Bernard Lamb

If you want an example of bizarre then Google "Hello Kitty Toilet". I have a photograph some where but can't find it. A knowledge of the complex nature of Japanese toilet facilities would help in understanding just what it can do. Regarding Japanese food. There is an excellent shop by Piccadilly Circus selling the most wonderful items including a vast range of Sake. When I went to Japan I was told to ask for the Japanese menu on the flight as it was far superior to the European version. You can now get Japanese Wagu beef in the UK. Expensive, but a cheaper version exists that uses an Aberdeen Angus Wagu cross breed. You can even buy the burgers in Aldi at certain times. Bernard

Models where figures are placed in unnatural positions look just plain wrong. Bernard

Any alighting passengers will find the station staff eating their eel pie and mash. Bernard

A relic of the old Jewish East End, with somebody thinking about the wages bill? Bernard

One for pedants or those with OCD. Notice on the old Shoreditch station. The Sunday opening was to serve Brick Lane Market. Bernard

http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/t/tower_hill_station/index.shtml Try this Phil. Bernard

Because that is the way of the world these days. The Hornby J15 and the DJM J94 also have this feature. Bernard

A test for a sat nav. Ask it for directions to Foulness and how long the journey will take. For those who do not know the area Foulness village is in a highly restricted area. When I paid a visit a few years ago Tom Tom calculated the route and time and allowed for around 30 minutes for the briefing at the end of the public road before you were allowed to proceed onto the island. I thought that was very smart. Other systems did not include this information. Rather than a credit card identity pass you were issued with a tea tray size board to put in the windscreen. I hate to think what would happen if you removed it. There was a strict instruction to keep on the road and to give way to any large vehicles. Bernard

A comment about having no interest as the opening remark in a rival thread to a closed one does leave you rather open to the comments that you don't like, as hinted at in the other two lines. My thought when I saw the padlock was thank god for that. Then you prise open the door again. That was a rather silly move given some of the folks on here. In fact some people would regard it as an open invitation to get out the big wooden spoon. Back to facts . There seems to be track available again so I have a length coming on Monday. I will see how I like that before looking any further into the points. They could be of use in the odd situation. Bernard

Tom Tom in the car and Garmin on the bike works well for me. Bernard

That reminds me of a case at work. Back in the late 1960s a very highly regarded young manager was caught in his office after hours in a compromising situation with a young lady. Both were married but not to each other. Being a highly religious company and the boss being very strict about such matters they both feared the worst. Next morning the manager was called into the office by the boss and given the choice. Leave or take a job setting up a new factory in Canada. He went home and told his wife that he had been offered a wonderful opportunity. Many years later he had risen to become a member of the main board and on a return visit to the UK said it was the best thing that had ever happened to him. The young lady kept her job and the wife remained in ignorance about how he was selected for the job. Bernard

I think you are correct. I have just had a look on the public web site and cannot see one. SWMBO is the official person for our property and she has a phone number as it was helpful to set up the various options on the calendar for bookings by talking it through. Bernard

An interesting idea. It would need a bit of in depth research into finding a suitable area. I will have a think about it over the winter. My interest in the area started when I was a very young lad. My grandfather worked in Bromley by Bow and when I first went there I was surprised to see odd looking locomotives that had a 5 as the first digit of their number. Bernard

Tried to phone them? The people in the office seem to be pretty clued up and should be able to sort out any problems. Bernard

Run the trains a bit faster. Fit pick ups to all wheels. Check all existing pick ups are actually working and that all parts that carry electricity are clean. Only use locomotives that have a suitable wheelbase. Read the many thousands of posts in various topics on track and how to supply power to it. Start with the current two topics under the Peco banner. Or take up a less complicated and historically confused hobby. Bernard

The point that got me wound up was the council spokesperson saying that they only sent people back to where their family came from. My limited experience of homeless people is that many of them are homeless because they wanted to get away from their place of origin. Bernard

I tend to head a bit further east. As you say so much does still survive but you do have to search for it at times. I have recently led a few walking groups in the area and they are always surprised to find parts of London that are totally new to them even when many of the people know the area quite well. As you say it was a bit rougher back in the 70s. There are buildings that were derelict squats from that time that now fetch several million. If you do your home work it is possible to actually reach the shore in several places. The pubs in Shadwell and Wapping are a bit touristy but going along to Limehouse to visit The Grapes is like going back in time. They still sell Whitebait and prawns by the pint. Canary Wharf from the shore at Ratcliffe Cross Stairs. Knowledge of the tide tables is essential. Stevenson's viaduct on the London and Blackwall Railway. The footbridge in the fore ground spans The Regent's Canal. Another good walk. Bernard

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/0354-Spur-2-Echt-Dampf-Lok-BR-55-3345-handgefertigtes-Messing-Modell-/162007581376?hash=item25b86782c0:g:xAYAAOSwvgdW5860 An impressive beast, if you have room to run it. Bernard

Good news. I have found the mix and match idea on the various bogie bolster wagons a great help in providing me with an easy route to other diagrams. Good to know that this will continue. As for the US product liability insurance. I hope you have done the right thing and that the sales do justify the cost. Bernard )

The Commons business committee has had talks with the representatives of Hermes, Uber and Deliveroo. My experience lumps them all in one category and it seems the watchdog does as well. I suppose any further comment would be getting into politics. The bottom line is you get what you pay for. Bernard

Just read an obituary in the paper. He was probably the best person ever to be involved in crisis management and he certainly got involved in several such episodes, by no means the smallest being the collapse of Railtrack. A sad loss at such a young age. Bernard

I would go with that. My way and your way come out fairly close to each other. My rough guide is to think in terms of 4" x 4" and 6" x 4" nominal sizes for the timbers and go from there. That probably gives a post of around 16" x 16". Bernard

Very interesting Clive. Thanks. That does mean more expense and thus an even bigger increase in costs over the current cod 75 FB system. Bernard

Any comment on how the point motors fit? I have always regarded this as one of the major selling points as part of the integrated system that Peco and their customers love. Bernard