RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted August 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18 2 hours ago, DenysW said: In terms of general ignorance of the importance of loading gauge over nominal gauge, I give you the Leicester & Swanington. Its locomotive on opening day lost its funnel to the height its tunnel had been built, and it had a restricted gauge on wagons until it was finally abandoned. Much of today's railway is a result of lessons learned. Or not. In the 1980s, a new carriage-washer was installed in Hither Green down side. When the first train entered it it knocked the horns off. 1 1 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 1 hour ago, PhilJ W said: I'm watching the cricket from Lords on BBC2. I'll wave!!! 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 3 minutes ago, bbishop said: I'll wave!!! Not seen you yet But I have been distracted by Mrs SM42's ongoing on line learning marathon. 3 courses down. 4 to go. 4th in progress Each takes about an hour, if you don't keep pausing to do something else. This may take some time. Andy 2 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 Bin in a few of those iso containers in The Falklands.. The sailing club, Gull Island Pond, near Mount Pleasant. And the radar station Mount Kent. Looks like they've better Accommodation now, it was iso containers when I last visited. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 Mrs SM42 has paused her course so she can phone her parents. It's the MiL's birthday today. She's had all day to call, but decides now, mid course, is the perfect time. Any call is made more complicated by the fact that the in laws have a new phone and the end call button is next to the speakerphone button and the FiL has a very large thumb and poor eyesight. 😕 Several calls last about 2 seconds before you get one that lasts longer than hello ( in Polish) Andy 1 11 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted August 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18 1 hour ago, Dave Hunt said: Answers on a postcard to Room 9999, back corridor next to the broom cupboard, somewhere in Whitehall. The Swiss Government are having a competition , with prize money, about how to deal with all the munitions including bombs with fuses installed that the Swiss armed forces dumped in Alpine lakes and not only in deep ones. I don’t know how sensible the responses would be as I don’t think too many professional explosives experts would be impressed by the prize money. Though I expect the disposal contract could be profitable. 2 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 2 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: In the late 1990s someone at the MoD decided that someone else should try to establish what had happened to all the shipping containers that had gone to the Falklands. Quite a few had been repurposed as remote accommodation, some had been put into use as storage facilities, some were just lying about unloved and unemployed and some were at the bottom of the oggin after sinkings. The total accounted for, however, was no less than four hundred short of those that had been noted as going there. Four hundred??!! How the **** do you lose four hundred bl00dy big items like shipping containers in somewhere not much bigger than the Isle of Wight? Answers on a postcard to Room 9999, back corridor next to the broom cupboard, somewhere in Whitehall. Dave Some might have come home without paperwork. On the other hand (paw, hoof - you never know around here) might it be that some enterprising individual (think CPO Pertwee from "The Navy Lark") might have found a use for them. Many years ago I remember hearing the tale of a Flight Sergeant who let the grazing rights on one of Her Majesty's overseas airfields. Apparently, it worked OK until officialdom started asking questions about the goats grazing between the runways. Adrian 1 1 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 Mrs SM42 has got just over a minute into her course amd is on pause whilst another call is made. A late night beckons Time for beer methinks. Andy 1 1 1 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 It's that time of year. A rather large house spider has just dashed across the lounge floor. Andy 4 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted August 18 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18 Just now, SM42 said: It's that time of year. A rather large house spider has just dashed across the lounge floor. Andy That was only because you mentioned Beer. 5 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 Never a bear about when you need one is there? Andy 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 Just a quick test print to see how the chairs look. Definitely not as crisp as injection molded parts. 6 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted August 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18 (edited) Next week, Aldi are offering a Spider Catching device, only 9 quid! https://leaflets.aldi.co.uk/view/681105899/12/ PB might be interested.... They also have a spider repellent spray! Edited August 18 by Hroth Extra! 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 1 hour ago, Tony_S said: The Swiss Government are having a competition , with prize money, about how to deal with all the munitions including bombs with fuses installed that the Swiss armed forces dumped in Alpine lakes and not only in deep ones. I don’t know how sensible the responses would be as I don’t think too many professional explosives experts would be impressed by the prize money. Though I expect the disposal contract could be profitable. Depth Charges should clear then nicely..... 20 minutes ago, SM42 said: Never a bear about when you need one is there? Andy A wire brush is your friend, as is fly spray. 1 2 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 Just now, Hroth said: Next week, Aldi are offering a Spider Catching device, only 9 quid! https://leaflets.aldi.co.uk/view/681105899/12/ PB might be interested.... "Catches them without harm?" Wottafuggin'stupididea...... 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 I just shooed him / her along and they've disappeared out of sight. Hopefully it'll eat some of the insects thst are flying about in SM42 Towers. Andy 6 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 4 minutes ago, SM42 said: I just shooed him / her along and they've disappeared out of sight. Hopefully it'll eat some of the insects thst are flying about in SM42 Towers. Andy 😱 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 (edited) " my course has disappeared ' " what?'" " I just pressed a button and it disappeared " "*¥£&*^%%^%" Mrs SM42 is good at pressing and clicking things at random and expecting the PC to know what she is thinking. Perhaps she thinks it's me Andy Edited August 18 by SM42 5 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 6 minutes ago, SM42 said: Mrs "br2975" is also good at pressing and clicking things at random and expecting thd PC to know what she is thinking. . And also blurts out her disjointed thoughts after 30 minutes of silence, expecting everyome to know exactly what she is babbling on about 4 1 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 20 minutes ago, polybear said: "Catches them without harm?" Wottafuggin'stupididea...... Then you throw them out of the window to certain death from hypothermia. And they were just out looking for a bit of loving Andy 1 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyID Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 8 minutes ago, SM42 said: Mrs SM42 is good at pressing and clicking things at random and expecting the PC to know what she is thinking. I am very familiar with this syndrome. That's all I'm saying. 2 4 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 1 minute ago, br2975 said: . And also blurts out her disjointed thoughts after 30 minutes of silence, expecting everyome to know exactly what she is babbling on about I was beginning to think it was just me. Andy 1 1 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winslow Boy Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 1 minute ago, br2975 said: . And also blurts out her disjointed thoughts after 30 minutes of silence, expecting everyome to know exactly what she is babbling on about I thought that when you got 'hitched' you also got 'syncd' as well. Do you mean to say that isn't so. What a relief. 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SM42 Posted August 18 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18 1 minute ago, Winslow Boy said: I thought that when you got 'hitched' you also got 'syncd' as well. Do you mean to say that isn't so. What a relief. I think you do get synced, just that it's only a 0.000000000005 Mbs connection. Amdy 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
br2975 Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 12 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said: I thought that when you got 'hitched' you also got 'syncd' as well. Do you mean to say that isn't so. What a relief. . No, it's a ploy used by many women against their partners, spouses etc. . Example 1. Knowing your husband has hearing issues, when on an aircraft, look out of the window, and mumble to the window, whilst husband is reading MRJ. Then, turn around and berate husband for ignoring you. . Example 2. Hammer away at the PC keyboard whilst working in the home office, behind a closed firedoor, then talk to husband who is downstairs, behind three other doors in the utility room waiting for the washing machine cycle to end. Later, berate husband again for ignoring you. . Example 3. Yes, you all get my drift by now.................... 5 6 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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