Anyway I'm sharing a room with 3 gorgeous women in their nineties. What's not to like?

Get well soon, George!

I slipped one in before the ambulance carted me away 

In hospital your next VB will probably be virtuous broccoli. That will make you strong enough to carry a slab of VB again, George!

Get well soon.

Bob G

I presume "VB" is Victoria Bitter, not Visual Basic or Victoria Beckham?    (you can tell I googled it!)

Dangerous stuff that VB.

Hope you soon start to improve.

Cheers
Martin

Yeah, well I'm in a public hospital so hopefully won't have to pay for it, cos it looks like I'll be here a while.

George (Bealman) is currently in hospital with a fractured vertebra he blames on picking up a rack of VB. Said hospital wanted to send him home yesterday with some painkillers but it's obviously far worse than they think as the poor chap is almost passing out with the pain.
He's now in a 'proper' ward so, hopefully, will be having an X ray and a consultation with someone who knows what they're talking about*
I thought our NHS was bad at times but the same seems to apply down under

*Just my hope, rather than me knowing what's going on

There's a Youtube channel called 'Little Wicket Railway' which has a video about the Scalextric sale. And other ones about financial matters regarding our hobby. My impression is the chap's analysis is fairly accurate.

Worth a look for anyone interested in this sort of thing.

All good wishes.

John

Quote from: ntpntpntp on March 05, 2026, 08:40:45 PM

Quote from: middlefour on March 05, 2026, 11:32:44 AM... TT range...  talking to the owner of the model shop I use its not selling anything like what Hornby hoped for.

Continually selling out of TT:120 the more popular stock doesn't seem like poor sales to me   This sounds like the old line from disgruntled shops who weren't included as stockists when it was all online sales.

Conversely, TT120 A3s and A4s have been selling at under £100 and some of the coaching stock is discounted by over 40% as are HSTs, certain sets have been similarly discounted, none of that is indicative of demand outstripping supply across the whole range, it is predicated by either sacrificing margin to push sales, supply exceeding demand or possibly a bit of both.

I think the reality is that TT120 is encountering economic "headwinds" just like any other scale.

Roy