Broithe

The Damned released an LP called Strawberries. The cover had a "scratch'n'sniff" facility - the released odour was described by the reviewer in NME, with 100% accuracy, as being like "a toddler had thrown up a whole packet of Opal Fruits".

'Personal' buildings can be a very attractive proposition. I did a layout for a housebound chap years ago and the Scenecraft bungalow was remarkably similar to his own place - so we attached a car port to make it more obvious and we also established a rule that he was required to put the bins out on the layout on the appropriate days.

He's actually been around for a while, but it was only today that I realised I hadn't seen him mentioned on here. I was distracted by thoughts of Zsa Zsa Gabor.

Indeed, quality items, without a doubt. On an intercultural note, I suspect, though I could be wrong, that Gabor is his 'family name' - it is standard to present your name in the "family name, given name" order in the Hungarian world. But, of course, he may have reversed the order to 'fit in', much as some of us do over pronunciations when dealing with the natives on the Big Island.

He hasn't signed in on here in nearly two years, I think.

I haven't noticed this place being mentioned before, but maybe it has. https://www.gmodelscene.com/ Might be of interest to some.

I see that Google maps has some excellent close-up pictures via Street View (or, River View, perhaps?), should anybody be tempted to model the viaduct. https://www.google.com/maps/@53.2685165,-8.0402137,3a,72.2y,132.46h,94.58t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sk-T_DN_zJuA8-wnf2QF2lg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

I've just seen this - https://www.facebook.com/briggstransportart/posts/pfbid0NjbALejj1CCWhWjsv9BfzA99kMyVTrqaGy2mp4B8BcVY1ZdxUSnYoz77BowwkW1Ql "Earlier this week NI Railways and the greater railway community was shocked at the sudden passing of one of its longest serving and most enthusiastic employees and friends. Noel Playfair was a railwayman to his very core, not only in his day job as a driver but for many years the stalwart of preserved steam on the mainline in these parts. A pleasant individual who had a greeting for everyone he met and a dedicated family man he will be sorely missed. I had the privilege to produce this painting for him just over 2 years ago, which depicts Noel as a junior porter removing the tail lamp from a recently arrived railcar at his home station of Carrickfergus where his railway career began. During the following decades he would drive every loco and railcar type in use here and amongst his duties he would drive the late Queen and Prince Philip on their visits. His place in railway history on this island is assured and he will be sorely missed by friends and colleagues alike."

Not everything will arrive, I suspect, there are reports of many parcels being "inspected by volunteer workers" - four-legged volunteers of the rat and fox persuasion - as so much is having to be stored in insecure and outdoor locations...

My rule 'at work' was "Never ask a question that you don't already know the answer to".

I understand that they will prioritise parcels over letters. It may be due to the volume that they create when they start to stack up...

An interesting little scene for anybody doing Southern Region stuff.

I project I inherited had a welded pedestal, one of the few parts that never gave much trouble - until we started to make them at a South African subsidiary - suddenly the circuit breakers there wouldn't fit into the pedestal - everything was checked and was clearly 'to the drawing', but investigations revealed that the actual original pedestals had a bend of 30 degrees, where the drawing showed one of 60 degrees. I went to see the chap who made them in our factory and asked him why he made them like he did - "I knew it was wrong, but nobody would listen, so I just gave up and made them right. Inspection never noticed, anyway."

We do need to resurrect the Gorey Detail newspaper. https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000117209

Ceasing to exist at the end of this month. https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/0113/1346615-parcel-motel-closure/

Red cloth and beads - essential bartering goods for entering tribal areas.