Guest Max Stafford Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 I wouldn't recognise a quadratic if you bounced it off my head! Whereas I had a natural flair for English as a child, in mathematical terms I was and am educationally sub-normal! Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Quadratics aren't too difficult if you can find someone who can explain them properly. I really struggled with Maths throughout school, but finally got a teacher who could really explain things in a way that I could relate to. It was good enough to get me an Engineering degree, but I still have nightmares about second order differential equations and Laplace transforms! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 1, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2011 A mathematician who can think like a normal person is a good find. I have come across more than one who when I asked what they were studying gave replies that stated if they could explain it to me they wouldn't be studying it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Morning all..... Dogs are barking like crazy, so that's the builders arrived for day two. Just to pick up on your questions. The kitchen units will stay Tony, although we are considering getting some new doors to a more modern pattern and then spray painting them a similar colour. The opening facing you in the pics will be bricked up to separate the old dining room from the hall. The stair gate will then be back in business, keeping the cats and dogs apart. They wouldn't hurt each other, but it does stop the dogs from barking and chasing the cats and gives the cats a quiet, peaceful area where they can relax. The beam you can see lying at an angle is the new beam that has to go above the opening. It's a new one on me consisting of three parts. A plate steel centre and two really dense wooden beams bolted into one very heavy sandwich. It takes five of them to lift it, so today will be interesting.... Nearly finished the ballasting on the new board. Limited myself to an hour or so to stay interested and it looks fine, but it is a time consuming business. Didn't have a clue when it came to quadratics at school, but then I have not needed them in 40 years of working, so perhaps they were superfluous after all. Bright and sunny outside, so looks like another goodun'.....B) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixoh8sixoh Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Morning all. Okta'd up to the max in the Athens of the North, quite dark threatening ones at that and the wind seems to be getting up too. Had rather a disturbed sleep as someone had a doorbell fetish between 3.30 and 5.15 this morning. Whether it was some resident of the block who'd lost his/her keys and couldn't raise their partner or an undesirable, I don't know. At that time of the morning, I'm not making any effort to find out. Unfortunately my dreams wove around something similar too, so I don't really feel I've had a very restful night. Gordon, you have my sympathies for cleaning up the dust after that, doing the landing and my bike on Monday night was enough for me... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted June 1, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 1, 2011 Morning all, dull day and time to get some junk to the tip. Oh joy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDolfelin Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Just a sentimental reminder for Robert: 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium eldavo Posted June 1, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 1, 2011 Morning All, Bright one. Plans have changed, I was expected to go for a walk but it seems the staff now have a visitor arriving this morning so I am excused and can escape to the shed. Gordon I know you have a penchant for modelling on the kitchen table but don't you think taking out walls so you can bring the whole layout down is a step too far? Have a good one all. Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Sorry for le late sign-on. It's yet another overcast, grey, miserable, cold day! Good luck with the building alteratins Gordon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Ahhhh - Memories... Thanks DD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted June 1, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 1, 2011 second order differential equations and Laplace transforms! Fie, fie! How darest thou even speak those infernal terms? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixoh8sixoh Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Sorry for le late sign-on. It's yet another overcast, grey, miserable, cold day! Good luck with the building alteratins Gordon. Don't worry about the time, we're just relieved you're still with us! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted June 1, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2011 'take five to lift it' Watch that back of yours Gordon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SouthernRegionSteam Posted June 1, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2011 Morning all! I'm ashamed to say I've only just woken up - still, you're allowed a lie-in occasionally aren't you? Mind you, it should teach me for my late night activity on AGWI (speaking of which, thanks Don for the comment ) It's quite strange because if I close my curtains I wake up around an hour or more later than I usually would, hence normally I leave them open... Oh yes, and don't even get me started about maths and quadratics - let's just say I was doing fine until I started A level where my teacher told me its best I should probably leave because I didn't get an A at GCSE! Not sure what I'm doing today - I finished of those geography cards so I could start my economics but I feel more inclined to have a rest day and work on AGWI. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 my teacher told me its best I should probably leave because I didn't get an A at GCSE! I got a B at GCSE, and I never did A-level Maths. Didn't stop me getting an HND in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and a degree in Electronic Engineering though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted June 1, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2011 Thought I'd have a run out and spend some time at Carlisle station. Interesting few hours. BUT have just been to the model shop and spent more than I intended. Question: what's the best way to sneak it in when I get back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 1, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2011 Thought I'd have a run out and spend some time at Carlisle station. Interesting few hours. BUT have just been to the model shop and spent more than I intended. Question: what's the best way to sneak it in when I get back. Just take it in and demonstrate what all your purchases do. Your family will be so pleased you have an interesting hobby. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted June 1, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2011 I've tried that one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted June 1, 2011 Share Posted June 1, 2011 Wear them as hats? Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted June 1, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 1, 2011 Nice one Pete. I did just that and they didn't even bat an eyelid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonBradley Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Buy a big enough bunch of flowers so that train purchases are hidden behind it! Good morning all. Sill grey and overcast. No better news for the immediate future either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium NGT6 1315 Posted June 2, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 2, 2011 Morning all. It's as quiet as you would expect it to be on a holiday, and the weather is sunny and slightly windy. We may be out for dinner today – in between, I guess we'll have to see. Cheers, guys... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelintrev Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Morning all, grey and dismal here too, though that wont last. It's weird having no "seasons" here, temperatures the sameish all year round................. Have a good one all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted June 2, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2011 Morning all. Already warm here. I should be putting the bin bags out but I've been sorting out (ie paying) Matthew's travel insurance for his trip to Vietnam. Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted June 2, 2011 Share Posted June 2, 2011 Morning All, It looks like it is going to be a great day here. Blue skies, and a touch of wind - which hopefully will keep things a little cooler. I am planning to head off into the Taunus for a spot of Geocaching. Time for a coffee - Have a good day everyone... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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