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  1. John M Upton

    Come on Ireland!!

  2. John M Upton

    Thought Of The Day - There is no 'I' in 'Team', there is however an 'I' in 'It is going to get done a lot quicker, easier and more efficiently if I just do it myself...'

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    2. Ramrig

      Ramrig

      but there is a me!

    3. Kev_Lewis

      Kev_Lewis

      I know that feeling!

    4. cromptonnut

      cromptonnut

      I usually find that there's no F in help either...

  3. John M Upton

    Won six quid on the Euromillions tonight - That is a slap up cod and chips from the chippy Saturday night then!!

  4. John M Upton

    Hattons website back up!

    1. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      Lots of errors though, it seems to be a bit broken...

  5. John M Upton

    As I really could not care less about all this Jubilee nonsense, I shall be spending four days catching with some very overdue modelling projects!!

    1. cromptonnut

      cromptonnut

      Lucky you, we're decorating the bathroom.

    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      When RMWeb is 60 years old, perhaps we'll celebrate then?... ;-)

  6. John M Upton

    Thanks to 1 - the Ebay seller only using a carrier bag and a flimsy paddy bag to wrap it up in and 2 - the postman ramming it through my letterbox before it dropped two feet to the floor, I now have a kit of parts that was once a Lima Class 60!!!

    1. DaveArkley

      DaveArkley

      send it back for a refund - was broken before you got your mits on it

    2. Ian Hargrave

      Ian Hargrave

      Provided that the'parts' themselves are intact ,you can probably put it back together.

    3. devondynosoar118

      devondynosoar118

      I agree with the above, the seller can claim from the postal service, take some pics and contact the seller.

  7. John M Upton

    Having made an interesting contribution to the Ugliest Locomotives thread I am now listening out for the black helicopters coming to take me away... :-D

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    2. coachmann

      coachmann

      Turned me into a newt.........

    3. nigelb

      nigelb

      its not the black helicopters its the Black A4's you need to worry about

       

    4. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      No- it's the yellow helicopter you need to worry about, Oh, I see that it's just taken off ......

  8. John M Upton

    Up at just past one a.m. on a Sunday morning as I am starting work at 3 a.m.!! Hope the two or three passengers I have appreciate the effort!!

    1. great central

      great central

      I'm glad we don't have that early starts 02.30 is bad enough for an empty stock working, get a bit more sleep then start work at 06.30

    2. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      As it turned out, the first train off Pompey we discovered it was broken so after all that it was OOS empties all the way to Brighton!

  9. John M Upton

    Will be making small replicas of my lunch as I am told it is important to have roll models...

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    2. sunshine coast

      sunshine coast

      like it !

    3. neal

      neal

      Beware of Tesco

      Fish Fingers, I believe that they are 1:87 scale rather than the genuine Bird's Eye 1:76.

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      ...and if you were in Zurich, would that make them Swiss rolls?

  10. John M Upton

    Fourteen pence on the price of a 1st Class stamp from the end of April!! I thought it was people walking into a Post Office that were supposed to be robbing, not the people behind the counter...

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    2. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      Cost of stamp for sending one ordinary domestic letter in Denmark: 90p.

    3. gwrrob

      gwrrob

      How much is a litre of petrol Mikkel ? Just curious another rip off here !

    4. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      Depends on time of day, but currently about £1.50 for 95 octane.

  11. John M Upton

    Looks like I am about to become a very big customer of Dapol at the end of the year. Nice one!!

    1. richardjgower2580

      richardjgower2580

      Not as big as me !!

       

      :)

  12. John M Upton

    RMWeb just crashed with SQL errors again...

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    2. Mod5

      Mod5

      Andy has been informed.

    3. Tase

      Tase

      The server has been playing up since last monday!

    4. A1X

      A1X

      well their are 477 users online!!

       

  13. John M Upton

    All it took was a on a whim buying of one wagon kit, now I am addicted!!!

  14. John M Upton

    Is the Post Office on strike again? There has been no postal deliveries in my entire street for two days now!!

    1. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      at least you get no bills

  15. John M Upton

    I have just completed my first ever wagon kit and I enjoyed it. I have been seduced by the dark side of the force...

    1. Pennine MC

      Pennine MC

      Got some wheels then ;-)

    2. Kelly

      Kelly

      which wagon kit?

    3. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      Cambian Turbot - Probably means they will be announced by Bachmann in a few weeks time!!!

  16. John M Upton

    Confucious say - When assembling your first ever wagon kit, it would help if you had remembered to buy some wheels for it...'

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Not if you're making a static model.

    2. Pennine MC

      Pennine MC

      One reason why folk recommend Parkside for a first attempt, they include wheels...

  17. John M Upton

    Southampton Central vending machine, basic bars of chocolate have been hiked from 70p to a whole quid!! 30% price rise!!!

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    2. BoD

      BoD

      The price of coffee seems to going through the roof too.

    3. N15class

      N15class

      30 of 70 is only 21 that only comes to 91

    4. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Bulk buy at Tescos and under-cut them!!

  18. John M Upton

    Hornby's website seems to be well and truly FUBAR'd...

    1. KevinWalsh

      KevinWalsh

      Froth and drool overload????

    2. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      Its working now finally but the bottom half of each page is inaccessible. Pathetic really...

    3. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      It helps to refresh the page.

  19. John M Upton

    Well that was one way to solve the Hornby Froth problem - drown the server!!!

  20. John M Upton

    Through cunning and sneakyness, the horror that is the works Christmas doo has been sucessfully evaded for another year!!

    1. cromptonnut

      cromptonnut

      Ours is tomorrow and I'm not going. People keep asking me if I've changed my mind when I made it clear I am not interested. If I'd said I was going people wouldn't keep asking me if I'd changed my mind so why ask when I've said I'm not? Gah!

    2. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      I pointed out that if I wanted to spend my time in a confined space with drunk people acting like idiots I would just volunteer to work some trains late from Brighton as at least I would get paid for it...

    3. Western Stalwart

      Western Stalwart

      No sneakyness needed on my part I just didn't go! Ours was last week. While I work with a good bunch they just want to go out and get bladdered. Then spend the next two days recovering. While I like a pint or two it's not my idea of fun.

  21. John M Upton

    Sick to death of having the so called festive season forced down his throat...

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    2. Tim Hale

      Tim Hale

      Thank you for sharing your thoughts

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      I hate to say this but I quite enjoy mince pies being forced down my throat.

    4. Welly

      Welly

      Port and Stilton - mmmmmmm! ;-) Screw the telly, put the Grinch DVD on!

  22. John M Upton

    Binmen have just turned up, right day and right time so no sign of any strikes around here!

    1. skipepsi

      skipepsi

      Binmen are mostly privatised these days poor s-ds

  23. John M Upton

    The Royal Mail couldn't find a delivery in a Maternity Ward!!!

    1. beast66606

      beast66606

      Me too, two redeliveries have failed to be just that

    2. John M Upton

      John M Upton

      And the Redelivery part of the Royal Mail's website is OOU as the whole thing has crashed!! Probably lost in the post...

  24. John M Upton

    Just seen the Marks & Spencer sickly and twee Christmas TV advert - Pass me a bucket as I want to throw up!!

    1. cromptonnut

      cromptonnut

      That was my thought too - I don't recall a christmas ever like that.

    2. gwrrob

      gwrrob

      Is that the one with the X factor wannabees on it.Crass.

  25. John M Upton

    An interesting end to the day. My train, my passengers and I were at Three Bridges, our driver was at Victoria. Whoops...

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Did the units think they were Docklands LR sets?

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