Hroth
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And, of course, "Will you marry me?"
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When a stupidly expensive "Murdoch" was discussed here some time ago, I recalled seeing them both in a Hornby dealers, discounted, Spencer at about 80 quid, and Murdoch for about 110 quid, brand new. I thought they were expensive back then and didn't buy. Perhaps that was a missed opportunity? 🤔 Then again... 🤪🤪🤪
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Eight Miles High - The Byrds
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Time for a muggatea anna cinnamon bun!
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Thought that was a pocket sized bottle of spiritous liquor? 🤪 Ok, I know what you mean!
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Eventually post-mortem.
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Going by that, I should feel honoured as a postman rang my doorbell this morning and DIDN'T run away!
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Also, running a re-enacment artillery company (of just one gun) is expensive and licencing an artillery piece is a bit more involved than getting a shotgun licence. Consequently, artillery is pretty thin on the ground and in demand during the summer months when reenactments take place. Often, the artillery will work for the Royalists in the morning, and the Parliamentarians in the afternoon...
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It used to be quite easy to get a shotgun licence if you wanted to be a musketeer....
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However, we were there first... 😏 If you want someone in blue, there's a Scottish interloper in this mob... And a Bluecoat regiment in this bunch With associated camp followers looking on to the rear... Speaking of (in)Civil wars, we had an earlier one too, the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487). One of the participants was found recently, hiding in a council car park in Leicester... Then there was the fracas between Stephen and Matilda (1139 - 1153)
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The only Flying Scotsman tat that I have is a Triang-Hornby Flying Scotsman with flickering firebox. Now that IS tat and won't be replaced by anything more modern!
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Mainly because they want to know what the welsh speakers are muttering about when they change from English to Welsh as the "incomers" come into the village shop or pub? 🤔
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Its all yours now. Good Luck! Just thought I'd make it a bit more Powerpointy....
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Setting a Bear Trap, baited with LDC... 🤔
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Oh well, since rights to bear arms has been mentioned, its only right to impose the reciprocal, the right to arm bears. It seems fair enough...
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Up earlyish to avoid the school runs, grey, cool and calm out, went and dropped my local election postal vote in a Pillar Box. It had a nice knitted cap in support of the RNLI with a crewed D class Inshore boat* bouncing across the top. Then did some food shopping, and so home for brekky. * The boat for the lifeboat station closest to the box!
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Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen - Puccini/Pavarotti
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But an R3220 is an old model B12.... 🤔 And even that ain't worth £90!
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The Anglia and the Escort certainly did. Though who would want to pay for an escort from Halewood....
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Re-enactors don't want to be perforated, so they have regulation length poles with safety tips and tend to end up with something that looks more like a rugger scrum...
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Before heavier then air flight there were airships, rigid, semi rigid and non-rigid. They were stored in large sheds to protect them from wind and rain and when semi inflated, would hang from the roofing struts. Perhaps this might be where the term "hangers" as a storage shed for aeroplanes came from?
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Since you ask Perhaps it had been on the bottle....
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@Happy Hippo Referring back to your visit to Chirk Castle, here's a couple of snaps of the Civil War re-enactors I saw there on a visit... A Push of Pike The Vanquished FIRE! Very noisy....
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The one good thing about it is that after a while, it withers and drops off...
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Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles
