Quote from: Browning 9mm on November 20, 2025, 02:26:25 PMit is known as selective hearing.
coco had it
oscar had it
now dusty and ria have inherited it.
cannot hear a command, at 10 yards, can hear a biscuit being opened under water at 1,000 yards
it's a dog thing

Teenagers get it too.

Quote from: Newportnobby on November 27, 2025, 09:55:41 AMMore than a tad WR running last night saw box vans/conflats substituted for coal wagons and hydraulics as motive power

Class 52 'Western Sovereign' D1038 passes through Hetaherley with an up express by Mick Hollyoake, on Flickr

Class 42 'Goliath' D819 with mixed conflats & vans on Hestherley by Mick Hollyoake, on Flickr

'Goliath' was sunk in the Dardanelles in 1915 by Turkish warships and my great, great uncle Alfred Lucas was one of 570 who perished out of a crew of 750

Class 35s double head a van train thrrough Heatherley by Mick Hollyoake, on Flickr

Those videos are 'hellfire!'

Do they still mistake monkeys for Frenchmen in Hartlepool George ?

More than a tad WR running last night saw box vans/conflats substituted for coal wagons and hydraulics as motive power

Class 52 'Western Sovereign' D1038 passes through Hetaherley with an up express by Mick Hollyoake, on Flickr

Class 42 'Goliath' D819 with mixed conflats & vans on Hestherley by Mick Hollyoake, on Flickr

'Goliath' was sunk in the Dardanelles in 1915 by Turkish warships and my great, great uncle Alfred Lucas was one of 570 who perished out of a crew of 750

Class 35s double head a van train thrrough Heatherley by Mick Hollyoake, on Flickr

Well that's taken me back to me schooldays, monsewer 

Quote from: Bob Tidbury on November 26, 2025, 08:27:03 AMI am listening to my favourite singer you all know who that is .
But later on I will be watching and listening to the budget
Bob

@Bob Tidbury Sorry, Bob, but I had to remove the political comments as they break forum rules

'Printemps' also means 'springtime' in French

Très bon; très, très bon.

Merci

John

Well, I suspect that our very own John @Trainfish is settling into The Australian Pink Floyd Show about now - probably with a suitable beverage or two to hand. Let's have a taster of what's in store for him...



Great stuff eh...

Tim

And another encore...

Excellent! I have really enjoyed this adventure. Great pictures and narrative. Thanks for posting!