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by glencairn
Wed Apr 02, 2025 4:32 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: Taking Time Out
Replies: 47
Views: 19566

Re: Taking Time Out

Thank you gentlemen for the kind messages.
It was difficult at times to remain positive knowing the odds were not good.

Now to get on with life.

Glencairn
by glencairn
Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:46 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: Taking Time Out
Replies: 47
Views: 19566

Re: Taking Time Out

Good evening all. I have received a letter from the hospital. Basically the doctors were wary of what was under the shadow of my partially collapsed lung. A large percentage of the time in patients it is a cancer. The results of the recent procedure came back negative on the Big C. The doctors tried...
by glencairn
Sun Mar 30, 2025 5:43 pm
Forum: Members layouts
Topic: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street.
Replies: 529
Views: 241271

Re: Steam Trains to Sovereign Street.

Somethings haven't changed. Jimmy Marston is still changing the wheel. Five years he has been doing it. https://i.postimg.cc/WhMNH7jW/IMG-0316.jpg Charlie Marston is still negotiating a sale to someone who wants to preserve a locomotive. https://i.postimg.cc/xX6SwxZR/IMG-0317.jpg A scene on the layo...
by glencairn
Wed Mar 26, 2025 4:08 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: Taking Time Out
Replies: 47
Views: 19566

Re: Taking Time Out

I hope all went well, and the doctors now know what the problem is. Best wishes BB. Thank you, BB. Although the procedure went well the recovery has taken some time. I have to take a number of tablets daily. If you hear anyone rattling it could be me. Got another visit in hospital in April or May. ...
by glencairn
Thu Mar 20, 2025 7:42 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: Taking Time Out
Replies: 47
Views: 19566

Re: Taking Time Out

More taking time out. Doctors' are still wondering what the shadow on the lung is and why part of the lung has collapsed. I had an appointment to see them in April (which is now cancelled). Instead, tomorrow I will be in hospital to undergo a procedure to hopefully find what is going on. Hopefully I...
by glencairn
Thu Mar 20, 2025 7:27 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: And another hobby.
Replies: 304
Views: 163884

Re: And another hobby.

The One That Got Me Interested In Ships S.S. Uganda of British India Steam Navigation Company. https://i.postimg.cc/MXyrG253/Uganda.jpg Leaving Sunderland bound for Oslo https://i.postimg.cc/3kwL9yTz/Uganda-leaving-Sunderland.jpg Model of SS Uganda https://i.postimg.cc/184kX7fg/Uganda-model.jpg P&am...
by glencairn
Thu Mar 20, 2025 2:45 pm
Forum: The Welcome Forum
Topic: Good morning! I’m new.
Replies: 8
Views: 1584

Re: Good morning! I’m new.

Welcome on board, Carl.
Interesting collection. Glad that you saved it from going in the skip.

Glencairn
by glencairn
Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:30 am
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: R.I.P. Jim. AKA Aislabyjim
Replies: 3
Views: 668

Re: R.I.P. Jim. AKA Aislabyjim

Always sad news when a fellow railway modeller passes.
R.I.P. Jim

Glencairn
by glencairn
Sat Mar 15, 2025 3:13 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: And another hobby.
Replies: 304
Views: 163884

Re: And another hobby.

Aida Cruises. Were part of P&O, now Carnival Corporation. AIDAbella at the Port of Tyne https://i.postimg.cc/kVZGZL09/AIDAbella-Port-of-Tyne.jpg AIDAmar in Copenhagen https://i.postimg.cc/m14LW48x/AIDAmar-Copenhagen-4th-July-2023.jpg AIDAprima in Zeebrugge https://i.postimg.cc/18X9QJcz/AIDAprima...
by glencairn
Sat Mar 15, 2025 3:00 pm
Forum: The Mess Room
Topic: Spring ???
Replies: 18
Views: 8715

Re: Spring ???

Still an icy cold wind blowing


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Glencairn