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You runnin' late, Bro! We had it at 0315 this morning!

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It is, of course, possible that the East Essex layout might be mis-named and be "Maldon - Market Hall" - but I don't know if it had one of those either! I only know the western part of Essex, around the border with Cambridge-shire, and the A505

I think "East Essex" is a mis-pronounciation of "Cee Ess EX" the well known railroad company

Driver calls BMW with complaint....just hear him out! This will start your day the right way ... I love listening to the woman laugh at the customer caller complaining about his BMW gear box… Can this man really be this stupid? We may have found the only man to be a number of rungs below the true idiots of this world!!! Listen carefully at the start to hear this guy’s complaint......... And concentrate on the photo of the stick shift. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10154767807170001

A garbage collector is driving along a Sydney street picking up the wheelie bins and emptying them into his rubbish truck. He goes to one house where the bin hasn't been left out. In the spirit of kindness and after having a quick look about for the bin, he gets out of his truck, goes to the front door and knocks. There's no answer. Being a conscientious bloke, he knocks again - much harder. Eventually, a Japanese man comes to the door. "Harro!" says the Japanese man. "G'day mate, where's ya' bin?" asks the collector. "I bin on toilet," explains the Japanese bloke, a bit perplexed. Realising the fellow had misunderstood him, the bin man smiles and tries again. "No mate, where's ya' dust bin?" "I dust bin to toilet, I toll you!'' says the Japanese man, still perplexed. "Listen," says the garbage collector. "You're misunderstanding me. I mean, where's ya' wheelie bin?'" "OK, OK. " replies the Japanese man with a sheepish grin, and whispers in the collector's ear. "I wheelie bin haffin sex wiffa wife's sista!"

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Having spent Friday and part of Saturday, at the Glasgow show switching sweetener tanks on Chris Gilberts "Silver Star Industrial Park", (2 freemo boards and a staging board) I can recommend what is basically an Inglenook in 10'. It will eventually be enlarged with additional extension boards

Mick - depending how big you want to go, and if you fancy urban - see http://bigbluetrains.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=8770

Now that Sov would look good wrapped around a certain lawyer! Just right for pulling up outside "The Scrubs"

If you are going down that route, have one leg vertical and the other leg bent, so that he appears to be climbing up or down the pole - may be worth thinking about having the arms at different heights too - but now you are making work for yourself For positioning info search "pole climbing line man" in Google or Bing images and it will provide good poses

How about an Omega-shaped piece of fine wire between his feet, so that the loop rests against the pole and gives him a more realistic position, with his feet each side of the pole?

Possibly a wood strip screwed underneath, (3 x 1) or similar, might stiffen it up, and cure "wivveryness"

Jock asked for photos of Glasgow show - I'll do what I can

Mal - I'll be helping (hindering) Chris Gilbert with his US layout, Silver Star Industrial Park, all day Friday and until around 1330 on Saturday

Yes - I just thought that, if upscaled to O, it might fit your space

If I may I'll offer one that appeared in Carls Small Layout Scrapbook #59a as a possibility for your space - Maldon Market Hill - HERE’S A CRAMPED STATION WITH LOTS OF OPERATION Maldon Market Hill station is built in very cramped quarters behind Maldon High Streeet, between the shops and the industrial buildings whose shipments keep the road in the black. Andrew Smith, who built the line, says that the engine shed and maintenance works for loco and stock is farther along the line (offstage), towards the junction where the line to the Quay diverges to the River Blackwater. All of this occurs in East Essex, in England. Both goods (freight) and passenger trains call at the little station, and Andrew has provided some insight to those operations. Movements like these are typical of operating with two locomotives (a road engine and a station pilot) and explain why this type of two-switch track arrangement is a “tried and true” design. Goods trains (freight trains) consist of an 0-4-0 loco, two wagons or vans (freight cars), and a brake van (caboose). The station pilot is waiting in the bay platform when the train arrives at the main platform. ◾The pilot removes the brake van from the rear of the train and takes it to the bay platform. ◾The goods loco shoves the wagons into the industry yard. Any loaded wagons ready to ship are pulled out and shunted into the fiddle yard. ◾The goods loco then places the new wagons at the industry loading facility, returns to the fiddle yard for the outgoing wagons, and returns with them to the main platform road. ◾The pilot loco then removes the outgoing wagons from the loco and shunts them into the bay platform road, coupling to the brake van. ◾The pilot moves to the crane track. ◾The goods loco moves out, couples to the outgoing train, and leaves town. ◾The pilot returns to the bay road to await the next train. Passenger trains consist of a loco and two four-wheeled coaches. In this case, the pilot waits at the water crane as the passenger train pulls into the main platform road. ◾After passengers are offloaded, the pilot couples to the rear of the train and pulls the coaches into the industry track. ◾The road loco moves to the bay platform. ◾Pilot loco returns the coaches to the main platform and retires back to the water crane track. ◾Passenger loco returns to the main platform, couples to the coaches, and leaves town. ◾Station pilot returns to the bay platform, ready for the next train. Variations can be played with both goods and passenger consists. Two livestock vans can arrive on market day as a separate train, and must be shunted to the stock platform in the bay road. If the passenger loco is an 0-6-0, there won’t be room for the pilot to couple on from the crane road, so it will have to wait in the bay road and pull the coaches out to the fiddle yard to release the passenger loco. And so it goes, at a busy little station with minimal facilities! The OP also contains a couple of photos

I had this today from a friend - I know nothing about the truth or accuracy, but it may be of interest http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2016/02/09/windows-10-data-tracking-spying-levels/?utm_campaign=yahootix&partner=yahootix New study reveals what Windows 10 is doing behind your back, and it's shocking...

If yee're no Scottish, yee're a pussie!

Yes - it certainly looks like PVA - If you aren't needing the roofs clear, it may be worth visiting a drapers shop, and getting some fine interfacing, then laying a suitably sized piece into the top of the first layer and then painting over it with the second layer, pushing it down into the first layer before it has set. It will resist any tendency to tear whilst being peeled off the moulding master

All is not as it seems - somewhere on youtube there is a "making of" video which shows how it was done See here http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=making+the+vw+trailer+assist+video&qpvt=making+the+vw+trailer+assist+video&view=detail&mid=863CF9BCFF08958B2580863CF9BCFF08958B2580&FORM=VRDGAR

For your ribbed siding, you may be able to adapt this method

If you haven't already found it yourself, you might find some interesting threads on here http://tws-rustbucket.com/board/1/vehicles

More probably hindering him! I'll be there until two-ish on Saturday