TheSignalEngineer

According to the label on the Sticky Toffee Pudding I think I'm turning into a family of four.

Gone a bit quiet around here, appently the natives are watching some tribal conflict between St. Mark's West Gorton and Newton Heath LYR.

The object of the present task is to glue some whitemetal clasp brake shoes to the secondhand pipe wagon I acquired recently. Result so far is three in place, the other firmly fixed between my thumb and forefinger. Good job I'm proficient with the left-handed scalpel.

Just spotted Boris. (The RMweb one, not the PM)

Planned to tidy the allotment today. Still, never mind, kitchen painted and 3 vans weathered so far.

Why in this country do we pay over a million people not to work then expect volunteers to run all sorts of things for free?

Started reading the Bachmann press releases but my wallet pocket got too painful

Me 1, Floor Fairy 0. Just found that 2mm diameter chain connecting link I lost last week.

Hacked off with hearing about the Leveson Inquiry.

Hacked off with hearing about the Leveson Inquiry.

Seed sowing or modelling? Suppose as it's warm in the potting shed it has to be the seeds.

Metal wheels arrived - could be a lot of plastic ones on Ebay next week.

The drill bit fairy strikes again. Used it on Friday, Saturday, couldn't find it on Sunday. Just mysteriously turned up today.

Has backache and feels 95 today after 2 days of hobby room tidying ready for a new project.

Praise be for photo manipulation software. Scanned a lot of old slides then realised one group were backwards

18 minutes in the Post Office queue then 10 seconds for the transaction.

Am I in the right month? Still using our own tomatoes and salads, strawberries just turning red, honeysuckle in flower, blossom coming out on the ornamental cherry. Surely not on the edge of the Pennines in December.

Financial authority for trackwork on new layout granted. Better spend it quick.

Just back from a night ride from Hadfield to Woodhead with the ghosts of Valehouse, Torside and Crowden - awesome

Strange glow in the sky over the Pennines. It's rumoured that the sun may put in an appearance, but I probably wouldn't recognise it if I saw it

Comes to something when travelling on the Birmingham Cross City line is a pleasant interlude

Four hours of underfloor diesels in one day is more than anyone should have to put up with.

Four hours of underfloor diesels in one day is more than anyone should have to put up with.

Pennine weather this afternoon - can forget any ideas of gardening and get on with the modelling.

Would like a 'Super D' to pull his coal train.