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Rick Lowe

#2970
August 28, 2025, 10:06:02 PM
Quote from: Gondor on August 28, 2025, 01:39:59 AMThe second is a sticker for my car, denoting that it is powered by an Improbability drive. Should get a chuckle or two from a few other drivers. Maybe I should look into personalised licence plates with a 42 in them  ;D

What about "ZZ9ZZZZA"?  ;)

PR19_Kit

#2971
August 28, 2025, 11:42:08 PM
Quote from: Rick Lowe on August 28, 2025, 10:06:02 PMWhat about "ZZ9ZZZZA"?  ;)


Not even slightly possible in the UK, and never would have been either.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Rheged

#2972
August 29, 2025, 05:34:13 AM
I'm aware of an old  local Land Rover, with  "Fitted with infinite inevitability drive"  stencilled on the tailgate.   When asked about it, the driver commented that it may take me infinite time to get there, but it's inevitable that I will.
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

NARSES2

#2973
August 29, 2025, 05:36:49 AM
Last soldering iron I used (school metalwork class) was heated in a gas flame and had a huge copper head that could have doubled as a war hammer.  ;)

I was useless at soldering, still got "O" level metalwork though and CSE "Engineeering Practice", but therein lies a tale  :angel:
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Gondor

#2974
August 29, 2025, 02:12:03 PM
Well, I have now posted an update to the P.1121 build, where the brass work is to be used. Tomorrow I will add some more brass section and hopefully cut some holes in what I add. Sounds a bit counterproductive, but you will see what I mean.
I have had the company of Spot again today. I headed off to work and left him with his nose in his food bowl, and returned to find him in the laundry basket fast asleep, which is what I am going to do next, sleep that is, and in my bed rather than the laundry basket.
Spot will not be allowed to sleep in the laundry basket tomorrow, at least not until I get the laundry done, in fact, I may fill the washing machine before I go to bed so he can sleep in there.
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

PR19_Kit

#2975
August 29, 2025, 03:13:57 PM
He can sleep in the washing machine?????  :-\
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Pellson

#2976
August 29, 2025, 03:54:07 PM
Won't his hair clog the filters?
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

Gondor

#2977
August 30, 2025, 02:50:11 AM
He came home this morning, smelling of smoke, so he must have visited my neighbour after he left mine last night. Never mind his food, straight into the bathroom and into the laundry basket, which was empty as the laundry had been put in the washing machine before I went to bed. He did sleep in the empty basket until I made my breakfast. Now he is asleep, on the toilet seat, I always keep the lid down when not in use.  :unsure:
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

NARSES2

#2978
August 30, 2025, 05:16:54 AM
In my experience cats will sleep in or on anything that makes like awkward for you  :angel: Whereas a dog will sleep on you if you let him/her, or between you and a lady friend if it feels threatened by the relationship  ;)
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Gondor

#2979
August 30, 2025, 07:02:43 AM
He's fast asleep in the laundry basket, which is on its side now. As he is mostly an outdoor cat, the enclosure of the basket is just the kind of thing he will look for when he's outside, sleeping rough.
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

Weaver

#2980
August 30, 2025, 11:50:57 AM Last Edit: August 30, 2025, 11:55:19 AM by Weaver
Quote from: Gondor on August 28, 2025, 01:39:59 AMBeing home on payday is a bad combination. Two purchases this morning. One is the Mitsubishi F-2 Super Kai, the order is for the Ace Combat boxing, but that was the cheapest available, and I have spare decals to make it an operational machine anyway. The second is a sticker for my car, denoting that it is powered by an Improbability drive. Should get a chuckle or two from a few other drivers. Maybe I should look into personalised licence plates with a 42 in them  ;D

I had a sticker on the back of my motorbike's top box, several bikes and top boxes ago, which said:

TOO CLOSE FOR MISSILES - SWITCHING TO GUNS


Actually, thanks for reminding me: I still havn't got a Darwin Fish for the back of my current car...  :wacko:

"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

PR19_Kit

#2981
August 30, 2025, 11:54:53 AM
 ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Weaver

#2982
August 30, 2025, 12:10:39 PM
Okay, so I knew there was another sticker on that top box, but I couldn't for the life of me remember what it was. However I knew it was going to bug me all night, so I've just been out to the bike shed, in the rain, to find out. It says:

IF YOU CAN READ THIS, YOU'RE IN PHASER RANGE

I hope that was worth the effort... ;D
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

kerick

#2983
August 30, 2025, 12:14:59 PM
How about "So long, and thanks for all the fish!"
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

Gondor

#2984
August 30, 2025, 12:28:40 PM
Quote from: Weaver on August 30, 2025, 12:10:39 PMOkay, so I knew there was another sticker on that top box, but I couldn't for the life of me remember what it was. However I knew it was going to bug me all night, so I've just been out to the bike shed, in the rain, to find out. It says:

IF YOU CAN READ THIS, YOU'RE IN PHASER RANGE

I hope that was worth the effort... ;D

I like that a lot!
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....
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