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7lb 7oz. No name as yet.

My wife just told me why our dog walking session yesterday went all around the houses. Charlie , that's the dog's name took us round to all of the likely places where my daughter could be. It felt strange being taken to all of those strange front doors.
 

Gravity Aided

Legendary Member
Location
Land of Lincoln
Today I had a Mercedes GLE 3.5d. AMG 4x4 monster.... the train wouldn’t have stood a chance!
Looks narrow gauge, you're probably right, although I wouldn't care to find out. In my home town, full sized freight trains had right of way on one street, and if the bells and flashers were going, that meant stay off the whole street. Quite common, street running trains in the States
Interurbans!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9CTL6MfJws
 

classic33

Leg End Member
Looks narrow gauge, you're probably right, although I wouldn't care to find out. In my home town, full sized freight trains had right of way on one street, and if the bells and flashers were going, that meant stay off the whole street. Quite common, street running trains in the States
Interurbans!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9CTL6MfJws

Used to have lines built across one road and along another. The first was a line within a mill, the second was from the livestock yard over the road from an old station.

I can remember the one within the mill being used. All traffic came to a stop when anything crossed from one side to the other, with no gates. Doubt it'd run today, people wouldn't wait.
 

summerdays

Cycling in the sun
Location
Bristol
Our building project officially finished y'day, although we got the certificate some weeks ago, when the new radiator was installed in the former dining room. A year to the day from when the new windows went in.
How long did it finally take and was it close to their prediction?
 

GrumpyGregry

Here for rides.
How long did it finally take and was it close to their prediction?
Depends on when we started, it took us two years to find a builder prepared to do it!

20 months from first sod cut to y'day, but the "proper" building was 14 months and then six of faffing about getting things finished. Against an estimate of 9 months, but that was just finger in the air stuff. Fortunately the budget overrun is significantly less than the time line overrun at about 25%.
 

Salad Dodger

Legendary Member
Location
Kent Coast
I'm getting business loans (!), Ford cars (used to do design work on them, would never have one) and Zooplus.

I keep getting Confused.com, which suits my state of mind quite nicely......

In other mundane news, I have not yet had a quote for the supply and installation of the woodburner stove that the sales rep called about last week. I would claim to be burning with indignation, but as the chimney breast is bricked up, I won't be burning anything anywhere just at the moment!
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
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