Broithe

By my reckoning, that was the 20,000th post on this Forum!

If you like well-done documentaries, then any of Johnathan Meades' stuff is worth a look - https://www.youtube.com/user/MeadesShrine - I especially like Off Kilter..

There is another part of it on there, too. The whole programme was on RTÉ one night a few years ago and is all available on DVD now. Availability has definitely faltered in recent years - maybe austerity will drive the market again...? Next year, just invite the better behaved guests..

Probably best to come in disguise, then...

Some great period detail in here...

Bang on - there it is - http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20D/Durrow/slides/Durrow_20080422_002_CC_JA.html .

This is the most 'end-on' that I can find - http://flickriver-lb-1710691658.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/photos/kilmac/8009350952/ - it does look single..

Excellent!

This one's not bad. Practice on an old bit of track and you'll soon be OK.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUnhdLxxsw

Did you spot this highly instructional documentary on RTÉ a couple of years ago?

I've never managed to watch it through in one go. I can just do this one..

That's how high this would be if you modelled it on an 00 gauge layout...

That's why it's green...

Original Star Wars parody, I'ld love to see the whole film done like this..

I did cheat a bit. I'm supposed to be learning Czech, but I've let it go for a while now...

These can be had for eleven or twelve quid. They come with four, or sometimes eight, pins that will fit in the many holes in the top face, to hold objects of various shapes and sizes - much like a miniature WorkMate. The handle will unscrew so that the head could be mounted directly in a vice to give you both hands free. The pins are a loose fit in the holes and will disappear quickly if you're not careful. I arrange the pins and clamp a rubber tap-washer with them so that they don't fall out.

I picked up one of these cordless soldering irons for €8.99 - http://www.lidl-ni.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/SID-B734DA78-4191D5B0/lidl_ni_ie/hs.xsl/index_26485.htm - we had a super-expensive one where I used to work and it was dead handy for giving something a quick dab, especially if you were up a ladder. With three AAs in it you should get a good 30/45 minutes of use. One of the great benefits is not having the lead dragging about behind you. The cap is supposed to prevent any possibility of it being inadvertently turned on, but it doesn't clip on too tightly, so I modified mine to have a wire loop to make accidental cap removal impossible.

I think people should be careful piling drink into him - he might not be called 'loco' for nothing... Could all be coming back in a Garda bus...

Wait until there's enough cyclists in it, then whack 'em down with the back of a shovel and put a skim of tarmac on it...

I wonder how many people fall over that chain?

When they opened it up one morning, they found that one of the donkeys had stripped the Virgin Mary stark naked during the night. I don't recall that in Matthew, Mark, Luke or John.

So far, it seems that they've been at it for twenty years and have got to the the taxiing stage. They look like MR2s in the photos that I've seen. I always thought the MR3, with the tricycle undercarriage, was the best looking variant. I'm not sure there would be the same level of public interest in a Shackleton as there would be in a Spitfire, a Lancaster or a Vulcan, despite my own clear preference for it in this case. There was a really excellent video on YouTube, but it's gone 'private' lately, maybe it'll turn up again..

Is there a bibliography? I'm quite partial to the style.