A Nod To Brent - a friendly thread, filled with frivolity, cream teas and pasties. Longing for the happy days in the South Hams 1947.

[gwrrob]

20 minutes ago, Siberian Snooper said:

 

No, sorry I had a lay in and went down the pub.

 

 

 

I haven’t done that in over 30 years.

[Captain Kernow]

Do you mean:

 

i) that you haven't had a lie-in for over 30 years

 

or

 

ii) that you haven't been down the pub for over 30 years

 

or

 

iii) that you haven't had a lie-in and then gone down the pub for over 30 years

 

or

 

iv) that you haven't been down the pub and then had a lie-in for over 30 years

 

or

 

v) that you have been down the pub, but it was for a shorter time than 30 years

 

or

 

vi) that you have had a lie-in, but that the lie-in didn't last as long as 30 years

 

or

 

vii) none of the above

 

or

 

viii) all of the above

 

or

 

ix) you can't remember

 

 

 

 

I do think that it's important to maintain clarity at all times.

 

[gwrrob]

Clarity begins at home.

 

iii: final answer

[St Enodoc]

8 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

No, you should believe some of the things you read on line.

 

Reminds me of the guide on a harbour cruise not far from here whose spiel started "95% of what I'm going to tell you today is true".

[St Enodoc]

7 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

I haven't been to any exhibitions this weekend.

 

Nor have I.

[Mallard60022]

Doesn't anyone live in 72A then? (Hint, hint).

Ar$£

[5BarVT]

No, they all live in 83C. 

Paul.

[Coach bogie]

On 11/09/2019 at 18:32, Worsdell forever said:

 

 

 

 

 

I walked the trackbed of this line over the bank Holiday. It is surprising how much of the works remains are still to be seen.

 

Mike Wiltshire

[gwrrob]

8 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:

Doesn't anyone live in 72A then? (Hint, hint).

Ar$£

 

Didn't that get transferred to the Western Region.

[toboldlygo]

1 hour ago, gwrrob said:

 

Didn't that get transferred to the Western Region.

 

Yes they abducted a lot of Southern region loco's and stock, the Grand Inquisitor is still livid about that - so I've been told  

[Mallard60022]

1 hour ago, gwrrob said:

 

Didn't that get transferred to the Western Region.

Yup, but they only did that so that they had another route to take when their lines, fell to pieces every time it rained or it got too hot, broke, went all wibbly due to Dawlish, got stolen by arse bandits and abducted by P4 Alien Track Gangs and when Box Tunnel was too dark. 

P

[Mallard60022]

6 hours ago, Coach bogie said:

I walked the trackbed of this line over the bank Holiday. It is surprising how much of the works remains are still to be seen.

 

Mike Wiltshire

Well done Mike; that scenic finish is shite though. Was it Finescale by any chance? The loco is also made of plastic so isn't a real one. I think it is a Dave Thingamyjig effort.

Hope your feet have recovered?

Doc Martyn

[gwrrob]

Followers of the GMRC will be pleased to hear there will be no volcanoes or landslides on ANTB.

[Nick Gough]

No opportunities for Miss Agutter and her red bloomers then?

[toboldlygo]

On 18/09/2019 at 17:03, gwrrob said:

Followers of the GMRC will be pleased to hear there will be no volcanoes or landslides on ANTB.

 

There will be however Alien Abductions and bizarre experiments on rolling stock 

[gwrrob]

16 hours ago, Nick Gough said:

No opportunities for Miss Agutter and her red bloomers then?

 

What's the correct lamp code for that...….

[colin penfold]

58 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

What's the correct lamp code for that...….

 

Red lamp, centrally over the doorway

[brianusa]

5 hours ago, colin penfold said:

 

Red lamp, centrally over the doorway

 

Now she's a nun, which reminds one of "a Man from Siberia" who did, etc, etc,etc.

     Brian.

[gwrrob]

On Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 17:03, gwrrob said:

Followers of the GMRC will be pleased to hear there will be no volcanoes or landslides on ANTB.

 

Or cameltoes In the sand....

[Oldddudders]

9 hours ago, gwrrob said:

 

Or cameltoes In the sand....

Ooh! Does GMRC include such details? 

[gwrrob]

1 hour ago, Oldddudders said:

Ooh! Does GMRC include such details? 

 

Last night's program featured a layout with camel's, so yes.

[colin penfold]

29 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

Last night's program featured a layout with camel's, so yes.

 

Hump shunting?

[gwrrob]

They've been a while coming but the Bachmann warflats have arrived. Here we see a rake of three in my mixed freight going to Devonport. I plan to treat the deck in the same way as I did my bogie bolsters etc and also repaint the tank after removing the transfers. As you see they take a Kadee 18 easily although I'm yet to add the end detail.

 

 

[gwrrob]

Where's our resident armour expert @Trains&armour when we need him.

 

[Siberian Snooper]

Don't think they warflats would have come to Devonport,  it's a warship maintenance and repair facility, not a general cargo facility.  When the Royal Marines go away on holiday they usually go from Millbay that have the facilities for that. Only during the Falklands conflict did stuff come in by rail and we had to put the ships in dry dock to allow the loading of said stuff.  It was also useful for modifying the ships for their roll in the conflict.