AndyID Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 10 minutes ago, iL Dottore said: Do any one of you in the UK know what happened to Reading? I can no longer find it on Google Earth! I'm pretty sure it's at one end of a wormhole that leads to another dimension. A friend of mine lived in the (BR) railway houses at the end of our street. The story was his dad was being relocated to "Reading" by BR. Never heard of him again. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, iL Dottore said: Do any one of you in the UK know what happened to Reading? I can no longer find it on Google Earth! Probably for the best, really..... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, polybear said: Probably for the best, really..... Maybe they are all illiterate round there and it has been abolished. Jamie Edited February 25, 2022 by jamie92208 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, AndyID said: I'm pretty sure it's at one end of a wormhole that leads to another dimension. A friend of mine lived in the (BR) railway houses at the end of our street. The story was his dad was being relocated to "Reading" by BR. Never heard of him again. Come to think of it his dad had a really impressive Hornby Dublo layout (at least it seemed to me at the time) so, obviously, that went down, or up, the wormhole too. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2022 38 minutes ago, jamie92208 said: Maybe they are all illiterate round there and itvhas been abolished. It was once quite intellectual, I believe. Hence the Uni Challenge line "Huntley & Palmers, reading biscuits"....... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2022 13 hours ago, pH said: “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the wisdom to know the difference.” Then there's "We cannot quell the wind, but we may be able to trim the sails a little". 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 46 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: It was once quite intellectual, I believe. Hence the Uni Challenge line "Huntley & Palmers, reading biscuits"....... That's such a bad one, it deserves more than a GROAN - maybe 15 minutes on the "Naughty Step"? 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, iL Dottore said: That's such a bad one, it deserves more than a GROAN - maybe 15 minutes on the "Naughty Step"? It is also very, very old - I heard it more than 50 years ago! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Oldddudders said: It is also very, very old - I heard it more than 50 years ago! Well you know what they say - the old ones are the best. I'll leave you to work out to what I was referring to as I head out into bitter cold and feable sunshine. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2022 3 hours ago, iL Dottore said: Do any one of you in the UK know what happened to Reading? I can no longer find it on Google Earth! Perhaps thats because the Russians invaded it. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2022 When I was young, it was said that optimists were having their children taught Russian, while pessimists were having theirs taught Chinese. Has the world changed much? 3 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted February 25, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2022 36 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: Well you know what they say - the old ones are the best. Ian falls neatly into that category... 3 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2022 47 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: When I was young, it was said that optimists were having their children taught Russian, while pessimists were having theirs taught Chinese. Has the world changed much? I don't know about those two languages, but 10-20 years ago I saw a news item about a private school near here that taught Malay. Their view was that by the time the pupils entered the workforce, there was a good chance the companies they worked for would be Malaysian-owned ones. It was commented after she won the US Open that Emma Raducanu had a huge advantage in earning power over other competitors; she speaks reasonably fluent Mandarin and the Chinese sporting merchandise market is truly colossal. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted February 25, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, Northmoor said: I don't know about those two languages, but 10-20 years ago I saw a news item about a private school near here that taught Malay. Their view was that by the time the pupils entered the workforce, there was a good chance the companies they worked for would be Malaysian-owned ones. It was commented after she won the US Open that Emma Raducanu had a huge advantage in earning power over other competitors; she speaks reasonably fluent Mandarin and the Chinese sporting merchandise market is truly colossal. Knowing our voracious appetites, I'm surprised that PB and myself have never been offered sponsorship to promote cakes. 3 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2022 5 hours ago, iL Dottore said: Do any one of you in the UK know what happened to Reading? I can no longer find it on Google Earth! It has become a suburb of Slough. Along with Riting and Rithmetic 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2022 29 minutes ago, Northmoor said: I don't know about those two languages, but 10-20 years ago I saw a news item about a private school near here that taught Malay. Their view was that by the time the pupils entered the workforce, there was a good chance the companies they worked for would be Malaysian-owned ones. It was commented after she won the US Open that Emma Raducanu had a huge advantage in earning power over other competitors; she speaks reasonably fluent Mandarin and the Chinese sporting merchandise market is truly colossal. Bear has worked in Malaysia a couple of times (the second time because "it went wrong the first time" - oh dear, how sad, what a shame....) - the UK Rep. living out there told us the vast majority of the money in the country was actually Chinese rather than Malay. Big House? Chances are a Chinese family own it. 25 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Knowing our voracious appetites, I'm surprised that PB and myself have never been offered sponsorship to promote cakes. Bear has been pondering an appearance on Mastermind - specialist subject: Cake Scoffing. My enthusiasm waned somewhat when I was told "No, Mr. Bear - practical demonstrations are not allowed...." Turdycurses. 5 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said: Knowing our voracious appetites, I'm surprised that PB and myself have never been offered sponsorship to promote cakes. Very simple: the idea is to sell the merchandise, not eat it..... 5 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said: Knowing our voracious appetites, I'm surprised that PB and myself have never been offered sponsorship to promote cakes. Looking at the girth of the average westerner these days, promotion would not appear necessary.... 3 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Gwiwer said: It has become a suburb of Slough. Along with Riting and Rithmetic I was going to make a similar joke but I must have been too Slough to respond. 2 3 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2022 6 hours ago, AndyID said: The story was his dad was being relocated to "Reading" by BR. Never heard of him again. A bit like “we have sent the dog to live on a farm”. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Morning all, Still very frozen out with 2-3 inches of now atop completely frozen grass. I went for a walk yesterday (with the sword cane lest I met the Yeti) and walking on grass was like walking on sponges, very weird feeling. No in person school today but online, I can't really complain. Unfortunately tomorrow I have to be up at 6:30 to get to school to assist with a speech and debate tournament, which I'm pretty sure doesn't start till 9.... In other news, I yesterday I finally bought a new Bachmann LNER livery V2 from Rails of Sheffield as they were on discount and I've finally realized that scratchbuilding will not give me the results I desire. I'm still thinking of doing that mpd layout, just switching from the L&YR to Tynemouth depot. More research is needed. Douglas 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2022 Finding a depot in Tynemouth may be an issue, Douglas. Try Heaton....suburb of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, or Gateshead...or Blyth. Tynemouth was a station on the North Tyneside loop - electric EMU trains mostly. 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, New Haven Neil said: Finding a depot in Tynemouth may be an issue, Douglas. Try Heaton....suburb of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, or Gateshead...or Blyth. Tynemouth was a station on the North Tyneside loop - electric EMU trains mostly. Thank you pointing that out Neil, I was thinking Gateshead was Tynemouth for some reason. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted February 25, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2022 If you want a clean V2, go to Heaton, if you want a dirty V2, try Gateshead. They were only a couple of miles apart, north side and south side of Newcastle. Gateshead was the one with the history, an ancient terminus station, poky old loco works, and a ramshackle steam shed. When I knew it, the builders were in, and a diesel depot was being set down in the middle. The senior hand was the mechanical foreman, an old boy a year off retirement, with an electrical foreman, with a lot more get up and go, with him. The mechanical foreman organised his affairs by having “steam days” and “diesel days”. I’d come up from York looking at some technical problem on a diesel, and you could always bet it would be a “steam day”. 5 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted February 25, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 25, 2022 1 hour ago, New Haven Neil said: Finding a depot in Tynemouth may be an issue, Douglas. Try Heaton....suburb of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, or Gateshead...or Blyth. Tynemouth was a station on the North Tyneside loop - electric EMU trains mostly. I thought Tynemouth was the middle of a river 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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