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One afternoon a Scotsman was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop and he got out to investigate. He asked one man, "Why are you eating grass?" "We don't have any money for food," the poor man replied. "We have to eat grass." "Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I'll feed you," the Scotsman said. "But sir, I have a wife and two children with me. They are over there, under that tree." "Bring them along," the Scotsman replied. Turning to the other poor man he stated, "You come with us, also." The second man, in a pitiful voice, then said, "But sir, I also have a wife and SIX children with me!" "Bring them all, as well," the Scotsman answered. They all entered the car, which was no easy task, even for a car as large as the limousine was. Once under way, one of the poor fellows turned to the Scotsman and said, "Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you.†The Scotsman replied, "Glad to do it. "You'll really love my place. "The grass is almost a foot high"

An Arab student sends an e-mail to his dad, saying: Dear Dad Berlin is wonderful, people are nice and I really like it here, but Dad, I am a bit ashamed to arrive at my college with my pure-gold Ferrari 599GTB when all my teachers and many fellow students travel by train. Your son, Nasser The next day, Nasser gets a reply to his e-mail from his dad: My dear loving son Twenty million US Dollar has just been transferred to your account. Please stop embarrassing us. Go and get yourself a train too. Love, your Dad

"TENJOOBERRYMUDS"... This is a hoot ..... sad, because it is TRUE ...... but a hoot!!!! By the time you read through this YOU WILL UNDERSTAND "TENJOOBERRYMUDS"... In order to continue getting-by in parts of UK where they speak Estuary English we all need to learn the NEW English language! Practice by reading the following conversation until you are able to understand the term "TENJOOBERRYMUDS". With a little patience, you'll be able to fit right in. Now, here goes... The following is a telephone exchange between maybe you as a hotel guest and calling for room-service somewhere in London....... Room Service : "Morrin. Roon sirbees." Guest : "Sorry, I thought I dialed room-service." Room Service: " Rye . Roon sirbees...morrin! Joow ish to oddor sunteen???" Guest: "Uh..... Yes, I'd like to order bacon and eggs." Room Service: "Ow July den?" Guest: ".....What??" Room Service: "Ow July den?!?... pryed, boyud, poochd?" Guest: "Oh, the eggs! How do I like them? Sorry.. scrambled, please." Room Service: "Ow July dee baykem? Crease?" Guest: "Crisp will be fine." Room Service: "Hokay. An Sahn toes?" Guest: "What?" Room Service: "An toes. July Sahn toes?" Guest: "I.... don't think so." RoomService: "No? Judo wan sahn toes???" Guest: "I feel really bad about this, but I don't know what 'judo wan sahn toes' means." RoomService: "Toes! Toes!...Why Joo don Juan toes? Ow bow Anglish moppin we bodder?" Guest: "Oh, English muffin!!! Ah! I've got it! Fine....Yes an English muffin will be fine." RoomService: "We bodder?" Guest: "No, just put the bodder on the side." RoomService: "Wad?!?" Guest: "I mean butter... just put the butter on the side." RoomService: "Copy?" Guest: "Excuse me?" RoomService: "Copy...tea..meel?" Guest: "Yes. Coffee, please... and that's everything." RoomService: "One Minnie. Scramah egg, crease baykem, Anglish moppin, we bodder on sigh and copy ... rye??" Guest: "Whatever you say." RoomService: "Tenjooberrymuds.." Guest: "You're welcome" Remember I said "By the time you read through this YOU WILL UNDERSTAND 'TENJOOBERRYMUDS' "......and you do, don't you! --- -- And you thought you didn’t speak a foreign language!!

and there 'Merican kits - still in boxes!

Claggy - one for you and Carl, found on a link to railway posters through Jamies Blog http://www.flickr.com/photos/bloomsburyauctions/4289174808/in/photostream/

Try to get some of the Blue Lo-tack masking tape - it is less stickbut still seems to mask well

I'm not too sure how your GlenGillie lable will look - see http://popgloss.com/...0b&pageoffset=0 or even perhaps http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2003/08/stuff_eng_lofqvist_highlander.htm

The word "STUNNING!" doesn't begin to describe that - in fact I'm not sure there is one that does!! ! I followed this thread as it went on, and was amazed, astonished and astounded (that's 3 A's) at what you have achieved - I'm sure that Claggy will be over the moon! Well done!

No - it meenz that l00king threw them is vari, vari different!

Is it worth taking a small dictaphone-type recorder with her? - That would ensure that all the details are available later and nothing is forgotten.

If you really want to move locos about using other locos, you'd be better making something like this, rather than a "preserved" railway http://www.trainweb.org/lfnwfan/html/Larry's.htm http://www.ltexrail.com/ http://www.scalerailsonline.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1236

Warren - take care with the 6' x 2' sections - they can get awfully heavy quickly, and become very unwieldy if you need to move them - you may be better with 3 of 4' x2' instead Are you going to use the Walthers Kits for the Ethanol. Have a word with DaveB on this forum - he was doing an ethanol terminal layout Best Jack

Yes, my Harlem Station is a walk-round operation too - not sure at the moment how I'm going to keep people back!

I hope a child doesn't trip and push against it, Andy - those thin legs look awfully flexy! May be worth gluing another strip of wood to each upright to form a T or L shape and cut the flex down. Google Everbuild Lumberjack 30 minute polyurethane wood glue. WEAR RUBBER GLOVES WHEN USING, AND DO IT SOMEWHERE WHERE A COUPLE OF DRIPS WONT HURT!!! Best Jack

I had a newsletter from SPV here in the UK, and noticed that they are doing a Highball Productions DVD of Melbourne Trams - just thought you may be interested.

Thats starting to look good, Warren - nice job. I've got some ballasting that needs doing if you'd like to pop round!

3mm /ft on 16.5mm(OO/HO) gauge track would give you a track gauge of 5.5ft. You may find that the easiest way to do what you want is to pick a track gauge which you can get proprietary mechanisms for, and then adjust your modelling scale to suit - If you can accept minor inaccuracies of gauge, you may even be able to get RTP buildings, or use Scalescenes or similar and adjust the scale of your printouts to the scale you are using

Sorry, I don't see how either of those links is going to help you (especially since the first one doesn't seem to go anywhere) - we have made suggestions that you are obviously unwilling to accept, so I think you are in "dark Territory" here, striking out on your own in an odd scale/gauge combination - Good Luck PS - Have you thought of using TT scale (3mm) on 4mm scale track - which is going to get you closser to your broad gauge??

Not to decry your intentions or aspirations, but you appear to be trying to make your life as difficult as possible. You are trying to model a 5ft gauge system on a 4 ft gauge track, meaning that you have no accurate width underframes, or motorized chassis to the correct scale. and everything is going to either be too narrow, or it is going to look like a wide bodied vehicle tiptoeing along on narrow gauge track. You would be sensibly advised to use HO scale, which will adjust the visual imballance or to use the shortly available models as suggested.

The Arches, Stubbs Lane, possibly

'ampshoir Carnty Carncil still employ jobsworths then? Obviously theys 'mpshoir Road 'Ogs

Eh, when I were a lad, we never adda phone in t' 'ouse till I were about 10, and it didn't have a dial - it was all operator connected - I can still remember the number "Grimsdyke 259" - and I've lived in houses less than thirty years ago where ice formed on the inside of the windows in winter in Lincolnshire! - the joys of RAF Married Quarters! My daughter went to college in Stamford, and was expected to walk to the place where the bus made its pick-up, 3 miles away down country lanes with no street lighting.

We'll be back to Brentford Nylons and Rolls Washing Machines in a minute!

Weren't they all made by Ronco? They'd be too early for JML!

Ah! this was my first exposure to them this year - since I didn't make it to Glesgae in February because of the snow this year - I didn't realise they had been around that long.