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  1. I keep imagining I'm under water in Paris. Am I in Seine..?

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    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      And if you have your French car's engine repaired badly, would that be a Cambodge?

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Tombe en panne

    4. Tim Dubya
  2. Never forget; your brain is a bubble of water. A blank sheet...for a top-up...

  3. Everything's gone green.

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Make sure the SCART lead is firmly pushed home.

    3. NGT6 1315
    4. Tim Dubya
  4. Cleared to ascend, Captain Brown...

    1. SHMD

      SHMD

      Astonishing career. I'm sure he knows how to use his new wings – RIP sir.

       

  5. That's too weird. O bondage up yours was playing in my head. I switch on R6 and...

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    2. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Scientific Alchemy

    3. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      Whats yer thoughts on Friday nights numbers Dave?

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      9,11,24,29,32,48.

  6. Asked my nephew what he wanted for his birthday."Cowboy outfit" he said.Told him I couldn't afford West Coast...

  7. Asked my nephew what he wanted for his birthday.

  8. Caley back open to traffic from Monday!

    1. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Admittedly that was on BBC Radio NB so it may not be wholly accurate... ;-)

  9. In a season of crime, none need atone...

    1. Tim Dubya

      Tim Dubya

      Sue, I never dreamed

      I'm such a fool

      Right from the start

      You went with that clown

    2. vitalspark
  10. If peace were to spontaneously break out across the world I would experience a dramatic upswing in modelling mojo. Gonna be a quiet workbench for a while then...

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Or Capitalism.

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Or at least the oligarchal variety.

       

    4. 60159

      60159

      or "extreme" railway modelling views! .... but lets start with religion.

  11. Well look at me now. The glass falls down cracking; I'm so proud...

    1. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      JF..Im an old fart now and in my comfort zone with Floyd Zep and co..bit of Chicken shack and any of the guitar greats.

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      All good, but I keep seeking the new. Mind you that lyrics 35 yrs old now! :-D

  12. I find myself at a loss as to what further mayhem can be created.

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    2. BoD

      BoD

      I'm sure you'll come up with something.

    3. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Ooooh you pendant you will be counting rivets next..... well maybe not all the rivets.

    4. Mad McCann
  13. Not quite sure where the evening went!

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    2. Tim Dubya

      Tim Dubya

      Red wine and sloe gin

    3. 60159

      60159

      Me neither .... but reassuringly have arrived home.

    4. Londontram

      Londontram

      Well it wasn't on writing up a loco thread for this Caley loco your building as I cant find it yet

  14. Against my better judgement, I find myself building a 1970s vintage DJH Caley 60 class...

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    2. Barry O
    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Good progress with superstructure last night but ye gods it's going to require lots of tidying as we go!

    4. Barry O

      Barry O

      Just check the cab sides and cab roof...

  15. Four whole days of modelling couldn't-be-@rsed-ness. This weather needs to change. And fast if I'm ever goingbto feel like doing any again!

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    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Nip up to the full size layout see if that fresh air helps?

    3. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      All the sodding jobs needing done outside are called off..yippee

      perfect modelling weather

    4. Jamie

      Jamie

      try four years of it bud

      :-(

  16. Four whole days of modelling couldn't-be-@rsed-ness. This weather needs to change. And fast if I'm ever goingbto feel like doing any again!

  17. Pull out the instigator, because there's something in the air...

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Nah, I prefer Genesis...

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      ...and you know it's right

    4. 45568

      45568

      CALL out the ...etc... leave your instigator in your trousers!

  18. So nice to have had decent weather these past couple of days. What a moodlifter! ??

    1. DavidLong

      DavidLong

      It snowed here. I hate snow. I do not expect snow in Manchester. Harrumph!

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      I love the stuff. Better than the two unbroken months of gloom rain and mud we suffered before. Continental Blocking till April please!

  19. Decent winter weather on the border for s change! ??

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      About 7cm of snow here this morning, lovely, might try out the winter tyres later, we do need milk anyway....

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      So there's some wintery weather up by Launceston, is there?

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Half-hearted snow here...

  20. Today, my world became a wee bit less colourful... :-(

    1. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      I hope this has got not nothing to do with Abi?

    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      More likely David Bowie, I seem to remember Mad was into Bowie

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Aye. Abi is here safe and well, I'm happy to report.

       

  21. Damn you, combi tap; this is a job for Plumbing Repair Man..!

    1. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      John the joiners a dab hand wi taps.

    2. skipepsi
    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Count yourself lucky it's not a job for Dyno-Rod.

  22. I was a hit man for Mary Whitehouse...

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    2. rembrow

      rembrow

      Glad I wasn't Lord Longfield, a particular target of Mary's

    3. DavidLong

      DavidLong

      Longford . . . as in County.

    4. Claude_Dreyfus

      Claude_Dreyfus

      Hit man and her...

       

      I was the sit man for Barbara Woodhouse.

  23. I was a hit man for Mary Whitehouse...

  24. The first Jan 6th that trains will run along the Gala Valley in 47 years. :-)

    1. Porcy Mane

      Porcy Mane

      So they stopped running on my 10th birthday. Yay!

  25. The first Jan 6th that trains will run along the Gala Valley in 47 years. :-)

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