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All I know about guns is that when I put the sight thing to my eye, there is a bloody great bolt in front of my face. In the CCF, the other cadets got the Lee-Enfields, I was given the map.

I've drawn the correct method of accessing a goods yard, so there isn't a facing point into a dead end siding. One of Rice's plans had a facing point. I told him. The language!

... except some of them contained lethal amounts of mercury, etc...

Morning all. Recovering from a weekend taking the FROS 3 requalification course. Two written exams and a lot of practical work, and I lost my left leg to a chainsaw accident. We were also expected to take aspirin for a cardiac event, except everyone on the course was allergic to aspirin. Anyway done for another three years so I can tootle around south east London on a Friday evening, terrifying little old ladies out of their beds.

Three reasons not to use cycle lanes: broken contents of bottle banks redundant white goods used lorry tyres When the great British public stop using cycle lanes as a free municipal dump, I'll start using them.

Blame Beth, she mixed the wrong shade of Grecian 2000.

Peter Principle?

Just as a footnote, Troubridge's flotilla comprised four Armoured Cruisers. Three of them were sunk at Jutland, the fourth managed to interrupt the British fleet as it maneuvered to cross the German "T". Bill

I don't think I want to know.

God.

On Maundy Thursday, it took five of us the 22 verses of Psalm 22 to completely clear the altar and dias. Yesterday I washed and ironed the linen. Today it took two of us over three hours to put it back.

After problems with ordinary Peco points (they didn't like being upside down) and then Seeps (hiding the Pecos in scenery to switch the frogs), I have now installed Peco Twistlock points. No problems so far.

Now to train humans. Put teabag in pot. Add boiling water. Remove teabag. Allow to cool. Pour into bowl. Add vap, Give to me. This concoction kept Harvey going for about 20 years. Vap was evaporated milk: very much preferred but ordinary milk was tolerated. Harvey visited many of the local houses for a "nice hot cup of tea" and they would all have a tin of vap in the fridge.

Evening all. I've been on holiday in Germany for 10 days. Anything important happen in TNM land that I should know about? I went to the Spur Null Tage in Giessen yesterday and purchased a Model Signal Engineering lever frame at a ridiculously low price. I also bought a 1950s Till Register and somehow lugged it back in my luggage. Worn out! Bill

As speaks someone with experience .....

Not sure about aging, the Prussian BR 58.0 were less than 30 years old. the BR 50 were a couple of years old and the BR 52 Kriegsloks were brand new. Auschwitz impacts me more than many of you, as my father was a prisoner-of-war in the camp. I'm very aware of the subject but this hasn't stopped me modelling German railways.

My late friend, Tony Adams, modelled the DRG in 1937. I asked him the obvious question and his reply that, in a Franconian town, the only indication might be an NSDAP flag flown outside the Rathaus (town hall).

Less of the "professional". Although I've just received a certificate to the effect that I am now an Emergency Responder, candidate number 1111902555.

..... and thirdly, the patient has to give the correct information. Me - "are you on any medicines?" Patient - "No." On arrival, paramedic asks the same question, the patient delves into their bag and produces a list a mile long. Paramedic and I roll our eyes.

I will never diagnose a patient - that is outside my competence. My role is to keep the patient alive until the professionals arrive, take a set of accurate observations and obtain a coherent patient history. I can spot if an observation appears anomalous, hand it over with a verbal question mark and most times the professional replicates my observation. It has taken a decade but we are now trusted by the professionals in London.

You mean they kept the xx and the rest is new.

And the nose. We all have one, but mine has been broken twice.

I went to a 6pm free concert in the Royal Festival Hall today. Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. The stalls were about 75% occupied. Impressive. There was a borough election today. I voted about 1pm, having shown identification, and I think was the first from my road to vote in person. I've heard a rumour that the government want to put forward legislation that the identification must be a Conservative Party membership card. It will stop the extremists being able to vote. Three bones broken (actually two. but one of them twice) - none set.

Don't forget the Double Decker stock.

Phil isn't too far away?