A steam engine cleaner and crossing keeper while my real job is IT. I also like small versions of trains, Lego, planes, cars, and whatever obsessive rabbit hole I find myself falling down this week.
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Last Notes npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Deadmau5 has done a remix of Angine de Poitrine and it slaps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgv1krU6J4c npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Saw this online (unsure of source) and I think this might be a way to really let off some stress with model trains. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom 10 hours in a cinema is a long time. I hope someone comes round every so often and checks on you. I'm sure they'll ask “how're you dune?” npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Got a model of a border collie with pointy ears so I’ve painted it up as my dog Jess over the past few nights. #ModelRailway npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom If you're so worried about what kids see on social media, how about going after the social media companies hosting this abhorrent shit, rather than going after the kids? npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom the holes in my Dad's backboard from when I learnt to play as a child would probably agree. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Dumb idea of the day. “I wonder if I could put a dart board up in my place…” npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom You can see some proper tarts on OnlyFlans npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I regret to inform you all that the official Vimto social media accounts are advertising having hot Vimto with milk. Is this a thing?? It doesn’t seem like it should be a thing npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom meanwhile I backed the loser, Brazil. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Had an email reporting that students were using Teams chat and were using “four-letter words” 😱 npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Good to see that The Telegraph are taking on the real issues affecting us all. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Fallen into a weird Wikipedia rabbit hole about the French revolution. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Boy, I'm really enjoying my first day of my new job at AWS! npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom For whom it may concern: npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Just seen this photo of what the Bluebell Railway are doing for Halloween and frankly, I'm into it. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I’ve just been brought a slice of homemade custard tart. Very lovely npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom If you have been wondering about this mysterious wagon I have been talking about having to get replaced, then wonder no more. Behold, a unique wagon, the real one I saw last year. It’s a demountable tank wagon, modified by Didcot Railway Centre to be a kinda facsimile of a GWR wagon for carrying aircraft propellers for the RAF. #ModelRailway npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Exciting things for this evening - my replacement wagon has been delivered, plus a few more model railway goodies I ordered this week. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Perfectly normal French souvenir. #ModelRailway npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I fell in love with this beautiful kestrel yesterday, who posed nicely for photos for me npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Also laughing at this in my lack of drug induced state. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I have a lump of coal from my steam loco in the boot of my car, perhaps I just need to sniff that… npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Oh, I think Mike is thinking of my steam generator fitted model. It makes water vapour using ultrasonic waves! npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Reference for the nerds among us #France #Eurovision npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I'm into fitness curry in my mouth. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Starting to think I may stick to analogue control for my model trains. I had already made the change on the box file and to be honest, they just seem smoother, which feels the opposite of what DCC is meant to do. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom The same layout also had two very well modelled cyclists going round the church. Very cleverly done with a hidden conveyor belt with magnets under the road surface, but what really caught my eye was being able to get the legs pedalling. #ModelRailway npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I assume the second half of the show involves you doing your best chicken impression as you then lay a nice nest of eggs. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I missed half the conversation and assumed Helen was attempting to, well, you know. 😳 npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Went to a local model railway exhibition this morning. My highlight was these animated chickens pecking at the ground. #ModelRailway npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I've given up spreadsheets until Easter. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom The 2025 Mini Egg train! #ModelRailway npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom The Peckett W4 looks absolutely at home in it. It’s adorable. #ModelRailway npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I have a completed shed! #ModelRailway npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I must admit, I'm kind of anxious about doing this model railway. I'm planning everything out meticulously but I am so worried that I'll mess it up, get measurements wrong and generally it'll be a mess. I hope not but yeah. #ModelRailway npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I’m trying to work out what order I need to do things in. I think I need to assemble the platform first as that'll kind of dictate where the track placement ends up. After that, I think once the track is fixed down, everything else should come together. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Result. Managed to get the kit for the engine shed I wanted for my box file for a cheap price so I think that's now everything I need! npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I have a lump of coal in my car if you really want :p npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I drove for 50 minutes to come into work and watch YouTube videos, mostly. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Dating a French girl has somehow lead to me walking into work with a pain au chocolate in my coat pocket npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom the party was in-Seine. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom depends on the museum but Lego and baking are pretty good npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom going to the chippy (chip shop) npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I really want a chippy tea. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I’m taking a tin of beans on Eurostar next time. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I should have bought more snacks. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I sense from my timeline that we’re all struggling a bit this morning. I say we collectively cancel Tuesday and try again tomorrow. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Heh, my phone has brought this photo up from this time in 2018 where we found a little hedgehog out in the cold and rescued it. He was a cheeky little thing that wanted to escape the nest we made for him. Sadly he passed away a few days later, possibly unwell and that’s why he was out in the cold. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom this is some fucking bullshit! npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I'm now assisting translating and writing social media posts. I expect the pay cheque is in the mail as we speak, right? npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom très belle! npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom This time last week I was then pulling into Paris Gare du Nord. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Yes I’m a fucking nerd. What of it? 😜 npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Observations between the original Class 373 Eurostar and the newer Class 374 that I’m on tonight - the older French TGV based one seems a bit more comfy in terms of seats plus the 374 feels a bit more juddery at top speed which is surprising given it’s designed for a higher top speed. I think the Class 373’s advantage is the Jacob’s bogies which are shared between two coaches. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom The chariot home. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I propose that we have a nap from 10:30 until lunchtime. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom that’s a long time to sleep but I think my Covid riddled body could manage it sure. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom When you think about it, sleep is just a time machine that takes you to breakfast. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom chicken tikka masala. Checkmate. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Anyone want someone that knows a bit about looking after Linux and Windows servers in the Buckinghamshire/Berkshire/West London area? Always willing to learn more, if it's not something I immediately know, I like finding out. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I definitely need a new job where people actually respect me and don't just whinge behind my back to try and make me look bad. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I’m laying here feeling paralysed by the realisation that I’ll probably have to make an attempt to go to work tomorrow. I’ll be honest, it has been nice just forgetting about it. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom well not immediate reasons… npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom My body is on a sudden weird one. Settling down to sleep and I’ve suddenly got that dizzy butterflies in my stomach sensation like a kid on Christmas Eve. I have no reason to be excited but suddenly I want to rush around and play with all the toys. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I’ve just been sitting here thinking it’s Saturday night. Imagine my disappointment realising that no, it is not. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom nah, I’ll just go back to my good old iPod with the click wheel :blobcoffee: npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom It’s pissing me off that Apple Music appears to have replaced the original version of Muse’s Absolution with the 20th anniversary remix. Trust me, I’ve heard Hysteria so many times that I can point out *every* difference… npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom It’s amazing how much just having the right people around me can change so much for the better. Many many months ago, I’d have struggled to motivate myself to do the amount of housework I did tonight. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom it was an IT expo at the Excel centre giving a talk about algorithms. She also signed my book, plus at that time I was quite friendly with her over Twitter, we chatted a bit! npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I’m afraid she’s mine. (Goodness me I looked different back then) npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Alright, I’ve cleaned some shit. Where’s my gold star and adulting badge? npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom this is a pretty wise post for a woman. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I have sent an email. That surely qualifies as enough work and I can go home. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I wish I wasn’t terrible at doing simple tasks like tidying. I just get so overwhelmed by it all and freeze. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Just saw a video where someone pronounced “gifs" as “jifes” and now I think I want to be sick and commit murder. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Tidying means playing with your model trains, right? npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom yes but Iceland trip npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom At this time of year?! At this time of day?! In this part of the country?! npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Aurora Borealis?! #UKAurora npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Hi. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom You know how I got progressively more stressed out and pissed off with someone at work yesterday? Well I ended up with a migraine last night and now I’m at home in bed with a sore head. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom I did some actual cleaning tonight. A rarity for me admittedly. Good support helps though. npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Fuck me that was a drive home from hell. A massive accident blocking the one main road going the direction I need, so got sent down the back road which then had a stranded car blocking it. Ughhhhhh npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Aurora Borealis?! npub1vw3f38vvqfxvvgrt4mkydsumu20te468d0ky9jpn075k787qfdyq623wy6 Tom Hi cupoftea.social! Quick #introduction for you!
