RMweb Premium Popular Post Gwiwer Posted January 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2020 Evening all. House of Fun was duly attended. Some chaos caused by an incident in the Balcombe area blocking the Brighton Main for much of the morning. We didn't get the full details but there is one less person sharing the planet with us tonight although the language used suggested circumstances differed to the too-often heard "person struck by train". After feeling around 70% there I came home, had a bit of a rest then consulted the quack. I won a blue inhaler, a reasonably thorough check-up, a blood test a month hence largely to check uric acid levels, a lung function test at that time to ensure there is no trend towards asthma and if the bloods are ok then I can have some Allopurinol for the rest of my days. Except I can't. There are reasons why I cannot take it. When the time comes I need to discuss those further if I am to be offered ongoing preventive medication to head off further gout attacks. I checked our booking for next Friday's Paddington - Penzance jaunt which will see us spending the weekend with friends in the far south-west. We have assigned seats. The train is two 5-car Marrow units of which only the front one continues beyond Plymouth. And guess which unit, assuming correct formation, our seats are booked in? You couldn't make it up! If the formation isn't correct then no doubt many other passengers will find themselves in the wrong half of the train. SWMBO arranged a supermarket delivery yesterday to be helpful. If you know the advert which concludes "We haven't yet mastered online shopping, have we?" as the poor actor is being deluged by carrots then this was the opposite. "Loose" vegetables being priced by the kilogram seemed to be an issue. What arrived was one potato, one carrot, one onion and - remarkably - one solitary sprout!!! She thought she had ordered one kilo of each. I managed to book a top-up order today which rectified any deficiency and added a few items she overlooked. Such as the key ingredient for the morning's toast. So now the weekend awaits following a session of eyelid inspection. All the best and see you in the morning. 7 2 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post New Haven Neil Posted January 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 24, 2020 1 hour ago, JohnDMJ said: Good Evening! After another day of "I'm 75 years old and I've decided to build a model railway" (no, I'm not making it up!), it's time to chill before wondering, in 60 hours' tome, where the weekend went. Only, it'll seem like yesterday! Must be the season for it - had loads of those this week - the leader was 84..... I drive away for lunch, same reasons! Worse when you're the boss in fact. When I'm out of range everyone manages just fine! 3 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted January 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 23/01/2020 at 14:01, Ian Abel said: I can confirm for those who were asking, the Delta announcement made her quite happy, though she did mention that some of the senior captains are getting silly amounts in the region of $50,000 AFTER TAXES! . How's this: "In comparison, the starting salary for captains at German rival Lufthansa is €144,000, which rises to €170,000 with additional flight hours and profit sharing. Top-level captains earn a fixed salary of about €240,000, rising to €285,000 with the additional pay benefits." https://www.ft.com/content/dccfd6d6-d3e1-11e9-8367-807ebd53ab77 - that equates to $314,298 before tax...... A nice little earner, I 'd say..... 1 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerburnie Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 G'night all 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Evenin'all Work finished for the week, beer and food consumed - all is well with the world; hope it's the same for all ERs. Min mi bed and expecting to be surveying the inside of mi eyelids soon. Goodnight. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I'm always very happy that captains make good money, don't want him/her upset at 30000' Give 'em what they want! Which means I'm in a good mood, always better after rising late - elevens's become twelves's and lunch is at last over at 2.15 local time and most of my correspondence has been attended to. Time to relax! Brian. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted January 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2020 Evening awl, just back from. The MRC where millennia of erosion to place in a few seconds due to the application of a large rip saw. About 37ft of hill top eroded rapidly, leaving behind minor hillocks which look much more appropriate. Another club transportable unit to entertain both members and the public is just about complete, discussions are taking place about what to keep a bunch of mostly OAPs busy with next. . It will. Be a Picard railway...eNgauge... 6 inches The keel problems have been solved, the problem was caused by having lost 6inches from the length of the keel (span) during the many iterations of redesign. This was realised just before endex at work today, the restored 6inches gives room for about 30kg of ballast, and puts the trim tab pivot behind me rather than up my......... Adding to the span means the keel is thicker,as the aerofoil width is 12% of the span which will make it more stable and give room for wider spaced keel bolts. Both added width and length, mean I don't have enough timber to construct the core of the keel tomorrow. Muggachoccy has been consumed, so I bid you awl goodnight... 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted January 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2020 Last night just as I was getting to sleep, the downstairs smoke low battery warning alarm sounded! Why do they always go late at night? So out of bed I gets, unplugs the duff battery, puts duff battery beside the telephone and then goes back into bed. A new battery was fitted after breakfast. 1 1 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BSW01 Posted January 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2020 Good evening everyone My various shopping trips this morning were all successful, I even managed to secure myself the very last pastie. After dinner I finished making the fruit tea loaf I’d started last night and then sat and read a couple of model railway magazines, as there wasn’t really enough time to do any soldering, but I’ve got all day tomorrow for that. James and Amelia came round for tea, which was nice. We hadn’t seen them for a couple of weeks so it was great to catch up. Goodnight all 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2020 8 minutes ago, BSW01 said: Why do they always go late at night? Nearly expired battery, cooler at night, slightly lower voltage perhaps. 6 3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2020 Goodnight all. 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted January 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2020 4 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Wish I had £465,000 http://rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-88570877.html Just realised after looking at the pics that its still got the very long platform. A few coaches would make a great layout room. 6 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 25, 2020 G'night all 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted January 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2020 4 hours ago, JohnDMJ said: After another day of "I'm 75 years old and I've decided to build a model railway" (no, I'm not making it up!) I'm 72 and 12 months ago I started to build a model railway (well, MPD). Since it's all handbuilt I'll be lucky to finish it by the time I'm 75! Mind you, I do have most of the locomotives already built. Survived the invasion of the Muddy Hollow gang today, chiefly by bribing them with chocolate biscuits. Have a quiet and peaceful weekend all. Dave 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2020 8 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: Wot you need is panniers. You can get them in green if required. Or diesels. Also available in green and a multitude of other colours. 3 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted January 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2020 4 hours ago, JohnDMJ said: Good Evening! After another day of "I'm 75 years old and I've decided to build a model railway" (no, I'm not making it up!) We get plenty of those as well! 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 3 hours ago, polybear said: - that equates to $314,298 before tax...... Doing some quick sums, assuming a tax rate of 30%, (I'm guessing here) a bonus of $50k (after taxes) which is equivalent to two months salary, comes out to an annual salary of about $430k, so if accurate, those senior Delta pilots are doing very well indeed. 6 7 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, BSW01 said: Why do they always go late at night? Something to do with quantum entanglement probably. 1 1 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ozexpatriate Posted January 25, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2020 5 hours ago, JohnDMJ said: After another day of "I'm 75 years old and I've decided to build a model railway" (no, I'm not making it up!), ... 3 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: Must be the season for it - had loads of those this week - the leader was 84..... 20 minutes ago, newbryford said: We get plenty of those as well! I ask out of ignorance, is that a bad thing? Are septuagenarians awkward customers? Surely it means more business for someone? Once upon a time (when a Hornby Collector Club member) I would see lots of letters from people along the lines of "I've returned to the hobby after many years" or "my wife thought I needed a hobby and bought me a trainset" etc. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 4 minutes ago, AndyID said: Something to do with quantum entanglement probably. Occam's Razor suggests Sod's Law. 1 1 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium BR60103 Posted January 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2020 14 hours ago, leopardml2341 said: Another thing I've done since Ch*****as is tried, and generally succeeded, to drink more fluids. Trouble is, more in = more out...... I believe that's called the trickle down theory. 5 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post BR60103 Posted January 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2020 I managed to persuade SWMBO that we could go to the railway shop after coffee. I needed a new mitre box as the old one has developed an extra-wide slot. One model available -- aluminum (or similar) with only 90 and 45 degree cuts -- no 60. Home again and none of my razor saws reach to the bottom of the slot. (They were selling it also in a package with razor saw!) We also visited a British Grocer and Bed Bath and Begone. Weather changed to wet just as we started our walk, so we went to covered premises. Temperature to go down a bit, too. 3 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Barry O Posted January 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 25, 2020 Had a lie in after cricket attendance last night. Visiteda local farmers market..excellent fruit available. Now having a mugacaff before venturing out again. Its a hard life going walkabout! Baz 21 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDMJ Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Morning (I think!) Probably a bit more eyelid inspection to go, though. 3 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: I'm 72 and 12 months ago I started to build a model railway (well, MPD). Since it's all handbuilt I'll be lucky to finish it by the time I'm 75! Mind you, I do have most of the locomotives already built. Dave But you know what you're doing! 3 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said: I ask out of ignorance, is that a bad thing? Are septuagenarians awkward customers? Surely it means more business for someone? Once upon a time (when a Hornby Collector Club member) I would see lots of letters from people along the lines of "I've returned to the hobby after many years" or "my wife thought I needed a hobby and bought me a trainset" etc. It's not septuagenarians per se, more the older 'first timers' new to the hobby, more the second type you mention! 11 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 1 hour ago, BR60103 said: Bed Bath and Begone Will be gone soon, or so they say. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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