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  1. cromptonnut

    Breaking news of coded Irish dissident bomb alert in Central London... just what we need.

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    is still recovering from passing "City of Truro" last night which was sitting on a low loader at Clackett Lane services on the M25.

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    is very impressed by the Taunton Cider cargowaggon that arrived from OnTracks this morning.

  4. cromptonnut

    Missed the bus. So I went for the train. Train was delayed and if I'd known I could have got the next bus. Train "delayed due to overcrowding" - Brighton marathon. Got to Clapham Jct, utter chaos, for train to Streatham Hill which didn't show up on Nat Rail Enquiries website. Got out of station to see empty bus go past, then had to wait for another one which was of course full. Is now glad to be home!

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    has just ordered the Taunton Cider cargowaggon advertised in MR - less than 10 available on a limited run. Now all I have to do is figure out quite how I'm going to incorporate it into a layout...

    1. sir douglas

      sir douglas

      a brewery railway?

    2. Dazza 50 015

      Dazza 50 015

      Is that the Rivarrossi one? and am i right in thinking they only painted one wagon in that livery?

  6. cromptonnut

    is wondering how to use my laptop now it's stuck on the setup screen, given that the internal keyboard has packed up, and it won't recognise the external one until it's booted up.

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Technology's wonderful....

  7. cromptonnut

    spent an hour last night creating a field for a diorama. Was nice to actually model something...

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    Just been charged 10p for a platform ticket at Streatham Hill. The ticket office guy didn't even know you could still get them.

    1. multiprinter

      multiprinter

      One of the very few things which hasn't gone up in price. 10p for a platform ticket dates from 1988

    2. oggy1953

      oggy1953

      Charged a pound at stratford last week

  9. cromptonnut

    's enthusiasm has 404'd

    1. beast66606

      beast66606

      Your enthusiasm generates HTTP errors ? I have to write programs for that !

  10. cromptonnut

    A speaker at a children's Harvest Festival asked the children to name some of the things they could see on display. "Carrots" shouted one. "Peas" said another. "Cabbages" replied a third. "Now, can anyone tell me a word that covers all these things," asked the Vicar. "Gravy" came a yell from the back of the Church.

    1. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      Sadly, that seems to be ever more prevalent.....

    2. sixteen 12by 10s

      sixteen 12by 10s

      Now if the word that covers them all is curry.......

    3. Horsetan

      Horsetan

      I'm in!

  11. cromptonnut

    crash...

  12. cromptonnut

    just seen a triple grey 73 (73107?) go past my window out of London Bridge with some yellow carriages (don't know what was on the other end)

    1. Timara

      Timara

      1Q38 Selhurst roundy. 73138 is on the back

    2. cromptonnut

      cromptonnut

      Just seen it again and yep that's the beast. Nice to see a proper train instead of plastic units.

  13. cromptonnut

    has looked through the Hornby 2011 list again and still can't really find anything I want...

  14. cromptonnut

    has come to the conclusion that the O gauge project will have to go on hold until I have more room - I'd rather dig my OO out again than have no layout...

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    has just got home from PC World with a nice new AOC 24" widescreen monitor... had to move all the desk around to fit it in!

  16. cromptonnut

    Most of our legitimate work email get stuck in the spam filter too richard, although spam still seems to get through? it almost works backwards!

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