MrWolf Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 5 minutes ago, Hroth said: I think the controller was for its smaller sibling batteries, that were flatter. I've a torch that took the flatter ones. Can't remember the Ever Ready number for them... I know the type you mean, I've got a "Bantel" bicycle tail lamp which takes a slimmer version, never had it working and I don't remember the battery number either! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 12 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Interesting! Looks like a G-scale forecourt petrol pump Whatever you do don't confuse an enema machine with a petrol pump! Although the pyrotechnic flatulence could be a neat party trick.... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 17 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Interesting! Looks like a G-scale forecourt petrol pump?? The problem is, what would you be trying to shift with 1 litre of liquid on the high pressure setting... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 5 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Whatever you do don't confuse an enema machine with a petrol pump! Although the pyrotechnic flatulence could be a neat party trick.... Definitely in Johnny Cash territory! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Hroth said: Definitely in Johnny Cash territory! Could be worse. Musician Bobby Fuller met a grim end: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bobby_Fuller_Four#:~:text=Bobby Fuller died under mysterious,not released to the public. Edited February 1 by MrWolf Illiteracy 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315131003350?hash=item495f4581d6:g:EY8AAOSw13Zlus8n&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4KJ4OYrjoNNXZMwVi491bDAP%2Bfpt1yS8H%2F81Hbe8hgyHpdpdHkkPKgAoF7ckqB%2FX90gZNRHnHsmdbPdvwdiFXmHjC0SFhIswva5oY5AjDpCJBX7HqgdCme4W40ia1TD1tWNAlRZw3lfGwPB6GdPDf7PGR1JjotRaNIcfC%2B8fwEDMVa1rNjb1%2BLJhYJJMSCkTiEH0Z7wzOwSZNGOxyXPU3aObCPqO%2Bt%2Fl%2F2AV7ANI18KNr53JbBoi%2ByOpWn%2FJu1N%2FhugYnhKL2jJwh5iUh0EmgqIalwIA824aB%2BoSG6XCuHsn|tkp%3ABk9SR8Lt2aWsYw Here's an oddity. An armoured railcar - with all the windows painted over. If those within couldn't see the enemy outside - perhaps they weren't really there? Schrödinger's enemy?? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: Could be worse. Musician Bobby Fuller met a grim end: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bobby_Fuller_Four#:~:text=Bobby Fuller died under mysterious,not released to the public. Died from the gasoline blues?? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 1 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1 Bobby Fuller Petrol ( joke doesn’t work if you read it, you gotta vocalise…). 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) 7 hours ago, The Johnster said: Bobby Fuller Petrol ( joke doesn’t work if you read it, you gotta vocalise…). Glug glug.. 9 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315131003350 Here's an oddity. An armoured railcar - with all the windows painted over. If those within couldn't see the enemy outside - perhaps they weren't really there? Schrödinger's enemy?? A partially finished resin kit? Looking at the last image, it wouldn't go around ANY radius curve! Though the scale* is indeterminate... * Not quite, I posted from a tablet, and didn't notice that the title mentioned HO Gauge. The ebay layout and info for "mobile" devices is carp. Edited February 1 by Hroth Clarification 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted February 1 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1 12 hours ago, John M Upton said: Someone please explain the logic behind this bundle of two completely unrelated items of rolling stock?!? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196220079611? The colours are similar? :) 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted February 1 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1 7 hours ago, MrWolf said: Whatever you do don't confuse an enema machine with a petrol pump! Although the pyrotechnic flatulence could be a neat party trick.... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, John Besley said: Many years ago, a smoking friend of mine used the toilet. When he had finished, he dropped his still lit fag butt into the toilet bowl, whilst sat on it. He emerged shortly afterwards looking rather startled - seemed the resulting flash fire had dehaired his lower half! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 1 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1 11 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: Misread as 'Enema Machine'! 😲 Perhaps the seller is having a clear out? Mike. 1 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 1 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1 39 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Many years ago, a smoking friend of mine used the toilet. When he had finished, he dropped his still lit fag butt into the toilet bowl, whilst sat on it. He emerged shortly afterwards looking rather startled - seemed the resulting flash fire had dehaired his lower half! My dad told me that his cousins back in the thirties lived in a house with a single outdoor toilet shared with three neighbouring houses. One of the residents, a bit of a bully used to occupy the toilet for at least an hour or two while he checked his bets in the Sporting Life and smoke a packet of Woodbines. They decided to teach him a lesson and someone suggested dropping a couple of carbide* tablets into the pan of the WC just before he entered it. When the time came to carry out their plan however instead of dropping a couple of carbide tablets they dropped about six into the pan. It didn't take long after he had entered the toilet until there was an explosion that demolished the toilet leaving the victim with a scorched backside. *Carbide tablets were used in acetylene lamps and gave off acetylene gas when placed in water. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) As the Alka-Seltzer advert said "plink, plink, fizz..." Although in the case above, it'd be "plink, plink, plink, plink, plink, plink, fizz..." KABOOM!!! Edited February 1 by Hroth 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 1 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: My dad told me that his cousins back in the thirties lived in a house with a single outdoor toilet shared with three neighbouring houses. One of the residents, a bit of a bully used to occupy the toilet for at least an hour or two while he checked his bets in the Sporting Life and smoke a packet of Woodbines. They decided to teach him a lesson and someone suggested dropping a couple of carbide* tablets into the pan of the WC just before he entered it. When the time came to carry out their plan however instead of dropping a couple of carbide tablets they dropped about six into the pan. It didn't take long after he had entered the toilet until there was an explosion that demolished the toilet leaving the victim with a scorched backside. *Carbide tablets were used in acetylene lamps and gave off acetylene gas when placed in water. But you missed the important piece of information! Did that cure him of his habit? 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/386726535411 Starting price of 99p, 9 days until ending, in very good cosmetic condition seemingly with all components accounted for… I wonder how much it’ll be by ending… 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barclay Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Having built/fought with one of these myself it definitely fits into the category that Iain Rice might have described as needing to be towed out to sea and sunk by gunfire. To start the bidding at £72, with not even any wheels/motor/gears? Wow. But it is "Special" and "Rare" !!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266641104125?hash=item3e150c5cfd:g:E3gAAOSwZyRlrZsv&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwMlTh3jCdsG%2BmEf%2FxxlUPlg7sXcJR0%2FKIBwefcCdUp3EHl4%2FkYzyRk7znPxuAGmIKr50TF8jc1KwLk61%2BBJJvyiAUSAzBPLOUmYhEmihA0SEFusi7qO3sdK%2BXQHdu8MoRyXW%2Fuaf0ROIKBjdqw8eSsFvzt2uAS7Bru40c0goF3PrZh%2Ft7iXejS1JRFeyzC%2BY1Wf1zgKmaon9QRdVEXDkehYLw32pVbKTR%2FAc8EwXaoFkiykKf8MxQ%2FKAQUp3cbgnhg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5z-_dWsYw 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 45 minutes ago, Barclay said: Having built/fought with one of these myself it definitely fits into the category that Iain Rice might have described as needing to be towed out to sea and sunk by gunfire. To start the bidding at £72, with not even any wheels/motor/gears? Wow. But it is "Special" and "Rare" !!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266641104125?hash=item3e150c5cfd:g:E3gAAOSwZyRlrZsv&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwMlTh3jCdsG%2BmEf%2FxxlUPlg7sXcJR0%2FKIBwefcCdUp3EHl4%2FkYzyRk7znPxuAGmIKr50TF8jc1KwLk61%2BBJJvyiAUSAzBPLOUmYhEmihA0SEFusi7qO3sdK%2BXQHdu8MoRyXW%2Fuaf0ROIKBjdqw8eSsFvzt2uAS7Bru40c0goF3PrZh%2Ft7iXejS1JRFeyzC%2BY1Wf1zgKmaon9QRdVEXDkehYLw32pVbKTR%2FAc8EwXaoFkiykKf8MxQ%2FKAQUp3cbgnhg%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR5z-_dWsYw Or you can have a bedaubed (weathered!) Hornby Pug with an amazingly clean driver on the footplate. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256390267246 Its got wheels gears and motor. Good box too! A snip at £53.44 (inc delivery). Unique! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 2 hours ago, Hroth said: Or you can have a bedaubed (weathered!) Hornby Pug with an amazingly clean driver on the footplate. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256390267246 Its got wheels gears and motor. Good box too! A snip at £53.44 (inc delivery). Unique! He's forgotten to mention that model's capability of running at a scale two hundred and fifty miles per hour! 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 3 hours ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/386726535411 Starting price of 99p, 9 days until ending, in very good cosmetic condition seemingly with all components accounted for… I wonder how much it’ll be by ending… In unusually good condition, it will probably go daft, even though it's a Jinty chassis in fancy dress. Tenders seem rare, they're an interesting mix too. A Caley Single tender body, with a log load and a pair of diamond frame freight bogies beneath. It's actually very clever. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 19 minutes ago, MrWolf said: He's forgotten to mention that model's capability of running at a scale two hundred and fifty miles per hour! I dunno, if it’s a newer one then I find those to have a lower speed motor, my experience with them? The one I had burnt out late last year, just over 3 years I had it from brand new, whereas I’ve got 0-4-0s from the 90s which just won’t die! …I also don’t understand the change to a slower motor, it’s a starter grade model for children, they’ll want to run it fast! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 9 hours ago, PhilJ W said: My dad told me that his cousins back in the thirties lived in a house with a single outdoor toilet shared with three neighbouring houses. One of the residents, a bit of a bully used to occupy the toilet for at least an hour or two while he checked his bets in the Sporting Life and smoke a packet of Woodbines. They decided to teach him a lesson and someone suggested dropping a couple of carbide* tablets into the pan of the WC just before he entered it. When the time came to carry out their plan however instead of dropping a couple of carbide tablets they dropped about six into the pan. It didn't take long after he had entered the toilet until there was an explosion that demolished the toilet leaving the victim with a scorched backside. *Carbide tablets were used in acetylene lamps and gave off acetylene gas when placed in water. "Fire in the hole!" 😎🚽🎇 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 7 hours ago, kevinlms said: But you missed the important piece of information! Did that cure him of his habit? It probably left him labotomised! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 1 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1 9 hours ago, PhilJ W said: My dad told me that his cousins back in the thirties lived in a house with a single outdoor toilet shared with three neighbouring houses. One of the residents, a bit of a bully used to occupy the toilet for at least an hour or two while he checked his bets in the Sporting Life and smoke a packet of Woodbines. They decided to teach him a lesson and someone suggested dropping a couple of carbide* tablets into the pan of the WC just before he entered it. When the time came to carry out their plan however instead of dropping a couple of carbide tablets they dropped about six into the pan. It didn't take long after he had entered the toilet until there was an explosion that demolished the toilet leaving the victim with a scorched backside. *Carbide tablets were used in acetylene lamps and gave off acetylene gas when placed in water. 8 hours ago, kevinlms said: But you missed the important piece of information! Did that cure him of his habit? It almost certainly cured his haemorrhoids. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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