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  1. eastwestdivide

    Alphabet fridge magnets

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    2. Debs.

      Debs.

      If they go off; they spell awful! :-)

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Ta Grafarman. If I can't get to Meadowhell, they'll do. And Debs, what's that joke about alphabetti spaghetti - that could spell disaster.

    4. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Do the P4 ones stay on but the OO ones fall off?

  2. eastwestdivide

    Windfall from building society, Wakefield Show... 2 + 2 = ??

    1. Sam*45110*SVR

      Sam*45110*SVR

      4... large bags of stuff ?

  3. eastwestdivide

    Regional accents in announcements: This is the 'Ull Trains train to 'Ull: Der't use yer merbile pherns in the quiet cerch and ner smerking anywhere on the train

    1. richbrummitt

      richbrummitt

      Long live regional accents in announcements: a great source of amusement.

  4. eastwestdivide

    An enjoyable couple of days chasing the leaf-buster trains round S Yorks

  5. eastwestdivide

    Bach harpsichord Radio 3 - how does he make room for all those notes?

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      By playing faster?

    2. davefrk

      davefrk

      Same as Clapton, Hendrix, Gilmour I suppose.

    3. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      ...and in the right order?

  6. eastwestdivide

    Whistling a happy (autumn) tune at Meadowhall

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Meadowhell mate.....

  7. eastwestdivide

    Quark customer support

    1. The Nth Degree

      The Nth Degree

      Don't they live in the Emerald City? They went there looking for Customer Service, and they're still looking. Unfortunately, their whole homestead has moved on.

  8. eastwestdivide

    email upgrades - all those settings changed everywhere, for no improvement

  9. eastwestdivide

    correcting someone else's corrections

    1. bcnPete

      bcnPete

      not mine I hope !-)

    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      no, a rush job on a Sunday - someone else obviously rushed too fast, slowing it all down in the long run.

  10. eastwestdivide

    Writing project schedules for my clients, as they don't seem to understand the concept of planning

    1. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      not a well known railway infrastructure owner are they?

    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      No, but I guess my problems aren't unique then?

  11. eastwestdivide

    Repairing a bed with duck/duct tape.

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      That stuff has so many uses. You can even make a body cast with it....

    2. 69843

      69843

      ...or a boat...

    3. Debs.

      Debs.

      I`m (soon) repairing 'to' bed! :-)

  12. eastwestdivide

    Cleavers, beggar lice, clithe, cliver, cliders, goose-grass, goosebill, hariff, gripgrass, catchweed

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      ...and everything else. If only there was a commercial application for it, I'd be a millionaire by this time next year, Rodney.

    3. DonB

      DonB

      If you had been quicker off the mark, it is a perfect prototype for Velcro!!

    4. petethemole

      petethemole

      I believe it was

  13. eastwestdivide

    Printing a new face for an ikea clock

  14. eastwestdivide

    Cinnamon fruit loaf in the breadmaker, smell wafting upstairs

    1. Steve Taylor

      Steve Taylor

      ... and now with the added waft of long distance jealousy. Cinnamon fruit loaf trumps teacakes any day of the week.

  15. eastwestdivide

    Nice day for doing tax self-assessment form

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      You too, Brutus?

    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      hope I'm not betraying you, Caesar!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      It's HMRC stabbing us both in the back!

  16. eastwestdivide

    Interrail booked, hotels booked in Chur and elsewhere, rusty German brushed up, maps and boots sorted...

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I loved Chur. A real transport hub.

  17. eastwestdivide

    In the sunshine, watching a demolition with monster hydraulic jaws.

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Your companion was clearly rather hungry, then?! ;-))

    3. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Dust hardly noticeable - water spray on the jaws and also on the ground, and a still day.

    4. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      My "companion" was three separate security guys saying you can't take photos from the multistorey without written permission. Asked at the CS desk for written permission and they said "oh it'll be alright". Mr Left Hand meet Mr Right Hand

  18. eastwestdivide

    Is there anywhere to sign a "get well soon" card for all these poor souls with their ailments?

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Good news natalie

    3. Pennine MC

      Pennine MC

      Oh, I thought you were talking about BachmannhaventdoneanythingIwantthisyearitis ;-)

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      LOL

  19. eastwestdivide

    Reeling in shock at unexpected tax refund. Cheque in hand, off to the bank

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    2. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Just right for that new bike then?

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      What HMRC giveth, HMRC taketh away...

    4. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      If only it had been something substantial. It was from 2007-08, so I might ask for interest...

  20. eastwestdivide

    The label on the new plastic washing-up brush says "wash before use". What happens if I don't?

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    2. Mikkel

      Mikkel

      If you don't wash it, you get even more chemicals onto your plates?

    3. gwrrob

      gwrrob

      Theres a woman who eats sponges in todays paper.Weird.

    4. Debs.

      Debs.

      My local free-paper has a story of "driver injured, pulling out suddenly to avoid a child"......

      ......maybe he fell out of bed! :-)

  21. eastwestdivide

    Just waiting for one tiny thing to be able to send a nice bill to someone

  22. eastwestdivide

    Scanning 1986 photos. What was the attraction of black and white?

    1. DonB

      DonB

      It was cheap and cheerful, could be obtained as cut-lengths, could be processed at home cheaply, Didn't know future generations would want to know the correct shade of Blue (or whatever!)

    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Trouble is, I had it processed expesively at Boots. Ho hum, you can't go back.

  23. eastwestdivide

    No modelling tonight - listening to radio, waiting for computer to do stuff it's not designed to

    1. Coldgunner

      Coldgunner

      No matter how long you wait, it won't make the tea.

  24. eastwestdivide

    Trying to understand a piece about the psychology of displacement activity. I know, I know, what am I doing on here...

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    2. eastwestdivide

      eastwestdivide

      Thanks folks, the sillier it gets here, the more likely I'll get back to what I should be doing.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Eureka

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      .....and so do you after that horse encounter.

  25. eastwestdivide

    Taking a break

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