sixoh8sixoh Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Fennecs are rather cute too, Mick... Two hours since I first read Dd's post and I still don't understand it! Either I'm being dim this morning or Dd's gone mad from trying to see tiny details on N gauge... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Sorry, Mike. Just commenting on the deserted nature of ERs when I posted. Marie Celeste sprang to mind. (I think it was 'Mary' in reality). However, you are right in that N scale is driving me nuts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted April 6, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2010 Fennecs are rather cute too, Mick... Two hours since I first read Dd's post and I still don't understand it! Either I'm being dim this morning or Dd's gone mad from trying to see tiny details on N gauge... They may be but I haven't been stood next to one,Fennecs I seem to remember as an example of animal adaption to their enviroment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixoh8sixoh Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Sorry, Mike. Just commenting on the deserted nature of ERs when I posted. Marie Celeste sprang to mind. (I think it was 'Mary' in reality). However, you are right in that N scale is driving me nuts. There you go. Proves it. I was being dim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PhilH Posted April 6, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2010 Morning all. Recovery day today after entertaining the masses at the MHR's Thomas event. I do feel somewhat guilty as although it's still the railway's biggest money spinner I don't like it much so, despite having today and tomorrow off work, have not volunteered for any more turns. I drew the short straw in having to prep 850 'Lord Nelson', that thing takes pretty much a full hour to oil up properly and you have to squeeze right up inside the motion. I can see how people used to get killed doing this, any movement of the loco and you wouldn't stand a chance. Still, nice early finish and of course one feels duty bound to check that all the young mums are up to scratch.... I also got signed off on the new colour light signalling at the Alton end of the railway. In all the time I've been there it's been run on the 'one engine in steam' principle which has severely limited the operating potential of that end of the railway. Now it has all sorts of weird and wonderful possibilities which we will have to get used to. I do applaud both the railway for financing it and the volunteers of the S&T department who designed and built it. It was commissioned by Atkins as a training exercise and passed with flying colours. Next thing now will be, after a settling in period with Alton signal box manned, a switch to fully automatic operation so it can be run unmanned. That should be fun as there will be scope to cock things up (such as stopping in the wrong place on the track circuiting) and bring the whole railway to a grinding halt. It's bound to happen.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted April 6, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2010 There you go. Proves it. I was being dim. Don't worry Mike. I went back through the posts looking for Marie's post. Then I read the second line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted April 6, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2010 Morning All, Bright in these parts. Expected to go out and do something today according to SWMBO. Not quite sure what the something is but it will mpact the modelling time that's for sure. ... Still, nice early finish and of course one feels duty bound to check that all the young mums are up to scratch.... Poop, poop said Thomas. Though with only half boiler pressure he couldn't pull anything let alone troublsome trucks. Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted April 6, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2010 Unfortunately, the 17 year old lad died as a result of his injuries. He was the fireman and had been carrying out checks underneath the locomotive when he was run down by another locomotive on the neighbouring line. They airlifted him to hospital, but he didn't make it. Yes, I just read this, too . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted April 6, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2010 Morning all. Nice day here so far. Until Matthew started infant school we used to go to the Thomas events at Mangapps Farm. The big advantage of attending on those days was that everything that could move did, so there were lots of rides. I may do the gardening today I didn't do (ie any of it) yesterday. I'll start by mowing the lawns. I'll move the cars well away from the front lawn. I once had a side window break when a stone thrown out by the mower hit it. The lawn is covered in pebbles as the concrete that crosses the tarmac pavement is breaking up (winter damage). Apparently the County Council will repair it. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted April 6, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2010 We may burn ourselves with soldering irons but at least most of the ERs are safe from wombat attack. Link to Telegraph website Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted April 6, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2010 Been a very pleasant day over here - 20° outside and very sunny. I could have used this kind of weather over the weekend! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted April 6, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2010 Our house guest has arrived for a few days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted April 6, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2010 Have you been walkies yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDMJ Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Didn't take long tosettle in and feel at home, BoD! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted April 6, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 6, 2010 He has taken me out twice. One shortish walk when he first arrived and one long walk this afternoon. It's not the first time he has stayed John so he already knows which cupboard the biscuits are in . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 It's not the first time he has stayed John so he already knows which cupboard the biscuits are in . Sounds like my brother..... I wonder if Spurs could buy Messi?..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Morning All, It is another nice morning here. Thankfully not as cold as it was yesterday morning. I seem to have come down with a cold/ virus sort of a thing - so it's light duties for the next couple of days. Have a good day everyone :icon_wave: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted April 7, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2010 Morning all... Looks like a calm morning up here. Weather appears to be nice, too . Next month there'll be a reunion of my old grammar school class on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of our graduation. Gee, am I really that old yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 It's all downhill from there, onetwoonesix zerotwofive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Took me a while to work that one out DD..... Had some new dressings applied yesterday, complete with a white cotton glove. Looking like a cross between Michael Jackson and a snooker referee... Not to mention the surgical glove to use in the shower. Second thoughts I could be a gynaecologist... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 That would be an interesting day at the orifice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixoh8sixoh Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 Is it a snooker referee or umpire? Morning all. We do seem a bit thin on the ground with Don on holiday. Only 2.5 working days to the weekend, thank goodness. We've got an accommodation move on Friday, we're moving a hundred yards along the corridor so everything has to be packed away into tea crates by Friday midday. We've barely started yet! The building I work in has the longest straight corridor in Europe, or so I've heard. The building's almost exactly the same length as the Titanic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted April 7, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 7, 2010 ... so everything has to be packed away into tea crates by Friday midday. We've barely started yet! ... The building I work in has the longest straight corridor in Europe, or so I've heard. The building's almost exactly the same length as the Titanic. Look out for icebergs during the move. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted April 7, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2010 Mormimg all I feel fat and miserable and I still have 11 days of 'holidays' left. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted April 7, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 7, 2010 Morning All, Too many oktas for my liking. Errands all run by 9:30 including a trip out to get some brass screws and MDF sheets. No excuse but to get on with some modelling work as the staff are out all day! Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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