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  1. Hmm. Charged £4.50 for 2nd class delivery but only £2.85 on the envelope, was the packaging really £1.65?

    1. polybear

      polybear

      Was it from a company or a private individual on Ebay? If the latter then clobber them on the feedback scores. I only charge what the stamps cost, no more. None of this "pay for my time to take it to the post office cr*p...

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  2. Just paid for my funeral. Jeez, I could've got a few SLW Class 24's for that little lot :(

  3. Had a fantastic day riding behind the Flying Scotsman on the NYMR yesterday. Where else could you be pulled by a Gresley A3 pacific and banked by a Stanier Black 5 up a 1 in 49? Tremendous.

    1. polybear

      polybear

      That's it - you go ahead and enjoy yourself; don't go worrying about us. Bet you didn't even send us a Postcard....

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  4. Ok, so what's the difference between Mrs HB saying "I'm going to do some decorating" and "Your life is not going to be worth living if you don't offer to do it for me"?

    1. polybear

      polybear

      Make a right pigs ear of it. She'll not ask again

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  5. Has decided to re-join the dark side !!

  6. Current Partner said to me yesterday her son had just bought a Hornby coach. What type i asked, don't know she replied but it's in Rhubarb and Custard livery. Bless her.

    1. polybear

      polybear

      Thank god it's not chocolate & cream - that would be a disaster....

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  7. Couldn't diagnose what's wrong with the leccy gadget at work, so has now resorted to swapping circuit boards. It'll either (a) fix it, or (b) won't fix it, or © blow up some more circuit boards. Who cares - they're paying me....

    1. polybear

      polybear

      Leccy thingy now fixed :) No smoke, no sparks, no more blown PEC's, still employed, Boss owes me a Kit Kat...

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  8. has given in, and mowed the lawn for the first time this year!

    1. polybear

      polybear

      Ahhhh...so that'll explain the red bits in the grassbox....

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  9. has given in, and mowed the lawn for the first time this year!

    1. polybear

      polybear

      Why bother? It'll only need doing again in a couple of months...so why not wait and do it then??

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  10. So at what point do you become certifiably insane?

    1. polybear

      polybear

      When you start to believe Party Political Broadcasts....

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  11. All this treacle has made my fur go all sticky...

  12. just had a plumber round; over 200 notes for a new boiler fan IF they can get one. Good job I just sold some vinyl. I was going to spend it on trains....

    1. polybear

      polybear

      Ebay, mate...there'll be plenty....Plumbers will always say they're obsolete cos' they want to flog you a new boiler. Do a bit of digging yourself, could save you a good few £££'s

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  13. Just upgraded my phone contract, keeping my iphone 5s instead of going for a 6 has dropped my monthly cost by £30 a month and given me 3 times as much data, 20gb (and 12 months Now TV as well)

    1. polybear

      polybear

      My PAYG phone cost a tenner, full stop; a NOW TV box was fifteen quid, without any of that Sky nonsense :) Cheapskate? Oh yes Sir :)

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  14. has managed 72mpg to the Biggles(wade) show, where he avoided buying a George Norton LNWR kit. Cake rating: 8.

    1. polybear

      polybear

      Now if I'd had the Dodge Charger I was running around in out in Kuwait last october. MPG? Nope....but boy did it get a wriggle on....

      LNWR Kit? S/H Table, left hand side?

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  15. In the District Court today, a popular tennis player was facing charges for racqueteering.

  16. Monday mornin' feels so bad. Everybody seems to nag me.

  17. --

    1. polybear

      polybear

      But how long will it stay in your tummy...and how much damage will it do on the way out??

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  18. Mary had a little Lamb, it's fleece was white as snow. But Mary likes a curry, and now the fleece's a throw....

    1. polybear

      polybear

      Mary had a little lamb, it's feet were made of charcoal. Every time it walked along, sparks shot up it's ar**hole

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  19. Feeling jealous of someone I don't even like, ah well at least I have the satisfaction of knowing I've gotten where I am through my own efforts and not who my family are

  20. Persistent hiccups since last Friday. Again. Current score for today = about 12000. P1ssed Off with this - hope Doc comes up with a plan soon.

  21. Bought a pack of fibreglass pencil refills ages ago. Anyone know where I put them?

  22. Hattons please stop tormenting me with that rediculously cheap class 128. I model in N...

  23. Does anyone know how to work clingfilm?

    1. polybear

      polybear

      1. Just stretch it over the bowl and then put the seat down. 2. Retreat to a safe distance and wait for the screams....

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  24. On a ferry in a storm heading to the Vancouver model train show. Hope it's good!

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