Joseph_Pestell

I was taking a couple of friends in Oxfordshire to lunch when local white van man ran into the back of my car at a junction. Drivable home with caution but almost certainly a write off and friends still in Banbury A&E being checked out.

Bu**er!

Does anyone know where I can get a track piece where  a OO-9 line crosses over a OO gauge line?

Does anyone know where I can get a track piece where  a OO-9 line crosses over a OO gauge line?

I am in a bit of a dilemma about my car, it is 13 years old the question is do I get it repaired or do I spend money buying a newer car, as I feel if the cost of the repairs is greater than the current value of the car is it worth doing. I cannot make my mind up.   

I am in a bit of a dilemma about my car, it is 13 years old the question is do I get it repaired or do I spend money buying a newer car, as I feel if the cost of the repairs is greater than the current value of the car is it worth doing. I cannot make my mind up.   

Is anyone else fed up with being fed up?

Is anyone else fed up with being fed up?

You've defrosted the Bolognese and the garlic bread.  You've managed to find somewhere selling pasta to top-up your dwindling supplies.  You've bought a bottle of Valpolicella to go with it.  You've set the pan of water for the linguine on to boil.  You open the Tupperware box of Bolognese . . . and realise instantly that its actually a chicken curry you quite definitely aren't in the mood for.

Cannot help but think if i had spent more time doing rather than thinking I might have a model railway to play with during this lockdown.

As it stands I have a gap in the room I am filling with rubbish instead.

However, the impending isolation did make me get off my fat a*s and clear out the rubbish from my late father's flat - three trips to the tip and a lesson in reverse engineering a sofa back into wood, padding and fabric.  Don't we collect a lot of cr*p throughout a lifetime that for anyone else has absolutely no value once the person who so loved them has gone.  I had to be particularly ruthless as it would be easy to go "that's useful", though one week since dismantling destroying his layout I am thinking I should have kept some of that 2x1 for when the lockdown comes!!

Also it has become self evident that I am thriving under lockdown whilst other's are finding it a real issue.  For me nothing has changed, I have worked from home since 2014, I only generally go out to shop or exercise and they are not prohibited.  Ok, I do like a meal out and visits to railway exhibitions but I can live without both for the time being.

For the weekends to come I have three rooms to paint, a house to tidy and plenty of stuff to study so hopefully I don't come down with anything as I am just too busy.

ll I have just recived my 101th job rejection. Feeling very despondent with the direction my life is going.

Have any European class 66's ever visited the UK?

I need to respray a Bachman Class 20 in BR diesel green - is it OK to spray direct on the printed livery, or should I attempt to remove the print first - have seen cotton bud and T-Cut method for individual symbols, but what about the overall livery - I am minded simply to spray over it all - please has anyone else done that?

Time to Vote in the European Parliamentary Elections.  I've cast my vote, have you?

Anyone else wondering about RMweb Gold?

What is it with the lavatories in the 3-car 165 units? The lavatorial space is very large, bigger than that of a Voyager and yet the actual 'facilities' are crammed into the corner, so that your knees are effectively in the sink!

I have just had what is possibly the most putrid cup of on-train tea I have ever had, courtesy of CrossCountry Trains.

It's 10.30 on Monday morning, and I still don't have any Warning Points!  

The bloke that invented predictive text has sadly passed away today. His funfare will be held next monkey.

5 emails sent to slaters plastikard and still no reply how do these people make money