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#21

gee mikey… i been slow on the uptake lately… and although it is already wednesday… i’ll send ya a fresh shipment of “strangs”… maybe that will help to revive those spirits… :wink:

i don’ kno nuttin’ bout nuttin… dat be my story… an i be stickin with it…

#22

Big Red Spanner

This is actually any torch/flame applied to a stobborn bolt that refuses to be unscrewed in the traditional manner.

Cheers

#23

One thing I can rely on , that’s Moreese . He senses I need a special lift , and by golly , there’s one on the way ,no strangs attached .
Good one Moreese

#24

ya be mos’ welcome… i aims to please… and sometimes… i even aim … too…:wink: guess that why me weapon of choice still be me trusty ole 12 guage… loaded with #4 buckshot…

pulled the boiler from the frame on the deccapod…managed to insert the burner frame into into the firebox… will try to do it with the burners in place in the next couple of days… it gonna see track before the summer be over… :wink:

#25

…I once knew a “Big Red”, and she was quite the gal…I enjoyed being invited to her work shop…yes sir, indeedey…she was a very good cabinet maker and constructed a few very good book cases for a few friends of mine…
…I’ll bet that wasn’t quite what you thought I was doing at her home…!!!

I was there purely to hear her confession, and share a jar of holy water…she also had a nice model railroad that was being built in “N Scale” for her mother’s nursing home.

#26

Deryck ,
I’ve been racking my teeny grey cells for a suitable reply to your wongs and whites question , all I can think of is that this white went with a wong and produced no wings ,wangs , or wungs . Then left Hong Kong for other eastern countries , but no such luck there . Won Long Seek for clumpet , Lavender Street Singapore produced some Fat Wang Ying Tongs , but we won’t talk about that .
Do you know what ying tong is , by the way ? Eurasians .
Mike

#27
Mike Morgan said:
Deryck , I've been racking my teeny grey cells for a suitable reply to your wongs and whites question , all I can think of is that this white went with a wong and produced no wings ,wangs , or wungs . Then left Hong Kong for other eastern countries , but no such luck there . Won Long Seek for clumpet , Lavender Street Singapore produced some Fat Wang Ying Tongs , but we won't talk about that . Do you know what ying tong is , by the way ? Eurasians . Mike
Mike, 
  You must have seen no-end of wongs done during your travels and did your best to white them up honestly,or in this instance- down. But it's your turn to throw me for a loop if you need extra racks for your grey cells, whereas here am I planning to set up a synaptic dating agency so that one of my remaining cells can be introduced to the other survivor.

  The answer to the Ying Tong song, the anthem of Major Denis Bloodnok and Scoutmaster Bluebottle was. I believe, "iddle-i-po" (and there's more where that came from) But if the reference is to Ying Kong then I've seen all three movies but prefer the original 'Moving Picture' script which had a giant girl in a mini-skirt carrying a screaming ape up a CGI version of the Empire State Building. Or the much older animated version of 'Snow White and the Seven Wongs' (I suppose that was euphemistic for the seven deadry sins)

  Delyck
#28

Ah , so , veneraburoo Deryck , yu obviousry travooroo prenty , rike me , auru over worud and rearn prenty ,hah ,very wise ,If you read that out roud it sound orienturu , pretty dam creveru .
Mikesan

#29

…stop all this cryptic talk and sign the begger on to the “Circle of Fiends”, Deryck…he needs us…!!!

#30
Fred Mills said:
....stop all this cryptic talk and sign the begger on to the "Circle of Fiends", Deryck......he needs us......!!!!!
Yus-well how about it Mike? D'yer fancy becoming a member of the Branch Railroadian Brethren? The circular trackage of fiends. quite often this dos not invalidate your membership of other and more discerning groups.

…on the other hand it sometimes does strange things with your head even though neither pins or voodoo dolls are permitted.

Apply within.

Deryck

#31
Mike Morgan said:
Ah , so , veneraburoo Deryck , yu obviousry travooroo prenty , rike me , auru over worud and rearn prenty ,hah ,very wise ,If you read that out roud it sound orienturu , pretty dam creveru . Mikesan
Konnichi wa Mike San, 
 Nah! Tlavels rimited to Eulope, arthough I once emiglated to the Isle of Wight onry to discoveru I needed and extla £5k a yearu to pay for the felry. This is obviously where and when I became polylambdic. For some reason we used to import a significant number of Japanese not unconnectd with various martial arts but that was back in the days when I could actually wake without groaning and did not believe that age would wither me. Wrong!

 But there are compensations. Back then I didn't have so many trains.

 Sayonalra,

 Deryck
#32

Deryck ,
Does it involve my parting with loads of hardearned ? We have to know . Also let me know if it involves display of the right knee .
Mike

#33

In the meantime , poor John Bouck must be wondering what all this has to do with making more photos available.
Well , John , you started it , you prompted us old buggers to talk about the "up to the neck in muck and bullets " days .
So , for a change .
There I was in the cab of this White Pass and Yukon Diesel , when a bear leapt onto the footplate and started wrasslin’with the engineer . This bar were so tall , his feet didn’ touch the groun’. Desperately , the engineer said “cain’t youse guys halp ?” (he was from various parts of the USA ) so we did what all Englishmen do and started to sing the National Anthem . The bar looked a bit startled , grunted " I thought we wasn’t in Canada yet " and hopped outta de door . So , what have you learned from this ?
1 Canadians frighten bears as well as other people .
2 Always know your Nat .Ant .
3 Some of us can tell stories that are true .
4 You couldn’t make this up .
5 How to divert someone’s attention from asking for photos .

Mike
ps John , when I’ve finished my Garratt , I shall dig through the movies and download a few .
Now , if I can find that part where the bear is wrasslin’…

#34
Mike Morgan said:
Deryck , Does it involve my parting with loads of hardearned ? We have to know . Also let me know if it involves display of the right knee . Mike
Mike, 
 Hard-earned or easycome/go doesn't come into it or-if you prefer 'Kommt nicht ins frage'. The baring of any part of the anatomy is entirely optional but from all that I have seen if you do not possess highly developed mammaries then all efforts in that direction go unrewarded. As an optional add-on you can, again minus any cash input, become an overseas member of the OVGRS...and you do not even have to like goldfish or ponds. What could be fairer than that?

 I claimed earlier to be wrong about the withering effect of age. It should have been 'back to the drawing board' on that one if only I could remember where I left it. Now I also recall that as a child of Sahib and Memsahib I was born in Darjeeling. A small hill station in the suburbs of the Himalaya and therefore cooler than the plain. According to legend I descended to said plain via the Darjeeling-Himalaya NG railway. Alas the sight and sound of this is possibly locked in the memory banks of a five month old bound for a Blighty steamer. All this before the line achieved popularity and even before models of the 5 man blue and rust liveried 0-4-0 were offered for sale in almost every scale except 'n' and 'z' All this too while the Sahib was chasing areound the NW Frontier with his 'Barumpta' of loyal Pathani trying to sort the locals. See Time changes nothing- except her diapers.

 Model pics-who wants pics? I have some. "How-to" someone please.

 Deryck
#35

Well , there I was in the middle of an erudite reply , and bang went the mains --three times in a row . I gave up after two , let them sort it before I go through the reset of every clock in the house . Except I can’t .
Anyway , yes , thanks for the invite .
Wossa catch ?
Mike

#36
Mike Morgan said:
Well , there I was in the middle of an erudite reply , and bang went the mains --three times in a row . I gave up after two , let them sort it before I go through the reset of every clock in the house . Except I can't . Anyway , yes , thanks for the invite . Wossa catch ? Mike
Mike Mate, 
S'catchless. Check with Fred. He'll tell you how to get in both the Sacred Cirkle and OVGRS. Do not ignore the warnings. The mains blowing was no accident.  The dark and oil stained arm of the Brethren has a long reach. The next thing will be a missing locomotive and its ears will be sent to you in the post.

D
a friend.
#37

AAAAAAArrrrrgggggghhh,
ya got me . Please ,please , send the cure , I promise to be good in future . Fr Fr. Are you reading this ?
humbly , Mike

#38

Mike Morgan said:
…There I was in the cab of this White Pass and Yukon Diesel , when a bear leapt onto the footplate and started wrasslin’with the engineer . This bar were so tall , his feet didn’ touch the groun’. Desperately , the engineer said “cain’t youse guys halp ?” (he was from various parts of the USA ) so we did what all Englishmen do and started to sing the National Anthem . The bar looked a bit startled , grunted " I thought we wasn’t in Canada yet " and hopped outta de door …

The hell you say. From what I can tell, the bear is still IN the cab …

Matthew (OV)

#39

Nice one , Matthew , I seem to recognise that bit of rock in the background–for all those who have not had the good fortune to go to the WPYR , that rock face is in Skagway , Alaska , on the left of the port as you look out to sea .
The rock is covered in ships’ crews graffiti , actively encouraged and preserved , it gives an interesting history of some of the visitors . And their climbing habits .
Perhaps I should change my role from your favourite political correspondent to your travel correspondent .
I doubt that would please some though , if it ain’t got wheels that go clickety clack , it is forbidden.
G’donya , mates.
Mike

#40

Young Mike…

It has been brought to my attention, that you have never given out your Email addy…please send it to me…

Fr.Fred