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  1. Our lib dem candidate is called 'Roy Wood'

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    2. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Is he promising it could be Christmas every day?

    3. MarkC
    4. Swifty11

      Swifty11

      The labour candidate for us is called Nick Bent...

      And someone bent his sign as well lol

  2. Tomorrows job is to find myself a van, my options are hinksey, westbury or hoo!! Where do i go?

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    2. RJS1977

      RJS1977

      BTW -did you drive a Colas 70 through Cholsey over the weekend?

    3. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Good chippy in Westbury Jim (assuming it's still going) but the model railway shop has moved.

    4. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Hoo (Junction) can be a bit bleak, but they used to do a nice line in 12T van bodies for farmers. Not what you're looking for though I suspect, and about 25+ years too late anyway.

  3. It's a......it's a......it's a......it's a sinfin (tanks)

    1. yorkie_pudd

      yorkie_pudd

      Better to see a sinfin then see a sharkfin haha

  4. well the skoda fabia i bought 2 weeks ago is dead, got to be a record for me that one!

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    2. big jim

      big jim

      already got a replacement car and skoda is up on ebay for spares or repair, if not its down the scrappy with it

    3. gridwatcher

      gridwatcher

      Thought you meant it was a new one??!!

    4. Welly

      Welly

      I nicknamed Fabias by changing the first letter to L.

  5. Car boot bargain earlier, Hornby TTS sound 97 for

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    2. CovDriver

      CovDriver

      Blimey I need to start going to car boot sales !!

    3. big jim

      big jim

      i just happened to be passing it on the way back from bicester, called in with

    4. bgman

      bgman

      Result indeed, the class 97 is worth detailing at that price !

  6. feckarse industries "slovakia's leading lens manufacturors

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I'm out of me head with the hunger.

    3. bigP
    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Chinatown? There's a Chinatown on Craggy Island!??

  7. Sat in deepest darkest lincolnshire (barnetby) and getting 4G on my phone, cant even get that in crewe!

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    2. Jim Martin

      Jim Martin

      What you can't get in Crewe isn't worth having, I've heard

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Barnetby may be deep and dark compared to Crewe, but Lincs goes deeper and darker than that!

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Particularly around Boston.

  8. cant sleep and i've got my rules exam in canton in the morning, not good being as i have a 3 hour train ride to get there too

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    2. petethemole

      petethemole

      Plus a kip on the train.

    3. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      Good luck Big Jim hope you are succsessfulin you test.

    4. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      Dam this new keyboard

  9. going passenger cardiff to carlisle! 4 1/2 hours journey, 2 3/4 hours to go

    1. flapland

      flapland

      Are we nearly their yet. ;-)

       

       

    2. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Can I eat my sandwiches please?

       

  10. just spent an hour updating my rulebook, just found out ive got my bi annual rules on monday

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    2. big jim

      big jim

      no swearing, no paddling, no single women, no tree climbing, no loitering, no camping, no drinking, no loitering, no ball games, no gatherings

    3. big jim

      big jim

      no swearing, no paddling, no single women, no tree climbing, no loitering, no camping, no drinking, no ball games, no gatherings

    4. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      no thrashing, no flailing, no bellowing, no fun...

  11. about to have a ride over the S+C assessing a driver

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    2. newbryford

      newbryford

      Tonez and thrash when you pass me please! (or a cheery wave will do)

    3. newbryford

      newbryford

      Tonez and a wave.....!

    4. Simon Moore

      Simon Moore

      Jammy git if only I could footplate over S&C

  12. Nice easy job today (for a change) 3 x 70s crewe to hinksey via the wcml to nuneaton then over to coventry and onward to oxford

  13. lost the plot somewhat, need the proof of no claims from my last car but not only have i forgot who insured it, i cant remember what car i had last!

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I think we can rest assured that it wasn't a G-Swiz.

    2. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      wasn't it a SEAT?

    3. big jim

      big jim

      well i phoned who i thought it was and at wasnt them! went through my junk email and found who it was it now though, even found the proof of ncd

  14. last minute road refresh!

  15. now do i buy a Hornby network south east 50 to run with my sinfin tanks

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    2. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Today! Bizarre, but true.....

    3. steve22

      steve22

      I want to see all the comments on this; it won't let me.

    4. big jim
  16. Im staying in 'the linton' hotel, thankfully its not a travel tavern!!

    1. cold-ash

      cold-ash

      "I don't care what you call your squalid little grief hole..." AP is the gift that keeps giving. Funny every time!

    2. The Pilotman
  17. ooooh, got a new ipad, 128gb!

    1. Andrew F

      Andrew F

      That's more gigs than my Dragon 32

    2. bgman

      bgman

      Enjoy, tiz a wondrous and "fruity" I'm almost at the point of therapy now.....can't put it down!

    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      Don't "lend" it to that scrote down the road!

  18. Went to see 'Paddington' in the cinema this morning, what a great film!!

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      I quite liked 'Young Victoria'...

    2. yorkie_pudd

      yorkie_pudd

      Never seen a cinema that large in London to fit both stations in it :-p

  19. magical mystery tour last night, got to stafford late so had a trip round the west midlands instead!

    1. Rugd1022

      Rugd1022

      Round the houses via Bescot and Bushbury Jim? Bostin, ay it loik ;-)

  20. Got a last minute ticket to see omid djalili and boothby graffoe this evening in crewe then hot footed it to shrewsbury to work!!

    1. bgman

      bgman

      I hope it put a smile on ya face at work! :)

  21. happy birthday to me! the big 40

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    2. acko22

      acko22

      Happy 40th Jim!!!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Wait 'til you get to my age....

    4. Swifty11

      Swifty11

      Happy birthday Jim! Hope you've had a great day!

  22. Well that lasted long, on the portbury to ratcliffe coal next week, but this time via the marches and wolverhampton!

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Are you on a Class 70 on this one, Jim? What's the load now, is it more than 20 HHAs?

    2. big jim

      big jim

      Got it from salop to ratcliffe, hopefully a 70 to get it moving along the marches, normally 21 wagons (if they will go along the marches)

  23. is there anything to do in frome for the afternoon tomorrow?

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    2. bgman
    3. big jim

      big jim

      No pub as working in the evening, no book of mormon either!

    4. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      OK then Jim, how did you get on in Frome last night, then?

       

      And by the way, that's one more step nearer the source of the Devon logs, my friend!! ;-)

       

       

  24. shaun the sheep movie.....brilliant

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I wonder if there'll be a Book Of Mormon Sheep.

    3. big jim

      big jim

      debating whether to go and see BoM again with the new cast!

    4. Mythocentric

      Mythocentric

      What DougN said! My 3 year old granddaughter loves it so we watch it all the time on video!

  25. book of mormon was amazing tonight as usual, current cast's final show so they really went for it!

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Do you not have a season ticket for this show? ;-)

    2. beast66606

      beast66606

      Surprised you werent invited on the stage !

    3. bgman

      bgman

      How dya confuse a Mormon when they call? Invite them in and show em ya train set !

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