Hroth Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, MrWolf said: I'm probably late to the party here, but somebody snapped it up. Come on, fess up! If you want one, here's one for half the price... https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/1023277643 Edited February 10, 2023 by Hroth 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40152 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 15 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I think someone used one of those paint kits used to "upcycle" (Aaggh! Hate that word, kill its pretentiousness, kill it with fire..... Etc etc etc.) Sounds like Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen and his home-wrecking, scumble glaze antics on 90s telly is back! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 22 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Hence why I called them Shabby chic clerestories. Looks like your autocorrect modified what you typed to "chic"... 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 5 hours ago, Darius43 said: Indeed - a railway modelling cliche along with bridges and busses and multi-track tunnel portals with two scale feet of “hill” above them, usually with a church on top ( must make grave digging a challenge). The tank looks like a solid resin wargaming model, judging by the half relief running gear and the large moulding stub under the chassis. The tarpaulin cover is probably a blessing. Cheers Darius The tank is one of the loads produced for the diecast, "Trackside", series of lorries and trailers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissrail Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 12 minutes ago, 40152 said: Sounds like Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen and his home-wrecking, scumble glaze antics on 90s telly is back! God I hope not. That popinjay was such a pretentious ar$ehole! 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 13 hours ago, MrWolf said: The "shabby chic" Tri-ang clerestory coaches have floated to the surface again. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363986028859 They even look like The Unflushables... Annie Sloan'd?? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 4 hours ago, Hroth said: If you want one, here's one for half the price... https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/1023277643 Er, thanks, but no, I already have enough junk to dust! 4 hours ago, 40152 said: Sounds like Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen and his home-wrecking, scumble glaze antics on 90s telly is back! I don't want to worry you, but I think he's been reappearing here and there, rather like some of those diseases we thought we had banished to period dramas... 4 hours ago, Hroth said: Looks like your autocorrect modified what you typed to "chic"... Damn you, thought police! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, Swissrail said: God I hope not. That popinjay was such a pretentious ar$ehole! It's with a certain sense of schadenfreude I see that dressing up as Dorian Gray wasn't enough, middle age and a lot of free lunches have taken their toll.... Edited February 10, 2023 by MrWolf General illiteracy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissrail Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) Isn't schadenfreude wonderful? Edited February 10, 2023 by Swissrail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisr40 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 More ebay sadness than ebay madness....makes you want to weep. Check out the pictures. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266124349492?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Vu1QrfarQ-e&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=FTFFK9oTT1-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swissrail Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: It's with a certain sense of schadenfreude that I see that dressing up as Dorian Gray wasn't enough, middle age and a lot of free lunches have taken their toll.... Isn't schadenfreude wonderful? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 25 minutes ago, Swissrail said: Isn't schadenfreude wonderful? It certainly is. See also: Poetische Gerechtigkeit (Poetic justice) and Karma Der realen Welt. (Real world karma.) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 6 hours ago, 40152 said: Sounds like Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen and his home-wrecking, scumble glaze antics on 90s telly is back! I thought scumble was what Granny Ogg of Discworld fame brewed? Certainly capable of home wrecking and there would be very little glaze, paint or plastic left after dipping those coaches into it! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, 40152 said: Sounds like Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen and his home-wrecking, scumble glaze antics on 90s telly is back! Had a minor run-in with LLB at a food fair in Bristol some years ago. He had a stall knocking out food from his farm, no doubt of very high quality and of course all 'organic' but v. expensive, and was schmoozing a cutomer with the story of 'old Bob' or such, who'd been on the farm since he was a lad, over 80 but still looking after the cows that he loved despite his wheezy chest, almost one of the family, lives in a tied cottage &c. The tied cottage awakened my inner socialsit, never a thing that sleeps heavily at the best of time, and I find LLB irritating anyway. TJ; 'Yeah, poor old s*d's probably hanging in there because if he loses the cottage he'll end up in some council sink estate somewhere, or on the streets'. LLB: 'Well, that's not the attitude to take, now, is it?'. TJ: 'It is if you're old Bob!'. Customer is walking away by now. I'll take whatever minor victories I can these days, cheered me up no end. Bought a couple of grey squirrels from another stall at this fair, skinned and shrink wrapped like supermarket Vietnamese rabbits, similar taste but a bit gamier and not quite as dry, 'contains nuts'. Asked the guy if I could cook my own, as the park I lived next door to in those days was overrun with them, and I had visions of me sneaking around after dark with a military grade catapult and night vision goggles and a murderous glint in my eye, taking them out for supper, and not in the 'on a date' sense. Apparently, this is not advisable as urban park squiggles are taste-tainted by their nicotine addiction, the result of eating discarded fag-ends, the major cause of death for these animals and an agonising cancerous one at that. Rural woodland greys are fine eating apparently, but you need a licence. Makes you proud to be part of the human race, don' it! Edited February 10, 2023 by The Johnster 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: I don't want to worry you, but I think he's been reappearing here and there, rather like some of those diseases we thought we had banished to period dramas... I noticed him recently fronting adverts for a plumbing company on the digital channels.... Not a sight that would encourage me to buy! 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40152 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Chrisr40 said: More ebay sadness than ebay madness....makes you want to weep. Check out the pictures. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266124349492?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=Vu1QrfarQ-e&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=FTFFK9oTT1-&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Crikey, I know that commenting on other peoples’ modelling is a little frowned on round here, but choosing what must be the world’s naffest name for a loco is bad enough before adding insult to injury by managing to stick one side upside down in the bargain… What happened to giving locos names that, well, stirred the blood a little? Apart from the class 68s, we seem to be using names culled from management-speak nonsense off those meant-to-be-inspirational-but-suck-your-soul-dry posters. Mind you, I was watching that ‘Warship’ programme on the telly the other night and even the RN have gone down the pan. The days of HMS Don’t Even Think It Sunshine seem to have been replaced by the equivalent of HMS My Name’s Colin* Would You Like A Nice Biscuit. Don’t want to frighten anyone now, do we? I know I’ll get a lecture about soft power and all after this , but, well, y’know… *no disrespect to the Colins of this world intended Edited February 10, 2023 by 40152 1 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 7 minutes ago, 40152 said: Crikey, I know that commenting on other peoples’ modelling is a little frowned on round here, but choosing what must be the world’s naffest name for a loco is bad enough before adding insult to injury by managing to stick one side upside down in the bargain… What happened to giving locos names that, well, stirred the blood a little? Apart from the class 68s, we seem to be using names culled from management-speak nonsense off those meant-to-be-inspirational-but-suck-your-soul-dry posters. Mind you, I was watching that ‘Warship’ programme on the telly the other night and even the RN have gone down the pan. The days of HMS Don’t Even Think It Sunshine seem to have been replaced by the equivalent of HMS My Name’s Colin* Would You Like A Nice Biscuit. Don’t want to frighten anyone now, do we? I know I’ll get a lecture about soft power and all after this , but, well, y’know… *no disrespect to the Colins of this world intended How did someone succeed in sticking a nameplate upside down!? 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 19 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: How did someone succeed in sticking a nameplate upside down!? ......Liz Truss...cough, cough... 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40152 Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, 33C said: ......Liz Truss...cough, cough... Aha, I see a contender for the name of a Type 83 already… 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 40 minutes ago, 40152 said: Aha, I see a contender for the name of a Type 83 already… I didn't think the AL3s were a particularly shortlived class? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 3 hours ago, The Johnster said: Had a minor run-in with LLB at a food fair in Bristol some years ago. He had a stall knocking out food from his farm, no doubt of very high quality and of course all 'organic' but v. expensive, Nowadays if a celebrity quietly disappears, it usually means that they've bought a "hobby farm" somewhere picturesque but impoverished. If it doesn't work out, they can always make a couple of million selling the story. 3 hours ago, The Johnster said: and was schmoozing a cutomer with the story of 'old Bob' or such, who'd been on the farm since he was a lad, over 80 but still looking after the cows that he loved despite his wheezy chest, almost one of the family, lives in a tied cottage &c. The tied cottage awakened my inner socialsit, never a thing that sleeps heavily at the best of time, and I find LLB irritating anyway. TJ; 'Yeah, poor old s*d's probably hanging in there because if he loses the cottage he'll end up in some council sink estate somewhere, or on the streets'. LLB: 'Well, that's not the attitude to take, now, is it?'. TJ: 'It is if you're old Bob!'. He'd be lucky. I can tell you from personal experience that the criteria for the homeless to qualify for any help with housing is: 1. You're a mother with dependant children. 2. You have a dependency on drugs or alcohol. 3. You are "newly arrived". Perhaps old Bob can do odd jobs around the neighbouring farms until he's got a bond and a month's advance rent together? 3 hours ago, The Johnster said: Customer is walking away by now. I'll take whatever minor victories I can these days, cheered me up no end. Bought a couple of grey squirrels from another stall at this fair, skinned and shrink wrapped like supermarket Vietnamese rabbits, similar taste but a bit gamier and not quite as dry, 'contains nuts'. Asked the guy if I could cook my own, as the park I lived next door to in those days was overrun with them, and I had visions of me sneaking around after dark with a military grade catapult and night vision goggles and a murderous glint in my eye, taking them out for supper, and not in the 'on a date' sense. Apparently, this is not advisable as urban park squiggles are taste-tainted by their nicotine addiction, the result of eating discarded fag-ends, the major cause of death for these animals and an agonising cancerous one at that. Rural woodland greys are fine eating apparently, but you need a licence. Makes you proud to be part of the human race, don' it! They also like to chew through the gas hoses on caravans and get high off the fumes. Very few fag ends around here, the smack rats get to them before the tree rats. Which makes me wonder, why if you have the means to hunt squirrels, you wouldn't bag a few Wood pigeons instead? Same objection to town pigeons, you've gone from tree rat to flying rat there. If you can't get a license, you can always make a silencer. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, 40152 said: Crikey, I know that commenting on other peoples’ modelling is a little frowned on round here, but choosing what must be the world’s naffest name for a loco is bad enough before adding insult to injury by managing to stick one side upside down in the bargain… What happened to giving locos names that, well, stirred the blood a little? Apart from the class 68s, we seem to be using names culled from management-speak nonsense off those meant-to-be-inspirational-but-suck-your-soul-dry posters. Mind you, I was watching that ‘Warship’ programme on the telly the other night and even the RN have gone down the pan. The days of HMS Don’t Even Think It Sunshine seem to have been replaced by the equivalent of HMS My Name’s Colin* Would You Like A Nice Biscuit. Don’t want to frighten anyone now, do we? I know I’ll get a lecture about soft power and all after this , but, well, y’know… *no disrespect to the Colins of this world intended It's all a bit weird isn't it? All of our institutions are becoming a joke, I'm convinced it's all allowed to happen. But of course if you say something, then up pops a condescending soul to remind you that you might be "mildly paranoid", suffering from a persecution complex, maybe "damaged thinking" or simply to go away and consider how our opinion could be seen as offensive. "The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it." George Orwell. Edited February 10, 2023 by MrWolf 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted February 10, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10, 2023 Anyways a grey squirrel is just a rat with a posh tail 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Nick C Posted February 10, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10, 2023 22 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Nowadays if a celebrity quietly disappears, it usually means that they've bought a "hobby farm" somewhere picturesque but impoverished. If it doesn't work out, they can always make a couple of million selling the story. He'd be lucky. I can tell you from personal experience that the criteria for the homeless to qualify for any help with housing is: 1. You're a mother with dependant children. 2. You have a dependency on drugs or alcohol. 3. You are "newly arrived". Perhaps old Bob can do odd jobs around the neighbouring farms until he's got a bond and a month's advance rent together? They also like to chew through the gas hoses on caravans and get high off the fumes. Very few fag ends around here, the smack rats get to them before the tree rats. Which makes me wonder, why if you have the means to hunt squirrels, you wouldn't bag a few Wood pigeons instead? Same objection to town pigeons, you've gone from tree rat to flying rat there. If you can't get a license, you can always make a silencer. I'm sure I've read somewhere that urban pigeons are equally inedible, for similar reasons... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 17 minutes ago, MrWolf said: But of course if you say something, then up pops a condescending soul to remind you that you might be "mildly paranoid", suffering from a persecution complex, maybe "damaged thinking" or simply to go away and consider how our opinion could be seen as offensive. Tossers. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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