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No wonder we're a democracy then.

speak for your self...

They taste nice! I hope you are referring to the pig!? ;-)

But how would Champagne Charlie conquer the world? Answers on a post card..! ;-)

God loves the marine corps!!

now that's an all time brilliant film "Full metal Jacket"

When someone makes a move

Of which we don't approve,

Who is it that always intervenes?

UN and OAS,

They have their place, I guess,

But first,

Send the Marines!!

Has Radstock declared UDI?

It made me reflect on how aware children really are of the real world, when an issue becomes 'real' for them.

UDI for Radstock?

Titfield Thunderbolt should do the trick!

or the railway children

We were watching the new version of the Railway children!

Looks like eBay adverts are now allowed on status updates. I'll keep that in mind for future use.....

Well I didn't know they weren't allowed - still great news as you have been able to bid on something! ;-)

Which particular Dark Side? - there are so many to choose from...

lol

Four tubs of lard

An e-mail from a mother-in-law....

Chipolatas

just bought a pot of paint , shade called Earl Grey...Same stuff??

You'll be peeing all night!

Even I can think of better....

Hope it runs well (the loco).

Thanks Mikkel, yes she isn't bad at all. Very smooth.

You must have confused her, Nick. In Yorkshire, collies were traditionally used to round up J72s and other LNER locos.

It's only a short step from bug hotels to building High Level 64XX chassis kits...

Hmm gotta couple of J72 chassis here too!

Glue guns? As in 'stick 'em up'?

You and these sausages CK!

Yes Rob, track laying next! Quite scary the progress I'm making.

Three ounces of tripe

Half a pound of sausages, three ounces of tripe, all covered in tomato sauce from the layout

Always enjoyable:)

Had to look that up, thought you were on your way to a bookie show.

Used to be a good day out for IT teachers.

They'll soon bring you to mind if you don't pay.

Nope. They never forget...

Gone off to cook the sausages

Think I may steal some of these comments for my reports!

Whatever happened to blackboard rubbers being thrown at them, always seemed to grab the lazy little bu##ers attention when I was at skool !

Probably "strenglich verboten" these days - haven't you heard - wasters always seem to have "human rights", even if everyone else doesn't.

After all, you know the reason corporal punishment was banned in schools? They ended up with some kids who were allowed to be disciplined and some who were not.

I suspect the ones who needed sorting out were in the "can't touch me" group.

Do it. I'd rather be tinkering with LGB in the garden any day of the week! Fun to work on in summer, then sounds very special running in the snow.

Switched off from TV years ago.

The majority of "grown up" television is pitched at a 12 year old level as this was the level which was found to be most inclusive to the "grown up" demographic. I'm joking either!

*not joking

It's madness really, it's just the Internet, but you forget how much we now depend on it!

Oh yes... Watch any 11yo with a no electronics day a week... Mine barely manages it!

I take it you mean the tabloid image of prison - with free Sky TV, mobile phones - illicit drugs on tap - and nobody serves more than half their sentence?

Sorry - couldn't resist that one - I'm sure the regimes are tougher than that

and what's Hayfever's opinion on the matter?!

Allow me to introduce myself. I am Ernst Stavro Blofeld. They told me you were assassinated in Hong Kong.' 'Yes, this is my second life.' You only live Twice Mr Bond!' Love that paragraph!

"You Only Live Twice or so it seems,

One life for yourself

and one for your dreams...."

"Diamonds are forever" was my first in the Newport cinema. "Sorry ol' boy one of us appears to smell like a ta*t..."

That is exactly right! I really wish I hadn't started this now!

Einsteins 9th law of modelling, the more you tidy, the more untidy it becomes!

I started three weeks ago, its still not done!