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  1. Any golf spectators who shout 'get in the hole' should be firmly ejected from the course

    1. newbryford

      newbryford

      Especially when the golfer is using an iron off the tee at a 400 yard plus hole.....

  2. At the Hockney exhibition in London at the weekend - I wonder if you could do a backscene in that style?

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    2. 10800

      10800

      Swimming pools were a long time ago - and yes, one of the best shows I've seen for ages, but book now in advance to avoid the queues.

    3. Barry O

      Barry O

      why don't you come up to Saltaire - his works are on display in a nice well lit gallery and there is never a queue. why go to London?

       

    4. aberdare

      aberdare

      better still come to east yorks and see the real thing, it's free.

  3. Baby Herring Gull has just wandered nonchalantly through the house, confusing the domestic cat population

    1. Coldgunner

      Coldgunner

      Heading for the Great Gathering perhaps?

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Pictures! We need pictures...

    3. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      I agree where's the pictures

  4. Back from the dentist - wary of eating anything in case I bite through my still-numb lower lip.

    1. Brinkly

      Brinkly

      I hate the dentist! I had my first filling last year.

    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Have you got a food blender / liquidiser handy, Rod?

  5. Bonus tracks - just serve to confirm why they weren't on the original album in the first place.

    1. Horsetan
    2. surfsup

      surfsup

      And then the band / artists charge extra for a rerelease of the 'Bonus Album' because it's the thing to do...

    3. dvdlcs

      dvdlcs

      ...and often upset the 'balance' of the album.

  6. Brilliant Cavendish, Wiggins & Froome!

    1. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Next stop London...

  7. Browsing from a thunderstorm in the middle of Liberia

  8. Burying armoured cable under the line of a path in the garden in preparation for future office/modelling building

  9. Car on M5 registered in Iceland. How did it get here? Why?

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Diplomatic immunity...

    3. Mikkel
    4. pitbull1845

      pitbull1845

      I think you'll find his mum got it for him.

       

  10. Dining car on 19:03 ex Paddington, excellent!

  11. Does Michael Portillo wear that pink jacket and turquoise shirt in every episode?

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    2. trisonic

      trisonic

      It's called "continuity' - otherwise every other scene it looks like someone has changed their clothes...

      Which part of east Anglia was covered?

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      One of the chaps in the FoD sub-forum on here has told us that he appears at the Dean Forest Railway at some point....

    4. steve22

      steve22

      Yes, wasn't F of D supposed to be sometime very soon? Very enjoyable programme. He has several coloured jackets and shirts by the way.

  12. Drum solo? Sounded like he was building a shed!

    1. Kev_Lewis

      Kev_Lewis

      Now this is a drum solo:

  13. Found about 10 Mashy motors of various sizes that I have no recollection whatsoever of buying

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    2. steve22

      steve22

      In that case... 'Oh, yes, I was wondering where I'd left them - post them on, there's a good man.'

    3. 10800

      10800

      Worryingly two of them have labels from Puffers when it was still in north London.

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      *surveys drawer full of brand-new RG4s*

  14. Friday night Vomiter, quiet coach full of morons who think 'mobile free zone' only applies to other people - aarrgghh!

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Oh for the chance to swap for a trip in the real Blue Pullman... ;-)

  15. Garage diagnostics said there was a problem with the spark plugs. Er, it's a diesel.

    1. Debs.

      Debs.

      It`s definitely a problem with your giggle-pin! :-)

    2. muddys-blues

      muddys-blues

      Giggle pin Debs ? you know your thermostats ?

  16. GOLD! Helen Glover and Heather Stanning destroyed that field!

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    2. beast66606

      beast66606

      Yippee !

       

      CK - I hope you are following the new rules ... http://www.etwa.org/rules/

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      But of course, Dave, nothing but the highest professional standards! ;-)

    4. RJL

      RJL

      Are Glover and Stanning learning to plough ???

  17. Good day at the Malvern flower show - 3 year plan starts here

  18. Hail showers in Teignmouth (that's a statement not an order)

    1. Pennine MC

      Pennine MC

      March - comes in like a lion, and is still a lion in April...

    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Hail, O Hail! (heavyrain showers a bit further west)...

    3. beast66606

      beast66606

      and Saxmundham

  19. I keep thinking the loco exhaust under the RMweb logo is a mark on the screen and keep trying to rub it off.

  20. If I see the word "doyen" used again to refer to the first member of a class I'll scream!

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    2. Boris

      Boris

      Wouldn't "denizen! be a more appropriate word that doyen?

    3. Pennine MC

      Pennine MC

      Well it's better than 'prototype', which used to be the standard fallback

    4. Timara

      Timara

      There's always "class leader".......

  21. In a Silent Way and a large Pisco Sour ...

  22. It's a strange day, no colours or shapes ...

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Oranges, greens (manky), browns, yellows and reds. Oh and of course grey.

    3. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      And, on the lower half of a dog, mud.

    4. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      Utopia... (I got it!)

  23. Just had a promotional email from BT which was automatically put in the spam folder by ... BT Yahoo Mail

    1. TheSignalEngineer

      TheSignalEngineer

      Had the same happen on three occasions recently, including a message saying my bill was ready to view.

    2. Andy Y

      Andy Y

      Yes; their online bills get trapped as spam here.

  24. Latest phishing email purports to be from amazzon.co.uk. Morons.

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      It's ammazzing how stupid they must thing we are...!

    2. DonB

      DonB

      I've had similar purporting to be from NatWest, re credit card payment due, very convincing artwork and text. only immediate give-away is "Dear Customer"

  25. Loads I should be doing, but tidying up the model workroom instead

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