Old & Nostalgic

[port perran]

Not been very well today (Man Flu!) so been feeling a bit melancholic.
Is it just old age that makes me feel nostalgic ?
Nothing seems to stand out in the world since the mid 80s to me !
For example :
I can't think of a modern guitaris to rate alongside Clapton/Hendrix/Gallagher (that's Rory)/Townsend etc.
Same with drummers/vocalists and bassists !
Cricketer's used to have great personalities on the field : Botham/Edrich/Close/Sobers etc
Same for footballers : Marsh/Best/Charlton etc
Gone are the days when you could tell a football team from its strip.
And....I could list the names of all 92 football grounds.
Rugby League was played in the North and Union in the South.
Trains & Locos too had their personalities and my local station would see Halls/Granges/Castles/Manors/Counties/Panniers/Moguls/Praries/Standards (of all sorts) and a mixture of new hydraulics and DMUs.
You could tell a car by it's shape from 200 yards.
People smiled at you in the street and passed the time of day.
Opening an account at the bank (aged 17) you met the Manager (not someone who can only act on what the computer tells them).
Shops sold a single thing : Tobacconist/Stationers/Butchers/Greengrocers/Florists etc
And so on.............
Ah well, I'm just getting old.
Back to the model railway I think to restore some sanity !
Ramble over !

[Sprintex]

Oh dear, what have you started? 

Agree with some of that, can't comment on the whole music thing as never been into music in a big way, and as far as I'm concerned sportsmen never have had personalities 

Concerning 'people smiled at you in the street and passed the time of day', everyone is too shallow and self-obsessed to even consider that other people exist now, everything is judged on how much money you have and what labels are on your clothes, and everything is "me me me" with no concern for others. It's only getting worse too, the general consensus is that the human race has already peaked and is now getting dumber as we rely more on technology and less on ingenuity 


Paul

[Agrippa]

Those were the days when people dealing with the public
would call you sir or madam instead of mate or pal. 

A few things have not changed like GPs' receptionists
who are invariably less than helpful and Post Office queues
where somebody is gossiping with the  counter clerk about
someones' wife. husband or budgie.

Despite all their so called "Mission statements" printed in every
language except Klingon many local authority employees are often
less than helpful or downright stupid.

When my Dad died on Christmas Day 2011 I went to
the registrar's office on the 27th  and was asked if I had
made an appointment, I replied that I did'nt know he was
going to die leading to a frosty look from the minion
who was  dealing with me.

Some things I don't miss

Max Bygraves
Smoking in eating places
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Elvis movies
Vesta curries.......

[OwL]

And that is the beauty of model railways and modelling in General.
You can recreate the bygone era's in which ever scale you choose and bring back all of those fond locations, years gone by, memories and ways of life long since changed in model form.

The past may be gone, but not forgotten.

All the best
OwL

[port perran]

Well said, Owl.

[kesdrive]

Well said Owl.
As the Max Bygraves song went: 'Fings 'aint wot they used to be'!
We still have our memories that is one of the reasons we model the era's we do.

[port perran]

I notice that you are in Valetta,Owl.
Just finished watching "The Battle for Malta " on television.
What brave and inspirational people !
We visited Malta (and Gozo) 2 years ago and had a wonderful time. Such Friendly people.
A fabulous holiday.
Shame I didn't see your layout!

[scotsoft]

As the Max Bygraves song went: 'Fings 'aint wot they used to be'!

He also did "Gillygillyossenfefferkatsanelybogen by the seeeea" 

[kesdrive]

He also did "Gillygillyossenfefferkatsanelybogen by the seeeea" 
[/quote]
Is that continental 'N' gauge?

[port perran]

Sounds a bit like Welsh 'N' Gauge to me.

Llanfair??ogogoch !!

[Sprintex]

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (typed without Googling it) 


Paul

[port perran]

I'm Impressed !!

[scotsoft]

Be more impressed with the station sign 

[OwL]

I notice that you are in Valetta,Owl.
Just finished watching "The Battle for Malta " on television.
What brave and inspirational people !
We visited Malta (and Gozo) 2 years ago and had a wonderful time. Such Friendly people.
A fabulous holiday.
Shame I didn't see your layout!

People of Malta were very brave during the 2nd world war. They endured a blitz on par with London, and at one point in 1941 was the most heavily bombed area on planet Earth with both the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica (Italian Airforce) taking turns to bomb Malta day and night from bases in Sicily only 60 miles away.
Maltese people's friendly nature and welcome is notorious world wide

[Sprintex]

What about the longest place name in the world then?

Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

Think that's right 

Again typed from memory. Trouble is, ask to remember anything IMPORTANT and it's gone in ten minutes!! 


Paul