Phwoar!

[JamieLei]

For Alan Fry:



For Dave W:



Sexy beast.

Credit to Dave in the for the first picture. Lovely shots: http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveworley ... /lightbox/
Second picture from here: http://ukrailways1970tilltoday.me.uk/Pe ... epot7.html

[Geo Ghost]

What about the rest of us Jamie?

[EXTspotter]

I agree with Geo. What about the rest of us who don't partake of these particular flavours of Kool-aid?

[Geo Ghost]

Flavours of the what now?

[EXTspotter]

Kool-aid is a beverage sold in america aimed at children. In this case it is a slur (I assumed of the internet generally, but based on your reaction probably not) used on the airliners.net forums towards people who (immaturely) ask ridiculous questions or say how things should be done in the real world, when they have no actual knowledge about the subject at all. The equivalent on here would be saying that in order for the british train network to become profitable they should buy hundreds of pendolinos and operate them everywhere at 5 minute frequencies on all lines or that for optimal usage of trains, all services from London to Scotland should use the Settle to Carlisle route. Utter twaddle, basically. Ideas like this are usually followed by posts such as "Go home and drink your Kool-aid" or "Someone's been having too much Kool-aid before bed".

I hope this sheds some light on this matter, but if it doesn't, sorry.

[JamieLei]

Sorry, never heard of the kool-aid slur

Quick research shows that actually rather than being related to kids, it's to do with the Jonestown Massacre (which I was very aware of). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_the_Kool-Aid

[supermop]

Before Jonestown, it often reffered to 'Electric Kool-aid', large batches of kool-aid or cheap substitute spiked with LSD, often at certain rock concerts or parties in the early-mid 60s SF scene, e.g. electric koolaid acid test. Drinking the kool-aid essentially meant buying into the psychedelic subculture.

Whether that is as pejorative as the later Jonestown meaning, if at all, is subject to your own personal interpretation.

[Geo Ghost]

I hope this sheds some light on this matter, but if it doesn't, sorry.

Ah ok I follow now. I thought you'd just gone nuts.

[teccuk]

Ah all these years and i never got the kool-aid thing. Americans' huh. Best to ignore them.

Any old skool DMU will do for me.

[JamieLei]

[Dave]

Did you ask permission of the person who owns the photo of the Pendolino to use this image to gratify some bizarre pro-rail, anti-road, pro-Pendo man?

[Nawdic]

Pic of Class 141

Strangely, to me, they look nice

[JamieLei]

Did you ask permission of the person who owns the photo of the Pendolino to use this image to gratify some bizarre pro-rail, anti-road, pro-Pendo man?

I put a link and a reference from the outset. Although actually misread the licence - mybad. Want me to remove?

[Dave]

Did you ask permission of the person who owns the photo of the Pendolino to use this image to gratify some bizarre pro-rail, anti-road, pro-Pendo man?

I put a link and a reference from the outset. Although actually misread the licence - mybad. Want me to remove?

Internet humour conveyance fail haha

I mean really, use away... I just don't want him to be spewing forth his goods over my photo haha

[JamieLei]

Hopefully he won't. If he does, none of us could really stand his goods charging at us 4 times an hour at 80mph, when there's no demand for it.

[EXTspotter]

Charging? I thought we were already onto the 130 mile range Amazon Pendocannon...

...I wonder how much it would cost to clear it all up afterwards, then again it doesn't matter because the government can just get some free money from the tax evaders...

[Dave]

Two new keyboards required haha.

[supermop]

Oh man I forgot those things had those s*** streetcar style doors.

[Pilot]

Dave, Is that Pendo at Nuneaton?

[Dave]

Yes at the South end. My first visit actually, in December 2009.