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Trainfish · May 21, 2020, 10:05:24 PM

Quote from: njee20 on May 21, 2020, 09:33:17 AM
A love of grocers apostrophes too, it would seem

Certainly makes me feel better about having six 350s!

I typed my message twice and 101s, 118s etc just doesn't look right. Neither does 101's, 108's etc. Shouldn't grocers be typed as grocers' ?

njee20 · May 21, 2020, 10:30:15 PM

Ha, no apostrophe on plurals of numbers (or basically anything!). So 108s is correct (as is 1990s etc). If it's apostrophes used by all the grocers, then yes, "grocers'", if it's singular then "grocer's"; I think even the most pedantic would be hard pushed to argue either of those was right!

Trainfish · May 21, 2020, 10:40:56 PM

The thing is I don't need an English language lesson as a grade A at O level has served me ok in my life. All I'm saying is that 108s etc doesn't look right. In my mind your statement should have said either "A love of grocer's apostrophes too" or "A love of grocers' apostrophes too". Both of those look right to me

njee20 · May 21, 2020, 10:50:09 PM

Don't worry, it was a firmly tongue in cheek comment rather than a lesson, of course 108's is perfectly understandable, but it is wrong, whether it looks it or not. Grocer's/grocers' are both right, just different!

Anyway, DMUs are much more interesting!

Trainfish · May 21, 2020, 11:07:29 PM

It could also be written as DMU's though in the right context. All of the DMU's passengers were drunk for example.

Anyway, the mods will be along shortly so.................

I don't have any pictures yet so I can't show them but I bought 2x RTC laboratory coaches the other day. I realised afterwards that I already have these models but it's good to have spares

crewearpley40 · May 21, 2020, 11:21:49 PM

I would love to see your trains john
English lesson over. Keep up the good work

steve836 · May 28, 2020, 07:08:26 PM

My new arrival.
D5509 pauses at a signal with a load of new cars (on the cartics courtesy of trainfish) and spare parts ( in the ford pallet vans 3 of which I showed a while back and 2 I've had a long while.) from Dagenham to Liverpool. I know it normally went WCML but I'm pleading diversion due to the electrification work. ( and rule 1 of course.)
The cartics will have to wait until winter for a coat of blue paint and Ford decals.

crewearpley40 · May 28, 2020, 07:10:34 PM

Looking good steve

Trainfish · May 28, 2020, 07:54:16 PM

The cartics look good @steve836 , glad they got there ok

ECMLfan · June 10, 2020, 07:38:05 PM

The mail man knocked on the door today...

I was so exited I decided to do an unboxing for the first time...

Ted · June 10, 2020, 08:45:16 PM

Not my era, but can't deny that's a good looking train (shed)!

njee20 · June 10, 2020, 08:56:30 PM

Lovely! Who painted that? They've done a great job.

ECMLfan · June 10, 2020, 09:36:59 PM

Quote from: njee20 on June 10, 2020, 08:56:30 PM
Lovely! Who painted that? They've done a great job.

Got it from eBay and was made to order so had to wait 5 weeks.
https://ebay.nl/usr/arxmodels

njee20 · June 10, 2020, 09:41:51 PM

Weirdly it doesn't look like he ships to the UK! Decent pricing though. Tempted to ask him...

ECMLfan · June 10, 2020, 09:51:26 PM

He is based in Newton Aycliffe