The Night Mail

[Winslow Boy]

1 minute ago, SM42 said:

 

A man has been engaged to assist with the garden. 

 

Lots of lifting you see, and as my doctor said, I'm forbidden. 

 

I shall take up a supervisory roll. 

 

As for spraying, way too much masking. 

 

 

Andy

 

Who said anything about masking. I never mentioned it.

 

You always have to find something don't you.

 

There we were the squadron leader had sorted out the paint for you. I'd generously offered you a sprayer- I would even have sent it first class.

 

You just don't appreciate all the effort your fellow TNM'ers put into trying to help. Anybody would think you enjoy painting or something.

[SM42]

2 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

Who said anything about masking. I never mentioned it.

 

You always have to find something don't you.

 

There we were the squadron leader had sorted out the paint for you. I'd generously offered you a sprayer- I would even have sent it first class.

 

You just don't appreciate all the effort your fellow TNM'ers put into trying to help. Anybody would think you enjoy painting or something.

 

To answer the various points above

 

I did

 

Yep

 

Thanks

 

I do and yes I'm beginning to think I've found a new hobby.

 

Andy

[Winslow Boy]

19 minutes ago, SM42 said:

 

To answer the various points above

 

I did

 

Yep

 

Thanks

 

I do and yes I'm beginning to think I've found a new hobby.

 

Andy

 

Is that it. Is that all the thanks we get. You know there are times when I think the younger generation just don't appreciate the effort us oldies put in to ensure they actually enjoy things.

 

I hope you find Japanese knotweed. That's all I've got to say.

[SM42]

18 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

Is that it. Is that all the thanks we get. You know there are times when I think the younger generation just don't appreciate the effort us oldies put in to ensure they actually enjoy things.

 

I hope you find Japanese knotweed. That's all I've got to say.

 

I enjoy painting. 

 

They even made a TV program about it. 

 

Andy

[Happy Hippo]

24 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

 

 

 Japanese knotweed

An enlarged prostate issue should not be joked about regardless of nationality.

[Happy Hippo]

 

Good night!

[Tony_S]

1 hour ago, SM42 said:

new winter tyres will be needed 

My new tyres are all season with the 3 Peak Mountain Snowflake rating. I think this is acceptable for winter driving in Germany. Does Poland have a specific tyre marking requirement too?

[SM42]

3 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

My new tyres are all season with the 3 Peak Mountain Snowflake rating. I think this is acceptable for winter driving in Germany. Does Poland have a specific tyre marking requirement too?

 

I'm not sure.  I suspect not, but  being next door to Germany I suspect they fit tyres that comply with German standards 

 

The current set were fitted in Poland about 5 years ago. 

5 or 6 seasons is about the limit before they start to lose their performance. 

 

Andy

[BR60103]

15 hours ago, newbryford said:

 

Do you use one of these? (I'm sure could photoshop a hippo paw (hippaw?) onto it.

Those keys are in the executive arrangement.

[BR60103]

On 08/02/2023 at 12:19, New Haven Neil said:

 

I did wonder about that - is this one of those modern things?  A Y that identifies as a vowel?

Tom Lehrer wrote a some song about that And Sometimes "Y".

 

I was taught that in school nearly 70 years ago.

 

Edited February 10, 2023 by BR60103
speeling

[BR60103]

8 hours ago, br2975 said:

Something I just found online, and which should be shared.

."Beaver Lumber Co." by Robert Goeyvaert of Antwerp.

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I don't think that's Beaver Lumber -- the ends aren't pointed enough.

 

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[polybear]

8 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

You're not joking. I honestly thought it was real when I first saw that photograph.

 

Dave

 

As if by magic......

 

 

8 hours ago, SM42 said:

Today amongst other things, a sparky has been engaged to carry out the removal / making safe various bits of now redundant wiring around SM42 Towers. 

 

 

Wire Cutters & sticky tape.  Sorted.

(Switching the leccy off first is always a good plan.  Ask Bear how he knows.....)

 

7 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

You just don't appreciate all the effort your fellow TNM'ers put into trying to help. Anybody would think you enjoy painting or something.

 

Don't knock it.  People make a lot of dosh paintin' things.  Often after they're dead though, which is a snag.

[jamie92208]

9 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

What about:

D - Dee (the river)

L - ell (old English measurement)

X - ex

 

Dave 

I thought that Ell was the name of a town that along wuth Ull and Alifax the good Lord should deliver us from

 

7 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

 

Good night!

I chose one whose father was a wholesale ironmonger who sold good quality tools.

4 hours ago, BR60103 said:

I don't think that's Beaver Lumber -- the ends aren't pointed enough.

 

I knew that someone would bring things down.

 

Jamie

[iL Dottore]

9 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

You're not joking. I honestly thought it was real when I first saw that photograph.

 

Dave

Me too

[iL Dottore]

9 hours ago, Gwiwer said:

But "gymnasium" which is the unabbreviated version of "gym" contains three "normal" vowels.  

 

Some letters which, on their own, can sound like a word are vowels. 

A - Eh

E - Eeee (often with a Yorkshire accent)

I - Eye

O - Oh

U - You

Y - Why

 

Others are not

B - Bee

C - See

G - Gee

J - Jay

K- Kay (OK it's a name but so what) 

M - Em (that well-known printer's measure which is handy in Scrabble)

P - Pea

Q - Queue

R - Arrrrr

T - Tea

 

A curious language, this.  

You think English is complicated?

 

Try Japanese.

As a spoken language - it’s not so difficult (miles easier than Mandarin or any of the Chinese dialects) but written Japanese???

For starters, written Japanese is mixture of Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji, Rōmaji and (IIRC) Sooji (or Arabic numerals) characters. Hiragana, alone, is - for want of a better term - an “alphabet” of 46 symbols representing both vowels and vowel-consonant combinations, the latter which can be further modified by the addition of diakten. And I have even started learning the Kanji and Katakana characters.

 

To complicate things even further, the combination of Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji and Rōmaji changes slightly depending upon whether you write the sentence horizontally or vertically.

 

So right now I might be able to order a beer, but I’ll be damned if I can read the beer list….

[SM42]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 

Don't knock it.  People make a lot of dosh paintin' things.  Often after they're dead though, which is a snag.

 

The floor of the West wing looks like a Jackson Pollok. 

 

Perhaps I could retire early. 

 

 

More importantly;

 

Mrs SM42 muttered those seldom heard words this morning:

 

"You were right" 

 

I wasn't sure heard correctly, so I asked to her repeat it. In fact she managed to say it 11 times. 

 

Woooooohooooooooyahhh! 

 

There's never a tape recorder about when you need one though. ☹️

 

Andy

Still pumped from being right

[rockershovel]

1 hour ago, jamie92208 said:

I thought that Ell was the name of a town that along wuth Ull and Alifax the good Lord should deliver us from

 

I chose one whose father was a wholesale ironmonger who sold good quality tools.

I knew that someone would bring things down.

 

Jamie

U, pronounced "oo"

[Happy Hippo]

1 hour ago, SM42 said:

 

The floor of the West wing looks like a Jackson Pollok. 

 

Perhaps I could retire early. 

 

 

More importantly;

 

Mrs SM42 muttered those seldom heard words this morning:

 

"You were right" 

 

I wasn't sure heard correctly, so I asked to her repeat. 

 

 

About what?

Having a Jackson Pollok is very painful and needs a period of rest and plenty of ointment?

[SM42]

13 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

About what?

Having a Jackson Pollok is very painful and needs a period of rest and plenty of ointment?

 

I was right about the weather. 

 

I told her she didn't need to cover the car as there want going to be a frost, but she didn't believe me and did it anyway. 

 

It matters not

 

I was right

 

Woooooooooo!

 

Andy

Still pumped.

[polybear]

4 hours ago, iL Dottore said:

Me too

 

Bear three....

[Winslow Boy]

1 hour ago, SM42 said:

 

I was right about the weather. 

 

I told her she didn't need to cover the car as there want going to be a frost, but she didn't believe me and did it anyway. 

 

It matters not

 

I was right

 

Woooooooooo!

 

Andy

Still pumped.

 

Couple of questions that need answering before your submission can be sent to the Guinness book of unbelievable tales.

- was the statement made in the presence of a third person*

- was the statement made in writing**

- had large amounts of alcohol been consumed by the person making the statement.***

- was the person making the statement under any type of duress.****

 

* this must not include any family member or member of the public who happened to walking past and you waylaid and asked to witness said statement.

** this not include hand drawn pictogram or any other visual representations that might be construed to be writing.

*** this only includes alcohol imbided by the person under the supervision of medical personnel.

**** this includes being threatened by yes darling I'll go and do that now or whatever you say dear as these will be reported to the police.

[SM42]

36 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

Couple of questions that need answering before your submission can be sent to the Guinness book of unbelievable tales.

- was the statement made in the presence of a third person*

- was the statement made in writing**

- had large amounts of alcohol been consumed by the person making the statement.***

- was the person making the statement under any type of duress.****

 

* this must not include any family member or member of the public who happened to walking past and you waylaid and asked to witness said statement.

** this not include hand drawn pictogram or any other visual representations that might be construed to be writing.

*** this only includes alcohol imbided by the person under the supervision of medical personnel.

**** this includes being threatened by yes darling I'll go and do that now or whatever you say dear as these will be reported to the police.

 

No, none of those 

 

Mrs SM42's training is that there should always be plausible deniability for every action of omission. 

 

It matters not whether official record is kept for unbelieving future generations. 

 

I was there, I heard it. 

 

That's good enough for me.

 

Andy

[Dave Hunt]

Having just looked at the video that PB linked to, I am stunned by that layout. For me it ranks with Gordon and Maggie Gravett's Pempoul as one of the best and most inspirational pieces of railway modelling.

 

I just wish I could emulate it.

 

Dave 

[SM42]

As Valentine's Day, approacheth, I have today expended many modelling tokens in the name of matrimonial harmony. 

 

I have splashed our on a gift for Mrs SM42 and have purchased a new vacuum cleaner to that end. 

 

Andy

Living life on the edge