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A firefighter was working on the engine outside the station when he noticed a little girl nearby in a little red wagon with little ladders hung off the sides and a garden hose tightly coiled in the middle. The girl was wearing a firefighter's helmet. The wagon was being pulled by her dog and her cat. The fire fighter walked over to take a closer look. "That sure is a nice fire engine," the firefighter said with admiration. "Thanks," the Girl replied. The firefighter looked a little closer and noticed the girl had tied the wagon to her dog's collar and to the cat's testicles. "Little girl," the firefighter said "I don't want to tell you how to operate your engine, but if you were to tie that rope around the cat's collar, I think you could go faster." The little girl replied thoughtfully, "You're probably right... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . but then I wouldn't have a siren."

Well, I suppose it depends how grubby the child is.........................

I think it was part of their advertising 'insert' in Model Rail some months ago too. Issued as part of their 'Legacy' range it appears to be a significant improvement on existing kits, but of course if they're proposing to make it really RTL then that's even better!

I think the Alan Gibson range of 'bits' has a Drummond-type funnel listed.

I think you mean French wine. That's why much of it is Chat Eau bottled...........................

The emissions scandal at VW has caused them to rethink their exhaust tuning for new models.................

Gareth, I've got details, I'm sure, for detailing the backhead that you constructed for the Class 51(v. neat, BTW!) If you'd like to pm me I can get them to you by email. You've inspired me to abandon my LSWR modelling for now, and resurrect my Class 1 scratchbuild. Hmmm, perhaps an LRM, NLR brakevan to go with it..............

Meanwhile in America (part 2)

I feel I must complain. I've just counted the rivets, and I'm sure they missed one........................................

Latest Windows 10 problem! After having another, 'Critical Error' warning which in effect means you have to shut down, I restarted it and as before it was doing an update. Fine I thought perhaps it will include a fix this time. But no....... I have now lost all my Office applications. No Word, no Excel, No PowerPoint, no nuthin'!! It will only open things in Word Pad, but this loses some functions and settings that I used in templates for set correspondence. This is a disaster for me, as it means I'm going to have to get my no. 2 computer up to speed and transfer docs from my back-up hard drive. The only suggestion Windows Support(!!) could come up with was to BUY another complete Office package! Switching to an Mac is now looking preferable!

Just keep taking the tablets............

It's fine as long as it works, but when it doesn't it's a PITA! I've twice had to get around the Critical Error: freeze up, and both times the only way I could do it stripped all my existing programmes and apps off the computer at the same time, which I have had to re-install. As ScRSG says above many programmes then fail to work as they did before. For instance I have lost all my Canon multifunction printer programmes so cannot scan or import photographs as I did before. The 'critical error' failure has been known about since July 2 and MS still haven't issued a patch to repair it.

Computer Active magazine, issue 457, 2-15 September, has a section on Windows 10 problems (at least the 12 most common ones!) and how to fix them. And promises to have more similar articles in future! An excellent magazine, which has won the 'Plain English' award more than once, and has good reviews on a variety of tech items.

If you wanted a superb loco with that 'Adams Radial Appeal', colourful livery, and lasting through to BR days you could IMHO do worse than visit Bressingham where the last LT&SR loco, 'Thundersley', is shedded in all its glory. I crawled all over it (& under it!) about 10 years ago, took stacks of photos and measurements, plus I have an extensive collection of paperwork devoted to LTSR. All yours for free Dave, if you'd like it.................................

As usual my front and rear garden Rowan trees have been descended on by, it seems like, hundreds of starlings. Well laden with berries this year there are still plenty to go around though! My new rear garden planting has seen a good variety of both bees and butterflies this year, and the new pond is home to frogs and dragon and damselflies which have appeared out of nowhere! A few butterfly pix as the starlings flew off as soon as my camera came out! In order Comma Butterfly; 5 Tortoiseshells; Red Admiral; Painted Lady and (not so) Common Blue.

I thought I would offer a free preemptive groan for all viewers............... I looked out my window and saw a guy in a black robe who was trying to clear the frost off his car with a scythe. So I thought I'd go and help. "Stop," said my wife, grabbing my arm. "You're de-icing with death."....

Today, amongst my usual Junk in my Hotmail account I found the following: PayPal [important] Please take the time to update your member! Well, we've been together for some time now, but I wasn't aware that it needed updating and it still appears to be functioning well..........................

Nice one, Burger King!

What I can't understand is that there's someone 'watching' it. What do they think it's going to do, turn into a full box after 28 days!

As part of my garden re-birth I set up a bird-feeder. It's taken a while for the blackbirds, sparrows and tits to start using it but they are now. Yesterday though I heard a tap-tapping on the path and there was a Thrush removing one of the snail army that are always with us. Result!!

I suspect we would find that the lower volume of sales would be quoted as the reason. Many people, I suspect, have more locos than they can realistically use, I know I do. Had there been less problems with the fidelity of the wagons, I again suspect they would be selling well. As it is I am buying Lionheart, and Ixion engines, though if the Dapol 08 ever appears it will be a definite purchase. Unless of course DJM's 0 gauge engines make an appearance first...................

Apologies for the caps in advance, I'm not shouting, but I cant remember the way to convert all caps to small case easily (& yes, I'm being lazy.....) AN OLD WOMAN WALKED UP AND TIED HER OLD MULE TO THE HITCHING POST. AS SHE STOOD THERE, BRUSHING SOME OF THE DUST FROM HER FACE AND CLOTHES, A YOUNG GUNSLINGER STEPPED OUT OF THE SALOON WITH A GUN IN ONE HAND AND A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY IN THE OTHER. THE YOUNG GUNSLINGER LOOKED AT THE OLD WOMAN AND LAUGHED, "HEY OLD WOMAN, HAVE YOU EVER DANCED?" THE OLD WOMAN LOOKED UP AT THE GUNSLINGER AND SAID, "NO,... I NEVER DID DANCE... NEVER REALLY WANTED TO." A CROWD HAD GATHERED AS THE GUNSLINGER GRINNED AND SAID "WELL, YOU OLD BAG, YOU'RE GONNA DANCE NOW," AND STARTED SHOOTING AT THE OLD WOMAN'S FEET. THE OLD WOMAN PROSPECTOR -- NOT WANTING TO GET HER TOE BLOWN OFF --STARTED HOPPING AROUND. EVERYBODY WAS LAUGHING. WHEN HIS LAST BULLET HAD BEEN FIRED, THE YOUNG GUNSLINGER, STILL LAUGHING, HOLSTERED HIS GUN AND TURNED AROUND TO GO BACK INTO THE SALOON. THE OLD WOMAN TURNED TO HER PACK MULE, PULLED OUT A DOUBLE-BARRELED SHOTGUN, AND COCKED BOTH HAMMERS. THE LOUD CLICKS CARRIED CLEARLY THROUGH THE DESERT AIR, AND THE CROWD STOPPED LAUGHING IMMEDIATELY. THE YOUNG GUNSLINGER HEARD THE SOUNDS, TOO, AND HE TURNED AROUND VERY SLOWLY. THE SILENCE WAS ALMOST DEAFENING. THE CROWD WATCHED AS THE YOUNG GUNMAN STARED AT THE OLD WOMAN AND THE LARGE GAPING HOLES OF THOSE TWIN BARRELS. THE BARRELS OF THE SHOTGUN NEVER WAVERED IN THE OLD WOMAN'S HANDS, AS SHE QUIETLY SAID, "SON, HAVE YOU EVER KISSED A MULE'S ASS?" THE GUNSLINGER SWALLOWED HARD AND SAID, "NO M'AM... BUT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO. THERE ARE FIVE LESSONS HERE FOR ALL OF US: 1 - Never be arrogant. 2 - Don't waste ammunition. 3 - Whiskey makes you think you're smarter than you are. 4 - Always make sure you know who has the power. 5 - Don't mess with old women; they didn't get old by being stupid.

I did the same. Unfortunately it didn't prevent the, 'Critical Error - unable to access' problem that I recorded in an earlier post raising its head 3 days later. That still isn't fixed by MS from 2 July. I did try holding down control and then restarting. That eventually gave me back W 10 but stripped many applications, which I have had to diligently work through re-installing. Then I discovered that I had to bookmark many items in Google or 'Edge' as it doesn't allow me to attach them to the task bar! A nightmare