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  1. Coombe Barton

    thinks it's time for resrting the modelling and the house tools from the various repositories they've found themselves hiding in.

  2. Coombe Barton

    Just run up the new 2TB drive - only doubled my storage capacity for a laptop - mind boggling, now I've thought about it.

    1. Trebor

      Trebor

      just be aware, it is also double the amount of data to lose as well !

    2. Trebor

      Trebor

      just be aware, it is also double the amount of data to lose as well !

  3. 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...

  4. Coombe Barton

    So today - backscene bendy MDF installed, start of lighting rig, Dropped a load of stuff and de-stinked the dog from fox poo. Dog now not talking to me.

    1. Kris

      Kris

      I'm worried that the dog was talking to you in the first place!

    2. halfwit

      halfwit

      Most communication is non-verbal.

    3. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      Dogs talk to me - I'm at their level.

  5. Coombe Barton

    has just carefully put several trays of carefully sorted pins, screws, bolts and nuts on his carefully cleared workbench and then just as carefully knocked them all off!

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    2. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      Fortunately only screws, bolts, nuts and nails. I *had* sorted them all out:(

    3. Kelly

      Kelly

      Do'h!

    4. multiprinter

      multiprinter

      Been there, done that.

  6. Coombe Barton

    Upgraded to Firefox 5 - let's see ...

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      *facepalm* - I've just upgraded to five myself, and now there's a Seven already?

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Far as I understand, they're intending to shorten release cycles.

    4. sixteen 12by 10s

      sixteen 12by 10s

      Given up with firefox and defected to opera,

  7. Coombe Barton

    Has been bought Betjeman - Trains and Buttered Toast - for Fathers'Day by OH. Holiday reading - if I can resist the temptation!

  8. Coombe Barton

    's senior dog has been self-fragrancing with fox poo on her walk. Bath time!

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    2. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      The 100% organic, 100% natural, 100% stinky version.

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Ah, top of the range!

    4. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      Amazing dog (a rescue) - she jmps into the bath, stands patiently while we de-stink with shampoo then waits while we rinse off, then climbs out. She did this from when we got her. However her expressions is "do I have to go through this?"

  9. Coombe Barton

    is off to work shortly for an Open Day.

    1. halfwit

      halfwit

      No one will turn up you know...

  10. Coombe Barton

    day has evolved to a similarity of word endings - words mostly ending in -up.

  11. Coombe Barton

    Not having a lot of luck with piercing saw blades today.

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Is this an introduction to sword swallowing?

  12. Coombe Barton

    was going to cut the lawns - but the rain's beaten me to it! So suppose I'll just have to get on with the modelling :)

    1. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      And then she said "WHAT SAWDUST??!!!!"

    2. Pennine MC

      Pennine MC

      That's good rain then, if it can cut grass

  13. Coombe Barton

    back from 400 mile round trip accompanying OH to committee meeting between Okehampton and Exeter - then trip to Exeter Quay. Plenty of modelling source pix.

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    2. Pannier Tank

      Pannier Tank

      Did you get a look at the SDR?

       

    3. Pannier Tank

      Pannier Tank

      Did you get a look at the SDR?

       

    4. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      Not a chance - in for the meeting (where I took the dogs for a walk) back to Exeter, lunch on the quay then home - a good 14 hours in all.

  14. Coombe Barton

    From BBC Twitterfeed - A Chiltern Railways train has collided with cows on the line near Gerrards Cross, Bucks, causing delays, but no injuries were reported

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Milk shaken?

  15. Coombe Barton

    Has learnt a new language today. Got in to work this morning to find that a ballcock on the fourth level had malfunctioned, flooded that area, come through the loo ceiling in level 3, ditto for level 2 and dropped down to level 1, the ground floor. My office was flooded to three inches. Written off 3 PCs – haven’t been let back in yet. Fortunately I’ve been operating from a laptop. And the language I learned? Quack, quack, quack, qu...

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    2. halfwit

      halfwit

      I bet you thought you were 'quacking up' eh? Geddit?

    3. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      Can you hear the groans from there?

    4. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      Three ceilings - 2000 quid each - thirty light fittings at about 60 quid each, carpets, PCs, other electronics, pumping out the lift shaft, lift service and dry out. Had eight to ten people pulled off other jobs to clean up today. Fortunately as it was caused by plumbing it's not my direct responsibility :)

  16. Coombe Barton

    has found a small plastic bag of whitemetal detaiing parts that has obviously come from some kit. Identifying precisely which kit now becomes the problem.

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    2. Pannier Tank

      Pannier Tank

      I bet the bits are for a GWR Loco!

    3. Pannier Tank

      Pannier Tank

      I bet the bits are for a GWR Loco!

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      If the castings are misshapen lumps, they're probably MTK. Or Crownline.

  17. Coombe Barton

    has just received approval for the windowsill layout. - just before she noticed where I'd put the stuff that was on the windowsill :)

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    2. halfwit

      halfwit

      Ebay? Skip? Bottom of a canal? My house if its anything usefull or interesting?

    3. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      Back on the dining table. until I 'find' somewhere else to put it. SWMBO and I are just as bad as each other. her styudy is just about navigable by her - even the dogs have trouble getting in :)

    4. halfwit

      halfwit

      You could store it in the c***van...

  18. Coombe Barton

    is going to nominate Andy Y for an award for being the unintentional creator of multiple cans of worms :)

  19. Coombe Barton

    is wondering about Andy Y's continued sanity and trust that he's got enough cider/beer/tipple available as a restorative.

    1. halfwit

      halfwit

      Lets face it, you've got to be pretty mad to run any forum. More than 3 men talking about any subject is bound to cause an argument! Sorry Andy! ;-)

  20. 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!

  21. Coombe Barton

    Visited the real place called Combwich yesterday

  22. Coombe Barton

    Back from weekend away - damp (but good on Sunday)

  23. Coombe Barton

    Students have taken the exams - now we're doing all the marking

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I remember the days when marks were lost for spelling mistakes.

    3. LH&JC

      LH&JC

      I hope you don't have to mark my papers!

    4. Coombe Barton

      Coombe Barton

      It's the differentiating betwen the 320 papers that all say essentially the same thing. And unless I specify it in the question spelling and grammar can't be marked :(

  24. Coombe Barton

    Have spent day replacing window seals on caravan. Cue Paul (halfwit) for a response :)

    1. halfwit

      halfwit

      Sorry, not biting today. Just cut out a sector plate which has filled my heart and soul with a sense of inner calm.

    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Can I step into his shoes then, please?!...... my old boss used to call them 'sheds on wheels'.... ;-)

  25. Coombe Barton

    Is just going to collect caravan in preparation for Bank Hol away

    1. Jim49

      Jim49

      Watch out for Halfwit then (Now known as Bazooka Joe)

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