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A little wave to Pimpy

channys_mum — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:43:26 GMT

Still loves his trains

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

channys_mum — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:03:37 GMT

For those not in the know, this is my brother Graham. Graham is intelectually disabled. Pimpy and her OH are his friends, who he talks about quite often. He lives with me. Trains are the be all and end all lol

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

the*scarlet*pimpernel — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:07:51 GMT

He's looking well. I've decided I want to be a train driver when I grow up.

You should bring him for a visit. I now live beside a very active railway line.

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

channys_mum — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 12:19:15 GMT

I could do that. He would be estatic. I shan't be telling him until the day before though.

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

amber-eyed-girl — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:04:09 GMT

Steam trains are awesome 🙂

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

tcmsecretuseid — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 16:08:43 GMT

Your brother looks very happy. That is more than I can say for many people who are not challenged.

It is quite amazing that you take care of your brother. I love this photos, as well as the dinner photo.

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

sineaterdoodah — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:20:08 GMT

does he like miniature trains too? i mean,like,not tiny trains,but trains in parks? we have a cool train museum here,and a park with a miniature train to ride on,and our zoo also has a miniature train that rides through all the outdoor exhibits.

if you ever come to america,you come on down to wichita,i'll feed yoou and show you our trains!:)

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

channys_mum — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:02:32 GMT

He likes all trains.

When he was a kid he would put his hand over his ears and scream when the trains chuffed into the station (yes we are that old lol).

Sometimes it was so bad that mum would have to take us back home. Now he can't get enough of them.

He has a model railway in the garage. Oops sorry 'Train Room' lol.

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

channys_mum — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:03:49 GMT

He likes all trains.

When he was a kid he would put his hand over his ears and scream when the trains chuffed into the station (yes we are that old lol).

Sometimes it was so bad that mum would have to take us back home. Now he can't get enough of them.

He has a model railway in the garage. Oops sorry 'Train Room'

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

channys_mum — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:10:40 GMT

The dinner photo is cute. He is three today so he will be here at some stage and the troops will spend the night. They sleep over on Tuesdays normally.

Dessie loves trains and he loves his Uncle Graham too. They get on well.

Dessie has OI , but you would barely know it. He is at the better end of the scale to be, if you have to have OI.

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

channys_mum — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:11:39 GMT

oops thought the first one didn't post

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

tcmsecretuseid — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:20:45 GMT

I'm not certain what Ol is. From your post, I might guess that he has a mild form of Autism, but I don't know for a fact that is what you are saying. There are millions of fully functional Autistic people. I even think many have never been diagnosed, but just carry on with life in their own way. Marching to the beat of a different drum.

The picture of his dinner, along with his name for the picture, was what intrigued me. There is a lot going on in the photo.

Happy Birthday Little man.

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

lurker172602 — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 23:02:07 GMT

Up until I was about 8yo we lived near the railway. I care remember lying in bed listening to them at night. I still find the sound quite soothing.
Hi to Graham.

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

baybizz — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 23:55:50 GMT

Ah, choo, choos....

Chattanooga Choo Choo ~ Teddy Stauffer Orch. / Phyllis Heymans

http://www.youtube.com/v/i1zrTytdpro?autoplay=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1zrTytdpro

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

channys_mum — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:53:23 GMT

Hi tcm. OI is Osteogeneses Imperfecta (brittle bone disease)

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

the*scarlet*pimpernel — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 01:53:34 GMT

@lurker172602 wrote:
Up until I was about 8yo we lived near the railway. I care remember lying in bed listening to them at night. I still find the sound quite soothing.
Hi to Graham.

Come and stay at my house for a week. I gaurantee you will not be feeling soothed by the end of it

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

sineaterdoodah — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 02:56:21 GMT

is that open to me too? i MISS our trains! when we first moved to this house, there were 9 trains every 24 hours. i miss that. i grew up close to the tracks,across the street from a hospital.:)

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

tcmsecretuseid — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 03:09:21 GMT

Thanks Channy. I know very little bit about oi.. mostly that he (most likely) isn't going to play professional American Football.

Now I'm interested enough to do some research.

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

the*scarlet*pimpernel — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 03:23:25 GMT

9 trains in 24 hrs? pffft amateurs

when the coalmines get fully cranked up and the train lines brought up to scratch we can expect 4 and hour.

Oh Joy

So I figure, if you can't beat them, join them, and sent my job application in today for Locomotive Operator (train driver)

Re: A little wave to Pimpy

channys_mum — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 03:24:28 GMT

True, but I do believe he will be a well known muso and possibly photographer