wish (not) to meet. Having them at a family garden party smacks of either extreme carelessness or a not so subtle way of getting rid of annoying relatives - permanently. Dave 4 1 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted March 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22 Night Owl from the Piedmont. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 22 (edited) I watched 'Beyond Paradise' earlier this evening, FYI it was filmed on the Dart Valley Railway and featured GWR Prairie 5527. Edited March 22 by PhilJ W 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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