RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8 8 minutes ago, Rugd1022 said: It was fifty five years ago today... that John, Paul, George and Ringo walked over the zebra crossing close to EMI studios in Abbey Road for the cover of the LP they were working on... Is Ringo picking his nose? (Second pic.) 2 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 (edited) Off topic warning... Didn't like the 70s at first, but they've grown on me. They did originally have a habit of self-combusting, but the cooling arrangments were sorted out. They do like to throw out some clag though. Almost a third of the Freightliner bunch were together at Southampton yesterday. Edited August 8 by Peter Kazmierczak 12 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted August 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8 31 minutes ago, Peter Kazmierczak said: Daughter chauffering duties; picking her up from last London train... Did she have to travel in a container? 2 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8 3 hours ago, jjb1970 said: It used to be interesting to observe the funnel when soot blowing, it could be quite eye opening. 3 hours ago, jamie92208 said: Would that be the equivalent of sanding the flues on an oil burning steam loco. That can produce quite spectacular effects. Jamie Or cleaning the ports of a Commer 2-stroke. 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8 Morning all from Estuary-Land, well it was morning when I opened ER's and had to read through three pages. When I was about my ablutions this morning a massive bluebottle flew in via the bathroom fanlight and started buzzing around. It disappeared into the house so armed with a fly spray I went searching for it. I didn't need the fly spray as I found it trapped in a spiders web minus a wing and a couple of legs but still buzzing weakly. The spider was enormous and soon finished the bluebottle off. Also this post disappeared a couple of times. 7 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 (edited) 56 minutes ago, Peter Kazmierczak said: Apologies for the content of the picture, but this was where I was at 12.20 am this morning... What is about US and Western European locomotive and EMU designers that makes them design such ugly vehicles. The last locomotive of any style and gravitas was, IMHO, the Class 50, built by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry facility (I couldn’t find out who designed, but it seems that it was a committee job). Nowadays, most locomotives and EMUs are like most modern SUVs: boxy, bland, boring and utterly indistinguishable from one another except for the badge. And the colour schemes! They are neither elegant (like on the Hankyu 9300 series: burgundy, polished steel and white roofs), clean and simple (like on the JR Central N700S Series) or even delightfully quirky (like the Hello Kitty Shinkansen). Are the weird and (ahem) wonderful British TOC train liveries be an attempt by the companies to appeal to and “get down wif da kidz”? As for the creation of the British TOC colour schemes, it seems that there only two possible explanations: The designers, consultants, focus groups, project managers and “talented artists” are all smoking “some really weird s***” OR The designers, consultants, focus groups, project managers and “talented artists” are all suffering from severe visual dyslexia. Edited August 8 by iL Dottore Typo 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted August 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8 If I modelled the current era, I would definitely have some class 70 models. Though it was funny that when I unboxed my black Fell diesel, Aditi said “ you waited two years for that thing”. 1 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted August 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8 1 hour ago, monkeysarefun said: IF you've ever got a spare hour and 3 quarters, the movie "Pentagon Wars" (its on youtube) covers in a blackly humorous way the transition of the original concept of the Bradley fighting vehicle from lightweight recon vehicle to heavy gunned tank as the scope changed through more and more input from higher ups and congress. A little bit Catch 22, a little bit The Men Who Stare At Goats. Stars that bloke from Cheers and Frasier. Can't vouch for its historical accuracy but its a fun watch. That's a very enjoyable film, it makes a lot of pointed observations using comedy. The weird thing is that despite a troubled gestation and a mixed reputation the Bradley seems to be one of the weapons systems that has performed well in Ukraine and outperformed what many expected. 8 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 26 minutes ago, Tony_S said: Did she have to travel in a container? Very good, Tony. Here she comes... 12 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted August 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8 On liveries, I must admit I like the modern TOC GWR livery, it's simple but quite elegant I think. The IEP trains look very attractive in it I think. 5 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium The White Rabbit Posted August 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8 57 minutes ago, jjb1970 said: On liveries, I must admit I like the modern TOC GWR livery, it's simple but quite elegant I think. The IEP trains look very attractive in it I think. It's certainly not as garish as some TOCs and in better taste but the units do have a habit of disappearing into the landscape. A few years ago I was lurking in Sheldon on the bank of the Teign waiting for a steam special and - as it was a new photting location for me - 'practising' on the service trains. If you didn't pick up the front yellow patch, they were hard to spot. 6 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PupCam Posted August 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8 2 hours ago, Tony_S said: If I modelled the current era, I would definitely have some class 70 models. Though it was funny that when I unboxed my black Fell diesel, Aditi said “ you waited two years for that thing”. Oooo! Can we have a link to your “Unboxing the black Fell” video please? I’m sure we’ll all be gripped! I hope you were kneeling down and had a bit of track ready for it on the carpet🤞 ION Tarmac - tarmaced Generator - gone Monty - washed TT 12 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted August 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8 57 minutes ago, PupCam said: Oooo! Can we have a link to your “Unboxing the black Fell” video please? You may get a few photos when I dismantle it to replace the bogies with ones that have pickups, in an attempt to improve the standard setup. I have short wheelbase locos with only four wheels that are better. 8 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted August 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8 (edited) Afternoon Awl, Knackered I is, the wiring on the land Rover needed accessing a small cubby hole just above behind a rear wheel. I have floorboards in the back .. So it turned into a empty the back and sort session, it's hot and sweaty out there anyway , and even more so in the back... So a long soak in the bath has been had.. Edited August 8 by TheQ 3 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted August 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8 I'm having fissionchips for tea this evening...... drooling in anticipation 10 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 6 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: Don't be like that, you might still beat France. Like at ..... Waterloo Help was needed from 'Germans' at that one. Maybe if they combined the tallies of the seventh coalition? 6 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 6 hours ago, monkeysarefun said: However, smaller nations including Ireland, Dominica and Saint Lucia are ahead of Australia on the gold-medals-per-capita basis. Why did you not emphasize this bit with bolding etc? 😀 3 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 5 minutes ago, Hroth said: I'm having fissionchips for tea this evening...... drooling in anticipation One hopes they are triple cooked artisan chips from locally sourced spuds. If not you'd better not open the door when our Swiss correspondent calls. 1 2 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted August 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: One hopes they are triple cooked artisan chips from locally sourced spuds. If not you'd better not open the door when our Swiss correspondent calls. Generally speaking I don't open the door unless the caller is expected and validated. Especially for gents with a dodgy Swiss accent, they might be cold calling for Dignitas..... Edited August 8 by Hroth word change to make more sense... 4 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted August 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8 (edited) The service at church went well as usual, after it there was the usual coffee and chat. I took the opportunity to give some of the communion things a better clean than usual. Then I went towards home and parked in the small car park on the road into south harbour and walked along as far as the west pier. Once again I only had the phone with me for photos and it was dull, a few spots of rain fell while I was out. As sometimes happens there were no ships in that part of the harbour but plenty of yachts, also some fishing boats out of the photo. I went onto the beach and picked up quite a lot of cowrie shells, there were also a lot of bits of crabs, probably just broken up exoskeletons which have been discarded as the crabs grow. Back home I sorted out the photos I've taken so far this week and got a quick salad lunch. The afternoon has been a mix of reading and dozing with music in the background. I also removed a lot of duckweed from the pond and put more duckweed killer in the water. I use a big metal food sieve to scoop it out, but today found that the rust had weakened it enough that there was a big hole. So I got out a spare plastic sieve, the handle snapped off. I then hunted round and found another sieve which did the job. I will have to go shopping. I think the rest of the day will be watching the Olympics and reading magazines. South harbour yachts and club house - it is LV50 an early lightship. Harbour entrance from west pier Beach from west pier. It is about 3 miles from where I stood to the headland on the far left if you walk along the sand. The black bits on the beach are small pieces of natural sea coal, nothing to do with mining any more. It gets washed up from where the coal seams are exposed on the sea bed and the bits break off by the action of currents and waves. David Edited August 8 by DaveF 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium The White Rabbit Posted August 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8 Going back to 'niche' sports and their (un?)suitability for the Olympics, a world record was set in Cornwall yesterday: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/08/i-feel-like-ive-been-run-over-by-a-tank-scottish-woman-breaks-world-sheep-shearing-record - and yes, reference was made to winning by a lambslide... 5 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Gwiwer Posted August 8 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 8 (edited) 8 hours ago, PupCam said: Slowly, slowly, catchy, monkey! Our esteemed @monkeysarefun Chimpy should take note 7 hours ago, Rugd1022 said: It was fifty five years ago today. And therefore about 75 years since Sgt Pepper taught the band to play. I wonder what he’s doing now. Can’t see much here. It’s foggy. But the Distant (Signal) West was pleased to welcome @Coombe Barton tonight making the first RWwebber to visit in person. Edited August 8 by Gwiwer 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted August 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8 Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. A bit late after taking a long soak in the bath but I feel better. A risotto for dinner this evening, very nice. Talking of dinner, I see the spider has disposed of the bluebottle, not a trace remains. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted August 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 8 7 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Talking of dinner, I see the spider has disposed of the bluebottle, not a trace remains. Burp! 7 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted August 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8 31 minutes ago, Hroth said: 38 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Talking of dinner, I see the spider has disposed of the bluebottle, not a trace remains. Burp! His Furship was quite insistently lunging and pawing at a large fly in the window the other day. After a number of attempts and much boo-wooping he licked his lips wetly as it went down. That’s a first for him that we know of. And it was neither returned nor was there any eructation. 6 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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