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#51
Computer Help / Re: Is there a problem with Op...
Last post by ntpntpntp - March 24, 2026, 07:34:38 PM
Wow, I've not used Opera since the last century - didn't think it was still going!

Try a different browser and port your favourites over.
#52
Computer Help / Re: Is there a problem with Op...
Last post by chrism - March 24, 2026, 07:24:19 PM
Quote from: Papyrus on March 24, 2026, 04:51:14 PMOpera has recently started refusing to co-operate. I can usually open one website, but when I try and open a second it crashes. Then if I try and close the first one it sulks and refuses to do anything,

Maybe it thinks the outsize lady has sung  :smiley-laughing:
#53
General Discussion / Re: what are you listening to ...
Last post by Moonglum - March 24, 2026, 07:15:08 PM
Very nice Martin @port perran - love the tight horns! More your thing than Ozric Tentacles me thinks!! RIP Lucky P.

Tim
#54
General Discussion / Re: Slowest Layout Builder?
Last post by nick_bastable - March 24, 2026, 06:50:00 PM
the small 2mm layout has been untouched for maybe 8 years the cat has taken to using it as bed
#55
General Discussion / Re: Slowest Layout Builder?
Last post by Greygreaser - March 24, 2026, 06:12:01 PM
It's the storage needed for those items I keep buying to 'finish it off'. After 5 years I've run out of storage boxes :-[
#56
General Discussion / Re: Hornby sells off Scalextri...
Last post by Greygreaser - March 24, 2026, 05:44:50 PM
As an East Kent resident the vibes are not good for Hornby as a whole! They sold off the site and rent it back so this 'sale' is another move to counter indebtedness - not sure it will work.
Be pleased they don't make/sell any N gauge stuff!
#57
General Discussion / Re: What does weathering do to...
Last post by Greygreaser - March 24, 2026, 05:37:31 PM
Everything in stock is 'as manufactured' pristine or as bought/weathered and at some point I might weather some new bits with 'sticky powders' but its low on the priority list. don't mind picking up 'bargains' that are weathered if all the bits are ok and working.
#58
General Discussion / Re: Rolling Road
Last post by Greygreaser - March 24, 2026, 05:31:29 PM
Yeah bought one on eBay, renewed the ends and it's still a bummer! Think the rods (alloy?) are not good conductors and of course they can get a dirt/oxide layer form on them. Wonder if a polish followed by a coating of track maintenance spray would increase the conductivity?
Because we have only small wheels and 9mm of spacing any bowing of the contact rails is likely to break the circuit, as is poorly set back-to-back of the wheels. I've a few hesitant runners to sort and will give the 'above' a go before I try them on the RR.
glad to share any thoughts you might have :hmmm:
#59
Computer Help / Re: Is there a problem with Op...
Last post by Newportnobby - March 24, 2026, 05:21:42 PM
I use Opera all the time on my Dell laptop and have not experienced any problems at all :no:
#60
General Discussion / Rolling Road
Last post by Platothedog - March 24, 2026, 05:18:10 PM
I've been playing around with a rolling road from Aliexpress and not having much luck with it. The locos will run but not well enough, stop and starts or hesitant running. This is the complete opposite from the 00 gauge version from Aliexpress which is trouble free. Anyone with one of these that have experienced similar problems.  :-X
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