Early Risers.

[JohnDMJ]

5 minutes ago, Debs. said:

Bien alors, quel est le mot?

Oui, c'est quoi, ce mot?

[jamie92208]

7 hours ago, roundhouse said:

We could have met in a pub called ' Nowhere in Particular' in West Croydon. Wasn't a bad pub but they pulled it down some years ago much like most other pubs in that part of town.

 

Even the Wetherspoons opposite West Croydon station has gone.

 

 

 

I'll see No place and raise you No Name in Colorado.   Apparently two feuding families couldn't agree on a name so the powers that be called it No Name and put it on the map. I cycled through it 2 days after my Avatar photo was taken.   It would be a good place for a meet as a railway line runs along the other side of the river with trains pulled by big yellow things..

 

Jamie

 

 

[roundhouse]

1 hour ago, Debs. said:

If they'd enjoy coming; having partners along too, would be really nice (esp. from my talkative perspective).

 

At present that weekend is free although it is the BH weekend with the Friday being the BH. My other half would almost certainly be coming as we would make it a weekend visiting various good pubs in and around the area possibly including Sheffield aswell.

[The Stationmaster]

18 minutes ago, Debs. said:

Bien alors, quel est le mot?

Un chevauchement

[Debs.]

2 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

Un chevauchement

Thanks, Mike. 

[Andrew P]

Just back from 10 days in Bala, Wales, so lots of catching up to do. I hope there is nothing of a serious nature that I've missed.

 

Anyway, Bala Lake on the 3rd Nov and some pics from yesterday around Bala,

 

 

 

 

[brianusa]

2 hours ago, newbryford said:

 

Any idea which railway company it is from...?

 

Can't be a Grate West Tern engine.

It hasn't got pannier tanks or is a 4-6-0...…………...

 

 

 

As others have mentioned and considering the location somewhere by the Dart, it definitely is Great Western but what of the carriage?  Something painted over(?) for sure, but what?  Film companies are renowned for efforts such as this but as this was shot in the UK(?) there wasn't much effort here.  Even spaghetti Westerns usually had a balloon funnel or a snow plough, at least!

       Brian.

[grandadbob]

As we seem to have started talking foreign je suis hors combat and so is ma nouvelle locomotive. Visited Le Cabanon and fitted a decoder. Ran it in forwards for 10 minutes to start with and it went fine. Put in in reverse and it was OK for a couple of minutes and then it stopped dead. Wheels seem locked but motor still whirring so a return to supplier is called for. Whilst bending over the layout something went in my back and I can now hardly move and in a fair bit of pain.  Ibuprofen and Tramadol have been deployed.

Off-Piste P!ssed I am.

Edited November 11, 2019 by grandadbob

[The Stationmaster]

Now a little translation test from French to English - with a difference because we are talking railway terminology and not literal translation.  So what is the British railway terminology equivalent of the SNCF term 'saut du mouton'?  (Oh a small clue, the answer has nothing to do with the transportation of livestock.)

[polybear]

4 hours ago, Ian Abel said:

New supply lines in place, faucet installed, and voila.... wait a minute, it's LEAKING from the main body, it's... shudder... DEFECTIVE!

REMOVE and return said item, choose A DIFFERENT product, return home, battle with said new item for a while and FINALLY installed and no leaking.

The above shot pretty much 5+ hours and all other "projects' were shelved as I repaired to the living room for dinner and a glass bottle of wine!

 

 

 

You've neglected to mention the stage whereupon Mrs I.A. declares that she doesn't like the DIFFERENT product.

Perhaps that stage is imminent......

[Coombe Barton]

22 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

saut du mouton

Leap Frog? Flyover?

 

[New Haven Neil]

Home.  What a journey that was, sur le ferry -  the sea is full of trenches, and we bumped over every one of them.  Seas reaching over the bridge at one point, and a sea of vomit inside.....bleuch.  I was more than a bit queasy, and I am sort of acclimatised.  Mrs NHN, who generally has a cast iron constitution, lost her lunch, as did many others.

[Happy Hippo]

2 hours ago, Debs. said:

If they'd enjoy coming; having partners along too, would be really nice (esp. from my talkative perspective).

The Obergrumpenfuhrer will be accompanying me to the Borders MRC Christmas lunch as I made the mistake of showing her the menu choices.

 

"Oh you can take partners or spouses can you?  It's a nice menu, I think I'll join you.  It will be nice to meet some of your friends."

 

Well she's right about the first two!

 

I suppose it's revenge for me gatecrashing a Guiding training she is involved with next weekend.

 

As an advisor, I need a higher level of child protection training than occasional helpers, so have to get the relevant boxes ticked on my qualification card.

 

She ought to be grateful, as my presence got her out of having to present the training:  Something about nepotism etc!

 

I think taking a very low profile and keeping my mouth firmly shut may be tactically astute.

[JohnDMJ]

45 minutes ago, The Stationmaster said:

 'saut du mouton'

I'm thinking "Pig's Ear", but that is a knee-jerk reaction!

 

Peut etre c'est quleque choses a faire avec les mouches!

Edited November 11, 2019 by JohnDMJ

[Ian Abel]

41 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

You've neglected to mention the stage whereupon Mrs I.A. declares that she doesn't like the DIFFERENT product.

Perhaps that stage is imminent......

Actually, Mrs A. was party to the selection of the new product. She approved as it was one of those we considered at the first selection, actually is the nicer product in the end also, which is a plus

EDIT: "party to the selection" is actually incorrect, she WAS wholly responsible for the choice, then of course that should be no surprise to any ER who has been involved (if only in spirit) in selection of home furnishing!

Edited November 11, 2019 by Ian Abel

[Tony_S]

“chevauchement”. I thought that was goats cheese but Aditi said it wasn’t cheese. 
She liked the vision of sheep leaping over railway lines though. She is still amused by our outing to see Shaun the Sheep recently. 

[Tony_S]

18 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

 

As an advisor, I need a higher level of child protection training than occasional helpers, so have to get the relevant boxes ticked on my qualification card.

Aditi always seemed to get “volunteered “ for the advanced training. Not so much child protection but vulnerable adults. 

[PhilJ W]

Evening all from Estuary-Land. An ER's get together? How about making it at a preserved railway? The GCR appears to be the ideal venue, centrally located and easily accessed. Has anyone got any thoughts on this? Someone did suggest the NRM, thats also a possibility.

[Kingzance]

8 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

Evening all from Estuary-Land. An ER's get together? How about making it at a preserved railway? The GCR appears to be the ideal venue, centrally located and easily accessed. Has anyone got any thoughts on this? Someone did suggest the NRM, thats also a possibility.

The GCR is close to the UK’s centre of population Phil but I’m not sure what facilities it would have to host such a gathering, having never been there myself. I wonder what accommodation could be found nearby as those making a long journey to put faces to names may wish that it includes an overnight option. It would have to be arranged around the GCR’s events too.

[Simon G]

1 hour ago, New Haven Neil said:

Home.  What a journey that was, sur le ferry -  the sea is full of trenches, and we bumped over every one of them.  Seas reaching over the bridge at one point, and a sea of vomit inside.....bleuch.  I was more than a bit queasy, and I am sort of acclimatised.  Mrs NHN, who generally has a cast iron constitution, lost her lunch, as did many others.

 

My sympathies!  With us only being a couple of hundred metres from the sea, I know just how much the wind has been blowing today.  The wind seems as strong as ever just now, and the rain is still arriving in very heavy squalls.  Hopefully it will abate by about lunchtime tomorrow.

 

The weather seems to have kept people away from our Model Club evening tonight, so numbers were low.  I did manage to do some productive stuff by fixing an old non-running Hornby 25, and also made a start on converting our DC Thomas the Tank layout to a switchable DC/DCC one.  Some other donated stock was briefly tested and has come home with me for servicing prior to going onto our sales stand at the Workington show this coming weekend.

[tigerburnie]

Evening, with weather far from conducive to outside activities I made myself scarce from the auld wifies gathering in our living room and adjourned to TOSH where some scattering of adhesives and green synthetic grass along with the movement of things reminiscent of my childhood took place along parallel bits of metal...…………………...most enjoyable(I think I might have snuck that bit of muddling under the wire...…………….)

 

G'night all

[BSW01]

Good evening everyone 

 

Another day and a couple more wash loads done today, apparently there’s more to do tomorrow, where the bl00dy does she get it all from, there’s only 2 of us here now!

 

Anyway, along with the washing I’ve also managed to complete a few more MERG kits, a servo module that can drive 4 servos at the same time and 6 input/output modules. These can be either depending upon how they are configured. They work in pairs and each module can control either have 8 inputs switches, output from ToTi, or outputs, servos, relays, LEDs etc. These are very small, double sided and use SMD (surface mounted device) components.

 

Below are a couple of photos of the I/P O/P module, I did have to use a magnifier to make sure all the parts were fitted correctly. 

 

 

 

Goodnight all. 

 

Edited November 11, 2019 by BSW01

[PhilJ W]

Goodnight all.

[PhilJ W]

1 hour ago, Kingzance said:

The GCR is close to the UK’s centre of population Phil but I’m not sure what facilities it would have to host such a gathering, having never been there myself. I wonder what accommodation could be found nearby as those making a long journey to put faces to names may wish that it includes an overnight option. It would have to be arranged around the GCR’s events too.

Another option would be an event under the auspices of RMweb.

[The Stationmaster]

3 hours ago, Coombe Barton said:

Leap Frog? Flyover?

 

Exceedingly warm - just a matter of some terminological exactitude needed.

3 hours ago, Tony_S said:

“chevauchement”. I thought that was goats cheese but Aditi said it wasn’t cheese. 
She liked the vision of sheep leaping over railway lines though. She is still amused by our outing to see Shaun the Sheep recently. 

Again very warm and as it happens as near spot on as makes no difference for the literal translation of the phrase among various SNCF folk (rather than a translation given online).

 

G'night all