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Been there got that!!! This lot just got off a football special, Faller set. Layout September 003 by Lowland Locomotives, on Flickr Jim

Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith

Master of the Universe = Hawkwind

He laid her on the table so white and clean and bare. His forehead wet with beads of sweat, he rubbed her here and there. He touched her neck and felt her breast then drooling felt her thigh. The slit was wet and all was set, he gave a joyous cry. The hole was wide, he looked inside, all was dark and murky. He rubbed his hands and stretched his arms, Then stuffed the Christmas turkey! May We be the first to wish you and your dirty little mind a very MERRY Xmas!

Child in Time - Deep Purple

Not at all unprototypical, it was quite common on Scottish Suburban Services for the driver to change the indicator to show the outgoing service while stopped at the last intermediate station (in this case Haymarket) before the terminus, used to see it all the time at Coatdyke. Lovely photographs Jim

I'm In Love with my Car - Queen

A teenage boy had just passed his driving test and inquired of his father as to when they could discuss his use of the car. His father said he'd make a deal with his son, "You bring your grades up from a C to a B average, study your Bible a little, and get your hair cut. Then we'll talk about the car." The boy thought about that for a moment, decided he'd settle for the offer, and they agreed on it. After about six weeks his father said, "Son, you've brought your grades up and I've observed that you have been studying your Bible, but I'm disappointed you haven't had your hair cut." The boy said, "You know, Dad, I've been thinking about that and I've noticed in my studies of the Bible that Samson had long hair, John the Baptist had long hair, Moses had long hair, and there's even strong evidence that Jesus had long hair." (You're going to love the Dad's reply!) "Did you also notice they all walked everywhere they went..?”

Bearsden, the alternative form of railed transport being the Bennie Railplane Next Jim

Cigarettes, Whiskey And Wild Wild Women - (trad) Sons of the Pioneers, the Muppets and others

Rose of Cimarron - Poco

Merrymakers were never run from Glasgow as far as I know, however there were a lot of Mystery Excursions and I went on a few between 1973 and 1976. It could be quite easy to work out the destination based on whether the train left from Queen St or Central and the journey time was usually given, we tried to work out the more exotic ones and found ourselves in places like York and Chester (twice). The worst one was an end of season trip which went to Morcambe, unusually it was a Carlisle based Mk2 set with class 40 haulage rather than the usual Mk1s, the weather was awful and it was dark by the time the train left for the homeward journey, I seem to remember we ended up at the cinema in Morcambe, watching some seedy "adult" movie to pass the time, there is not much else to do in Morcambe in the rain and cold jim

Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller (lyrics by Mitchell Parish)

Being very religious the young couple find themselves sitting outside the Pearly Gates waiting for St. Peter to process them into Heaven. While waiting, they begin to wonder: could they possibly get married in Heaven? When St. Peter finally showed up, they asked him. St Peter said "I don't know. This is the first time anyone has asked. Let me go find out" and he leaves them sitting at the Gate. After three months, St Peter finally returns, looking somewhat bedraggled. "Yes" he informs the couple " I can get you married in Heaven". "Great!" said the couple "But we were just wondering, what if things don't work out? Could we also get a divorce in Heaven?" "You must be bloody joking" says St. Peter, red-faced with frustration, slamming his clipboard on the ground. "What's wrong?" asked the frightened couple". "OH, COME ON!" St. Peter shouted "It took me three months to find a priest up here.....Do you have any idea how long it'll take me to find a lawyer?"

Scottish Xmas Cake Once again this year, I’ve had requests for my Whisky Christmas Cake recipe so here goes. Please keep in your files as I am beginning to get tired of typing this up every year! (Made mine this morning!!!!) 1 cup sugar, half pound butter, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 cup water, 1 tsp. salt , 1 cup brown sugar, Lemon juice, 4 large eggs, Nuts, 1......bottle Whisky (preferably Malt), 2 cups dried fruit 4 cups self raising flour. Sample a cup of Whisky to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the Whisky again to be sure it is of the highest quality then Repeat. Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. Add 1 teaspoon of sugar. Beat again. At this point, it is best to make sure the Whisky is still OK. Try another cup just in case. Turn off the mixerer thingy. Break 2 eegs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit. Pick the fruit up off the floor, wash it and put it in the bowl a piece at a time trying to count it. Mix on the turner. If the fried druit get as stuck in the beaterers, just pry it loose with a drewscriver Sample the Whisky to test for tonsisticity. Next, sift 2 cups of salt, or something. Check the Whisky. Now sh!t shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts. Add one table. Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find. Greash the oven. Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over. Don't forget to beat off the turner. Finally, throw the bowl through the fekin window. Finish of the Whisky and wipe the counter with the fekin cat. Jim

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack

Gutter Cat vs. the Jets - Alice Cooper

Fred was in the fertilized egg business. He had several hundred young pullets, and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs. He kept records, and any rooster not performing went into the soup pot and was replaced. This took a lot of time, so he bought some tiny bells and attached them to his roosters. Each bell had a different tone, so he could tell, from a distance, which rooster was performing. Now, he could sit on the porch and fill out an efficiency report, by just listening to the bells. Fred's favourite rooster, old Butch, was a very fine specimen, but this particular morning he noticed old Butch's bell hadn't rung at all! When he went to investigate, he saw the other roosters were busy chasing pullets, bells-a-ringing, but the pullets, hearing the roosters coming, would run for cover. To Fred's amazement, old Butch had his bell in his beak, so it couldn't ring. He'd sneak up on a pullet, do his job and walk on to the next one. Fred was so proud of old Butch, he entered him in the Brisbane City Show and he became an overnight sensation among the judges. The result was the judges not only awarded old Butch the "No Bell Piece Prize," but they also awarded him the "Pulletsurprise" as well. Clearly old Butch was a politician in the making! Who else, but a politician, could figure out how to win two of the most coveted awards on our planet, by being the best at sneaking up on the unsuspecting populace and screwing them when they weren't paying attention. Vote carefully in the next election, you can't always hear the bells. Jim

Waverley West034 by Lowland Locomotives, on Flickr 47662 on just such a train at Edinburgh Waverley in the Summer of 1987 Jim

Your cup runneth over methinks Jim

I had to look this one up, hadn't a clue what you were talking about!! Something similar still goes on in Scotland, with the "Real Radio Renegade" being tracked down Jim

My Freind Jack - The Smoke

No problem, glad to help. there is an Edinburgh Railways Group on Flickr with some great photographs https://www.flickr.com/groups/edinburghsrailways/pool/ Jim

Hi Dave - As promised I have been beavering away this weekend and I have scanned and uploaded all my Edinburgh Related photographs. The Waverley west ones are here https://www.flickr.com/photos/gateside_and_northbridge/sets/72157649348469176/ Other albums https://www.flickr.com/photos/gateside_and_northbridge/sets Hope there is something there that can help. unfortunately I have only one photograph of 47004 in blue and it is not the complete engine, it received Railfreight Construction livery sometime between 1989 and 1990. It crops up in a few photographs in that livery. Jim

37690 double heads 56047 on a MGR working at Millerhill Yard Millerhill082 by d9009alycidon, on Flickr As a blatent plug I have just uploaded 101 scanned photographs taken at Millerhill from the late 1980s, 08s, 26s, 37s, 47s, 56s and 60s galore https://www.flickr.com/photos/gateside_and_northbridge/sets/72157648964613010/ Jim