RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 26 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26 Never mind sheds or cars we need to be concentrating on Limp Pigs. Let's hope the organisational errors that bedevilled the RWC (which I reported on at the time) last year are not repeated. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 26 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26 My car is a Nissan Note. Apparently it is built on a Renault Clio floorpan and was built in Sunderland. It was 16 years old when I bought it but with a low mileage for it's age. I'm quite happy with it but it was registered by the dealer and spent it's first 15 months as a demonstrator and was fitted with every available extra, I'm still finding out what some of the button's are for. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 (edited) On 25/07/2024 at 08:28, iL Dottore said: I’ve always wondered about the wisdom of being deliberately ambiguous about the identity of criminal suspects when they are being sought by the police who turn to the public for assistance. If you were to say that the suspect is a middle-aged male, that’s hardly descriptive enough for the general public – or the police for that matter – to keep an eye out for the miscreant. But if you were to say that the suspect is a middle-aged male white bear with pizza and baked bean stains on his fur, then it is very clear who the authorities are looking for (sorry PB for using you as an example). Why it is “discriminatory” to properly identify all the characteristics of a criminal is beyond me. If, returning to my example above, all criminals were identified by their animal ethnicity and we found out that polar bears were over represented in the criminal population; then that should be a wake up call to the authorities (and to society as a whole) that there is something amiss with the polar bear community. Ask the Swedes, or the Germans; they have long since pursued a policy of not gathering or collating information of that nature, because they don't wish to deal with the resulting statistics Edited July 26 by rockershovel 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Is the Olympic parade over yet? I left the room to escape the relentless ideological mumbo-jumbo and prancing about .... 1 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted July 26 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26 6 minutes ago, rockershovel said: relentless ideological mumbo-jumbo Ah, so that's what the Minions were saying! 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northmoor Posted July 26 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26 4 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Ah, so that's what the Minions were saying! That bit was brilliant! I feel really sorry for the French that the weather should have turned so biblical on Paris' special night. But a brilliant idea to have the parade along the Seine rather than into the stadium, so about four times as many people could see it (through the deluge). I just hope for the sake of the group responsible for the attacks on the TGV network, that when they're found by the French authorities, they aren't at the top of any stairs...... 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted July 26 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26 39 minutes ago, rockershovel said: Is the Olympic parade over yet? I left the room to escape the relentless ideological mumbo-jumbo and prancing about .... They're doing the speeches now... 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 8 minutes ago, Hroth said: They're doing the speeches now... Good lord it's after 11pm The pubs will be shut before they finish. Have they no thought for the audience? Andy 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 21 minutes ago, Hroth said: They're doing the speeches now... I've given up and gone to bed. When Batman appeared through a trapdoor with the Torch and the lasers started, that was the last straw... 1 1 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 26 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26 (edited) We watched the end of High Country on I player instead. Some TGV's were seen this afternoon but not as many as usual. Jamie Edited July 27 by jamie92208 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 Well, I watched as much of the Olympic opening ceremony as I could stomach. I now know why there are such long queues on French beaches with folk desperate to leave.............................. 1 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted July 26 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 26 I drank Penderyn instead 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 (edited) Three years ago today, I was here - surely the 'spiritual' home of railway modellers . . . . . . . . of a certain age. . . Edited July 26 by br2975 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted July 26 Share Posted July 26 7 minutes ago, br2975 said: Three years ago today, I was here - surely the 'spiritual' home of railway modellers . . . . . . . . of a certain age. . . That took longer than it should to understand. That's if I've understood it correctly of course. Andy 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 26 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 26 Instead of the Olympic opening ceremony I watched 'Secrets of the London Underground'. Or more accurately I watched Siddy Holloway. 2 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted July 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: Instead of the Olympic opening ceremony I watched 'Secrets of the London Underground'. Or more accurately I watched Siddy Holloway. Good move. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 (edited) 5 hours ago, br2975 said: Three years ago today, I was here - surely the 'spiritual' home of railway modellers . . . . . . . . of a certain age. . . I might still have mine. Cost 24d iirc. edit. That seems a bit too cheap. Maybe 3/11? Edited July 27 by AndyID 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted July 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27 (edited) 4 hours ago, br2975 said: Three years ago today, I was here - surely the 'spiritual' home of railway modellers . . . . . . . . of a certain age. A kit of the church from earlier days? Edited July 27 by J. S. Bach To edit the post 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted July 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27 Night Owl from the Piedmont. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27 8 hours ago, br2975 said: Well, I watched as much of the Olympic opening ceremony as I could stomach. That'll just be the opening credits then..... 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27 7 hours ago, br2975 said: Three years ago today, I was here - surely the 'spiritual' home of railway modellers . . . . . . . . of a certain age. . . The last northbound train to Hawes from Skipton, on an evening g, was known as Boniface. Jamie 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 I've just noticed the reports of the Olympic flag being raised upside down. How does that even happen? The whole point about the inverted flag being a symbol of distress or surrender is that the fastenings on a flag are one way up and an inverted hoist can only be deliberate. 5 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted July 27 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27 (edited) 13 minutes ago, rockershovel said: I've just noticed the reports of the Olympic flag being raised upside down. How does that even happen? The whole point about the inverted flag being a symbol of distress or surrender is that the fastenings on a flag are one way up and an inverted hoist can only be deliberate. That's a bit harsh. Having watched the opening ceremony, the weather conditions were atrocious for all concerned. Those entrusted with attaching and raising the flag were in all likelihood waiting in situ for a considerable length of time, in pouring rain. Mistakes happen and no doubt whoever they are will be feeling pretty upset when the error was realised. They knew they were on the world stage and would be scrutinised but they are only human. Before adopting the role of the 9 o'clock jury, stop and consider the overall circumstances and try to understand before handing down judgement. Rob Edited July 27 by NHY 581 5 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted July 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27 28 minutes ago, rockershovel said: I've just noticed the reports of the Olympic flag being raised upside down. How does that even happen? The whole point about the inverted flag being a symbol of distress or surrender is that the fastenings on a flag are one way up and an inverted hoist can only be deliberate. The South Korean Team were introduced as the DPRK (North Korean) Team. South Korea are "somewhat p1ssed"** apparently..... (**Technical, diplomatic terminology) 2 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted July 27 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 27 Successfully avoided all parts of the Olympic soggyness, until the news just now. Our " Little Red driving machine" © Gwiwer is a 63 plate with less than 30,000 miles, a Peugeot 107, being basically a Toyota it should be reliable. We've yet to try it on a long journey , in September it should do a 400 mile trip twice and a 1000 miles in a fortnight, if it does that successfully it will have a long life with us. If it's no good for that, it will need to be replaced with something a little bigger. Right time for breakfast and then go sailing for a week, much more important than a little event in French lands. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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