Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 03, 2023, 07:55:35 AM

Quote from: Rheged on March 03, 2023, 07:53:07 AMBranston Pickle introduced in 1922, so your filling of choice should be available, Chris.    Cheese is probably NAAFI mousetrap, but it might, hopefully,  be a good, mature farmhouse cheddar.

I'm pretty sure that painting in a layer of Wensleydale cheese and one of Branston pickle is WAY beyond my skill level in N gauge, even with a single bristle brush! 

That depends on how thickly Edna has slathered it on, of course.

Quote from: NARSES2 on March 03, 2023, 05:50:29 AMYup Branstone (I've no idea if it was available in 1939) and a home made jar of piccalilli 

So she does glass-blowing too eh? Versatile girl our Edna...

Quote from: Weaver on March 03, 2023, 02:28:07 PM

Quote from: NARSES2 on March 03, 2023, 05:50:29 AMYup Branstone (I've no idea if it was available in 1939) and a home made jar of piccalilli 

So she does glass-blowing too eh? Versatile girl our Edna...

I typed "jar of" not "jar for" 

Jar-Jar is NOT supposed to be in 1939 but a Galaxy far far away

Quote from: NARSES2 on March 04, 2023, 05:55:14 AM

Quote from: Weaver on March 03, 2023, 02:28:07 PM

Quote from: NARSES2 on March 03, 2023, 05:50:29 AMYup Branstone (I've no idea if it was available in 1939) and a home made jar of piccalilli 

So she does glass-blowing too eh? Versatile girl our Edna...

I typed "jar of" not "jar for" 

Yes, but you wrote "and a home made jar of piccalilli". So, to avoid confusing the pedants & giving ammunition to the troublemakers, you may have written "and a jar of home-made piccalilli" but I'm sure some here could find some way of twisting even that to their nefarious wills.

My defence lawyer is going to use the excuse that I took my "O" Level English at 14 whilst in the 3rd year and haven't done formal English since. I've told him it won't work as an excuse, but he reckons it's the only chance I've got 

I'm trying to work out what this has got to do with a 25 pounder gun/howitzer......................... 

Nothing, of course, but since when has that ever stopped us before??

Hehehehehe, NEVER! 

Quote from: Old Wombat on March 04, 2023, 06:16:21 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on March 04, 2023, 05:55:14 AM

Quote from: Weaver on March 03, 2023, 02:28:07 PM

Quote from: NARSES2 on March 03, 2023, 05:50:29 AMYup Branstone (I've no idea if it was available in 1939) and a home made jar of piccalilli 

So she does glass-blowing too eh? Versatile girl our Edna...

I typed "jar of" not "jar for" 

Yes, but you wrote "and a home made jar of piccalilli". So, to avoid confusing the pedants & giving ammunition to the troublemakers, you may have written "and a jar of home-made piccalilli" but I'm sure some here could find some way of twisting even that to their nefarious wills.

I only twist things to my nefarious will when it's funny...

Ever since this thread started my brain has been trying to dig something out from it's many rows of shelves and filing boxes (it never truly embraced the digital age) and it finally has 

What this build will need is a horde of the local schoolkids swarming all over the 25pdr, it is a Saturday so they won't be at school, and doing their level best to break it. The ultimate test of any form of hardware is to give it to a bunch of 10 year olds, or it was in my day.

Thought was sparked by a story my dad told me of a similar recruiting display by the Army pre war in Croydon, but instead of a 25pdr they had a 40mm Bofors.  Apparently the local school kids, which included his younger brother, broke it by trying to use it as a roundabout    Apparently a Bofors platform did/does not turn through 360 degrees ? The Sgt Maj in charge was not to happy when he came out of the pub.    No idea of the authenticity of this story, but I can just imagine it 

I've heard a similar thing about scientific theories.

The saying is:

     If you ever want to really test your new theory, put it to a group of 12 year-olds at a science camp.

Why?

     Because if anyone will, it is they who will ask the one question that can bring the whole thing crashing down.

Quote from: NARSES2 on March 05, 2023, 12:32:45 AMWhat this build will need is a horde of the local schoolkids swarming all over the 25pdr, it is a Saturday so they won't be at school, and doing their level best to break it. The ultimate test of any form of hardware is to give it to a bunch of 10 year olds, or it was in my day.

That might be a good idea for our layout if it wasn't for the fact that N Gauge kids are absolutely MINUTE and they're the very devil to paint!

We've got a bunch of them to pose on the platform having just arrived from 'The Smoke' after being evacuated, complete with gas mask bags over their shoulders, and they drove my mate Harvey to distraction painting them. 

Quote from: NARSES2 on March 05, 2023, 12:32:45 AMEver since this thread started my brain has been trying to dig something out from it's many rows of shelves and filing boxes (it never truly embraced the digital age) and it finally has 

What this build will need is a horde of the local schoolkids swarming all over the 25pdr, it is a Saturday so they won't be at school, and doing their level best to break it. The ultimate test of any form of hardware is to give it to a bunch of 10 year olds, or it was in my day.

Thought was sparked by a story my dad told me of a similar recruiting display by the Army pre war in Croydon, but instead of a 25pdr they had a 40mm Bofors.  Apparently the local school kids, which included his younger brother, broke it by trying to use it as a roundabout    Apparently a Bofors platform did/does not turn through 360 degrees ? The Sgt Maj in charge was not to happy when he came out of the pub.    No idea of the authenticity of this story, but I can just imagine it 

... then he should have been watching "Them 'orrible little'uns" like a Hawk... self-inflicted. Still, at least he wouldn't have had to have paid for it! 
And the Section's number 2 would have had a Stern Talking To from said RSM...

The idea sounds like a good one, but I can understand Kit's objections...