Plus ça change...

Started by railsquid, January 25, 2016, 03:51:49 PM

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railsquid

Sirs,

Whilst perusing the February 1964 issue of Railway Modeller ("For the average enthusiast"), upon closer examination of the letters page I was tickled to see this contribution from Mr. M Hull of Kidlington, from which I surmise that our relationship with modellers of the larger scale (apportioned the appellation "'Orribly Oversized" by some wags) has barely progressed over the previous half-century.

R. SQUID,
Tokyo.


joe cassidy

Are you sure it's a real letter ?

"Mr. Westmuckett" sounds very pythonesque ?

Best regards,


Joe

Yet_Another

Tony

'...things are not done by those who sit down to count the cost of every thought and act.' - Sir Daniel Gooch of IKB

joe cassidy

I wonder how much they charge for N gauge structures ?

Best regards,


Joe

MikeDunn

Google the cost of the Wimbledon roof & divide appropriately  :P

Pengi

'I think we have better grounds for a grouse than most'  - does he mean the Cairngorm National Park  :P
Just one Pendolino, give it to me, a beautiful train, from Italy

Agrippa

Quote from: joe cassidy on January 25, 2016, 06:46:45 PM
"Mr. Westmuckett" sounds very pythonesque ?

Sounds like a pal of Col Sandy Volestrangler...............
Nothing is certain but death and taxes -Benjamin Franklin

Zogbert Splod

Gawd, there are some really strange names around aren't there!
"When in trouble, when in doubt, run (trains) in circles..." etc.
There, doesn't that feel better? 
Lovely!

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MikeDunn

Quote from: Zogbert Splod on January 26, 2016, 01:17:16 AM
Gawd, there are some really strange names around aren't there!
:laughabovepost: :laughabovepost: :laughabovepost: :laughabovepost:
Look who's talking  :D

Zogbert Splod

 :laughabovepost:  :laughabovepost:  :laughabovepost:  :laughabovepost:
Couldn't possibly be referring to me, could he?  :D
"When in trouble, when in doubt, run (trains) in circles..." etc.
There, doesn't that feel better? 
Lovely!

Planning thread:
http://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?topic=25873.0

My website: Zog Trains

Run what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law
I may appear to be listening to you, but inside my head, I'm playing with my trains.

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