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Mornin' Marky, "when we were wee boys my mum made it that thick you could dance on it ." Brings back memories! When I was a kid Mum was ill (an exceptional instance!) and Dad took over the 'cooking' for a week or so 🙄 First attempt at porridge he offered us "One slice or two?"😮 Same thing happened on Sunday, roast beef and potatoes were acceptable but the gravy was again "One slice or two?" Dear ol' Dad, Gone but not forgotten 😊 I soon learned to make ier porridge myself. My Sis and I used to fight over the off the milk (top o the milk) to put on top of the porridge with a splodge of Tate & Lyle Golden Syrup. Back in the days of real milk in bottles on the doorstep, before the thin homogenised stuff packed in cardboard boxes. I still make it the same way, in a pot on the hot plate, and with (now sold separately!) and brown sugar, or when I can find it here, Golden Syrup😋😋😋 Microwave porridge? No! But scrambled eggs go pretty well once you get the timing right😋 Otherwise it can quickly become another case of "One slice or two?" 😁 Here endeth the culinary dissertation from Munich for today (tonight!?)😉 😎

4 years ago by RNinMunich

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Well done Midshipman Thompson, I'm pleased to hear that your surreptitious patrolling of that part of the coast paid off, your local knowledge of Llantwit Major beach is of course far superior to mine, which consists principally of buying ice there. Please carry on patrolling for time being and I wish you every success. I expect the CPO Stoker has told you the starboard engine is due for a major overhaul shortly. Lt.Cdr. Nerys

4 years ago by Nerys

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Re: Window Frames

Hi glyn44, I always look for the simplest ways to do things. So in answer to your question I think this might help. I used some thin plastic from an old ice container. Marked the frame shape. Drilled holes in the corners (to the required radius) Cut the centre out. Then sanded the outside corner radius. Then lined the inside of the frame with a strip of plastic slightly wider than the thickness of the frames. When completed,sand and paint to the required finish. Hope this helps. Photos are just for demonstration. Martin.

5 years ago by Martin555

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EeZeBilt RAF Crash Tender trial video

".......Is it a fact that only two of the originals were ever built ? And yet they have such fascination for so many modellers........" And I don't think they had much of a career anyway, becoming supernumerary when the RAF dropped flying boats. They were on the books for about 6 years between 52/3-58, and in storage for a lot of that time. They had, however, particularly attractive lines and featured in much of Vosper's advertising. The VIP plastics toy company brought out a ready-to-run model in 1954 which was a star of the toyshops, and I suspect that Les Rowell produced his kit during this surge of publicity. Ever since then it's been an iconic vessel for British model builders. It has lots of associations - the military, fast launches, firefighting... Disasters are always compared with what has gone before, and civilian shipwrecks before the Titanic usually cost less than 200 lives (though there were a few ships killing over 1000, like the SS Sultana). But they didn't have the of Western society on board.... I do remember seeing mentions of the Wilhelm Gustloff on British TV, when the film came out. Mentioned far less is the British equivalent, the RMS/HMT Lancastria, which sunk with between 4000-5000 lives lost in similar evacuation circumstances.. And there is always the Mont-Blanc, which blew up in the port of Halifax. A good quiz question, this: the ship was a total loss, but all its crew were safe - its sinking resulted in 2000-odd deaths, but they were all on land....

5 years ago by DodgyGeezer