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Morning all from a rather dull Estuary-Land. GDB, your not the only one to fall asleep in the armchair, problem is when you wake up something is always numb or stiff (I mean the neck for all those with smutty thoughts). Chris, tea contains more caffine than coffee, and caffine can also push your BP up. Tesco's vouchers arrived at the weekend so its time for a 'big shop' though a couple of the vouchers are for things that I don't buy/never use so they are virtually useless. Thats it for now, be back later.

Goodnight all.

Well bang goes the Knighthood when the Queen gets to hear of this. Oh just a minute...

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Not having a SWMBO I do not get a list of chores to do so no third degree either. Neil, Fraggle Rock is going to feature in Panorama tonight, some financial naughtiness going on. Welcome to Steve our newest recruit, we don't bite but some ER's can be a bit accident prone.

The same colour (Anglia estate) as mine as well. I do have the Nissan Prairie model although it is of the home market model with 7 seats as opposed to the 5 seat export model like mine. There are several good models in that range for those who model S scale including a late 50's/early 60's Hillman Minx which was built under licence in Japan as was the Austin A50 but I am not aware of any models of those.

And from me.

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.

Goodnight all.

Are they going to be working? (He asks tongue in cheek.)

I seem to have owned an eclectic number of cars that are unlikely to be modelled in my favourite 1/76 scale. The Anglia estate, Suzuki SJ410 jeep and the Nissan Praire amongst others.

The term is now outdated, it belongs to an era when the future for railways looked a lot brighter, but then along came Beeching....

So thats why I never became an F1 driver, I'm (or was) 6' 3" tall.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Bright, sunny but cold sums it up hereabouts. Chris, I've given up on supermarket leaf tea as they simply do not stock the type (large leaf) that I require. A while ago Mel suggested the Wee Tea Company and since then I have purchased my tea from them. Fortunately the Battle of the Somme ceased just after nine last night, hopefully the predicted rain will arrive in time to dampen down things a bit. Thats it for now, be back later.

Goodnight all.

Continental N is 1/160 compared to British N which is 1/148.

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Evening all from Battle of the Somme Estuary-Land. Well it certainly sounds as if there's a battle going on. Nice to hear from Debs again and Tony seems to be enjoying himself in Dublin, I might even consider spending a week or two there myself next year.

The problem with articulation at high speeds is braking, fewer wheelsets means less braking power. The Gresley articulated stock is a case in point, special powerful braking systems had to be developed for it. Most of the problems fortunately can now be overcome by modern brake technology but 80 years ago was quite an achievement.

Its very difficult to compare the risks to life and limb between different sports. It is only comparitively recently that football and rugby players can suffer debilitating brain injuries in pursuit of their sport many of which have only manifested themselves in later life.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Woke up this morning to the sound of rain on the roof, it had stopped by the time I'd got up but is not predicted to clear until after lunch. Not a lot to do today except the shopping, be back later.

Goodnight all.

Proper grain tippers were special bodies. Like a railway grain wagon they were covered with loading hatches in the roof. The principle difference (apart from size) was the method of unloading, the railways using bottom doors and most road vehicles by tipping or an Archemedes screw. The method of emptying the vehicle dictated the shape of the body, the tipper was simply a box in its basic form. The Archemedes screw version usually had a V shaped floor.

There is also the case of many preserved locomotives that are in a rebuilt condition to when they were first built carrying a livery that pre-dates the rebuild.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Overslept again, my body seems to have adjusted quite quickly to the clocks going back. I was thinking of visiting the Epping show tomorrow but to get there its a case of negotiating the Saturday cockwombles of either Brentwood or Romford, I'll have to think about it. Sun is shining so its off out shortly for the shopping, have a good POETS day all.

Goodnight all.