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Harlequin

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  1. "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man." Spell checker dictionary update required...

    1. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      A perfectly cromulent word.

    2. ian
  2. "Carpet bombing Mozambique with Bream" ;-)

  3. Does secondhand rolling stock always smell of stale tobacco smoke?

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    2. Harlequin

      Harlequin

      Ooph! That wasn't a swear word, honest! Just an old term for rolling tobacco. (This is all getting a bit distasteful, sorry.)

    3. 25901

      25901

      One secondhand item I bought did smell of diesel, mind you it was 1:1 scale and weighed 73 tons lol

    4. plarailfan

      plarailfan

      Well over half of my models are secondhand, saving me many hundreds of £ pounds on new prices. Problems or faults are rare, which is ok, considering I take my layout to some of the local exhibitions

  4. Expecting 3 deliveries but I've got to go out. How many cards through the letterbox when I get back?

    1. Harlequin

      Harlequin

      Answer: None.

    2. reevesthecat

      reevesthecat

      If it was me there would be 4!

  5. Huge profits on Bargain Hunt today!

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      I have a feeling that there is a subliminal message here, but I'm not sure what it is.

    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Personally, I thought the little green racing car was grotesque!

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      I want to go on one of those antiques programmes, just to be able use my Dad's phrase "wouldn't give it house room"

  6. If I can find my 25+ yr old MekPak bottle, will it still contain anything?

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    2. Harlequin

      Harlequin

      Found all sorts of other rubbish and a few treasures but no MekPak yet. More boxes to go through.

    3. Harlequin

      Harlequin

      Found it! 3 bottles, one empty two with something in and a bottle of Humbrol "Liquid Poly".

    4. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      If it has been stored in the right conditions it might contain some - but probably nowhere near all - of the mekpak that used to be in it.

  7. Shed = happiness

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    2. sigtech

      sigtech

      Suppose you will have 'shedloads' of railway there!

    3. NGT6 1315
    4. Jinty3f

      Jinty3f

      Shed = another 6 years on your life span according to some research years ago

  8. Delivery from Locomotion tomorrow afternoon!

    1. sigtech
    2. Harlequin

      Harlequin

      Dean goods. :-)

    3. sigtech

      sigtech

      very nice - GWR fully lined?

  9. Not arguing with anyone...

    1. Mad McCann
    2. sigtech

      sigtech

      You must have the patience of a saint!!

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Ommmmmmmmm....

  10. Garry Kasparov sounds exactly like Gru from Despicable Me...

  11. I need Gill Sans!

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    2. Harlequin

      Harlequin

      I know... He was "unpleasant", shall we say. But Gill Sans is /the/ railway font and none of the alternatives are half as good...

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Culottes?

       

      A bit draughty at this time of year!

    4. westerhamstation
  12. "Where's the cue ball goin'?"

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      Not just the cue ball, the object balls keep going anywhere BUT the pockets...

    2. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Usually into a pocket in my case.

  13. The standard of snooker is very poor this afternoon. I blame the wasps.

    1. Captain Kernow
    2. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Some people reckon they add a new buzz to matches.

  14. Damon Hill on Bargain Hunt :-)

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Watching daytime TV? Tut tut.

    3. Harlequin

      Harlequin

      (Lunchtime ritual.)

    4. big jim

      big jim

      dr evil was on homes under the hammer earlier too

  15. Bored and frustrated at work already - and it's only January!

  16. In place of Rachel elegantly placing numbers on a board we have fat blokes throwing arrows at numbers...

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      But at least they're not sinking pints between throws (as it were) as they did in days of yore!

    3. Harlequin

      Harlequin

      I meant to say "at numbers on a board" to nicely round off the comment. Ho hum, brain fade due to lack of afternoon intellectual challenge, perhaps?

    4. BoD

      BoD

      They might do ok in the numbers round.

  17. The "Rest of the World" are rubbish at Robot Wars. All mouth no trousers.

    1. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Exactly so - something of a walkover.

    2. MarkC

      MarkC

      It's never been the same since Chaos 2...

  18. Big Windows 10 update coming down the line! V1709

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    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      It’d be a killer update if it were version 1701! xD

    3. JJGraphics
    4. highpeakman

      highpeakman

      Just done it. Went fine, no problems. Took about 30 mins though.

  19. I'm a GWR branch-line kinda guy. Should I own a Flying Scotsman?

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      I don't really know. I don't know any men down any pubs.

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Just get a cheap one from ebay and put it at the back of the shed on blocks minus the drivers...

    4. Lu4472ke

      Lu4472ke

      have what you want its your layout

  20. It's alive! (Got my railcar working again... Phew!)

  21. Getting ready to drive up to the NEC tomorrow.

  22. Dapol Railcar + Youchoos Zimo sound+speaker + incredibly fiddly fitting = Dead railcar

  23. Hatton's wishlist service: Gosh, those boys are clever!

  24. Thank goodness you're back! I was bereft!

    1. tractionman

      tractionman

      Same here, getting withdrawal symptoms!

    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Try breathing into a brown paper bag...

       

       

  25. Hattons say I'm about to become a Railcar owner!

    1. St. Simon

      St. Simon

      GWR or Bubble?

    2. Harlequin

      Harlequin

      GWR No. 11!

      I'll have to build a layout to run it on...

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