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Redgate - I'm glad this post helped solve your problem, and very intrigued to see that others are thinking about it - looking forward to seeing your completed version. Now another "little" question - do any readers remember the TTn3 layout, built by John Patmore that appeared a long time ago in RM or CM - I have a feeling that something based on the same idea might be popular among space-starved modellers - but I can't find my copy.It must have been way back - because it had a picture of one of his locos posed beside an old 12-sided three-penny bit, with the portcullis on it.

I couldn't find mine anywhere - found a nearby lady who does upholstery who very kindly donated me a piece when I explained what I needed it for!

A most excellent device - we have two! One in the bedroom and one in the living room.

Surely you have mis-typed by one letter - pie( s ) instead of pie( r ) if it is Wigan?

No - The one I have fits neatly into a wooden ammo box - the aerial is a nuisance though - it is almost 18 feet long! - nice to hear from you - Jack

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Looking at the photos on the wiki - it looked very like the sports model shown , but had a hard top - I wish I 'd had a camera with me - I'd have put the pic on here - if only to get a definite answer!

This morning , in the Carpark at Morrisons, Alness, there was a black Austin A40. Absolutely immaculate - I had no camera! What caught my eye first was the rear number-plate with raised white numbers.

You always have to remember that NOTHING is foolproof - the Fools will always manage to find some method of circumventing whatever precautions you set up - Try a Military Bombing Range , clearly marked on OS maps and surrounded with barbed wire fences with signs everywhere, and red flags raised to indicate that activity is taking place , including signs at 50 yard intervals hanging on the fence - and one summer day one of the sighting towers (fortunately!) spots a family sitting on the grass on a blanket beside one of the targets laying out a picnic!!! The Range Controller (yours truly) was decidedly unamused and made his displeasure (politely) felt, whilst pointing out the errors of their ways!

This morning, on returning form a visit to the local (12 miles away) Tesco, I turned into the entrance of the house opposite, in order to reverse into my dive , and there, sitting on his gatepost was a male sparrow hawk -. He was concentrating on the movement of small birds in the beech hedge between his house and the house next door, and (while I know my car is remarkably quiet), continued to sit there within a couple of feet of the Windscreen/passenger front window for about a quarter of a minute before flying off. SWMBO probably had the closest view of a sparrow hawk in the wild that she will ever get!

If you really want fun - try asking someone in the street in London for directions - they will shy away from you as though you have attempted to attack them, or made a disgusting suggestion - and this isn't new but gas been going on for at least 10 years!!! London used to be a friendly place - but not for a long time, I'm afraid - and that is me speaking as an ex-Londoner. and as someone who now thinks that Oxford Street looks like the tacky end of Blackpool in the off-season ( apologies to anyone who lives there! )

This morning we set off into the outer reaches of the big city, 22 miles to the south, and I have to advise that we had the first snow of the winter down to a couple of metres AMSL, and we are not even out of October - I hope this doesn't presage a really bad winter for us this year - a few miles further south across the Cromarty bridge and going up the brae we could clearly see the snowline on the Black Isle was about 400', but a surprising number of vehicle-drivers were peering out of letterbox slots - I'd really have thought that in an area where snow is not uncommon, they would have the sense to clear their windscreens - but then I'm honestly convinced that common sense is an item that no longer exists. The Grampians and the Mondliaths appeared to have collected a fairly solid covering of the white stuff.

Richard - my sincere sympathies - my eyes appear to have sprung a leak! She will be waiting for you at the Rainbow Bridge ........

Those are huge! try the wee midgie on the Scottish west coast, and they bite too!

I have absolutely no idea - not having sufficient electronic knowledge - if this would be useful for a shop window display for a model radio/electronics shop, or possibly even for some form of station/platform/signal display - but I mention it because it came up on my 'puter and may offer possibilities - It appears to be available in different display colour options https://www.banggood.com/7Pin-0_96-Inch-OLED-Display-12864-SSD1306-SPI-IIC-Serial-LCD-Screen-Module-For-Arduino-p-1364267.html?utm_design=41&utm_source=emarsys&utm_medium=Mail_promo181019_email&utm_campaign=newsletteremarsys&utm_content=leander&sc_src=email_3277132&sc_eh=90154e378507a6711&sc_llid=1304737&sc_lid=128716942&sc_uid=14j3s5xNiU&cur_warehouse=CN

As long as the authorities get it right - I remember having to phone the roads department some years ago, when coming down the brae towards the Cromarty Bridge on the A9, I realised that the road had been re-surfaced and the road markings had been newly painted, and the arrows for " keep left" had been painted the wrong way and they were pointed right! You honestly would not believe it!

At teatime - I looked out of the kitchen window and say multiple skeins of geese flying southwards, here 22 miles North of inverness - we have been seeing occasional skeins over the last week or so - but my estimation was that there were probably 2000 birds in total in these at least - my guess is that they may spend the night roosting around the Cromarty and Beauly Firths, before moving on southwards tomorrow - Mal, and Jon Gwinett may well get to see a few more around Edinburgh. BoD may be a day too early!

Thanks, Gareth - Still can't get it to behave so a mate has ordered them for me - bloody annoying !

Thanks, Trevor - Yes I'm on IE - don't want/like the other two - I'll just have to wait till they fix it, I guess! Cheers Jack

It is flatly refusing to let me join and will only go to SIGN IN at which point it wants me to open a file with a .json extension which I've never heard of, and my computer doesn't appear to recognise. It tells me that I have 4 items in my shopping basket - it should be 0. It will not let me move the Sign in selection to "join". I can't find a way to place an order - I want 1 set of EMD HO CAB air con units at £8.54 which It will not let me order! Has anybody got any bright ideas - I haven't had any problem ordering previously, but all it is doing is NOTHING., with no apparent way of contacting them - the contact page is doing nothing and doesn't have a suitable question to ask them. Any help would be appreciated,

Not sure that I would have wanted one- but the six-seater , with all the rear seats folded, would be ideal for transporting a layout!

Thanks, Guys, for the info on the Multiplas - I've never seen one of those early ones , but have seen the more "modern" versions - I was intrigued by the forward opening front doors - they look really odd when compared to modern motors

In the photo from the film, with the Alfa head-on, Afro-haired driver, and passenger with a fag in his gob - what is the rather "boxy" vehicle on the left - which appears to have a Fiat bar-badge on the front?

Cinderella was now 75 years old. After a fulfilling life with the now departed Prince, she happily sat in her rocking chair watching the world go by with her cat Alan. One afternoon, out of nowhere, appeared her Fairy Godmother. Cinderella said, "Fairy Godmother, what are you doing here after all these years?" The Fairy Godmother replied, "Well Cinderella, since you have lived a good wholesome life since we last met, I have decided to grant you three wishes. Is there anything for which your heart still yearns?" Cinderella was overjoyed. "I wish I was extremely wealthy", she said. Instantly, her rocking chair turned into solid gold. Alan, her cat, jumped off her lap and ran to the edge of the porch quivering with fear. "Oh thank you Fairy Godmother," said Cinderella. "Is there anything else you might wish for", asked the Fairy Godmother. Cinderella looked down at her frail body, and said, "I wish I was young and full of the beauty I once had." At once, her wish was granted. Cinderella felt feeling inside her that she had not felt for years. The Fairy Godmother said, "You have one wish remaining, what shall you have?" Cinderella looked at her frightened cat in the corner and said, "I wish you turn Alan, my old cat, into a handsome young man." Magically, Alan suddenly underwent a change and then before them stood a young man with the looks and body that no other man could match. The Fairy Godmother again spoke "Congratulations Cinderella. Enjoy your new life," ......... and with that she was gone. For a few eerie moments, Cinderella and Alan looked into each other's eyes. Cinderella sat breathless, gazing at the most stunning, perfect man she had ever seen. Then Alan walked over to Cinderella and held her close in his muscular arms. He leant in close to her ear and whispered in a warm breath, Bet you regret having my b******s chopped off now, don't you?"