Abdul Alhazred Appreciation Thread

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 1:18 am

As a kid I traveled by steam train (family vacations). I mostly remember Italy. As it was before Total Security™, you could still open the windows and, Italian trains being then incredibly overcrowded, I've seen people getting into the carriage through them. It also meant sitting for hours on your luggage in the corridor.

Fun part was leaning outside while speeding on. But the coal smoke produced a peculiar kind of dust which stung sharply the eyes and was quite difficult to remove.

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 3:01 am

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:09 am

After partaking of my habitual midnight fag-o-cycle ride and kicking the shit out of an insane Polish tramp who attempted to steal my gloves outside McDonald's, I attempted to appreciate you a little more, Abdul. Unfortunately, Mrs. Camel is away god bothering with a load of nuns this weekend, so all did not go quite according to plan. (Hic.)

Well, the train set would have worked, had my niece not been buggering about with it...

Oh, well; here's Sir Dinadan, (I really wanted the Mallard, but such was beyond my means,) and a few of his friends, including a Prime Pork Wagon, cos you're a Kike.

All was not lost, however, as I found a brigade of Eighth Army WWII soldiers, hand-painted by yours truly and glued to the carriage floors to make things look more realistic. (Things like that make sense when you're ten.)

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:52 pm

Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:35 am Really not into toy trains, though I did fancy your slot cars video.

Sadly, the slot cars had to go to preserve some semblance of marital harmony. I flogged them on Ebay to some guy in South Africa for about twice what I paid.

Nowt so queer as folk.

asthmatic camel · Post by **asthmatic camel** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 6:37 pm

Aaand, how could an Abdul Alhazred Appreciation Thread be complete without Mornington Crescent?

Fid · Post by **Fid** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 10:54 pm

Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Sun Jul 21, 2019 7:43 pm

I believe that is the proper response to Mornington Crescent.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:48 pm

Cooper, Hudson river waterfront. Roughly contemporaneous to R. Mutt's Fountain you like so much.

ceptimus · Post by **ceptimus** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 11:50 pm

I had a shit-ton of Scalextric track plus lots of cars and other accessories. I foolishly gave it all to my nephew who never used it much and then threw it away, or sold it - I'm not sure which.

I should have learned my lesson, but years later, when my dad died, I gave the same nephew my dad's Honda C50 motorbike - which was in great shape. My nephew soon scrapped it.

Those C50s are really collectable now, and getting to be worth a load of money. I wish now I'd kept it for myself.

Simon Bar Sinister · Post by **Simon Bar Sinister** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:04 pm

FYI, in case you didn't already know:

Big Boy No. 4014

ed · Post by ed » Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:02 pm

What about using nuclear energy to produce the steam.

ed · Post by ed » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:03 pm

Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:10 pm
ed wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:02 pm What about using nuclear energy to produce the steam.
Sure.

Stationary power plants and electric locomotives.

No, a small reactor in the loco.

Why not?

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:29 am

4-14-4

Nyarlathotep · Post by **Nyarlathotep** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:45 am

This is a McKeen Motorcar. A little gas-powered "train" car that carried passengers on short runs back in the day. I saw one today (there is a fully restored one in the Carson City railroad museum) and thought AA might get a kick out of it.

ed · Post by ed » Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:56 am

A real train.

4 years my friend, four years

ed · Post by ed » Wed Jul 24, 2019 11:19 am

And probably not for the last time.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 3:26 pm

https://filebin.net/8brvghww1evyebuy/Su ... t=h3d5z6hs

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:29 am

Too romantic?

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:20 am

to steampunk.

ceptimus · Post by **ceptimus** » Sat Jul 27, 2019 8:21 pm

Witness wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2019 1:29 am

4-14-4

When you need lots of tractive effort, but your track isn't dead straight, then a Beyer-Garratt is more suitable.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:54 pm

↑ Typical Commie overfail.

OK, so how about the glorious "Joseph Stalin"?

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 1:52 am

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:37 pm

Sorry, Abdul, I got confused (and didn't pay enough attention): when using Imgur directly, the link comes with the tags added; when using the Firefox add-on to upload to Imgur, the link in the clipboard is "naked", as you say, and I (usually) add the tags myself.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 10:05 pm

↑ Repaired.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Jul 30, 2019 10:31 pm

Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2019 9:54 pmit hangs my browser.

BTW, it didn't hang my browser (or I would have noticed

), the image had just a small "Imgur" banner.

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:09 am

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:57 am

ed · Post by ed » Thu Aug 08, 2019 11:17 am

Witness wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:57 am

They bringing the sammages?

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 12:08 pm

I'm not totally sure if Abdul will appreciate this non-train-related (but tran-related) content but I thought it was interesting and I couldn't think of a better thread to put this in.
Anyway, this is ContraPoints:

I discovered this about a week ago. ("Discovered") well of course I didn't discover it. I'm probably quite late in learning about it and the very cool people, including Abdul, are already on to something else.

Anyway, I've already watched several of her videos this last week, but this one seemed like a good place to start.

Anaxagoras · Post by **Anaxagoras** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 1:37 pm

Yeah, I wasn't sure, but I did find it amusing myself. I'll post a shorter one in the other thread.

ed · Post by ed » Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:03 pm

How can you appreciate a person who drives potential new folks away?

How ay scalps on his belt?

Here is a candid shot of Abdul eyeing prospective members and figuring out the best combination of abuse and condescention to make sure they do not return.

Rob Lister · Post by **Rob Lister** » Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:25 pm

Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:13 pm I am always welcoming to N00Bz.

You're always creepy to NOOBz.

Abdul Alhazred wrote:I even post that motivational poster about accepting them as one of us.

case in point.

ed · Post by ed » Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:48 pm

Rob Lister wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:25 pm
Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:13 pm I am always welcoming to N00Bz.

You're always creepy to NOOBz.

Abdul Alhazred wrote:I even post that motivational poster about accepting them as one of us.
case in point.

This. It is like the rictus grin of a compulsive sheep "fancier"

"Flockmaster". Is that what they call themselves now? Disgusting.

ed · Post by ed » Thu Aug 08, 2019 4:08 pm

It is best to know about deviationists and the best way to know is to study their habits.

I have studied that habits of Goat Fanciers too.

ed · Post by ed » Thu Aug 08, 2019 4:42 pm

I am a Marxist-Leninist, I have always been a Marxist-Leninist

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:13 am

Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 3:13 pm Who is that really a picture of?

http://www.newbedfordpd.com/new-bedford ... -chaplain/

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:33 am

Abdul is our Saint Peter. (Or Janus.)

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:34 am

Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑Fri Aug 09, 2019 12:21 am Interesting, but it still doesn't fully answer my question to ed.

Further research is priced.

ed · Post by ed » Fri Aug 09, 2019 1:01 am

? Lost me. Not hard to do, admittedly

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sat Aug 10, 2019 2:40 am

Witness · Post by **Witness** » Sun Aug 11, 2019 1:03 am

↑ Nah, you're just very predictable – watch out for the boring border.