The Night Mail

[Tony_S]

7 minutes ago, BoD said:

You mean it’s not available on prescription?

I think Mackeson stout was available on prescription at one time. 

[Hroth]

41 minutes ago, polybear said:

 

A Hippo on Roller Skates.....twirling.....

 

Just try to stay ahead!

 

[BoD]

1 minute ago, Tony_S said:

I think Mackeson stout was available on prescription at one time. 

…. and by golly it does you good. 

[Dave Hunt]

2 hours ago, newbryford said:

 

Glad to hear there is some progress - albeit slow.

 

Gabepentin/Neurontin worked for me when the pain was bad.

I ended up on 6 per day.

One of those drugs where the dosage is increased/decreased at one tablet per week................

I'm now down to one every 2-3 days and zero at the best times.

 

I think that Gabepentin may have been one of the drugs he mentioned.

 

Dave

[Dave Hunt]

55 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

I think Mackeson stout was available on prescription at one time. 

 

When Jill was a staff nurse on an orthopaedic ward in 1966, Mackeson was given to the patients as it was believed that it helped 'build them up' after operations.

 

Dave

[newbryford]

1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said:

Thanks Stephen,

 

I was pointing this out in the vain hope of preventing Mick from blowing his turbocharger up with the thought of panniers suddenly able to cruise at 130 mph down Penrhos Bank.

 

The only image I have of a paneer doing 130mph is vertically off a cliff..............

[monkeysarefun]

1 hour ago, polybear said:

 

A Hippo on Roller Skates.....twirling.....

 

 

Someones  hacked your doorbell cam and stuck  you on the net.

 

[Hroth]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

I think Mackeson stout was available on prescription at one time. 

 

Guinness too, for Iron deficiency.

Allegedly.

 

 

[34theletterbetweenB&D]

2 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

Which I think you can see is most naturally understood as referring to the weight of the engine alone.

 

Of course a 4-6-2 generating the same power is a lighter 4-6-0 is inefficient: it is having to move its own excess weight as well as the weight of the train.

Yes, I should have stressed that it was the all up train weight aspect that was referred to. Must rmember not to attempt posting while cokking dinner...

 

The real ''punch' in all this is the pacific format's enabling not only the larger grate area with better sustained air supply over time in operation, but also a larger superheater to grate area ratio, which  compensates for the extra weight because more of the combustion energy goes into the steam rather than evaporation of water. (This last is one of the factors that makes the tractive effort formula unreliable as a predictor of power output, because it uses saturated steam presrure alone.)

[Dave Hunt]

Another, not often commented on, benefit of a Pacific is the ability to have a larger ashpan and thus enabling longer runs without choking the fire.

 

Dave

 

However:

 

Q. What do you call a Pacific that doesn't slip?

A. A 4-6-0

[Tony_S]

1 hour ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

I think that Gabepentin may have been one of the drugs he mentioned.

 

Dave

It did wonders for the aged spaniel. Hydrotherapy helped too. Robbie’s rear legs were really weak and he was very unhappy. Of course this happened on a Bank Holiday weekend. I did think I probably would be returning home without a dog but the emergency vet had access to his notes and they said to start him on gabapentin when his legs were weak. Like all things with that dog, he became unwell quickly but also recovered quickly. 

[jamie92208]

1 hour ago, Tony_S said:

I think Mackeson stout was available on prescription at one time. 

It was given out to new mothers every night in Leeds Maternity Hospital, in those days Mackeson was brewed at Kirkstall in a building that I think is now student flats. 

 

Jamie

[Dave Hunt]

2 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

It did wonders for the aged spaniel. 

 

Should work for me then or will I just develop floppy ears and pant a lot?

 

Dave

[Hroth]

1 minute ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

Should work for me then or will I just develop floppy ears and pant a lot?

 

Dave

 

Sit!

 

 

[Tony_S]

1 minute ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

Should work for me then or will I just develop floppy ears and pant a lot?

 

Dave

MiL seems ok on it. It hasn’t made her jump in streams or roll in fox poo. 

[petethemole]

1 hour ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

When Jill was a staff nurse on an orthopaedic ward in 1966, Mackeson was given to the patients as it was believed that it helped 'build them up' after operations.

 

Dave

Dad and I visited Mum after an op in a London Hospital (the Middlsex IIRC) in the late 70s.  The ward sister came round and asked if we'd like a cup of tea. Dad said "he'd rather have a beer".  She fetched me a can of Guinness. Mrs mole was recommended a Guinness a day when pregnant with Martyn, but we had to buy it.

[PhilJ W]

9 hours ago, Steamport Southport said:

 

That was the mock up Schools.

 

https://www.gettyimages.com.br/detail/foto-jornalística/southern-railway-schools-class-4-4-0-no-935-carrying-foto-jornalística/90775543

 

 

Jason

 

8 hours ago, MrWolf said:

 

I'm probably going to be alone in saying that I rather like that and it's a pity that it wasn't progressed. Shades of Hiawatha meets Bulleid.

I wonder if some of the 3D model producers could be persuaded to produce a body for the Hornby Schools chassis?

[Erichill16]

When I was training before I qualified the hospital pharmacy supplied spirits whilst beers etc  could be obtained via the kitchens/catering department.

I also had a difficult decision to make regarding a back operation when I as in my early 20s. Bit the bullet so to speak and never regretted it. 
 

[J. S. Bach]

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

[newbryford]

A modelling post from me to keep @Happy Hippo happy.

 

 

[Winslow Boy]

Mum had her spine break in three places. As a result she had two vertebra fused. When she broke it the last time, when she was in car smash, the doctors thought she was going to break down when they told her.

[Northmoor]

My own shoulder pain is down to the odd annoying twinge now and my sympathy to the Sqn Ldr as back pain is second only to earache IMO.  Health news in the Northmoor household, is that one of our two moggies may not be with us for much longer.  Tomorrow we might get to know how long.

 

Today we took her for a CT scan and unfortunately the presence of tumours is confirmed, there are many.  She walks without putting down one front foot after recently having a toe removed, it turns out the minor infection is actually cancerous growths throughout the leg.  Strangely enough she is generally happy, needs more company than before but sometimes actually wants to go outside on her own.

 

There is the option of chemotherapy but she is 14 and with the cancer already widespread, it is obviously aggressive so it's unlikely to buy her much time, plus it would be just adding more stress as she'd probably need the affected leg amputated as well.

 

Edited October 5, 2023 by Northmoor

[Adam88]

 

I assume we're all celebrating that this week is Fat Bear Week

[polybear]

4 hours ago, Adam88 said:

 

I assume we're all celebrating that this week is Fat Bear Week

 

A Certain Bear has actually lost weight 🙂 (about 3lbs) - something to do with "Cake, lack of" 😢

Have I mentioned that?

 

 

 

[jamie92208]

I had my covid booster last night and had a rough night as a result, though things appear to be better now.  Some modelling got done and I'm off trainspotting later.  Not a bad day ahead. 

 

Jamie