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I had two teeth out last year, seeing an oral surgeon tomorrow for another one out, it's too close to my sinus for my private dentist to want to risk. Only had a couple of weeks wait for the NHS appt with the surgeon so they may see you faster than you expect. I did notice that private fees jumped massively after lockdown, having a tooth out was £65 before Covid but is now £125 and more expensive than a filling. But my own anxiety about the extraction meant I did not seek help until I was absolutely paranoid all my teeth were coming out last year (they weren't) and I finally agreed to what the dentist had been suggesting for years - remove the two infected ones. This latest one isn't infected by I managed to grind out both sides of tooth around a filling leaving basically a tooth capped with several fillings which kept coming off. I finally admitted defeat last month and asked the dentist to remove it after which the willpower I had been using to hold it together broke and the various fillings on it fell apart in my mouth. In terms of pain, I lived with pain through Covid not through the cost but the fear of the extraction which in the end was nothing.

They would not sustain it for long and they won't spend a penny in Mallaig - the area needs tourist traffic not penny pinching enthusiasts.

We're maybe not their general target audience, it's not for trainspotters but local tourists wanting to see the area plus a trip on 'that' viaduct. Their first trip attracted attention, but perhaps they wanted that to get the trip onto social media. LSL and WCRC don't fill their trains with rail enthusiasts at the prices they sell at, there will be some, but they need tourist money to profit.

@Bri.dolan Ahh from the days when much of Tinsley was surrounded by fields with horses on them. I can remember the field directly above the shed we'd sneak onto to see what was in that couldn't be seen from the other side. There were always horses there that would worry me.

Here is a link to the financials. https://www.kader.com.hk/investor_relations/pdf/press_240327_2e.pdf It interesting to note that the model division made an operating profit last year, it in fact the company as a whole made an operating profit, it is the interest on loans, depreciation and reevaluations of properties that is dragging it down.

Something along the lines of American lady "Why can't we sit in the Harry Potter coaches" to which they reply "Well the government tell us we cannot let you as it is dangerous" and then "What business does your federal government have in telling you how to run a train" "Exactly" says the WCRC spokesperson. They want to actually have people complain by locking carriages out of use - it's quite specific isn't it to go Mk1, Mk2, Mk1, Mk2 - if it was operational i.e. brakes they could have put the Mk1s all together.

Depends when they let them go and how they accounted for any severance costs. But depending on what those persons were earning it probably won't solve all the losses problem and still require more revenue and more profit per item sold.

Couldn't see a loco on the back of for ETH etc and why is there a mk1 between each mk2. Are they trying to prove something here or finding a way to get around the regulations and avoid fitting CDL to the Mk1s. It certainly arrived with a 47 on the tail as the ECS from Carnforth.

Plus the messages that pop up on the dashboard warning you to do something like "Brake" - the car bleeps, the message flashes and then disappears before you've had chance to locate it and read it, all the more worrying is that it takes your eyes off the road exactly when it thinks you should be paying extra attention to the road! Yesterday it flashed up some orange symbol as I was entering a motorway on a slip road, no cars in front, none behind, between the lines and no speed restrictions. Absolutely no idea what it was worried about and as usual it was a split second warning and then gone.

I'm a little more east tha NHN in Manchester - Very wet, very windy and I am staying in doors.

News from California https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/california-renewable-energy-100-percent-grid/

Rather puts into perspective the challenge that Bachmann has whilst somehow still delivering very high quality models and expanding ranges such as 009 and NG7 now. It's easy to sit at home demanding more models, quicker and with extra features without understanding there is a business trying to stay afloat and actually keep up with the likes of Accurascale.

Cameron Bridge would make an interesting model, a little larger than a cameo though.

Talking of 7mm - Bachmann as I sure you're now aware have made a rather neat little announcement that might make you rethink your Narrow Gauge ambitions.

I'd be looking pleased with myself too. This is a great announcement - 7mm NG is a sort of accessible 7mm for the space starved or those who want a plank. The sort of thing @NHY 581 might consider and right up the street of a @James Hilton small layout.

ORR to WCRC "This is all we asked you to do!"

Pretty standard for Greater Manchester Waste, nice tidy facilities but not necessarily all weather like that. But gone are the days of picking up nails in your tyres whilst you dump everything into one big hole. Very good options for charitable donations of toys, furniture etc as well for resale.

£72 notes for one £20 note https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256471040441?itmmeta=01HV9F6ACBJ59QZDGNQ0TNHP2N&hash=item3bb6dd81b9:g:4QQAAOSwvqhmEXDh Madness

Maybe they are renting LSL's stuff that is up there 🤣

But it would suggest they are using some coaches that are compliant, so a grudging compliance with the ORR whilst still refusing to do anything with their other stock. And no Harry Potter coach, so despite this not being a Harry Potter train it does contain a Harry Potter coach, I wonder how Warner Bros feel about that? Edit: 15th April is a key date in the Jacobite rebellion, so a deliberate choice of day by WCRC perhaps. Says pathed as a diesel loco at 45mph Perhaps running to protect their paths from LSL taking them, maybe a 37 attached for power for the CDL and ETH

A 156 😄

They could literally refuel mid flight without landing!

Looking at old maps, I can match a siding to the platform end as per the picture and two buildings at the right angle for one of them to potentially be a water tower nearby.

Would the water tower be that close for March? Been through two volumes of GE sheds and nothing similar.

I found two GE engine shed books from my father, certainly not Cambridge nor Kings Lynn,