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  1. My Christmas Radio times has now expired, so do I stick it in the recycling or keep it and reuse it next Christmas when they wheel out the same tired old tat?

  2. My Christmas Radio times has now expired, so do I stick it in the recycling or keep it and reuse it next Christmas when they wheel out the same dire selection of tired old tat?

  3. My Christmas/New Year Radio times has now expired. So, do I stick it in the recycling or keep it and reuse it next Christmas when they wheel out the same dire selection of tired old tat as they did this time?

  4. My Christmas/New Year Radio times has now expired. So, do I stick it in the recycling or keep it and reuse it next Christmas when they wheel out the same dire selection of tired old tat as they did this time?

  5. My Sturgeon has gone a bit wonky. I shall announce that to my work colleagues later and see who understands it!!!

    1. Castle

      Castle

      Like a Sturgeon.

      Warped for the very first time.

      Like a Sturgeon...

       

      Coat already on!

    2. 10800

      10800

      So caviar off then?

  6. Ah, a Large Logo Class 56 at last but

    1. hybridangel77

      hybridangel77

      i agree.but why are Hornby locos so expensive?

  7. Fed up to the back teeth with Christmas, roll on Boxing Day!!!

    1. AndyB

      AndyB

      Can I just add a "Bah-humbug" to that? Roll on spring!

  8. Staff Christmas Doo tomorrow night. Really not looking forward to it to be honest...

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    2. 3 link

      3 link

      Bah humbug, make a bee-line for the secretary.....

    3. Supaned

      Supaned

      don't go then...

       

    4. Judge Dread

      Judge Dread

      Don't get drunk and pass out. You wake up with only one eyebrow!

  9. Is it just me or does anyone else have one of those boxed kits near their workbench that every so often I open the lid of the box, become overwealmed by the daunting sight of the parts contained therein and decides to pu off starting it, repeating said procedure ad nausem every few weeks?

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    2. Matthew Cousins

      Matthew Cousins

      There used to be something called a round tuit, if I find one, I will send it to you. Once you get a round tuit you can get started.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      If it's any consolation, I've just begun building a Finney Collett Goods, with working inside motion, that I bought 20 years ago.....!!

    4. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      In my case it is a Kibri OTP machine kit where my confidence in building it is not helped by the instructions being all in German!! Also every time I see a track machine at work my mind drifts back to that unstarted kit...

  10. The Royal Mail - How does such a useless and frankly utterly incompetent organisation stay in business?!?

  11. The lazy Postie finally turns up at 17:05, sneaks up to my door without knocking or ringing the bell and delivers a 'We tried to deliver...' red card that has the delivery time as 11:03!! Cheeky lazy useless....

    1. JCL

      JCL

      Know how you feel! We didn't get any parcels for 3 months a couple of years ago 'cos the postie couldn't find us - kept telling his manager we weren't in.

    2. coachmann

      coachmann

      A currior carded us or so he told his boss. I said I didnt find any sign of a card and he said "well you would say that". He didnt realise I had an account....until I closed it!

  12. It's not even two o'clock and its almost dark outside already!!!

    1. DavidBird

      DavidBird

      Lovely sunshine here! Snow on the mountains, blue sea...

  13. Nice to see the BBC bang up to date - an advert for their new Radio I-Player with mk 1 and mk 2 blue/grey coaches with NSE seat covers!!!

    1. gridwatcher

      gridwatcher

      Was wondering where it was shot myself??

       

    2. Paul.Uni

      Paul.Uni

      It was filmed at the Epping Ongar Railway

  14. The question that sooner or later all single men living on their own must face - do I make an effort to clean the inside of my Microwave oven or do I just pop down to Tesco and buy a new one?

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    2. figworthy

      figworthy

      But I've only had it for 26 years ...

    3. figworthy

      figworthy

      But I've only had it for 26 years ...

    4. bcnPete

      bcnPete

      There's an echo here....

  15. Railmatch paint, especially any shade of yellow is utter crap

    1. bcnPete

      bcnPete

      I'm guessing the words Rail and Match aren't working for you then!...

       

    2. Jon020

      Jon020

      White primer first - the only way to go. Are you using enamel or acrylic. I only use enamel... and damn the environment!

  16. Just placed my first ever order for sheets of plasticard. An evil and devious plan begins...

  17. Just tried to work out the mysterious world of Trade Union voting procedures and then my brain imploded...

  18. Maybe it is just me but I am finding that there is something strangely theraputic about building wagon kits at 2:30 in the morning...

    1. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      soldering up spandrel brackets for signals at 0430hrs.....at work! Equally satisfying...

    2. Allegheny1600

      Allegheny1600

      You'll often find me working in the shed at that sort of time!!!

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      I might be having a nightmare about some soldering around then!... ;-)

  19. Completely stumped as to why threads about Bachmann items are being moved out of the Bachmann section which is the one place where they should be. What on Earth is going on?!?

    1. Temeraire

      Temeraire

      Yeah and if you click on them you dont find them!

    2. Andy Y

      Andy Y

      There's a new 'News' section where key news topics from the last month are grouped into one place with a link from the respective product forum. Go to the Bachmann forum and click on the relevant titles and it'll still open the topic up.

  20. Just taken delivery of a Base Toys Duple Dominant coach model and wow!! One of the worst (not even) die cast model buses I have seen in over twenty years!!!!

    1. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      The shape is all wrong, flimsy plastic bodyshell and printed on details which to me is totally unacceptable in this day and age.

  21. I am probably showing my inner anorak by admitting that I can identify every single type and operator livery of every bus that keeps passing in the background on the BBC Olympics coverage...

    1. St. Simon

      St. Simon

      I would say just observant!

    2. Glorious NSE

      Glorious NSE

      I'm just watching out for Freightliners....

       

    3. Trainshed Terry
  22. My Freeview box just went up in a puff of smoke - literally!! Time for a trip to Tesco for a new telly by the looks of it...

  23. You know you are getting old when after a conversation, you have to Google half the things the others involved said in order to work out what the hell they were going on about...

    1. bcnPete

      bcnPete

      lol...I'll google the above now...

    2. Southernman46

      Southernman46

      least you know what Google is ;-)

  24. It must be the height of summer, it is raining horizontally outside and I have just been invited to the works Christmas party!!!

    1. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      You'll be dashing through the snow before you know it!

    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      The National Trust have Xmas cards and 2013 calendars in at Longshaw. You'd think an organisation concerned with the natural environment might know what season it was.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Are they made from last year's recycled stationery?

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