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fruitfly
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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 Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:56 am Post subject: Greetings from Melbourne Australia |
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Hi Everyone!
My name's Laurie. I've been into model steam for around 15 years now. I started collecting and building when I was single- I had quite a few items, ranging from modern Steamco's, Kookaburras and Wilescos through Mamods and Weedens.
I also had a couple of homebuilt engines and boilers, and a PM research 2A.
Loved them all.
Then came marriage.
Then a house.
Then another house.
Then my collection had to be sold. Damnit!
Then yet another house.
Then, my beautiful baby girl arrived.
Then came a divorce.
Then, life got a whole lot better for me!
I'm slowly building up my collection again, starting with my 2 all time favourites- a Wilesco D16 and a Jensen Model 65.
Both were bought new, and I've since got a few Stirling models as well.
It's great to be back in the hobby, back then there was no such thing as a forum like this ( not to my knowledge anyhow), so to fing this place was awesome.
Anyway, enough drivel from me- It's good to be here!
Laurie. |
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tmuir
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Location: Perth Western Australia
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:04 am Post subject: |
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Welcome from Perth Western Australia.
Shame you had to sell the Kookaburra as they aren't made any more and they don't come up much second hand.
There are only 2 of us that own one.
One of those is winging it's way back from the UK to OZ and the second one is mine.
Enjoy your time here.
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Sandman
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Location: Ayrshire Scotland
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:06 am Post subject: |
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Hi Laurie, and a big Scottish welcome. It's great to welcome another Ozzy friend.
Now that you've joined us, you'll find that there are never enough engines for a collection.
I look forward to chatting with you. 
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Little Bandit
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magpie38
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Location: Chester-le-Street, Co Durham, North East England
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| welcome from not so sunny north east england |
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johnreid
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Welcome aboard
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Mamodman123
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Welcome to the forum!
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MrDuck
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Hello and welcome 
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ozsteamdemon
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Location: Victoria Australia
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G`day Laurie , a big welcome from another Victorian , you will feel right at home here !
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fruitfly
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks for your warm welcomes.
I'm not sure how to reply to individual posts, so I'll try to do it here.
Advice and pointers very much appreciated- I can drive almost anything mechanical, but computers always seem to beat me!.
Regards,
Laurie. |
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IndianaRog
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Location: Indiana, USA
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Hi Laurie from Indiana, USA. Great to have you join us and great to hear you are able to rebuild your collection.
Curious about your Avatar...do you drive a truck?
cheers,
Roger
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Roly Williams
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| fruitfly wrote: | Hi Everyone,
Thanks for your warm welcomes.
I'm not sure how to reply to individual posts, so I'll try to do it here.
Advice and pointers very much appreciated- I can drive almost anything mechanical, but computers always seem to beat me!.
Regards,
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Hi Laurie, and welcome.
To reply to an individual post, just click on the "Quote" button in the TRH corner of the post.
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Steve_S
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| Welcome to the forum Laurie! |
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Freespawn
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Location: Eastleigh nr southampton
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:44 pm Post subject: welcome |
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| welcome to the fun |
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Timonade
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| Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome to the forum, Laurie  Greets from Estonia.  |
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