Mad McCann

Braw! - picked up one of the Heljan 05's when they where getting blown out of Hattons and can know feel a Lochty branch coming on.

Regards dialect from Dumbarton to Doncaster its all good once you go north or south of that it gets difficult lol - its a good job the westcoasters speak slowly as the words are all different

Aw Davey min, yer Caley 123 will be fair greetin....

Aye, the puir wee sowel's hairt's brak!

I think I have it's twin. New wheel sets, new contacts plus checked over again and again but never runs right.

Even on DC it draws a ridiculous amount of power then goes off like a shot. Needs re-motored with something decent. Worst model in the range.

About as much use as an ashtray on a f..... motorbike!

How about a centre car for the Thumper?

I too await the centre car but what's the betting when it becomes available it will only be as part of a three-car set.

Seeing as I don't own an any-car set right now that's probably academic...

EM or EMF?

Ach, I know Dave, but there comes a time where you have to recognise your limits. :-)

Sometimes it's not the modellers fault but the carp he is supplied with.

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

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

The Voyager: the Pacer for the 21st century.

My mate in the PWay says his gang like Relayer best...

I thoroughly recommend Bill Bruford's autobiography, by the way - candid and funny.

I'll look out for that.

:-)

Yes, dear, it's a lovely shade of green, so it is, it's my definite favourite and that's the truth Guv'nor and no mistake.

Men!Know your limits! ;-)

She wis too late for the last train, mind!

@40=something.

Sounds nice!!!!

That would be a rather diminutive loco, Ivan.

It’s like those wax cylinders of yours, Obi Wan, but on a flat disc 12” across... ;-)

Depends who’s on the single, Horse!

'Ground control to inter planetary most extraordinary craft'

I think it's somebody on helium talking Japanese backwards, Pete....

General opinion is that it's Roger McGuinn and David Crosby’s backward and speed-altered voices speaking gibberish

Said the joker to the thief....

There's too much confusion..

Shame that Bob Dylan isn't remembered more for writing it, great wordsmith.

Should I be looking for a specific type of metal in the colander' construction? Is it resistant to VLF transmissions?

What you need is mu-metal. Works a treat against unwanted interference. Cover with garlic for added protection.

It seems to be working well on Twitter.

In the past, certain kits had the quality of making scratch-building the easier method!

You need to speak with Geoff Kent

Grrr... just glued all the bolt heads on a corner place on back-to-front. Sometimes you can go off scratch building wagons!

Is that the new Dr Who?

"Don't you ever - EVER - call me a ********** motoring journalist. I can be so much worse than that!"?

At least May likes trains.....

I hope it gets better for you soon. I know the feeling of 'life is sh!t' only too well.

Cheers.

the greaat thing about RMweb and modelling there is always some one here. Check out a new ABC series Manup... look at it that there is always some one there to help...

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

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

No wood is safe!

Destroy all systems.

Have we got a video recorder ?

Should have gone to Radio Rentals...

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

Red Sky at Morning

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

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?

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.

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.

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

Tombe en panne

nerveux

Make sure the SCART lead is firmly pushed home.

Poindexter

yeah man....

Did anyone Witness it ?

Are there any women here?

It's every mans right to have babies if he wants them.

stick with 7

Must get round to upgrading PC to something that can actually handle Win7.....

If windows 8 had been a stand alone product and not a pre-install it would never have sold. Simply dreadful.

Ivan - you don't need something super duper to run 7 on.

And thus - Tubular Bells....

If it wasn't for Tubular Bells there probobably wouldn't be any Virgin Voyagers. Mike Oldfield has a lot to answer for.

Ooft! Never thought of it from that angle, but faced with a Voyager... I'd rather be on horseback... ;-)

There'll be another two along shortly.

Oh no, Mad McCann is becoming a bus spotter....

You're needing another running session on Wharfeside my boy.

Do you have enough bridges to put them on?