The Olde Engli***ea Shoppe.2005

[Anonymous]

It's very summery everywhere.
Let's have a pictorial representation of Summer 2005.
Post your favourite pictorial memories of the summer so far.(there is more to life than trains,so anything goes! )If you can't post photos,send one to my e-mail address and I'll do it.
Jack, i want to see the Triumph.
I'll begin with Emily's favourite shiny thing !

[vsmith]

Oy Mate! Give us a pint o' Guinness and a packet of crisps!

Beleive it or not I dont think I have anything to show! all the pics I've taken have been of other people doing uninteresting things. Oh Well.

[Anonymous]

Oh dear Vic.
Is that the best you can do.Don't fall for the Hollywood cockney.

[vsmith]

Sorry all my English English comes from either Monty Python, Benny Hill, or Alec Guiness, none of that Masterpiece Theater stuffy stuff. I did manage to learn some new choice Engli***idbits from a couple of Guy Ritchie films but I just might know f*ckle![:0]

OK how bout these pics..[;)]





Running my trains at the Queen Mary Show and getting positve feedback from fellow model railroaders. It was a big event for me because the guys at MLS finally managed to get me out from under my rock and come out of self imposed Model Railroad hiding and back into actively participating in a public group railroad event, which is something I have beeen loathe to do for many years after geting burned out and discouraged by the bad attitudes I encountered back in my HOn30 days. [8D]

[Anonymous]

OK, Troy...this business recently opened in Kingsville, Texas. I love the place, let me see what you think of its menu et all...

http://www.theoldeenglish.com/

Also, I have started a Blog at this address...

http://captthreadsters.blogspot.com/

I will post Railroad things from time to time there...especially for pics.



Here is a pic of my Daughter, Micaela Rae Carrales (aka "The Boo"), helping her father with this trains.

I have taken to warm tea, my favorite is mango tea but I also like the English Afternoon tea.

[Anonymous]

That's more like it .
If it's any consolation Vic,this weekend is the International Festival of Model Tramways at Kew Gardens in London.
I'll wander up there with my Dad and have a good look around.
This is the first year that I will (mentally ) judge my models with what is being offered for inspection.
If the standard is low enough,I may venture into displaying some.
Unfortunately I really DO know the standard.English modellers don't do the political correctness bit..If it's not absolutely perfect,please sit in the corner and have a nice cup of tea [B)]

[Anonymous]

Hurricane Emily only exists in Emily's bedroom,according to Elliot and Oscar.
( I'll second that ! )
Captain.I am glad to make the aquaintance of Micaela Rae Carrales.
Daughters are a bit scary.
They can play on your emotions to get what they want..
Boys are easy to raise.
"is she pretty AND rich?"

(exactly how big is her father?)

[powlee]

QUOTE:
If it's any consolation Vic,this weekend is the International Festival of Model Tramways at Kew Gardens in London.

Troy
I had hoped to get to the museum but I volunteered to work this weekend a few weeks ago. If I finish early enough on Saturday, might make it for the last couple of hours.
Incidently, I lived a few doors from the museum until I got married. It was a working Pumping Station then. Have you seen the tramway layout that is modelled around Kew?

All the best
Ian P

[vsmith]

QUOTE: Originally posted by Capt Carrales

OK, Troy...this business recently opened in Kingsville, Texas. I love the place, let me see what you think of its menu et all...

http://www.theoldeenglish.com/

Cappy, That place is Lousy! It doesnt have Mushy Peas on the menu![:p]

[Tom The Brat]

Here's the Preacher's 4-year-old train nut. Trinity brings her daddy to see the trains now and then.

[ttrigg]

Here are a few shots from the San Diego County Fair. (Being involved with 4-H, we spend many many hours [DAYS} at the fair.

GRR provided by Anderson's Nursery






A little HOT music



A nice little water feature



Other than that you can look at the link below and floow the progress of construction on the Rosebud Falls GRR.

[Anonymous]

Torby
THEcar with the tree on , i have one like it , got it at ECLSTS i think it was last year, this year I got the western maryland RS-3, OPEN HOPPER CAR AND A CABOOSE,
what a deal it was .all 3 for $200.00 . Ben

[tangerine-jack]

Be careful what you wish for Troy! Here are some shots of my 71 Triumph Tiger TR6R, built Meridan, England, April 1971. I am the second owner of the bike. It languished in storage for 15 years before I got it. Here are some before and after shots. Odd that Troy would have the Harley in England and I would have the Trumpet in the US.

Here it is on the day I found it. The deal was $800 and clean out the old lady's garage. Good thing, too or I'd never have found all the parts.



Light of day at last!


After a little spit and polish




out with some friends


Now, how about a spot of tea and a quick jaunt to the country?


[oX)]

[Anonymous]

QUOTE:
A little HOT music

By the way, the one with the violin is me!!!

[Anonymous]

A lot of work has gone into the Triumph Jack.
Are they trophies in front in one picture?
Anyway.Some more bombs have gone off in London so I'm going to check that my nearest and dearest survived.Just like old times!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by troybetts

A lot of work has gone into the Triumph Jack.
Are they trophies in front in one picture?
Anyway.Some more bombs have gone off in London so I'm going to check that my nearest and dearest survived.Just like old times!

God Bless you and yours Troy. Enough is enough! Those radical fundamentalists need to be rounded up and dealt with...political correctness be ***ed! I think it is time to implement the "007 Order," Licence to kill!

I wish I could be more restrained in my distain of these murderers, but the innocent are being killed. No soldiers, British or American, are targeting and killing Civilians in this manner. Any such arguments that try to justify the actions of these KILLERS are bunk...the bombers of 9/11 and of London in these trying times are MURDERERS and must be treated as such...

...and so ends my rant!!

God Bless America and God Bless The United Kindom!

[tangerine-jack]

Sad truth is that over 95% of suicide bombings are done for secular reasons- politics. It was the Tamil Tigers, a Marxist group, that invented the suicide bomb vest, not radical fundamentalist Muslims. I sent Troy a slide show off forum that showed that we are indeed winning, and that they are in fact the bad guys. Disgusting and obscene, that's what these latest London bombings are. At least the Japanese had the decency to attack military targets. Enough said on that.

Yes, Troy, those are in fact a few of the many trophies the Old English Gent has won. I don't show the bike for the sake of competition, I just like to park it in the show area so I can be sure nobody tampers with it. At the end of the day, I grab the trophy and head home. I have 7 first place and one second (I was beat out by a '69 Bonnie so that's OK), plus a best in "metric" class. I figure each trophy makes the price of the bike go up[:D] Not bad for a daily rider.

Capt- I didn't know you were musicaly inclined![^]





[oX)]

[Anonymous]

If they shut down the underground system on Sunday when I'm trying to get to my model tram exhibition it will be a mini one-man retribution war!
I had to laugh today when my apprentice said "I wonder if it is the same people that carried out the bomb attacks?"
I tried to explain that it was unlikely that a suicide bomber could have more than one successful mission.(unless they are very good at sticking themselves back together [:D]

[Anonymous]

I like the idea that there are alot of pics on this thread!

[Anonymous]

Captain,
I'm off to Kew Gardens in London tomorrow (not Sunday after all )
I'll take my camera and get lots of pictures of large scale trams and trains.
And pictures of London buses still in one piece.(hopefully the one I'm on [:D] )

As an aside,the London police cornered a bomber today and stuck five bullets in him.
My sort of justice.

[tangerine-jack]

Only five? Slackers.


[oX)]

[Rastun]

I'll have to say with the nice weather that seems to be everywhere, I've been rather busy myself with all kinds of things except trains.

My wife has really wanted a small gazebo and finally decided on where she would like it placed. So that resulted in a fair bit of work between removing the layer of weeds and grass that I was using as ground cover in that area, pouring a few footers for it to sit on, putting down some weed barrier then a little sand, just about 1 cubic yard,and just a couple hundred cement blocks.[|)]


Since then the Alpacas I have decided they really want to get shaved cause it's too hot, and they need to once a year anyway. So that has caused me to make a table for that since I can only stand to be working on my knees for so long at a time.[xx(]

Being summer it's also the time of year to get hay in for the year and I've got one ton so far only 4 more to go and then I'm set [:0]

Other than that I've been trying to catch my breath [:D]

Take care all,
Jack

[powlee]

QUOTE:
Since then the Alpacas I have decided they really want to get shaved cause it's too hot, and they need to once a year anyway. So that has caused me to make a table for that since I can only stand to be working on my knees for so long at a time.[xx(]

Hey Jack
Gazebo looks great. But I was intrigued by the Alpacas. Do you have many? I did not know much about them, just had to read up on the web about them. Apparently only introduced into the US 20years ago.

All the best
Ian

[Anonymous]

I wondered about this as well Ian and Jack.

I read this link and am now the Betts family expert on Llama type fluffy things.[^]
http://www.ctalpacas.com/facts.htm
Could'nt find anywhere that mentioned what they taste like though.

Jack.I love the garden addition.Does the wife sit in the shade and point the the bits she wants you to work on?

[cheese3]

My summer has been Fire Department and trains. The first set of train pics is from when I went to the B&O RR museum. The fire pics are from a training we had and the last picture is from the new HO layout I am building.


WM Alco RS3


Garden RR at the Museum



Me on the train ride at the museum


group shot of the crew I am in the upper row second from the right


The barn we used in training, There was a house too but i have no pictures of it on the net


The yard on the new layout

[Anonymous]

let's get them all up there

[Rastun]

Ian and Troy,

We have 4 of the fuzzy Llama type animals. Definately something different to see.
So here are some pictures;

An unshaved alpaca


A shaved alpaca


and shaved mom and baby


Troy, you would have to look into southamerican websites on them to possible hear about what they taste like. [;)]

Later,
Jack