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  1. John M Upton

    Annoyed that the Royal Mail keep deleting my home county from my address!!!

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    2. Brit70053

      Brit70053

      They seem to deny that my County is a County

    3. waggy

      waggy

      Stockport County

    4. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      Kent seems to have vanished from their radar as well now!

  2. John M Upton

    I hate soldering... :-(

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Same thing

       

    3. LNER4479

      LNER4479

      I love marmite

    4. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      So did I until I had some help from a friend. Learned to love it now!

  3. John M Upton

    One day I will find a second hand Hornby M7 that actually still has the whistle attached! Well, one can dream...

    1. Stevethomas6444

      Stevethomas6444

      Like with me wishing to get a Hornby Class 60 for under £100...

  4. John M Upton

    Sick to the back teeth of the mass marketing con that is 'Black Friday' and it's only Thursday...

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    2. Re6/6

      Re6/6

      According 'Which' a lot of it is not what it seems.

    3. keefer

      keefer

      like any 'amazing deal' or 'bargain' these days - a closer look usually shows it to be anything but

    4. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      Why do you think they're so desperate to get rid of the stuff?

  5. John M Upton

    Oh dear, the wallet opening effect of the Kernow Model Shop exhibition stand has struck again. Now proud owner of an O2...

  6. John M Upton

    Oh dear, the wallet opening effect of the Kernow Model Shop stamd has struck sgsin.

  7. John M Upton

    A plethora of OO gauge stuff under N gauge on EBay tonight. It can't be that difficult to get it right surely???

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      One model train looks much like another, right?

    2. Kris

      Kris

      Is it L N E R stuff?

  8. John M Upton

    Is now trying to find an adblocker to block the ad on local newspaper websites that asks me to turn off my adblocker....

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    2. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      All the local newspaper websites are so advert heavy that it made it impossible to read the stories hence why I installed the adblocker, now they are getting all arsey about it!

    3. Welly

      Welly

      My mate once got a virus just because a particular ad was on his local rag website.

    4. keefer

      keefer

      Online versions are just the same as the print editions - not much news hidden in amongst the adverts

  9. John M Upton

    has discovered that the lower door hinges on modern Graham Farish Mk1's are actually in the wrong place....

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    2. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      I was measuring the lower body side for Sealink livery, the three horizontal stripes should be the same width and the lower hinge should be in the bottom of the middle stripe but when you measure the model, its off by a scale couple of inches!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Don't you just hate it when that happens?

    4. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      Hinges are the new rivets!

  10. John M Upton

    EBay seems to be chock full of urine extractors tonight...

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    2. Kris

      Kris

      What is someones urine is another's pot filling with gold

    3. muddys-blues

      muddys-blues

      I've searched and searched, I only found fan extractors and stud extractors but no urine extractors, what catagory do they come under ? ;-)

    4. bigP

      bigP

      --

  11. John M Upton

    ...is not on strike! I am on Rest Day though so am staying well out of the mad shenanigans....

  12. John M Upton

    Blast. Only just discovered International Models has closed down!!!

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    2. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      Name and business sold to someone in Scotland who promptly made a total cock up of it and closed it down according to the RMWeb thread I just discovered.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Just another one in a growing litany of failures.

    4. sharris

      sharris

      Is that like International Rescue but better looking? (or so it seemed when I did a Google image search!)

  13. John M Upton

    You can never have enough grotty blue vans.....

  14. John M Upton

    Fed up with the saturation coverage - no, not the EU exit vote, Flying Scotsman!!!

    1. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      It's only a train.

    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Trains on the TV, what's not to like?

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Spoilsport..... :)

  15. John M Upton

    Platform 5 Publishing has no discernable online website or ordering system! In this day and age I find that truly astonishing!

    1. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Perhaps it's more a case of Platform 9 and three quarters publishing?

    2. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      I wanted to order the new Combined Volume and when I eventually found their website I was dumbfounded that there was no online ordering whatsoever.

    3. tractionman

      tractionman

      Antics have the 2016 Combine on their website. I usually get mine from Ian Allan.

  16. John M Upton

    Just dabbled for the first time in allowing Best Offers on my Ebay items and am astonished by the wee-wee taking offers being made!!!

    1. Simon Moore

      Simon Moore

      I find it funny when you have a buy it now no offer selected & then the low ball offers people make.

    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I don't see any point in making an offer when it's clear that the lowest acceptable offer is in fact identical to the Buy It Now figure....

  17. John M Upton

    Is it just me or is Ebay on the blink?

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    2. gridwatcher

      gridwatcher

      It's on the blink BIG time

       

    3. BoD

      BoD

      I got on - but it's full of black Friday offers.

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Must be all that activity last night which amused me no end.

  18. John M Upton

    Why do Ebay sellers keep listing OO scale stuff under N gauge? Are they really that dim?

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Maybe they're hoping not to sell it. #reversepsychology

    2. Barry O

      Barry O

      Probably due to the way eBay selects where the item should go.

    3. admiles

      admiles

      yes!

  19. John M Upton

    Classic research faux pas - selected two numbers for future Class 47 models, 47271 and 47604 only to discover that in fact they are one and the same loco!!!

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Can't you just have one loco but with 47271 on one side and 47604 on the other?

    3. Tim Hall

      Tim Hall

      So an ETH supply on one end, but not the other, SHMD?

    4. SHMD

      SHMD

      Oh - yeah.

      (A bit obvious that one.)

  20. John M Upton

    Just discovered there is a Facebook 'Model Railways Traders Name and Shame' group. Some people really need to seriously grow up.

  21. John M Upton

    Ebay down - Seems likely that it has been hacked and/or DDOS attacked!!

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    2. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      I have been getting multiple payment received confirmation emails for the same transaction over the last few days.

    3. admiles

      admiles

      Working fine here!

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Nothing ever went wrong here, apart from a seller not responding to questions about postage charges...

  22. John M Upton

    As a newcomer to N gauge I have just one question. How on Earth have you lasted so many years nee decades without screaming with frustration over Rapido couplings? They are utter rubbish!!

    1. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      Change them for DGs.

    2. DavidLong

      DavidLong

      Agreed. DGs should be your new friend :-)

  23. John M Upton

    Too many good shows all on the same weekend - oh and Brighton ModelWorld which was the only one I could attend...

  24. John M Upton

    Keep finding lots of long forgotten bits of model railway stuff in dusty boxes in my garage. Time to clear some of it out and net a bit of cash...

  25. John M Upton

    New Bachmann Collectors Club calendar just dropped through the door.

    1. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      May is certainly interesting.... Worth the price of membership alone!

    2. Blue Max

      Blue Max

      and mine along with MRJ

       

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