Winslow Boy Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 13 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: Sunburn? Dave Disguise? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2021 Thinking about Polybear's fur colour, an uncle of mine had a huge blonde moustache that used to get stained quite easily so the thought arises that in PB's case it could be long term lemon drizzle cake staining? Dave 2 1 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 minute ago, Dave Hunt said: Thinking about Polybear's fur colour, an uncle of mine had a huge blonde moustache that used to get stained quite easily so the thought arises that in PB's case it could be long term lemon drizzle cake staining? Dave Hmmm interesting Big H but the thought of a bear doing a Frizby Flop into a LARGE vat of lemon drizzle cake is rather disturbing even for one who has seen some disturbing sights in his time. And on that note I am about to step into the shower to remove some of my staining. 3 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2021 PB's Avatar looks remarkably like my childhood teddy that was called Brumas, apparently named after a famous cub at London Zoo. Perhaps PB is older than we think and, Peter Pan like has never grown up. He's obviously in search of the lost LDC. Jamie 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) Polar bears are off-white anyway. I was going to say, think LNWR carriage "spilt milk" or even GWR carriage cream, but realised (a) polar bears aren't varnished and (b) distracting you from thinking lemon drizzle cake would be too much of an uphill struggle. Edited July 21, 2021 by Compound2632 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Stubby47 said: Something has been bothering me for some time and now I know what it is... If Polybear's location is the North Pole and his username is pronounced Poly (as in Roly)........ why is his avatar of a brown bear ? A well known side effect of LDC addiction. 2 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) 19 hours ago, Florence Locomotive Works said: Airsickness. Depends on how calm the boarding experience was, at least in a public plane. I’ve never had any problems with a private plane. Private planes are so much better. I can just imagine Douglas's tribe climbing aboard their Gulfstream G500 for the forthcoming jolly. I now have to go to Reading, followed by Headcorn on Friday. No chance of a plane for that one, which is especially galling as we are staying a mere five minute drive from Headcorn aerodrome. Edited July 21, 2021 by Happy Hippo 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2021 Couldn't you hitch a ride from a passing Chinook and bale out over Headcorn HH? Dave 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: I now have to go to Reading, I dare say you've heard the joke about the American visitors at Paddington in the 30s but I'll repeat it anyway. They were very impressed by the service offered by the GWR. Not only were there the usual Dining Cars and Sleeping Cars, but also cars labelled "Reading" and "Bath". 1 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: I can just imagine Douglas's tribe climbing aboard their Gulfstream G500 for the forthcoming jolly. It was a Cessna Citation, at dads old company they had several jets (Cessna is now sold for a G550) and if it had been a good year they would gift the some managements family’s a long weekend with the jet. Quite fun! 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tetsudofan Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2021 Despite all the travelling I've done since 1966 maybe I've been lucky regarding travel sickness. Prior to boarding the P&O Chitral in August 1966 the only ships I had been on were the paddle steamers on the Woolwich Free Ferry....... The journey across the Bay of Biscay on the Chitral went smoothly and no problems were encountered until the ship left Colombo and headed for Penang when I ended up being confined to my cabin for a couple of days living on cheese sandwiches. Once in Hong Kong I joined the Marine Division of the Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force where we normally manned the little tugboat-like boats on the harbour. During the Red Guard riots we were mobilised and one weekend we did a 24 hour duty on one of the 70ft launches and encountered some rather rough weather on the way back to base. The boat commander realised that I was not looking happy and told me to take the wheel which certainly kept me busy with no time to honk!! Once back in the UK in the early 70's I had to spend a week a month in Brussels and rather than fly I would drive up to Harwich and catch the overnight (Dutch) ferry to the Hook of Holland and then drive down to Brussels. On one trip the Dutch boat was being serviced and the (British Rail) steam-powered Avalon was substituted which was much more comfortable than the diesel-powered Dutch boats. I had an excellent nights sleep but when I got ready to disembark was told that because of the windy conditions they could not offload the car as the Avalon (at the time) was not a drive-on/drive off boat and it was too windy the crane the car off the boat. Bearing in mind the amount of flying I've done after I left Hong Kong I've only honked on board once and that was self-inflicted on a TWA flight from New York to London when I overdid the Harvey Wallbangers and headed for the loo. On leaving the loo one of the flight attendants had a black coffee reading and waiting. Dad was meeting me at Heathrow and asked me if I would like to drive home. I declined... Over the years I've been through a few turbulent flights including an approach to Anchorage when coming out of the clouds we were heading for a rather large mountain. Engines roared into life and up we went to make another landing attempt. Keith Keith 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Morning all, Today is been a very good day. This morning I got my drivers permit, to my joy or terror I don’t know. But, it gets better… I have finally fixed the Mogul! After several more days of careful fettling it has finally returned to full strength. Although the track is on a slide hill so it can’t run for as long as it could on a perfectly level one. It also didn’t hush oil everywhere this time, as I’m finally finding the correct amount of oil to put in the lubricator. My thanks to all who have helped the project. Douglas 6 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2021 10 hours ago, Stubby47 said: Something has been bothering me for some time and now I know what it is... If Polybear's location is the North Pole and his username is pronounced Poly (as in Roly)........ why is his avatar of a brown bear ? Huh? A Brown Bear..... A Polybear...... 10 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: Thinking about Polybear's fur colour, an uncle of mine had a huge blonde moustache that used to get stained quite easily so the thought arises that in PB's case it could be long term lemon drizzle cake staining? Dave Bear's sayin' nuffink..... 10 hours ago, Winslow Boy said: Hmmm interesting Big H but the thought of a bear doing a Frizby Flop into a LARGE vat of lemon drizzle cake is rather disturbing even for one who has seen some disturbing sights in his time. Duly added to Bear's Bucket List..... 9 hours ago, jamie92208 said: PB's Avatar looks remarkably like my childhood teddy that was called Brumas, apparently named after a famous cub at London Zoo. Perhaps PB is older than we think and, Peter Pan like has never grown up. He's obviously in search of the lost LDC. Jamie A distant relative of Poly's......Pipaluk (the little guy), also at London Zoo: https://www.zsl.org/blogs/artefact-of-the-month/‘pipaluk-and-sally-at-london-zoo’-postcard Note the yellow tinge, which is hereditary throughout the family; Pipaluk is legendary in that he once found a LDC hidden in a blue cheese warehouse. Bear still has a puzzle featuring the little guy in the loft. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Bear was photographed as a young cub and the pic has aged? 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Note that I am not saying Mr Bear has aged, I would rather not have a close encounter with his tonsils! 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2021 21 minutes ago, laurenceb said: Note that I am not saying Mr Bear has aged, I would rather not have a close encounter with his tonsils! He sings ? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2021 6 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: He sings ? Let's have a bit of culture round here. Yes, I bought the album new in 1969. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2021 2 hours ago, Florence Locomotive Works said: Morning all, Today is been a very good day. This morning I got my drivers permit, to my joy or terror I don’t know. But, it gets better… I have finally fixed the Mogul! After several more days of careful fettling it has finally returned to full strength. Although the track is on a slide hill so it can’t run for as long as it could on a perfectly level one. It also didn’t hush oil everywhere this time, as I’m finally finding the correct amount of oil to put in the lubricator. My thanks to all who have helped the project. Douglas EVERCLEAR???? That is some really nasty stuff! To those that might not know, it is sold a a beverage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everclear 190 proof; no wonder that Mogul is happy! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2021 45 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: EVERCLEAR???? That is some really nasty stuff! To those that might not know, it is sold a a beverage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everclear 190 proof; no wonder that Mogul is happy! I also noticed that and did wonder if young Douglas has a serious drink problem, but didn't like to ask.... 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2021 8 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: Couldn't you hitch a ride from a passing Chinook and bale out over Headcorn HH? Dave Not owning a parachute system anymore, my bailing at altitude from any airframe would be like dropping a MOAB. 1 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Stubby47 said: He sings ? Like a Siren luring innocent cake makers into his manufacturing facility 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2021 (edited) And here is the Superstar Brumas born 1947, the first polat bear cub ever born in the UK And my pal Brumas. Jamie Edited April 23, 2022 by jamie92208 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted July 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, polybear said: I also noticed that and did wonder if young Douglas has a serious drink problem, but didn't like to ask.... I am guessing the Mogul is gulping it down; didn't you see the wobble as he moved down the track? 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 1 hour ago, polybear said: I also noticed that and did wonder if young Douglas has a serious drink problem, but didn't like to ask.... So far it’s the best fuel I’ve found for the engine, I personally haven’t tried it. 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 12 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: I am guessing the Mogul is gulping it down; didn't you see the wobble as he moved down the track? About 35 mL every run. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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