Which of your posts from 7 years ago would you like the Mods to move, John?
Seriously, excellent news, especially for you

7 years post transplant

      

John P

A pal passed 66789 on to me yesterday, it runs really smoothly. This is my 3rd 66 and I'm not even a massive fan of the class.

I suspect we're seeing the print magazine world circling the proverbial drain.

Prices are increasing to the point where the perceived value is no longer there. One of the reactions is to reduce the number of issues per year, the other is just go digital-only.  And of course the price does not go down.

In the last couple of years, I've had two magazine subscriptions changed unilaterally to digital-only (where's my refund?), and seen two well established magazines changed from monthly to bimonthly in one case, and quarterly in the other.

If my remaining monthly subscription goes digital or less than monthly, I'm going to be seriously lacking in throne-reading  !

UPDATE

Thanks for the advice. I returned the controller to Gaugemaster and has just been returned fully repaired. Excellent service from Gaugemaster.

I am glad that you enjoyed it Mick @Newportnobby , I cannot understand why I was underwhelmed at the time. I still have "Echoes" to listen to but thoroughly enjoyed the whole set so far including the slightly different DSOTM.

When I saw them at Earls Court London, they included in the set "Obscured by Clouds", "When you Are In", "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun", "Careful with that Axe Eugene" and "One of these Days" plus the whole of DSOTM.

Tim

Quote from: Bealman on Yesterday at 09:55:23 AMAh, Man of the World. Forgot about that one!  Good to see the Immediate label. I had a single here in Australia which has gone missing over the years - Immediate label again, America by the Nice. Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the moon on the back.

I've still got that Nice single, George.

@Moonglum Wow, again. What another great find in that PF performance from the Empire Pool. I've just listened to it all and it's wunnerful, especially as I've never heard that one at all. Amazing to hear how they've developed over the years, mainly the vocals which seemed to be bellowed more than sung in those days. Thank you

I'm not sure about that, but I've been a monthly stalwart of both RM and SC over the years. I'm just not prepared to pay that price anymore.

Ah, Man of the World. Forgot about that one!  Good to see the Immediate label. I had a single here in Australia which has gone missing over the years - Immediate label again, America by the Nice. Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the moon on the back.

Railway Modeller has hit £5.95 per issue now. I do buy it even though sometimes there's naff all N gauge in it, but I then pass it onto mate Rob and he passes it on from there.
I certainly don't buy it for the modelling news as they're obviously behind the curve with that