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Down Down - Status Quo

I know its one of ours, but I don't think the level of armour plate would help protect it if a rocket-firing Typhoon had misidentified it. And if it were Typhoon proof, it probably wouldn't be able to move under its own steam...

Burp!

Or a Peco with extras.

You've obviously got a "lived-in" head!

And tomorrow I might be trotting off to Chester to view Pete Watermans latest effort at the Cathedral.

Generally speaking I don't open the door unless the caller is expected and validated. Especially for gents with a dodgy Swiss accent, they might be cold calling for Dignitas.....

Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley and His Comets (An oldie but not particularly goody...)

I'm having fissionchips for tea this evening...... drooling in anticipation

Nowadays it might have been published as "350HP Shunters For Dummies"... 🤪 I've another book on diesel loco usage of a similar vintage somewhere, hardcovered with a beige cover and many times thicker than the shunter booklet. However I can't remember what it's called or where it is.... 🙄

Its equally galling when you realise the smile wasn't because she liked you.... You should grab all that wrinklyhood offers with both hands, because we deserve it! From 60 I had a Merseytravel bus pass, valid on not just buses in the Merseytravel region but the ferries (but not "river cruises") and the trains, even as far as Chester... After arriving at 66, the bus component also extended nationally, which was handy for my holiday in York last week!

I've just located my copy of "The Diesel Electric Shunting Locomotive (Simply Explained)" by Thomas H. Terry, Price 7/6 (Or 8/- post free!), 2nd Edition 1961. The chapter entitled "Emergency Propulsion Start" commences on page 74 and details the measures to be taken to "bump start" a loco with a dead battery. In essence the steps are: Master key ON Reverser opposite to direction of travel Emergency starting switch to left (knifeswitch late 3000 down) Contactor operating stick lifted as far as it will go Lubricating pump in operation The speed of the assisting engine/locomotive 4 MPH and rail sanded for 30 yards to obviate wheels picking up. When the engine fires, the contactor lifting stick must be lowered sharply and removed, reverser set to OFF and the emergency start switch set to normal. Interesting stuff....

Apparently it is possible to assemble an original mini shell inside a "New Mini". Obviously the seats need removing first! As for size, its not just the new mini thats bloated. Some Fiat 500s seem even larger...

Only four more days of the Lympics.... Sunday evening can't come soon enough!

Overall good? Eh?🤔 Looks like its been severely mauled and kept in a dust-rich environment. Then there's the completely missing motion work ON BOTH SIDES. I don't think I'd even take it off him for free, if only to give it a decent burial.....

You forgot the Sack Race!

I'm still disappointed that Readers Digest didn't produce a Condensed Book version...

If the LMS could call a Patriot the Duke of Sutherland and a Princess Coronation the Duchess of Sutherland, I'm sure Fuch Hall could be a Modified Hall. Ideally on the first Bachmann effort, which was completely fuched...

Flinging back the curtains, it looks sunny with a few random clouds. The seaweed wranglers predict a comfortable 19C... Time for brekky! ION After yesterdays outburst it seems that Mr Musk of the sochialmeeja platform x, formerly twitter, really has lost his marbles. He's now going to sue companies for withdrawing their advertising from his rancid platform. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn47798gxx4o

Yes, the 900 calorie a day diet. Normally only fed to slave workers...

Amazing stuff...

I've seen a number of them before https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eq1t01DSDeo&pp=ygUWdG95YWggYW5kIHJvYmVydCBmcmlwcA%3D%3D She's still got a good pair of lungs on her!

It depends on the fish in the fingers... But it has to have lashings of tomato sauce, none of this marmite or tartare sauce malarky!

Speaking of minis, saw a proper one on the M56 on Friday. So tiny amongst all the other motorway traffic! I don't think I'd like to travel in modern traffic in one, even in a town, though parking might be a bit easier....

Normally its just the tender thats displayed back to front. 🤔 As for the description... 🤪