The last of a generation.

[sipi]

I'm a certified steam train driver. I'm guessing there aren't many of us left.

Are you the last of a generation?

A printing press type setter, a blacksmith,....?

[Bert got kinky]

 

 

I'm an overweight, flightless super hero but due to government cutbacks, I am now being forced into the private sector.

 

 

[Bert got kinky]

 

Just in case your wondering what an overweight, flightless super hero looks like.

 

 

Edited June 10, 2022 by Bert got kinky

[sipi]

3 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Just in case your wondering what an overweight, flightless super hero looks like.

 

 

That reminds me. I gotta buy a new mirror.

[sipi]

https://youtu.be/XHPostn1LL4

[Bert got kinky]

 

I also appeared on Roy Castle's Record Breakers for my uncanny skill of being able to stack camels.

 

Edited June 10, 2022 by Bert got kinky

[Bert got kinky]

 

The animal, not the cigarettes.

 

[sipi]

https://youtu.be/eSUdlUmtg3Q

[sipi]

Why aren't my videos embedded?

[Bert got kinky]

1 minute ago, sipi said:

Why aren't my videos embedded?

 

Maybe you need to download the 'embedder thingy'.

 

[sipi]

1 minute ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Maybe you need to download the 'embedder thingy'.

 

You're talking to a 96 year old steam train driver.

I can't believe I'm actually doing this on my phone.

[Bert got kinky]

2 minutes ago, sipi said:

You're talking to a 96 year old steam train driver.

I can't believe I'm actually doing this on my phone.

 

You have a phone?  ????

 

[gamb00ler]

4 minutes ago, sipi said:

You're talking to a 96 year old steam train driver.

I can't believe I'm actually doing this on my phone.

I can't believe I can make phone calls from my pocket computer.

[Kwasaki]

43 minutes ago, sipi said:

Are you the last of a generation?

I guess I could be called last of the mechanics that repaired car and motorcycles they seem to be all fitters now. 

Construction was my main last.  occupation.

[sipi]

Ahh. The sulphur smell of coal burning on the stoker. I guess not many people will miss that.

[Bert got kinky]

Just now, sipi said:

Ahh. The sulphur smell of coal burning on the stoker. I guess not many people will miss that.

 

Thank god that Maggie got rid of that coal stuff.

God bless her.

 

 

[sipi]

1 minute ago, Kwasaki said:

I guess I could be called last of the mechanics that repaired car and motorcycles they seem to be all fitters now. 

Construction was my main last.  occupation.

Yeah I was a fitter/ machinist before that. That trade is well done with. Just get a replacement.

 

[Moonlover]

I spent many years repairing thermionic valve powered radar systems. We weren't even taught what these new fangled transistors were all about. "You'll not be seeing those for long time to come'' we were told.

[Fat is a type of crazy]

 I live near the puffing billy steam train in Melbourne so they are still a reality there. Many tourists and enthusiasts still keep it going. . They put one on the city line recently and nice to see it go by. 

[xylophone]

6 minutes ago, Fat is a type of crazy said:

 I live near the puffing billy steam train in Melbourne so they are still a reality there. Many tourists and enthusiasts still keep it going. . They put one on the city line recently and nice to see it go by. 

I just loved the steam trains when I was a lad and travelled all around the UK, well the southern part anyway, getting the numbers of these wonderful beasts and also trying to get inside the cabs, which I did on many occasions.

 

When I moved to New Zealand I vowed to go on the Trans Alpine Express steam train which connects the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand to the West Coast, but never got round to it, however it's still something I want to do.

 

Went on the Bluebell line many years ago and not sure if it's still running? So perhaps I'm the last of a generation that loved steam trains, not sure about that?

[DrPhibes]

44 minutes ago, sipi said:

Ahh. The sulphur smell of coal burning on the stoker. I guess not many people will miss that.

Are you describing my wife's breath after eating a large plate of Pak Min and whole raw clove of garlic?

Edited June 10, 2022 by DrPhibes
spelling

[The Hammer2021]

1 hour ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

Maybe you need to download the 'embedder thingy'.

 

Nope - definitely  not.

And the video  is embeddable so it's probably  user error

Edited June 10, 2022 by The Hammer2021

[Lacessit]

1 hour ago, sipi said:

You're talking to a 96 year old steam train driver.

I can't believe I'm actually doing this on my phone.

If you really are 96, my congratulations on still possessing most of your marbles.

Further kudos if you can still get it up.

 

Edited June 10, 2022 by Lacessit

[zzaa09]

The traditional skill and knowledge of blacksmithing is making a valiant comeback......

Stay tuned.

[StreetCowboy]

5 hours ago, sipi said:

Why aren't my videos embedded?

Censorship laws in Thailand.  Try posting them encouched, or seated.

[StreetCowboy]

5 hours ago, sipi said:

You're talking to a 96 year old steam train driver.

I can't believe I'm actually doing this on my phone.

If you can post on here with a pulse disconnect dialling telephone you’re a better man than me, Gunga Din.

[chickenslegs]

6 hours ago, sipi said:

Ahh. The sulphur smell of coal burning on the stoker. I guess not many people will miss that.

Not least the stoker himself.

[Lemsta69]

7 hours ago, sipi said:

That reminds me. I gotta buy a new mirror.

I smashed all my mirrors a long time ago ????