That's the one... thanks
Was she the person that sold Thomas a few years ago for a lot of money?
Life on a Welsh Narrow Gauge Railway
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I think there was another Thomas owner between Diana and the present ones. We no longer run Thomas weekends, but sell a lot of the merchandise, and frequently overhear stupid conversations about which engine is pulling the train.
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Re: Life on a Welsh Narrow Gauge Railway
And of the one who remarked how sensible it was of the neolithic tribes on Salisbury Plain to build Stonehenge so close to the road, but then wondering how they got the sarsen stones through the underpass onto the site....marty wrote:Reminds me of the time an American tourist asked the tour guide at Windsor why they built the castle in the flight path of Heathrow...Katharine wrote:
Yesterday's gem was a passenger in the cafe saying 'Do I have to go outside to get on the train?'
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