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I wonder if Corporal Jones is still panicking? Do you think Frazer has stopped saying "we're doomed" now?

Software updates, don't you just love 'em. :)

Serves me right for trying to help someone!!! An item I was selling was due to finish about 7:30 this evening. It had been sat at about £6 for a few days but this afternoon I had three bids taking it to £11.50. Around 5 o'clock had a message from the last bidder asking if I would cancel his last bid, item no longer required!! I was out at the time, tried to cancel the bid on my phone but wasn't able to. Got home about 10 min before bidding ended. By the time I'd managed to cancel the bid, there was about two minutes left. The item eventually sold for £6. What I didn't realise was the bidder had put in two bids, Not sure if I did something wrong but both their bids were cancelled, taking the selling price back to what it was before their first bid. £5:50 lost through trying to help someone :)

Brains in his backside???

And so another post which started off as interesting and informative descends into mud slinging. :(

The colours are similar? :)

I'm sure there are many other definitions, but here are two picked at random: Tunnel: an artificial underground passage, especially one built through a hill or under a building, road, or river. Bridge: a structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc. across a river, road, or other obstacle.

One of he best (and cheapest) investments I've made. My only problem is I keep losing mine, but that's no different from screwdrivers, pencils etc.

Having just read that the Warley show at the NEC is no more, and with the news earlier in the week about Hattons closing, I can't help but wonder if the third bit of "big news" will be that Gostude is to cease trading on Ebay. :)

I guess WCRC should consider themselves fortunate that it's a leap year, meaning they have an extra day to complete the work. :)

I only managed to get to Warley once, in 2022, (tis a long trek from darkest Devon), so am glad I've been able to tick that one off my bucket list. I really enjoyed it, and, as others have said, I was amazed that a group of volunteers was able to organise something on such a large scale. Would agree with what has already been said about how the announcement has been made, "going out on a high", which they truly deserve

Fusion 360 is a good system but I'm not sure I would recommend it for a beginner/newbie. I have used other 2D & 3D CAD previously, including AutoCAD but didn't find Fusion 360 that easy to pick up

From what I remember the argument went something like buses/coaches stop at bus/coach stations not road stations, so trains must stop at a train station not a railway station. (Oh dear, have I just opened the worm can lid again) :(

While I agree with you on this point, I can't help wondering how many people felt the same looking at Barry scrapyard. Building new fireboxes, casting new cylinders, nah, you got to be joking!! But look what's been achieved. So, restoring failed hardware, unsupported software. A lot of the work that's been done on preserved railways is down to retired railway employees sharing their years of acquired knowledge and skill There is a new generation of techies heading towards retirement now, who knows where their acquired knowledge and will be put to use.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/404722386950? A new colour here I've never heard of - Amethy

Not sure I agree there. I spent a very enjoyable day on a local preserved railway last week. I had "plain old rides on a plain old train" for a reasonable price Extras for the 2+2 where there if wanted. I would suggest what is pushing prices up in preserved railways is running costs, (fuel etc) and wages.

"Cut in half every time a train comes through". Road traffic has to wait, why can't pedestrians?

This thread should help to ensure that is the case. The more madness that is highlighted, the easier it is to avoid it.

Diverging a bit (shock, horror), I've just finished wiring up my Kato turnouts, (30 of 'em) and i used 16mm x 16mm trunking fixed to the edge of the board. Where the wires reach the edge of the board, I cut a notch in the lower side of the trunking, and fed the wire in through. When the cover strip is fitted to the trunking, the notches aren't visible. The wires do have to be tied though, or they tend to get in the way when trying to snap the cover on.

I totally agree with you but I guess the weak part in that statement is how do you define "personal stuff". Yes it means stuff you have but no longer want/need, but anything you buy becomes your personal stuff. I could buy a loco on eBay one week, and sell it the next week making a profit, but I bought it, so therefore it was mine, albeit only for a few days

Already being discussed on a separate thread:

I can't help feeling a slight sense of deja vu here. About sixty years ago I remember people saying that British Railways seemed to be deliberately driving people away by removing apparently well used services. Then they called in some guy called Beeching, who recommended closing lines because they weren't being used.

Or is it another case of the the few spoiling it for the rest???

Is that why it's described as OO DCC Gauge. I didn't realise DCC affected the gauge. You learn something new every day. :)