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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36594067

This is only the third (national) referendum the UK has ever had. It's not as though the constitution (what there is of it) is governed by it - it is really an opinion poll. It has developed into (mostly) a Conservative party leadership challenge. It's all very odd here - all (genuinely every single one) of the posters/placards that I have seen are for Leave, yet I expect a Remain majority.

Theresa Villiers - the current Northern Ireland Secretary - a leave supporter - assures us that the border would remain as open as it is now, in the event of a UK withdrawal. If she really knows.... http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/eu-referendum/villiers-leave-vote-wont-see-return-of-irish-border-checks-34628950.html Not everybody agrees with her, though. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-36448599

I came across this bit of bedtime reading for those interested in bridge strikes. http://www.crr.ie/publications/railway-bridges-in-ireland-bridge-strike-trends/

I, too, am sorted. Couldn't ask for better.

Great, I'll see what I can find - I did order in two goes and I do know the second one was the final set. The idea was to deliver them to the Train Man and I would pick them up off him.

Is it feasible for people who currently have two packs of the "first issue" on order (e.g., me) to end up receiving two packs with different wagon numbers?

This picture has turned up on eBay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351757481824?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT .

I'll do some tests on some scrap clear stuff first - the kit is built, I just want to tart the glassware up a bit, as the framing is a little 'thick', particularly on the nose. Maybe I'll even clean the oven, as well.....

I'll give it go. It's just had metallic silver on.

I've just picked up a nicely made model of an Ilyushin 28, but the canopy framing is a little 'heavy'. I would like to do it again, but I don't want to wreck the canopies getting the paint off. Anybody got any experience?

They're big in road sweepers.

Any significance in the name? I'm not far from Burntwood and Heath Hayes.....

Good dog!

Guitarists seem to favour superglue and baking soda to build up the bridge where the strings run over - after many years of tuning, the grooves can deepen, allowing the strings to buzz on the frets. They call it a 'nut', for some reason - and use the mixture to fill the grooves, so that they can be filed down to a better height when it's gone hard.

..on the 09:40 Drogheda to Pearse this morning.

The Yacht Club building, and the row of six houses behind it do look plausible. And the platform starts in about the right place.

No. That is a completely different and, as yet, non-illegal addiction.

They have finally replaced it with a better picture - a crop from this.

All home-made cement bubbles are now subject to random drug testing. Make sure that yours are easily available when the squad arrive. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/limavady-boy-5-finds-drugs-inside-kinder-surprise-egg-34756602.html It is believed, at this stage, that IRM bubbles will be bulk-certified as drug free.

I'm collecting it together in used ten bob notes.

I'm not panicking....

I do still need to pay you for this at some point......

This turned up today - APT-E in the middle of it. This also contains footage of the then BR Chairman, Sir Richard Marsh. When I went to the local Polytechnic here, there was a tradition of having "spurious students" on the register, and seeing how long it took them to spot it. We were all 'sponsored' by various organisations, Coal Board, large companies, etc. They soon spotted E Worthington, who was meant to work for Bass Brewery in Burton on Trent, partly as they wrote it down as "Worthington E" (a well-known beer of the time), but they completely fell for Dick Marsh and his alleged employer being BREL in Derby - eventually, the college wrote to complain about his lack of attendance - and got a letter back from Sir Richard saying "Ever been had?".