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Rowsley17D

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  1. Any good places to get to by train on a day out that's not too expensive?

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      Rowsley17D

      Got two first class returns for less than £80 with Rail cards Lancaster to Glasgow for the SEC Glasgow in Feb. All depends how far in advance you book.

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  2. Am I one of the few who has managed to use up a whole rattle can of Railmatch paint?

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      Rowsley17D

      I must admit I count myself as blest that I have managed to finish one. The last time I used it before now was over a year ago!

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  3. Could my modelling mojo of well come back?!

  4. All the threads I follow have either been locked or the folks have stopped modelling for various reasons

  5. Ordered 9 left-handed points. Meant to order 5 left and 4 right. Oops.

  6. I smell of Bakewell Tart...

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      Rowsley17D

      A Bakewell tart is a lady of the night from Bakewell. The dessert is a Bakewell pudding.

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  7. HMRC - VAT returns - What can you say? All sunbmissions done correctly weeks ago. Chasing gets answers like "maybe", "it should", "Yes, we know it's wrong but it should self correct", "Should sort itself out", "a glitch in the system", "We will do it urgently" still not done 4 weeks later.

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      Rowsley17D

      Had trouble with online P800 tax refund, cost me about as much in phone calls to HMRC as the refund

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  8. Laid off after 27 years in the company. What a kick in the teeth.

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      Rowsley17D

      Bummer. Hope with all that experience somebody will snap you up soon.

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  9. Is it just me or does it never stop raining in Blaenau Ffestiniog?

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      Rowsley17D

      The sun was cracking the pavements when I was there in June

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  10. Buckled alloys...

  11. Today is sunny, yesterday was sunny, tomorrow looks to be sunny, the outlook for the next two weeks is sunny.

  12. just handed my notice in!

  13. Has spent the last hour trying to figure out why the track plan doesn't fit in 12ft ... just realised it's actually 16ft I'm trying to make fit. Oops.

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      Rowsley17D

      Thank goodness for Templot. Can plan to the nearest 1/4" Even more accurate if your careful sticking the A4 sheets together!

       

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  14. The ping-pong at Queens this week has been most enjoyable!

  15. Do curry houses in Gateshead serve Pelaw rice..?

  16. No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century...

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      Rowsley17D

      That the Manchester- Blackpool electrification scheme still isn't finished.

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  17. Starting to feel really concerned about driving 45mph on the motorway, far too many near misses recently :/

  18. 1st Bullhead point ordered. I estimate I will need 15 of them. Ouch...

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      Rowsley17D

      Why not use FB in the fiddle-yard unless it too is on view?

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  19. Doing the tourism thing today with visitors from Brazil. My main thought going round the state apartments at Windsor Castle was 'you could fit a big railway in there'.

  20. Uh oh, No.1 daughter has set her wedding date - luckily it misses SWAG next year - that might have been awkward.

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      Rowsley17D

      That's the modelling budget and more taken care of!

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  21. The Cat O‘ Nine Tails

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      Rowsley17D

      The merry cat O' nine tails and the tar?

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  22. Lawnmower didn't like the damp lawn, smokey!

  23. Well that's another computer gone down and no parts available.... Most stuff backed up but annoying just the same. I suppose 10 years isn't bad but the dreaded Windows 10 on a new one is a worry.

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