Quote from: Steel Penguin on November 10, 2023, 09:59:37 AMnope just walk on in!   there is a full functional bar on site we have acess too as well you know   

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Quote from: The Rat on November 10, 2023, 10:49:58 AM

Quote from: Steel Penguin on November 10, 2023, 09:59:37 AMnope just walk on in!   there is a full functional bar on site we have acess too as well you know   

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Saying that, be careful of the limited toilet facilities and don't wear sandals.

Gondor

See you Saturday!
Have railway ticket & plain chocolate digestives.

Quote from: Gondor on November 10, 2023, 11:44:36 AMSaying that, be careful of the limited toilet facilities and don't wear sandals.

Gondor

That brings a story to mind, ask me when we're there.

I got some sausages and cheese for my donation to the buffet, I'm a savoury type of person 

Just sitting down to a large full english.    So will be well feed and watered.

Still some room for snacks thou 

jaffa cakes and mini rolls have been purchased
need to do a few things round the house and will then be heading over.

Quote from: The Rat on November 10, 2023, 07:47:32 PM

Quote from: Gondor on November 10, 2023, 11:44:36 AMSaying that, be careful of the limited toilet facilities and don't wear sandals.

Gondor

That brings a story to mind, ask me when we're there.

I won't as I am not there

Gondor

Just back from a day trip to sunny Telford.  A delight to put real faces and voices to people I've been in touch with by the interweb for more than ten years.  The exhibition  hall has the hardest floors in Christendom  so my feet are sore, and some of the milling crowds (although most assuredly NOT the suave sophisticated gentlemen at the What-If  exhibit) had problems of personal hygiene..........how DID the chap in front of me in the queue for coffee manage to exude such a powerful odour of garlic  and freshly deposited horse droppings at 11 in the morning?

I've finally seen a Meteor PR19 !!!  and elsewhere in the halls gathered several ideas for further backstories.    Thankyou all for making me so welcome, and especially thank you for the sausages, Chris.

It's always full of soap dodgers.

Quote from: Rheged on November 11, 2023, 09:14:58 AMJust back from a day trip to sunny Telford.  A delight to put real faces and voices to people I've been in touch with by the interweb for more than ten years.  The exhibition  hall has the hardest floors in Christendom  so my feet are sore, and some of the milling crowds (although most assuredly NOT the suave sophisticated gentlemen at the What-If  exhibit) had problems of personal hygiene..........how DID the chap in front of me in the queue for coffee manage to exude such a powerful odour of garlic  and freshly deposited horse droppings at 11 in the morning?

Con-crud is a real thing, unfortunately.

Quote from: scooter on November 11, 2023, 11:10:44 AM

Quote from: Rheged on November 11, 2023, 09:14:58 AMJust back from a day trip to sunny Telford.  A delight to put real faces and voices to people I've been in touch with by the interweb for more than ten years.  The exhibition  hall has the hardest floors in Christendom  so my feet are sore, and some of the milling crowds (although most assuredly NOT the suave sophisticated gentlemen at the What-If  exhibit) had problems of personal hygiene..........how DID the chap in front of me in the queue for coffee manage to exude such a powerful odour of garlic  and freshly deposited horse droppings at 11 in the morning?

Con-crud is a real thing, unfortunately.

Yes it is! First day back home after the MMSI Model Show in Chicago about 3 weeks ago, I came down sick. Somebody at the show wasn't watching what they were doing and coughed on me without even covering their mouth or apologising to me.    Started out with regular cold symptoms at first, but now they're gone. Now I just have a nagging cough I'm trying to get rid of. It's simple politeness, common courtesy, and especially MANNERS to cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. But I guess some people just didn't learn that when growing up. 

great to meet a few more of the whifferdom glitterati yesterday.
Going back today to see if Narses managed to hock off my bag i left under tables    Might have to pay the ransom to get it back.

Small stash update with the new Airfix ferret and a bit of LRDG stuff, but have to be prudent, I am still travelling.

Quote from: seadude on November 11, 2023, 03:18:15 PM

Quote from: scooter on November 11, 2023, 11:10:44 AM

Quote from: Rheged on November 11, 2023, 09:14:58 AMJust back from a day trip to sunny Telford.  A delight to put real faces and voices to people I've been in touch with by the interweb for more than ten years.  The exhibition  hall has the hardest floors in Christendom  so my feet are sore, and some of the milling crowds (although most assuredly NOT the suave sophisticated gentlemen at the What-If  exhibit) had problems of personal hygiene..........how DID the chap in front of me in the queue for coffee manage to exude such a powerful odour of garlic  and freshly deposited horse droppings at 11 in the morning?

Con-crud is a real thing, unfortunately.

Yes it is! First day back home after the MMSI Model Show in Chicago about 3 weeks ago, I came down sick. Somebody at the show wasn't watching what they were doing and coughed on me without even covering their mouth or apologising to me.    Started out with regular cold symptoms at first, but now they're gone. Now I just have a nagging cough I'm trying to get rid of. It's simple politeness, common courtesy, and especially MANNERS to cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. But I guess some people just didn't learn that when growing up. 

Good to see somethings are universal.
It's not for nothing that the second hand kit selling event at Expo is known as the "Swamp and Smell".

Quote from: Gondor on November 11, 2023, 02:02:24 AM

Quote from: The Rat on November 10, 2023, 07:47:32 PM

Quote from: Gondor on November 10, 2023, 11:44:36 AMSaying that, be careful of the limited toilet facilities and don't wear sandals.

Gondor

That brings a story to mind, ask me when we're there.

I won't as I am not there

Gondor

Oh dear, let me know if this is too much information...
You have probably seen hand washing stations like this.



In Cleveland, Ohio, at the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium, aka 'The Mistake By The Lake', all the toilet facilities were outfitted with these. You may already see where this is going. At the end of the game the urinals would have long line-ups, and some just couldn't hold it. So while you were washing your hands, someone might belly-up beside you, mumble a drunken apology, and, yes, just what you thought.