Recent content by Acey

Had no training but have had 3 derailments ( in yard 5 mph ) if at the driving end it's a bit hard to miss !

Having had three derailments in my railway career, albeit they were in a yard so low speed (5mph), if the driving coach derails (twice), you certainly feel itgets somewhat bumpy. When I had a rearmost unit derail, all I felt was a reduction in motive power for 5 seconds or so, until someone...

Chefs that serve fish with head and tail intact ! why ? I'm not going to eat the top and tail and the thought of those cold reproachful eyes staring blankly up at me puts me right off ! ditto carrots served with the top end ,only going to end up the bin and not suitable for composting ,just...

I'm not sure WD40 is a good idea ,isn't it oil based ? which may make things worse !

Good choice,very underated band !

Seeing grapes for the first time on the vine I planted a few years ago :D

Sainsbury’s own brand in 6 packs are nice,get some most weeks !

Each to his own,generally I find that essential items are usually not a problem and if an item is not available and there is no suitable substitute I simply go without ! like I said it suits me,I have better things to do than wander around supermarket aisles ,I done that for the best part of 50...

To answer the above,I use Sainsburys at Sevenoaks,never have I had any issues with use-by dates,now again they may not have an item that I wanted but their substitutes are usually ok.in 4 years only once have I not wanted the substitute item The convenience of c&c over-rides the occasional...

What a load of faffing around ,all this self scan/smart scan etc,I simply click and collect ,order online from the comfort of my home and simply load up the car at the c&c point,stress free,no queueing and quick ,haven't been in a supermarket since the Coved outbreak !

Slipping while crossing the Aonach Eagach ridge at a particularly narrow part ( luckily I didn't sky dive ) and treading on the juice rail while carrying out shunting duties in Grove Park Depot !

That's a stunning drive,done it back in 1981 ,two things I remember (apart from the scenery ) the lack of traffic,think we only saw two other vehicles in about 6 hours and the constant gear changing required !

Sorry,have to disagree,the incident was reported in quite a few other news outlets,all made a point of saying he was from London ( maybe he was born in another part of the country anyway ) I get fed up with the generalisation that all southerners are rich ,soft ,litter dropping morons ,a whole...

Why was it necessary to point out that he was a Londoner ? is this another example of the general dislike of Southerners ( Londoners in particular ) would his place of resident have been been mentioned if he was from say,Swindon ?

Breaks my heart paying an exorbitant amount of money to heat my house let alone paying to cool it !