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  1. Coombe Barton

    has spent ages looking for the gauges. Maybe better if I'd looked in the drawer marks 'gauges and measures' first.

    1. Worsdell forever

      Worsdell forever

      Nah, that would be silly...

    2. halfwit

      halfwit

      Hmmm...

    3. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      if you had they wouldn't have been there

  2. Coombe Barton

    Appreciating the high quality engineering that goes into High Level chassis kits - just hope my building skills match!

    1. fursty

      fursty

      Which one are you building?

    2. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      The 57xx - had it for m ore then three years so thought I'd better start :)

    3. fursty

      fursty

      Know the feeling. Still have a pug in waiting, treating it like a fine wine. It's being allowed to age. :-/

       

  3. Coombe Barton

    Just been for a walk with two dogs - broiugt back one dog and Her Muddiness Princess Scruffbag, SWMBO restored it to dog shape and colour.

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Dogs are the perfect self-weathering pet!

    2. Tony_S

      Tony_S

      Mine gives the house an effect like some of those eBay "professionally weathered" locos

    3. Leicester Thumper

      Leicester Thumper

      Some of those Ebay Professionally Weathered locos give the look of a wet muddy dog ;)

  4. Coombe Barton

    Ah well. Eleven months today is Christmas Day.

    1. andyram

      andyram

      Nothing like wishing the year away!

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Stop it. Stop it! It's tooooo early!!

    3. DonB

      DonB

      Got your present list ready then?

  5. Coombe Barton

    Just realised that on Tuesday it'll be 65 years since nationalisation

    1. class"66"

      class"66"

      Interesting...

    2. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Yes, I keep a personal record of the event and celebrate it every year on the following day ...

    3. coachmann

      coachmann

      I hadn't realised things had changed until 1951...

  6. Coombe Barton

    We can see the dining table! It's made of wood!

    1. gwrrob

      gwrrob

      Put a nice red tablecloth on it John.Happy Christmas.

    2. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      so is our's and it has four legs too, the rug under it has met the hoover as well the festive tablecloth is tomorrows job.

    3. devondynosoar118

      devondynosoar118

      Merry Xmas John, soon be covered again!

  7. Coombe Barton

    SWMBO saw me taking the drill upstairs. So she asked where the mess was going to be this time.

    1. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      mine just gets the first aid kit out ...

    2. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      And now ion an expedition to find something - and found the Christmas lights. Now to trying to remember what the something was I was trying to find in the first place.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Where am I?

  8. Coombe Barton

    I'm using the smoke alarm as a kitchen timer again.

    1. SHMD

      SHMD

      LOL!

    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Toast alarm more like it.

    3. Sidecar Racer

      Sidecar Racer

      Beep , Beep , Beep , time to turn the sausages .

  9. Coombe Barton

    Finished work until 13th August - hitting the road with car and caravan tomorrow. Devon and Cornwall - beware!

    1. gwrrob

      gwrrob

      Enjoy yourself.Hope the weathers decent.

    2. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      Forecast is looking better. Be down your way 10 August ish for a couple of nights

    3. Sidecar Racer

      Sidecar Racer

      If you are round my way pop in for a cuppa .

  10. Coombe Barton

    The way today is going I'm starting to sound more and more like Father Jack.

    1. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      that would be an ecumenical matter ....

       

    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      YES!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/40109-that-would-be-an-ecumenical-matter-1/
  11. Coombe Barton

    Getting ready for a long weekend away in Ludlow. However someone's substituted the weather forecast from January for June.

    1. jjnewitt

      jjnewitt

      There are few finer places to be though, whatever the weather does.

    2. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      And now tghere's been an earthquake there - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-18293332

    3. Andy Y

      Andy Y

      Happens fairly often in Shropshire; it's faulty. ;)

  12. Coombe Barton

    Just got back from ExpoEM. Go if you can.

    1. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      Is there much pre-grouping/pre-nationalisation content?

    2. Sidecar Racer

      Sidecar Racer

      Seconded , a good day out .

    3. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      1900-1980 mostly. Pregoups in Foxup, Portskerra, Church Warsop immediately post-grouping

       

  13. Coombe Barton

    Voyage of discovery - the workbench

    1. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      Not got very far - first thing I picked up turned into a research propject :)

    2. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      And now, after lunch, there are four pleading brown eyes with attached furries sitting watching me - going to have to take them out

    3. Platform 1

      Platform 1

      What - the eyes?

       

  14. Coombe Barton

    Expecting a Royal Mail delivery? http://twitpic.com/9cepa5

    1. LH&JC

      LH&JC

      Brilliant!

    2. LH&JC

      LH&JC

      Brilliant!

    3. Debs.

      Debs.

      Don`t forget to print one for "Parcel Farce"

  15. Coombe Barton

    Getting the caravan ready to go away.

    1. halfwit

      halfwit

      Caravan - go away!

    2. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      You throw out the baited line and you reel 'em in :)

    3. halfwit

      halfwit

      Has it gone away yet?

      Try throwing rocks at it.

  16. Coombe Barton

    Would it had been Bristol --> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-16016953

    1. witherbrow

      witherbrow

      now i dont get my hair cut as its to sparse to pay to get it done buy id definitely go there

       

    2. beast66606

      beast66606

      Suits me Sir, I live not far from there, just off to check it out

    3. KevinWalsh

      KevinWalsh

      Maybe I could head over there to get my chrome domes polished, and no that is not a euphanism

  17. Coombe Barton

    Sorting out magazines of the railway variety. Taking longer because I'm finding stuff to read in them while I'm doing it.

    1. backofanenvelope

      backofanenvelope

      Isn't that always the case..

    2. petethemole

      petethemole

      which may lead to keeping and not chucking?

    3. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      Nothing is being chucked - too much of a magpie for that.

  18. Coombe Barton

    Free neturons - no charge.

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      *facepalm*

    2. (The) Youth

      (The) Youth

      watch out for the physicians with hadrons chasing them...

    3. beast66606

      beast66606

      I used to give away electrons but got fed up with all the negativity.

  19. Coombe Barton

    Just cut ply for baseboard surfaces - now to make sure things fit

    1. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      Oops!

    2. Pannier Tank

      Pannier Tank

      Measure twice, cut once!

    3. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      The cutting's OK - just what I can't fit on!

  20. Coombe Barton

    bats flitting round the garden

    1. halfwit

      halfwit

      A quick blast from a flamethrower should sort 'em out.

    2. ozzyo

      ozzyo

      De fladamouse. We some times get them in our back yard

    3. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      rescued one from under a pillow in a bedroom at a welsh cottage once...

  21. Coombe Barton

    Sofa full - OH plus 2 dogs. I know my place.

    1. Worsdell forever

      Worsdell forever

      try sitting in the dog's bed, it'll soon be off the sofa.

    2. halfwit

      halfwit

      Get smaller dogs. Or a bigger sofa.

    3. keefer

      keefer

      i have 2 yorkies and a 3-seat couch. one is wedged in either side of my leg, if i lay in the dog bed they'd be happy cos they never use it!

  22. Coombe Barton

    Starting three weeks hols - have to use up what I carried over from previous years.

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Friend's son works for firm which won't allow carry-over of leave. But when he tried to book days off to use up the annual leave, they claimed those dates had already been booked by other people!

    2. Etched Pixels

      Etched Pixels

      thats what unions are for !

       

    3. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      In our place it's a health and sefety issue if you don't take your allocated leave.

  23. Coombe Barton

    has just made a first post on a caravan forum asking for advice - and opened a can or worms didn't know existed. Oops!

    1. halfwit

      halfwit

      Caravans? Ahhhhh!!!!!

    2. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      Yep - getting too old for tents

    3. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      And rumoour has it that camping will be illegal - Loitering Within Tent

  24. Coombe Barton

    is off Christmas shopping today - she's finally told me what she'd like - she'd be saying "surprise me" - I'd say "Boo!"

    1. Andy C

      Andy C

      and undoubtedly you would be singing the soprano part Oh come all ye faithfull

    2. sixteen 12by 10s

      sixteen 12by 10s

      surprised my missus with a microwave for Xmas, she then surprised me by hitting me with a saucepan!

    3. halfwit

      halfwit

      Mine gives me a list weeks in advance.

  25. Coombe Barton

    Mojo has returned. Space to satisfy mojo hasn't.

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      It was really disappointing to learn that the Mitchell "Manor" artwork has been lost.

    2. Trebor

      Trebor

      One overhearing the very conversation could only surmise that the certain trader concerned really wasn't too interested in attempting to find

      it either. This is a great loss to any fan of GWR modelling and also shocking that the custodians of these valuable tools demonstrate such negligence.

       

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