RMweb Gold Buhar Posted November 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2018 Deja Vu? I believe someone, somewhere knows all the ins and outs of the Castle Aching thread. I doubt it's James, though. I started at Page 1 when I began following, there's some interesting stuff back there, but I gave up when I realised the nature of the beast. Really pleased you've exchanged especially as it's not that long ago that I read about the caravan interlude. As someone whose been in a motorhome for nearly four years during renovations, I could empathise. Now, when you get the proceeds, don't spend it all in the one shop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Unless its my shop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted November 27, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2018 Deja Vu? I believe someone, somewhere knows all the ins and outs of the Castle Aching thread. I doubt it's James, though. Agree I started at Page 1 when I began following, there's some interesting stuff back there, but I gave up when I realised the nature of the beast. Shame! it's not that long ago that I read about the caravan interlude. Arrrrgh, flashback!!!! Now, when you get the proceeds, don't spend it all in the one shop. Don't worry, there won't be any! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Argos Posted November 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2018 Great news! Hope it all works out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 Ah, but if you spend a long time carrying a heavy weight on your back, simply putting it down makes you feel a foot taller and three-stone lighter. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brack Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) Deja Vu? I believe someone, somewhere knows all the ins and outs of the Castle Aching thread. I doubt it's James, though. I started at Page 1 when I began following, there's some interesting stuff back there, but I gave up when I realised the nature of the beast. Preliminary research suggests a cyclical return to various known topics. I'm currently crunching numbers to see if the gaps between returning to a topic are getting smaller or larger. Getting smaller means we're circling a drain, getting larger would suggest spiralling outwards forever. Once I've worked out which it is, we should be able to predict if the thread will ever come to a conclusion, and if so, when it ought to be.At that point we can publish the expected date and people could just check back in then. I'm afraid that i can't predict the nature of said conclusion, should it exist. Nor confirm whether it'll involve model trains Edited November 27, 2018 by brack 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 27, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2018 And if we move south of the Equator we can go round them in the opposite direction. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 27, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2018 Preliminary research suggests a cyclical return to various known topics. I'm currently crunching numbers to see if the gaps between returning to a topic are getting smaller or larger. Getting smaller means we're circling a drain, getting larger would suggest spiralling outwards forever. Once I've worked out which it is, we should be able to predict if the thread will ever come to a conclusion, and if so, when it ought to be. At that point we can publish the expected date and people could just check back in then. I'm afraid that i can't predict the nature of said conclusion, should it exist. Nor confirm whether it'll involve model trains The mean JA frequency is probably a sufficient measure. One also has to consider that the Ptolemaic rather than Copernican model applies - within each topic cycle there are epicycles of sub-topics. There's also the over-riding external constraint: how much progress Edwardian has been making on the construction of his model railway. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted November 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) If we are not careful, we may do something catastrophic to the space-time continuum, involving the accidental creation of a time machine whilst reversing through a hysteresis loop. I urge a degree of caution. PS I urge also a degree in temporal physics. Edited November 27, 2018 by Regularity 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 27, 2018 Share Posted November 27, 2018 An alternative possibility is that the thread is actually held in a sensibly static orbit by the gravitational pull exerted by Jenny Agutter. The reappearances of other subjects could be the result of the thread rotating as it orbits, or more likely tumbling as it orbits, given its highly irregular shape. Of course, if the thread is actually under simultaneous gravitational pull by several attractive objects, the maths involved in calculating its path will be really, really, really hard! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 27, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2018 (edited) I think as the director of Walkabout has recently died, we should spend a few moments quiet reflection with our thoughts. Edited November 27, 2018 by Northroader 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 27, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 27, 2018 I have this strange feeling of deja vu creeping over me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted November 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 27, 2018 An alternative possibility is that the thread is actually held in a sensibly static orbit by the gravitational pull exerted by Jenny Agutter.Ah, heavenly bodies.And celestial orbs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted November 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2018 I have this strange feeling of deja vu creeping over me. I’m sure I’ve read that before... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT-Pete Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 (edited) I’m sure I’ve read that before... Edited November 28, 2018 by TT-Pete 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Edwardian Posted November 28, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2018 Well, thank you all and fingers crossed indeed. Thinking we have sold the house and finding that we haven't has certainly given us the feeling of déjà vu a number of times over the last three years. Completion set for 2 weeks' time. First purchase in our post-completion splurge will be some heating oil, so hopefully only another fortnight to go without central heating and hot running water, yay! Not as grim as it sounds, not least because we have had to get used to such conditions over the years. I am sanguine, however, because it beats living through winter in a touring caravan! The kids will get the first decent Christmas in a decade, since the credit crunch, so things are looking up on the Tiny Tim front. I will also be considering a number of long-deferred railway-related purchases. I hope the main benefit will be the ability to plan a "railway holiday" whereby I can take some time off to do some modelling! Please, please can the sale go through this time!!! In the meantime, I must steady myself with the caution that this is not the end, though we might be a little further on than the end of the beginning. Perhaps this is the beginning of the end of so many worries. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted November 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2018 Ah, back to the Devils in Skirts! PS: Good news, though I am actually too much of a brittle, beaten down, exhausted, defeated and depressed nervous wreck to experience either pleasure or relief, but today we exchanged contracts on the house. I'll let you know once the Fat Lady's sung. Excellent news James Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NeilHB Posted November 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2018 Very good news re the house sale James. Shall be keeping everything crossed it goes through smoothly this time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted November 28, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 28, 2018 That is excellent news James. I think we shall be holding our breath with you waiting for the sale to go through and the money to be deposited to your bank account. Please please please universe/karma/the Force/god/goddess/wee folk under the green hill, - be kind to James this Christmas. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Good to hear James. Hopefully all will be sorted by Christmas and the universe won't decide to dump in your breakfast again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagonman Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Yup, fingers, toes, eyes, everything crossed... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted November 28, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 28, 2018 All the best for the future. Adrian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Wonderful news James, and wishing you every scrap of luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearholmer Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 I may be guilty of spreading fake news! Did I , earlier in this thread, say that Bassett-Lowke planned to make an S-scale-ish range post-WW2? I think I did. Well, I had mis-remembered. It was Hornby/Meccano, not B-L. Full details in HRCA 'The Hornby Collector' September 2012. I'm in the process of deciding what to recycle, so if anyone wants this edition, PM me. Its contains a photo of a really good coach prototype. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denbridge Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 (edited) I may be guilty of spreading fake news! Did I , earlier in this thread, say that Bassett-Lowke planned to make an S-scale-ish range post-WW2? I think I did. Well, I had mis-remembered. It was Hornby/Meccano, not B-L. Full details in HRCA 'The Hornby Collector' September 2012. I'm in the process of deciding what to recycle, so if anyone wants this edition, PM me. Its contains a photo of a really good coach prototype. Palitoy also once planned an S scale range, long before Mainline. They produced mock ups of a coach and a GWR large prairie. Edited November 29, 2018 by Denbridge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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