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    Andrew, my gob has been smacked. Lovely. Dai
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    I sympathise. I have had two robins caught this last week by our neighbourhood cats. They just kill them and leave them.
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    How about those squirrel-proof feeders, sort of a cage surrounding the feeder? I use them, and rarely does a squirrel get through, so a rat should find it even harder. It also prevents lots of other larger birds get through to the stuff I’ve left for titmice, etc.
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    A couple of weeks ago, my wife phoned me from her father’s house. She had seen a long-legged, graceful dunnock in the garden. I guess it was a starling (any other ideas?), but, to avoid future confusion, a garden bird identification chart now adorns the kitchen wall at her dad’s house. Long-legged, graceful dunnock! Bless her.
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    Penderyn Madeira whiskey is at special price of £27 at Waitrose. Bargain for a lovely, smooth taste.
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    It’s a great idea, Rob, to save up your specials for a special occasion. BUT, my first release Somerset Royal Cider Brandy got nabbed by my sons for an ‘at home’ with their friends when I was away. I hope you don’t have that problem. What do I do now? I’ve got rid of waiting for a special occasion: I might pop my clogs before then, so my first release Penderyn will be out of its bottle soon! Dai
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    My sons and I are conducting a Speyside Sampler of whiskies. So far, our favourites are Glenfarclas and Tamdhu. Happy new year, everyone.
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    Now that’s the Christmas spirit!
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    Possibly the last three or four pages. crying emoji here, if I could
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    Have a happy Christmas. By the way, other threads are available for light reading over this period. —- just do not ask a question. You know it makes sense.
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    Good on you. I hope it all goes well, microbrewery as well. I have a cunning plan for an O gauge track to distribute pints on the bar, but it might be overkill.
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    So, are you going to be the landlord? And how about mates’ rates for RMWeb aficionados. fingers crossed.
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    Didn’t stop me from buying one from Worsley Works!
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    Chris, going by the number of shows you attend, I thought you had been in three places at the same time! Good to see you at the EMGS AGM. Dai
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    Hi, has anybody been able to get close enough to these locos to See if they can be EM’ed easily? No scraping of footplate, and all that. Cheers, Dai
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    Upgrade the Chiltern line? OOC to Snow Hill?
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    Speaking as someone with a great degree of ignorance on this topic - though wanting to introduce it my layouts - would there be much commonality between components required for an EM layout and an O layout? I’m leaving this question fairly open so as not to prove my ignorance. Better to be thought thick, and not open my mouth to prove it, and all that. Cheers, Dai
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    Glad it worked well for you, Tony. It did for me as well. I thoroughly enjoyed it, my pocket less so after a few visits to Martin’s bring and buy stand. All good bargains though!
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    Who won best rucksack in show? Just wondering, like.
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    Yes, it does; and many thanks. Dai ps. My brother in law had a koala in his garden, the first he had seen in over 30 years there. Whether it was escaping fires, he thinks not.
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    Hi Chris, where do you find this information, please? I am interested in Merthyr- based autocoaches, etc; but don’t know where to easily (emphasise, easily) the info. Dai Davies
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    As NCB says, looks like a Grange. If your pennies allowed it, I would look around for a secondhand Hornby Grange, very good model. If not, would an Anchoridge motor do the job for your white metal beast?
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    Aiming to be there. Revisit my Merthyr roots. See you chaps, Dai
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    There was at least one crimson and cream auto on the Merthyr-Pontsticill run in its final year, late 1960.
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    BR(W) copied what the GWR did to a few coaches before WW2. I preferred the three-windowed saloon versions to these compartment versions. BUT I really disliked the Hawksworths versions with bus seats, call me old-fashioned.
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