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I've had to access to quite high security areas at times, be it HMG, HMP, RAF, and a particular favourite, USAF. Having MP5/M16/Whatever the literal weapon of choice was, trained in your general direction whilst sniffer dogs and so on go through your vehicle (which is full of tools that could be considered weapons!) was always great for the anxiety. What cracked me up on some sites was when the person escorting me wasn't allowed somewhere but I was - "just go and fetch key number 25 from that rack over there then bring it back then we can go and open area 51 which I will have to watch through the window". Very weird. I'm amazed I haven't had to sign the Official Secrets Act.

And hopefully enough time to grab your kit bag with the spare undies.

Must admit I've noticed that on my MXTAPS and wondered how it works - can't be a common AND a function output at the same time, can it?!

Roads and buses... because they are really safe!

One of the things we had to check on operative's masks was for holes they had made to poke a ciggy in. That and holes is the tyvek suits so they could get to the pack and lighters. In this day and age, nobody should be sweeping asbestos debris. Fortunately (for once) the rules and guidances are a LOT stricter.

When I was site based we would regularly work on electrical equipment (lift motors etc.) - which had to be clearly isolated and a certificate stating it was, and an emergency contact number provided before we could commence. So when I turned up at a rather large Government building to do some work within one of the lift motor rooms, I was a tad surprised to see that the "isolation" consisted of a level being switched to the off position, and a post-it note stating to switch it back on when done. That job did not go ahead that day.

Gibson wheels come in two sorts - P4 (usually a blue tag but also marked as such on the label), and OO/EM (usually a cream tag and also marked on the label), OO/EM wheels come with axles for both gauges - although pinpoint bearing axles are the same length for both. In short, you'll be fine.

Looks like my paintjob only lasted about 20 years 😇

Mangapps?

Sergeant Bash at your service

Merry Christmas 🎅💜 I think my phone is drunk, I can't ditch the purple heart lol

Happy Christmas to Tony, Mo and Jilly, and every contributor to Wright Writes - thank you for another year of education, inspiration and amusement 😊

Very interesting as it was only relatively recently that they finally ran out of the first batch.

Unless I have missed something, the AS 37 has never used screws for the speaker, only clips. I used blac tak on the one I got without factory fit sound until the first batch of clips were available where I was lucky to grab a set. The clips hold it firmly so I removed tge blac tak.

Sirius kit.

Having worked in a Grammar school for a number of years, I feel that I can say that intelligence and common sense are NOT the same. Of course another way of describing common sense is life experience.

We work to "guides" issued by the HSE - under their HSGxxx publications. As they are GUIDES we are permitted to use an alternative method. But that happens only in very rare cases as ultimately if it ended up in a prosecution we would need to have an airtight reason for not following the "guide". A court is not going to override safety guides, let alone regulations, without exceptional circumstances - this verdict is of no surprise whatsoever.

I assume so - Chris at Invertrains sells them, and I think owns the range itself.

I tend to finish sanding discs, and stocks of nuts and screws 😀 but yes I love thinking of ways to make things so they can be dismantled. Case in point - WayOh bogies come with rivets but I want to be able to remove the wheels so swapped them for nuts and screws. Then found more recent ones have nuts and screws now anyway!

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Yay someone got it 😄

Congratulations!

Bah Humbug! 😁

Like Wogan and Eurovision, Walker made F1 tolerable. Much missed.

Annoyingly I can't access my Yeadons books at the moment :( I'm aware of 3 types of GE design buffers - straight with round base, tapered with round base and tapered with square base. I have found a couple of other photos of 67s and 69s with round base stepped buffers, but all are post 1946. There is a picture of a freshly shopped J66 with it's pre-1946 number here - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126236068797 not sure of the date but it has a steel roof so mid-1930s on and it has GS buffers. My gut feeling on it is it is pre-war? Perhaps the 66s got some earlier than 69s?