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Thanks for that, my memory isn't all it should be sometimes. I do seem to recall reading that Bedford was actually part of the Eastern Counties area until transferred to United Counties, but I think that was in the late 1950s? I known one of the car dealers I worked for was based on the site of the old Bedford bus station prior to the Greyfriars one opening in the 1960s.

Ah yes, the 128 - wasn't that the service from Cambridge to Oxford that replaced the rail service, but apart from Bedford & Bletchley didn't call at anywhere the railway served - or was that the 131? I think it was the bus services in the area that persuaded me to spend the first 15 years of my working life in the motor trade, at least I got the use of a company car, Swiss Toni

To paraphrase what I think he is saying is that 'the more beauty you attach to finescale modelling the more disturbing it is that you are critical of the way others undertake their scratchbuiding' - alternatively it may all just be bullsh1t. M.R.J Page

Misread that as FLF, thought we were back to Bristol buses again. Need to go back to Sexpavers. For Clive one from Essex as well - Not sure what a Der Blingfang is - Essex name for a gold tooth crown??

They were still supplying goods in the second week of January as I received the two wagon kits I ordered - however the quality of the whitemetal parts in particular was not up to the usual standard, compared to kits I have received previously. Looks like they could have come from the rejects bin. Given the usual way with these things, modellers who are owed monies will usually be well down the creditors pecking order and as they were a limited company, there is likely to be only limited recovery action that can be taken against their one director.. Interestingly their listing at companies house indicates a change in company secretary only a couple of weeks before their entry into receivership.

There is quite a long thread about this on the Narrow Gauge Forum area in RMWeb, which gives some additional information you may find useful. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/132079-gem-ceased-trading/

Sir Duckship - Yesterday I attended the QACC for my three monthly review where I was told I was NFN. (Quick Access Chest Clinic & Normal For Norfolk) Strange, I don't live there - yet!

Also including 'unusual' words or phrases in reports & briefing notes just to check if they were actually being read. Mad as Cheese

As I always said during my audit career 'never let the facts stand in the way of a good recommendation', Mr Wiseguy

Personally I prefer the 'Mafia' approach, only speak to people individually and where you can't be overheard. Then you can play them off against one another or deny everything. Works far better than Farcebook broadcast messaging. E. B'stard Edit for sticky 't'

I seem to be building discontinued wagon kits at the moment. Just ready for the paint shop is an LNER fitted vent van built from a long discontinued Freightman kits to which additional brakegear detailing has been added. I had just started a Just Like The Real Thing (JLTRT) Cambrian 2 plank open kit, when Pete Waterman announced he was putting the business into receivership, so it has now become another discontinued kit! The plastic spacers on the inside of the open are to stop my fat fingers crushing the resin sides.

I seem to be building discontinued wagon kits at the moment. Just ready for the paint shop is an LNER fitted vent van built from a long discontinued Freightman kits to which additional brakegear detailing has been added. I had just started a Just Like The Real Thing (JLTRT) Cambrian 2 plank open kit, when Pete Waterman announced he was putting the business into receivership, so it has now become another discontinued kit! The plastic spacers on the inside of the open are to stop my fat fingers crushing the resin sides.

I seem to be building discontinued wagon kits at the moment. Just ready for the paint shop is an LNER fitted vent van built from a long discontinued Freightman kit to which additional brakegear detailing has been added. I had just started a Just Like The Real Thing (JLTRT) Cambrian 2 plank open kit, when Pete Waterman announced he was putting the business into receivership, so it has now become another discontinued kit! The plastic spacers on the inside of the open are to stop my fat fingers crushing the resin sides.

What about kedgeree or a morning muffin? S. Haddock

Unfortunately as all my knowledge of the German language has been gained from dubious German media, it is limited to phrases I couldn't possibly repeat on here Having majored on science based subjects at school, languages didn't feature in my O-level studies. Dr Frankenfuter

Or to loosely translate 'Old House delicious offal & flesh' Can't tell if this, like Fray Bentos steak pies comes with that special ingredient - Urea (Urine, bullocks for the use of)

I've blown it up and occasionally use it as a screensaver to frighten small children,

Like many things these days, they seem much smaller than in the my rampant heyday, S. Martie

Strange, I've had a dose of that today too, Izal

Not quite the level of the late 1980s when if I remember correctly the ABC figures showed the Railway Modeller regularly at around 90k and occasionally over 100k. However there was limited competition in the 'general' model railway magazine market, Model Railway Constructor had gone, Your Model Railway was coming to the end of it's life span and Practical Model Railways had problems with it's production values. We had to wait until the early 1990s for BRM and Model Railways Illustrated (which then disappeared).

Unfortunately my current health issues preclude the occasional spliff - I never inhaled though and while we are about it I never had s*x with that woman either W. Clinton

Sad to say, Captain wasn't the best performer, although she didn't look too bad so was turned into a static exhibit . She did like having her wheels rubbed with a soft pencil to aid conductivity.

Yes, the thing with the big black rubber in the background. Unfortunately I have a habit of looking at the 'wrong' bits in photos. This may include looking at somewhat dubious pictures of nefarious activity that appear on the internet occasionally and noting where they were taken from the type of electrical sockets in the background!!

I seem to remember the shop on Wendover Drive was Angela's but changed it's name to something else, before closing. That secondhand Lima class 33 you bought may have been mine as I traded in a large quantity of Lima there, when I needed some money for girls, drink etc. The shop on the other end of Tavistock Street was Gascoigne's I think, was very good for large scale car, bike and some USA truck kits.