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Some footballers' so-called autobiographies have been ghost-written. No names ...

According to the latest Peco catalogue, their code 83 curved points ate #7 angle and nominal radius 1092 mm. = 43". What the other radius is, it doesn't say.

I hear Lord Lucan has been pronounced dead. I knew English spelling could be weird but this is ridiculous.

If they do that I for one will not buy any.

And what are they going to do when prototype points and crossings come from DCC Concepts and start eating into their market share? I don't think they are going to ignore it.

There is a description on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Stud%C3%A9nka_train_crash The Polish lorry driver was using local roads to avoid motorway tolls.

So when I went to Warley a couple of years ago, I sat at a table in a facing seating bay in first class (with an old git's railcard, I hasten to add), and I was watching something on my tablet. I remember looking up from the screen and out of the window as we were running alongside the canal. Imagine my surprise when the canal appeared to be above my head, and it took me ages to persuade my brain to accept the reality of the situation. So maybe people sit next to a pillar to avoid the feeling of being in an unfamiliar position when occasionally looking out of the window when reading etc.

These look very nice. I'm looking forward to the release of the as-yet-unannounced maroon version.

I wonder why they would want to do that. Why didn't they copy their existing code 100/75 range of pointwork in code 83, but build them to AREA patterns? If you want to use S&C similar to those in the existing code 75 range, then use them from the existing range. I'd like to see A4, B5, B6 and C8 turnouts and diamond crossings to match.

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Dare I mention this? I notice nobody has mentioned inside-keyed track. I'll see myself out.

There's something wrong with those pictures: they don't have that funny shaped sleeper at the diverging end of the turnouts.

I, for one, hope they do. But I'm not going to be disappointed if they don't.

HOW TO START A FIGHT One year, I decided to buy my mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift... The next year, I didn't buy her a gift. When she asked me why, I replied, "Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last year!" And that's how the fight started..... ________________________________ My wife and I were watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while we were in bed. I turned to her and said, 'Do you want to have sex?' 'No,' she answered. I then said, ‘Is that your final answer?' She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying, 'Yes..' So I said, "Then I'd like to phone a friend." And that's when the fight started... ________________________________ I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason, took my order first. "I'll have the rump steak, rare, please." He said, "Aren't you worried about the mad cow?" "Nah, she can order for herself." And that's when the fight started..... _______________________________ My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken man swigging his drink as he sat alone at a nearby table. I asked her, "Do you know him?" "Yes", she sighed, "He's my old boyfriend. I understand he took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since." "My God!" I said, "Who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?" And that's when the fight started.. ________________________________ When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed. But, somehow I always had something else to take care of first, the shed, the boat, making beer. Always something more important to me. Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point. When I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass, busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors. I watched silently for a short time and then went into the house. I was gone only a minute, and when I came out again I handed her a toothbrush. I said, "When you finish cutting the grass, you might as well sweep the driveway." The doctors say I will walk again, but I will always have a limp. ______________________________ My wife sat down next to me as I was flipping channels She asked, "What's on TV?" I said, "Dust." And that's when the fight started.. ________________________________ My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary. She said, "I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 165 in about 2 seconds." I bought her a bathroom scales. And that's when the fight started..... ______________________________ After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social Security. The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver's license to verify my age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my wallet at home. I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and come back later. The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt'. So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair. She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me' and she processed my Social Security application. When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the Social Security office. She said, 'You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten disability too.' And that's when the fight started... ________________________________ My wife was standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror. She was not happy with what she saw and said to me, "I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment.' I replied, "Your eyesight's damn near perfect." And that's when the fight started........ ________________________________ I rear-ended a car this morning...the start of a REALLY bad day! The driver got out of the other car, and he was a DWARF!! He looked up at me and said 'I am NOT Happy!' So I said, 'Well, which one ARE you then?' And that's when the fight started.

Shame they didn't do that with their single-post signals.

I think they should use a tried and tested technology which is much used south of the Thames -- third rail.

With all this talk of problems using permanent magnets for uncoupling, I'm surprised nobody has used electromagnets. Kadee does one which is big and unsightly; there must be a way of making something a lot smaller that would work.

"If you don't like it, you can always move somewhere else."

If Hornby do this livery, do you think they'll do a weathered version?

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Sorry to rain on your parade, but the initial s in southeastern should be in lower-case, not capitals.

Sounds like you need a Kruger on your layout.

Surely everywhere except the UK has trains on Christmas Day?

Those extra bits were made by Silver Fox Models. Have a word with them and they may be able to help.

Oh, how I would love one of these in OO, maybe as a body-only kit to fit the Bachmann 56xx chassis.