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  1. Ruffnut Thorston

    DCC....I like it....DCC Sound....I would like it....but one step at a time! ;)

  2. Ruffnut Thorston

    The BBC Have done it again....Desmond Carrington went, and was replaced by "Sounds of the 50s" which was kind of in keeping with the former programmes ethos and audiance...BUT now they have brought in Tony Blackburn and the "Golden Hour". Now this DJ Top Of The Pops Style programme is a completly different programme...We have had to re-tune away from Radio 2....which is really now Radio 1 and a half....The BBC chasing the youth audience have sold out again

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    2. Londontram

      Londontram

      Sorry Sarah you couldn't explain it more fully could you?

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Verily hath this newfangled lute destroyed music, gadzooks!

    4. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      All right.....

       

      BUT we are still of the opinion that Radio 1 is for the headbangers....Radio 2 should be for the more relaxed "Easy Listening" tupe of person! ;)

  3. Ruffnut Thorston

    The BBC Have done it again....Desmond Carrington went, and was replaced by "Sounds of the 50s" which was kind of in keeping with the former programmes ethos and audiance...BUT now th

  4. Ruffnut Thorston

    Netto to close in August due to Sainsbury's pulling out of a partnership...No they don't sell Model Railways...but will be missed. More competition going...Sainsbury's is going into Argos...and they DO sell some Model Railways! ;)

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    2. big jim

      big jim

      thought they went years ago, became asda local?

    3. Two_sugars

      Two_sugars

      but not N gauge, though but. . .

    4. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      NETTO did indeed depart from thses shores around 2011....This is /was NETTO version 2.0....With backing from Sainsbury's....which has now gone!

  5. Ruffnut Thorston

    Summertime......

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    2. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      … and the livin' is easy.

    3. steve22

      steve22

      It's still spring for another month yet. Or perhaps you're thinking how much you're looking forward to it?

    4. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      British Summertime? ;)

       

      One day of nice weather, and the T shirts and Shorts come out....but of course the Posties have been at it all along! ;)

  6. Ruffnut Thorston

    Sounds like Winter is on th eway for a while yet....# Artic Blast! How soon until we get to Storm Zebadee?

    1. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Presumably just before bed-time?

    2. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      Now that is good! ;)

       

      "Time for bed" said Zebadee!

  7. Ruffnut Thorston

    Soon be February!

  8. Ruffnut Thorston

    After the sun....the rain must fall!..Can we not have more than 1 day at a time with some sun?

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    2. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      Yes please.

    3. trainmaster247

      trainmaster247

      Ok, how much will you pay express shipping is $350 american dollars

    4. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      :D

       

      Clever these Americans....

       

      Is that being shipped in Reefer Containers? ;)

  9. Ruffnut Thorston

    Give me the sunlight......we need it for the solar panels! ;)

    1. 11B

      11B

      Give me the snow it hides the garden!

    2. 46444

      46444

      Give me the moonlight

  10. Ruffnut Thorston

    It is bad, all this flooding! Lucky for us, not here though. Our thoughts go out to those who are suffering!

    1. uax6

      uax6

      I was quite shocked seeing it on the news last night. My thoughts are with all those affected.

  11. Ruffnut Thorston

    Happy Christmas noight everybody....Boxing Day tomorrow! ;)

  12. Ruffnut Thorston

    We'll be at home for Christmas!

    1. Ozexpatriate

      Ozexpatriate

      May'st thou merry make.

    2. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      Thanks....all the best to you and yours! :D

  13. Ruffnut Thorston

    After Barney had a Barney...what next? Storm Christine? ;)

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    2. Londontram

      Londontram

      Was that a Highland railway Barney?

    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      What's wrong with another storm front coming in from the Atlantic?

    4. steve22

      steve22

      Presumably it's too late for Hurricane Andy. Just in time for Hurricane CK though.

  14. Ruffnut Thorston

    Look out! Abigail is coming our way! (Is that Abigail's Party Abigail?) ;)

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    2. Tim V

      Tim V

      Fondue set?

    3. steve22

      steve22

      Abigail - our curate's daughter? No, she's quite harmless.

    4. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      In Scotland Abigail is being called "A Big Gale"....is that a coincidence, the name fitting the Storm so well?

       

      Hatches battened down...after a sudden calm, the rain has arrived already, and the wind is increasing.... :O

  15. Ruffnut Thorston

    November already? Oh!

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Would be nice to be able to hibernate now until the 1st of February.

    3. Londontram

      Londontram

      Frightening to think there's only 364 days to bonfire night

    4. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      It still is Bonfire night here! Wheeeeeee!!!! Bang!!! Bang!!! Crackkkle!!! Ahhhhh! ;)

  16. Ruffnut Thorston

    Sogginess, sogginess, the greatest gift?

    1. Londontram

      Londontram

      Sorry you've lost me

       

    2. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      Sogginess, Sogginess, the greatest gift that I possess....

       

      Happiness....but in the rain! Soaking wet! ;)

       

      Ken Dodd? ;)

  17. Ruffnut Thorston

    Oh well.....No GBL Type 4.....until it arrives! ;)

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Who knows where? Who knows when?

    2. railroadbill

      railroadbill

      but I know we'll meet a train some sunny day

    3. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      I don't know....

       

      Everybody is a comedian! ;)

       

      The light at the end of the tunnel...IS it an approaching Type 4? ;)

  18. Ruffnut Thorston

    I will be looking for A GBL Brush Type 2 later......here's hoping! ;)

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    2. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      OK....Brush Type 4....Too many bits of Tri-ang Brush Type 2 A1A-A1A looking at me....well that's my excuse.

       

      Late Again!....Oh well....prototypical! ;)

    3. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      I just hope the GBL model doesn't turn out to be a duff.

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      If they cloned the Heljan one....

  19. Ruffnut Thorston

    Thunder and lightning, very very frightening! ;)

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    2. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Galileo Galileo

    3. Kev_Lewis

      Kev_Lewis

      Magnifico!

    4. Two_sugars

      Two_sugars

      my my how can I resist ya!

       

  20. Ruffnut Thorston

    A "while ago" the UK had "Double Summer Time", when the clocks went forward 2 hours instead of the 1 we suffer with these days? We think that the UK should be 1 hour ahead of GMT all the time, and an extra hour "daylight saving time" in the summer months!

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    2. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      OK, then maybe just 2 hours "extra" in Summer?

    3. RJS1977

      RJS1977

      Nope, don't want it getting light even earlier in the mornings - 4am is too early as it is! Would rather have the extra time in the evening tomake it easier to get our cricket matches in before it goes dark!

       

    4. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      Ah..That is just what the extra hour forward would do!

      Then sunrise would be C5.00am, and sunset an hour later than now! ;)

  21. Ruffnut Thorston

    I have been hiding from the rain....it seems that Summer is over for now. GBL Ivatt has kept me busy...it jumped th eQ as it was an easier job! ;)

  22. Ruffnut Thorston

    Has anyones Model Railway suffered warped rails, like the 12" to 1 Foot Network Rail tracks? # Mad Hot Weather!

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    2. steve22

      steve22

      I had a layout in a shed a few years ago. All tracks neat and very few rail gaps between each adjoining section of track. Constant heat and cold meant that expansion and contraction over several years pushed the tracks away from each other - large gaps and layout unusable.

    3. flapland

      flapland

      Garden railway certainly expands but the plastic decking I used :-/ expands even more. I have had a couple of joins pop open on the bends.

    4. Satan's Goldfish

      Satan's Goldfish

      I left my modular boards in the car when I got back Saturday, unloaded them on Monday when it was 'hot' and 1 of the curves had clearly expanded and lifted the rails off the board.

  23. Ruffnut Thorston

    Thunder in the mountains?....

    1. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Lots of thunder expected in Saxony tomorrow.

    2. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      Send it this way please

    3. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      It was meant to arrive last night....but hasn't YET! ;)

  24. Ruffnut Thorston

    Summertime..... ;)

    1. Londontram

      Londontram

      And the livin is easy

    2. HeeleyBridge

      HeeleyBridge

      fish are jumpin

    3. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      and the cotton is high!

  25. Ruffnut Thorston

    Will Liverpool and Birkenhead (etc.) all be singing "I saw three ships come sailing in " tomorrow? # 3 Queens (Nothing to do with Poker! ;)

    1. TheIntercityhst

      TheIntercityhst

      Nah, we'll all be to busy faffing around with 'The Celebration Express', even if it is only a 66 & a 67!

    2. 25901

      25901

      Plenty of Queens in Liverpool at any weekend lol

    3. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      Lol! ;)

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