RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted June 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21 42 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: I always found that using horse manure on my veg patch gave me the trots. I found rhubarb gave me the trots.... When the election was declared, Sherry, who is registered for a postal votes, realised she would be over here when the voting papers were sent out, and on Polling Day. So she applied to Torbay Council to have them sent here. Lo and behold they arrived yesterday - complete with a formal reply-paid envelope for safe return! I believe I am now entitled to vote in my last UK constituency. Since that was Tunbridge Wells, my beliefs are never going to be those of a winning candidate, so that's that..... 11 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 36 minutes ago, iL Dottore said: For those of you grumbling about the cost of the latest Hornby/Bachmann/Dapol/Heljan offering: https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/luxury/article/train-sets-times-luxury-vqtlbmqkc?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Luxury 2024 June 21&utm_term=audience_LUXURY or https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/luxury/article/train-sets-times-luxury-vqtlbmqkc The age of the £100k train set Train sets used to be either for the very young or the very old, but the new high-end kit — including smoke machines, tiny instrument panels and bespoke livery options — has widened their appeal Just tot up the value of your locos and rolling stock for insurance purposes (replacement) and you'll be horrified by how close you might get... 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 43 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: I believe I am now entitled to vote in my last UK constituency. Since that was Tunbridge Wells, my beliefs are never going to be those of a winning candidate, so that's that..... Don't bet on it ... 3 2 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21 1 hour ago, Hroth said: My Great Aunt always found that racehorse droppings* worked well on her rhubarb! * Some may have been from Red Rum.... I have custard on mine. (Well someone had to say it.) 1 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 1 minute ago, PhilJ W said: I have custard on mine. (Well someone had to say it.) They always do. Its like an episode of QI.... 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 21 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21 Having worked in the garden for most of the day, I've just had a Guinness. I might need another shortly. 10 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post jamie92208 Posted June 21 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted June 21 (edited) I went to our MRC meeting today. Richard, whose gauge 1 garden layout has featured on here, sadly died of late diagnosed lung cancer this year. Today was a sort of wake in his memory. Trains were running, live steam, vintage tinplate and narrow gauge electric, all radio controlled. There was a good turnout from the club, friends and neighbours and some folks who had helped plan and build the track. Richard, or rather his ashes, watched from the verandah. Much cake was consumed. Jamie Edited June 21 by jamie92208 4 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 53 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: Having worked in the garden for most of the day, I've just had a Guinness. I might need another shortly. I did that (some gardening) and strained my back so I gave up early. Didn't have any Guinness as I don't like it! 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 21 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21 A lovely way to remember somebody, indulging in something they loved. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 21 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21 Just now, Hroth said: I did that (some gardening) and strained my back so I gave up early. Didn't have any Guinness as I don't like it! There was Summer Punch, various wines, whisky (Penderyn of course) and Rattler cloudy cider for those that didn't want Guinness. 12 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said: Having worked in the garden for most of the day, I've just had a Guinness. I might need another shortly. Just think what toucan do. 2 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 15 minutes ago, Hroth said: Didn't have any Guinness as I don't like it! Never cared for it either. 1 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted June 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21 10 hours ago, Hroth said: Just tot up the value of your locos and rolling stock for insurance purposes (replacement) and you'll be horrified by how close you might get... That might be true for some, but I think most people with collections of RTR - especially if most of it is 20th-Century - would be disappointed at how little it's worth. A little sad point in that article where the auctioneer says many collectors have three of four of the same thing and only one ever came out of its box. So they bought them purely as "investments", then. I pity people who cannot enjoy any pastime unless they believe they can profit out of it. 13 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 22 minutes ago, Hroth said: Didn't have any Guinness as I don't like it! I don’t know about now, but draught Guinness used to be very variable, depending on things like which brewery it was from, how well it was kept, how carefully it was served etc. 3 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 5 minutes ago, pH said: I don’t know about now, but draught Guinness used to be very variable, depending on things like which brewery it was from, how well it was kept, how carefully it was served etc. Mind you, I did love the Guinness clocks 😀 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 I came across this. https://www.guinntiques.com/stjamesgaterailway.aspx 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted June 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21 Long time no post - a week actually. Last Friday and all weekend was spent shuttling along the Midland's London Extension, i.e., the main line south of Bedford, with other members of the Midland Railway Society whilst based in St. Albans; that was followed by a few days of friends visiting, during which I was banned on pain of something unspecified but undoubtedly 'orrible from going anywhere near TNM or anything else on line. Then today was taken up with the deep joy of a shopping expedition to Shrewsbury but as a reward I have been promised some shed time so there is a silver lining after all. Dave 4 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted June 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21 Regarding the Guinness question, when we lived in San Diego we were a short distance from a place called McP's Irish Pub and contrary to my expectations the Guinness they sold was among the best that I have tasted. I did try to introduce some of my American colleagues to the delights of the dark nectar but was only able to convert one away from the likes of Budwater and other brands of gnat's dribble; even so, McP's did seem to sell quite a lot of the Liffey brew. I do admit, however, that the very best Guinness is to be found in the Emerald Isle. Dave 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21 43 minutes ago, pH said: I don’t know about now, but draught Guinness used to be very variable, depending on things like which brewery it was from, how well it was kept, how carefully it was served etc. The flavour of beer depends a lot on the local water used for brewing it. Usually the harder the water is the better it is for brewing beer. That is why Burton-on-Trent is (or was) noted for its breweries also East Anglia and Kent all area's with a limestone aquifer, as is the area around Dublin. It is the minerals in the water that gives a beer it's particular flavour so Guinness brewed other than in Dublin will taste different. 2 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted June 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21 53 minutes ago, Northmoor said: A little sad point in that article where the auctioneer says many collectors have three of four of the same thing and only one ever came out of its box. So they bought them purely as "investments", then. I pity people who cannot enjoy any pastime unless they believe they can profit out of it. I have never been able to understand the attraction of collecting models simply to place them in glass cases rather than run them but I suppose each to his own. What really mystifies me though is why something that is slightly different from the others of its kind should be many time more valuable than the rest, e.g., a model in, say, BR blue when only a few were made in that livery when the majority were BR green. Dave 3 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted June 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 21 4 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: The flavour of beer depends a lot on the local water used for brewing it. Usually the harder the water is the better it is for brewing beer. That is why Burton-on-Trent is (or was) noted for its breweries also East Anglia and Kent all area's with a limestone aquifer, as is the area around Dublin. It is the minerals in the water that gives a beer it's particular flavour so Guinness brewed other than in Dublin will taste different. Our local brewery produces Joules' beer using a recipe and yeast culture that Joules used many years back and is a very nice brew that is popular hereabouts. The site was selected partially because there is a well there that takes water from the same aquifer as that extracted for the old Joules brewery. Interestingly, the aquifer is in sandstone. Dave 10 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 7 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said: What really mystifies me though is why something that is slightly different from the others of its kind should be many time more valuable than the rest … I’ve seen something like that being used to explain the attraction of train (specifically engine) spotting. The theory was that early humans needed to be able to classify things as like other things, especially animals - for example, which were good to eat and not too dangerous to hunt. The ability/tendency to do this classifying became quite ingrained. But the ability to recognize something as “not quite the same”, showing that something was changing in the environment, was also useful. 1 1 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 1 hour ago, AndyID said: Mind you, I did love the Guinness clocks 😀 I've got a Guinness Toucan moneybox. Did you know that Dorothy L Sayers, the crime novelist, was a co-creator of the first "Toucan" advert when she was in advertising? 4 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted June 21 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21 I didn't know I had purple blood, but I have noticed a growing number of my friends and acquaintances who say: 'Look! Here comes that 'King Hippo again.' 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted June 22 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22 Night Owl from the Piedmont. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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