Early Risers.

[Gwiwer]

Many Happy Returns to Aditi.

And also from here

[PhilJ W]

Morning all from Estuary-Land. A few desultory bangs last night but not as noisy as Saturday evening. Traces of the mist and fog earlier this morning but the frost still adorns the car but should be gone by the time I go out. Thats it for now, be back later.

[PhilJ W]

Many Happy Returns to Aditi.

And from me.

[emt_911]

Morning all. Well, my short working day yesterday wasn't. After having a couple of faults that took ages to find and rectify, I eventually got in just after it became today.

 

A late start for me today before I head off to the Midlands again until Wednesday night.

 

Many Happy Returns to Aditi from me as well.

 

Time for another coffee before playing dodgems on the motorways.

 

Have a good day everyone.

[Happy Hippo]

Have now spoken to the supplier from Widnes about their advice of decoder for my new H class. They said that is "very difficult" to fit (I'd say impossible) - so much so that they now recommend a different decoder. To be fair to them they apologised and offered to take mine back but I've used it in another loco.

Get rid of it and go 7mm.........

 

You know you really want to.

 

Wooden spoon dropped and submerging back into Muddy Hollow (forward)

[grandadbob]

Richard, my two companions at Wycrail will tell you that I was looking rather longingly at a Dapol Terrier. If I hadn't spent so much time and money on OO it would be even more tempting.

[Gwiwer]

Get rid of it and go 7mm.........

 

You know you really want to.

 

Wooden spoon dropped and submerging back into Muddy Hollow (forward)

Ah. That would explain the loud crash-thump from Neighbours (Upstairs) just now. They of the nocturnal hippopotamus festival variety.

 

I had assumed one had misjudged the boundary of their sleeping hollow and had rolled out

[Happy Hippo]

Richard, my two companions at Wycrail will tell you that I was looking rather longingly at a Dapol Terrier. If I hadn't spent so much time and money on OO it would be even more tempting.

I finally bit the bullet, and am now slowly disposing of my 4mm fleet.

 

It is not as hard as it seems.

 

Lovely sunny day here today, but household administration, including some wallpaper hanging, will see off any attempt at engineering works on the railway until the OFMC arrive here this evening.

[Horsetan]

I am currently gently encouraging her to get ready so we can have the Full Irish Breakfast!

... with Guinness?

[AndrewC]

Morning all from the boring borough. Not nearly as noisy as previous years. I think all the idiots used up their fire sticks early this year. Back safely from 2 days of playing trains in Zummerzet. Despite the closure of bits of the A303 the drive home was an hour faster than the trip out on Friday. The module behaved itself as did the locomotive fleet. One dodgy coupler trip pin was the only maintenance required. Next outing in March. 

 

Many happy returns to Aditi. 

 

That be about it from here. Enjoy the day. 

[The Stationmaster]

Morning all,

 

Happy birthday Aditi and I trust Tony will get his/has got his Full Irish breakfast.  I sincerely hope it is much nearer to 'full' than the allegedly 'full English Breakfast' offered at the hotel where we stayed in Sidmouth - quite how anyone has the cheek to so describe when it doesn't even include back pudding and comes with only one rasher of bacon is beyond my understanding.

 

 

Take care on the country 'roads' tonight Baz, there are one or two nasty bends up that way, especially between Highmoor and Stoke Row - and some of last night's slipperiness might not have cleared up in that area by this evening although it is supposed to be warmer tonight.  Oddly The Crooked Billet is the one pub in that vicinity I have never visited even tho' it lies less (just) than 7 miles from the front door of Stationmaster Towers - have a  good evening.

 

No daily orders have been posted muttered as yet so my fingers remain crossed for an opportunity to continue with various calculations and measurements to enable a meaningful discussion at some time in the future with a chap based in Lydney.

 

Have a good day one and all.

[Horsetan]

..... I trust Tony will get his/has got his Full Irish breakfast.  I sincerely hope it is much nearer to 'full' than the allegedly 'full English Breakfast' offered at the hotel where we stayed in Sidmouth - quite how anyone has the cheek to so describe when it doesn't even include back pudding and comes with only one rasher of bacon is beyond my understanding......

 

Fried bread?

[Happy Hippo]

My Lord Bishop!

 

it might be kicking off about Peco track yet again.

 

Avert your eyes please.

[TheQ]

Note, to self,

when you are in a hurry and need some sustenance. Don't choose Hot and Spicy soup...

[jamie92208]

Good morning all, just been having a scroll through this thread - and what a pleasant and gentle introduction to the day it is. By means of introduction, I am fortunate to live in a lovely corner of Somerset - not a million miles from the WSR. I model (late) WR steam and (mainly) early diesel hydraulics on a branch line setting - plenty of work to be done on the layout yet though.....

 

The sun's out today, but it looks chilly. Sainsbury's beckons this morning, doubtless followed by a visit to Caffe Nero for "the usual Steve?".......

 

Keep well, cheerful and happy modelling!

 

Steve

 

Welcome to the strange world of ER's Steve.  I hope that we will hear more from you n the future.   Also Happy Birthday to Aditi, and Rick I hope that your travels are not too badly effected by the little incident at Wombletown this morning though it could be a subject for photography.

 

Jamie

[Horsetan]

...Don't choose Hot and Spicy soup...

 

Hot and Sour Soup is quite good, though.

[Purley Oaks]

... with Guinness?

surely you mean Irish whiskey to decorate the porridge? Hope Aditi has a happy day, too!

 

Morning all

 

Sunny, bright and chilly here but no frost. Well we are by the sea, after all.

 

Fireworks for the last three nights but most finished by 9pm so not bad at all.

 

One of our neighbours had an art exhibition of her work over the weekend; picked up a very nice charcoal and pastel etching of Salisbury Crags, ready-framed. Looks very nice and is very evocative.

 

Hope your Mondays go well

 

Mal

[The Lurker]

.  Our brand of church does not have purgatory in it's belief system.  However I am now convinced that the construction of Slater's bogies is a replacement for purgatory and that I have to pay the penance to progress to better places.   Hopefully my cunning plan of spending this afternoon getting some more bogie completed on a Sunday afternoon will pay off.  I will report later.

 

Regards to all.

 

Jamie

hopefully not directly from the afterlife

[Horsetan]

....Our brand of church does not have purgatory in it's belief system.  ....

 

Why not!???

[Tony_S]

Breakfast was as full as you wanted it to be. No fried bread. I think the potato boxty is the replacement here. Unlimited toast though. Now looking at paintings in the National Gallery.

[Ian Abel]

Welcome to ER Steve - you don't have to be crazy to fit in here... BUT IT HELPS

 

Happy birthday Aditi

 

 

Morning - POE day for me too, as we leave for the UK tonight - YAY!

 

Yesterday was a MISTAKE, in that I spent nearly an hour installing the new security light at the rental house - NOT a good thing to be doing with the temp at ZERO. Result is I have a bit of a sore throat now, just in time to travel for 8 hours

Nothing else of note for Sunday, mostly organizing and gathering carp for the trip, Mrs panicking over being sure she has the right stuff, blah, blah...

 

One quiet day of work today, then off to the airport around 8, Jemma providing the taxi service Tomorrow we wake (if we manage to sleep on the plane) at Heathrow.

 

-5 and partly sunny here this morning taking the route-march yet again to retrieve the newspaper  supposed to reach a heady +1 for the high!

 

Enjoy the day one and all.

[newbryford]

POE to visit the tooth wrangler.

Two old fillings replaced.

Just going through the numb/pins and needles in my lower lip as the anaesthetic wears off. 

 

Mrs NB returns in a couple of hours after nearly two weeks away. Major tidy/clean up in progress.

 

Back later.

 

Cheers,

Mick

[jamie92208]

POE to visit the tooth wrangler.

Two old fillings replaced.

Just going through the numb/pins and needles in my lower lip as the anaesthetic wears off. 

 

Mrs NB returns in a couple of hours after nearly two weeks away. Major tidy/clean up in progress.

 

Back later.

 

Cheers,

Mick

 

Try my way of assessing your efforts.  When SWMBO has been away the kids ask me what was the score on her return.  This is the number of sins of omission and commission pointed out to me between her getting out of the car and getting through the front door.   Par is three.  I have occasionally had a birdie and even an eagle but usually I am well down the leader board.

 

Jamie

[Horsetan]

Try my way of assessing your efforts.  When SWMBO has been away the kids ask me what was the score on her return.  This is the number of sins of omission and commission pointed out to me between her getting out of the car and getting through the front door.   Par is three.  I have occasionally had a birdie and even an eagle but usually I am well down the leader board.

 

Double-bogey?

[Barry O]

A nice walk from Hurley to Marlow via the path beside the Thames. Lunch at the George and Dragon.

 

Driver tonight is an ex met police driving instructor so hopefully should be ok.

 

Back later..

 

Baz