chris p bacon

 Carnival Cruise have followed the same approach, their business model has been expansion led, building ships and finding new markets for the additional capacity. At some point the market will be fully sated but we appear to still be a way off that point yet.

 

Without meaning to go OT but this winter will be interesting for the cruise companies.  From October they start their Winter cruises around the Caribbean Islands, the most most popular and fruitful have just been near wiped off the map,  Houston is also a starting point for some down to Mexico, and I wonder that there are only so many itineraries that can be changed as there are a lot of ports that just cannot accommodate the mega ships.

There are either going to be a lot of cheap cabins to nowhere or huge losses for the cruise companies.

the new feeder have now been up a month and we one regular visitor in the shape of a robin

 

Surely thats all you need for entertainment.  (I can watch Robins for ages)

but I am not sure that a continually repeated claim the OO is perfect 4ft 1 inch  gauge track makes any sense to anyone

 

 

I note that some don't seem to like the idea they're modelling 4' 1"and it took me a while, but I get it.  

 

It's all about the proportions against the gauge. If everything was to scale except the width between the rails then it would look like narrow gauge.

 

At present I have no need for any and unlikely to in the future, but I do think Peco have made a good job of it as they got rid of that awful stamping for a blade, I'd use them if I could. Regarding price I posted after last years Warley show that I thought price would be somewhere around £25-30 each.

I do wonder what happens to all the unbuilt kits and things as I seem to pick up the ones I want which are a little left field and through contacts and people who know people. This is all that little bit more difficult as I am in Australia but some friends and the email/ scalelfour list means I can keep in touch and they know what I am after! 

 

 

Speaking of which, have you built that Finney V2 yet?

Not sure if this site is known about, may be of some help.

 

http://www.stationcolours.info/index.php?p=1_5_GWR

I've found the most common problem for trips in kitchens is the heating elements in ovens and dishwashers. To put it simply,  they either go bang and stop working altogether (the element breaks down and you can see a bulge) or they start to overload and the trip stops them before it goes bang meaning it takes a while for the fault to be obvious.

The other issue with dishwashers is that the controls are usually on the top of the door but the door opens and the cables have to bend 90 degrees, after a period of time the insulation on the cables either chaffes or breaks down at the point where the door hinges. again this can take a while to spot and may only trip when the door is at a certain point.

BA cancelled my flight and return to Bergen a couple of months back.  Told by some guy in India that because it was more than 90 days away, flying in November, I could rebook with a partner or have a refund. As their partners don't fly there, I had to take the refund. Rebooked with Norwegian and after the off hand way I was spoken to by the guy in the call centre, will probably never fly BA again.

 

While I'm sure that was a PITA,  cancelling more than 90 days in advance isn't the same as when the IT system went arse up and people were stranded. My experience of the low cost carriers when n issue arises is that they just re-book you on another flight which could be 3-4 days away and say "Tough".  No amount of arguing that they have to help or pay for you to find somewhere to stay in the meantime,  you're on your own. (from experience Easyjet are no better in this regard).

 

I do find the low cost carriers pricing to be not that cheap nowadays, like a lot of things people just assume they are cheap without checking elsewhere. A couple of years ago No1 son and I flew to Finland for Rally, he booked the flights approx 4 months in advance, the Ryan starting price was £130 and the fare with BA/Finnair was £110 (both return) when he checked a week before flying out of curiosity the BA fare was £130 and the Ryan fare was £250+, on the aircraft the chap I sat next to had only booked a few days before and had paid £130 and the flight was full. By contrast when the group assembled those that had flown Ryan air said the flight was only half full and they also had a trek into Helsinki to pick up the onward transport which had cost them dearly (like all things in Finland).

Finnair was good, and I liked the camera on the nose wheel for take off and landing. 

Yes I would. I have travelled many times by Ryanair and I have never had a problem and I will not join a witch hunt against them. And that is exactly what it is because we didn’t see the same level of venom when British Airways left thousands stranded when their computer system went down or when their staff went on strike.

I seem to remember plenty of negative reporting of BA's debacle, the difference between that and Ryanair is that when Ryanair cancel your flight it's 'toughshite' whereas BA had to get everyone to their destination at their cost.

From experience I'll look at Ryanair but if they are the same price as a easyjet/monarch/ ba I'd choose the others first.

As for pricing, on a journey 18 months ago the Ryanair seat with no luggage was only £10 less than BA club class with25kg allowance, when you factor in the additional cost of getting from a far away airport then it was more.

If the joints are tight enough and you can clamp or weight it then glue should be more than sufficient.

The pins won't do anything other than align parts.

It changed hands earlier in the year/end of last year.

New owner has increased what's on offer, there was a few railway items when I was in there about 6 weeks ago and they also carry some stocks of modelling materials such as plastrut, glues, paints etc.

If you're over that way wouldn't hurt to pop in, still an old fashioned iron mongers and popular.

Something like 6-8 years ago I was advised against investing long term in Ryanair, the write down on the aircraft was over something like 28 years when their expected lifespan was going to be much less than that. The balance sheet would look good for a while but it catches up in the end.

Lofts are always a trade off with headroom, to keep the floor joists to a minimum you could look at JJI joists, although they may only offer 10-20mm max

The only way to achieve more headroom is a dormer window, but they add significantly to the cost.

I'm going to put it in between the existing joists, there's not much else that can be done.

 

As you're joists are on top of the existing are you losing much headroom ? In the past weve suspended the new in between the existing

Hi rob

My ceiling is a real headscratcher, I have s first floor area which I'm turning into a bedsit. I have a flying freehold which states I own the joists down to the ceiling but not the ceiling which belongs to below. The existing is softboard with no insulation. So anything is better.

I have to put new joists in between existing as there isn't headroom to place above.

I presume your making a tray with the mesh between the joists, have they asked for a layer of plasterboard as well?

I have to do this but it's between flats/shop

Well Chris P Bacon,

Correct me if I am wrong, but was it not one of the issues that there are mistakes through the mag.

Don't get your knickers in a knot.

I said it didn't help Jerry's argument.

Get oevr it or are you feeling so maligned by the complaints.

 

Khris

 

Ok I was going to ignore this but I'll bite, while you criticise Jerry for a spelling mistake you're unable to spell the simple word OVER. 

 

I'm not getting my knickers in a knot at all, While John made some reasonable comments about MRJ,  to say that those involved are 'Incompetent' and 'nasty' is a step too far. He has no knowledge of the workings of the publication but felt he could comment in a personal way.

You see it as giving an 'opinion' I see it as an opinion he should keep to himself. 

Don't recall saying anything about "FREE" speech...I said express an opinion.

Just think Jerry was a bit over the top with his reply, and like I said one of the issues was mistakes and his response had a mistake. Read into that what you will!

 

Khris

 

Good grief, a poster makes a spelling mistake on a forum and from that you can read into it.

 

Sheesh, What a complete load of bullocks.

The track layout and signalling at MK allows easier turn rounds and is far more flexible than Watford Jcn.

 

And the passengers ?

It doesn't help your argument reading this response and the error!

I would have thought people had a right to express their opinion whether you like it or not.

 

Khris

 

It depends on whether the 'opinion' is informed or not.

 

There's also no such thing as a "Right" to free speech, someone somewhere pays a price for 'free'

Class 37 and hoppers to Wood Green, one train daily in the 1980's, I've got some photographs somewhere.

Try this,  Ignore the title it's Tony Wright and Ian Rathbone

 

Only two likes for Sophia Loren (and one of those is mine)?

That's a real scandal.

Either that or a coach party to Specsavers is required.

 

Some of us are a lot younger......

 

I reckon she's older than my Great Grandmother........and she's been dead 50 years..

How come most of the photos dont come up??????

 

says photo unavailable       

 

They've probably been hosted on a 3rd party provider such as 'photobucket' which has now pulled access unless you pay.

 not feet and inches!

 

Is that because you're sitting down.......

 BP no longer have the shield badge on their funnels, and have reverted to the original BPTC colours. I believe a lot of this came about after the Exxon Valdez disaster

 

It's  from when BP merged with Amoco to become BPAmoco which then morphed into Beyond Petroleum