Al51

9 hours ago, melmerby said:

I had that once with a RM delivery from Derails.

A couple of "attempts" to deliver it complete with time slots, which didn't happen and then an e-mail that the item was undeliverable.(😕)

It turned out they couldn't find it.

Derails sent a replacement, I never got the original and I don't know whether Derails ever got it back.

I've had the same situation with Royal Mail, except that I got the undeliverable email at 5pm and at about 7.30pm I answered the door and there was the postman with the supposedly undeliverable parcel! 

Al

7 minutes ago, rorz101uk said:

Many thanks for this. I’ve ordered KMR-203 from kernow model railway, I’m also intending fitting sound eventually, any chance of a close up of the chassis? Do these have a speaker already fitted? 

Youchoos have an installation guide (with pictures) for the Model Rail J70 that should answer your questions:  

https://www.youchoos.co.uk/Index-Resource.php?L1=Guides&Item=OOMRJ70-MS

Al

According to the Rapido delivery schedule the Bedford OB is in production with delivery expected in Q3 2024. I presume the Crump coach is included in this. 

https://rapidotrains.co.uk/delivery-schedule/ 

Al

Am I right by assuming that if you don't want any lights on at all, you can just remove the blanking plate from under the roof?

Al

On 11/01/2024 at 16:07, Ruston said:

Oh. The front page of the site looks alright but as soon as I click on the shop it all goes wrong. I give up.

 

It looks like this on phone and laptop.

I've found that when the site looks like your screenshot, click on the German flag and it will reload in German properly. Then scroll to the bottom and click on the British flag and it reloads in English.

45 minutes ago, SRman said:

 

No, he's one of the Flowerpot Men when he was a toddler! 🤪

Was he Bill or was he Ben? Flobbadob!

37 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:

Very much a North Eastern practice.

My Uncle George kept an aviary with about 100 birds in Hexham.

Not just the North East, in the early 1960s my uncle in Kingston Upon Thames kept pigeons. Nearly every time we visited we had a basket full to accompany us back to the South Coast. 

We would phone him after we released them to give him an idea of the time taken, but on one occasion we released them too late in day and they must have roosted somewhere overnight, and arrived back the next morning! 

On 14/12/2023 at 12:50, RapidoCorbs said:

"But I don't catch cows, Sir"

 

Sorry for the confusion about them being in the instructions and not in the package.

 

If you do want to swap the cow-catchers for the non-tension lock variety, we can send you a pair FOC.

 

All you need to do is go here, say you bought a W&U Pack and you would like a pair of cow-catchers without coupling holes:

https://rapidotrains.co.uk/warranty-form/

 

Please allow for the usual Christmas post delay.

I did as you instructed and the postman has just delivered two cow-catchers without the coupling holes. All in less than 24 hrs after I contacted them. Great service again from Rapido! All I need now is some cows...

Al

3 hours ago, Jammy2305 said:

Email from Rails today to say these have arrived in stock 😁

I had the same from Derails!

Dear Kernow, why did you have to mention that it operated on the Portsmouth to Cardiff, I've gone and accidentally bought one now! 

Al

On 14/09/2023 at 11:18, JZ said:

Skyhook?

Years ago, in another life, I worked at a small engineering company and we had one particular apprentice who wasn't the brightest of lights. He would regularly get sent on fools errands. Once I filled in a store requisition and asked him to go the store to get it. It was for a long weight. Chitty was duly handed over. After about 15 minutes, Albert, the foremen, noticed he had been at the counter for a while and asked what he was waiting for. Needless to say, those at our workstation were duly reprimanded, while Albert tried not to laugh.

Many moons ago I also worked for a small engineering company. The foreman would send new lads into town to an ironmongers that was about ten minutes walk away. The ironmongers would play along for a couple of days or so and then put the lad straight.

One lad kept going for over two weeks and the foreman kept laughing at the lad's stupidity. A chance conversation with the secretary revealed that the lad lived just around the corner from the factory. The penny dropped and it was the lad who had the last laugh. He knew it was a wind up from the start and he was just going home for an hour each time. Needless to say, the foreman never did it again. 

1 hour ago, 30801 said:

 

I can pay cheques into the the Barclays app by taking photos of them.

Weirdly it makes cheques relevant again as it's convenient and nobody has to sign up with PayPal etc.

I have done the same with Lloyds Bank. Just take a picture with their banking app and thats it, cheque paid in.

I kept the cheque until it was cleared then shredded it. 

I put a new U2 battery in my torch. It works fine but I still haven't found what I'm looking for...

Shouting 'Anyone who wants a ride in the helicopter, put your hands up',  probably wasn't the best idea I've had...

This morning Rapido posted on Facebook that the whole shipment is now on a ship heading for South East England.

If laziness was an Olympic sport I'd try to come fourth so I wouldn't have to walk up to the podium!

If you like Red Dwarf and have an Alexa try saying "Alexa, would you like some toast?"

Her: I just fell down the stairs, didn't you hear me?

Him: Sorry dear, I thought it was Eastenders starting!

My dog's got no dictionary...

My favourite album at the moment is 'Chicago Transit Authority' by Chicago.

My favourite track is probably 'A Salty Dog' by Procol Harum from the 'Procol Harum, Live in Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra' album.