J. S. Bach

5 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

Aren't most of the maps the Navy use just all blue?

 

Dave

Usually called charts.

10 hours ago, bbishop said:

All I know about guns is that when I put the sight thing to my eye, there is a bloody great bolt in front of my face.  In the CCF, the other cadets got the Lee-Enfields, I was given the map.

Don't feel bad, the very first high-powered rifle that I had to fire was the M-1 Garand!

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

7 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

A friend of ours is fanatical about closing the loo lid before flushing as she claims that otherwise there are zillions of widdle and/or poo particles ejected into the atmosphere.

 

Dave

So am I. Ever dropped anything down in the bowl?

2 hours ago, polybear said:

Add in the fact that Timber Preservative has gone all cuddly?  (Creocote?  Cr@p - you can't beat good ol' Creosote any day

 

There used to be a termite treatment product (named chlordane) that, after injecting into the ground at the foundation was good for thirty-plus years. It was banned in 1988 as harmful to health; whatever has replaced it for termite control barely lasts about five years.

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

5 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

I don't recall which one it was but a friend who models in OO told me that an Iain Rice plan that he liked the look of couldn't actually be built because the necessary pointwork wouldn't fit in the space available.

 

Dave

Build it in place from scratch.

The two above posts reminded me of an event that a friend and I would attend (with our respective buses) called "Bus Bash". It was held in various parts of the the NE U. S. once or twice a year. There was no real organization, just an announcement of a day and location. No one knew who or what buses would show up until they got there. It was always an interesting event.

I remember one that I (TDH5301-0157 ex Cleveland "Fishbowl"#679 seen on here somewhere above) and George (TDH-5105 ex-Baltimore #1912 now owned by WMATA and used in a couple of US Presidential Inauguration parades!!) drove our buses up to (in northeastern Pennsylvania somewhere) and as we were driving along the state highway, I happened to look to the left and there were the other buses! This was long before Google streetview or the internet; paper maps only! We found a safe place to loop our buses and returned to the site. I later heard about the facial expressions on some folks faces as we went roaring by! Fun times were had by all.

As the old crooner said: "Thanks for the memories.".

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

9 hours ago, Tony_S said:

It looks like a US short line layout has had Welsh placenames added. As HH mentioned it was one of Iain Rice’s plans influenced by US models.  I think any of my smaller US diesel models  would handle the curves and inclines.  No buffers and Kadee couplers make such things possible. 

I guess that my SP SD40T-2 would not work there?

2 hours ago, Hroth said:

 ...snip... I've just thought, how about an emotional support polecat??

Polecats (skunks) can make decent pets and will have the scent glands removed along with neutering.

On 15/04/2024 at 03:53, iL Dottore said:

Rumour has it that JR West will be creating a unique British Railway themed Shinkansen (a bit like the "Hello Kitty" Shinkansen): The Shakespeare Monarch

 

To recreate the modern British Railway ambience The Shakespeare Monarch will feature:

• Seats that don't align with the windows.
• Legal minimum thickness seat padding.
• Out of order on-board toilets.
• Artfully placed piles of empty sandwich boxes, crisp packets and empty beer tins.
• Strict adherence to a WTWBL running schedule (Whatever The Time Table It Will Be Late)
• Overpriced tickets.
• Random last minute cancellations with "lucky draw" bus replacement service (i.e. you might get lucky and get a replacement bus service seat).

Unfortunately, given the Japanese culture and service ethos, The Shakespeare Monarch will not be able to feature strike action, work-to-rule or surly and rude employees.

 

p.s. although computer generated, I think a Union Flag painted Shinkansen actually looks pretty good!

My gosh, that "thing" is sooo uuugly!! (The train, not the Union Jack)

Hey, at least it has a stiff upper lip!

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

5 hours ago, SM42 said:

The only livery issues I have is where there is an obvious historical anomaly, such as GWR and Railfreight Petroleum sector locos running together.  ...snip...

Andy

 OK:

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10 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

I take it you are not a fan of those lovable mop-tops, the fab four, The Beatles.

No, I am not. To me, the "Fab Four" is The Ventures!

16 hours ago, pH said:

I think the third volume may be:
‘Modernity Britain: 1957-1962’.

 

It was apparently later split into two books:

Modernity Britain: Book One: Opening the Box, 1957-1959 

Modernity Britain: Book Two: A Shake of the Dice, 1959-62 

 

 

AUSTERITY is in at least two books; in the one that I have, they is bound into one volume.

Those were exceptionally BAD!! But still funny!!

17 hours ago, rockershovel said:

 ...snip... The ultimately failed revolution of 1945-8 was based upon equality of opportunity, not outcome. It was based upon the long-term accrual of social capital - a better life for the next generation - and no-one thought that wrong.  ...snip...

I am currently reading a good book about that:

AUSTERITY BRITAIN 1945-1951 by David Kynaston

He wrote a second volume

FAMILY BRITAIN 1951-1957 by David Kynaston

I have it and will read it immediately following AUSTERITY .

12 hours ago, Hroth said:

Ear defenders too, the noise will be truly horrific until surgery has been completed...

Yes, a Dremel is quite loud!

13 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

And four large Royal Marines to hold the recipient down whilst you attempt the surgery

Nah, just a bottle Pendyrin (sp?)!