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  1. For some reason I cannot explain, today I left the house with the solo intent of taking a photo 60103.

  2. 12 hours to rebulid my laptop system after it stopped f##king working! A belated happy new year to you all

  3. 13hrs at work, get home to find roads shut, police helicopter above.. Aparently someone has been shot with a crossbow. Locking the doors and hiding in the loft!!!

    1. Ashcombe

      Ashcombe

      Are you still up there?!

       

    2. 11B

      11B

      Made it out in time for work!

  4. 15yrs ago today I spent my 21st firing 42085 with driver/owner C Maher, then when out for the evening on what turned out to be my first date with my lovely wife. Happy days....

  5. 34046 seems to be heading for Carnforth, must pop down and see her arrive subject to Network Rail steam ban!!!

  6. A 12hr shift tomorrow then 15 days off. I can't wait, just hope it is a nice shift!!!

  7. A 317working under its own power to Cumbria... We are closer to London than we thought...

    1. Mad McCann

      Mad McCann

      (Shudders...)

    2. newbryford

      newbryford

      More London area cast offs? <ducks and runs>

  8. An excellent start to the day, got wood for new layout, have a rough plan and a week off. Now just to dismantle the failed atempt and away we go!

  9. Apparently it is more important to tidy the house than work on a train set!! Train set, how many times? It is a model railway!!!

    1. Platform 6
    2. trisonic

      trisonic

      Sorry it's definitely a train set... '-) says one-eyed-jock

    3. Sasquatch

      Sasquatch

      Don't complain. If it's more important to tidy the house than work on the trainset if you don't own. No one's saying it's more important to tidy the house than work on the model railway!

  10. Apparently the expensive pine dinner table should not be used to build baseboards on!!! Well that will be me told... It

    1. Trebor

      Trebor

      Or get a lump of ply the same shape, cover one side with something to protect the table surface and she cannot complain....

  11. Apparently when "we" go food shopping next time I'm not to walk around Tesco wearing a tee shirt the reads "Keep calm and build model railways" and if I do I need a coat or jumper!

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    2. 11B

      11B

      Christmas gift

    3. RJS1977

      RJS1977

      I've got that T-shirt too!

       

    4. MarkC

      MarkC

      It's one way of getting out of the 'food shopping' trip next time! ;)

  12. Arr! My dremal drill has just lost all control of speed, started smoking and getting very hot .... And I have pnlt been using it for about 30 seconds....

    1. MarkC

      MarkC

      There's a technical term for that...

    2. Trebor

      Trebor

      six letters, begins with an F and ends with a D

  13. Arr!!! How long does it take Amazon to post an item that is "fulfilled by Amazon"!

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      Its not just that, its items that are "in stock" but because you've chosen the "free delivery" option, you go to the back of the picking queue.

    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Must remember to cancel that Amazon Prime free trial thing....

    3. ColHut

      ColHut

      could be worse, I accidently bought an ebay item with the global postal option. Hidden charges and 2 part shipping. May eventually artive.

  14. At the risk of upsetting a certain Captain Kernow..... I have just located the missing sausages that I thought my step-daughter may have eatten. Looking at the state of them I rather wish she had done... Only fit for the bin now! Note to self - keep the fridge tidy!!!

    1. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      You're lucky - Mrs Stationmaster still can't find the ones she was sure she had put away in the freezer. and it's definitely not the cats at fault - they prefer warm food.

  15. Axe v's thumb.... and the winner is..... not me..... How much blood!!!

    1. Nelson Jackson
    2. Trebor

      Trebor

      look at the positive side, you now know that the axe works, rather too well....

    3. Spitfire2865
  16. Back at work tomorrow after ten days off, what joy will be in store for me?

  17. Ballasting is like Marmite. You either love it or hate it!!!

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Am I the only one who neither loves nor hates Marmite? Other spreads are available.

    3. Platform 6

      Platform 6

      Just don't put ballast on your sandwich - *everyone* hates that ;-)

    4. Nelson Jackson
  18. Baseboards finished (apart from legs), can now start getting some track down....

  19. BBC News Norfolk... as they discribe the two men that police are looking for in an attempted abduction of an RAF serviceman at RAF Marham "The other is is said to be around the same age but younger than the first suspect" http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-36853106

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    2. sigtech

      sigtech

      uncomfortably close to me...

    3. rob D2

      rob D2

      " might be terrorist related " , good old liberal news. Betting they are not Catholics.

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I wasn't exactly expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

  20. BBC News Norfolk... as they discribe the two men that police are looking for in an attempted abduction of an RAF serviceman at RAF Marham "The other is is said to be around the same age but younger than the first suspect"

  21. Been sat in the Smug on Carnforth Station drinking. wow the 350's look good in FTPE livery,,,,, Or could this be the drink?

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    2. 11B

      11B

      Oh dear, beer typing... Snug!!!

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      I can imagine the snug with fug and trains too - lovely.

    4. 11B

      11B

      It was! This morning however!

      thesnugmicropub.blogspot.co.uk

  22. Black clouds and sunshine! now do I get on with the ballasting, carry on chopping wood for winter, or get browny points by tidying the house!!!

  23. BR Blue seems to be making a comeback on the main line!

  24. Build your own buildings, it's fun, it's relaxing....... it's not!

  25. Build your own buildings, it's fun, it's relaxing....... it's not!

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