D-A-T

Hi

On the Wright Writes thread t-b-g says “but I do have a set of Mike Edge D10 etches stashed away”. 
Do you still produce the D10 etches?

Thank you. 

Is lack of sartorial taste a prerequisite of not attending?

I’ve been waiting outside for the doors to open for ages....

I was inspired by all the old faithfuls, especially the Rev. Denny and Frank Dyer, but one layout that still stands out to me is Wickham LMS by Chris Matthewman. It was in an early issue of MRJ and still sums up what I would like to achieve. 

A golden rivet perhaps?

1 hour ago, Enterprisingwestern said:

 

Southern Hemisphere softie!

 

Mike.

Corrected that for you...

Put me down for a C14 please. 

1 hour ago, ecgtheow said:

 

Having raised the issue of what is risqué while others are remembering characters from childhood TV series it's surprising that nobody has yet mentioned the names of Captain Pugwash's subordinates. Imagine locos called "Master Bates" or "Seaman Stains"!

 

William

Be careful!

Libel case regarding double entendres

There is a persistent urban legend, repeated by the now defunct UK newspaper the Sunday Correspondent, that ascribes sexually suggestive names – such as Master Bates, Seaman Staines, and Roger (meaning "have sex with") the Cabin Boy – to Captain Pugwash's characters, and indicating that the captain's name was a slang Australian term for . The origin of this myth is likely due to student rag mags from the 1970s.

John Ryan successfully sued both the Sunday Correspondent and The Guardian newspapers in 1991 for printing this legend as fact.

5 minutes ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Hi D-A-T

 

It was one of the things we had to study in English. Our school had a record (could have been records) with it on. We had a very enthusiastic teacher who would play a verse then spend the rest of the lesson dissecting it almost word by word. From memory I was bored stiff and couldn't wait for the history lesson to start and learn about the power vacuum that the death of Lenin caused and how Stalin wormed his way to become leader. 

Snap! But in my case it was Shakespeare.

Just listen for the story not how clever the author is.

"Dissecting" anything ruins it. Schools have a lot to answer for!

It took me decades to discover the magic of Shakespeare.

Sadly the same can not be said for Jane Austen!

2 hours ago, Clive Mortimore said:

Hello Tony

 

With my dyslexia I find poetry hard to read. I can listen to it when read well but there isn't much I enjoy. I may be missing a lot but I don't think I am. I am pleased that others can get pleasure form it.

 

As a child I watched the BBC's adaptions of Dickens books. They scared me, the way the adults treated the kids. So I have never read a Dickens book.

 

Boadicea, well she was some woman. One I wouldn't want to wrestle with.

 

As for Weed, was Weed female or a male with a high pitched voice?

If I might interrupt, if you want an “easy” access point to poetry may I recommend Richard Burton’s version of Dylan Thomas’ “Under Milkwood”. It is magical and was described as a “play for voices”. A halfway house between a play and poetry. The fact it is risqué in places helps!

Silly question but why would you fire a little electric motor in a mortar round?

45 minutes ago, corneliuslundie said:

So what should I as an EMGS member wear to attend Scalefour North, bearing mind that it is in Yorkshire?

Jonathan

Ditto!

Sack cloth and ashes?

With, I think, a simple prostration on the exhibition hall floor with a cry of “We are not worthy” should be penance enough....

Excellent find!

I was going to compare CF to a fine wine, which it is, ie it matures with age. But I think it’s best quality is it’s selective restraint. Adding enough detail to be realistic but not so much as to be cluttered or unrealistic. A rare skill which combined with superlative model making makes CF a beacon layout. And in 2mm!

13 minutes ago, t-b-g said:

That is what happens when Tony runs Hornby Gresley carriages behind a RTR loco (in a dodgy livery) on Little Bytham.

 

We don't know what to say!

Because people were gobsmacked to discover our “hero” had feet of clay...

1 hour ago, ColinK said:

I eat my peas with honey

I've done it all my life

It makes the peas taste funny

But they do stick to the knife

Spike?

Jol, will the “new” layout appear on the exhibition circuit?

Wish I’d seen this topic earlier as I would have had a Tennant. 

My girlfriend says she finds my obsession with ambulances really strange


I still can’t wait to go down on one knee......nar, knee-nar! knee-nar!

23 minutes ago, t-b-g said:

 

I remember that earthquake!

 

No matter how much reassurance is given, I am not sure I would be happy living on top of a capped shaft, or many other former industrial sites. The building of houses on the contaminated land on the Doncaster Plant site sounds to me like a problem waiting to happen in the future.

 

Just near me we had a problem with a nasty tank of dodgy chemicals from a former gas works found just underground when somebody dug a hole in their garden a few years ago. Two whole streets ended up having their gardens dug out and replaced.

 

 

As does the building on the former Case International Harvesters site on Wheatley Hall Road. My first serious girlfriend’s father worked there in the foundry. Horrible dirty place. Guess they’ve had to decontaminate the land before starting building.

26 minutes ago, t-b-g said:

 

I am sure they thought about that before they started building.

 

Or I hope they did.

 

Just imagine a lift through the floor down to the mile long railway room in the former mine workings. It might even have a narrow gauge full size railway to play with.

 

 

Back in 2006, when married, we bought a new 4 bed detached house on the former Markham Main pit top (Armthorpe, Doncaster). In 2007(?) we were on the fringe of an earthquake. The rumble and noise woke us up. My first thought was the shaft had collapsed! I decided it was a warning and sold the house soon after!

Hi

Can I thank Tony (I think it was he) for mentioning the chap selling the 4mm kit collection. His trading name is W M Collectables. I emailed him and he agreed to take a selection of kits to the Doncaster Toy Fair today. So now have three GNR coach kits and a Parcel Van.

He is a very obliging chap and if you email him he will take a selection of kits to any show he is attending. No lists unfortunately. 
I could have spent a lot more!

David

Talking of success and failure, after years of dedicated medical training, a good friend of mine has been struck off following one minor indiscretion. He slept with one of his patients and now can no longer work in the job he loves. 

What a waste of time, training and money. A genuinely nice guy, and a brilliant vet.

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