So, after a bit of re-drawing the lines, this is what the new Stafford Constituency looks like in the run up to the 2014 General Election…
Continue reading Stafford Parliamentary Constituency Map 2024
Selling Tat for Fun and Profit
Much as I bitch and whine about AI generated content doing proper artists out of a job, I am really a Hollow Man who will use the power of AI and CafePress to eek out a meagre groat
So away now to Tony’s Emporium of Tat, and support my drinking and smoking habits. New shite added on a weekly basis.
National Transport Tokens
I recently, while clearing out the taxi office, found a cash bag full of 20p National Transport Tokens. I had never heard of these.
So I did a bit of research…
This particular issue were, issued, as a set of six, depicting a 1903 Tramcar, a 1920 Leyland bus, the 1943 Daimler CDV6 bus, the 1980 BR Class 508 EMU, the 1981 Metrocar, and the 1989 N C Midi.
Individually they are not really valuable, nor are they as a set. But if I knock up a little presentation package, then who knows?
Once I’ve separated the full sets out, I might even try to bang the stragglers out on eBay.
Who knows what tomorrow brings?
Birmingham New Street for Dummies
I used to like Birmingham New Street Station for it’s simplicity. It had a big, wide corridor with excalators to platform level on one side and stairs on the other, and it wasn’t confusing at all.
Then came the Grand Central development, which involved spending millions to turn from a station with a shopping center above it, into a, and work with me on this, a station with a shopping center above it.
PMR446 and Schools
A lot of schools use the cheap PMR446 radios that are available. They use them to control traffic on-site, control student flow about the buildings, and to announce when students are being let out.
It is all against Safeguarding Guidelines, and this is why:
From my experience, Schools do not know how radios work.
On PMR446 there are “Channels” and “Privacy Codes”.
So you can set your radio to channel 7, Privacy Code 4 (or whatever), and think that nobody else can hear you.
Well, it doesn’t work like that.
Anyone who spent about a fiver on a crap radio can hear what you are discussing.
Everything you say, about every pupil, is being broadcast.
Floods, Cars, Damage
Because of the situation round here on the marsh, I’ve become obsessed with Youtube videos of people trying to drive through floods.
Doctor Who: Shadows Of Retirement
Using AI to generatean idea for the 14th Doctor, Donna and Mel on Earth…
Fleetwood Street OO Model Tramway – Version 2 – Part 2
The last words of Part 1 were “Obviously I have to check these measurements with a mock-up before I start cutting things to the wrong size.”
And, yes, when making the mock-up I forgot to account for the 5mm between the rail edge and sleeper edge.
Continue reading Fleetwood Street OO Model Tramway – Version 2 – Part 2
Oh dear, I’ve been planning again!
So, I’ve been planning another model railway.
Advent and the Twelve Days 2023/24
