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2mmMark

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  1. Just got back from a Shropshire village where they were burning books...

  2. If I can find my 25+ yr old MekPak bottle, will it still contain anything?

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      Depends on the top. The originals with a cone sealed very well. The later childproof tops didn't.

       

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  3. I really rather dislike the artificial word 'bookazine'.

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      People who invent joined up words like "bookazine" are stupankers.

       

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  4. Back on a Vomiter once more. Twenty minutes before the train, the tannoy was blaring out into the night air the usual patronising homilies about 'safety' and 'security ' to an otherwise empty and deserted station.

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      I always enjoy being told that I should take all my belongings with me. I tend to leave most of them at home, only taking what I need for the journey.

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  5. has been watching the thing about Oy Vey Island

  6. You know when you weather track with an airbrush,and you wipe the damp paint off with a cloth? Well, what if you don't wipe it, and it dries, and it is Vallejo Acrylic?

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      Grind a cheap small screwriver to a wheel profile and scrap the paint off the top and inside of the rail.

       

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  7. So what exactly has Roger Daltrey got to do to get his knighthood . I'm bewildered.

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      He'll need to promise not to raise tuition fees...

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  8. 20% off everything on eBay, fill yer boots!

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      £20 min spend, one order only. £75 max discount. Ends 18:00 gmt.

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  9. QUESTION: Would a Gaugemaster WM1 be suitable for a W Model controller? I'm thinking of making a small portable layout where I can plug the controller in but lightweight enough for 1 person to handle.

  10. is mightily relieved that the Jeep has sailed through its MOT....sigh...!

  11. So then, who's been brave enough to go up into their loft today ? Yours Sweaty Betty :)

  12. There is now just the one cream bun left after yesterday evening, so I will probably eat that later today.

  13. Right that's it 2 days off I need to get some modelling work done who needs a fitted kitchen anyway just don't tell SWMBO!!

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      Fitted kitchens are bauxite, unfitted kitchens are grey.

       

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  14. regrets that a train journey to Lower Vowchurch was never made.

  15. Why is that on the radio recently I keep hearing the Russian President's name pronounced 'Poo Tin'...?

  16. Sorry for the hour's downtime; Apache down - rather than a Black Hawk.

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      I thought my post in Wheeltappers might have broken it!

       

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  17. What's a hawk's worth?

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

  19. Had a letter arrive at work today, addressed to me from the union. Apparently I work for TLF South East!

  20. Why does it take someone on "YouTube" 2 mins to replace a car headlight bulb, but it takes me almost an hour?

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      I got a lightbulb for our old Talbot Samba. It was a fair swap.

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  21. I'm suddenly worried about flying "the friendly skies"

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      39 years in the airline industry and I've never seen a passenger treated that way before. A PR disaster!

       

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  22. TWY RDG ANIMAL ON LINE 09:18 TVSC SSM advised the Driver of 1R02 reported a swan on the Down Relief line at Kennet Bridge Jn. The Driver managed to pick up the swan and convey to Reading in the cab. 09:27 Reading MOM advised he is with the swan in the waiting room.

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      2mmMark

      Will the swan be posting their cab ride on youtube?

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  23. RMweb is 12 years old today.

    1. 2mmMark

      2mmMark

      So, safe from Bill Wyman for one more year then?

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  24. The Met Office website has been updated. Not sure what to make of it.

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