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News is just coming in of a serious boating accident in Great Yarmouth. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-great-yarmouth-very-serious-22547284#source=push Sounds nasty, a woman thrown into the water and police divers called in.

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Found I was down to my last pair of clean jeans so the other half dozen are now in the washing machine. Sad indeed, Very heavy work firing a steam locomotive.

I know that mixing bleach with Harpic produces CS gas that is not usually lethal. However CS gas is usually used in the open air. Used in a confined and unventilated space and if she had underlying health problems that could have made a difference. https://thenews-chronicle.com/cheating-death-a-mixture-of-bleach-and-harpic-disinfectant-can-kill-you/

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A problem with fitting 00 scale figures to 00 scale model cars such as Oxford Diecast is that they simply won't fit. This is due to several factors such as many cars being a snug fit for the occupants and the thickness of the glazing (a scale 2"-3"). H0 figures fit much easier and do not appear too small.

They must be so bad that no one wants to steal them.

That last ad seems to imply that Conti TS radials must be so awful that no one wants to even steal them.

Morning all from Estuary-Land. Managed to catch up with Farcebook this morning, now to catch up with RMweb. Nothing much can be done outside as its persisting down.

Goodnight all.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. Talking of smelly industrial processes I recall when I was a nipper we lived downwind of both May & Bakers chemical plant and the local sewerage works, sometimes the whiff could be a bit strong. Later when I lived in Romford everyone knew when the brewery was cleaning out the vats, the smell pervaded the whole town centre. Some people hated it but I didn't mind. Thats it for now, be back later.

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Happy 64th birthday Brian, the only thing with breakfast in bed is it makes a mess of the sheets. The sun is shining so I was thinking about going outside to continue with the shed. Well I thought about it and I'm still indoors. Looking through a group on Farcebook that deals with the London borough that I used to work for. What caught my eye was a picture including one of the councils armoured Transit vans used for delivering wage packets to outlying sites. These were manned by a driver and security officer in the cab and a clerk in the back to dish out the pay packets. He sat in splendid isolation on a rotating 'captains chair' that also slid backwards and forwards and from side to side on rails. I might also add that the only view out when the vehicle was in motion was through the sliding communication hatch through to the cab. The favourite trick of the security staff if they had a newbie in the back was to make sure that he was securely strapped into the chair then surreptitiously release the bolts that stop it sliding on the rails and rotating. They then shut the hatch and proceeded to accelerate a brake sharply and take corners at speed which left the victim helplessly taking a roller coaster ride. When the victim was released the air was decidedly blue.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-53692475

Morning/Afternoon from Estuary-Land. Sun-rain-sun-rain on and off this morning so not much if anything will get done outside today. Examined the directors chair and it looks as if there's a few more dry joints to sort out, the result of being stored in a centrally heated house. Then it will need repainting as the paint is flaking around the loose joints, I have some black acrylic somewhere now where did I put it?. Good news is that I've found the missing (hiding?) screws. The cardboard box they were in had been soaked in oil from a leaking can so I transferred them to another container. That container was in full view all the time but I'd forgotten and was still looking for the cardboard box. Thats it for now, be back later.

Goodnight all.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. I mentioned the other day that my easy chair had collapsed and I replaced it with a folding directors chair. That too has collapsed, not as drastically as the easy chair, merely a dry joint so its out with the sandpaper and PVA glue tomorrow. Its not done too bad for a £5 purchase from a charity shop. Luckily I have another similar chair but with a steel frame, its also new and unused so should be OK. Now to catch up with Farcebook, be back later.

The body style suggests it is a later model than the car I illustrated. The car version ceased production c. 1934 but it continued as a light commercial until c. 1940. It could well be that the body was by an outside coachbuilder.

Neil, things are going to get expensive from now on.

I think its the original body, note how the swage line at the waist continues across the scuttle, door and body side. As likely as not as was common in the 1930's the manufacturer sold a bare chassis to be bodied by an outside body builder so there would be variations in doors and other features. Its likely that it spent the first 10-15 years in France and was then exported to Spain.

The E23 and E34 were heavier vehicles, the C-4 was a car used as a basis for light commercials and continued as such until about 1940 when the factory was taken over by the Germans and forced to make military trucks. As an aside almost all of those trucks were sabotaged in such a subtle way that the Germans didn't realise it. The full mark on the engine dipstick was moved down a couple of centimetres. This resulted in there being insufficient oil in the sump to lubricate the engine with inevitable results.