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  1. Captain Kernow
    Never mind yer pies - what about yer sausages! Seriously - what's all that about - have I missed something?
  2. Captain Kernow
    Very nice photo too - taken on 10th May according to the caption.
  3. Captain Kernow

    Five slices of lardy cake

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    2. bgman

      bgman

      Dya think they batter it n deep fry it in Glasgow ? Mmmm

    3. bgman

      bgman

      I wonder if you can get schlagenen Wurst in Berlin ?

  4. Captain Kernow

    I may choose to drink an 'Americano' next time I'm in a coffee shop

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    2. Judge Dread

      Judge Dread

      "Camp" coffee not good enough for you then?

    3. Tim V

      Tim V

      Visiting Totnes then?

    4. trisonic

      trisonic

      It

  5. Captain Kernow
    It was an averagely intense storm, from a short section of video I've seen. I think that the 50 - 60 mph gusts that Pete in the USA saw, would have been about right. The damage was not to the permanent repairs on the wall itself, but to the shuttering, scaffolding and general site repair set-up at the Sprey Point ramp. This all had to be cleaned up and re-jigged before these repairs could be completed.
  6. Captain Kernow

    Detailed economic projections indicate that there is a possibility that I might consume a portion of parsnip within the next 17 days

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    2. Adams442T

      Adams442T

      You don't really expect us to wear gas-masks until the end of August surely!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I'm getting a craving for vegetable curry again...

    4. 11B

      11B

      Honey roasted by any chance?

  7. Captain Kernow

    Jellied eels

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    2. knobhead

      knobhead

      Never met an eel I didn't like!

    3. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

    4. davefrk

      davefrk

      What happened to the much vaunted pork pie?????

  8. Captain Kernow

    Jellied eels

  9. Captain Kernow
    Unfortunately the Teignmouth to Smugglers path didn't reopen today, and has been put back by a week, due to damage to the works on the Sprey Point ramp by the High Seas on Sunday. Reopening is now scheduled for Tuesday 19th August. Here are a few photos at the Dawlish end taken on a site inspection this afternoon:
  10. Captain Kernow
    That's the promotion to the position of Under Assistant Deputy Junior Supervisor, only recently vacated by the Duck, blown then...
  11. Captain Kernow
    This should be in readiness for the advertised reopening to Smugglers tomorrow.
  12. Captain Kernow

    What would have happened if the Government had nationalised the tripe industry in 1947, as originally proposed by Sir Eustace Arkwright-Bottomley in his 1946 treatise 'Whither the Future of Essential Foods?'

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    2. AndrewC

      AndrewC

      Would most of the country's print media been included under the heading of nationalised tripe?

       

    3. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      I don't think the British public have stomached it.

    4. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      It's *so* difficult trying to digest all these comments

  13. Captain Kernow
    You may say that, I couldn't possibly comment...
  14. Captain Kernow

    Whither the Cumberland sausage?

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Why, is it cold weather?

    2. Tim V

      Tim V

      on the vine

    3. ian

      ian

      After the counties got reorganised it became the Cumbrian sausage.

  15. Captain Kernow
    I've just realised that this suggestion is about as much use as half a pound of out of date sausages, because the main station buildings (which in reality are on the outside of the curve), are on the inside of the circuit on the layout. As such, the Iain Rice plan is really the only way to replicate this...
  16. Captain Kernow
    When you get back, I think I may promote you to Assistant Deputy Chief Supervisor.
  17. Captain Kernow
    Well, that's alright for you to say!!
  18. Captain Kernow

    A bowl of chicken and vegetable soup might not be sufficient to keep the Chief Rabbit on top form

    1. Satan's Goldfish

      Satan's Goldfish

      Have a sausage

    2. bgman

      bgman

      Rarebit ? Have it with blackpudding.......sausage and custard wiv hundreds and thousands sprinkles fer afters ! That'll fill ya up :)

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      No, but the Chief Rabbi would endorse your chicken soup...

  19. Captain Kernow

    I am currently not prepared to confirm whether I will be consuming a pork pie in four days time

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    2. Indomitable026

      Indomitable026

      Have you started it tonight? That's one hell of a pork pie...

    3. davefrk

      davefrk

      I had one in 1972, it was bad, bad, bad. I've not had one since. Steak pies for me please.

    4. Steve Purves

      Steve Purves

      Mmmm pork pie

  20. Captain Kernow
    I don't think so, now that I'm back home, I'll try to illustrate what I mean. I suspect (without knowing for sure) that the gist of some of the debate on here is that the prototype platforms didn't have a reverse curve in them - would that be correct?
  21. Captain Kernow

    Historical conversation - CK's Mother-in-Law (a literary expert vetting potential Son-in-Law) - 'name a well-known work by Mrs Henry Wood'.... CTMK (sotto voce) - 'East Lynne'.......CK responds - 'East Lyng'....... Mother-in-Law (also slightly hard of hearing) - 'very good, you'll do!'

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      :-D

    2. BoD

      BoD

      A gift of a half a pound of sausages would have gone a long way to ingratiating the good Capt.

    3. trisonic

      trisonic

      That

  22. Captain Kernow

    CK's Mother-in-Law - 'what was the major work written by Mrs Henry Wood?'

  23. Captain Kernow

    I am considering not eating some black pudding in three weeks time

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    2. bgman

      bgman

      I always reckoned there was a bit of a northern country boy in there somewhere......must be the flat cap n pigeons that give it away

    3. ian

      ian

      I believe he also breeds whippets in his latrine.

    4. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      I have never bred whippets in my latrine, that space is reserved for the Chief Rabbit

  24. Captain Kernow

    Today I have not yet consumed any sausages

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    2. shortliner

      shortliner

      I have - had hotdogs and lots of onions in poppyseed rolls for lunch - Yummy!

    3. bgman

      bgman

      Have you got permission from the Kernow Sausage Company for this action ?

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      My God have mercy on your soul.......

  25. Captain Kernow
    I can't upload photos etc. from the computer I'm currently using, but could the whole 'platform on a curve' thing be served by running the two platform lines even further 'north' of Martin's red line, so that the topmost platform line might run through where the station buildings are currently shown, or maybe a bit further higher up, thus ensuring that the line remains on a continuous curve through the station?
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