chris p bacon

Phil asked for examples of what would fit between the 'mainstream' (BRM, HM etc) and MRJ. You're just having a dig at what makes the mainstream popular and the most read but you don't like. The usual answer is to submit articles you find interesting and you think others might to MRJ.

I'm not an expert in any way but I use Inkscape to produce my cutting files, self taught but then read Mike Trice tutorial which filled in so many blanks. It draws in .svg and can save to .dxf

I have waited a while for this. Looking forward to seeing how you get on, have works started/ongoing/finished yet? Edit....you've already answered my Q's

That's the trouble with riding sidesaddle........

Yes it does, the poster to the left shows an item being sold for £2 in a £1 shop. Although as Jim and TheQ post, this is usual pricing within them. Going OT but whatever you find in a Poundland that looks cheap can usually be found elsewhere for slightly more £ but larger quantity, e.g. Poundland has 10 dishwasher tablet for £1, Wilco has the same but 30 for £2.30

It has a promotion for something costing £2

I do make reference, I think I've said in the past that as Lady Bacon is a local Councillor we have to have all our details published in the register of interests along with my personal details even though I'm not elected. There are some very nasty individuals out there with some very strange ideas about what behaviour is acceptable, I have been questioned under caution by the Police in my own living room after an accusation of assault was made against me by a local man who didn't like women (wife) in what he perceived to be positions of power. It was all boll*cks as I just showed the holiday booking which proved I was on a ship mid Atlantic at the time of the alleged assault. To say it caused my wife some distress is an understatement and all of this was from a pensioner who was described as a "Stalwart of the community", most that heard about it were disgusted but there were a few that said "he deserved it because he's got money" .....I kid you not ! I don't think John has been "attacked" as such, I just think he's rather naive to think everyones life is the same as others.

A gentleman I know is employed to monitor social media (of all sorts) looking for comment on several companies, when found it is traced to the specific poster and they are then monitored. Very sophisticated algorithyms (?) are used to find content. I was rather naive and never thought it happened but trust me it does and is far more intrusive than you can imagine. In my own experience, when I applied for a job on BR in 1977 I was advised by the lady we knew who worked in the area managers office, not to mention at all that I had any interests in railways but to focus on something like photography as if an interest was shown I wouldn't make 2nd interview. As for names. When I joined here 9-10 years ago (?) it invited me to choose a username, it didn't say "use your name" so I chose what was to me an amusing name, my real name is in my signature strip and I'm not bothered whether people use either. I would say that I am the membership secretary for a group of less than 500 and within the membership there are several that share the same forename and surname, This forum is something like 10-15,000 members and so who gets priority to actually use their name and who has to be No 2/3/4 ?

That was on Telly about 10+ years ago ? Always reminds me of "What do you call a fear of trainspotters".............Anoraknophobia......

I like the comment he made. "I've seen her since and who knows what the future may hold" Something like a 'dirty protest' I'd have thought

He's making a mockery out of you........ Hilarious

You'd have been endlessly hassling people like me to take out bigger adverts. I stopped having a listing in them about 15 years ago, each year they were a PITA as the reps would be in the area for just a week drumming up business and pushing you to take a bigger ad. Each year I just did a line entry but had to check the paperwork when it came as they'd try and get you to take a box (2 lines IIRC) which was more money. One year I got so fed up of the rep who kept badgering I told her to F**k off and never bother me again, About a week later I got the paperwork for the line entry I'd asked for. After that episode I started to enquire more about where my work was coming from and it turned out that barely 1 job a month was yellow pages, so I binned it. I did also have a line entry in Thomson which did produce more than YP and was less money, I let that run for 2 years longer than the YP ad but again found I didn't need it.

There's a really easy answer to this one. Get rid of the cat.........

I've not used that yet. For thin glazing bars I score the clear perspex then rub some white paint across it and clean off quickly, this leaves a thin white line, thinner than I can cut in styrene.

I reckon that's improved it. With windows there is more behind the glass than in front of it. I have the joy of building 4 signal boxes for mine....all of them different.

Is that for twins?

Single brick arches aren't unknown, if the window isn't too wide then they're sufficient to carry the load. In a signal box which has a timber upper half then there'll be a wall plate to carry the framing, so all the weight of the upper half is more evenly distributed. With the windows themselves if they're not fixed how about laying them flat on some emery paper and rubbing the thickness away ? they do look a bit too 'chunky' to me so reducing the thickness would make a real difference. Other than that, looking really good

In the late 70's early 80's, there was a group of us that went to the cinema most weeks for something to do irrespective of what the film was. I've sat through quite a lot of what could easily be called shite horror from the USA. Two that spring to mind are "Phantasm" and "Monster" (which was "Humanoids from the deep" in the US) both of which sent me to sleep in the cinema. I realised after a while that when you've seen the result of a 'one under' a couple of times, there's no gory scenes which can make you jump........although I did raise an eyebrow during "Alien" (a favourite)

Read the Oxford rail cattle wagon threads here and LNER forum.....

Welcome Victor. Questions are never silly...answers maybe.. It was probably not unknown for them to do some freight work but I don't think I've ever seen any pictures showing them on it, They were a primary express locomotive and would be rostered for that work. The GN had many 0-8-0, 0-6-0 and 2-4-0 locos for goods which were better suited. Edit to add the Rapido newsletter which has a second sample of the Single along with a projected timescale. http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Rapido-News-Vol--13---Lucky-for-Brummie-bus-fans-.html?soid=1101318906379&aid=11TWL6AOE-M

Manna's built a J6 quicker than I can read the LRM instructions!!! Mind...that says more about me......

Now you're just showing off.......

Use it on a stick as a pigeon scarer above your veg plot. At least you'll get to enjoy the veg.............parp....

ask for offers by PM. No worse than Ebay and you'll do x10 better than a trader. I do think you ought to run it by Andy Y as I'm sure he's got a new selling feature under test

So after 5+ pages of discussion about trucks there's always one that has to try and bring up 'Brexit' Just to correct you "Call me Dave' brought a 'Shepherds hut' which is nothing like the sort towed by travelling showmen.