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16 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

No, that's Lotta Mud. 

Been to Weston -super-mare , then?

The latest Numpty-speak that has come to my ears .... "I'm not getting a jab 'cos they will be able to access my bank account" .... from an 18year old!  And there are some who think that we would be better off by effectively giving  such enlightened thinkers priority to University places.  

3 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Morning all. 

9635 is on an extended jog around the The Improvised Table Top Improving Engine System or T.I.T.T.I.E.S  for short. 

 

36 minutes ago, Oldddudders said:

I hope the whole process doesn't prove too much of a handful.....

It could be a booby-trap......

4 hours ago, aardvark said:

 

I think the crate will have as much chance of getting aboard as any on the platform.

Kevin could fit a roof-rack for a special cargo......Perhaps???   

Got my sun hat,... gone ......

n 

11 minutes ago, Nearholmer said:

Indeed. Whenever one comes into our garden and starts preparing to leave a deposit, I fling open the door and call out affectionately “Oy! Gerrout you little Bastet!”.

Our next door cat is rather more sly that,  Rarely seen entering sometimes noted leaving,

Doesn't seem too bothered where to leave "deposits" .. even on the top of a 15 inch high box hedge !  GRRRR.....

Neighbours have long since stopped asking me to feed said animal while they are on holiday!

As has been posted on RMweb before (probably more than once)  "Cats were worshipped as Gods by the Egyptians ... Cats have never forgotten this"

58 minutes ago, KNP said:

Now, let me tell you a story!

Once upon a time there was a door…….

Careful, Kevin,  lie detection equipment  may be deployed anytime soon. 

Besides, I'm not sure that the word "Work" is correctly defined in the LM dictionary 

Annie, I do like,  and approve of,  your frequent use of things being "frowned at" ..... Very Lady-like!... but scary when I stop to think about it. 

7 hours ago, Re6/6 said:

survivors of a Paint gun battle?

That Roll-over Bar on the chopped down Reliant looks a bit flimsy!

Brother-in law never had a car driving licence, drove a Reliant Robin Van with no reverse gear until his (natural) death a couple of years ago. (My Sister hated that vehicle)

A friend was working  for Reliant when they were making the Bond Bug. He tells the tale of an experimental  4-wheel version using the front suspension (IIRC) from the Reliant Kitten four-wheel car.

A prototype was driven from Tamworth to Liverpool and back in a morning and seemed to meet with the test drivers approval, but the project  never went further

I went with the local Engineering Society to the Morgan Factory and saw the latest 3-wheel sportster in production, a pleasure to see some old-fashioned methods in use , particularly the forming of the Ash  wooden frames. The factory had a large grassed area behind it where the cars were given their trial run prior to delivery. Fascinating visit! 

The asset strippers would have noted the Factory's prime building site near to the town centre !

Nah... Can't do music ... that implies dancing... and that means movement ...but the denizens of Little Muddle are not big on movement  or activity or work 

46 minutes ago, KNP said:

To prove it…

Here it is!!!! 
 

 

 

 

Just realised .... how do the staff enter or exit the shed while their personnel door, contained in the displaced shed door, is not present in it's proper place. they need that door replacing so that they can go home for their tea1 There are rules about these things!

4 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said:

 

Transfer between the two could be tricky

Smoke and Mirrors?

3 hours ago, Nearholmer said:

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Nope, I thought, this is not for me. And they’ve only got more powerful since. I gave-up motorcycling after only a few years, because I actually preferred to go back to the push-bike.

In my case, after recovery from 6 months in Plaster, (outlined above), I also went back to cycling to get back some muscle in the damaged leg, and so that I didn't "learn to limp". I didn't walk anywhere for a year, and re-joined a cycling club,  Rode with their touring group for years until marriage, a largish garden,  and offspring limited such activity. 

1 hour ago, Nearholmer said:

Motorbikes were the downfall for too many of my peers. I had to appear at coroner’s court as a witness to the smash that killed a guy a year older than me, and a guy from my year perished on the crossroads outside the flat where I was living a couple of years later - heard the squeal of tyres, and the horrible thud, on a dark evening, and that was Dougie, aged 19. There were countless other incidents too, but we carried  on riding the things!

Xmas eve 1958, a sudden drop in temperature equals icy surface. On a Norton Dominator  at about 10 MPH in heavy traffic,  a guy pulled out of a side street, and collected me, Broken Tibia and Fibula  Six months in a plaster cast , thigh to toes, no "screw it back together" in those days!  Taken to hospital -- a typical (for then) Nightingale Ward, 30 beds occupied by I appendix and 29 Motorbike accident patients.  never rode a motor bike again. Result was that I was not conscripted for National Service,  still not sure if that was a benefit or not. 

Yes, there were a number of my peers who met the Grim Reaper while riding these machines.

2 hours ago, Caley Jim said:

Pardon me if I say that I have no sympathy for you.  Think yourself lucky, then, that you do not work in front line health care.  I wore a mask for 6-7hours a day 5 days a week for over 20 years!

 

I see the attitude being taken by BoJo and Co. as little short of criminally reckless.    The medical Royal Colleges have described it as 'an unethical experiment'.  I sense that our FM will take a more cautionary approach when she reports tomorrow.

 

Jim

Wasn't seeking sympathy, I just find masks uncomfortable and the higher quality, closer fitting ones to be rather claustrophobic. Didn't like scuba diving either, with or without air tanks !

Didn't I see or hear a statement that face masks protect other people rather than the wearer.  But I'm sure that for healthcare personnel they are an essential item.

I do agree with your assessment of our PM 

I dislike wearing a mask intensely, but do use one when out and about locally. I'll be sorry to see the end of covid in one respect, Having not visited a petrol station this year, my bank balance is looking quite respectable ! Biggest expense motoring-wise is the impending need to replace a rear brake bulb, which seems to be unreachable without dismantling the entire rear light cluster... perhaps i should read the manual! 

3 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

Unfortunately if you want a RTR 16XX, it's the only game in town.

 

This is true and in terms of quality of model, it's every bit as good as the Rapido one, if not perhaps a bit better, in my opinion, but they are big hulking brutes of locos and possibly not quite 'the thing' for a discerning, quality gentleman's goods yard.

 

Never mind the Pannier, would "The Company" really build the yard forman's house with the bay window of the "best room" / lounge/ dining room looking out on the incumbent's place of work since he is a discerning, quality gentleman as stated by a highly knowledgeable member of this parish?   It would however give the forman a splendid view of all those boys trespassing, hoping for a cab ride!

Didn't think you were a perpetrator of Victorian Melodramas!

Pests in Sheds.... A cycling friend had a H-D 3-rail layout in his 4x8 shed, but found eventually that he needed an extra loop of track, so added a sort of tunnel on to the end of the shed outside. He claimed  to have the largest colony of seven-legged spiders in the UK !

I have a 6x4 garden shed recently replacing one which was chewed into by Rats from next-door's chicken area. They tunnelled under the concrete upright slabs supporting the wooden fence . there were only garden tools in the shed, no vegetation or other junk which the rats could use or eat.. The council kindly sent a Rodent operative who got rid of them! Cost me £19 for the visit.

1 minute ago, MrWolf said:

 

Yet the arty fartys like to bleat on and on and on about the curse of elitism and the lack "accessible" art.

 

Hypocritical bunch of .......

...... bunch of Model chimney builders ?

32 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said:

 

There is certainly humour in abundance and many contributions.

 

Whether it's wonky chimneys or nudged canopies, there is no escaping the dreaded thread drift if certain personalities become involved in one's threads. I've come to realise that even if you start your own thread it is onle a very short time before it becomes everybody else's.

 

Resistance is fertile.

 

 

Isn't one definition of a Forum .... a place where anyone can express an opinion. 

32 minutes ago, Dunsignalling said:

Similar rather than the same.

 

Klear is a floor tile sealant that has become popular for modelling purposes because it comes in big cheap bottles, as opposed to modelling varnish which tends to come in small expensive ones.

 

John

Johnsons "Klear" Was reformulated some years ago, with subsequent criticism in RMweb and other places, the new version being considered not so useful for modelling purposes.  Immediately supplies started appearing on Ebay for "original" "Klear" at much enhanced (read...Stupid ) prices. 

On 04/07/2021 at 14:23, Stubby47 said:

In my case, no-one cares if the resulting chimney is wonky !

You must see Stubby is being most helpful and giving solace to us lesser mortals who hardly know one end of a scalpel from the other (and have the scars to prove it!) 

In the case of wonky chimneys, there are always little groups,  behind closed doors, who utter "tut-tut" having never tackled the said operation.

Stubby is to be praised for opening himself to criticism,  I have looked back at some of his work and failed to find a Wonky Chimney!

I notice that Kevin does not subscribe to the  "not detailed because it can't be seen from normal viewing positions." school of modelling.

I noticed the detail shown of the rear wall of the station building.

The path/alleway passing behind the station building looks a little overgrown with weeds, is the upkeep the responsibility of the Town Council or the Railway  Company?  Either way, it reflects the typical low passenger numbers on minor branch lines. (Not that Kevin's work could be classed as minor! )

As I have no reference material to consult on HR matters, may I ask if the lack of a Turn-under resulted in a narrower inside width compared with those with other's coaches with a Turn-under?

Would a narrow coach need the external foot steps as shown in Northroader's photo above?