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  1. I really need to get a kit started, but which one..?

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Sound of a singing voice from the shed; "Come back and finish what you started..."

    3. Angelus

      Angelus

      If you are quoting Gladys Night we need to have a talk!!!

       

    4. Mad McCann
  2. Must be some half decent part time work out there!

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    2. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      "Dog walking would be fun though."

       

      Until you have to use a plastic bag! ;o)

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Could you tolerate the NHS? If so have a look into the 'Porter/Estates' side of the firm. Doesn't involve a lot of dog walking as far as I remember.

      I also found that there can be quite a lot of PT driving for thew Council/Social Services/ health Service. Our local pahrmacist ahs PT drivers to do prescription delivereies. Those sort of jobs just don't seem to appear on job sites.

       

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Doing something similar as it happens. Like I say round's good but a few more hours would do. Of course, if people sent me their models to weather...

  3. Definitely gonna go for a wood burner ASAP. No more being scr*w*d by piratised energy companies!

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      So that's where the spare wood for my layout went.

    3. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      Ok for you rich Perthshire lairds with a scullery maid..nae cleaning and re kindling every morning.

    4. 60159

      60159

      No wood is safe!

  4. Opens box of half-built kit. Looks at part built chassis. Puts back in box. Goes back to book instead...

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      I know, but knocking out that third slot for the last set of hornblocks isn't setting me afire with enthusiasm!

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      By 8pm, the brain is too jaded for such precision surgery! :-)))

    4. Londontram

      Londontram

      Kit makers realise this is a growing trend and now only plan to put half the instructions and parts in the box as they know 90% of people wont finish them. Modelers who want to finish a kit will have to request the complete kit when ordering

  5. KILL YOUR TELEVISION!

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    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Destroy all systems.

    3. muddys-blues

      muddys-blues

      Have we got a video recorder ?

    4. davefrk

      davefrk

      Should have gone to Radio Rentals...

  6. Looks like they're starting to replace the local street lights with LEDs. Yay! No more nasty orange glow in the garden and bedrooms!

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    2. Poggy1165

      Poggy1165

      It means people spend more money on their own doorway lighting.

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Red Sky at Morning

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Still nicer than the grotty orange. Nice dark skies too. Bring em on! :-)

  7. That's me tellt; took my soup out the freezer yesterday morning. Ate it today at 2. On its way back out right now! That's one hell of a quick turnaround.Messy too...

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    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Hope you are feeling better Dave take the dog another walk and enjoy your sunshine, he says from under a cloud...

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Didn't feel remotely unwell, just gaseous and the rest you can imagine. Quite fine now!

      Just offering folks a chuckle at my expense.

    4. davefrk

      davefrk

      Just don't watch any scary films till you get your bowels under control....

  8. That's me tellt; took my soup out the freezer yesterday morning. Ate it today at 2. On its way back out right now! That's one hell of a quick turnaround.

  9. Wondering if it would in fact be easier just to build new EM chassis for RTR locos than to convert them.

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    2. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      Depends how much effort you want to put in, and what kind of result you'll get.

    3. Bulwell Hall

      Bulwell Hall

      It usually is!

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Easier in many respects than adapting somebody else's work!

  10. FFS! Is there any decent work out there beyond min wage service sector sh*te? Thought not... :-(

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      hate to say it mac but LGV Drivers are in short supply I'm told, but who wants to be a long distance LGV Driver these days?

    3. highpeakman

      highpeakman

      The time (couple of weeks intensive) and cost (couple of thousand) to get an LGV licence makes it very difficult to get into that line of work. Few firms offer training without payment I think.

    4. Ian J.

      Ian J.

      It's not just paying for the training, it's also covering your living costs as well. Most effective training takes more than a couple of weeks though. I reckon for learning a computer language I'm looking at three to six months training, followed by a further six months to a year for practice and portfolio building.

  11. Afternoon well spent. Workshop all painted up in cream and maroon. Just the ironwork to do tomorrow and then make a couple of mounts for the finials.

  12. I thought a Fall Plate was what Mark E Smith had his dinner on before I discovered railways...

    1. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      It's for the Green-Eyed Loco Man

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Fiery Jack would be a great name for an industrial loco. Watch this space... ;-)

  13. Looking for an old Dapol J94, kit or RTR. Pref non-runner as I'm going to RT the cr@p out of it!

    1. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      I got all the stuff for a P4 one ages ago I have yet to build it..... Robert makes good stuff and is a good bloke.

  14. Well 1-1 on yer team's first ever Premiership games not bad.

    1. davefrk

      davefrk

      And the Accies weren't even trying....

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      The Jags won though! :-)

  15. So want to do CSB but I can't get my head round the maths-based approach of CLAG...

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Double what he said, but I don't know why I'm agreeing wi Porcy cause he still owes me a pint!!!

    3. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      DO I??? I always pays me debts. Can't remember this on though. I thought it was the other way round.

    4. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Porcy - easiest way is to get someone cleverer to do it for you! You'll know the guy when you see him, he'll be wearing a white lab coat, have fuzzy hair either side of his bald pate and 'Professor Boffin' on his lapel badge.

  16. My morale has flatlined...

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      I'm told New Zealand is OK. Also some parts Of Canada and the Isle of Man.

    3. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      A bothy in southern Scotland no internet no news and only sheep and deer for company?

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      I know one. Yes. :-)

  17. Look, cooking from scratch and liking to use fancy ingredients does NOT make me middle feckin class. I'm on £7 an hour, FFS!

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Well you do live in a posh hoose well above the river....

    3. Ryde-on-time

      Ryde-on-time

      Sounds upper class to me?

    4. 60159

      60159

      You're safe - middle class is then inviting round your friends, inflicting it on them and boring them to death about where it was sourced etc.

  18. I appear to own two Q6s...

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    2. 60159

      60159

      Sell, sell .... live off the proceeds

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Neither in bits.

       

      Yet...

    4. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Is Spike Milligan around?

  19. Voyagers. Absolutely the worst long-distance rail travel experience in these islands!

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    2. Ruffnut Thorston

      Ruffnut Thorston

      On a Class 142, even Crewe to Chester is too long distance! ;)

    3. BoD

      BoD

      142s. You should try travelling from the Durham coast to Carlisle on one. Especially one that still has the old bus type bench seating.

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      The Voyager: the Pacer for the 21st century.

  20. Voyagers. Absolutely the worst long-distance rail travel experience in these islands!

  21. Voyagers. Absolutely the worst long-distance rail travel experience in these islands!

  22. Should I be buying shares in popcorn..?

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      I'm going to wake up in a minute and will all have been a rather weird dream.............

    2. HeeleyBridge

      HeeleyBridge

      The Russian Betty dream again?

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Gonna be a long hot summer, peeps! ;-)

  23. Anybody selling a boat?

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    2. The Blue Streak

      The Blue Streak

      Could the last one out of the UK please turn the lights off

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Walking....with a boat!?

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Iknow a couple of remote crossing points...

  24. I'm glad it's all over...

    1. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      Greast vid..hillman imps and dolly mixtures.

    2. 60159

      60159

      Trouble is, it isn't yet ..... and neither is the footie - England get arguably the weakest team left in the competition. Can we vote on that too?

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