Just for a laugh

[Rob R]

 

[Dan Randall]

Q: How many Folk Singers does it take to change a lightbulb?

A: Four - One to change the bulb and three to sing about how good the old lightbulb was…


Regards

Dan

 

[steve1]

steve

 

[Osgood]

How many psychologists does it take to change a light bulb?

One, but the light bulb has to want to change.



Now hang on - don't blame me, it was @Rob R who started it.....

 

[jcm@gwr]

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

A mural on the wall at Holbeck on the way into Leeds...

 

[Kylestrome]

Somethings in this country do make you feel like we live in the stone age ! but why do we still change the clocks ?


Col.

I haven't changed any of my clocks. After all, they're all still working so why would I need to?

 

[Big Train James]

A mural on the wall at Holbeck on the way into Leeds...

Is that a Banksy?

 

[RichardG]

A bone china plate which I received yesterday, a gift.

The underside is marked Made in England, but no manufacturer or artist are named. I rather like the awning over the cab, perhaps a sort of sun deck for the crew?

 

[timbowales]

The image looks like one of those AI-generated ones

 

[Osgood]

The rack between the rails is missing

 

[Brian McKenzie]

. . . . the awning over the cab, perhaps a sort of sun deck for the crew?

No, sadly protection from drones

 

[RichardG]

The rack between the rails is missing

I think this is correct not an oversight. The axle between the driven wheels (if fitted) is barely clear of the underside of the boiler, so a pinion would need a huge recess in the underneath of the boiler.

Conversely the leading wheels have no axle and aren't very round, so perhaps they are a sort of brake but gripping the running rails not a central braking rail.

 

[simond]

Many years ago, I worked for a while in Turkey. Home one weekend, we went to my younger niece‘s Christening. Her brother & sister are a few years older, maybe at that time four and six. I presented each of them with a 1 million Turkish Lira note - this at a time when 2 million lire would just about buy you a beer.

They counted the zeros, several times, becoming more & more excited as they realised that, yes, these really were real one million lire notes. They went running to their dad, “Daddy! Daddy, look what Uncle Simon gave us!”. “Oh, how generous of Uncle Simon, though, perhaps not as generous as you may think”. Always the diplomat!

Anyway, one should never look a gift horse (iron or otherwise) in the mouth. It was a generous gift, if not as generous as the donor perhaps thought…

 

[simond]

so a pinion would need a huge recess in the underneath of the boiler.

It never stopped TriAng!

 

[RichardG]

It was a generous gift, if not as generous as the donor perhaps thought…

Marion bought it for me because it has a train on it. I can use it for the biscuits whenever train buffs come round to discuss the current project or play trains. Really, it is ideal.

 

[jcm@gwr]

 

[NHY 581]

 

[NHY 581]

 

[James]