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Whether the tender is 'full' or not the contents look like a nasty rash, the J39 was similar. I'm going to remove the coal from my J39 anyway as it is going to become the load for an Oxford Diecast low loader lorry.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. The local streets here have had sleeping policemen for more than twenty years. The local council did ask the residents for their opinions, I was only one of three objectors. The main reason for the traffic calming was one street was being used as a rat run. My suggestion was to ban/prevent right turns at the entrance to the rat run which IMHO would have effectively dealt with the problem. Another result was to force a lot of the legitimate local traffic onto roads without speed bumps which tends to increase the number of pot holes in such roads including my own turning. Ironically they are now mostly redundant as they done very little to stop the rat runners, what has stopped them is the the increase in parked cars creating constantly changing chicanes.

I was lucky that it was only the tyres that suffered. The suspension on my car had checked out OK the only extra expense I have to look forward too is new brake pads when the car is serviced.

Its not because they are 'houses of ill repute' perhaps?

My fridge-freezer is starting to make funny noises. It's still working at the moment but for how long? Seeing as its at least 15 years old its about time for a replacement, has anyone got any recommendations? maximum width of 50 cm.

At least he wont be back anytime soon.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Weather looks OK but pollen levels are predicted to be high. Congrats Baz on your anniversary, are you quite sure you've got the date correct? Interesting bit on the Breakfast show this morning about the new Hollywood pic 'Interstellar', the science used in the film has led to new discoverys in physics.

Goodnight all.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Totted up my spending over the weekend, about £90 on Saturday and about £40 on Sunday. Not so bad when it was spread over 25 items. Amongst the items were three key rings with farm machinery models attached, one, the Fordson Super Major tractor I have seen before and is exactly 1/76 scale. The other two are trailers, the first a modern four axle tipping trailer that falls between 00 and H0 in scale and what I think is a baler or similar, which although to an even smaller scale does not look out of place alongside 00 scale models. The tractor was £1.50 and the trailers £2 each. Yesterday at North Weald I found a couple of Cararama rally car dioramas, one has a moulded resin base that features a road surface and a stone wall and the other a well detailed 'muddy track', both are about 4" by 7" and both are supposedly 1/72 scale, not bad for £1 each with a Cararama car each as well.

Someone who was there today actually filmed the take off and put it on Facebook, in a group called 'old British cars'?

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Out again today at the North Weald bus rally. No chance of sun burn this year as it was a bit cloudy with sunny spells. Being on a working airfield we were also entertained by aircraft taking off and landing, this years highlight was a 2 seat Hawker Hunter making an (extremely) noisy take off. Not quite up to last years PR Spitfire doing bumps and circuits however.

I was very tempted, but I don't really have a use for one and it would only stay in the box so I have reluctantly decided not to buy one.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Not being a dad father's day normally passes me by but I saw recently an item about the somewhat tragic origins of the day. Back in the late Victorian or Edwardian era there was a coal mining disaster in America where according to some reports up to 500 men lost their lives. Many of these men were fathers and there was an estimated 1,000-1,200 children left fatherless and some of these children created 'father's day' as a memorial to their loss. It was revived during the 1930's in the USA and then built up to what we have today.

Goodnight all.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Quite a successful days 'shopping' at the Brentwood toy fair. There seemed to be bargains galore, particularly in the diecasts, a lot of Oxford and EFE lorries normal retail price of £15-18 pounds for a fiver! Haven't worked out my spending yet but I needed two bags to carry my purchases home in.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Going out to the toy fair at Brentwood shortly and tomorrow going to North Weald for a day out. Who said that you can put your feet up when you retire? Commiserations and congratulations where necessary, be back later.

Goodnight all.

I thought you had to pay to get out of Yorkshire?

There's no posts about it there anyway.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. The weather reports seem to concur that that today will be dry but overcast, tomorrow sunny spells with a good chance of a heavy shower and Sunday should be dry with sunny spells. However the pollen count will be high for most of the country and very high in the South West. Popped down to town yesterday and in the local shopping centre was a NHS stall promoting blood donation. I cannot give blood as I am under medication but I asked if it was worth carrying a donor card at my age (almost 67). The answer was why not as there is some one walking about with a 130 year old kidney inside them! Busy weekends coming up, well the next three anyway culminating in our own exhibition on the 4/5th of July.

Goodnight all.

My mum was quite good at bread pudding, probably due to the masses of dried fruit, spices and a whole tin of Tate & Lyles black treacle that went into it.

The Sierra box is a more compact and lighter box than the T9.

And make some solicitors unemployed.

Just as well, his teeth might have found some hippo rump.