Quote from: Train Waiting on July 07, 2025, 09:42:36 PM

Quote from: port perran on July 07, 2025, 08:21:13 PMWhat I want to know regarding the Scottish dialect is that if a mouse is a moos, as in "there's a moos on the loos in the hoos" what is a moose called?

In my experience, it would be called a moose.

Or an Elk, if it's not in North America - over there of course, an Elk is a completely different animal.

Trinity Beach, a few k's north of Cairns.
14 of us here.
cheers
Graham

Okay, sounds good to me, but where is "here"?

Quote from: EtchedPixels on July 04, 2025, 11:43:06 AMNot sure if this goes in the happy or annoyed threads

Broke a number 9 guitar string yesterday so I now have enough spare handrail wire for the next few years.

 

I had a similar issue with a G-string a few years back. I wasn't into railway modelling then though so I had no idea I could make handrails out of it.

Quote from: port perran on July 07, 2025, 08:21:13 PMI'll fetch my coat and duck 

I didn't know you had a duck. Most people have a cat or a dog. Must be a Devon thing.

thought we would escape the Melbourne winter for my 70th birthday, so here we are. Weather terrible, food crap, and too much alcohol, really enjoying it.

Quote from: Newportnobby on July 07, 2025, 01:56:34 PM

Quote from: Trainfish on July 07, 2025, 01:43:11 PMYou lot have absolutely no idea how lucky I feel to be only 60. Mind you, I may have to reassess after visiting the bum doctor on Thursday.

I believe 'proctologist' is the word you seek 
Or is he/she just no good?

Bum doctor is easier to spell.

Quote from: weave on July 07, 2025, 03:47:17 PM

Quote from: Trainfish on July 07, 2025, 01:43:11 PMYou lot have absolutely no idea how lucky I feel to be only 60. Mind you, I may have to reassess after visiting the bum doctor on Thursday.

Sounds like Martin and I left the festival at the right time     

Maybe so, others possibly had the pleasure of that conversation instead. I don't really remember though to be honest 

Quote from: port perran on July 07, 2025, 08:21:13 PMWhat I want to know regarding the Scottish dialect is that if a mouse is a moos, as in "there's a moos on the loos in the hoos" what is a moose called?

In my experience, it would be called a moose.

It's interesting how many Scots and Northern English words have a pronunciation believed to be similar to Middle English, prior to the Great Vowel Shift, beginning in the 15th century, which led to Modern English. Some Scots and Northern English pronunciations (or words) are more Germanic than Modern English.

With all good wishes.

John


 

Quote from: Newportnobby on July 06, 2025, 11:53:25 AM

Quote from: Kris on July 06, 2025, 10:01:48 AMScratch building one from a milk bottle top would give you something about the correct size going a bit smaller might be better however so possibly even a coke bottle top.

Wheel rim to wheel rim of an average 4 wheel wagon is 30mm, so the suggestions above seem on the small size to me

A milk bottle top is just under 40mm, a coke bottle top is about 28mm. This would mean that a coke bottle would give an approximate size of 14ft and the milk bottle top about 19-20ft.

Wagon turntables would not have been built larger than they were needed. The smaller sizes do mean that shunting a wagon on with a loco would have been harder but as many of these would have been hand or horse shunted maybe less of a problem in real life.

Quote from: PhilD on July 07, 2025, 09:23:10 AM

Quote from: PLD on July 07, 2025, 12:17:35 AM

Quote from: PLD on July 06, 2025, 01:43:47 PMIn larger yards there may be some steam powered capstans to provide the power, otherwise it may be the rope attached to a loco on another track, or in the most basic cases horse-power (later mechanical horse/tractor)

Quote from: PhilD on July 06, 2025, 11:50:31 PMor horses!

Sorry, should have explained. In the olden days, horses were used to pull the wagons, in and out of the buildings and along the feeder and storage sidings, using ropes and capstans to redirect the direction of pull.

Talking of horses pulling wagons.
Here's my long gone Trepol Bay layout with a horse pulling a fish wagon past the local harbour side wagon workshop complete with its own wagon turntable.