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Guardians of The Lambsfoot!
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Onebigbill
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Visited the dentist to get some work done yesterday and it ended up being a three hour visit. Spent yesterday recovering and now today I'm attempting to have some hot tea. Going easy today too. I have my HHB with me today.
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I was trying to remember where I had ridden an incline railway/funicular before, and it finally came to me. We used to visit Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri at least once every summer when we were kids, and the Marvel Cave tour there has one that brings you up out of the cave at the end of the tour.
(Not my photos.)
(Not my photos.)
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Blimey!
Hope today is a better day for you Bill 
Nice shot of your Barlow I've had a lot to worry about lately!You've polished off your bolster stamp... Stop rubbing it so hard!
Looking good my friend, great choiceGood Morning Guardians and Happy Friday
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That's cool BarrettI was trying to remember where I had ridden an incline railway/funicular before, and it finally came to me. We used to visit Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri at least once every summer when we were kids, and the Marvel Cave tour there has one that brings you up out of the cave at the end of the tour.
(Not my photos.)
There's an old incline tramway not too far away from where I live, which I'd forgotten about, even though I've visited it many times!
(I can't seem to find any of my photos of it, which is very strange, and slightly worrying
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I had a nice time at my pals, we had coffee and bacon sandwiches, and then went for a walk. It was pretty windy, but we set up my slingshot target (between the size of a Half Dollar and Dollar) about 40ft away. The slingshot bands were humming and shaking with the wind, but we did OK, and had fun. When we got back home, his eldest lad came home early from school, so it was nice to see him. The snow has gone now, and while it's still cold, the sun is out. Don't think I'm going to be doing much this afternoon
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Glad you had a good time.
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Thanks mate, it was very muddy underfoot, but I had my wellington boots on (only the second time I've worn them since I was a kid)!
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Things are getting better Jack. Thanks much for your kind comments.Blimey!
I've had a lot to worry about lately!
Looking good my friend, great choice
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Sounds like a nice time with you slingshot. Very nice photo of your fabulous HHB. Enjoy the rest of your day my friend.I had a nice time at my pals, we had coffee and bacon sandwiches, and then went for a walk. It was pretty windy, but we set up my slingshot target (between the size of a Half Dollar and Dollar) about 40ft away. The slingshot bands were humming and shaking with the wind, but we did OK, and had fun. When we got back home, his eldest lad came home early from school, so it was nice to see him. The snow has gone now, and while it's still cold, the sun is out. Don't think I'm going to be doing much this afternoon
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I don't have a tramline of the future, so-
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It’s going to be a good day, I just know it.It's snowing outside, but I'm hoping to meet up with my pal, as usual. He has to stay in for a delivery, so we're going to have a coffee at his house, then take the dog for a walk, and maybe have some fun with our slingshots
Nice Sunny Lambfoot image, John.Good Morning Guardians and Happy Friday
Sounds like you had fun. Excellent.I had a nice time at my pals, we had coffee and bacon sandwiches, and then went for a walk. It was pretty windy, but we set up my slingshot target (between the size of a Half Dollar and Dollar) about 40ft away. The slingshot bands were humming and shaking with the wind, but we did OK, and had fun. When we got back home, his eldest lad came home early from school, so it was nice to see him. The snow has gone now, and while it's still cold, the sun is out. Don't think I'm going to be doing much this afternoon
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Good Morning Guardians
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Thank you, Harvey.
I love the Lambsfoot AND the breakfast sammich.
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Thank you John.I love the Lambsfoot AND the breakfast sammich.
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Thank you very much HarveyIt’s going to be a good day, I just know it.
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Sounds like you had fun. Excellent.
Good Morning Guardians
What a wonderful composition, it's great to see that unusual Rodgers Lambsfoot again 
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I'll throw in a couple of space grenades, in case you need them JerI don't have a tramline of the future, so-
Cool pic 
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Thanks John, I took that pic at the National Railway Museum a few weeks back
That is a stunningly beautiful edged tool, sir. Who is the maker of that knife?
Yes indeed Duncan, so much must have been lost. When I was a youngster, Sheffield was covered with bombed out factories, houses, and buildings of all sorts. Alone, and with my friends, they were my playground. You'd go into some building that was probably at least a hundred years old, and every floor, and the roof, would have a huge hole through it, with wood and linoleum caved inwards, like a funnel. Around the sides, would be desks, benches, chairs, etc, and there were papers, and all sorts of detritus strewn all over the place. After they were bombed, the adults had probably had more sense than to go back into them, and risk serious injury, or worse, for the sake of whatever the Luftwaffe hadn't destroyed. I never took a single souvenir, except for the old glass soda siphons, which me and my friends would sometimes find, and which carried a hefty bounty of ten shillings and sixpence, upon return to any off-license or corner shop, a vast sum which would keep us in Black Jacks and Sherbet Lemons for a week. Eventually the bombed buildings were bulldozed, and their treasure lost forever.
Later, as cutlery factories, and the firms associated with steel and cutlery, closed like falling dominoes, they'd often close suddenly, telling their workers not to bother coming back again in the morning. Factory gates were locked, with few folks even clearing their desks or benches, or taking anything other than the tools they could carry. Sometimes the buildings, and their contents, were still there several decades later, and they were either eventually bulldozed, or stripped out, with the interiors gutted, and the contents burned. It's still going on in Sheffield unfortunately, but eventually, I guess they'll gut the last Sheffield cutlery factory, and then there'll be no more treasure left
It IS neat Duncan, very
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