OK heres a controversial subject… prior to the Academy Awards everyone I talked to raved that 'Babel" was a shoe in for best pic, it was unbelievable they said…well it didnt win. And I know why now…saw it…it was SLOW, and IMHO …pretensious. Too many “look what a good filmmaker I am” scenes. I have seen several pics I found better, Hollywoodland, The Queen, Children of Men, heck, even Stranger Than Fiction was better.
My wife liked it, but she likes anything with Mr Pitt in it. I was extremly underwhelmed by it after all the hype.
Now what should have been best pic IMHO, was “Pans Labyrinth” which made Babel look like a infomercial, sadly it didnt even get “Best Foriegn Language” pic which was a serious bummer.
Anyone else see the dullfest or want to praise/dam what they thought should have won?
The answers to your questions are simple, actually it is one simple answer: “What do you expect, they are just toys.” (Tongue very firmly in cheek!)
On a serious note, the coal question most likely goes back to the fact that there are a lot of garden railroaders who haven’t seen a coal fired steamer in action. They just don’t miss such a “minor detail”.
The missing catenary has several reasons; if you like to string that in the garden, you’re well adviced to be ready for repairs. Even if your garden is “critter” proof, birds will use it for a swing! If OTOH you go for heavy duty catenary, save the work, it won’t look realistic. And then there is the famous “ten foot” rule - which is regularly invoked when things are not quite up to snuff - in this case it would be hard to see the wires from ten feet.[;)][:)]
Happy compromise? Fix the pantographs at a realistic height, set the catenary masts at realistic distances and make sure you design something to guide the pantos under the overpasses and into the tunnels.
The worst flame is that from my meths burner prior to mods… Either that or the picture of the stucco wall is something for him to bash his head against.
be careful Ian is very protective of his picture of the wall so IF YOU COPY IT YOU CAN SEE ALL OF IT. and whatever you do, DO NOT CALL HIM Mr. Brown I MADE THAT MISTAKE. as for the subject of this post how about ad price’s verse’s on-line price and then add shipping I find most times I can get what I need faster and near the same total cost form my local shop.
ad price for aristo 20370/80 $47.89, online price $41.89 ( I think $41.89 is a typo )+ minamum $6.95 shipping on both. Why the big differance The last two I purchased from my local shop were $54.00 + tax and I had them in my hand when I left the shop. I also read the disclamer that said prices are only for FAX, E-MAIL or PHONE orders. so we are going to pay higher price +tax + shipping If we travel in my case 600-700 miles and can’t take it with.
ER,I hope you have BUNKER TO HIDE IN. I tryed to suggest the same and was blasted before I made it to my bunker.[soapbox]. I added a post with Rene’s directions on avtar’s and sigatures. It looks like some are and some are not using the directions.
Ian insists he did not put that wall pic on his signature posting.
It may be that someone has put it there in the hopes that it may be recognised and accepted as an outstanding work of art and can therefore join a lot of the other trash that finds its way into galleries these days [oX)].
That, of course, is a distinct possibility. Our in-house techie had a good laugh at the chance of “gremlins” being at work when it comes to signature pictures. I’ m not t-h-a-t computer savvy, but it does seem far-fetched from what I learned.
That, of course, is a distinct possibility. Our in-house techie had a good laugh at the chance of “gremlins” being at work when it comes to signature pictures. I’ m not t-h-a-t computer savvy, but it does seem far-fetched from what I learned.
Alan, That, of course, is a distinct possibility. Our in-house techie had a good laugh at the chance of “gremlins” being at work when it comes to signature pictures. I’ m not t-h-a-t computer savvy, but it does seem far-fetched from what I learned. Regards ER
