elsie's Blog

Modelworld again

2006-02-24T03:48:00.000-08:00

Volks railway depot model
Originally uploaded by elsie!.

Its that time of year again where I haunt the Brighton Centre for their annual model madness. ModelWorld. This is a model railway well known to Brighton residents.

2005-12-01T14:34:00.000-08:00

There are so many fans of 2001 that I cannot beleive no one has either discovered where this room is or built a recreation of it. I think it has a chilling atmosphere all of its own! Isnt it strange that the only time you see rooms in 2001 a Space Odyssey they are either lit from the walls or the floor. . . Never the ceiling!

2005-12-01T14:31:00.000-08:00

I would LOVE one of these! They look so beleivable in the film that I would not be surprised to see them built to this design ONCE the various space efforts of the world progress to the stage where Space Pods would be needed! Then hopefully Ill buy one!

2005-12-01T14:27:00.000-08:00

I built a model of this vehicle. It is a Moonbus . In the film it travels from Clavius base to the TMA 1 site. My model (By Aurora) was not a great credit to the real Moonbus and after many years went the way of all models.

Then I saw one on EBAY. Made. It sold for nearly £90. If it hade been unmade it would have made nearer £250! Incredible that a 40 year old film still has such a following.

2005-12-01T14:25:00.000-08:00

Here I am again. Still on my 2001 thing! When I first watched this film in Maidstone there were a couple behind me who found this shot hilarious! 40 years on and I still cannot see the joke!

2005-12-01T14:22:00.000-08:00

Yes it is a picture from 2001 a Space odyssey. . . . .Why? Because simply it is the greatest film I have ever seen in my life and I wanted to share that fact with you. As well as some stills!

Goodbye Phil. . . .

2005-11-08T13:43:00.000-08:00

Goodbye Phil. . . .
Originally uploaded by elsie!.

And so farewell to a great man and a very VERY close friend. A man whose undemanding nature and kindliness to all was somehow humbling. Not that Phil would seek to humble anyone. In his inate humanity to EVERYONE he met he was in his quiet way a giant amongst us. His gentle kindly polite nature and perfect manners alowed one to glimse a more genteel age when such behaviour was common and almost universal. A wonderful wonderful man whom I shall never forget for as long as I walk this world.

Goodbye Phil . You have left a hole here that will never be filled. Break a leg and on with the show! I love you!

Beetlemania 2

2005-09-16T13:03:00.000-07:00

Beetlemania 2
Originally uploaded by elsie!.

Playtime. With my big boys toy.

Boys toy!

2005-09-16T13:02:00.000-07:00

Beetlemania 2
Originally uploaded by elsie!.

I have my childish moments when I play with my verious toys . These includ model railway, playstation 2, PC games and flightsimming and as here a 1/8th scale volkswagen. I dont ever want to grow up!

Beer garden

2005-09-16T12:58:00.000-07:00

Beer garden
Originally uploaded by elsie!.

The stars out tonight and . . . . .

Has anyone found these.

2005-02-12T15:16:00.000-08:00

Lost your Marbles?
Originally uploaded by les2001.

Ive lost my marbles. Honestly . If you remove my lid there is nothing there. Scary. So how am I writing this!.

2005-01-30T00:26:00.000-08:00

Here is a governer from a traction engine. Posted for no other reason than that I am fiddling around with "hello" and this was the picture I happened to click on. I bet you really wanted to know all this!
By elsie

A Terrier at the NRM

2005-01-09T15:42:00.000-08:00

A Terrier at the NRM
Originally uploaded by les2001.

Ah my real love. Steam locomotives. This one is a Terrier because it is quite small, very powerful and doesnt know when to give up. Just like a terrier. It is over a hundred years old yet is still in full working order. Indeed some were still earning their keep in 1969! I wonder if the Airbus will still be around in a hundred years time. Cant see it myself .

Biggest seagull in the World lands on Brighton Pier!

2005-01-09T15:29:00.000-08:00

Biggest seagull in the World lands on Brighton Pier!
Originally uploaded by les2001.

Now this is something that you do not see every day. And you thought old age ,wind and sea had brought down Brighton's West Pier. Now the truth can be revealed.

Groyne takes the breaker 8/1/04

2005-01-08T13:00:00.000-08:00

Groyne takes the breaker 8/1/04
Originally uploaded by les2001.

I will try and do this most days. This is Brighton beach today during a windy spell. Mountainous seas made for some unforgetable sights. The dense salt spray meant my expensive digital camera had to venture out cautiously . The waves made me think of the thousand times mightier wave that had wiped the beaches surrounding the Indian ocean on Boxing day.

Pianist

2005-01-08T10:10:00.000-08:00

Pianist
Originally uploaded by les2001.

I saw this man while out in my younger brother's car . We were going down the pub (nothing unusual there) and this guy pulled up alongside. I thought he was a policeman and brother started driving very nicely. But he wasnt a policeman but a Pianist. Wonderful what they can do today. I pondered on wether going to the pub was such a good idea afterall. Perhaps I ought to lie down instead.

Seen at Headcorn

2005-01-08T09:59:00.000-08:00

Seen at Headcorn
Originally uploaded by les2001.

I did mention that I am a PC pilot. And I have flown both of these over my native Kent (SE England). Airships are wonderful even thought the only airship I have ever been on only existed inside my PC.It is a very nice airship with rich wood panelling inside and picture windows all thanks to Microsofts Flight sim 2002. enuff.

Les@Worthing

2005-01-08T09:54:00.000-08:00

Les@Worthing
Originally uploaded by les2001.

Here I am at sunny Worthing. One of the few decent pics anyone has ever taken of me. I do not look like this now as one side of my face is paralysed from a little known(to me) lugie called "Bells Palsy" whose effect is to "switch off" one side of your face! So eye closing is out, Winking definitely out and even supping pints of ale fraught with disaster. Apparently it will go in a few MONTHS

2005-01-08T09:48:00.000-08:00

elsie's BlogGosh isnt this clever. I promise I will write something meaningful in a moment. For now I am still playing with all the buttons. As is my wont. Now I am of to flickr to pinch some pictures to liven this up a bit. See you there