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Tangoman69

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  1. I'm off to Nam Cheltenham I love the smell of model railways in the morning!,

  2. 39 years ago today, I joined the Royal Signals and ran around in green for 18 years!

    1. Tangoman69

      Tangoman69

      Missed Blandford less a couple of short stints pre-deployment

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  3. Became a grandfather last Wednesday. Mum and baby - a boy - doing well :)

  4. Spending far too much time playing trains..... even though all the scenics are still to do.

    1. Tangoman69

      Tangoman69

      And why not? That’s what it’s all about!

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  5. Just made a 6 arch Wills viaduct, Mojo well and truly back.

    1. Tangoman69

      Tangoman69

      I’m basing it on Entwistle viaduct near Bolton

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  6. Those kind people at the Premium bonds have been very, very kind to me!!

    1. Tangoman69

      Tangoman69

      £25 was one of the wins, the other was considerably larger

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  7. Weißwürste und süßen Senf bitte, Herr Ober!

  8. Spennymoor or Leeds ? Decisions, decisions.....

  9. Looks like I'm going to have to obtain a model of 66756 seen as it has been named after my old Regiment

    1. Tangoman69

      Tangoman69

      Is it not named after a corps?

      The Royal Corps of Signals

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  10. This feeling of growing frustration doesnt seem to want to go away. house chains. i detest them.

    1. Tangoman69

      Tangoman69

      Chain breaking caused me no end of pain last year, thankfully all sorted now

  11. There may be a detour on my way home from lunch - via the ice cream shop

  12. I am extremely happy to announce as of 11.42 this morning I became a proud Grandfather to a healthy baby boy. Daughter and son doing well, I am so elated! :)

  13. is going to attempt making the Christmas cake this year

    1. Tangoman69

      Tangoman69

      You're cutting it fine, should have been made ages ago, and 'fed' regularly

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  14. Certa Cito

    1. Tangoman69

      Tangoman69

      Spent 18 years in the Signals, Dave & Derek, my mates, were taken very violently in 1988. Especially remembering them today

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  15. Whizzing up the ECML from KX to Durham. It's bloody boring in the dark!

    1. Tangoman69

      Tangoman69

      Didn't stop, but having 2 mins in York.

      Plenty of sprinters catching a few zzz's

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  16. Whizzing up the ECML from KX to Durham. It's bloody boring in the dark!

  17. Does anyone actually, truthfully, honestly, enjoy barbecued food?

  18. Line of Duty ....totally excellent drama well done BBC

  19. Just been given the go ahead from SWMBO to convert the garage into a fully insulated railway room, get in!

  20. Just been given the go ahead from SWMBO to convert the garage into a fully insulated railway room, get in!

    1. Tangoman69

      Tangoman69

      It's only taken 18 years of gentle persuasion!

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  21. What a sh1te year so far! Smashed my elbow just before NYE, six weeks away from driving as a result, to find out someone had raised a grievance against me whilst away from the office, and to top it off my Dad died yesterday. Bring on 2017!!

  22. Is operating a scalpel whilst drinking Old Peculiar a good idea?

    1. Tangoman69

      Tangoman69

      2nd bottle cracked, not a sign of claret..........yet!

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