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| hotchpotch n.
medley; dish of many ingredients
. . . and that's what this page is
all about. Tell us about anything else at all other than model flight
matters - as long as it's decent and inoffensive!
Share something of your other
interests and hobbies or those of your family, be they amateur
dramatics, arts and crafts, gardening, horse-riding, model railways, pets or
whatever. Let's see the new baby, hear about your kids, your spouse,
partner or girl/boy friend and their
achievements, the new house, etc., etc. From academic to zany, it's all
welcome on this page (subject to the discretion of the editor)! |
| Derek & Elaine's
new CD
Model flyers DEREK AND ELAINE MORGAN are
international professional musicians on the Country, Folk, Celtic and
Blues scene (excuse me if that's not the right term these days!).
 They are about to start officially recording for a
new CD at the beginning of October and the CD will be released in time
for Christmas.
If you want to know more, see pictures from their
international performances, etc., then visit Derek and Elaine's recently
updated website at www.morganmusic.fsbusiness.co.uk
from where you can also join their mailing list.
All the best with the recording, Derek and Elaine -
keep us posted! |
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I'm
not an active model railway enthusiast - although like a good many
others, I am fascinated by a nice layout in action and many years ago I
did have a great TT-gauge model railway in my loft! - but I do love
computer simulators of almost any sort. I have therefore been unable to
resist the new Microsoft Train Simulator, and I must tell you it
is really good fun and considerably more challenging than I imagined. It
does feel rather good to get one of these big locos rolling!
It's got a fascinating
selection of engines, from the Flying Scotsman to the state-of-the-art
Acela, a nice selection of routes and great graphics insofar as both the
engines themselves and the scenery are concerned.
There are some simple
tutorials and you can make things as straightforward or challenging as
you like as you have a go at real-world operations from novice to expert,
including running to timetables, marshalling in the yard or battling
with bad weather conditions!
Click the thumbnails on the right for
some actual screen shots |
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Truls and
Ceasar, former Top Cats
on the Cats Corner page, have sent this message to the
new resident!
Hello
Poppy!
Nice
to see such a handsome colleague.
We
will come back to you in miaow course
Truls
and Ceasar
I told you this page was open to
zany contributions! |
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| Glad to know that Denis Wolff is getting better; sorry
to learn that Mr Old-timer himself, Tore Loodin, has been 'a bit cranky'
lately with 'flu. Get well soon, Tore! |
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