J. S. Bach

And the Pips?

2 hours ago, Hroth said:

 

But he was just following the lead provided by Rex Harrison.

 

Not the way that I remember Harrison in MY FAIR LADY  (the Broadway play, not the movie).

Captain Jerk of the starship NCC BOOBY PRIZE maybe?

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

I do not know about the UK but that stuff is available here OTC.

Nor could he sing too well.

On 29/04/2024 at 14:04, spamcan61 said:

Absolutely, they gloss over this potentially major drawback, and let us not forget that power backup needs to be end to end, not just your phone.

The power backup at the old Fort Lauderdale C O:

And to give an idea of the size of the bus bars:

Batteries handled the load until the turbine generator on the roof kicked in, about a minute or so to stabilize:

When the above photos were taken, only a small toll operation was in service and that was bring moved across the street at the time. I had a tour of the place on a Saturday when the workers were not there. I was not told that I could bring tools so I really did not get much salvage:

11 hours ago, jjb1970 said:

This one is slightly unusual for Tanjong Pagar, we don't see many of the MOL ACE ships in this livery.

9 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

About as good-looking as a real dugong...

I do not know which is the worse-looking, that "thing" or the moderne cruise ships!

I can understand their logic.

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

Just now, Sidecar Racer said:

Good thing that did not happen soon after the lockdown! That would have been a real catastrophe!

I have seen many funny variants of that but one that sticks in mind was called:

"Forget hovercat, here is monorailcat:" It was a photo

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/monorail-cat

That is something that I have to get back to. I used to be very good at hanging overhead for trolley (tram to yinz over there!) operation; my hands are now a bit shaky but I might still be able to do it. It is a little hard to see, but here is a sample that I put up for a friend about forty years ago:

EDIT: It is still up and functional except for one trolley wire hangar that needs to be re-hung.

EDIT #2: To correct some spelling errors

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

3 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

 ...snip... In a break from my usual calibre, this one is in .177 as opposed to . 22. ...snip...

.177 would be my choice as BBs are that calibre (I think) and they also make great weights for hopper cars! Almost infinite total weight adjustments.

4 hours ago, SM42 said:

The beauty of Polish birthday parties is that there is always enough cake to feed four times more people than attend. 

 

Don't want to run  out you see.

 

Thus there are lots of left overs that get shared out. 

 

Guess what will be served soon with coffee. 

 

Andy

Livin' the dream

Oddly, I just finished some pierogies* for dinner; commercially made/frozen but still good.

*I had to look at the package to make sure that I spelled it correctly; as autocorrect wanted to substitute " groupies" for pierogies!

Not over here, either. Other US areas may differ, though.

Let them grow and see what you might have. I have done that and been (usually) pleased by the result.

5 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

She may just be being polite (y"know, keeping the Guv"nor happy).

 

When she starts to insist her dinner is served in a LMS/GWR/SR/LNER/BR liveried dog bowl, you'll know you have trained her right.

Would WB&A, WM, B&O, MA&PA, do in a pinch?? 🙃

23 minutes ago, jbqfc said:

WORDS THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN DRUNK:

1. Innovative

2. Preliminary

3. Proliferation

4. Cinnamon

WORDS THAT ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY WHEN DRUNK:

1. Specificity

 ...snip...

I have trouble with that one at any time.

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

4 hours ago, Hroth said:

@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...

Odd. I do not see any grey there; or bluebellies for that matter!

Or MR projects in general!

1 hour ago, Deeps said:

Very brave of you to own up to this. I wonder if any other members have the courage to make similar confessions? 🙂

As posted above (somewhere):

No idea as to source as I got it at a US train show here in SC for a dollar. It is a little smaller than H0.

NO!!!!