Zomboid Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 So, which among us is the Russian plant, stirring-up controversy over trivia, then? Oooh, can we have a McCarthy style witch hunt? Can we? Please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2018 On RMWeb, the task for whatever the KGB is called these days is simple in the extreme: enrol a couple of incognito members who mention things like 00-SF (is that what it's called?), whether or not 'rivet counters' are a good thing or a bad thing, whether Halls were built with the lamp-irons set 1/4" further apart than on Granges etc. Or which way round they should be on a 94xx Lickey Banker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sem34090 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I'll say only one thing: I've lost a lot of friends by admitting to being a railway enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I'll say only one thing: I've lost a lot of friends by admitting to being a railway enthusiast. Then they were not really friends. More acquaintances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted January 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2018 I'll say only one thing: I've lost a lot of friends by admitting to being a railway enthusiast. They're not your friends then. They may not understand the appeal of what we do, but if they dismiss you they are shallow and not worthy of you spending time with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Dating, women and the "hobby"? I met my wife online. At the time I was actually searching for a motorbike and just got distracted. Ah well... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 My daughters friend asked her yesterday if I was like that “ Richard from undateables “ , apparently my “ weird points “ are high. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 I wasn’t aware that “Russian influenced Oxford deans” were anything out of the ordinary, at one time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted January 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2018 I remember reading years ago about KGB 'honey traps' for western visitors to Moscow in cold war days. Whilst I don't want the cold war back, one can only hope they'll try something like that here... Of course, perhaps they already have; my squeeze originated from an Eastern Bloc country and was brought up under a communist regime. I have to say I am a willing victim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Dating, women and the "hobby"? I met my wife online. At the time I was actually searching for a motorbike and just got distracted. Ah well... Did you get the motorbike? (tempted to make bike joke but decided not to) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Did you get the motorbike? (tempted to make bike joke but decided not to) No, sadly, but I did end up with two kids and a mortgage... <sigh> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted January 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2018 No, sadly, but I did end up with two kids and a mortgage... <sigh> You've no idea how tempted I was to say 'which was the better rid........' but then I thought better of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Viz often extract the urine from rail enthusiasts and it is obvious that whoever writes their stuff on trains is a rail enthusiast as they often include clever touches that only a rail enthusiast would notice.Viz, at times, can approach the levels of Mad Magazine at its best 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted January 24, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2018 Viz, at times, can approach the levels of Mad Magazine at its best 2F7DDD01-51F9-4207-8400-91511F1F9CBF.jpeg Wasn't the founding editor the part owner of a Black 5? If I'm remembering that wrong, he was certainly involved in railway preservation in some way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 Wasn't the founding editor the part owner of a Black 5? If I'm remembering that wrong, he was certainly involved in railway preservation in some way. Doesn't he own Barter Books and Alnwick station? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 24, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2018 Before she became Mrs NB and co-habited, her bedroom (apparently.....) overlooked the railway line that ran right through her Dad's farmland. We bought a house about 1/2mile away from the farm with this view as our garden fence. With no objection to the location. Sorted! Cheers, Mick 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 (edited) Anyone I shown picture or invited of my 'shed' at work people have shown a healthy interest and not a comment and toys etc. Mind you it does have RC boats and Planes in the shed too! Still Married to the same lady I met in 97 so she is used to me now. Edited January 28, 2018 by Georgeconna 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted January 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2018 I'll say only one thing: I've lost a lot of friends by admitting to being a railway enthusiast. I had a reasonable circle of friends and none of them ever did that. Most friends were into something, for example Heavy Metal so railways were fine. But then I have been front row at one gig where the band were singing about LMS Princess class locos. Anyone guess the band and song? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Saxon, Princess of the Night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dava Posted January 25, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2018 Magnum. 'Princess Alice' & the Broken Arrow, but they're not heavy metal more melodic rock it's called these days. Often played in my workshop I admit, much scorned by Mrs Dava. Dava Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lofty1966 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 The Ex Mrs Lofty hated my models. Often got poked with the derisory "oh, are you playing with your trains again ?" line. Funny now we've split she is VERY interested and won't allow me access (though legally she has too but thats another story) because she wants them valued as she wants half the value! Money grubbing <censored> . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chris p bacon Posted January 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2018 The Ex Mrs Lofty hated my models. Often got poked with the derisory "oh, are you playing with your trains again ?" line. Funny now we've split she is VERY interested and won't allow me access (though legally she has too but thats another story) because she wants them valued as she wants half the value! Money grubbing <censored> . Without taking this too far OT I had similar many years ago. There was a perception that I had spent loads on the hobby so I offered to get a valuation so long as any valuations extended to everything. Needless to say she agreed but soon changed her mind when it revealed her spending was some 8X what mine was. I would say that after that episode it calmed down and became a bit more bearable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozzer models Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 I have model railways the wife smokes I know which one of use spends the most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Oooh, can we have a McCarthy style witch hunt? Can we? Please? Have I missed the bit where someone gets to tell the House Un-Prototypical Activities Committee to "Go ###### yourselves"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkC Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 The Ex Mrs Lofty hated my models. Often got poked with the derisory "oh, are you playing with your trains again ?" line. Funny now we've split she is VERY interested and won't allow me access (though legally she has too but thats another story) because she wants them valued as she wants half the value! Money grubbing <censored> . 10 years ago this year, my ex sent me a euphemistic "Dear John" email whilst I was away at sea. I managed to get off 4 days later; she'd done a runner when she realised I was coming home (Yes, she thought I'd do my full tour of duty & then come home...). Some of my stuff had already disappeared; for weeks I kept getting phone alls from people wanting to call round to value my collection... For the record, she got very little out of me in cash or goods...but not without her and her solicitor trying - and failing - to break me... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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