Broithe

Still 1/7d a pint there?

It seems that escaping wires, from the small wire wheels that are so handy for cleaning things via a Dremel, are a bit of an issue. I've always been aware of the possibility and have been careful about eyes, etc. However, over the last couple of days, I have had increasing difficulty in walking, due to very sharp and intense pain in my left heel. I had 'left things to sort themselves out', as points of thorns, splinters, etc., will often do, but things were even worse this morning - so, by means of some considerable contortion and a small bright Maglite torch, I was able to examine the underside of my heel. Initially, I could see nothing untoward, but then I noticed a tiny, very slight gleam and, by means of a fine pair of tweezers, I was able to locate and grasp the end of the offending 'foreign body'. This proved to be a wire from a Dremel wire wheel and it had gone in by most of the 6mm of its length. It had, presumably, ended up in my sock somehow and then been pushed in as I walked around. It does seem to be regarded as quite an issue by some people, especially with children and other animals around the place. It is suggested that running superglue into the hub will reduce the issue considerable, probably by reducing the work-hardening effect, rather than holding in broken wires. Be warned - I was virtually immobile this morning.

Could you adapt this sort of thing? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402229496940

Beautiful. I could foresee a market for these as earrings, possibly with an LED and a button cell, for added allure. Christmas is coming. Many years ago, I did actually repurpose some fingernail-sized 'pewter' Morris Minors as earrings, I probably shifted about 15 or 20 pairs.

When Ballybrophy cabin went, the support structure was left for a while, functioning as a sort of shelter on the island platform. Not the prettiest edifice, but it wasn't going to blow down. Stafford station was still much like this in the 60s, when it and the hotel opposite were subject to improvement processes. Now - https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.8037074,-2.1213319,3a,48.8y,300.32h,84.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sH5IjTok66jhcr3LUZS0poA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

I knew that all I had to do was set up the trap and wait for it to be sprung... Slightly disappointed, though, not to have had names and addresses for all the personnel involved.

This looks to have had the potential to turn into something rather more exciting very quickly - but they seem to have got away with it.

I reckon the lad in the green t-shirt is responsible for that chewing gum all over the footpath...

It looks like it - there are no queues at the barriers. Are Americans as adverse to that arrangement..? I have seen it suggested that, as they have rather more 'interaction' with road vehicles on grade crossings, having the crew-space some way back from the front is perceived as a preferable arrangement, in the event of a collision.

I know someone like that. Her phone is constantly on the point of death. She is considering getting an electric car. I have suggested that she gets a bike instead. Even with her current petrol car, any journey that might go outside the urban speed limit zone has to start with a visit to a filling station 'to put enough in'. I'm not a huge user of mobile phones, I still run a Nokia 3510. From when I did use it a bit more, I have a 'rule' that it should always have a £10 minimum credit in, just in case a bout of heavy usage becomes necessary. A few weeks ago, I thought I'd better check the current balance, even though most of my outgoing stuff is just the occasional response to a "Use it or we'll turn you off!" threat from the provider. I still had £18:70 in it and it was nearly twenty months since I had topped it up.

That's what they said about Malahide...

For stuff bigger than rolling stock, like larger buildings and the general layout, scale rules can be convenient. Marked out in feet and with 3" submarks, on one side. And in metres and 100mm submarks on the other side.

https://www.facebook.com/networkrail/posts/pfbid022XGdZ8WkMUK82MNyPKYmLFhy6UCAii2aRSC7Fm6dBPVzvf77z7dTp9x9kYc5EeZtl Hastings.

We did have this a while back. A bit less frenetic and more suitable for those with delicate hips.

Mmm, I'm having flashbacks now. My father once left a tube of Deep Heat in the bathroom here. It takes about an hour for my onboard systems to be fairly operational in the mornings and so I just used the tube that was where the toothpaste should be... I can still taste it.

You could end the bend a few inches earlier and then have long single bend to approach the points.

And, does it happen if you reverse one or other of the wagons?

Will beets be available in multi-packs? How many beets would you need for each wagon?

Well, the Jinty will also be back - via Mark's Models...

It seems to me that there's just no need for all this trauma. There's enough of 'us' and we have enough information between us, to just kidnap one of 'them'. Then, either :- If we have one that they actually want back, we trade him for the information we want. Or, if we find we've got one they're not that bothered about, then we should have enough bits of wood from old layouts to just beat it out of him. It just needs a little bit of organisation - and, maybe, some ear defenders.

F14s were a bit loud, and you would have to go to Iran to record one now.

Big Island = 209,000 km² and about 65,000,000 people. The Small Island that I was basically marooned on for five days is about 3 km² and around a thousand people. Getting into the local metropolis from here involved a voyage through the lake by the fuel station - it's only been happening for fifty years now, so people are still getting used to it.

I've been back on the Big Island for a few weeks and have been collecting "bits for things", mostly from eBay and via various delivery agents, including Royal Mail. Mostly, but not exclusivelly, small stuff. It has, however, been very noticeable just how quick* and efficient all of the various deliverers have been, compared to the chaotic lottery that used to go on. * Even during the recent flooding events, when I was essentially living on a very Small Island for five days.