mike morley

...otherwise you'll feel the sting.

Hat, coat, etc

No! I was once a victim of marketing and got myself a Mac. The most expensive white elephant I've ever bought!

Apple, indeed. It just works . . . about five minutes to set up a new printer on my neighbour's Mac a couple of days ago.

took 5 minutes to setup an epson on win 7 a couple of days ago - I was almost impressed

I use track circuit bond wires for similar jobs

Always make sure there are a breeding pair of them in your wardrobe and you'll never run out.

Not seen a wire coat hanger for a few years, all seem to be plastic these days, so i use a length of code 75 or 100 rail

Tim, please enlighten me. How do you surprise a chorizo?

Don't include it the meal, that will surprise it.

Chorizo surprise...

- And the surprise is...?

There's nothing in it except the chorizo.

Try listening to it for a 9 hour shift, bah humbug!

There is a Bah, humbug! club which I once tried to join, only to discover that it is part of an extremely up-market dating site that quite definitely want someone as down-market as a postman (which is what I was then)as one of their number.

... and to think that some people think "Bah! Humbug!" is a brand of mints, specifically marketed for the "festive season".

Actually, thanks to previous action by the often slagged off unions there is at least a LEGAL requirement for a break of 20 minutes in a 6 hour shift. https://www.gov.uk/rest-breaks-work

Unfortunately the unions have been nobbled by those who want to waive hard earned rights for an extra dollar or two. Rail industry is full of them. Once enough people think that an extra dollar is worth overriding a right or two it's a slippery slope. It's already happening.

Yep. The police was full of donkeys like that, sadly. There again, the conditions reflected that...

Yes, it's amazing how those police cars love chasing each other.

I personally prefer the ones on the telly - with Sheriff John Bunnell doing the voiceovers - and Vinnie Jones is quite good, as well … .

Sorry - it seems that might not quite be the reason they do those things.

My mistake, officer - honest … .

I had to rush to get home before I ran out of petrol

Now the important question: did you enjoy the run to and from Wycombe?

Better than it being last weekend!!

Huw, the return trip was a blast - literally! Now, of course, I'll spend the next few days anxiously watching the post for speeding tickets . . .

Stick it in the living room and if anyone asks say it's a Futon ....

When I last bought one it was taken up a couple of ladders by the neighbour and his brother and pushed in through the window. SWMBO never did work out how we got in into the bedroom.

Richard E - it might well end up that way, unless Bernard Lamb can lend me his neighbours . . .

Try Littlehampton where traffic lights are just pretty lights that change colour and double yellow lines are merely for decorative purposes...

So Luton has not improved since I left there 10 years ago!

Not enough examiners to cope with demand at present, and very few being recruited.

Hobby?

...or whatever you choose to call it, then. Business? Service? Profession?

Ah yes! The Big Boys in Boots book of Big Bouncing Girls, Christmas 1994. Quite memorable.

With you all the way, Mike. Mind you, not just old age of course. My son asked my wife if she was worried about my forgetfulness. Her reply? "Well, I would be only he's always been like this!"

My daughter tells me it's bladder control that goes next . . .

Shoot me now!!!

Probably that tight screw twisting the chassis?

Not yet fitted any screws! Starting to suspect its a compensated EM chassis falling foul of a body intended for a rigid 00 chassis

That must be the story of many a modeller's life.

Funny how we always balls up the second side.

Murphy's Law in action...

The tea stains act as primer.

A couple of minutes use of elbow grease, Cif and a scouring pad means I now have a clean kitchen sink, but my efforts haven't made the slightest difference to the paint.

I originally didn't take it when a migraine was coming - just took it daily for a couple of months (now I just take a couple when I expect to be in a migraine situation).

See my PM.

Migraines are no fun at all. Been quite a while since my last one, thankfully. I believe adverse working conditions at my previous job had been a major cause.

It was Septimus Parsonage's third amendment, sub clause four.

I'm assuming it wasn't the definite article.

And don't forget his occasional 'push' that turns a good defensive position into a possible match losing situation. He got away with it this time. Idiot.

I've never really understood the fascination around Farrell. Overrated and Overhyped more like! There are more players out there with flair and I feel better game making skills than him.

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I got through a number of Acer hard drives within 2-3 years. Every time Acer repaired it, within 12 months it had gone again.Fed up of keep sending it away,in the end I paid my local repair shop to do a repair & reinstall. They installed a different version of Win 7 which didn't have the hibernate function and told me hibernate could kill HDs. Hasn't happened again since!

Could that be why Ffestiniog calendars are more expensive? They're "harder"?

They gauged narrowly, the good people at Paypal.

Be careful. My sister in law has somehow been robbed via PayPal. Some scam going off

Next to my late best mates house, Mike!

What looked at first to be a "Damn! How did I miss that?" thing (no front brake light) is starting to look like a failed wiring harness.

All electric string can be repaired or replaced.

Initial signs show a further decline for IE - http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

Stats on the websites that I manage suggest that Edge isn't making much impact, but Chrome (in particular) continues to grow...

whats that then?

Yawn.

It is worse than awful

Recently acquire a Win 10 tablet. I've found it very good so far. Edge is OK but you ca't install addons like ad blockers