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Model Forum / General / Railroads / March 2010James May Record Attempt
The Hornby magazine has and article on the attempt. It refers to the stolen batteries and transformers but it refers to ill-spirited members of the public sabotaging the line. Exactly what did they do? Interesting that if you include the Meccano bridge 4 of the programmes were linked to Hornby in one way or other. Kevin > The Hornby magazine has and article on the attempt. It refers to the > stolen batteries and transformers but it refers to ill-spirited members of [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Kevin Rode their bikes over the tracks becuseit ws a cycleway that was closed for one day. > > stolen batteries and transformers but it refers to ill-spirited members of > > the public sabotaging the line. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Rode their bikes over the tracks becuseit ws a cycleway that was closed for > one day. " Interesting that if you include the Meccano bridge 4 of the programmes were linked to Hornby in one way or other " Sponsorship = Advertising " ....... ill-spirited members of the public sabotaging the line. Exactly what did they do ? " They apparently also put coins across the rails ! > They apparently also put coins across the rails ! Ye glods. That's almost protoypical. I used to put pre- decimalisation pennies on the GN main line. Even if you never found them again, there was a sastisfying copper imprint of the king's head, at about 25% magnifcation, on the track surface afterwards. > > They apparently also put coins across the rails ! > > Ye glods. That's almost protoypical. I used to put pre- > decimalisation pennies on the GN main line. Even if you never found > them again, there was a sastisfying copper imprint of the king's head, > at about 25% magnifcation, on the track surface afterwards. I think these is still a law in place that states you shall not deface currency, it’s one of those archaic laws that classes it as treason and once made it punishable by death ! As the UK signed up to the 6th protocol of the European Convention of Human Rights , "The death penalty shall be abolished. No one shall be condemned to such penalty or executed." , you may get away with it. Technically, the coins in your wallet do not belong to you; they are tokens, belonging to the Mint, which represent an amount of money. The amount of money belongs to you, but not the coins or notes. Do they still have those machines @ Blackpool that imprints an image of the Tower on a coin ? They used to be the old penny but the last time I saw one it used 2 pence pieces. > > > They apparently also put coins across the rails ! > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > of the Tower on a coin ? They used to be the old penny but the last > time I saw one it used 2 pence pieces. You must be a real hit at dinner parties. On 3 Mar, 01:05, Dragon Heart <chris.bret...@o2.co.uk> wrote: > On 2 Mar, 14:58, bobharvey <roberthar...@my-deja.com> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > of the Tower on a coin ? They used to be the old penny but the last > time I saw one it used 2 pence pieces. You must be a real hit at dinner parties. In the 1970s they had one in the airship reception area at the top of the Empire State Building that took a US penny, split it in half, gave you half with the building printed on it and kept the rest to sell (or so the guide told us). Mike > On 3 Mar, 01:05, Dragon Heart <chris.bret...@o2.co.uk> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > with the building printed on it and kept the rest to sell (or so the guide > told us). In the 1980s they had one that took two coins and gave you one back with an image of the ESB stamped on it. I still have one somewhere. MBQ On Mar 3, 12:36 pm, "Mike Smith" <m...@notquitean.invalid> wrote: > "sutartsorric" <sutartsor...@googlemail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > with the building printed on it and kept the rest to sell (or so the guide > told us). >In the 1980s they had one that took two coins and gave you one back >with an image of the ESB stamped on it. I still have one somewhere. >MBQ That may have been what the guide was trying to explain, machine were bust when I visited. Regards Mike On Mar 4, 2:21 am, "manatba...@hotmail.com" <manatba...@hotmail.com> wrote: > In the 1980s they had one that took two coins and gave you one back > with an image of the ESB stamped on it. I still have one somewhere. > > MBQ The Mint in Canberra has a machine that will make a nice shiny new $1 Australian coin. It costs $2 to have a turn... > On 3 Mar, 01:05, Dragon Heart <chris.bret...@o2.co.uk> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > - Show quoted text - The Empire State Building WAS completed on time AND under budget but it NEVER took paying passengers via airship. Why ? Wind ! > > "sutartsorric" <sutartsor...@googlemail.com> wrote in message > [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > The Empire State Building WAS completed on time AND under budget but > it NEVER took paying passengers via airship. Why ? Daleks and pig men! >The Empire State Building WAS completed on time AND under budget but >it NEVER took paying passengers via airship. Why ? Wind ! Are you sure it wasn't the gorilla? Guy  Signaturehttp://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/ The usenet price promise: all opinions offered in newsgroups are guaranteed to be worth the price paid. On 10 Mar, 09:02, "Just zis Guy, you know?" <guy.chap...@spamcop.net> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:20:31 -0800 (PST), Dragon Heart > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Are you sure it wasn't the gorilla? NO ! The ESB was designed for an extra side loading of about 40 to 50 tons ! On 10 Mar, 09:02, "Just zis Guy, you know?" <guy.chap...@spamcop.net> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 16:20:31 -0800 (PST), Dragon Heart > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Are you sure it wasn't the gorilla? >NO ! The ESB was designed for an extra side loading of about 40 to 50 >tons ! Wouldnt have helped if that gorilla had wind > On 10 Mar, 09:02, "Just zis Guy, you know?" <guy.chap...@spamcop.net> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Wouldnt have helped if that gorilla had wind NO ! But he would have made more noise when he got shot. You must be a real hit at dinner parties.- dinner parties ? The wife is a big fan of that ‘Come Dine With Me TV’ show. For those of you who don’t know the format of the show it’s about 4 or 5 complete strangers who are got together to compete against each other for a £1000 cash. They each invite these others to their homes for a dinner party and th other give them a score out of 10 based on the quality of the food and the host. Best score at the end of the week wins. Some are the guests are, as Del Boy would say, ‘right plonkers’. My guess is they are ‘plants’ provided by the producers of the show ... but then again some people are liken that. One chap cooked kangaroo another was a wine buff and yet another was a bread making ‘expert’ ? In answer to your question / statement “You must be a real hit at dinner parties” ....... NO ! Party yes, dinner party no. If I came across someone like the above at the table I would want to give them a good slap. I am however a hoot at after dinner speeches or so I am told :-) |
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