The cost of our hobby!!!!

Eaglecliff said:
...Binky Huckaback...Dictator (previously King) J. Peasemould Gruntfuttock... Julian and Sandy... Lotus Blossom... Chou N. Ginsberg... Rambling Syd Rumpo... Kenneth Horne. (Silly name, that...)
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I remember "Round the Horne"!

When it comes to the cost of our hobby, I often reflect that, if I had known "then" what I know now, I might have had a different purchasing strategy. I'm hooked on the US theme but, the things I drool over now (and cannot justify the financial outlay), would have been within my reach if I hadn't gone for bulk cheaper end things. But I enjoy what I've got - even if the locos are like sacrificial lambs on the tight curves of my trailer layout!
 
Zerogee said:
So was I, at the time.... but it doesn't stop me enjoying the recordings! ;)

Way, way funnier than much of what passes for "comedy" these days......

Jon.
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Aha Round the Horn, got it - used to listen to that on Steam Radio very funny as you say. Just forgot the detail. Plus of course the goons and tellygoons were complete favourites. My particular one being the last tram telegoon show. Link below.


Not at all sure what this all has to do with the cost of our hobby but what a fun thread drift!
 
I remember the Telegoons and Round the Horne well. Though the talk of "bona palones", and other references made by Sandy and Julian went right over this then 8/9 year old's head at the time. Don't forget the Navy Lark. Didn't get Jimmy Clitheroe though. They were all in the same Sunday time slot as I remember.

OK, serious linked name drop time - When I was born, in 1956, my parents (and I) lived in a flat in Hyde Park Gardens. The occupier of the flat above was a certain Spike Milligan. He held script read throughs/rehearsals for the Goon show, with the rest of the esteemed cast in that flat on a regular basis. Or so my parents insisted in telling me. This poor infant was thus subliminally subjected to the sounds filtering through the ceiling of mind altering mirth for a period of 2 years till we moved. It has had a lasting beneficial effect. Neehhahhh, I've fallen in the water ! Max

P.S The person who lived in the, basement flat, below us was noted critic and writer Kenneth Tynan - He apparently used to enjoy long conversations with our Siamese cat Thaisan. Note - My father had a wicked sense of humour, so I'll just have to take this one as it comes. Thread drifted enough now ?
 
I started out with G scale after my wife saw the train layout at out local botanical garden. We already had a New Bright train set that was placed under the tree at Christmas. My wife bought it. I went on line and discovered that there was an abundance of New Bright rolling stock at rock bottom prices. I then discovered the Scienctific engines that had a stout structure. New Bright cars can be bashed and turned into a quite convincing models. Adapting knuckle couplers to their trucks is quite simple. I convert 2-6 trucks nightly as I sit in my lounge chair in the garage watching British comedies or mysteries. Double heading two Scienctific engines allows for a freight of 20 or so cars. Quite enough for shunting. Since I was a R/C airplane builder I had many of the proper tools and the know how in model bashing. The only thing that I didn't cut back on was the track. The main line is LGB R3 track and turnouts. The classification yard is LGB R1. Short lines and spurs are plastic track painted with a UV protectant black paint. My Scienctific bashed engine that I converted to a two motor 4-4-0 engine won't run on R1 track but does fine on R3. The idea is to generate a freight to be picked up and moved to the other end of the back yard/garden and drop off cars on a siding. If these engine burn out their motors I have only to search the net for a cheap replacement. I would not be content with buying ready made/finished engine and cars.
Also I find that keeping red cedar seedlings cut back make for a wonderful tree lined right-of-way. Boxwood plants can be kept cut back to look like trees also. This blends in well with my gardening passion and my love of trains.
Cheers everyone,
tgood
 
maxi-model said:
I remember the Telegoons and Round the Horne well. Though the talk of "bona palones", and other references made by Sandy and Julian went right over this then 8/9 year old's head at the time. Don't forget the Navy Lark. Didn't get Jimmy Clitheroe though. They were all in the same Sunday time slot as I remember.

OK, serious linked name drop time - When I was born, in 1956, my parents (and I) lived in a flat in Hyde Park Gardens. The occupier of the flat above was a certain Spike Milligan. He held script read throughs/rehearsals for the Goon show, with the rest of the esteemed cast in that flat on a regular basis. Or so my parents insisted in telling me. This poor infant was thus subliminally subjected to the sounds filtering through the ceiling of mind altering mirth for a period of 2 years till we moved. It has had a lasting beneficial effect. Neehhahhh, I've fallen in the water ! Max

P.S The person who lived in the, basement flat, below us was noted critic and writer Kenneth Tynan - He apparently used to enjoy long conversations with our Siamese cat Thaisan. Note - My father had a wicked sense of humour, so I'll just have to take this one as it comes. Thread drifted enough now ?
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I once had a secretary who had supplied the Goons with shorthand writers at their scriptwriting sessions, sometimes doing it herself...
 
Just learned that TOY train collectors are at the bottom of the G scale food chain. That's great!!! Now I have nowhere to go but UP!
TOY train and modelers, to me, represent the true enthusiasts of the hobby. To buy ready made or finished trains is like someone buying someone's finished hot rod or restored classic auto. And calling it a hobby. OH well to each his own.
Cheers,
tgood
 
as i see it, there are three types of G-scalers: players, tinkerers and cheque-book modellers.
but the last group got smaller and smaller during the last two decades, while the first two groups are less dependant on the economic situation of the world.

judging by the patch, you are/were some kind of firefighter?

i just changed to this one: (kue = ex)


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korm kormsen said:
as i see it, there are three types of G-scalers: players, tinkerers and cheque-book modellers.
but the last group got smaller and smaller during the last two decades, while the first two groups are less dependant on the economic situation of the world.

judging by the patch, you are/were some kind of firefighter?

i just changed to this one: (kue = ex)


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Yes 29+ years as a career firefighter. Omaha Nebraska. Retiring in 2007 as the senior Haz-Mat Captain on Heavy Rescue One. Earlier I spent 12 years as a Volunteer Fire fighter. Wife said "if you love firefighting so much why not get paid for it." So I did. Sprinkled in there somewhere I spent 14 years as a paramedic and paramedic supervisor. Loved living on the edge.
And the Beast still lives and the fight goes on and on and on.
tgood
Also spent 4 yrs in the USAF Combat Intelligence serving in Covert Ops. Flying missions that were never planned in countries that weren't there in airplanes that weren't invented yet. You get the picture.
 
tgood said:
Omaha Nebraska.
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Just up I-29 from Omaha. Serves a mighty fine breakfast, especially when you've just got off the Zephyr at 5 in the morning. Why is it, that trains scheduled to arrive at 0500, always arrive on time, when there is hardly anything open?
 
tgood said:
To buy ready made or finished trains is like someone buying someone's finished hot rod or restored classic auto. And calling it a hobby. OH well to each his own.
Cheers,
tgood
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To me modellers are more than building (from kit or scratch) locos and stock, there are those of us that enjoy building the layout (were other s have somebody do it for them) whether a real or an imaginary location, and then there are those that like to run trains some even run to time tables. Our hobby is truly multi faceted, scale, gauge, activity, true to life.
Back to the hot rod, buying the finished hot rod, but then maintaining it showing it and entering competitions is their side of the their hobby, not everybody is good with their hands - each to there own - and enjoy what you do :)
 
Gavin Sowry said:
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Just up I-29 from Omaha. Serves a mighty fine breakfast, especially when you've just got off the Zephyr at 5 in the morning. Why is it, that trains scheduled to arrive at 0500, always arrive on time, when there is hardly anything open?
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Because Omaha is in mid America and thus the wee hours of train arrivals. Not much can be done except the "Great Nebraska Earthquake" turning Omaha and Lincoln into gulf shore property.
Yes----There is a chance of it happening in the next 10,000yrears.
 
tgood said:
Because Omaha is in mid America and thus the wee hours of train arrivals. Not much can be done except the "Great Nebraska Earthquake" turning Omaha and Lincoln into gulf shore property.
Yes----There is a chance of it happening in the next 10,000yrears.
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Go the Huskers! :cool:

I got kin, as you fellows would say, up I-29 in South Sioux.

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