Buy Ben a Hat

Started by kirky, February 28, 2018, 01:32:20 PM

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kirky

In the interests of protecting our investments in Revolution Trains, I think it might be a good idea if those that know how to do these things, could start a crowd fund and buy @Ben A a hat. He's out in freezing temperatures delivering some speech about how cold it is and yet is endangering himself (and by association, our investments) by not wearing a hat. Perhpas it should be a NGF hat?
Thoughts?

Kirky

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emjaybee

Quote from: kirky on February 28, 2018, 01:32:20 PM
In the interests of protecting our investments in Revolution Trains, I think it might be a good idea if those that know how to do these things, could start a crowd fund and buy @Ben A a hat. He's out in freezing temperatures delivering some speech about how cold it is and yet is endangering himself (and by association, our investments) by not wearing a hat. Perhpas it should be a NGF hat?
Thoughts?

Kirky

PS
For those NGF bods who live outside the UK, we are currently borrowing our weather from Siberia.

I'm unclear, would this be a Kickstarter or a crowdfunder?

I keep seeing references to Ben being on TV, what's the deal? Is he a presenter on something?

???
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Ben A


Hi all,

Thanks.  I have a hat - I just take it off 10 secs before they throw to me!

Cheers

Ben A.



marco neri

 :)
Up there Siberian weather??..
Here in the Central Appenino, where I usually go to ski having a family apartment in a residence.....early in the morning was -32,8.. :confused1:

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kirky

Quote from: Ben A on February 28, 2018, 01:55:44 PM

Hi all,

Thanks.  I have a hat - I just take it off 10 secs before they throw to me!

Cheers

Ben A.
@Ben A
Phew, I had visions of Revolution Trains disappearing in a mist of Australian Flu.  :D
Northallerton will make its next public appearance will be at Perth model railway show https://smet.org.uk/show/layouts/
June 24/25 2023.

Layout: Northallerton: http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=1671.msg16930#msg16930

www.northallertonngauge.co.uk

Cleveland Model Railway club website: www.clevelandmrc.club

njee20

Quote from: emjaybee on February 28, 2018, 01:54:20 PM
I keep seeing references to Ben being on TV, what's the deal? Is he a presenter on something?

???

Yep, we have our own resident BBC News correspondent in our midst, like a forum celebrity, in several ways!



Sorry Ben  ;)

GroupC

If we're going to club together and get Ben a hat, let's at least get one in keeping, albeit at an even smaller scale than ours:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4YweifEvMo

Now I'd love to see that one crop up on the telly. Would certainly take the edge off all the bad news.

tutenkhamunsleeping

Quote from: Ben A on February 28, 2018, 01:55:44 PM
I have a hat - I just take it off 10 secs before they throw to me!

Perhaps, then, we should get train-size hats for the TOCs, they could whip 'em off 10 secs prior to departure :thumbsup:

emjaybee

Huh.

Well, all I can say is he didn't look that smart at Warley when I spoke to him.

:D
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https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=50207.msg652736#msg652736

Sometimes you bite the dog...

...sometimes the dog bites you!

----------------------------------------------------------

I can explain it to you...

...but I can't understand it for you.

red_death

Quote from: emjaybee on February 28, 2018, 03:54:27 PM

Well, all I can say is he didn't look that smart at Warley when I spoke to him.

How very dare you sir! I'll have you know our Revolution Trains black shirts are the height of sartorial elegance!



Jerry Howlett

On my mistimed visit to the UK I was tucked up in the nearest Wetherspoon's watching poor Ben freezing on Colchester platform. I am a member of the British rail old boys forum and this week Colchester had been among the nominees for the coldest platforms in the UK.
Some days its just not worth gnawing through the straps.

Newportnobby

I did see an ITV report later that day also from Colchester so maybe there was something going on, other than Ben being a trailblazer, of course :admiration:

emjaybee

Quote from: red_death on February 28, 2018, 04:52:41 PM
Quote from: emjaybee on February 28, 2018, 03:54:27 PM

Well, all I can say is he didn't look that smart at Warley when I spoke to him.

How very dare you sir! I'll have you know our Revolution Trains black shirts are the height of sartorial elegance!

Very jazzy!

;D
Brookline build thread:

https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=50207.msg652736#msg652736

Sometimes you bite the dog...

...sometimes the dog bites you!

----------------------------------------------------------

I can explain it to you...

...but I can't understand it for you.

Bealman

Quote from: kirky on February 28, 2018, 02:56:00 PM
Quote from: Ben A on February 28, 2018, 01:55:44 PM

Hi all,

Thanks.  I have a hat - I just take it off 10 secs before they throw to me!

Cheers

Ben A.
@Ben A
Phew, I had visions of Revolution Trains disappearing in a mist of Australian Flu.  :D

Watch it, Kirky  :P
Vision over visibility. Bono, U2.

Malc

Quote from: Jerry Howlett on February 28, 2018, 05:11:19 PM
On my mistimed visit to the UK I was tucked up in the nearest Wetherspoon's watching poor Ben freezing on Colchester platform. I am a member of the British rail old boys forum and this week Colchester had been among the nominees for the coldest platforms in the UK.
The old station at Thornaby gets my vote, along with Sunderland.
The years have been good to me, it was the weekends that did the damage.

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