RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2015 Morning all, Bright & sunny and i understand we are heading for D-I-Y sheds/garden centres looking for some sort of tool/flower pot store in order to make a bit of room in the greenhouse so the management can clean it very thoroughly. I might have to mow the lawn again (i.e. properly this time) but the front hedge needs a trim and the grass still looks awful wet - we will see. Management has been rooting around in the library and has presented me with a tin containing foreign money - I have a feeling it was there because it only contains such useful things as French and Belgian francs but there are a couple of 10 Euro notes and there might even be some Swiss francs, sorting fun ahead perhaps? Havea nice day and enjoy teh sunshine (assuming you've got some. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tassie Tex Posted September 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) Morning all from the dot under Australia that never appears on world maps?Thankyou all for the welcome back, if you never had internet restrictions I can not explain just how reliant we have become on this modern phenomena of the world wide web.It wasn't long ago I said "what do I need a mobile phone for!", "internet, I'd never use It!"I tell my teenage step children back in my day we never had it!, but we survived, you lot would die without ya phones and WiFi.It seems to me that the older we get the more we have to eat humble pie, at least with a new born in the house it taste's a little sweeter.Mrs T and I are still busy un packing, sorting, rearranging the new home so I've not much free time as yet to post much just yet.Oh that's another thing, with the house we now have that has three teenagers upset at the moment. No television reception as the aerial must be a souvenir from the Luftwaffe from the African campaign and is now kaput. More expense.Anyway good to be back and to be more involved in discussion soon.Up ya kilt till later, regards Tex. PS. I missed the ashes test!Who ended up winning? Edited September 6, 2015 by Tassie Tex 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted September 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) I didn't get to the GOG fest yesterday as I was too absorbed in domestic duties. My mother has decided to pay us a visit and with the Obergrumpenfuhrer away visiting the wicked witch of N Wales, I decided that discretion was the better part of valour. Mater will be arriving tomorrow afternoon: I have to collect her as her broomstick is broken. I decided to leave my head in bed this morning, whilst the rest of my body rushes around the house in the traditional ever decreasing circles. with luck I will have vanished before the Obergrumpenfuhrer returns today. Typically she has been very clever, and not given me an eta, which heightens the sense of apprehension. Of course the Pygmy Hippo decided to go to the Nantwich food festival today with his girl friend, and before departing managed to decamp rather a lot of clothes from his miserable little room into the washing basket. I now have to deal with this as well as making sure the house has been re vacuumed and dusted. I can even see the windows requiring a quick clean. GOG will not be an option today I fear, although I would only have gone for a look around. However, I'm assured that I will be able to get a train fix at the local garden centre at Woodseaves, where they have a 7.25" line. 7.25" gauge, now that might be an interesting side project for a battery electric loco. A bit more space that a 5" gauge loco for the traction batteries, and the track cost is only minimally higher. Just a line from the side of the house up to the veg plot might work, just operate it as a long siding, with one loco in electron flow. In fact, my neighbour has a scrap lawn tractor with a very nice Honda engine and hydrostatic gear box..............(Well it will be once it's stripped and repaired). Must get off to Aldi now as I want one of their small circular saws before the building trade buy the lot! Edited September 6, 2015 by Happy Hippo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2015 Must get off to Aldi now as I want one of their small circular saws before the building trade buy the lot! That would be very useful, the rather large saw I have can be a bit unwieldy for some railway modelling jobs. I won't be going to Aldi today... Though perhaps...I could wait until they are £10 off in the clearance bin next week. However... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I've got what I think might be one of the small saws. Works OK, but an old design and noisy. I tend to go to an old Bosch - it's done me well for over 20 years! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Another bit of the view from my back windows, dominated by the former Union Carbide Works in Beeley Wood. In one sense the factory spoils the view of the woods and fields, but as one born in a seaport and brought up in pit villages, I've a liking for industrial scenes. I can't look at the four tall, slender chimneys here without imagining an upset kitchen table, and the brutalist water tower is a useful focal point in the composition. The new housing creeping up the hillside is part of Worrall (unlovely name!). The remnant of the former Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway/GCR/LNER is hidden among the trees in the middle distance. When we first moved into this house, we hated the stink we often got from those chimneys. I gather that the UCC plant was a filthy place to work, producing graphite rods for the steelworks, and I complained to the local Environmental Health department more than once about their effluent. They seemed pleased to field these complaints, giving them a bit more excuse for inspections, and got positively enthusiastic when I asked about the UCC group's international record in damage to the environment; especially the Bhopal disaster of 1984. So, we weren't saddened when Sheffield lost this industry. The site will eventually become a "reclamation village". 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium southern42 Posted September 6, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2015 Morning all from red dragon land. Cloudy. Drizzly in parts, like here, for instance. Just popped in for a quick catch up but got a bit side tracked, as you do.... Hang on, "vintage"? Doesn't that mean like "really old"? Those used to go past our house when I was young... Oh... Talking of vintage vehicles, I just had a WTF moment (as in blurted out WTF, confusing the Mrs.) as an advert on Japanese TV for tyres just featured a penguin getting out of a GDR Trabant. Unfortunately I was so focussed on the Trabi I forgot who the tyre manufacturer is. I don't think I hallucinated it, it's Sunday morning, I had one coffee already and mainly chasing BabySquid around the room discouraging him from dismantling various things. Talking of BabySquid, he passed his latest checkup with flying colours and has powered through the 8kg mark (not sure what that is in "vintage" measurements, something like 3 groats, half-a-country mile and 5 halfpenny farthings). Vintage? Hmm. As it's probably younger than me, maybe veteran, classic, or even just plain retired from service, may be better. Back later to make more mischief. :no: Have fun. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) Sorry to hear of David Taylor’s death at Brandywell during the Senior on the IoM yesterday. I did notice that it was announced on the BBC website under “England”, huh? I see that Groudie Glen Railway has again been attacked by vandals - Palm trees “killed”, Fencing broken as were benches and items stolen (no details). Poor old Neil and the rest... Tex, so good to hear ER drivel from Tasmania again! We can’t relax our vigilance in the “colonies”, you know...... Best, Pete. Edited September 6, 2015 by trisonic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Front lawn mowed, runoff drains cleared, ivy attacked. First time for a few years for the last two - much more energy nowadays after all the treatments Lunch to make, then attack the back garden. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I once owned an Austin Munch. More than one version of that model I believe. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted September 6, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2015 Afternoon all! Let's do a little quiz, shall we? Name the locations: And "in the cab" does not count, I should add . 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Is it Leipzig? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Do we have to read between the lines? Is it Blackpool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 (edited) Interesting race at “The Theatre of Speed”.... worth watching the highlights, if that is your only option. I’ll just add that on the podium was...............George Lucas. Eh? Our “Low” this morning was 58F - haven’t seen that low for a while...... Best, Pete. Edited September 6, 2015 by trisonic 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Interesting race at “The Theatre of Speed”.... worth watching the highlights, if that is your only option. I’ll just add that on the podium was...............George Lucas. Eh? Our “Low” this morning was 58F - haven’t seen that low for a while...... Best, Pete. Ours was +2°C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted September 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2015 Afternoon all! Let's do a little quiz, shall we? Name the locations: And "in the cab" does not count, I should add . Not sure about the first one, the second one looks to be 'approaching shopping platz' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted September 6, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2015 Is it Leipzig? Neither location is in Leipzig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I'll have a go when I can see the pics. Looks like a really dense fog to me….:-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Neither location is in Leipzig! He has done us with a trick question Stationmaster! Are we talking outskirts of Leipzig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted September 6, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2015 He has done us with a trick question Stationmaster! Are we talking outskirts of Leipzig? It is on our network, but not within Leipzig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted September 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2015 I think the 1st one is Blankenberge in Belgium. I managed to filter the photo a bit but I still got a load of spots before my eyes 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I didn't spot where it was! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Clue 1. Within the greater urbanisation of Leipzig in an area with housing and nearby some small shops. Ok. Am on the case with Google photo search. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted September 6, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2015 Clue 1. Within the greater urbanisation of Leipzig in an area with housing and nearby some small shops. Ok. Am on the case with Google photo search. Keep going! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted September 6, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2015 Keep going! It would be easier if the exif data had the GPS coordinates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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