RMweb Gold BoD Posted April 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2013 Sam Withers and Tony Dobbin jockeyed nags in earlier races.....you couldn`t make it up! ..... and on race cards Tony always appears as A Dobbin 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted April 6, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2013 A quick trip to the tip with the packaging from fridge and freezer, open window, cheap rock and roll compilation cd on Maybelline and jailhouse rock. The music sounds raw as well as fast even Peggy Sue. Some windburn to the right arm too......... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Is this what happens when Debs gets loose in the USA? http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=178054&nseq=31 Best, Pete. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debs. Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Is this what happens when Debs gets loose in the USA? http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=178054&nseq=31 Best, Pete. Oh, I love that.........is she an 'Enginess' or a 'Locomotrix'? 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted April 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2013 Morning all. We collected Matthew from the bus station and had a meal at the hotel. I think we will have a relaxing weekend rather than a lets do lots of things weekend. Matthew has a cold and looks tired, he has been doing lots of revision. Weather here is cold ,-2 rising to 8 later and a bit dull. I suspect Aditi will be heading for the hot springs, the hotel is built over one. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted April 6, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2013 I was at college many years ago with a guy from the IOM and he had a car with a number of the A 123 MAN form. This was when the UK numbers still had the year letter after the numbers. Ed The release of numbers follows no logic! We ran our of MAN numbers ages ago, the latest style is to have 'MN' as the last two letters, so we are up to LMN 123 C currently. The suffix only changes when the series runs out so there's no age related element. Also many people here keep the same number when they change vehicles, so it's no guide to age. Until last year any unused numbers could be bought for £60, but now they charge a fortune, and no-one buys them any more. Debs Honda 250 is H 250 MAN as an example of what we used to be able to do! No worries about ringing the number they ping NPR cameras if we go to the UK! Used to get stopped in the UK all the time until we remebered to have the 'GBM' on the numberplate of an old car I had. Where you guys have the Euro blue circle UK things we have red with the legs and GBM - we aren't in Europe or part of the UK. Thank crunchie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted April 6, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2013 Oh, I love that.........is she an 'Enginess' or a 'Locomotrix'? I think that photo should be a caption contest. ...then when you've cleaned the windows, GET OFF MY LOCO you scruffy man! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Oh, I love that.........is she an 'Enginess' or a 'Locomotrix'? I love the Locomotrix idea but this is the 'States - so she is plain ol' Engineer. It seems if you want a copy Ken Huard will email you one to print.... Best, Pete. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashcombe Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Idle Thoughts @ 5:00am When I got married the first time we moved to the borders of Harrow/Wembley Park (we had a "HA9" post code an "01" number but paid out local taxes to Brent Council). My rationale was that I could jump on the Metropolitan Line at "Preston Road" and be in the West End in less than 20 minutes. It was an interesting area. They were making "Fawlty Towers" at the time and it stood in for Torquay for the outside shots, particularly the episode when Basil was starting "Gourmet Evenings". When he went to get the food from another restaurant (due to a disaster in the kitchen) he picked it up at our local Greek restaurant (1 minute's walk from the Met station). Then when he attacks his 1100 with a rather large branch that was less than a block from our house. Best, Pete. In the summer season of 2010 and 2011, TOADS at The Little Theatre, Torquay, the company to which I belong, staged episodes from Fawlty Towers and played to full houses on each night of the fortnight long runs. Basil was played by our current director for "A Tale of Two Cities" so, on the rare occasions in the run up to this play when he has had to berate us for some reason, he precedes his comments by apologising for having a "Basil moment". 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelintrev Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Good afternoon all, missed getting on yesterday evening or this morning as the net was having an "off" day...... There was one good thing about yesterdays silly o'clock start, I got to see a train that is one of the early commuter runs into Lagos, Unfortunately the sun was out (dont get jealous those in UK) and right behind the loco...as we were moving fairly quickly on the main road (until we came to a dead stop as one does here!) By next station along, most of those on the roofs and on loco foot plate had got off. Glad to hear that the pups recovering well Debs. Enjoy your evening, Be good Trev. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 45156 Posted April 6, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2013 Afternoon All Back from work, where I could read the posts, but for some reason couldn't answer any. Sun is shining, though it is still quite chilly, but looking at the windmills up the hill, they were going clockwise at last from my viewpoint, which means from the wind has turned Westerly - which has to be an improvement. Here's hoping. Love the lady engineer pic posted by Pete. Also interested to see the discussion about cherished number plates - I had one once, with my initials in - not so difficult when I lived in Ayrshire, as the HSM letters were for Dumfries, so it wasn't too difficult to pick up a personalised plate at no extra cost. Also interested in the sideways reference to cherished phone numbers. Now that the numbers for orders are randomly allocated by Openreach getting one of these has become a bit of a lottery - but as the VAST majority of such numbers are being recyled by OR nowadays, and there is no longer any way for the phone companies to check a number's history, there is a real danger that a "pretty" number was previously used for a business - I once had a reallocated number that I got as a result of nuiscance calls, and the next one was worse, as it had been used as a backup number for the taxi rank at the local rail station, and until we got rid of it, we were plagued by calls at all hours from drunks wanting a cab - I finally snapped when one guy called seven times on the same night, and got a less "pretty" number the next day. So nowadays, it can be much better just to accept the randomly allocated number, as it will have been matured by OR for the longest period of time. Apart from that, not a lot to say tonight, so Regards to All Stewart 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted April 6, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2013 long day but weather seems to have been good (been indoors helping with a Level 2 Cricket Scorers course) Still some snow in the garden but everywhere is drying out Have a great rest of the day folks... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 (edited) Here in the Northern Marches of the land of the Great Northern Haggis - it has just started snowing! Hibernation may be in order! Edited April 6, 2013 by shortliner 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted April 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2013 Its too cold outside for sight seeing so we are doing it from inside. Cologne Dom....well its the best shot I can get of it from in here! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 (edited) Mmmmm....Kolsch! Love that stuff.... You must be right outside the railway station? Best, Pete. Edit for spelling Edited April 7, 2013 by trisonic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted April 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2013 Just round the corner. We prefer the darker beers such as Dunkel but when in Cologne its Kolsch time. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted April 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2013 Does Koln still have a 4711 advert on the end of the trainshed? Watched the Grand National - the first horsey event since Deb's been gone. I ignored the Cheltenham Festival, which was the highlight of her racing year. Good to know all the horses came back in one piece this year - they haven't always, by any means. As for Pete's pic of the pretty lady in the GP40-2 - this is typical traincrew, isn't it? You go to all the extra expense of a cab air-conditioner (thing on roof, a very SP add-on) - and they go around with the windows open! Anent Manx car registrations, I'm sure I saw MAN150X on Box Hill many years ago. I don't think we'd reached X as a suffix in UK at the time, so it did take me some time to realise where it must be from! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted April 6, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2013 Nothing on the West end of the trainshed at Cologne. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 I think Cologne 4711 was their 'phone number. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruffalo Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Oh dear, Cologne! £2 7s 11d a bottle. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted April 7, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2013 Afternoon. We drove up to Lake Louise today. There was some fresh snow but the trails round the lake were walkable. As we approached the car park on our return it started snowing heavily so it seemed a good idea to pop into the hotel there for a late lunch. By the time we finished it had stopped snowing and didn't start again until we had parked the car (underground) in Banff. Tony 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Good Sunday morning to you all. It's still pitch black outside so cannot give a current weather report, but expect it to be cloudy. Sunday lunch will be lamb today. My brother lives in a more upmarket retirement village. He says they never have lamb for any meal as the management claim it is too expensive! Happy modelling to those who can and do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Morning all. Lake Louise was totally frozen when we were there, Tony. Beautiful place. Take a wander over the tracks and you may get a chance to get close to an AC4400. Look closely and you can just pick out 'Wally'... Also worth a trip to Peyto Lake if you have some time to spare. Big competition today, so hoping all these weeks of practice will bear fruit...:-) 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Afternoon. We drove up to Lake Louise today. There was some fresh snow but the trails round the lake were walkable. As we approached the car park on our return it started snowing heavily so it seemed a good idea to pop into the hotel there for a late lunch. By the time we finished it had stopped snowing and didn't start again until we had parked the car (underground) in Banff. Tony What was Matt's experience like on the Greyhound? I've never done that as buses make me sick..... Good luck, Gordon! Best, Pete. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted April 7, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2013 Morning all... I don't remember what may have become of the 4711 advertising at Cologne Central either. I but do remember the zero altitude flight we did last year when we took the ICE in order to visit the joint LEGO/model fair! Quite sunny this a.m., but a touch nippy. However, temperatures are indeed still expected to rise. If only it weren't for the revising... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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