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Broithe
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I'm in a similar position to you, probably 80% of my phone calls (outbound) are international. I have a 'deal' from many years ago, no longer available to new entrants, and they keep trying to tempt me off it with speeds that I don't need, without mentioning the loss of the 'free' international calls. My broadband is laughably slow, apparently, but is quite adequate for me - and I do remember dial-up...
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Someone I know was recently complaining about being in an impending situation which would mean that they would be offline for nearly two days. I suggested that they might be alright and that I had once been offline for nearly fifty years.
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Or control the heating via a remote controlled socket adaptor. You could turn it on from the house before you even venture outside. They will usually work up to about 25/30 metres. You could have a light on with it, so that you get a 'signal' that the switch has actually operated (or, if you turn it on by accident).
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I've never seen a Magnorail in action, but, if the weight of the vehicle on a slope does become an issue, defeating the magnetic force, then it might be possible to increase that effect by fitting an extra small, powerful magnet in the vehicle itself? If more than one magnet was fitted, they would need to be spaced correctly.
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On again shortly - the first weekend in February. Details here - https://www.staffordrailwaycircle.org.uk/exhibition/ Handy enough for anybody in the middle of the Big Island. Always a good show and rather less of an ordeal than Warley can be.
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Lambe's and Phillips's at Ballybrophy. Marvellous places...
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You could always go 'home'.
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I'm often quite disappointed by 'modern' layouts. It seems like it should really be easier to model the hard, smooth surfaces and straight lines, but, with the very notable exception of 'our own' Barrow Street, it rarely seems to work (for me).
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Heating without generating combustion gasses inside the building is the best way to go. Most of the water produced inside the building in those circumstances would be from your breathing, and there's not much you can do about that.
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The last quarter of the year is generally more miserable than the first quarter - things are 'going forward' now. Or two reasonable bottles...
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Lidl has had some recently, there were still two in Port Laoise on Wednesday last week - somebody has mentioned them on here recently. They're the "wrong way round" to store stuff in 'train format', but quite good for separate items. - It should also be possible to insert extra shelves, I think.
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I think Paddy means this bit here.
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On the Brocken Bahn - not the wrong kind of snow, but a bit too much.
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Many years ago, my left elbow became very difficult to move without a very sharp pain, I could only move it very slowly. If it had been my right arm, I would have been in much greater difficulty even sooner. It got to the point where I spent most of the day holding it one position as much as possible. I decided that I had to go to the quack. "What seems to be the trouble?" "It hurts when I do this (slowly stretching my arm out)." "Well, don't do it then!" To be fair to him, it did eventually sort itself out, but I wasn't very impressed by the "Tommy Cooper" approach at the time...
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...on station platforms.
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Even worse than flushing whilst in a station... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-1206
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Done - practice crying for the speeches...
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This has just turned up on a Facebook group that I got roped into. https://www.facebook.com/groups/109619289726001/permalink/277947209559874/ "Greenore Ireland. View of the yard, with the quays and goods shed on the left and the station area on the right. The rear of a LNWR bracket signal can be seen in the centre whilst a DN&G saddle tank is to be seen shunting in the centre background. Photograph Courtesy of Mr J Ryan LNWRS reference SOC1403"
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Experience with analogue and DCC preferred.
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I saw them when they were 'live' - I thought they were a UK seller.
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The actual slump angle is a matter of many factors - the geology, the flora, the weather conditions, etc - this may be of some interest - https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/slope-engineering-uphill-rail-challenge-in-somerset/8661241.article - these days, they often 'net' slopes that worry people, even if they've been there for a long time already. A glance at local examples would be a good guide, in general.
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You seem to have a good grip on things...
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This is one of the subsidiary clamps at Ballybrophy - they are all fitted with the nuts to the outside of the track, which seems to be standard practice.
