Model Train Journal

The play yard remark Sarge made reminds me of a joke from those days Miss Prim asks the Juniors to tell her what good deeds they saw on the way to school that morning. Up goes Little Billy's hand immediately but Miss Prim knows what he's like and would prefer NOT to be enlightened by his usual scato...

Roger I'm going to have to sell her fairly soon to keep the home fires burning. Still and all, not until either someone offers me such a good deal (in cash) that I cannot refuse it or until there's no other option. A new one costs over ten grand nowadays, I'm not letting her go for less than a grand...

Got my gorgeous old Vulcan Classic 1500 running again. She's been sitting outside, uncovered, atop the septic tank as a lawn ornament for the last two years. Why? Because it had already been standing hard by the shore for two years prior to that so I reckoned it was a goner. Last time I tried, had a...

Dogs are the good guys of the animal kingdom. I was brought up by a dog, well, according to my mother she used to leave me on the lawn in summer on my blanket with Dad's boxer dog Sandy to guard me and whenever I crawled off the blanket, Sandy would put me back on it. So that probably explains why I...

Is it your birthday? You cagey old sod! Well to be on the safe side, Happy Birthday Sarge! How come I never know these b/days, is there a circular that goes around everybody except me?

Unbelievable! They outlaw chemical equipment here? Jesus, you should have seen my lab when I was a youngster! Those were the days when you could buy all your explosive ingredients at the ironmongers and nobody ever asked you why you wanted a gallon of concentrated nitric acid! There's an Arthur Rans...

Rufus, Glad to see you are almost back to normal. Seal it up,you'll have to open it.Leave it accesible and probably never need to open it. Were you speaking from experience?I do agree. That is sort of like throw that thing away and you'll need it next week. Save it and your heirs can throw it away....

Unfortunately these days things are a bit less predictable...now you crest the hill only to find a half-dozen white-tails standing in the middle of the road. They really need to raise the bag limits up here... Be safe... Healey Tell me about it! i live on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and those dee...

So over the years the IoM has changed it's purpose? I can't imagine riding on a motorcycle going that fast. :shock: Yes Roger, the IoM was almost like a pilgrimage for real enthusiasts, there are no real stands,, you have to find your spot and most of them are 'unsafe'. The IoM represents what most...

That was when motorcyclebracing really meant something John. The IoM was ruined by that big baby Kenny Roberts "I dont wanna die for my money". Okay so perhaps the IoM doesnt belong with the properly designed race circuits they use nowadays for the superbikes but that kind of racing is in ...

Belated Memorial Day salutations to you all. I can particularly relate to The Dirt's paen to country living because yesterday I was out collecting 'trees' from the roadside. People don't ever really look at what's around them. Do you have any idea how many varieties of grasses there are? I went out ...

You are welcome Murph! I had to restrain the missus from giving the pest a slamming that would have left mine looking feeble. It's a good bunch here around the campfire Hobos they may call us and they're right I cant imagine company any higher Than that in which I find myself tonight http://i1019.ph...

Okay fine, that's the way you want to play it, Sy? You're not covering yourself in glory here, you must know that, right? All things considered you've been trying - extremely trying - to act like a complete arsehole ever since you popped up again and for the most part no ones risen to the bait partl...

You were wrong to slag off Murph, Sy. There's nothing wrong with what he said, he's entitled to feel so angry that he used the most descriptive terms he could. What was done deserved that kind of anger. I drove cabs in and out of New York and often to Harlem and the projects. I've been mugged, held ...

Passengers will please refrain From flushing toilets while the train Is standing in the station, I love you and the way you fold the tissue oh my darling how I miss you roses red remind me dear, of you. While the train is in the station You must practice constipation You must stick quite strictly to...