RDS Posted April 16, 2015 Author Share Posted April 16, 2015 ... Takes a while to walk from my place in Sydney to the Rock ...It took me a while to drive from Sydney to the rock, never mind walk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Sshhhh RDS, you'll spoil a good story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Caesar Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Hi AC, just give me an arrival date with a bit of notice please. Takes a while to walk from my place in Sydney to the Rock to meet you, or to walk quickly the other way depending.Hi Fishy... well, as we're booking a budget budget budget airline and a pilot with a wonky walking stick we may be a while... just happens that the supplies we keep getting on board as we stop 36 times for refuelling and taking grog on board etc. is just enough to sustain our sanity and lifespan long enough to reach Oz.So the thing to do is just set out in a few days or a week and take a slow walk. That gives ample time for the engines of the plane to be serviced mid-air while Graskie does a fuel check with his dip-stick as punishment for not letting go of just ONE gold bar! He's enthusiastic about that check coz we told him he would be doing a space walk to complete the task. Apparently he got a decent space suit from NASA for about $20 and he's not been able to use it thus far.Just as an aside... is the rock still there? You haven't informed the authorities we're coming over and they've hidden it have you? We've got our flags so we can plant them on top of Uluru and thus claim the visitor attraction for the Brit government who need to raise money it seems... nothing changes.We estimate a three week turnaround for you to get to Uluru and we hope you have bought the cushions... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slightly Rippled, with a F Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Loco Detection needs a website like the "Is Steve Jobs dead?"one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 After realising that the Table was last published on page 28, I decided to wade through the 11 pages since then looking for new guesses. Unfortunately, 11 pages and just 4 new guesses. A few more dates have also fallen by the wayside recently. Those showing negative days are encouraged to make a new guess. ../../../media/wysiwyg/Hornby/Forums/LD-Sweep-Table-14-05-15.jpg Please DO NOT reply to this post by pressing the Blue Reply button. If you want to reply, use the Green button at the bottom of the page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37lover Posted April 26, 2015 Share Posted April 26, 2015 RDS,Thanks for sifting through and producing the update. I guess you must be almost resigned to posts other than just dates, a bit like this one! Frustrating perhaps, but most meant with good intentions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamml5 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 15/05/2015 - the big lunch time announcement tomorrow :) or is that just wishful thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted May 14, 2015 Author Share Posted May 14, 2015 Well Adam, it could either be the winning entry or the shortest losing one in the history of the sweep which has been running now for just under 200 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamml5 Posted May 14, 2015 Share Posted May 14, 2015 :) I know which I prefer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Caesar Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 @RDSI see you ain't marked my second guess with a (2)... is there a different reason for the numbers other than they are second guesses or third?Or is it coz I chose April Fools Day and was having a laugh - coz it will appear before then... on October 19th this year to be precise. That 'insider' info has come in real handy... lolAnyway... what do we win? A round of applause? A day trip to the rooftop of your own house? A free meal courtesy of one's other half or if single a microwave hot pot or whatever? Or a lifetime membership of the forum we all love (which we have anyway)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Caesar Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Hey Fishy... we all came over to that red rock, camped overnight, had a lovely time watching the stars (and some of us saw stars after drinking the grog) and were kept warm by a rather large camp fire that was more akin to the bush going up.But one person couldn't make it or got lost or simply didn't come... where WERE you? We're all back home tucked up in sleeping bags, heavy cold and a tan that'll take six months to start fading. And the red rock? We have some samples... er sorry - NO we don't... really we don't! Oh and the locals were very friendly... they borrowed a bowl of sugar and we ain't got it back yet... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Sorry, went via Port Augusta, forgot to turn right there, found myself on the Nulabor and went home in disgust. Now I know what the sugar bowl on my back doorstep was, I think the note blew away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Caesar Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Not to worry, it was written in a hurry as we had to get to the shop to top up our supplies of it anyway. Plus the pen ran out of ink and we had to use chalk... not good on white paper!!So we'll see you in a couple of years when you get to come over here.... our rocks are white and are on the south coast... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted May 21, 2015 Author Share Posted May 21, 2015 ... I see you ain't marked my second guess with a (2) ... Sorry, I missed that one but I will correct it the next time the table is published.(Nothing to do with the date, after all 1st April is as good a date as any other with a 1 in 365 or 366 chance of success) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Phill, presumed to be still waiting on patents. Traditional virtue required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 A good way to set peoples' minds at rest would be to do an article on LD in The Engine Shed.At this stage Hornby must have a fairly good idea of where the product is at regarding releasing it to the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 A good way to set peoples' minds at rest would be to do an article on LD in The Engine Shed ... Great idea (See my post in the 'The Engine Shed' section, Welcome to the Engine Shed thread, 21st March 2015) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenknicholson Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 On the Hornby Ally Pally stand, I was told that it was due to be in the 2015 catalogue, but withdrawn to have its own separate launch. As to why?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Great idea (See my post in the 'The Engine Shed' section, Welcome to the Engine Shed thread, 21st March 2015) I obviously read that RDS and it lodged in my sub-conscious, only to come out a couple of months later as an bright new idea - oops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallards Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Hi, is there any update, and or current situation regarding L.D ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 ... no update, no rumours or a release date ...No panic Phill, 636 days to go yet, until your predicted date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Maybe by the time it comes out it will have ZAD and AD as well as LD? Then we'll all still be able to stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 138 days past your guess Fishy. It's time you had another go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Ok, 2 November 2015 in time for Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augustus Caesar Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Hey guys... GREAT news... I heard a rumour today - but it wasn't about LD!!! Does that count? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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