OK, looking at the photo, the first thing I could definitely say is that it is a Great Western Railway (GWR) locomotive (By the shape of the cylinder wrappers), but the picture size and resolution made it hard to see the number on the smokebox door. Could work out that the first number was a ‘7’, and the second looked a bit like a ‘6’ (Spoiler: It wasn’t), but the last number was definitely a ‘2’. The main thing is it had to be one of the preserved locos, which limits the field somewhat.
Doing a bit of digging through the GWR numbering system, and enlarging the picture a bit, I came up with the number ‘7812’, which parses to GWR 7800 ‘Manor’ 4-6-0 class, Number 7812 ‘Erlestoke Manor’. The loco is at the Severn Valley Railway, which would have complicated things if I hadn’t worked out the last number as they have three ‘Manors’ there, and one of them, ‘Hinton Manor’ is number 7819.
You might be able to remove the pins with the door completely open. That would be better than unscrewing it from the door an trying to re hang it right. The hinged are still aligned right.
The door is currently open. If you do manage to get the door off and reinstalled, it’s going to hit the toilet every time you open it. What dingbat designed that in the first place?
My folks had bluejays that would take peanuts from thier hand. One day, my dad tied a string to one. The bluejay had to work for that one, but he got it! Lots of laughs!
I had oversized, translucent reddish glasses frames in the 1980s… c’mon, it was that era….
Sometimes when I’d come out my front door in the morning light, hummingbirds would swoop directly at my eyes, I think mistaking me for a hummingbird feeder.
They didn’t do it in the bright sun… only certain times of day.
Mom would hang our (red) sleeping bags on the clothesline at our summer cottage to air out. The hummers would zoom in to do battle with this six-foot wide opponent!
Forbidden Planet (1956). (No point in spoiler-ing it as the title is at the bottom of the poster….).
Based on the Shakespeare play “The Tempest,” Forbidden Planet pioneered several aspects of science fiction cinema. It was the first science fiction film to depict humans traveling in a man-made faster-than-light starship. It was also the first to be set entirely on a planet orbiting another star, far away from Earth and the Solar System. The Robby the Robot character is one of the first film robots that was more than just a mechanical “tin can” on legs; Robby displays a distinct personality and is an integral supporting character in the film. Outside science fiction, the film was ground-breaking as the first of any genre to use an entirely electronic musical score, courtesy of Bebe and Louis Barron.
Wot a fiecre little pussycat…!
Hey!
You stop that right now!
It’s Easter Sunday…. aren’t you supposed to go lie down with a lamb or something?
Nicely!
Not in your belly.
George Hutton Hunter
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Very good!
Good job!
Chicago 1901
Interesting. Probably not haute-couture on display, more on the order of middle-class normal peoples’ daily wear.
OK, looking at the photo, the first thing I could definitely say is that it is a Great Western Railway (GWR) locomotive (By the shape of the cylinder wrappers), but the picture size and resolution made it hard to see the number on the smokebox door. Could work out that the first number was a ‘7’, and the second looked a bit like a ‘6’ (Spoiler: It wasn’t), but the last number was definitely a ‘2’. The main thing is it had to be one of the preserved locos, which limits the field somewhat.
Doing a bit of digging through the GWR numbering system, and enlarging the picture a bit, I came up with the number ‘7812’, which parses to GWR 7800 ‘Manor’ 4-6-0 class, Number 7812 ‘Erlestoke Manor’. The loco is at the Severn Valley Railway, which would have complicated things if I hadn’t worked out the last number as they have three ‘Manors’ there, and one of them, ‘Hinton Manor’ is number 7819.
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Good boy!
Boy?
…oops…
❤
OK, your story, or a story from someone whom you knew? Bravo for Mollie in any case! Don’t leave us hanging!
The whole thing… photo plus text… is contained in an image, not something Nighthawks himself typed.
A magazine clipping, a snip from a website….
I imagine it’s been floating around the Internet till its origins are lost.
OMG! I’m glad I didn’t get old like they did!
Sure enough! We must have gone through a time machine to take us back to when we were about 35 or 40, right? Love those time machines!
What is this “old” of which you speak?
I suppose most of you recognize them….
I wondered about their actual ages, since time didn’t seem to have been particularly kind to them in the bottom one….
I discovered that I’d always been wrong about which of them was older…
And phew… they’re both older than me!
I also discovered that they’re friends, and have reprised this photo over and over, till it’s sort of a meme.
You can find them at various ages….
Like this:
OK – So I was right about them but couldn’t believe the latter aged so badly over the last five years!
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This is right in my neighborhood, and I’ve never heard of it!
Ya gotta go check it out for us!
You must live in an interesting neighborhood, if its hiding something like this.
How well do you really know those people in apartment
83?
The ones with the pet boogeyman? They’re fine…
I’ll bet he does that all over again (except he’ll only take one trip to Home Depot)
and never realizes he could just take out the door
Hernias can be a tricky tool to use if you’re not trained in their proper use…
I’ve done plumbing. It always takes three trips!
Face Palm!!!
If he’s lucky, he might be able to push up on the hinge pins and remove the door that way.
Just install a curtain.
😀
You can’t get to the screws, so if the hinges don’t have the kind of pins you can pull out, what do you do?
Slice through the hinge with your trusty Sawzall?
Errr, you can get to the screws, they’re only hidden when the door is closed.
Um… yeah…. I must have forgotten.
Just open the door, would you, so I can do that?
Now I’m confused.
Saucy pointed out that I was calling it closed, when it’s open.
I was thinking of when the door itself opened out flat, not when the doorway is open.
I guess these doors only have screws on the edge…
Mine has a plate (wing?) on the inside of the folded door…. Ie on the back of the door.
You might be able to remove the pins with the door completely open. That would be better than unscrewing it from the door an trying to re hang it right. The hinged are still aligned right.
How are you gonna get the door open?
The door is currently open. If you do manage to get the door off and reinstalled, it’s going to hit the toilet every time you open it. What dingbat designed that in the first place?
You’re right… the door is open.
I thought it was the kind of door that has a hinge screw plate on the back, so you’d have to unfold it, and I was calling that opening it.
But… sigh .. probably not.
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Yes! Yes it happens! 😀
On the BC ferries people would stand at the rail holding out a slice of bread and the gulls would swoop down and take the bread out of their hand…
Chickadees too!
I love those guys!
My folks had bluejays that would take peanuts from thier hand. One day, my dad tied a string to one. The bluejay had to work for that one, but he got it! Lots of laughs!
I had oversized, translucent reddish glasses frames in the 1980s… c’mon, it was that era….
Sometimes when I’d come out my front door in the morning light, hummingbirds would swoop directly at my eyes, I think mistaking me for a hummingbird feeder.
They didn’t do it in the bright sun… only certain times of day.
Mom had a muumuu that was guarantied to draw hummers.
Mom would hang our (red) sleeping bags on the clothesline at our summer cottage to air out. The hummers would zoom in to do battle with this six-foot wide opponent!
Well….
Gosh…. Which one doesn’t fit?
too ez?
No, just kinda silly.
No hurting Bimbo!
I got it!
I got all the glittery goodness!
First time in a week. 🙂
Happy Kiester!
When the time comes, may your transition from life to afterlife be quick and painless, and may you be greeted by all your friends and family!
Forbidden Planet (1956). (No point in spoiler-ing it as the title is at the bottom of the poster….).
Based on the Shakespeare play “The Tempest,” Forbidden Planet pioneered several aspects of science fiction cinema. It was the first science fiction film to depict humans traveling in a man-made faster-than-light starship. It was also the first to be set entirely on a planet orbiting another star, far away from Earth and the Solar System. The Robby the Robot character is one of the first film robots that was more than just a mechanical “tin can” on legs; Robby displays a distinct personality and is an integral supporting character in the film. Outside science fiction, the film was ground-breaking as the first of any genre to use an entirely electronic musical score, courtesy of Bebe and Louis Barron.
Saw this on Ballard St earlier.
Thanks for the smiles, Tigressy.
Have a Happy Easter everyone!
Also liked your Bugs ‘Easter’ Bunny on Daddy’s Home. Happy Easter, T.!
I just discovered that my Easter greeting must have never uploaded!
Hope it’s not too late!
They look so dignified, even with rabbit ears. Only a basset can pull that off.