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  1. "Are you using Lenz DCC?" "No, I bought my own."

    1. Horsetan
    2. Jawfin

      Jawfin

      Your jokes are getting worse...

    3. Phil Copleston

      Phil Copleston

      No Jawfin, I assure you, I've heard worse from Mark!

  2. "Did you put the christmas tree up yourself?" "No, just in a pot on the floor, as usual".

    1. rockershovel

      rockershovel

      "That's all very well", said the Fairy, "but what am I supposed to do wth this tree.."

  3. 66 and a single ballast hopper through our local station this afternoon. We don't see that too often.

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    2. 2mmMark
    3. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      Would have been about 15:45. Only caught a glimpse

       

    4. Glorious NSE

      Glorious NSE

      Hoo to Eastleigh?

      It should run most days, though it usually has more than one wagon. ;)

       

  4. 95mm radius? No problem, just whip off the centre flanges.

    1. Skinnylinny

      Skinnylinny

      That worked for me to get a Farish pannier tank around 105mm radius curves. Good luck!

  5. A friend asked me what I thought of Metropolitan-Vickers. I said it's a good idea for the clergy to modernise.

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Are they still saying Mass in Latin?

  6. A friend's cat destroyed the Great Eastern loco he was building. Ended up as a clawed Hamilton.

  7. A tricky cove is Johnny Sandbox. Particularly in 2mm scale.

  8. Could have sworn I put those GNR coach sides in a safe place, not in a sodding witness protection scheme.

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    2. Trainshed Terry

      Trainshed Terry

      I how that fills. Put something in a safe place never to be found ever Agian.

    3. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      Think of the safest place you have and then forget it. That's where they'll be!

    4. highpeakman

      highpeakman

      Every time I tidy up and organise things I lose something. One of the great questions of life I have never been able to solve.

    1. Crisis Rail

      Crisis Rail

      Yes I recognise quite a few there.

    2. big jim

      big jim

      i cant stop watching it!

    3. Nobby (John)

      Nobby (John)

      probably, energetic, enthusiastic, not counting rivets or posting page after page of nonsense, yep they are DEMU members alright

  9. For sale, 2 Seuthe smoke units, one black, one white. Used only briefly. Apply - The Vatican.

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      HabEMus P4pam?

  10. For sale, 2 Seuthe smoke units, one black, one white. Used only briefly. Apply: The Vatican.

  11. Getting worried - I spent some time on Saturday trying to remember the name of something I used in my point mechanism. Memory wire. :-/

    1. The Stationmaster

      The Stationmaster

      Easy to forget that, maybe you need an aide memoire?

    2. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      Some aide memoire wire?

    3. sharris

      sharris

      Apparently it's also used in some bra underwiring. Does that make it mammary wire?

  12. Going back to basics and cutting out a loco footplate by hand. Most satisying!

    1. queensquare

      queensquare

      Look forward to reading all about it on Notlob Sidings

    2. Phil Copleston

      Phil Copleston

      Ahhh, hand cuttin' braaass the ol' way... nowt like it!

  13. Going back to basics and cutting out a loco footplate by hand. Most satisying!

  14. How fast will your proprietary loco go? The whooshlist poll closes soon...

    1. garethashenden

      garethashenden

      Very fast if dropped...

  15. I have an idea - let's make apostrophes chargeable. Then there would be some incentive to get them right and not slam one in everytime a word ends with an S

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    2. Dave47549

      Dave47549

      That's taking the pi's's...

    3. Phil Copleston

      Phil Copleston

      Indeed. I'm an apoplectic apostle of appropriate apostrophes...

    4. Horsetan
  16. I heard the announcer on BBC4 say that after Trainspotting, they would be showing "The Tit-filled Thunderbolt". Quite disappointed. I was looking forward to a revealing documentary about the Leave campaign's battle-bus.

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    2. NHY 581

      NHY 581

      Our magnificent generals, General Gordon and General Booth.

       

       

    3. Re6/6

      Re6/6

      Did enjoy seeing Titfield sgain.

    4. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      A little gem there Mark.

  17. I tried to convert my radio to Digital using a smear of Brylcream. I was told a little DAB'll do ya.

  18. I wish I could Google my workshop, to find out what I've done with that pack of Microscale Rock Island transfers. :-(

    1. Metr0Land

      Metr0Land

      Look for something completely different and then they'll appear

    2. ian

      ian

      But a replacement set, that usually makes them reappear too.

  19. I've been idly speculating how much the average sovereign Arab state weighs. Perhaps it's time for the Qatar mass experiment?

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    2. admiles

      admiles

      with that level of humour ebay his coat and chuck 'im out!

    3. Tony_S
    4. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      This is right out of ISIHAC.

  20. Industrial railway is very nearly an anagram of "a nudist willy aria"

    1. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      That you, Boris?

    2. Boris

      Boris

      Nudie Boris!!!

  21. Is it so hard to distinguish between "lose" and "loose" or am I just suffering from Irritable Vowel Syndrome?

  22. Is it so hard to distinguish between "lose" and "loose" or am I just suffering from Irritable Vowel Syndrome?

  23. It's a little known fact that the Morris Minor was originally going to be named the Morris Minories.

  24. It's a little known fact that the Morris Minor was originally going to be named the Morris Minories.

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      I doubt it, it only contained one set of points!

    2. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      We're fortunatel that they resisted the temptation to call it the 'Dancer'.

    3. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      I tried tap dancing but I kept falling into the sink.

       

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