RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 6, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 6, 2022 (edited) Been doing a lot of pondering about locos, coaches, and tonight what the station buildings, well the bits you would see if in the station. On Sunday I went the the Gainsborough Model Railway open day, wow their layout is something else. I have seen it in magazines over the years and watched various videos but to see it running is just stunning. Two tunes for you, the ever lovely Bea And the lovely Yasmin , Poppy and Zoë . Edited December 6, 2022 by Clive Mortimore 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 9, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2022 On one of the apparently more popular threads there has been a debate about layout sound. Why would nayone in their right mind want to be running trains which emitted noise which would try (and fail) to compete with these young ladies. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold pirouets Posted December 9, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2022 Clive, as a long time observer of this thread I have always wondered If you had to choose between music and toy trains, which one wins? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 9, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2022 31 minutes ago, pirouets said: Clive, as a long time observer of this thread I have always wondered If you had to choose between music and toy trains, which one wins? Hi Steve Oooo, never thought about that. It is like deciding which sweet to have Rhubarb Crumble with Custard or Banoffee Pie when Mrs M says I can only have one. Which ever I one I chose, I would be the loser as both are important in my life. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 6 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Hi Steve Oooo, never thought about that. It is like deciding which sweet to have Rhubarb Crumble with Custard or Banoffee Pie when Mrs M says I can only have one. Which ever I one I chose, I would be the loser as both are important in my life. Don't try and combine them - EVER. It's frowned upon to cut people up into bits and then try and stick them back together in what you consider to be a representative of the human race 20-50 years ago. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold pirouets Posted December 9, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2022 2 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: Oooo, never thought about that. Probably one of those questions for late in the evening after a tipple or two. Think my answer would be the same as yours. Tomorrow morning will be interesting as have downloaded a Band-Maid playlist for when I go to the gym. Now I have to ask though, how often does Mrs M catch you sneaking a 2nd sweet? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 9, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, pirouets said: Probably one of those questions for late in the evening after a tipple or two. Think my answer would be the same as yours. Tomorrow morning will be interesting as have downloaded a Band-Maid playlist for when I go to the gym. Now I have to ask though, how often does Mrs M catch you sneaking a 2nd sweet? Hi Steve At home, she just makes a rude comment about my waste line, but it is when we are out she doesn't want to be embarrassed by me. 🥴 I always look at the pudding menu first when we go to a restaurant. Nothing worse than eating a main course to find none of the desserts complement it. Of course the perfect five course meal is Dessert, Seconds, Pudding, Sweet and Afters. 2 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 9, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2022 3 hours ago, woodenhead said: Don't try and combine them - EVER. It's frowned upon to cut people up into bits and then try and stick them back together in what you consider to be a representative of the human race 20-50 years ago. Done that. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 45 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: Done that. I forgot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 9, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2022 32 minutes ago, woodenhead said: I forgot! And it was real living humans, well I looked after them once the surgeon had put back the finger, arm, toe, hand but never a foot. Ring ring went the phone "Hello Mayflower ward" said the getting fat and nearly bald staff nurse. "Good evening, I am PC Plod from the Metropolitan Police. I am about to rendezvous with a colleague from the Essex Police. I think we have found your patient's finger and the Essex chaps will bring it to you". I can't go into why the Met had the patient's finger, just to say the bad men who chopped it off done such a rotten job it sadly couldn't be put on. Moral of this story, always try and make only one cut and keep it as straight as you can. 1 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold pirouets Posted December 9, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: Of course the perfect five course meal is Dessert, Seconds, Pudding, Sweet and Afters. What about the coffee that comes with the mini pudding after the meal ☕🥧 Only reason I go to the pub quiz most weeks. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2022 14 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: On one of the apparently more popular threads there has been a debate about layout sound. Why would nayone in their right mind want to be running trains which emitted noise which would try (and fail) to compete with these young ladies. I don't think her hair is quite the right shade of green. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 17 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: Moral of this story, always try and make only one cut and keep it as straight as you can. A rule applied equally to modelling cut and shuts 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 10, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2022 8 minutes ago, woodenhead said: A rule applied equally to modelling cut and shuts Oh!!!! perhaps I should practice what I preach, on the other hand why change a habit of a life time? 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold pirouets Posted December 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2022 BAND-MAID - Been tried as a playlist for the gym this morning and will be staying in Spotify for that purpose. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzer Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 22 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: And it was real living humans, well I looked after them once the surgeon had put back the finger, arm, toe, hand but never a foot. Ring ring went the phone "Hello Mayflower ward" said the getting fat and nearly bald staff nurse. "Good evening, I am PC Plod from the Metropolitan Police. I am about to rendezvous with a colleague from the Essex Police. I think we have found your patient's finger and the Essex chaps will bring it to you". I can't go into why the Met had the patient's finger, just to say the bad men who chopped it off done such a rotten job it sadly couldn't be put on. Moral of this story, always try and make only one cut and keep it as straight as you can. Mayflower Ward ? No doubt named after the Western Regions crack express to Plymouth ! True allegiance to Gods Wonderful Railway is coming out now ! 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 10, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 hour ago, jazzer said: Mayflower Ward ? No doubt named after the Western Regions crack express to Plymouth ! True allegiance to Gods Wonderful Railway is coming out now ! Hi Jazzer It is a GER connection in a way. It was called Mayflower as it was one of the wards that moved from St Andrews Hospital in Billericay to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford when the burns and plastic surgery unit was relocated. There is some historical connection between the mad christians that sailed on the Mayflower and Billericay, in fact half the town seems be called Mayflower this or that. As well as a picture of the said boat we even had a bigish photo of 61379 on the ward's wall. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted December 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2022 59 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said: There is some historical connection between the mad christians that sailed on the Mayflower and Billericay Everything I know about Billericay I learned from Ian Dury. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 10, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 minute ago, St Enodoc said: Everything I know about Billericay I learned from Ian Dury. The jackpot is in the handle of a normal fruit machine. Mrs M comes from Billericay....so I have to be careful what I say. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted December 10, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 hour ago, Clive Mortimore said: Mrs M comes from Billericay....so I have to be careful what I say. So no Essex girl jokes then? 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 11, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2022 12 minutes ago, ian said: So no Essex girl jokes then? No, my life is not worth even thinking of them. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drduncan Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 9 hours ago, St Enodoc said: Everything I know about Billericay I learned from Ian Dury. Not Gavin and Stacey? D 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Clive Mortimore Posted December 11, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2022 2 hours ago, drduncan said: Not Gavin and Stacey? D Ah!!! My brother-in-law and sister-in-law are the real Gavin and Stacey.....Boy form Billericay marries girl from South Wales. True. He wasn't impressed when I mentioned it. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzer Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 13 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said: Hi Jazzer It is a GER connection in a way. It was called Mayflower as it was one of the wards that moved from St Andrews Hospital in Billericay to Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford when the burns and plastic surgery unit was relocated. There is some historical connection between the mad christians that sailed on the Mayflower and Billericay, in fact half the town seems be called Mayflower this or that. As well as a picture of the said boat we even had a bigish photo of 61379 on the ward's wall. If I remember correctly it was At St Andrew’s Hospital Billericay where they had a a consultant urologist called Dr Jimmy Riddle although for obvious reasons he preferred to be known as Dr James Riddle ! I forgot about 61379, so you are excused 😜! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 G'Day Folks My only claim to fame about Billericay, is being on a train at 4.30 am when we hit a Horse at 75 mph, What a mess !! manna 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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