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  1. sharris

    Excellent news - SWMBO passed her Psychology degree with a 2.1 

    1. chris p bacon

      chris p bacon

      Good news....but Come lay on this couch and tell me how it's affecting you..

  2. sharris

    When you say ‘I’m just popping out for a bottle of wine... do we need anything else?’, and it turns into a big shop.

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      But at least you get it over and done with!

       

      (Need any loo rolls???)

  3. sharris

    Getting a new phone is supposed to be a pleasurable experience. iTunes makes it the most frustrating experience from hell.

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    2. NXEA!

      NXEA!

      Tell a lie, doesn't even require iCloud. Link: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT210216

    3. sharris

      sharris

      I tried the phone to phone Bluetooth option. Both phones just sat there next to each other not doing anything - I guess my old phone was just too old!

    4. Izzy

      Izzy

      Yeah, this is part of the make everything past yesterday obsolete. I have an old iPod classic. Works as good as when new. But can’t be uploaded with new tunes/playlists unless an old version of itunes is used. And my (newish) 8+iPhone needs the latest version.....grrrr.

  4. sharris

    Cracked a tooth... looks like my modelling budget will be going to my dentist for a while :(

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      Car MOT, etc...

  5. sharris

    Roller gauges - so called because they roll off the workbench at the slightest provocation.

  6. sharris

    By the pricking of my thumbs

    a glass fibre pencil this way comes.

     

    1. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      In all honesty, that thing probably does qualify as "something wicked".

       

      However, if you've ever wondered what really evil splinters can be like, try working with certain types of carbon fibre matting - I've still got painful memories of fitting strain gauges to that stuff in a former job, over a decade ago.

  7. sharris

    Feeling left out: I didn't get an erroneous membership confirmation email.

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    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      It'll be like having a single figure Party Membership card....

    3. wiggoforgold

      wiggoforgold

      Me too. I don't seem to have had one either.

    4. DonB

      DonB

      got two on Saturday, another one Sunday... Any advance?

  8. sharris

    Will anyone be chowing down on a Marks & Spencers Love Sausage this time next week? 

     

    https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/02/07/m_and_s_pork/

     

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    2. Welly

      Welly

      One Valentine's Day, RMWeb had a record number of members online!

    3. St Enodoc

      St Enodoc

      TMI

    4. Hroth

      Hroth

      NSFW

  9. sharris

    I've got wood

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    2. Londontram

      Londontram

      The pills do work then!

    3. sharris

      sharris

      I've got a shiny chopper too...

       

      Well part of one so far - the LRM LNWR tank.

    4. Hroth

      Hroth

      AM?

  10. sharris

    We just installed a Ring doorbell with camera- how am I going to smuggle modelling supplies into the house now?

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    2. sharris

      sharris

      Pacific, it records video every time it detects motion. Captain, I like your thinking.

    3. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Down your trouser leg?

    4. Hroth

      Hroth

      Down the trouser leg worked for "The Great Escape", but if you're caught, extreme measures may be taken...

  11. sharris

    It's up!

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      Be careful!

    2. sharris

      sharris

      Wise words - you can do yourself an injury putting up a giant Lidl display case.

  12. sharris

    Buttonhole kale is a rather lovely colour.

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    2. Phil Mc

      Phil Mc

      Butthole cake doesn't sound very appetising !!

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      Its a worrying trend!

    4. sharris

      sharris

      I had a double-take on the name when I saw it in Sainsburys.

  13. sharris

    Having failed to find my hornblock alignment jig that I bought at Scaleforum and ordered a new one, SWMBO just found the original... still in the back-pack I took to Scaleforum.

    1. MarkC

      MarkC

      Oops...

    2. Tim V

      Tim V

      Under the kitchen sink that was also in the backpack?

  14. sharris
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-46249122 "Unsurprisingly the train emerged the victor"
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    2. sharris

      sharris

      Reportedly the locomotive and railway infrastructure were undamaged.

       

      https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/sheringham-level-crossing-car-train-crash-1-5784057

    3. JJGraphics

      JJGraphics

      Steam 1. Diesel 0.

    4. Shedmaster

      Shedmaster

      Just out of interest, do any of us know for a fact the absence of mechanical failure of the car or medical 'problem' with the driver? Glad to see the RMWeb accident Investigation professionals are on their way to a speedy conclusion!I look forward to seeing the official report.

  15. sharris

    The 2018 Wishlist will go live on Monday morning - can I wish to have 2018 again, it all seems to have to disappeared too fast?

    1. adb968008

      adb968008

      We didnt have a wishlist last year... pethaps your thinking 2 tears ago, going really fast

    2. No Decorum

      No Decorum

      Time for me to cast the solitary vote for all the oddballs I want. Does anyone else fancy a Frenchie?

  16. sharris

    Today I am learning why people pay other people to do their lining for them.

    1. toboldlygo

      toboldlygo

      Keening your sanity is the main reason ;)

    2. sharris

      sharris

      Already too late to preserve that! :D

  17. sharris

    Is any part of a plastic kit more fiddly than a Ratio LNWR bogie?

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Cambrian Walrus ends......

    3. toboldlygo

      toboldlygo

      Airfix 1/24th Scale Spitfire Mk.VB fuselage - G-Clamps, mole-grips oh my..

    4. devonseasider

      devonseasider

      The guard's lookout ducket on a Slater's 7mm Maunsell BCK

  18. sharris

    Willard Wigan - that's crazily small!

    1. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      Indeed it is!

    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      He probably works with T-gauge...

  19. sharris

    Ok, which one of you hid all my vacuum hoses?

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    2. MarkC

      MarkC

      Nature abhors a vacuum...

    3. Tim V

      Tim V

      Dyson or Hoover?

    4. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Feeling a bit loose coupled?

  20. sharris

    Doing the tourism thing today with visitors from Brazil. My main thought going round the state apartments at Windsor Castle was 'you could fit a big railway in there'.

    1. flapland

      flapland

      Perhaps Charles will if he ever gets the top job.

    2. Rowsley17D

      Rowsley17D

      No, as always, there still wouldn't be enough room.

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Come the revoloution

  21. sharris

    If coach bogies really are supposed to have 8 brake shoes each, I'm sure Comet would have put at least 10 on a fret. Ping - there goes another.

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Unless the coach is to be a show piece then they are a waste of time.

    3. sharris

      sharris

      If it was a showpiece I'd link them to the V hangers and vacuum cylinders - not going that far!

    4. Hroth

      Hroth

      Not a functional vacuum system? :)

  22. sharris

    Showered, shaved, hair washed, deodorised, teeth bushed and flossed - not sure if I got ready for ExpoEM or to go on a date.

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    2. rob D2

      rob D2

      You never wear deodorant to a model show ! What were you thinking ...

    3. Hroth

      Hroth

      But have you got your expedition rucsack ready?

    4. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      And knee and elbow protectors to fend off stampeding visitors?

  23. sharris

    Almost 24 hours since the last C-C thread was locked - is it time to start a new one yet? }:-)

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      found it. i'll not bother reading the 14 pages...

    3. Liam

      Liam

      Popcorn anyone? :)

    4. Hroth

      Hroth

      Soft tomatoes...

  24. sharris

    "Last chance to claim a free BRM Workstation" - but I do modelling to escape from work. Can I have a free BRM Playstation instead?

  25. sharris

    Ouch - that'll teach me for walking barefoot too close to where I using my glass fibre pen.

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