The Night Mail

[Happy Hippo]

17 minutes ago, SM42 said:

 

Spalinowa Manewrowa

 

 

Andy

You can use a suppository for that.

[Happy Hippo]

Finally...

 

 Some Hugh Green:

 

 

 

[polybear]

43 minutes ago, SM42 said:

 

It's got to happen yet, but yes.

 

 

Nope, apt coincidence

 

It stands for Spalinowa Manewrowa

 

 

Andy

 

aka Shunting Locomotive?

[Erichill16]

1 hour ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Just gave this a go and thought I'd report back on a couple of points. 

 

Principle is probably sound but trying to hold position whilst pouring the benylin cough mixture into the funnel proved to be a tad tricky. 

 

Need a smaller funnel. 

 

Rob. 

You need it formulated as an enema.

Something like this-

[Happy Hippo]

That's a handy looking bottle.

 

I now have to approach NHY 581 on the delicate matter of how many and what type of sheep I should populate the green bit on Pantmawr North.

 

Bearing in mind it's geographical location, that section between the retaining wall and the backscene, cries out for for a couple of his ovine acquaintances.

 

Modelu do a nice flock, but they may be a bit plump and fluffy compared to the downright scrawny, violent and grubby scavengers that terrorise the local inhabitants of the Efflew Valley:

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 21, 2023 by Happy Hippo

[polybear]

1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said:

Bearing in mind it's geographical location, that section between the retaining wall and the backscene, cries out for for a couple of his ovine acquaintances.

 

Modelu do a nice flock, but they may be a bit plump and fluffy compared to the downright scrawny, violent and grubby scavengers that terrorise the local inhabitants of the Efflew Valley:

 

 

It all depends - do Big H prefer his Sheep built for comfort or speed?

[PhilJ W]

3 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Giving a medication as a suppository (which can be given rectally, vaginally, or urethrally) is an efficient way of getting a drug into the patient’s  system.

 

I could see how giving this medication this way could benefit the NHS, especially given that there would be the option – depending on patient and patient attitude – of not removing the packaging before administration! 🤣

Those boxes have sharp corners, or so I've been told.

 

3 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Just gave this a go and thought I'd report back on a couple of points. 

 

Principle is probably sound but trying to hold position whilst pouring the benylin cough mixture into the funnel proved to be a tad tricky. 

 

Need a smaller funnel. 

 

Rob. 

I spluttered most of my muggatee over the keyboard when I read that.

 

2 hours ago, SM42 said:

 

It's got to happen yet, but yes.

 

 

Nope, apt coincidence

 

It stands for Spalinowa Manewrowa

 

 

Andy

@polybear now wishes he'd never asked.

[Happy Hippo]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 

It all depends - do Big H prefer his Sheep built for comfort or speed?

Neither, the colliery management would much prefer it if they kept well away from the wagons, as they lift the axle box covers with their snouts and lick out the grease.

 

This causes nasty cases of hot box on the run down to the docks at Cardiff

 

Now you know why they are black face sheep.

 

Greedy little sods.

[Hroth]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 

It all depends - do Big H prefer his Sheep built for comfort or speed?

 

I don't know about anyone else, but I prefer my sheep properly cooked with mint sauce, roast potatoes and peas!

 

[John Isherwood]

2 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

...... downright scrawny, violent and grubby scavengers that terrorise the local inhabitants of the Efflew Valley:

 

 

In my experience, Welsh sheep look downright disreputatable!

 

The Modelu ones must surely be from Surrey, or somewhere they are equally pampered?

 

They need to get themselves to the outskirts of Blaenau Ffestiniog - though I wouldn' t give much for their chances of getting an animal to co-operate with the scanning process!

 

CJI.

Edited July 21, 2023 by cctransuk

[Compound2632]

Time of year modelled is a factor too - sheep shorn or still fully-fleeced? 

[Happy Hippo]

18 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

Time of year modelled is a factor too - sheep shorn or still fully-fleeced? 

Most unshorn sheep from South Wales Valleys look as if they have a bad case of bum fluff teased out into dreadlocks

[Erichill16]

4 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

That's a handy looking bottle.

I can get you some empty ones, they may need washing  before use though!

Edited July 21, 2023 by Erichill16
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[Tony_S]

3 hours ago, cctransuk said:

The Modelu ones must surely be from Surrey, or somewhere they are equally pampered?

The sheep on my narrow gauge layout are a mixture of those from the 1960s Airfix Farm Stock pack and some Preiser HO sheep.The sheep all need painting into a suitable regional livery. All the cattle have been painted black.

[Happy Hippo]

Latest Result!

 

Hippo  1  Parking Eye 0

[Northmoor]

32 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

The sheep on my narrow gauge layout are a mixture of those from the 1960s Airfix Farm Stock pack and some Preiser HO sheep.The sheep all need painting into a suitable regional livery. All the cattle have been painted black.

Do OO sheep have legs not far enough apart?

[Tony_S]

1 hour ago, Northmoor said:

Do OO sheep have legs not far enough apart?

Perhaps that is why they fall over on the hillside, though that may be prototypically correct.  

[bbishop]

How about a Modelu of Richard in mackintosh and rubber boots?

[Happy Hippo]

20 minutes ago, bbishop said:

How about a Modelu of Richard in mackintosh and rubber boots?

Just remember:

 

Right leg into left welly, and left leg into right welly.

 

Otherwise how are you supposed to kiss them?

[bbishop]

20 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

Just remember:

 

Right leg into left welly, and left leg into right welly.

 

Otherwise how are you supposed to kiss them?

Kiss them?  Gosh, you are kinky!

 

As Middlesex have hung on tonight, I'm at Lord's tomorrow, where I can watch the second best wicket keeper in the country - Ben Foakes.  And the best, well that is Amy Jones.  Both she and Sophie Ecclestone could walk into any county team.

[Canal Digger]

1 hour ago, bbishop said:

How about a Modelu of Richard in mackintosh and rubber boots?

Bill, I thought that you wanted less porn?

 

Thankyou we now need the Brain Bleach after imagining Richard in mackintosh and rubber boots, kissing sheep.

 

Brian

[Dave Hunt]

It seems to me that anything involving a hippo and a sheep is going to  be detrimental to the sheep - pressed mutton anyone?

 

Dave

[J. S. Bach]

Donk has been found!!! He is hiding quietly here in Chester but .....:

 

[New Haven Neil]

1 minute ago, J. S. Bach said:

Donk has been found!!! He is hiding quietly here in Chester but .....:

 

 

Oh, that looks like cousin Yonk. I hope you shelled out the dollar to take him home.

 

Himself is on the back of the sofa here with Camping Bear, keeping an eye on things.

 

 

 

[Dave Hunt]

Today a friend visited to have a look at my layout. He owns what we think is the first 7mm scale model locomotive made to run on 33mm gauge track, although the wheel profile is slightly different from today's S7 standards, and was built in about 1960 by Bernard Miller using parts machined and pantograph milled by Ron Spiers. Since he doesn't have any S7 track he wanted to see whether it would run on my layout, the answer being yes on plain track but since the back to back measurement is very  slightly less than currently used (by about 0.25mm) it hesitates a bit travelling over pointwork because the backs of the tyres rub on the check rails. Also the flanges are fractionally deeper by about 0.25mm so where I have ballasted almost up to rail level it catches occasionally. However, it does run and since it is a Midland Railway Johnson 0-6-0 it looked right at home. Just before leaving he astonished me by saying, "Would you like to keep it? I'd rather it lived where it will be on display in an appropriate setting rather than sitting in its box in my cupboard." His own layout is M&SWJ O Gauge finescale. To say I was surprised would be an understatement, particularly as he said that he wouldn't mind if I wanted to turn the wheels to match current S7 profile. Thus I am now in proud possession of an excellent model with a place in railway modelling history.

 

Dave