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pauly


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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:46 pm    Post subject: ITS ARRIVED Reply with quote

yes its here.  Party        Upside down!  Dance!  Train    Dancing banana    

guessed what it is yet



typical  

and inside






THATS RIGHT ITS A MILLIE.
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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 2:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well done mate, you will have plenty off hour of fun steaming now
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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 2:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

A very nice locomotive. Look forward to hearing more about your experiences with this loco's running in period. Just take care as Tag Gorton has stated - One of the hidden plus points is that Millie, while eminently suitable for the job, is not a 'starter' engine!

And what made you choose this loco over the Mortimer as you originally hinted?
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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What a beauty!
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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 3:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very nice pauly, Millies are supurb runners
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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Looks great, now get that track laid
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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You know what?
I knew what engine you bought, from very very beginning of you poll....

How i knew: very simple!

The roundhouse millie was the only engine you misspelled ("rounghouse")

So my thought was: he must have been nervous when the wrothe that, because....that's the engine he bought


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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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The roundhouse millie was the only engine you misspelled ("rounghouse")

Good theory, but he actually spelt Bertie wrong as well - 'roundhouse berie'.

I'm amazed that there is not a spellchecker option on here as the standard of some recent postings (with some of them still at school as well!) is truly appalling.

My English is very poor (I come from Scotland after all) so I copy my posting into MS Word first to check the spelling before posting it online. However that does not cope well with some of the technical phrases, etc.
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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Aye mate, I have to agree there!
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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CCairns wrote:
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The roundhouse millie was the only engine you misspelled ("rounghouse")

Good theory, but he actually spelt Bertie wrong as well - 'roundhouse berie'.

I'm amazed that there is not a spellchecker option on here as the standard of some recent postings (with some of them still at school as well!) is truly appalling.

My English is very poor (I come from Scotland after all) so I copy my posting into MS Word first to check the spelling before posting it online. However that does not cope well with some of the technical phrases, etc.


its not my english thats the problem its that I dont look at the keyboard as I type and am trying to do 10 things at once.
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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Look at the keyboard then, plleeeaseee  
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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote



So very true! You have to be quick to edit before Mr. A* english comes in!
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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CCairns wrote:
A very nice locomotive. Look forward to hearing more about your experiences with this loco's running in period. Just take care as Tag Gorton has stated - One of the hidden plus points is that Millie, while eminently suitable for the job, is not a 'starter' engine!

And what made you choose this loco over the Mortimer as you originally hinted?


Im not sure I think its because that when you compare the 2 the millie seems warm and you get a vision of a little steam engine chugging along on a nice day when the mortimer just dosent give me that feeling.

that probably made no sense to you lot.
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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 5:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

James wrote:
Look at the keyboard then, plleeeaseee  


sometimes I do but Im just a fast typer Iv had to re-type the word just 3 times now.
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PostPosted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

great engine pauly, hope it runs sweeeeet.
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