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Delivered this morning......inspected.....on the rolling road.....luverly......I want another....

Vladimir Putin, wanting to get on the good side of voters, goes to visit a school in Moscow to have a chat with the kids He talks to them about how Russia is a powerful nation and how he wants the best for the people. At the end of the talk, there is a section for questions. Little Sasha puts her hand up and says "I have two questions. Why did the Russians take Crimea? And why are we sending troops to Ukraine?" Putin says "Good questions." But just as he is about to answer, the bell goes, and the kids go to lunch. When they come back, they sit back down and there is room for some more questions. Another girl, Misha, puts her hand up and says "I have four questions. My questions are: Why did the Russians invade Crimea? Why are we sending troops to Ukraine? Why did the bell go 20 minutes early? And Where is Sasha?"

I've just put together 3 GN Implement wagons and then just about to start a NER perishables a cattle and a GN brake (can't remember the dia no's) waiting for more wheels and couplings to come.

I'm just building a selection of D&S and 51L whitemetal kits of pre-grouping open wagons and vans, with only a bit of ref material to refer to I'm willing to take some minor compromises due to the number I need. Generally they're pretty good (that's before I start building them) ...

Unfortunately those adverts on Ebay just keep rolling around each month, the seller may wish to get £3-400 per coach but he doesn't seem to be able to find a buyer for them at those prices.

My father found out in 1960 that the French always park by ear.. . . After a lunch in Dunkirk he offered to help the shipyard head out of his space, "not a problem was the reply" .bang. . bang. . bang. .a brand new Citreon DS too.

Even after that first hour though sometimes conditions can change to create niggles. At the Ally Pally exhibition this year we set up on the Friday and had everything working, on the Saturday doors opened at 10.30 and everything was ok until the temperature started to rise, after an hour a small fault developed in a double slip, nothing too bad but we kept an eye on it, then we had good running for an quite a while until a turnout that had been performing faultlessly caused a derailment. The sheer number of viewers at the front of the layout had created a micro climate where the temp had risen by several degrees, bit of minor adjustment and all was working again. An indicator for me is that in the first half of the Saturday I had to clean my glasses 4 times due to the sheer volume of cack that was building up on them, all that cack is on the track too.

I note Sidecar racer and Stationmaster agree. . . . . . I never knew we had some fashionistas on here. . .

I know. Whatever was she thinking, that bag just didn't go with that outfit.........

A man is walking the strip in Vegas when a fantastic looking hooker catches His eye. He strikes up a conversation and eventually asks, "How Much?" The hooker replies, "I start at $500 for a hand job." The man says, "$500 for a hand job? Holy crap, no hand job is worth that Kind of money." The hooker says, "You see that KFC on the corner?" "Yes." "Do you see the McDonald's in the next block?" "Yes." "And do you see the Wendy's across the street?" "Yes." "Well," said the hooker, smiling invitingly, "I own all those, and I own them because I give a hand job that's worth $500." So the guy says, "What the hell? You only live once. I'll give it a try." They go to a nearby motel. A short time later, the guy is sitting on the bed realizing that he has just had the hand job of a lifetime, worth every bit of $500. He's so amazed, he says, "I suppose a B J is $1000." The hooker says, "No, $1500." "I wouldn't pay that for a B J!" The hooker replies, "Step over to the window. Do you see those two casinos across the street? Well, I own those, and I own them because I give blow jobs that are worth every cent of $1500." The guy, still reeling from the terrific hand job, decides to put off buying a new car for another year or so, and says, "Sign me up." Fifteen minutes later, he's sitting on the edge of the bed, more amazed than before. He can hardly believe it, but he feels he truly got his money's worth. Deciding to go for broke, he asks, "So, how much for some Pus.sy?" The hooker says, "Come back over to the window. Do you see how the whole city of Las Vegas is laid out before us? All those casinos, with the beautiful lights, the gaming, the showgirls?" Damn!" says the guy... "You own the whole city?" The hooker says, "No. But I would if I had a Pus.sy!"

For those interested there is another vote happening apart from the dull one http://www.votenationalbird.com/

Chav size. Big n blingey.....innit...

Walk around Queensgate today and there are still plenty of contenders for that title . . .

Look at post #150 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/89735-martin-finney-retired/page-6

Far from it. As I said if another bids more they will get it, whether they can make money from it is up to them. If someone else is prepared to pay more then maybe they can see something else in it that others don't. If none offer what MF is expecting he may re-evaluate his expectations, there is the possibility that he may not sell as it may be that he thinks that he is giving it away. I know of quite a few in other spheres of work who have done similar.

Thats because nobody wants it. Ray Townsin turned up a quote from a visitor to Peterborough from about 1800 where he remarked that the best thing about Peterborough were the roads out of it. When Lady CPB was Town Mayor and we visited P'boro I did use to enjoy reminding the Peterborough Mayor of that He asked once what the best raffle prize was that I had won in Peterborough and I replied "a single ticket out of it"

Lady CPB and I took a day trip to that area just a week or so ago, and while having Skegness as part of East Anglia is not desirable it would be worse if the border was extended just a mile more to include Ingoldmells........ ......

In my work it means you need to bid more.....or let someone else.

Tony I've got one on order and can give you the dimensions when it turns up if you don't get them beforehand, if I'm your way at all I might be able to bring it over to cast an eye over it.

How the bl@@dy hell did I miss this one! Superb Steve, for a start I love the buildings and the grot, and it's got that 'cramped' London feel about it, also looks like you get a lot out of it operationally too. I'll be back to this one. For a superb model it just shows that you have to do the GN (and what followed) ............The one true religion

With all the landfill over the years they are a new mountain range in Bedfordshire, covered in pipes to extract the methane too. Scrap it, the only thing to do.

Nothing like a nice bit of negativity before bedtime..... Are you an Optimist, a pessimist or are they all out to get you?

Blimey give them a chance. We have no idea what the state of the business when it was sold/passed on and whether it has actually happened.* Although this is a good forum it's not the only one out there. * I have been trying to buy an office from its owner since November last year, a cash sale and should of been completed in a matter of days but a third party became involved because of the nature of his business and it was eventually concluded last Monday (30th March) so while there may be a an "announcement" from one party it does not mean the other party is able to fulfill it.

So the prize for the most useless parents so far goes to .......the Collared dove in our garden....(well one of them) Here are some Hornbeams in the middle of the garden Hanging from these are various seed/nut/fat ball feeders used by all and sundry in the garden including a magpie and up to 20 Jackdaws. So bearing in mind that a parent would want to keep away from opportunistic birds such as these where do she lay her egg..... Right on top of the feeders so she spends hours each day flapping herself stupid keeping the others away. How come with this stupidity they manage to increase their numbers.....

Spot on. Many landowners do not like any Bird of Prey as it interferes with shooting etc, sadly there are still estates in the North where poisoning of raptors is still going on and there have been prosecutions. As for the red Kite there were stories of them swooping down and trying to take small dogs and cats in various rag tops, but in reality it cannot actually lift much more than a small rat.