gordon s

You have my sympathies BoD. I went into the loft last week with a view to clearing some space to store my railway bits and pieces. First box I picked up was a swinging crib for a baby. My son is now 37 and my daughter 27. Was I allowed to take it to the dump? Stupid question really. Gave up and came downstairs....

Morning all....Peed down earlier, but drying out slowly. Must be moving eastwards Tony.

Looks like it could be a modelling day for several of us. Done more in on the layout in the last hour than I've done in the past month. Amazing what a difference it makes having a clear room in which to work. It's been a real pleasure and perhaps now I can make some progress.

Of course tidy Mrs S has been having a field day with "what did I tell you"........Damn it, she's right once again.

Morning all....That farm looks really beautiful Don. I guess a few days in the sun would do us all the world of good.

I read your post Robert and it must be tough for you right now. All you can do is try to fill your day with activities, friends and family to stop you dwelling on the situation. Take one day at a time and you'll get through it. It's never easy....

Morning....

Nothing to report. Bins out, tea brewing. It must be Thursday...

New comfy chair? Not the Spanish Inquisition......

I thought that the reputation score had been abandoned. Perhaps nobody loves us after all.....

Afternoon BoD....

Morning one and all....'Tis very quiet and very dark. One day I'll get out of this habit of getting up so early.

Could be a posse of us boys going to High Wycombe on the 7th. Anyone else going?

Do you know the piano's on my foot?

You hum it son and I'll sing it...........

Morning all....Been pottering around for the last hour or so. Just couldn't get back to sleep.

The news about the piano factory struck a chord with me Don...

I meant it John. I had an LDV van with a gearstick coming out of the dashboard. I've driven some cars in my time, but this had to be the hardest gearbox in terms of physical effort, I have ever experienced. Got muscles aching in my left shoulder that I never knew I had this morning...

Sorry Mike, saw the YouTube link but was being called so skipped over it at the time. Brilliant! F & S lyrics were very clever.

Did a Google on Uncle Mac. Uncle Mac

It's been some time since I brought my kids up, but if what I read is true, a lot of things have changed. Photography is certainly frowned upon at school events such as sports days etc

Sad that the innocence of such times in your life has now been overtaken by the need to protect children. Thinking back as kids, we were always aware of the strange fellow you may have met in the park, but never really gave it a second thought...In reality it was probably a local issue and the Police were only too aware or such people.

The increase in problems with child molestation and photography is certainly one of the downsides of the internet...

Morning Don....No problems with the site this morning over here, so may have been a local issue.

Apologies, I must have missed the Flanders and Swan reference. That brings back memories of kids radio with Uncle Mac on Saturday mornings. The songs about Hippo's, Gnu and Bus Drivers were regulars.

I guess having a kids radio presenter known as Uncle Mac could get you locked up these days...

Absolutely no chance...

I'd sent the wife out first...

Just fitted some shelves in an old wardrobe and the sofas were 14 years old so have found a new home in my SiL's conservatory.

Glad to hear boiler is fixed and all are warm 'oop north.

Been playing Yorkie man today. Moved two sofa's down to SiL's in Selsey. 150 odd miles in an LDV van. I now have the greatest admiration for delivery drivers everywhere.....

Morning all....Clocks still to do, so that's Sunday taken care of.

Glad to hear you enjoyed your day BoD. A Pullman train and a few glasses of champagne sound right up my street.

Decided that if you can't beat 'em, join 'em and have been trying to create a blog and get something going on my layout progress. It's not the most obvious process and now have two blogs going with nothing in them. I think my brain cells must have also retired.

Seems like they do DD.....My link

I was curious too Tom. Their website is not too specific, so I quote...

This journey will take you on a circular tour through Britain's beautiful countryside whilst you relax aboard the gleaming carriages of the Northern Belle and enjoy a sumptuous lunch with champagne and wine.

Just the job!....

OK guys, I'll come clean.....Logged in this morning around 6 and all was well. Tried catching up on all the news and got as far as page 2. Clicked on page 3 and.....bang, off it went.

It's a fair cop guv'....

Enjoy your trip BoD. Sounds like a great day....

Morning lads...

Apologies for my absence. Had a few flat days and just needed some time to snap out of it. Everything got on top of me and I couldn't really be bothered with much. Thankfully I managed to get some focus and moved all my stock out of my railway room into storage which has helped considerably. I now have plenty of space to work and hopefully getting the layout started again will take my mind off other things.

One day I'll work out how to post stuff in a blog and give you guys an update....

Sorry to hear about your loss DD. 43 is no age at all. Sometimes we just take life for granted...

Morning all......Congratulations Phil. I shall look forward to the pic.

Feeling like a little lost soul. Still trying to find my feet in this new fangled site and then it went off air for a few days. No doubt someone will turn the light on sooner or later....

I've posted in a seperate thread, but had a call from Howes that Heljan are proving some revised CV values for the lighting if you are running on DCC. They apparently feel the lighting is too bright on factory default settings.

http://www.Heljan.dk/faste_filer/modul.asp?vis=nyhedmod&fModul=web588.asp&mode=laesnyhed&artikelid=245

Apologies for my lateness. Letter from Mum.

Dear All

Apologies for my little lad's tardiness. He has been taking pictures of signal boxes and one of his mates insisted on a pic of the guttering. Sadly he fell off his ladder and will be hobbling for a day or two.

Old Mrs S

Whilst laid up, I've Googled away and still have no idea what a RSS Feed is all about or indeed what BOFL is......Must be me.

Can't help BoD. I'm here with John and Tony and as G comes before J, I can only see them in alphabetical order. Why don't you come back and then we'll see.....

If W & S posts don't count, I guess I'll struggle to get past 30 posts now. With no layout threads, there's not much to talk about....

Ah! You've returned and Gordon S is shown before BoD, so I guess your own name comes first.

Morning all.....HoooooRayyyyyyy.

Mr BT waved his magic wand last night and I'm back to up to 4024Kbps from 135. Feels like I've just set foot in a Ferrari.

No idea weatherwise, but a very cool draught came in as I let the cats out.

Seeing as it's currently 119kbps, the memories are flooding back....but thanks to DD, I have the top man on the case.

Been trying to work out the difference between a layout posting and a blog. It seems a blog is to tell all and sundry what you've been doing, without the forum interrupting.... and then if someone butts in, no one else knows.

I have no idea why, but then perhaps the yoof of today will let me know what I'm missing out on. I think I'm reaching the point in my life where I will step out of modern living and be forever grumbling....

Realised I've gone past my sell by date and will soon be left behind.

....but am I bovvered.

Morning all....

Still doing battle with BT. Even the CEO is hiding from me now...

I'm amazed the internet ever got off the ground at dial up speeds.

I see all the ER ring leaders have been downgraded to nobodies. Maybe Andy is trying to tell us something.

Glad to see you made it BoD.