Broithe

I use these - again, not cheap, but I expect all four tubes to outlast me. Hob-E-Lube, via Woodland Scenics. Four grades -> = paraffin, 3 in one, motor oil, treacle, in layman's terms...

I am 'at risk' from many things, but I may be able to discount that one...

Failed! I had no idea it was even a Saturday today - until the pictures above appeared...

Emanations from stables - not quite the general review they were hoping for, I suspect...

I think they're actually planning to have a power transfer capability of 700MW. 700mWh would be about the energy capacity of a AAA rechargeable cell. Reminds me of the time someone ordered 1000m of brass bar, instead of 1000mm - the lorry drivers were surprised when he asked them to leave it under his desk...

Depending upon the sizes of things, these 'Mole-style' clamps can be very handy - as can the technique of placing longer parts against the column, to restrain them, rather than relying just on hand pressure.

I know someone whose wife has never seen his attic layout, and it's been going for over twenty years now. She's seen photos and videos, but that's it. I've told her he got those off the internet and he really has a distillery up there.

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Will there be a sound chip?

I've had my current car since 2010 and there has been only one day in that time that it has gone further than 250 miles / 400km between leaving home and returning back there. That sort of range would be quite adequate for me.

In 2009, a first class return from Newquay to the Kyle of Lochalsh was £1,002.

And would drink driving laws apply to the 'passenger', if he's not actually driving it?

Mmm, I've never noticed this before, but my Getz is the only car I've ever bought from a 'proper place', (in 2008) and the salesperson was female. It was a family business then and she was the owner's daughter, but it never struck me as unusual at the time, until your post just now - although, I can't recall ever seeing another and that place, under new ownership, is all-male on the sales side now, but two thirds female on the servicing administration.

Fancy a go at this one?

I have a 1.4 petrol Hyundai Getz. It returns either side of 50mpg, so ~5.5 litres per 100km, but I am a sedate driver. Consumption is noticeably more frugal in Ireland, compared to driving in England - around 4 to 5% better - due largely to the lack of congestion and 'traffic management'. I got the manual Getz as it 'fitted me' so well - I used to drive an earlier automatic 1.3 for a friend and was horrified by the lack of economy that the mpg reading displayed in his - I spent considerable effort trying to get the figure up - then I discovered that the reading in the earlier cars was in US gallons - the later ones use 'real' gallons....

A friend of mine got involved in one of the interminable "bus replacement services" on the Big Island the other day,,,

Serious question from a musician friend. "Random musician/trainspotter crossover question: Does anyone know what the two-tone airhorn on a British diesel is tuned to?" I imagine that there may be some variations, but any information would be appreciated.

NOTICE. First IRM steam loco is further delayed, as modifications are made to provide this feature via DCC control.

I grew up in an RAF itinerant manner. There were pluses and minuses. Moving pretty much every year made having a half-decent layout a bit impractical - and, even if you did make something very portable, you might often go away for a few years, leaving most stuff 'in storage'. This could be quite entertaining, though, when uncovering stuff you had completely forgotten about - on one famous occasion, we opened a crate to find, amongst other things, a Dundee cake that had been accidentally packed in the rush, three years before... However, if you were on a station where there was a 'sir' with any sort of interest in a subject, then all sort of facilities could 'become available', from empty buildings to workshop facilities and transport. The amount of moving about eased off a lot after the early 70s and people were often in a semi-permanent situation after that time, so that may have helped.

The title "Blue Thunder" is now amended to "Shades of Grey"... Special facilities provided for the holder of ticket number 50..?

There are people on here who will want detailed photos of the containers...

Yeah - it's always left to me...