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Don't generally watch political "discusion" programmes on the box but did see Starmer give a master class in ignoring interruptions during the new Kuenssberg offering this morning
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Forgive an old wrinkly, but what is an Oxford comma ? i use comas to space parts of a sentence in the way I was taught some 65 years ago
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3 hours ago, Bogie said:
This attempt to hide the fact that the door is still missing is not up to your usual standard I am afraid.
John Ahern's Madder valley layout featured the solicitor's office of Quibble and Cuss. Are you any relation of the senior partner??
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11 hours ago, MrWolf said:
I didn't want to come across all cynical and judgemental by providing an exhaustive list old chap...
OH! Don't be shy, tempted to ask why change your way of life now? But I won't....
I'll just add to your list "Smart Motorways"
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Panic???...... on LM?? A terminological error ..surely!
A calming cup of tea is called for,
Or, should we refer the mind-state of the LM management to the local Trick-cyclist ??
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Here was a time when we could have sent ( er, Transported) Boris to OZ, but some fool changed the law, and also allowed the Australians to control their own destiny, of which recent events have shown that they are quite capable.
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My grand daughter (then aged 4 ) on being served Sprouts at Xmas meal...... " I don't like Green Balls"
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1 hour ago, Ray H said:
Ah, but . . . .
I seem to recall the New Year's Day holiday was a relatively recent thing and I dare say that there were still milk & post deliveries even on Christmas Day back when time stood still in Little Muddle.
Where I lived until 1950 in the hinterland Black Country just south of Wolverhampton ( as so beautifully modelled in "Black Country Blues" ). The Wolves to Dudley branch ran across the top of our road ( Daisy Bank Station) .
We had a small farm behind our house, where they kept a couple of cows and the rule seemed to be that if the cows had been milked, we got a delivery of fresh, un- Pasteurised full cream milk served from a churn on small high-sided cart pulled by a pony. When not pulling the cart the Pony seemed to spend a fair bit of time with it's head over our fence,
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On 27/12/2021 at 08:19, KNP said:
Meanwhile, over by the shed, we catch a Collett at rest.
Getting ready to start another busy day!
Can't be sure, cos some fool has left a loco in the way.... but where has that door gone?
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13 hours ago, NHY 581 said:
Anyone told that Peckett that that name indicates that it's supposed to be extinct .
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There you are Annie, who's a lucky girl then? Another freebie for Xmas ! enjoy your new "Toys". I'm off line for 3days now Stay safe we need your humorous asides, particularly descriptions of frowning !
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On the topic of Christmas...... From the facebook page of the incumbent at an adjacent Parrish:-
From the church Nativity crib, his dog has swallowed the baby Jesus.
He says that he is not looking forward to the second coming ........
Stay safe, have a Merry Christmas.
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On 17/12/2021 at 11:06, alastairq said:
The only time I stepped foot in France,the place made me poorly....
But, i suppose, that was Marseilles for you?
{Or, to be reet, it was Port de Bouc, pre-the oily crisis]
Had a friend who declined the invite to the D-Day landing reunions.
His reason? " last time I went to France somebody shot at me" ( he was a Major in a tank regimen)
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18 hours ago, rocor said:
Upon the contiguity of elephants and railways.
How do i get to reveal this picture? I just get a tiny thumbnail in the centre of a blank screen.
Must be possible, rocor's post got 3 "likes" quite quickly. Please make allowance for age-induced stupidity.
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The GROAN button is still not available!
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You got to SEE a doctor !! You must have friends in high places. Here we can only get a telephone consultation if we ring immediately after 8.00am
And wait in the "queue", and then appointments are only for that day.
Due to the "plague" I am waiting for a hospital follow-up appointment but there's a 14 week waiting list for non-Covid cases.
Welcome to the retirement brigade, The difference for me has been that I have plenty to do, but age-induced slowing means that things take a little longer so that I am convinced that I am busier than I ever was, as the "to do jobs" pile up.
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16 hours ago, Philou said:
Hello chums,
A little update today. Progress was quite good but I didn't achieve the goal I'd set myself for today.
I had set out to finish at the mid way point this evening, but I ran out of puff on the last-but-one. Nearly there - it'll happen tomorrow instead.
Here are two photos showing progress so far:
I'm not far from that big beam that I mentioned earlier. It seems to be about 1.25m above floor level - it's going to give me a headache!
Cheers everyone,
Philip
Speaking from (painful) experience, I recommend wearing a substantial hat to avoid nasty scalp injuries. I resorted to a cycling helmet after a second contact with a beam in my loft while fitting floor-boards and was glad that I did so.
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29 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:
Those BG 6-wheelers, like standard gauge 6-wheelers in general, almost certainly don't use the Cleminson arrangement but rely on a bit of side-play for the centre axle. That was adequate for the curvature of most standard and broad gauge lines. The Cleminson underframe was developed for narrow gauge lines with tighter curvature and of course is a boon to us modellers with our unprototypically sharp curves.
I wouldn't be quite so confident of that - but as yet I lack definite evidence.
I did think that I was on shaky ground when I referred to the Cleminson system, but didn't know that side-play was usual or more likely for BG wagons. Just showing my general ignorance of BG matters (again!).
Many (all ?) other SG companies ran 6-Wheel coaches at some time, so the failure to adopt a 6--wheel van is a bit of a puzzle, although allowing them on to private sidings such as the the Burton breweries' network would give a few headaches with their sharp turns !
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Hi Andy, from a cold and windy S. Derbyshire I'm sure you remember it well!
Your problem with Adverts , I have intalled Adbloc
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On 03/12/2021 at 15:43, Compound2632 said:
For me, it's particularly interesting to see the BG version of the three-plank wagons, many of which (as I understand it) were converted to SG. Certainly from the side elevation alone one would struggle to spot the difference.
The 6-wheeler vans are sui generis - nothing like them on the SG. One wonders why?
My guess would be the need to keep the Cleminson mechanism in good working order. There would be considerable difficulty in trying to have a regular service schedule for a goods wagon.
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Thanks Mike. I missed that on my quick read of the RTCS book last night. The restricted bunker seems strange on a new-build loco.
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On 30/11/2021 at 02:44, Annie said:
Broad Gauge cheer up picture: Ostrich, one of the ten 2-4-0s of the Hawthorn class rebuilt as 2-4-0 saddle tanks in 1877 stands on the Newton Abbot traverser. Newton Abbot Goods Shed is in the background. The photograph is believed to have been taken circa 1890.
(Broad Gauge Society: Broadsheet 43)
According to the RTCS locos of the GWR Part 2, "Broad Gauge" 1952 (first?) edition, a 2-4-0 Loco named Ostrich was built by Sharp, Roberts in 12/1840 and ceased work 12/1865. The above loco has the looks of having a bunker added as an afterthought . Could it have been that original one modified?
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2 hours ago, Andrew P said:
Once again, you have NOT explained just what your doing on the Farm House roof top young Kevin.
1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:Fiddling?
Don't they supply a capital P in keyboards in OZ ?
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6 hours ago, Annie said:
I've asked if anybody knows what the original trackwork was at Abingdon, but I doubt that I'm going to get any kind of authoritative answer.
Annie, if you know who was the engineer in charge of the line's construction , then his other rail contracts (if any!) might give a clue.
PS. your note about connection between vaccination, long covid and ME/CFS was interesting, I've not seen any such report here in the UK,
Castle Aching
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my C.Eng title came after many years of practical application following day release college and distance learning.
Of course I had to surrender the title on retirement and stopping the annual fee charge to retain it.
Having the distinction never affected my salary level !!