tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post5741631624539558967..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Degeekification time.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-68793455217905015022011-12-01T21:29:31.709+00:002011-12-01T21:29:31.709+00:00XX Zat is not a model railway Leggy- ZIS is a mode...XX Zat is not a model railway Leggy- ZIS is a model railway! XX<br /><br />Aye. It is rather excellent.<br /><br />I would reccomend it to any one suffering a visit to Hamburg.<br /><br />BUT(!!!) If you ARE a railway moddler, be prepared for a good 12 months depression afterwards.<br /><br />HOW the HEL do you beat THAT in your boxroom? :-))Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-41620349875612879822011-12-01T16:21:06.828+00:002011-12-01T16:21:06.828+00:00Leg Iron is nothing but an idle slacker, ladies an...Leg Iron is nothing but an idle slacker, ladies and gentlemen ;-)<br /><br />Zat is not a model railway Leggy- ZIS is a model railway!<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068260/Take-ride-worlds-longest-model-train-39-000ft-tracks-quarter-acre-took-500-000-hours-build.htmlRABnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-32150076723977640322011-12-01T15:48:11.766+00:002011-12-01T15:48:11.766+00:00Yes Conan that was the true joy of collecting the ...Yes Conan that was the true joy of collecting the cards, Gruesome. Horrible. Blood thirsty. Excellent for small chaps. The other great pull was the money. In each packet there was a faky American note of the usual denominations. It was easy to collect or swap towards a huge wad. Megalomania came free as a second level hit. <br />The chewing gum was pretty nasty to say the least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-9997977067785733902011-12-01T13:39:27.094+00:002011-12-01T13:39:27.094+00:00Na. They are like bindweed, you will be trying to ...Na. They are like bindweed, you will be trying to eradicate them for years if you do that.Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-44199578017679808232011-12-01T13:09:40.761+00:002011-12-01T13:09:40.761+00:00Tedioustantrums
I remember them, easpecially the ...Tedioustantrums<br /><br />I remember them, easpecially the guy falling off his horse and being impaled on an abatis...Evil little bastard that I was...<br /><br />Furor, the last figures I ever did were Ancient Chinese based on the terracotta army. Should I bury them in the garden...?Conan the Librarian™https://www.blogger.com/profile/01904339261121451779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-71773500351696454622011-12-01T12:43:25.794+00:002011-12-01T12:43:25.794+00:00Wouldn't it be nice if we could eradicate '...Wouldn't it be nice if we could eradicate 'geek' and 'nerd' from our language? What's wrong with good old fashioned 'anorak' or 'tosser'?Paul Garrardhttp://www.of-course-blog.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-50524303798611263652011-12-01T11:09:09.619+00:002011-12-01T11:09:09.619+00:00Appreciate your comment to joys of coupling LI. I&...Appreciate your comment to joys of coupling LI. I'm no baby snatcher.subrosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151702590329788260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-46414762643826668142011-12-01T01:41:59.654+00:002011-12-01T01:41:59.654+00:0001:34
oooh...there's a real socialist - he kn...01:34<br /><br />oooh...there's a <i>real</i> socialist - he knows how to take a24-hour 'tea-break' and what to do with it.<br /><br />oooh...we're coming along. we're coming along...a and c (generously upholstered coachwork)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-38991676482806366572011-12-01T01:34:11.236+00:002011-12-01T01:34:11.236+00:0000:49
ed don't smoke, but that's basicall...00:49<br /><br />ed don't smoke, but that's basically because 'e ain't goin' nowhere; the <i>new world timetable</i> have got him spinning like fuckin' chump on their turntable and you can't tell from one day to the next which line 'e's gonna take; we're just lucky our number came up today and 'e come out on the right track...or was that the left one? i get confused, i've been manning the picket-line down at <i>scott's</i> in mayfair, not a single fuckin' bottle of champers got past me.big bob the buffet-buffernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-26029643515481476742011-12-01T00:49:50.872+00:002011-12-01T00:49:50.872+00:0000:16
i think you're both really mean. and i...00:16<br /><br />i think you're both really mean. and i refuse to come out of my shed. so there.ed the economically evasive (non-smoking) enginenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-72633476498403316032011-12-01T00:16:59.354+00:002011-12-01T00:16:59.354+00:0023:30
well, well...seems they've really got t...23:30<br /><br />well, well...seems they've really got the goods on <i>you</i>, mr leg-iron.<br /><br />now, as it happens, i'm a collector of sorts, myself...mostly garbage, of course...at the moment i'm lumbered with a redundant political party which is stuck in a disused siding going nowhere...make that <i>two</i> actually...i bought them as an attractive combo-outfit, but it's all gone rather pear-shaped, mainly because technological progress has left it looking about as modern as a duckweed-infested canal...any ideas as to how or where i could best off-load the unwanted freight unit?dave does the locomotionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-10030486076117068012011-11-30T23:30:56.189+00:002011-11-30T23:30:56.189+00:00the joy of coupling - no hump shunting.the joy of coupling - no hump shunting.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-53342000993847103232011-11-30T23:22:04.118+00:002011-11-30T23:22:04.118+00:00Another issue is glue. Those metal models need sup...<i>Another issue is glue. Those metal models need superglue and I have pondered the day I might turn up in casualty with tiny brass signal levers stuck to my fingers.</i><br /><br />glu or no glue, it's not half as embarrassing as turning up in an anorak at accident and emergency with your nob irreversibly connected to the <i>gotthard tunnel</i>, hey leg-iron...?mr tgv train-slotter (a railway enthusiast)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-33778205101851479482011-11-30T22:57:48.032+00:002011-11-30T22:57:48.032+00:0022:43
hurry along, hurry along...or i'm afrai...22:43<br /><br />hurry along, hurry along...or i'm afraid that this combination might hit the buffers.thomas the *ank enginenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-62840140434747712892011-11-30T22:43:22.563+00:002011-11-30T22:43:22.563+00:00ohhhh no...we've left him behind, we've le...ohhhh no...we've left him behind, we've left him behind...a and cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-80511406345249843792011-11-30T22:41:22.831+00:002011-11-30T22:41:22.831+00:0022:14
hmmm...beware of undesirable accidents - yo...22:14<br /><br />hmmm...beware of undesirable accidents - you two young accessories must take on-board the fact that leg-iron is hardly in his prime thesedays...almost over-the-hill, if you follow my line of thinking...physical and age-related compatiblity has to be a serious consideration now, you know...the twat controllernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-17516939291767331782011-11-30T22:14:18.999+00:002011-11-30T22:14:18.999+00:0002:51
however, I know shoes aren't the same a...02:51<br /><br /><i>however, I know shoes aren't the same as your hand crafted rolling stock although hopefully you understand the similarities.</i><br /><br />yes, of course we do dear - if you slip into your favourite pair of heels, i daresay old leg-iron (furry fumbling fudgy fingers and all) will undoubtably get the irresistible urge to shunt you.the joy of coupling - a guide to senior train-mechanics by annie and clarabelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-49201634364843158702011-11-30T21:03:14.550+00:002011-11-30T21:03:14.550+00:00Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.....With me, I still coll...Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.....With me, I still collect cars in 1/43rd scale, but the ones I build are larger, like 1/8th scale FIAT grand prix racers from 1907.<br />With the bikes of course its still 1/1.Robert the Bikernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-38471904711313405592011-11-30T18:46:41.533+00:002011-11-30T18:46:41.533+00:00XX Conan the Librarian™ said...
I have an att...XX Conan the Librarian™ said...<br /><br /> I have an attic full of Landsknechts, Swiss pikemen and gothic knights myself... XX<br /><br />Aye. I have Samurai, and Napolionic. We both know what we mean. :-)<br /><br />But if I had not given out the money for lead and paint, it would have only gone on that horrible alchohol stuff....... Wait a minute....!Furor Teutonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13856575077967523322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-50615258144949191812011-11-30T16:03:03.757+00:002011-11-30T16:03:03.757+00:00When a man must be parted from his train set, we&#...When a man must be parted from his train set, we've reached a pretty pass.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-7865278621828306522011-11-30T15:50:55.893+00:002011-11-30T15:50:55.893+00:00I have a collection of American Civil War bubble g...I have a collection of American Civil War bubble gum cards which will be hitting ebay fairly soon. And guitars. They won't be going on ebay. I should but I may well get the urge to start playing again. Properly I mean. <br /><br />O got one eye cooked by laser last year. Works spankingly well. Soldering guitar bits can still be a problem but it always was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-13518426177609886402011-11-30T13:11:02.723+00:002011-11-30T13:11:02.723+00:00Not that I beleive I could afford all that lot, bu...Not that I beleive I could afford all that lot, but will you post the item number when it goes up so we can view it?<br /><br />If you're skint I'll still offer you some money for your old air rifle. You can't put them on ebay.<br /><br />(Just to join the theme, my collections are Spectrum games and Hardy Boys books.)Buckohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03169970711606515445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-91821827750462916262011-11-30T12:21:24.537+00:002011-11-30T12:21:24.537+00:00I think I feel lust....a strange thing in one of s...I think I feel lust....a strange thing in one of such advanced age, but there it is...any hints as to your ebay ID, or put a link on here?<br />Fellow geek (female) alert :PAlcantaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-50464232964036878512011-11-30T11:00:21.822+00:002011-11-30T11:00:21.822+00:00Contact lenses, glasses on top, magnifying glass a...Contact lenses, glasses on top, magnifying glass and lots of light.<br />Go E.M.gauge with proper track standards. You'll love it.George Spellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06566990991084867385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-19224432907683464452011-11-30T09:22:59.588+00:002011-11-30T09:22:59.588+00:00For me it's all those intricate repairs I used...For me it's all those intricate repairs I used to make to my wife's jewellery and other items, and reading. I now need glasses and sometimes a magnifying glass. But I haven't quite reached the stage where I've completely accepted it, so I waste loads of time trying to do something, failing, then having to go look for my glasses.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.com