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  1. Curry night at Chester PSB. Lamb rezalla and Mushroom rice...a bit lively!

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    2. Nelson Jackson

      Nelson Jackson

      Then open the windows :-D

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Why open the windows? That's no fun!

    4. Nelson Jackson

      Nelson Jackson

      Ok then, close the windows and inhale deeply LOL

  2. and todays earworm (for me anyway) is Come on feel the noize by Slade...

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      According to the official material, it's "C.um On Feel The Noize". I read somewhere that Slade's trademark was to deliberately misspell the titles of all their songs, hence "Goodbuy To Jane", "I Won't Let It Happen Agen", etc...

    3. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      I thought it better to spell the first word correctly rather than run the risk of arrest by the spelling police!

    4. Barry O

      Barry O

      Mine for today is...the Deadwood Stage...lord help us!

  3. I think I'm in love with Lenka..

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    2. PhilEakins

      PhilEakins

      Don't go there ...

    3. manna

      manna

      Polish beauty queen !!

       

    4. Andrew F

      Andrew F

      Better than being in love with Linka

  4. stupid phone goes weird when I try to upload pics. rrrr!

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    2. yorkie_pudd

      yorkie_pudd

      maybe it only likes dirty pics...

       

       

       

       

      so it censors the clean loco pics ha ha

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Given the weird factor, maybe it would work if you set it to broadband instead of miliband?

    4. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      its still stupid. as soon as i try to upload a correct size picture it just takes me to the forum main page. anyway, I've fitted new brake handles to my Dapol wagons. Nothing to see here....:O

  5. is busy trying to win at "trains chess" with ATWs units at Chester...I think ATW is winning though

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    2. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      And then at the crucial moment a set of points fails or a driver says, 'sorry, I don't sign that siding, mate!'...

    3. modfather

      modfather

      "a 150-1? I only sign the /2's mate... " once more unit control wept quietly...

    4. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      A combination of 175's breaking and a missing loco and stock. Oh and getting another couple of 175's on different services so theye'd end up at Chester to have the drivers seat warmed or something...

  6. Someone has kindly brought in a dartboard and hung it the messroom in Chester PSB. It's ages since I've had a game so I picked up the 3 and had a quick throw. It all instantly came back to me and it was the same as it was years ago. Yes, I'm still rubbish at darts...sigh..

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    2. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      I'm happy I can still hit the board..

    3. beast66606

      beast66606

      I'm happy if I can see the board these days !

    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Here's what you could've won...

  7. has discovered it's possible to get tennis elbow without ever having lifted a raquet. or done anything remotely sporty for that matter..ouch.

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    2. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      Wasn't that much of a pain until I spent 1/2hour chopping kindling for the fire yesterday. Put the axe down for 2 minutes, tried to pick it up again and couldn't even grip it never mind use it.

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      Quite, not a nice condition to have - but it does go away again...

    4. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      The main problem is lifting a pint is painful...Arrrgh!

  8. coughcoughcoughetc.....walnut rede.

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    2. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      must have been a busy chap, he signed every railway teleprinter message I received in the 70's and 80's...!

    3. Captain Kernow

      Captain Kernow

      One of my previous aliases...! ;-)

    4. bescotbeast

      bescotbeast

      I'm thinking of a friend who uses walnut rede as his Flickr identity

  9. is wondering why finishing off the last 10% of a model takes twice as long as building the first 90% of it..

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    2. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Pareto strikes from beyond the grave

    3. ian

      ian

      It is a weel known rule of project management - the first half of the project takes 90% of the time. The second half also takes 90% of the time...

    4. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      Trouble is, when I get to the finishing stages, I get impatient and try to rush it as I'm at the stage where I'm raring to get stuck into the next project...#comeoncomeocomeon.....

  10. It's those little hidden details that you can't quite see but you know should be there..I get immense please from....well, leaving them off and getting on with something else actually. #can'tbearsedwiththetwiddlybits.

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    2. Barry Ten

      Barry Ten

      I won't rest until I've put (the right type of) coal inside the closed fireboxes of my engines.

    3. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      keep it thin down the front and build up the back corners to get the right shape. Oh and if it's a rocking grate. make sure the linkage works correctly!

    4. steve22

      steve22

      I like Railroad detail, it's enough for me - Yey!!

  11. Finally got round to using my resistance soldering iron. Starting gently with a few small laminations...all OK so far..

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    2. DavidLong

      DavidLong

      You'll wonder why you never got one before!

    3. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      Still plenty of practise required but it has a good "feel" about it. Plenty jobs lined up for it!!

    4. Trebor

      Trebor

      just remember too check what it set too, before you use it just in case you forget, and zap a huge hole in an etch... don't ask how I found that one out....

       

  12. Is (rather strangely) wishing MOK would produce 7mm scale signal kits to match their locos..

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    2. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      I'd love the bits from the kits though! Everything would be the right size and fit together.. Probably be a gazillion little bits to each item though!

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      What you need is a 7mm equivalent of Masokits.

    4. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      Wot if MMP did signals???

  13. Looks like my Canon D300 is going to be laid to rest..it's got damp or something nasty growing on the sensor. Too risky to clean without scratching the sensor and probably not worth the expense of having it done professionally. I've only taken 5000 pics with it too!

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    2. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      I might do..I was thinking "spares or repairs on the bay of E. I'm sure I'd get something for it..

    3. Catkins

      Catkins

      Keep any additional lenses that you have got for it though.

    4. Jon Fitness
  14. is wondering if Ex LMS period 3 Full brakes ever carried blue/grey livery...

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    2. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      Found a piccy of a blue grey one on Paul Bartlett's site but it was in 1968. Probably still working as a passenger brake rather than a parcels van.

    3. Pennine MC

      Pennine MC

      This has come up in various threads, some did get blue/grey early on but no other pre-BR BGs. Mainline used to do a 4mm model

    4. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      Think I'll stick to banger blue then

      Ta

  15. "doesn't feel right well really"..wish I was at home instead of stuck in here on a 12 hour day shift. Yed and belly warch..

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    2. beast66606

      beast66606

      Plenty of water Jon.

    3. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      and paracetamol and a belly warch pill. Got gut cramps too. Ozone layer about to be destroyed.....again...

    4. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      Now feeling a little better. Meds kicking in!!

  16. Curry causing catastrophically cacophonous colonophonics....

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Is there a wind farm you could supply?

    3. Judge Dread

      Judge Dread

      "Stand clear the jet pipe!"

    4. fursty
  17. Jag x-type now sold...phew.!

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    2. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      ebay, BIN price 995. Not bad, sold in 2 days. Glad the thing's gone to honest. Happily driving a Rover 75 diesel estate now. Same power (chipped to 155bhp) and twice the MPG!

    3. 3 link

      3 link

      Cheers Jon, always handy to know the quickest route to a sale.

    4. hornbyandbf3fan

      hornbyandbf3fan

      You didn't accept my offer then :(

  18. Thought I'd made a complete blx of a nearly complete model signal last. Guess who tested his LEDs with 9v instead of 3v? Thought I'd damaged the internal wiring until I realised I hadn't soldered my usual 1k resistor in line. Cue small pop/crackle noise, much swearing and a very delicate operation of LED swapping..Wot a pil****.

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    2. Judge Dread
    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      A signal failure....

    4. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      Lamps were re-filled with midnight oil and now work fine thankfully (phew!)

  19. has at least 17 7mm scale signals to build plus another 6 or 7 for his own layout....all lit...all servo operated...gulp...better pull my finger out and get stuck in.

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    2. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      Ah...er... thats when I go on holiday for a week to recover...

    3. beast66606

      beast66606

      Stop eating malt loaf and get on with it ! :P

    4. Poggy1165

      Poggy1165

      I haven't dared to calculate the number of signals I need, but I suspect about 7-10. It will be an 'interesting' challenge when I get around to it.

  20. Gotcha! Large stray tomcat that we called "Puss in Boots" thats been annoying our housebound cats is now a little lighter. He's now called Marion.....

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    2. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      Free through the CPL!

    3. MarkC

      MarkC

      Bet he's feeling a little cut up about that? :P

    4. SHMD
  21. Look at the signals, look how they're sprayed for yoooo, Midland signals I doooo, Yeah and they're all yellow...(warble...)

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    2. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      A (very) small dose of Coldplay...

    3. RedgateModels

      RedgateModels

      Just say no ....

    4. beast66606

      beast66606

      I know some drivers who would welcome a yellow at Chester ! :P

  22. Think I might have overdone the LBSCR coach pics (sorry)

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    2. wiggoforgold

      wiggoforgold

      Not overdone at all. A set of pictures like this is extremely useful.

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      It's the detail. You should have taken even more photos!

    4. steve22

      steve22

      Not at all Jon. Love 'em; something quite different.

  23. Is suffering from "discappointment"..

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    2. Grafarman

      Grafarman

      and thus another unwitting contributor to the record label's coffers is snared...

    3. James

      James

      What was the Album?

    4. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      Noisettes latest offering....

  24. Yesterday, found and cooked a 6 inch diameter puffball found under the hedge on my walk. Added to a curry it was delicious..No unexpected after effects yet.....

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    2. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      If it all goes wrong, I'm sure there's a kidney specialist neaby.

    3. queensquare

      queensquare

      I like them sliced and done like eggy bread - yummy!

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      Grief, you are brave or very knowledgeable about fungi...

  25. postie arrived with my 7mm co-bo today....while i was out...arrrgh!

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    2. Jon Fitness

      Jon Fitness

      and they'd probably still arrive with a tyre print on them...

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      The only thing that would get teleported is a "Sorry You Were Out" card...

    4. Michael Delamar

      Michael Delamar

      I hope you'll still speak to me when you see it

       

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