Hroth

A Happy Christmas to one and ALL!!! Started the day with coffee, toast with ginger marmalade*, followed by scrambled eggs with smoked salmon.... Then more coffee while presents were opened! I hope you all got what you wanted! The rest of the day will be a mad whirl, so I'll be back in ... tomorrow? Who knows! * Pedants say its a "preserve" as real marmalade is only made with oranges, but what do THEY know?

Its a christmas cracker joke. What do you expect?

A merry christmas to all. I'm off to bed to read Stave 4, The Third of the Three Spirits in A Christmas Carol. Then to sleep. Hope you all have fun!

Triang did something that resembled one of those late 50s/early 60s! Triang R.254

I've a set of 6 of those... Very handy!

I had similar calculations a few months ago, first for the car and then the house. Luckily I got a quote for the car that was considerably less than the renewal quote AND from a "reputable" insurer, so that was sorted. The house renewal quote was £30 more than last year, but when I checked for similar cover, it was still the cheapest on offer, bar quotes from several that I'd not heard of/wouldn't touch with the proverbial bargepole. So I renewed. We'll see what next year brings!

At least!

Away in a corner Too big for a ute... Well, it is Christmas!

How do these people put it? "Inspired by an idea created by Enid Blyton"

Like the special offer 4 wheelers, even those dwarf the Terrier!

They look TT:120 at least, verging on N....

That the new "inclusive" version?

New Dawn Fades - Joy Division

A nice collection - it'll grow to be sure! What you need is a "family" bookcase plus at least a couple each for aviation and railway interests. Merry Christmas!

And with any luck, prevent more children being born....

Ho Ho Ho!!! I've found another.... Q: Whats worse than finding a worm in your apple? A: Finding half a worm! Highlight to reveal answer Answer for the elderly... Finding half a worm!

Well... 🤔 Then I printed and cut out some Peco track templates and was horrified about how much space it took..... 😟

Sprouts don't appeal.... 🤪 Enjoy!

He'll probably be doing that too after the Brussels Sprout fest.....

I'd have plonked another strawberry upright in the cream.... I know, I can't be taken anywhere!

Penny plain, tuppence coloured... 🙂

As far as RVW is concerned they've recently played "17 Come Sunday" from the Folk Song suite, 49th Parallel, Rhosymedre from the Welsh hymn tune preludes and the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. At least with the last, its impossible to be selective and chop it into bleeding chunks! If I want to listen to a particular broadcast work in whole, I'll listen to Radio 3. Apart from the ad breaks Classic FM is ok in that its good background sound and discounting the "popular film and game" music, there is a reasonable spread in the Hall of Fame playlist. Of course that allows them to dip into the H0F to select other works by composers voted for by listeners. Its not perfect, but its better than its competitors at the easy listening end of classical music broadcasting.

Despite the spears, they got Nul Points...

Never mentioned AJ 🙂 The funny thing is, they rarely play HIS cover version! (Probably to save him getting an extra bonus on top of his presenter fees...)

I'm waiting for the Alistair Sim version tomorrow. Its in dodgy colour, as the past should be....