Just for a laugh
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timbowales
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It's probably 1:35 scale or such like?
paulc
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If you enjoy that scale and tanks etc look up a guy on YouTube called 'Night Shift ' A very talented modeller with excellent weathering techniques that can be carried over to our hobby .
Osgood
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oldravendale
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Try these for size. 
Eastsidepilot
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A woman takes a very sick, lame duck to the vet, they lay the duck down on the top and the vet examines it. After about 5 mins of prodding, poking and listening with a stethoscope the vet says "I'm sorry your duck has passed away Madame."
"Are you really sure ?" she said, "is there nothing else we can do, I'm not so sure it is dead."
Reluctantly the vet says " Ok " and leaves the room, he comes back in with a Black Labrador, the dog puts his paws up on the top has a sniff and licks the duck then sits down on his haunches and looks at the vet, "Ok" says the vet and leaves the room with the Labrador.
He comes back in with a cat, the cat jumps up on the top has a good sniff round the duck, gives it a lick, jumps back down and sits down on it's haunches and looks at the vet.
" Ok " says the vet I really am sorry but your duck really is dead. "Alright" says the woman "how much is the bill ?" "£1500 " says the vet, "that's a bit steep !" says the woman.
The vet says " well it would have been £50 but after the Lab report and the Cat scan the costs goes up"
"Are you really sure ?" she said, "is there nothing else we can do, I'm not so sure it is dead."
Reluctantly the vet says " Ok " and leaves the room, he comes back in with a Black Labrador, the dog puts his paws up on the top has a sniff and licks the duck then sits down on his haunches and looks at the vet, "Ok" says the vet and leaves the room with the Labrador.
He comes back in with a cat, the cat jumps up on the top has a good sniff round the duck, gives it a lick, jumps back down and sits down on it's haunches and looks at the vet.
" Ok " says the vet I really am sorry but your duck really is dead. "Alright" says the woman "how much is the bill ?" "£1500 " says the vet, "that's a bit steep !" says the woman.
The vet says " well it would have been £50 but after the Lab report and the Cat scan the costs goes up"
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timbowales
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As an ex pet owner that rings so true.....
alastairq
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Reminds me of an incident where-I-used-to-work?
Bedford TM 8 tonner, mounted in a Cedergrens skid frame [for driver training on heavy waggins without ABS, but with air brakes]
Recovering from skids, and teaching how to cadence brake a rapid stop without ABS but with air brakes...
One day, the outfit was charging down the 'skid area', the driver commenced cadence braking....and the whole front axle parted company from its spring mounts, and ended up cuddling up to the rear axle...
The skid frame probably cost more than the truck...but training for that week on LGVs ame to a halt......
The FMT/3 incident report would have made interesting reading to those sat behind a desk!
Nowadays, MAN SV 6 tonners, or the little [but powerful] EOD vans on the bloo light courses are used.
Don't 'arf get through the tyres doing that!
Bedford TM 8 tonner, mounted in a Cedergrens skid frame [for driver training on heavy waggins without ABS, but with air brakes]
Recovering from skids, and teaching how to cadence brake a rapid stop without ABS but with air brakes...
One day, the outfit was charging down the 'skid area', the driver commenced cadence braking....and the whole front axle parted company from its spring mounts, and ended up cuddling up to the rear axle...
The skid frame probably cost more than the truck...but training for that week on LGVs ame to a halt......
The FMT/3 incident report would have made interesting reading to those sat behind a desk!
Nowadays, MAN SV 6 tonners, or the little [but powerful] EOD vans on the bloo light courses are used.
Don't 'arf get through the tyres doing that!
timbowales
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Some fun on the North Wales coast today......
Giles
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I have a fondness for the TM - I took my class 1 on a TM in 1983
James
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The crime section in The Bookshop in Wigtown.
Eastsidepilot
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....maybe not so funny now. In 50 years nothing has changed in fact it's probably worse for some !