That's rather sorry, very good, John. 

I think she said "It costs a fortune to make me look this cheap"

RIP Dolly.

I agree completely, Chris.

Here's an example, but not the one I quote from time to time on my layout thread:

Interviewer: "Miss Parton, how long does it take to do your hair for one of your performances?"

Dolly: "Shucks, Honey, I don't know because I'm never in the same room when they are doing it."

Thanks again.

John

Just turned on the news and was shocked to hear Dolly has died. I'm not a huge country fan and I never bought any of her records but she was inspirational. There is a saying among my wife's musician friends "take your music seriously but don't take yourself seriously" and she was the essence of that. She has left a huge legacy and was the best of America.

RIP,

Cheers,

Chris

One thing I found repeatedly is that in each direction always use the tracking site of the country the parcel is currently in. A lot of the states of things don't translate sanely so we've had Royal Mail claiming the most bizarre things for a parcel but when you checked the local delivery company it all made sense (and vice versa incoming - eg the US doesn't seem to know how to explain "it's at the sorting office waiting for customs payment"

Very sorry to hear that the wonderful Dolly Parton has died, @Train Waiting will be most upset. Here she is in happier days...


RIP Dolly.

Tim

Tempus fugit, and no more so than the last eight months. But at least I have now sorted out much of my collection and know what I shall move on.

Tomorrow I am hoping to list the following Kato Track Sets for sale in the Classifieds section here. All are unused, as new in original boxes.

M2 Master Set - Basic Oval & Passing Track with Kato Power Pack (the controller is the original 22-014 model). The box has been opened but none of the contents have been used.

V1 Mainline Passing Siding Set. Unopened.

V3 Rail Yard Switching Set. Unopened.

V5 Inner Oval Track Set. Unopened.

V6 Outer Oval Track Set. Unopened.

V7 (two of) Double Crossover Track Set. Unopened.

V11 Double Track Set. Unopened.

All are new, unused, in box, and will be priced at about 20% below normal prices offered by the usual retailers.


Other items will follow in due course. Nearly all rolling stock and kits will be Continental, mainly Swiss (SBB and RhB with just a few BLS), reflecting my period of interest Era5/6, with some earlier models. Most are mint in original boxes, many never opened.

Quote from: Newportnobby on August 25, 2026, 04:15:07 PMJust for general info, according to Natwest the SWIFT code is now a BIC

A BIC (sometimes referred to as SWIFT code) is a unique set of characters, being either 8 or 11 numbers and letters. This enables easy identification of financial institutions (e.g. banks) when carrying out international transactions.

Some countries, and the finance departments in companies in those countries, have different names and even different codes.

Getting paid by a South African company proved quite difficult, and don't even expect any company in the U $ of A to even pretend to recognise your bank account, let alone want to part with their own dollar$.

Just personal experience 

Just for general info, according to Natwest the SWIFT code is now a BIC

A BIC (sometimes referred to as SWIFT code) is a unique set of characters, being either 8 or 11 numbers and letters. This enables easy identification of financial institutions (e.g. banks) when carrying out international transactions.