Another pointless thread

The only thing I've had explode recently was a bottle of beer.

It was in the cupboard last summe on a particularly hot day when the bottle bottom blew off.

There was beer everywhere, it took some time to get it cleaned up, I couldn't even lick it up due to the broken glass!

Can't remember the brewery involved, only that it was a gift and well within the drink-by date..

..no chance of it happening at the moment, the cupboard only has a couple of botles in..

HG

I had a toaster explode a year or two back. Well, not so much explode as go bang, with a bright red flash and a puff of smoke. Mind you, the two pieces of bread in it were toasted to perfection, for a change.

I also have a copy of a story about an exploding Christmas pudding that someone posted to the old Guardian forum years ago, if anyone would like to read that? And I'm allowed to post it...

Strange dream last night. I went out for a walk in the countryside with camera. When I got home there was no camera, I'd lost it and hadn't realised at the time. K3 and 16-85mm (yes, that specific) gone. Trying to work out what to do woke me up. Do these things have meanings? Is it an omen? Should I take the K3 out more - or less? Is a plague of cameras on the way?

Steve

I can offer a solution to you worrying about this. 1. Gather together all photographic equipment (yes all) place in very large wooden crate and despatch to a Box Number that I will provide. 2.
This will prevent all "strange dreams". I will know that I have done a good thing and I will sleep very well.

or he could just take more water with "it"

NOOOOOOOO!!! EVIL!!!

Steve

What to do? No road left to kick a can down...

Tho' the way be long, let your heart be strong, Keep right on round the bend.

And please drink the contents of the can before kicking it. As established above, beer can be very messy if it explodes.

Steve

You should see a Pigeon after a Sparrow Hawk strike, feathers everywhere

When it snowed recently I went into the attic, looking for something else adn found my old Hornby Dublo railway.

Needless tosay I dug it all out and have had many recent hours lost cleaning and playing...

A friend of mine did the same a few years ago. You must be the same age as him Do you watch 'Hornby, A Model World' on Yesterday channel? On UKTVPlay if you've missed it. It's great. They are clearly making things for grown-up boys of a certain age, not so much young kids.

I never had an electric train set but the clockwork one (Hornby O-guage) comes down from the loft every 20 years or so. The grandchildren loved playing with it last time it emerged.

Steve

I watch the occasional episode and intend catching up over t'nit.

It's reminded me how much I enjoy tinkering with things, the right hand loco in the picture is actualy a 2 rail model.

Having said that it's now converted to run on 3 rails, most toy train buffs will think that's a complewte waste, but it means I only need one track laying ot!

Here his mine

I quote from last month's "Heritage Railway" magazine - page 72 ....

Hornby O gauge took the first two top slots in a Vectis model trains sale on January 20th led at £950 by a clockwork goods set comprising an 0-4-0 with Southern lettering and No E509 on the tender, accompanied by an open SR wagon and two-rail track. In second place was a three-rail electric LMS Princess Royal pacific No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth (£800).

Are you boys sure you ought to be playing with these things?

By heck . My clockwork stuff is about 60 years old and includes three 0-4-0 locos plus wagons and lots of track, level crossing, points etc. Most of it is in the original boxes, too. I've been assuming £50 for the whole lot 'cos clockwork is dead! Time to educate the grandchildren on being careful with grandad's toys...

Steve