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Discussion in 'Watford' started by colognehornet, Jun 26, 2013.

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  1. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    You sound like an amalgam of me and my father. Dad was a long-term train fanatic - he even used 'mallard' in his email address - and hated birds, whereas I never could get interested in trains but used to breed birds.:)
     
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  2. J T Bodbo

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    Apparently, Nigel Gresley was a keen bird watcher, and chose fast flying birds for the second batch of A4's. (Clearly, with Mallard ,pochard et al , the fast flying idea withered ! ) Anyway 'Golden shuttle' was not a bird ,and I shouldn't have mentioned it at all, as it isn't a birds name.
    So, Yorkie is tantalisingly close, but not there yet.
     
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  3. J T Bodbo

    J T Bodbo Well-Known Member

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    I'll give the answer this afternoon.
     
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    J T Bodbo, Apr 28, 2022
  4. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    I have really tried!!! or should i say... fried!!!
     
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  5. J T Bodbo

    J T Bodbo Well-Known Member

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    I'm sorry if it was too obscure, and appealed to too few of you.
    Anyway, the answer is that those in the group were all renamed to directors of the LNER. 3 others renamed to people were Golden Shuttle - renamed to Dwight D Eisenhower & Gadwall , and then Herring Gull - both renamed to Sir Ralph Wedgwood. Gadwall was destroyed in 1942.

    So, if BB would like to pose my picture question ( which I failed to do) I'll respond to the suggested answers.
     
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  6. Bolton's Boots

    Bolton's Boots Well-Known Member

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    JTB's picture question:

    What is this?


    upload_2022-4-28_15-24-50.png
     
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  7. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    ah...didnt see that link!
     
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    yorkshirehornet, Apr 28, 2022
  8. J T Bodbo

    J T Bodbo Well-Known Member

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    Thx BB. Does anyone think I should specify its dimensions ?
     
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  9. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Is it small???
     
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  10. J T Bodbo

    J T Bodbo Well-Known Member

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    I suppose so.
    It's 150mm tall (the picture is of it lying down).
    The diameter of the edge of the bell shape is 35mm.
     
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  11. J T Bodbo

    J T Bodbo Well-Known Member

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    I'm not choosing very good questions.
    I've got one of these at home. Commonly used in France.
     
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    J T Bodbo, Apr 29, 2022
  12. oldfrenchhorn

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    Embout might be a help. Just a clue as I am not available.
     
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    oldfrenchhorn, Apr 29, 2022
  13. Hornet-Fez

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    Egg cup for the car?
    No idea...
     
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  14. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    I've come across before... but my memory cant connect!
     
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  15. yorkshirehornet

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    something for clearing blockages??
     
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  16. Bolton's Boots

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    For your sake I hope not...<whistle>
     
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  17. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    Perhaps a little more of a clue might help...

    racking my brains!
     
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  18. J T Bodbo

    J T Bodbo Well-Known Member

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    Not at all right, but surprisingly close !
    Sorry for the delay in responding, but I wasted most of yesterday travelling from Cheshire to WD17 and travelling back - even worse !
     
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  19. J T Bodbo

    J T Bodbo Well-Known Member

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    Some clues.
    It is used in an upright position with the bell shape at the bottom.
    The bottom edge of the bell is champferred ( is that spelt right) to be sharp.
     
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  20. yorkshirehornet

    yorkshirehornet Well-Known Member

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    some sort of dough cutter?
     
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