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  1. Grafarman

    New year; new house; new railway room - bring it on! Happy 2018 everyone!

  2. Grafarman

    Enjoying the peace of #twixtmas before spending the weekend at Llangollen

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    2. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      Haha no according to my teenage daughter it's something describing the lull betwixt Christmas and New Year...

    3. Bill

      Bill

      Twixtmas!!! Love it

    4. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Oh good grief, more chocolate!

  3. Grafarman

    #ChristmasJumperDay2017 Text the code TEAM12700 to 70050 to donate £5 to join me in supporting SaveTheChildren!

  4. Grafarman

    If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.

    1. Brit70053

      Brit70053

      Always believed a barn of grain would be worth more than a ton of gold in a famine.

  5. Grafarman

    Moved house from London to North Wales, from recycled to fresh air! Prestatyn in N has come home!

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    2. Stubby47

      Stubby47

      I was going to say that !

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Sounds like a good result!

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      There's a letter from a Mrs. Trellis....

  6. Grafarman

    The vultures are circling it seems...

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    2. 46444

      46444

      Naughty, naughty...

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      My hovercraft is full of eels.

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      ...very naughty....bwahahahahahaha

  7. Grafarman

    Concerning Hobbits...

    1. bgman

      bgman

      Six toe shuffle

    2. BoD

      BoD

      You think you know everything there is to know about Hobbits and then.......

  8. Grafarman

    Drove and fired Foxcote Manor at Llangollen today; wonderful experience, certainly blew some personal cobwebs away!

    1. class"66"

      class"66"

      Sounds like you had fun!!

      great place Llangollen railway.

    2. DougN

      DougN

      Hopefully it was steaming alot better than at NYMR about 5 years ago.... delayed the entire day... boy we were late back to York that night after 2 buses with 2 sleeping kids!

    3. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      It behaved beautifully; sprinted away with 5 coaches on and responded perfectly well - looks very smart in its new BR black E/C livery too...

  9. Grafarman

    Driving and firing at Llangollen Railway today!

    1. Richard Jones

      Richard Jones

      Luck you!

    2. Richard Jones

      Richard Jones

      Should have said "lucky you" - autocorrect to quick for me!

    3. Richard Jones

      Richard Jones

      We had a nice trip behind 5199 a couple of weeks ago

  10. Grafarman

    A month from today, 17/7, I'm firing/driving a steam loco at Llangollen - 50th birthday treat from my daughters - well chuffed!

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    2. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      It's great to do, well worth it. Have fun!

    3. bgman

      bgman

      Don't forget to take some bacon and eggs ! Enjoy !!!

    4. shanks522

      shanks522

      Enjoy!

  11. Grafarman

    Reading up on how to fire and drive a steam loco - never knew there was so much to it :-D

    1. muddys-blues

      muddys-blues

      do you not just fill with water, switch on an wait for the whistle ... that's how nornml kettles work

       

  12. Grafarman

    Just found out the exercise bike I bought 2 years ago and hardly used doesn't work any more...oh dear, how sad, never mind...

    1. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      I just dusted off my rowing machine and found the same thing - but took it apart and fixed it!

    2. JDW

      JDW

      ^ thereby doing some excercise in the process of fixing it, rendering it again useless...

    3. Welly

      Welly

      All of these are built only to last one month!

  13. Grafarman

    'A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.'

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    2. bigP

      bigP

      --

    3. Andrew F

      Andrew F

      but usually we don't wait

    4. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Hear! Hear! (I just wish some of them would

  14. Grafarman

    ONE MONTH TO CHRISTMAS!!!...just sayin' :-)

    1. Kev_Lewis

      Kev_Lewis

      Bah humbug!

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      It's still November...

    3. Simon Moore

      Simon Moore

      Shut up !!!

       

      Humbug

  15. Grafarman

    A Dapol Terrier, a few Parkside wagons, a couple of yards of flexi and a 2nd hand point, perhaps?..no, no, no, I can't!

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    2. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      Well I've tried 2mm and 4mm so will have to have a go at 7mm sometime...!!

    3. muddys-blues

      muddys-blues

      Nothing like the present, you will not regret it !!!!

    4. mcrook62

      mcrook62

      GOGOGO for IT

      Just got the Southern Terrier with sound it's a dream Just Do IT

  16. Grafarman

    A year ago today we were at RMwebLive; a really great show indeed - I rather miss it...

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    2. Wherry Lines

      Wherry Lines

      Alas, I did not go. The fear of meeting Boris in the flesh put me off!

    3. cromptonnut

      cromptonnut

      Great opportunity to have one next year with modules from all over the UK making an epic layout...

    4. westerhamstation

      westerhamstation

      A great show and sorry that it wasn't repeated this year

  17. Grafarman

    Last day of paid work tomorrow as the redundancy axe has finally fallen; must admit I'm looking forward to leaving now after 18+ years...

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    2. steve22

      steve22

      Hoping that your future is secure in some way.

    3. Ozexpatriate

      Ozexpatriate

      Glad you're looking forward. After 18 years, imagining a future somewhere else isn't obvious. Good luck!

    4. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      Thanks chaps; the payout will keep me for another 6 months so plenty of time to reassess and move on...glad to be out of the Public Sector is all I can say...!

  18. Grafarman

    I've had a beard for two months now; it's really growing on me...

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Hipster beards are so yesterday.

    2. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      I thought Hipster was a style of jeans...

    3. Ozexpatriate

      Ozexpatriate

      Except for about 6 months I've worn a beard for about 28 years. No one will accuse me of being a hipster.

  19. Grafarman

    Soooo...did someone announce something then...?!

  20. Grafarman

    Just signed off my Prestatyn layout thread; now onto new projects!

  21. Grafarman

    A whole new meaning to 'street running' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-30879091

    1. irishmail

      irishmail

      Health & Safety would have a field day with that...

    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Superb images!

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Indeed (to both).

  22. Grafarman

    Trying to stay out of a 'playing trains or serious pasttime' debate...*sigh*

    1. BoD

      BoD

      Which do you think?

    2. Stubby47

      Stubby47

      Playing trains, definitely. The research, design, woodwork, electrics, scenics, etc. is only a means to an end - oh, you don't think that's also a serious, highly skilled pastime too...?

  23. Grafarman

    Realised just in time that my proposed fiddle yard was a foot shorter than the longest train! Time to rethink before cutting wood thankfully..!

    1. Barry O

      Barry O

      well spotted that man!

    2. bgman

      bgman

      Measure once eh! Good luck :)

    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      Measure twice - cut several times!

  24. Grafarman

    Is investigating beard oils...

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    2. Tim V

      Tim V

      Squeaks does it?

    3. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      Over a month in and it's getting scruffy...!

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Hipster beards are so over, though. Moustaches are the in-thing at the moment. Apparently.

  25. Grafarman

    Wondering if there should be a thread for Status Updates...

    1. Boris

      Boris

      It'd be closed, locked or flushed within 30 seconds mate!!!

    2. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Are you sure it would take that long?

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Well, where Boris is involved....

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