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For those who have never seen Philomena cunk before I urge you to watch the program, the above will make sense when you see the show, she first appeared in Charlie bookers weekly wipe as a roving reporter meeting ‘experts’ and generally just leaving them exasperated with her inane questions

What era are we talking about, the only OHLE inspection coach that springs to mind is mentor which is still running or are we talking before that

famous last words! in a stange twist ive been asked to refresh class 37 and DBSO as GBRf have now also taken over some more of the network rail test trains starting in a few weeks time. interesting times ahead by the looks of it now i just need to let them know i sign the NMT

Just one from yesterday, humberstone road in leicester same job again today with the same loco

To be honest the bit that made me smile about the burgler story was he’s 85 and his wife is 57, the dirty old dawg!!

TBH i think it works best if you dont scroll down to it

That will be Maurice Hill’s at burton west yard, handles containers for Argos at Barton under needwood amongst other things

Possession last night in ambergate 66725 up front at the end it was out to duffield to the worksite marker boards Where a freightliner was waiting to head into the worksite And in it went and I went off to Toton with my train and off to a hotel, back in tonight with a tank train from Toton to Landor st then a change of plan the rest of the week and 3 mountsorrel trains but working them from Doncaster so another 2 nights in a hotel, so apart from tomorrow morning I’m not home til Friday!

Oooh, didn’t see that coming! Watching with interest and funds depending once a price is known I may partake!

thats pretty much the long and short of it, i got a call from the police asking for the reg of my car (actually my wifes), asked who was driving (me) and told id be recieving a NIP (not had it yet after 5 weeks) as would the other driver too the 2nd policeman i spoke to was far more pleasant than the first and said it may get dropped as its not in the public interest and also if it did go to court as i submitted the footage myself (knowing it wouldnt show me in a good light) i may just get a warning as i submitted it regards the assault, thing is i could have not sent the footage in to save face but whats to say this guy doesnt do it regualrly but uses intimidation and his size to get away with it by bullying other drivers, if one person is willing to stand up to such a nasty bastard to show him he cant get away with it (despite shooting myself in the foot) he may think twice about his driving (probably not in reality, lets be honest!) its just a waiting game really, ive got my union solicitor on the end of the hotline just in case!

Live and learn! Funny thing was at the time the police called me to tell me what would happen I was in Halfords buying a new dashcam with front and back view and on the way home the car in front of me at some lights cut up another and both drivers got out and started having a fight in the middle of the road! the worlds gone mad and I put my blinkers on, never saw a thing!

ill agree with the above, remember the other week when i got assaulted on the way to work by another driver, i uploaded the footage to the police website of the other driver cutting across 3 lanes of traffic at a roundabout narrowly missing the front of my car (he also had a newborn baby in the passenger seat in a baby carrier), unfortuantly for me i didnt just let it go, take a deep breath and carry on, i stupidly pulled up along side and got out only to be confronted by a bloody big boxer looking guy who punched me and started pushing me backwards, i hastily got back in the car and called the police to report id been assaulted, went to a+e etc to be checked over where he punched me as i was begining to ache the result of it all the other driver can be heard aggressively shouting at me on the footage but as the assualt can't be seen i was advised to drop it as there is no evidence so he has got away with assault BUT as i crossed a white line at the next set of red lights where i got out of the car i've been told to expect a summons for dangerous driving for ignoring a red light in hindsight i should have just stopped behind him to get his reg no and stayed in the car but hindsight is a wonderful thing!

Really pleased with myself today as I replaced the thermostat on the cooper, I’m not mechanically minded at all so was chuffed with myself that I managed it with no bits left over! also cleared the airlock and while I had the airbox off to do the thermostat I took the K&N induction kit off the convertible and put it on the cooper S, sounds nice combined with the supercharger! getting it in next week for the new brakes to be fitted, quoted £100 labour to fit discs and pads all round which is gonna be a worthwhile spend to be done properly in a matter of hours rather than me make a mess of it and take days! looking forward to getting it out on the road now!

Odin update: he’s itching to get outside but hasn’t had his jabs yet so we can’t let him out, you have to be so careful opening the door when you come in from work as he hears you and hides by the coats next to the door and tried to make a run for it he’s such a content car now, only problem is around 8pm most nights he has a moment and runs round the house like a lunatic before crashing out on your lap!

I insulated my shed with 25mm thick kingspan insulation between the uprights with a slight air gap behind them, over that I then put plywood ‘walls’ over the top electrically i I had a supply fed through one wall to a pair of sockets off which I ran LED lights via a 240 plug the whole thing js now defunct anyway as I’ve moved into the garage with the layout

Yeah, what he said! the points are actually completely removed at the moment

Some from today, 66s passing through coleshill GWR 57 passing saltley Old and new boxes Then after a trip to mountsorrel I had to fuel a loco in hams hall resident 08 nice little job Crewe to nuneaton later then a possession on Sunday

Just one from last night, crewe to bicester with 66737 mountsorrel tomorrow

Got some underlay from B&Q earlier to finish the utility room area, while I was there I noticed a couple of packs of wood laminate flooring in the clearance reduced to £12, only needed 2 packs so grabbed them while I was there as well as some green insulated underlay Really pleased with it, going to grab some skirting later to get that room finished, got a spare sheet of flooring to go through the doorway when I’m ready the main room is going to be carpeted

I’ve got the power!! Lots of plugs Workbench area in utility room flourecent light in that area and 2 security lights outside gonna finish the floor tomorrow hopefully

Just a couple from Landor st

Just one from yesterday, 66755 waiting it’s wagons I mountsorrel should have the same loco today as far as leicester

appologies for linking to the daily fail but this video was from the wedding we went to at the weekend of our good friends liam and francesca up in silloth, always the entertainer liam's groom speech was never going to be a simple affair! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6665731/Disney-loving-groom-SINGS-ten-minute-medley-classic-tunes-including-Frozen-Toy-Story-wife.html we certainly had a cracking night at the reception and the speech was something to savour first hand

As The electrician will be done tomorrow I’ve started to think about the layout and how I’m going to do that im thinking of having kitchen base units along 2, possibly 3 walls of the room so I can get plenty of storage space in there but instead of worktops have a baseboard running along the top instead that will act as the lower storage sidings so I can have all my rolling stock out to use and build the layout about 8-12 inch above that (or whatever feels comfortable to work on/view) with a helix rising up from the sidings to layout level