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Michael Delamar

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  1. Just watching a b&r video diesel and electric miscellany and pretty much all the commentary is wrong.

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      They've both got noses, haven't they? Can't expect script monkeys to count wheels or look at running numbers....

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      It actually adds to the fun dimension of watching these otherwise excellent DVDs.

      Unintentional comedy!

    4. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      They like to mention steam locos quite a bit, must cheese off the diesel people.

  2. Is this Swansea?

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      No, its Thursday.

    3. Lu4472ke
    4. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      Having gone back and forth to Singleton Park for three years - I would prefer it not to be.

  3. So cold the flame on my lighter froze.

  4. rMoanWeb

    1. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Another Peco bullhead thread? xD

  5. Things that railway DVD commentators cant help but mention, number one, self weighing tenders.

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    2. Michael Delamar
    3. Liam

      Liam

      Note the Gresley coach second from the locomotive.

    4. 60159

      60159

      Spot on, Mr McCann!

  6. Thinks that railway DVD commentators cant help but mention, number one, self weighing tenders.

  7. B&R video commentator Colin Wright always says orf rather than off, very posh!

  8. Quality of photo printing in some recent books seems to be pretty poor.

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    2. tractionman

      tractionman

      Yes, it definitely repays to look before buying I reckon, even for books published by some of the more well-established publishers, though getting to proper bookshops is becoming ever more a challenge.

    3. JJGraphics

      JJGraphics

      One of the problems is that scanning is often done "on the cheap" with low quality equipment and by operators who have had little training. Even using good equipment, experienced scanner operators do not always have the "feel" for monochrome images which is where I see the most cause for complaint. In the end, the blame must be laid on the publisher who accepts and sells the book.

    4. beast66606

      beast66606

      Overprocessed to highlight shadows seems to be the norm these days. I've not bought a few books because they are utter cr - rubbish

  9. Pinterest. What a load of....

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      What exactly is the point of Pinterest anyway?

    3. Miss Prism

      Miss Prism

      Pinterest is a personal data collection scheme for advertisers

    4. Horsetan
  10. Rules past for another 3 years

    1. Barry O

      Barry O

      Congratulations!

    2. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      Muggin' up for mine now.

    3. 60159

      60159

      Only get 2 on the B&KR

  11. A railwaymans film..

    1. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Bits of about half a dozen BTF films chopped together by the look of it (BTF weren't above doing that in a number of their films).

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      That's a new one on me. Total gem!

    3. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      Nowt to do with BTF Mike. A Tyne-Tees Television documentary in "The Way we Live" series about real people on the railways radiating from Darlington. See

      http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/107451-oxford-rail-lner-cattle-wagon/page-8#entry2375698 for more info.

  12. Chinchilla dust

    1. Londontram

      Londontram

      How long do you have to roast them before they turn to dust? Oh and do you kill them first

    2. Ozexpatriate
    3. NGT6 1315
  13. Does every model railway club have its annoying weirdos?

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    2. big jim

      big jim

      if you cant tell who the club "wierdo" is, then its you

    3. ROSSPOP

      ROSSPOP

      If you look in a mirror and you see a portly figure wearing braces holding up half mast trousers with a stain and a bulge where you dress to the left......it`s youuuuuuu !!!

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Did somebody call me..? ;-)

  14. Dishwasher smells like a stink bomb

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Thanks for telling us that.

    2. Tim V

      Tim V

      Shouldn't have washed those car parts in it, SWMBO will find out ...

    3. Welly

      Welly

      My least favourite smell!

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    2. waggy

      waggy

      And one of those electric fires you could toast a piece of bread in front of, you just had to be careful not to stick the end of the fork into the element.

    3. BoD

      BoD

      Oh my, a Bl** Pull***. Haven't seen one of those for a long time.

    4. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      Looks like Beryl is still living in the same house. Playing trains must prolong life. Suprised the house hasn't burn't down looking at the amount of plugs in that double adaptor.

  15. Watching the 1970s TV series Thriller.

  16. Looking for a clip of those coal hopper unloading places they had in the states were a wagon would travel by gravity back and forth to ground level.

    1. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      They have them at Lambert's Point coal terminal on the Norfolk Southern (I'm sure there are other places) but I haven't found a clip of the unloading itself.

    2. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      Cheers managed to find a clip of the one in Philly.

  17. Day out on the 37s on the Cumbrian coast.

    1. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Hoping to do that this week.

  18. Where do they find these actors for daytime tv adverts?

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    2. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Are you sure that isn't TV Neverbeens? (Or never will be, judging by some of them - as for the rest, the jury's out, but the judge is wearing a black cap).

    3. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      The oen where the couple move in to their enw home and shes on at him right away to sort out his life insurance. Because shes about to knife him and take the house and money.

    4. DavidR

      DavidR

      When they can choose between great acting and great hair - they choose the hair!

  19. Photophucket

    1. SHMD

      SHMD

      Photophuckup

       

    2. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Other descriptions are also available.

  20. Whenever I am building something I have the voice of the guy who narrates the How its made programme in my head.

    1. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Are you sure it isn't the guy who narrated "The Garage", on Quest - Tony Hirst, I believe?

    2. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      Thats him. "Next, a worker picks up a Romford screw driver and looses the nut on the floor"

    3. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      His commentaries never seem to be complete without at least a dozen corny puns - plus a reference to something being "commercially sensitive".

       

      However, that's a key part of what makes them enjoyable - as is trying to guess which puns he'll come up with.

  21. On the Severn Valley enjoying the Clayton.

    1. Barry O

      Barry O

      has it broken down yet??

    2. Liam

      Liam

      That very Clayton was the yard pilot of Fountainhall on the Borders line in the early 60s when my father was growing up there (my granddad was the station master). I saw it at the SVR the other day there as well, in fact I even despatched it!

  22. The which guide for tying your shoelaces.

    1. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      I do mine the 'odd' way.

    2. bgman

      bgman

      The "Fluffy slipper guide to relaxing" out soon at all good bookshops

    3. highpeakman

      highpeakman

      Is Which good value? But who will test it?

  23. Birds keep throwing the moss off my roof.

    1. Free At Last

      Free At Last

      How do you get them to do this, mine is in need of a good clean up.

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