Mid-Cornwall Lines - 1950s Western Region in 00

[Barry O]

Lucky for me I "retired" at 55, pensions kicked in at 60 and 62.. Next up state pension.. but its the tax bit I don't like!

 

Baz

 

Ps but is should pay for flights to Oz..

[St Enodoc]

16 minutes ago, Barry O said:

its the tax bit I don't like

Why? Are the tax arrangements different from your other (company?) pensions?

[Oldddudders]

9 hours ago, 31A said:

haven't got around to applying for a for bus pass yet.

Swings and roundabouts. At 74, I would be entitled to a bus pass, but not living in the UK, don't qualify. The ongoing £2 fares help. I have to make do with All-stations National Network plus London Underground, Overground and buses. And I am convinced I pay less tax in France than I would in the UK. 

[Barry O]

1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:

Why? Are the tax arrangements different from your other (company?) pensions?

No, the more pension you get... the more tax you pay... simples...

 

So you are taxed on earnings , taxed on pensions interest andvtaxed on pensions payments..easy money

 

Baz

[Tankerman]

2 hours ago, Barry O said:

 Next up state pension.. but its the tax bit I don't like!

 

 

 

Ps but is should pay for flights to Oz..

 

Me neither, When the last increase in state pensions occurred, although I received it, the tax on one of my company pensions increased, reducing the net payment of that pension.

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

No, the more pension you get... the more tax you pay... simples...

 

So you are taxed on earnings , taxed on pensions interest andvtaxed on pensions payments..easy money

 

Baz

Ah, I hadn't picked up the pensions interest bit, which I don't think applies to my two defined-benefit schemes.

[The Stationmaster]

9 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Blimey ! Just realised I only have another eight years to go before I get there...........

 

I remember getting my driving licence and noting the date that I turned 70, 2035, on it. It seemed so very far away then...........

 

 

And if you have the wrong answers to various questions at that renewal you can bet on the DVLA s*dding about itfor more than long enough to leave you without a Driving Licence for a month or more - guess how I know, grr.

 

However they then covered themselves in glory by issuing the new Licence with the wrong renewal date then a fortnight later sending me anither one with teh correct renewal date.  The wronf  one is valid for several months ad fter the wrong one expires so I took out a minor insurancee policy  👀

[The Stationmaster]

8 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

Swings and roundabouts. At 74, I would be entitled to a bus pass, but not living in the UK, don't qualify. The ongoing £2 fares help. I have to make do with All-stations National Network plus London Underground, Overground and buses. And I am convinced I pay less tax in France than I would in the UK. 

I haven't bothered witna. bus pass.  the only place I normally travel on a bus is n London, even if it's just up the hill to ally pally for the exhibition and my  (free) Oysterd card covers that - plus the UndergrounD of course.   Locally apart from one route the train offers teh same journey as the ;bus - to Reading - and is actually quicker in quite a few parts of the day.  So. a bus pass is of little use for me. And like OD rail travel is covered by a Silver Pass

[16Brunel]

On 19/06/2023 at 17:45, Oldddudders said:

plus London Underground, Overground

At least the Wombling is free...

 

(Hat, coat, door...)

[Oldddudders]

9 hours ago, 16Brunel said:

At least the Wombling is free...

Late first wife Deb used, in the late '70s,  to have riding lessons on a Saturday afternoon, with a few others. Among them was a bumptious cove, who announced one day "I've been picked for Wimbledon!" prompting another there present to enquire "Tennis or Wombles?" as the bumptious one was very short. A decade later he became Britain's shortest MP.

[FarrMan]

12 hours ago, Oldddudders said:

Late first wife Deb used, in the late '70s,  to have riding lessons on a Saturday afternoon, with a few others. Among them was a bumptious cove, who announced one day "I've been picked for Wimbledon!" prompting another there present to enquire "Tennis or Wombles?" as the bumptious one was very short. A decade later he became Britain's shortest MP.

Shortest in height or duration?

 

Lloyd

[Oldddudders]

2 hours ago, FarrMan said:

Shortest in height or duration?

 

Lloyd

I think he only lasted for one Parliament. 

[lmsforever]

Its a lovely feeling when you wake up and realise that no more work but its amazing how life gets busy but in good way  the eight years will fly by!

[St Enodoc]

This morning I went over to see Bill (the builder of St Enodoc goods shed) for a running session on his layout, the Fern Valley Railway. It's a freelance layout, located in NSW but with a lot of US-style equipment as well as Australian, which Bill has blended together skilfully and convincingly. You can read a description, see photos and watch videos here.

 

http://www.brma.org.au/BRMA Galleries/Non-British/Layout 0039 - Fern Valley/index.html

 

Afterwards we enjoyed a nice pub lunch, all of which made for a very enjoyable start to the weekend.

 

When I got home, I fitted the strip of ply at the back of Pentowan goods yard and started the trackbed by laying a half-strip of DCC Concepts foam trackbed along the two outer edges of the yard. Once they're dry (tomorrow, with luck) I'll cut a sheet of cork to fit between them. No photos today, as it's all a bit messy with the foam strips pinned in place and various tools lying around.

[Tallpaul69]

I noticed you have been very diplomatic , only mentioned cricket once, and that prior to the last day!

 

We won't hold the result against you , after all we were poor on the last session and lost it, allowing you to win, rather than you winning through a great performance all match, which is what we have come to expect from the Aussies. 

 

Lords should be interesting!

Cheers, Paul 

[St Enodoc]

7 hours ago, Tallpaul69 said:

I noticed you have been very diplomatic , only mentioned cricket once, and that prior to the last day!

 

We won't hold the result against you , after all we were poor on the last session and lost it, allowing you to win, rather than you winning through a great performance all match, which is what we have come to expect from the Aussies. 

 

Lords should be interesting!

Cheers, Paul 

A few years ago, a colleague asked me when I would start supporting Australia in the Ashes. I replied that it would be after I'd lived in Australia longer than I lived in the UK. By that time I will be 93...

[Coach bogie]

1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:

A few years ago, a colleague asked me when I would start supporting Australia in the Ashes. I replied that it would be after I'd lived in Australia longer than I lived in the UK. By that time I will be 93...

We had friends over last night, and had the same conversation though for me it would be 144. Being Australian born they were not impressed.

 

One was concerned that I was spending too much time playing with toy trains. "What does Mark do for leisure time". "Oh he plays alot of golf" was her response. Quick as a flash my wife jumped in with "well that what he tells you". 

 

Mike Wiltshire

[St Enodoc]

First things first - the Super Rugby Pacific Final. With two NZ teams playing, I didn't have any skin in the game so I could just sit back and enjoy it - which I certainly did! A pulsating match, full of both great skills, serious physicality and a few mistakes by both sides, with some resulting in yellow cards. In the end, the winners were just that bit more disciplined in the last quarter and so came away with the trophy. No spoilers, but at least one follower here should be very happy.

 

Before all that, I laid the cork in Pentowan goods yard and while the glue was drying I installed the dummy trap point blade for 49A points at the exit from the loco spur.

 

I used four off-cuts of cork laid as a jigsaw, which was more manageable than trying to cut a single larger sheet to the right size and shape.

 

 

You can see how the cork extends right to the far end of the boards in front of Polperran, while in the other direction the trackbed stops just short of Treloggan Junction Up Main Home signal.

 

I then laid out the last two points and marked their positions so that tomorrow, once the glue is dry, I can drill the operating wire holes and start laying the track.

 

For the trap point, I cut away six sleepers a few scale feet in advance of 48 disc.

 

I glued five standard length timbers and one longer one in place...

 

...then soldered in place: a) the far (red) running rail at the correct radius; b) the near (black) running rail to the three timbers furthest from the switch toe; c) the switch blade to the three timbers nearest to the toe, letting the solder run through to the running rail as well; and d) the open end of the switch blade.

 

Finally I gapped the timbers to complete the job.

Edited June 25, 2023 by St Enodoc
Clarification and better English

[ianathompson]

20 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

a few mistakes by both sides, with some resulting in yellow cards.

 

The Union shows too many yellow cards nowadays, in my opinion.

If they had refereed the games that I played in, back in the day, in the modern style they would all have been abandonned before half time!

 

I am not advocating making head hunting etc legal, just the application of common sense.

It is supposed to be a physical game!

 

The Wigan Warrington game threw up a good example last week in the Rugby League cup.

An accidental clash of heads, lots of blood, both players get stitched up and have HIA.

Both pass this and return to play. 

No malicious intent in the incident: "get on with it."

 

Ian T

[St Enodoc]

43 minutes ago, ianathompson said:

 

The Union shows too many yellow cards nowadays, in my opinion.

If they had refereed the games that I played in, back in the day, in the modern style they would all have been abandonned before half time!

 

I am not advocating making head hunting etc legal, just the application of common sense.

It is supposed to be a physical game!

 

The Wigan Warrington game threw up a good example last week in the Rugby League cup.

An accidental clash of heads, lots of blood, both players get stitched up and have HIA.

Both pass this and return to play. 

No malicious intent in the incident: "get on with it."

 

Ian T

Over here, certainly, there has been an increase in the number of high tackles resulting in contact between the tackler's shoulder and the tackled player's head. That's what the authorities are trying to stamp out (pun intended). There was one such in last night's game. The others were for persistent and/or deliberate killing the ball or offside by the defenders in their 5-metre area - the professional foul. I'm in favour of yellow cards for both of these categories.

Edited June 25, 2023 by St Enodoc
Clarity

[St Enodoc]

The first job this afternoon was to drill the holes for the operating wires and cut away the trackbed below the tiebars on handpoints A and B. Next I painted all the bare cork grey.

 

 

These two photos show the change from yesterday.

 

A close-up of the holes. The hole for handpoints B on the left is offset to allow room for the motor to clear the joist here.

 

While everything was drying I added some sleepers between handpoints B and C.

 

Finally, I glued down the two points (with a couple more sleepers between handpoints A and B).

 

I have now laid all the points on the complete layout, which was a very good reason to open a bottle of red with dinner.

 

[ianathompson]

1 hour ago, St Enodoc said:

The others were for persistent and/or deliberate killing the ball or offside by the defenders in their 5-metre area - the professional foul. I'm in favour of yellow cards for both of these categories.

 

The easisest answer to that is award a penalty try!

I totaly agree with tour sentiments about killing the ball, not that I ever did that of course (said ironically), but I fear that this is becoming thread drift!

 

Ian T

[St Enodoc]

1 hour ago, ianathompson said:

 

The easisest answer to that is award a penalty try!

I totaly agree with tour sentiments about killing the ball, not that I ever did that of course (said ironically), but I fear that this is becoming thread drift!

 

Ian T

Don't worry about thread drift!

 

There have been a few PTs in Super Rugby this year. The key point is that the ref must be sure that a try would probably have been scored if it were not for the foul play (Law 8.3, paraphrased). This is quite a high bar, although not as high as it used to be ("almost certainly"). In yesterday's game, that would not have been an appropriate decision for any of the three yellow cards, in my eyes.

 

The crucial (and correct) yellow card was about eight minutes before full-time, which left the defenders in a deep hole from which they could not escape.

[St Enodoc]

On 19/06/2023 at 16:52, Barry O said:

Ps but is should pay for flights to Oz..

Every two months?

[St Enodoc]

On 21/06/2023 at 05:41, Oldddudders said:

riding lessons on a Saturday afternoon, with a few others

That sounds like fun.