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  1. JCL

    JCL

    About to get on a plane to Sydney and then Brisbane - does anyone have any model shop recommendations?

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      Hobbyco, at the lower end of George St in Sydney - if it's still there

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  2. Mallard60022

    Fight, fight, fight. We want blood, we want bullhead, we want blood etc

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      This time its quite definitely not my fault....

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  3. Boris

    Warning according to the cucumber your sausage requires updated drivers, please insert bacon to continue

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      It's the Danish characters on the rind. Your cucumber is reading them as runes. Posts using Yorkshire bacon do not display this problem

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  4. NGT6 1315

    Californian Swordsmen

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      Always carry a revolver east of Aldgate, Watson

       

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  5. Captain Kernow

    'May I have your attention please. Please do not leave parcels or luggage anywhere on the station. They may be removed or destroyed by the security services'.

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      I've always thought MI5 had better things to do than scurry round Liverpool Street disposing of carrier bags

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  6. Horsetan

    is doing a bit more with the Irish Sulzer, if only to take his mind off Sarah Siddons.

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      Does Mr Siddons know about this???

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  7. James Harrison

    Ho hum. I bought a GCR Pollitt 4-4-0 on Monday night, it was delivered today but the seller posted me a very nice Pollitt 4-2-2 instead. Polite email to the seller pointing out their error but saying I'd be happy to keep the single if it suits them...

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      Amongst the most elegant locos ever built

       

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  8. Horsetan

    understands that it's the funnel web spider mating season in Australia. Apparently there might be a shortage of antidote....

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      Running over them with a rotary lawn-mower is surprisingly effective

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  9. Peter Kazmierczak

    Only one-and-a-half-days left to work before being made redundant.

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      Sorry to hear that. Hope there's a payoff

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  10. jonhall

    RTC's Golden Arrow confirmed as running - interesting news is that 231K8 is booked for the Carlisle (sic) - Paris Nord leg - now thats a railtour!

  11. DJM Dave

    Five

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      Its a model of a well-known Norwich broadcaster stuck in a fruit tree

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  12. MartinWales

    Redundant AGAIN! Aaaargh!

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      Sorry to hear

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  13. NGT6 1315

    Climb Olympus Mons.

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      That's not the big challenge. The big challenge is return from Olympus Mons

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  14. Mickey

    NOT POLITICAL...but outside the polling station ther are signs "IF you are here by ten PM you can Vote"....remember what happened last time when the studnets turned up en masse here :D

  15. newbryford

    is currently arguing with a Bachy 170 chassis

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      What's it refusing to do? keep the drive shafts in? Show lights on DCC?

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  16. Horsetan

    is in Paddy Power's....

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      A nickel-silver lining ???

       

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  17. KevinWalsh

    One of life's great debate, which is the superior sausage - Cumberland or Lincolnshire?

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      Lincolnshire

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  18. MartinWales

    Just been made redundant! Bummer!

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      Very sorry to hear it

       

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  19. Grafarman

    Lost my job today; colleague beat me at interview for the remaining post #publicsectorblues

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      Sorry to hear - been there done that - but at least the jobs market's a little easier than a couple of years back

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  20. TomJ

    So excited to try out my new NCE Powercab. Then I discovered it has a US plug. ######

  21. The Fatadder

    Got half way to Devon and thought "did I leave the solder iron switched on" and to make it worse the stand cracked near the base and is only glued together. Fairly sure it must be off, but going to worry all weekend now...

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      I get that feeling on a regular basis about locking the front door. I think I've only actually forgotten to do it once.....

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  22. Nelson Jackson

    Stop going on about HS2 it's doing my head in, why don't we spend the money making the railway we currently have more better.

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      We tried that - West Coast Route Modernisation. Getting home from Warley was a nightmare for about a decade

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  23. Horsetan

    has discovered that P87 isn't just a standard, it's also a form of tax relief....

  24. Horsetan

    *tries to imagine Hull as UK City of Culture. Fails*

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      hmmm: "Thou by the Indian Ganges' side/Should'st Rubies find; I by the tide/ Of Humber should complain...."

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  25. 60026to

    How can a coach derail one way and yet you flip it around and it doesn't, it runs perfectly ?

    1. Ravenser

      Ravenser

      If it's Hornby Mk3s definitely check the b2b

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