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  1. I must stop building wagons, I must stop building wagons, I must stop building wagons....why? I have run out of DG coupling frets..

  2. Good grief but it's warm in the railway room this afternoon, all I've done is a bit of flocking and I'm drenched in sweat!

  3. If it wasn't so warm, I'd be tempted to spend the afternoon in the bath.

     

  4. Have you noticed that the targeted advertising from Amazon, eBay , etc. is deeply flawed?

     

    They don't understand the difference between being interested in the GWR (like me for instance) and general interest in railways. So I keep getting offers for books about the Southern or the LMS, or heaven forbid, BR! (Urgh! :wink_mini:

     

    It's like sending an Arsenal supporter offers for Man City merchandise!

     

    I think this is a major failing for modern deep-profiled marketing and it should be sorted out!

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      mike morley

      I once worked for one of the biggest motorcycle dealerships in Europe.  I wasnt particularly surprised when I was told our service receptionist had been one of Back Street Heroes 'Readers Wives'.  The skirts she wore were so short it was difficult to find a safe place to look when she bent over the photocopier.

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  5. Have you noticed that the targeted advertising from Amazon, eBay , etc. is deeply flawed?

     

    They don't understand the difference between being interested in the GWR (like me for instance) and general interest in railways. So I keep getting offers for books about the Southern or the LMS, or heaven forbid, BR! (Urgh! :wink_mini:

     

    It's like sending an Arsenal supporter offers for Man City merchandise!

     

    I think this is a major failing for modern deep-profiled marketing and it should be sorted out!

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      mike morley

      You Tube is similar.  I watch the NRL (Australian rugby league)  highlights and they seem to be convinced that means I want to watch footage of the Seekers (remember them?)  Even worse, I watch a few Jeremy Hardy clips and suddenly I get deluged with clips of Jim Davidson and Bernard Manning!

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  6. What is that moment called when you discover you've dripped epoxy all down what, thanks to the enforced inactivity of the last few months, is now the only pair of trousers that still fit you?

  7. Can anybody point me to a user guide for the site - I'm not normally a luddite but sometimes I get pics appear sometimes not ! Do I post in a blog which I'm attempting with the Virgin 87s or how else should I do it? - sorry for being a numb nuts if there is an obvious eejits guide and I have missed it!

  8. So.... having lovingly spent the afternoon chopping up an Airfix min (my first) to play with detailing (?), I now realise that I have destroyed everything below the sole bar and I do not have the correct etched W irons, springs or oil boxes to replace them...  like what I fought I did. 

     

  9. Is anyone else fed up with being fed up?

    1. mike morley

      mike morley

      I found a plank out in my shed. I've brought it indoors so I can watch it warp.

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  10. That horrible moment when you realise you've picked the wrong spray can up and started spraying  !!!! underframe has a nice frosting of white primer now , that will teach me to have two different cans on the go at once .

  11. You've defrosted the Bolognese and the garlic bread.  You've managed to find somewhere selling pasta to top-up your dwindling supplies.  You've bought a bottle of Valpolicella to go with it.  You've set the pan of water for the linguine on to boil.  You open the Tupperware box of Bolognese . . . and realise instantly that its actually a chicken curry you quite definitely aren't in the mood for.

  12. You've defrosted the Bolognese and the garlic bread.  You've managed to find somewhere selling pasta to top-up your dwindling supplies.  You've bought a bottle of Valpolicella to go with it.  You've set the pan of water for the linguine on to boil.  You open the Tupperware box of Bolognese . . . and realise instantly that its actually a chicken curry you quite definitely aren't in the mood for.

  13. Ah, there’s nothing like a bit of modelling to spoil yer mood... <_<

    Stuff it I’m away for some beer.

  14. Struck down with tennis elbow. What nonsense is this?

  15. Grand Slam now on?

  16. Grand Slam now on?

  17. Son No.1 announces he may be moving out, I only have one question in my head.

     

    Do I build an N Gauge or 00 Gauge layout in the vacant space, or maybe I can fit both!

     

     

  18. Son No.1 announces he may be moving out, I only have one question in my head.

     

    Do I build an N Gauge or 00 Gauge layout in the vacant space, or maybe I can fit both!

     

     

  19. Dismayed to see that I haven't earned any warning points. Must try harder :jester:

  20. Every motorcycling model railway modeller needs a suitable pair of Panniers !

     

  21. Just seen a Hoover hauling, appropriately enough, a Railvac

  22. This site has been very slow and cranky today anyone else having problems viewing stuff?

  23. Stuff the trains. I want a Wacky Races Scalextric set!

    1. mike morley

      mike morley

      If you want DCC sound with it, I can do a pretty good impression of Muttley's snigger

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  24. When will it ever end...........?

  25. All I wanted for Christmas was socks.....and the wife got me a Mitchell Castle....bah humbug!

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