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  1. I appear to have re-discovered Yes in a very nice way!

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

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

    3. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

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

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      I'll look out for that.

  2. Screen No 9 for my 4-year old phone on the way...

  3. Sunday morning Mod dancing, peeps! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yap7FwYnQX4

  4. I have done absolutely nothing of real use today except walk the dog. I don't care either...

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    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      It's my day off Mick. Just guilt for not doing stuff I probably should but hey, when your rest days are split that's exactly what they are. Rest. :-)

    3. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      As long as you can enjoy life as you live it what does it matter.

    4. Tim Dubya

      Tim Dubya

      Yeah, I've been at work too...

  5. I'm looking forward to returning to part time working in a couple of weeks. Finally I'll have time for some quality modelling and tidying my gaff which looks currently as if the the Guardia Civile dropped by for a cuppa...

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I trust you weren't exactly expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      No one etc, etc... ;-)

  6. Oh dear, I've ordered another miniature bus...

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    2. BoD

      BoD

      There'll be another two along shortly.

    3. davefrk

      davefrk

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

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

    4. Hroth

      Hroth

      Do you have enough bridges to put them on?

  7. "...If you tolerate this then your children will be next..."

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    2. muddys-blues
    3. tractionman

      tractionman

      Yep, according to the good old Wikipedia entry for the song, "The song's theme is taken from the Spanish Civil War, and the idealism of Welsh volunteers who joined the left-wing International Brigades fighting for the Spanish Republic against Francisco Franco's military rebels. The song takes its name from a Republican poster of the time, displaying a photograph of a young child killed by the Nationalists under a sky of bombers with the stark warning "If you tolerate this, you...

    4. John B

      John B

      I've walked Las Ramblas but not with real intent

  8. "When they turn the pages of our history, when these days have passed long ago; will they look at us with sadness; for the seeds that we let grow?"

    1. vitalspark

      vitalspark

      Depressing indeed and Farewell to you.

  9. "Whe

    1. No Decorum

      No Decorum

      Was that the exact moment that the missus took delivery of another locomotive parceel?

  10. That Barclay has got me thinking whether it's actually worth continuing in EM...

    1. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Then I see Wharfeside and realise I'm just going to have to model in two gauges...

  11. 14" and 16" Barclays? How epic is that?! Haven't felt this frothy since the Claytons!

  12. Right. Off to bed shortly. Sparrow's Fart rise for a 5AM start. Roll on part-time working!

  13. "Thank you. As we all know, you just can't believe everything you see and hear, can you? Now if you'll excuse me I must be on my way. (T-waaaannnngggg)...."

    1. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      Has he gone yet?

    2. Brit70053

      Brit70053

      People say believe half of what you see, son and none of what you hear".

    3. PhilEakins
  14. Not convinced that the Shawplan Class 37 windscreens have been worth all the effort... :-/

    1. BoD

      BoD

      They will look better in the morning.

    2. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Aye. Perhaps they will :-)

  15. Tonight is brought to you by Bradford Barton and Johnny Cash. It is here anyway... :-)

    1. davefrk

      davefrk

      And I thought you were an old rocker....

  16. Up at 3.50 yesterday, up at 4.15 this morning. Caught up with me now! Good job I'm off tomorrow!

  17. "...wind of time is blowing through me; and it's all moving relative to me..."

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    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      And when the dust settled he turned to the waiter and said - stop that my man, yes sir which way did it go he replied...

    3. vitalspark
    4. Porcy Mane
  18. Everybody must get stoned...

    1. bgman

      bgman

      OK ! Who threw that ?

  19. Fifteen Guineas and that's yer lot, folks!

    1. MarkC

      MarkC

      That's what they thought...

    2. Mad McCann
  20. I want to drive a GCT Atlantean.

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      When I was in the Sixth Form, I wanted to teach the school to sing in prefect harmony.

    3. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      Well then..? ;-)

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      He's been trying ever since.

  21. Think I'll be dropping back to part time work again; body telling me I'm 53 and already stopped shiftwork once for the same reasons! In other news, I've been removing snaphead rivets from a Bachmann Fowler 3500 gal tender tonight. Rock 'n' Roll, I f****n ain't...

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    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      I did wonder if it was the shifts bringing you down Dave

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      If you delete "f" from "shifts", it's probably that as well.....

    4. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      If you're not careful with how you eat at work, this can indeed be a consequence...

  22. Think I'll be dropping back to part time work again; body telling me I'm 53 and already stopped shiftwork once for the same reasons!

  23. Think I'll be dropping back to part time work again; body telling me I'm 53 and already stopped shiftwork once for the same reasons!

  24. I think it's time to 'Year Zero' my modelling...

  25. "The past is yours but the future's mine; you're all out of time..."

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      very true just now......

    2. scottystitch

      scottystitch

      "I don't feel too steady on my feet

      I feel hollow I feel weak

      Passion fruit and holy bread

      Fill my guts and ease my head

      Through the early morning sun

      I can see her here she comes......"

       

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