ikks

On 05/02/2023 at 07:39, Torper said:

Who needs a coffee machine when you can still buy this?

 

I remember it from way back when.  To my surprise it's still available, owned by Schwartz, made in Paisley.  But who drinks it?

That was my old dads favourite coffee drink and from memory I thought I liked it!. Well a couple of years ago I saw some in a small supermarket and bought a bottle............made one drink and the rest went down the sink.........Yuk!!. I guess though 70 years ago it was just about all you could get. My first memory though of real coffee though was whenever we went to town(Derby) with my great aunt Mary she would insist on taking us to the Kardomah Cafe where they served the genuine stuff..........never forget that aroma!!

Mike

17 hours ago, pH said:

You must be well preserved.

I have the same thing happen to me but I think that "well preserved" for them might mean "pickled"

Mike

I live in country South Australia, opposite climate issues but some horrendous road conditions. I own a Toyota Prado (Ruth and I have owned three of them over the past twenty years) all bought at approximately two years old, 416K mine's never missed a beat, Ruths at 217K same story. Just wouldn't go past them for rough conditions.

Mike

3 hours ago, kevinlms said:

Two from South Australia in recent days.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-01/driver-arrested-for-extreme-speed-at-bordertown/101914996

I have lived and driven in every State in OZ, SA  drvers on average are the worst I have come across........and I live here🙄🙄🙄.

Mike

Me to a tee......him, not her, brave lady!😇

Note to John..........Always carry Barbecue tongs and a broom when in Oz😃but you've been here before so I suspect you already have them in your suitcase😃.

Hope you have a great time.

Mike

Grant Denyer's wife Chezzi is praised for taking on a venomous brown snake as she goes into 'fierce mumma mode' to protect her young daughters

The wife of TV personality Grant Denyer has been praised for her fearless reaction to finding a deadly brown snake in her family's backyard.

The eastern brown snake is highly venomous and is responsible for about 60 per cent of human snake-bite deaths in Australia.

Grant posted a video on Instagram on Monday of his wife Chezzi shooing away the reptile with a pair of barbecue tongs while he and their three daughters, Sailor, Scout and Sunday, took shelter inside the house.

Grant Denyer's brave wife Chezzi scares off a snake

Chezzi Denyer, the wife of TV personality Grant Denyer, has been praised for her fearless reaction to finding a deadly brown snake in her family's backyard. She shooed the reptile away with a pair of barbecue tongs (circled) after it approached the family dog

The footage shows a quick-thinking Chezzi grabbing a broom and tongs then confronting the snake, which was getting uncomfortably close to the family dog, outside their back door

'When Mr Brown comes to visit, trust the chick who had snakes as a kid to take care of it,' a proud Grant captioned the footage on Instagram.

In the video, Grant could be heard in the background shouting, 'Do you see it, Chez? It’s coming for the stairs.' 

Grant (left) posted a video on Instagram on Monday of Chezzi (right) dealing with the snake while he and their three daughters, Sailor, Scout and Sunday, took shelter inside the house 

'Just a mum trying to cook dinner on time when the kids spot a big snake coming for the dog,' Chezzi replied calmly.

The snake eventually retreated to the paddock and Chezzi then returned inside to serve dinner for her family.

The Denyers' famous friends praised the mum of three for her reaction to the snake. 

In the video, Grant could be heard in the background shouting, 'Do you see it, Chez? It’s coming for the stairs' 

The snake eventually retreated to the paddock and Chezzi returned inside to serve dinner for her family 

The Morning Show host Larry Emdur commented: 'Bro, firstly I love it how you scream for Chezzi (what a brave husband and protective father you are).' 

'Mum is so brave… I love you, mum!' added Lisa Wilkinson.

1 hour ago, DavidB-AU said:

 

In that case some recommendations for local craft beer.

 

Brisbane - Newstead, Green Beacon, Range, Sea Legs, Ballistic, BrewDog, Brisbane Brewing Co, Catchment, Helios, Slipstream, Aether

 

Gold Coast - Burleigh, Black Hops

 

Byron Bay - Byron Bay Brewery

 

Newcastle - FogHorn

 

Sydney - Young Henrys, Wayward, 4 Pines, Lord Nelson

 

Melbourne - Urban Alley (Docklands - get there on the free City Circle tram), Hop Nation, Two Birds, Moon Dog, Stomping Ground, Fixation, Mountain Goat

 

Geelong - White Rabbit

 

Adelaide - Pirate Life, Bowden, Kick Back, Gulf (Hahndorf - a very German influenced town which is worth a visit anyway)

Can definitely recommend Pirates Life and The Big Shed Brewery(American Pale Ale)and it's close to the Railway Museum.

Mike

I made some buns once!!, ended up painting 'em red and selling them to the local cricket club, probably would have lasted a couple of seasons and broken a few bats!!☹️☹️. 

Mike

Didn't know him but he sounds like a lovely gent...........love one of those on my  property  RIP Mr Shooter.

Mike

On 11/12/2022 at 23:34, Compound2632 said:

 

I though "semi" applied specifically to those de-streamlined engines that still had the sloping smokebox top?

 

Moving on from locos, according to my father, who frequented the field at Tamworth, there was one particular signal known as "clangers", the pulling off of which led to the eager anticipation of a semi.

I'm pretty sure it did originally but by the time I first visited Tamworth in January 1958, there were only a few left with the sloping smokebox and by then the class were all referred to as "semis", at least by trainspotters in the midlands. It does seem however, that, engine nicknames differed according to your location. Yes, I remember that signal very well and the excitement it generated when pulled off..

Mike

Some to add:

Jubilees........Jubs, Jubes

Patriots........Pates, Pats

Brittanias.....Brits

Stanier 8F.....Eight Freights

Princesses......Prinnies(yuk!!)

Black Fives......Mickies

Princess Coronations...........Semis.

I know "semis" has been mentioned before but along with "mickies"for the fives, was the nickname given by the Brum fraternity at T amworth, who pronounced  it "Simmy on the moyne when first sighted"............Happy Days😊😊.

Mike

On 04/12/2022 at 05:05, AY Mod said:

 

Not just legal eagles.

 

My invite to the media briefing for the 2023 range must have got lost. 😎

 

Anyway, I'm washing my hair.

Me too, we probably use the same polish!!😢😢.

Mike

Has anyone tried one of these?, I have looked at the You Tube reviews and it seems to be be reasonable starter for a DCC Novice like me.

I have a couple DCC locos to try, so any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Rgds..Mike

2 hours ago, The Stationmaster said:

One point worth bearing in mind about the Robbery and particularly the aftermath involving Jack Mills is that to have been in the railway industry then you would be over 70 now.   And that even applies to those who were in the industry at the time a  collection for him was made through much of the wider railway.  If you're under 70 the incident might well have never touched in any way but if you're over 70 you might well not have known him nor worked at Crewe but you might have been well aware of what had happened to him and made a donation to the collection.

 

If somebody wants to make a model of D326 that is simply - in my view - a personal or  business decision.  But I do think it is thoughtless, if not worse, to very specifically link such a model to the Great Train Robbery as that comes over very much as a means of promoting it by implied notoriety.   Maybe having such a view would be considered old-fashioned by some; maybe memories of a criminal assault, and its appalling aftermath, on a railwayman who was simply doing his everyday job almost 60 years ago will be regarded by some as irrelevant and living in the past?  But that is how some people feel and personally I think the use of implied notoriety to promote any product is pretty near the nadir of decent taste and responsibility (but again maybe that is just me being old-fashioned?).  

 

However I will offer a potential mitigation in the point that KR seem to be as bad in attention to detail in the language in some of their press releases/adverts as they are in developing their models so possibly they didn't mean it to come over in the way we are reading it?

No Mike, your views are not old fashioned. There are some of us that were around at the time of this horrible crime and deplore the actions of the vermin that basically ended any normality to Jack Mills subsequently short life. The fact that much of the Press treated it as an almost " Robin Hood " type event, disgusted me then and still does today.

Mike

On 24/11/2022 at 00:20, The Black Hat said:

Superb announcement from Accurascale. What a Triumph. I love the Defiance that this company has in taking on competition. SK and Hornby must be Furious - will they want Revenge? Howe do they manage to keep costs reasonable with so much detail? Its a Valiant effort to get that right, but in finding that balance other companies are Repulse-d. As such Accurascale are building a Formidable reputation in the sector, to the point they are almost Fearless. I am sure other things coming in the range to be announced will be Courageous and Glorious.  Accurascale now reign as Monarch in terms of new DCC tooled and high spec English Electric machines. 

I do hope they have a GBRF one coming as I would make that a Resolution to get that one - perhaps even the pair. I have always liked 50s as they have quite a lot of character that they are an Achillies of mine, but would certianly love the blue and orange GBRf ones being crowd pullers on my forthcoming Leviathan of a layout... 

Revenge?, Furious?, Howe?, Valiant?, Repulse?, Fearless?, Courageous?, Glorious?, Resolution?, Achillies?, Leviathan?..............Obvious innit!, next loco will be a long neglected  long firebox Jubilee🤪🤪🤪. Oops better go to bed now....🤒.

Mike

22 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said:

That's almost Sir Humphrey!!

Mike

Superb stuff!

Rgds...Mike

19 hours ago, E100 said:

A 9F has a flangeless centre wheel. Does the banker have a flangeless centre wheel too?

I believe all of the wheelsets on a 9F are flanged, the flanges on the middle set have a more shallow profile.

Mike

On 25/09/2022 at 05:42, ikks said:

without trolling through all of the posts, have these seen any use on or near the London Midland region in the fifties/sixties, they are lovely but I never invoke rule 1.(sad I know!!)

Mike

Oh dear, my rule one philosophy just disappeared, two three packs ordered..........I am so weak!!!😊.

Mike

4 hours ago, MrTea said:

This is weirdly unlike Hornby to me. I wonder what they’re up to?

 

They don’t do mid-year announcements. And what’s the significance of Monday 10th October 2022?

It.my birhday!!! 10/10/1946🥂, it will be a Kitson ex LMS saddle tank..........some hope!!, 😢😢.

Mike

3 hours ago, 2750Papyrus said:

Last Friday afternoon Mrs 2750 and I were sat on the sofas, facing each other.  She was busy sewing - shortening a pair of pyjama trousers.

 

After a few minutes, she said "Thank heavens that's finished".  I pointed out to her that one leg was considerably shorter than the other.  She gave me a puzzled look, then raised the garment in the air before stating in an aggrieved tone "I've shortened the same leg twice!".

 

It had been a long time since I'd been literally doubled up with laughter...

That is hilarious.

Mike

23 hours ago, cctransuk said:

 

Something I wrestled with when painting my Dave Alexander kit - and I probably saw the real thing during one of the Derby Works Open Days (aka. Horticultural Shows)!

 

For better or for worse .......

 

 

 

John Isherwood.

 

That looks excellent John, I saw her at Derby along with a number of "first generation" diesels" at the Horticulteral Show in '59-60 ...........didn't see many of the flowers though!!😁😁. As a "spotter though, it was a yearly highlight on our calendar.

Mike

without trolling through all of the posts, have these seen any use on or near the London Midland region in the fifties/sixties, they are lovely but I never invoke rule 1.(sad I know!!)

Mike

On 08/09/2022 at 21:59, mozzer models said:

mine have arrived & I have also just ordered the NCB ones

 

IMG20220908133114 by brian mosby, on Flickr

 

IMG20220908133128 by brian mosby, on Flickr

 

boy are they small

IMG20220908133144 by brian mosby, on Flickr

Your model looks superb

Mike

On 22/09/2022 at 07:08, richard.h said:

Personally I think I will just stick with my Bachmann versions, they have all behaved well and can each haul around 26 wagons with ease which equals a train of about 8ft in total length which is the maximum my layout is set for,. So although the Hornby version seems to be more powerful how many of us are going to run super-long trains in reality.

 

Richard

 

 

that looks brilliant..........just like the prototype

2 hours ago, Porcy Mane said:

 

I'll repeat myself...😇

 

 

Controversy/contentiousness, garners views = youchube income.

 

He still needs new slippers though and perhaps, a puff on a pipe  (St Bruno).

 

Reality probably is; his carpet layout is probably where the majority of us started out and although we may be loathe to admit it, where most of us and the larger part of the RTR buying public, still are.

 

P

Used  to like St Bruno, then Balkan Sobrani until  I stopped fags and all in 2003, still have little bits of parts in the tins.

Mike