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So - at 1710 today we have just had the first Robin in the garden here, North of Inverness, for ages - with a very bright orangey-red tummy - and not just back but swinging on the nuts like the greenfinches, the tits and the sparrows. We still have last winter's snow on the Ben Wyvis behind Dingwall - normally gone by late May, early June - and the seaweed fiddlers are forecasting SNOW on the Tops of the Grampians this week! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-33428510 It is called Global Warming!

I just knew it wouldn't take long !

Suspect the sign needs changing to read " Mating Point"!

ARRRRGHHHH ! I DO NOT BEEEELEEEEVE IT ! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LIFE-LIKE-TRAINS-BRITISH-211-CABOOSE-CAR-HO-SCALE-MINT-/301676180139?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276

Meals on wheels

Photo #5 needs an Estate Agent's "For Sale "sign outside - I think the first to view will buy it!

For Ian Able - one for Gemma ! This will be one crew she doesn't want to be a part of !! new landing technique for the Boeing Dreamliner Just checking the strength of the nose wheel ! A new Boeing 787 making a landing you don't see too often … if ever !! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=315265691983609

Looking at the location and the price of shipping the location should read RIP-OFF! http://www.ebay.com/itm/HO-Athearn-5071-Union-Railroad-of-Oregon-50-Railbox-DD-UO1524-/161744126863?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item25a8b3838f

Commiserations Geoff

Almost makes you wonder if they are related to Carpet Monsters?

Mike - did you contact him and ask - I have no problems to UK and they only take about 5 days USPS - I needed some wheelstops - ebay wanted to charge postage on each individual packet - an ebay mail to Bob sorted it out - he is a good guy!

I'm not sure that "emotional attachment" describes it - it is more like an idea that skritches and skratches away at the back of the mind, and you eventually have to let it out! This is the reason I'm building New Castle, Florida - which is based on Jack Hills O Gauge trackplan, and very much larger than any I have built previously, but adapted and modified to suit my space and needs. I've liked the idea for ages and a layout on Carls site, Victory Tie co, is another that has been nagging away at the back ever since I first saw it - this is a combination of both and I need to build it - even if it doesn't do what I hope for eventually, just to scratch the itch. - I know exactly what Dr G-F is feeling - if it isn't right it has to go - I admire people who can build lifetime layouts but I simply couldn't!

My local Morrisons are charging 89p for 4 pints!

It is interesting, reading through the "Hobo Camp" thread on Big Blue forum that the seaweed twirlers and fiddlers in Arizona (where it is HOT nearly all the time anyway!)cant even agree between TV stations some 20 miles apart - I sometimes think that like various scams that are bought to light on the inter-webby-thingy, weather forecasting is an (legalised) con trick!

Wait till you become a member of the "leisuredly non-working class" - after 3 weeks you won't know what day it is - never mind the date!!! Every day is part of the weekend!

Been out for a haircut - was intrigued to see that according to the Scottish Sun (wot we ain't got any of!) that the temperature in Scotland yesterday, 12°C, on the summer solstice, was exactly the same, 12°C, as on the winter solstice - it is called "global warming" I believe!

Ian - recently picked up the following elsewhere - Aged Concrete recipe 10 parts flat white 3 parts yellow 2 parts black 1 part brown I haven't tried it so I can't offer any opinion, but it may be worth a mix. Best Jack

Ray - if you want fusees they are available as a kit at a very expensive price, but try these - I used them on the last layout and they work well eBay item number: 191588663311 - others are available but these are what you need - push the end of the flexitube up through the road surface to just above flush, each side of the crossing in the appropriate lane - switch on as required - off - steady - fast flash - slow flash - off simulates it lit and burning down - a small piece if fine black insulation beside it looks like the actual fuse, a couple of bits laying art the side of the road look like spent ones - have fun! battery operated so no wiring needed

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Another aphorism - and one which is, unfortunately, all too true Deodorant is like common sense : Those most in need of it never use it!

it was fortunate not to be whipped sidewise and act as a Hippo Crash-pad - the yelp would have been awfully curtailed!

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