iL Dottore Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 29 minutes ago, grandadbob said: Nothing steamy will be happening here tomorrow. There’s pills available for that, nowadays! 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coombe Barton Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 2 minutes ago, iL Dottore said: There’s pills available for that, nowadays! Also made by Pfizer? 1 1 1 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post The Stationmaster Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2020 Morning all, The bins have bin done - a bit later than normal - and we are currently having an inter-rainum with much more of it promised for this evening. Some much brighter news a is that the Good Doctor heard yesterday afternoon that she has been accepted for nurse training duly sponsored by the Oxford University Health Trust - which will save her about £16,000 in fees although her salary will drop. Tthe practical training will be in the Trust's hospitals etc - which alas extend as far north as Banbury just to be rather awkward - and the Uni/degree part will be with the Open University. Nothing else of major import thus far today but my new Driving Licence has arrived and actually has the correct details and dates on it this time. Have a good day one and all and stay safe. 18 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2020 9 minutes ago, Coombe Barton said: Also made by Pfizer? So do you have to take two 21 days apart before they actually do anything? 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post jamie92208 Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, New Haven Neil said: Morning. Sold a few of those to folk around this forum (and others) over the years! Shame he waited until we had stopped trading! Trainspotting at Panama brings back a memory of watching a switcher, SW1200 or similar, rushing about while we took bunker oil one evening. I hadn't realised at the time the Panama railway was a funny gauge (5 foot?) but I think it has been relaid to standard gauge now? Yes indeed the original Panama Railway, which was the first railway across America, despite what Union Pacific say, was 5' gauge. That was taken over by the canal company and used during the construction of the canal and afterwards. A few years ago, it was taken over by the Owners of Kansas City Southern from the US who standard gauged the mainline and instituted a service taking refrigerated containers from coast to coast from ships that were too heavily loaded to go through the canal. They used ex Amtrak F40's with Head End Power to keep the reefers cool. Not brilliant taken through a bus window en route to the station for a train trip to Colon and back (No sniggering at the back there) Here is one of the aforementioned uglies. This cut off the trackwork in the various canal compound which are still 5' gauge used by mobile cranes like this one. and assorted plant. The cut off trackwork at each of the sites still runs up towards the now standard gauged main line. Our transit of the Canal took a full 12 hours on the P & O cruise and was a fabulous day. Two other little things, Try working out the geometry for this turntable. 5' gauge plus side contact conduit electrical supply. This is the strange sight of conduit trackwork being rebuilt in 2007. It carries the supply to the mules that hold the ships in position. Jamie 17 1 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2020 1 hour ago, grandadbob said: She is fully aware of what is being done. It has nothing to do with small wheeled items that run on strips of metal. But: "Aware" doesn't equal "permission"...... "Small two-wheeled" doesn't rule out "large two wheeled".... Bear is currently washing down the ceiling with sugar soap. It's killing me man.... 1 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Iirc viagra was made at Pfizer in Sandwich the factory was constructed around 2000 it was a big Bison job that went wrong. We ended up with trailers stood down there with concrete on for weeks 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2020 Thanks Jamie - whilst I made several transits of the canal in both directions when on smaller ships (our larger were too big to get through, there is such a thing as 'Panamax' designs, we only had one that I didn't sail on, about 80,000 dwt but a bit narrow for their size IIRC, we had many much larger vessels) I was always too busy to have time to grab a camera and take any photos - a junior officers lot! Pah. 15 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2020 I have known several people who have crewed on these things as Deck Officers and the ships have two problems . The obvious one - as with many ro-ro vessels - is the way they are loaded and unloaded and the way the cargo weight is distributed (hence the Southampton Water capsize). And because the long distance vessels load higher above the water line than most ferries this adds to the potential problem. Their other problem is that for their overall length they have a considerable amount of windage which can cause problems both at sea and when docking or undocking apart from making them occasionally uncomfortable sea boats. Grimaldi do 'cargo voyages' for paying passengers and someone we know who tried one didn't find the ship uncomfortable (it was mainly around the Mediterranean). But the food was far too consistent for her because every meal was pasta and the passenger (only her on that trip) had to eat with the Captain so meal times were a bit unreliable. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2020 The only ship (though not for huge ships) sized canal I have travelled along is the Kiel Canal. The ship had on previous years needed a special licence or whatever they are called to transit the canal but at the last refit they had taken a metre off the mast specially. Aditi had been through the Suez Canal, but she doesn’t really recall it. She did remember that her Mum had bought her a toy camel in Aden and all the sand had leaked out by the time they got to Marseilles. 17 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2020 We have just had an extra excitement today. A visit to the local recycling centre on Canvey Island. All very socially distant and organised. Aditi didn’t really want the cooker to be on the front lawn until scrap metal collectors turned up. I got rid of a couple of old pc cases and a dead printer too. We did travel over but fortunately not in salty water. Tony 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2020 Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Still feeling cream crackered, so when I've finished my muggatee a bit of eyelid examination is in order. 11 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2020 A chapter covering the Panama canal mule locos is in our Eclectic Electrics book. See https://www.stephensonloco.org.uk/SLS book detail vol two.htm 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2020 3 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: Thanks Jamie - whilst I made several transits of the canal in both directions when on smaller ships (our larger were too big to get through, there is such a thing as 'Panamax' designs, we only had one that I didn't sail on, about 80,000 dwt but a bit narrow for their size IIRC, we had many much larger vessels) I was always too busy to have time to grab a camera and take any photos - a junior officers lot! Pah. Thanks Neil, the daybwas the highlight of the cruise for me. We entered at dawn and exited at twilight. I believe that P&O paid something over $200,000 for the passage and garunteed entry times. They opened up the verandas below the bridge for the day and we had a tannoy commentary most of the day. Our cabin was on the starboard side with a balcony but if I wanted Port side pictures, it was a mad dash down two flights of stairs to the boat deck. It kept me fit but was a fantastic day. When I've finished doing my Random British railway pictures I'll start another thread for American railways from Panama to Alaska and will keep you posted. Engine rooms are definitely securely off limits but therecwere some very good lectures on our last cruise followed by Q and A sessions to various officers from different disciplines. 18 minutes ago, john new said: A chapter covering the Panama canal mule locos is in our Eclectic Electrics book. See https://www.stephensonloco.org.uk/SLS book detail vol two.htm Thanks for that John. I'll order it. The mules are fascinating. The double cabbed early series were in some sort of encyclopedia I had as a kid. They are nowvon their 3rd set of mules. Most of the 2nd set are dumped on the Atlantic side by the lower lock where there is one of the early ones preserved. I do have a photo of it's cab roofs. Jamie 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Barry O Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2020 Hair cut completed successfully.. Lummy my ears are freezing!! Time for a mugadecaff to warm me up! Baz 3 10 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, Barry O said: Hair cut completed successfully.. Lummy my ears are freezing!! Time for a mugadecaff to warm me up! Baz You ought to have met the two drill Sgts I did in November 73 at Wakefield and then Newby Wiske, 3 haircuts in a fortnight, I was freezing as it had been shoulder length until then. It was dark brown then however. Jamie 2 14 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium J. S. Bach Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2020 10 hours ago, chrisf said: Greetings one and all ...snip... One day it will be a key link in my journey to Marrakech but it's on indefinite hold. ...snip... Best wishes to all Chris As soon as I read that, I thought of this song: 15 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pH Posted December 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2020 We’ve only been on one cruise - to the eastern Caribbean. Friends who were avid ‘cruisers’ persuaded us to go with them and made all the arrangements. We did enjoy it, but that’s it ticked off the ‘to do’ list and we’ve not felt we really need to go on another. (After getting off the ship in Fort Lauderdale, we drove down to Key West. Now, that’s something I would happily do again!) The one cruise I might want to do is the one that Jamie has described just above, through the Panama Canal. Every year (this, of course being the exception), all the cruise ships that have been sailing out of Vancouver to Alaska all summer re-position to the Caribbean for the winter. There’s another fleet moves the opposite way in the spring. There are usually bargains to be had on these trips. 20 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post J. S. Bach Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, TheQ said: ...snip... When that's done another of those High accuracy Temperature meters has come in. So that should keep me busy for most of this week. Time to... wander down to the lab to get started.. That should be easy; light a match under the sensor: if the needle moves up, it is working; if it moves down, you have the leads reversed. See, an easy job. Oh, I forgot, if the needle does not move at all, you forgot to light the match!! Edited December 9, 2020 by J. S. Bach To add a missing word. 1 1 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, pH said: We’ve only been on one cruise - to the eastern Caribbean. Friends who were avid ‘cruisers’ persuaded us to go with them and made all the arrangements. We did enjoy it, but that’s it ticked off the ‘to do’ list and we’ve not felt we really need to go on another. (After getting off the ship in Fort Lauderdale, we drove down to Key West. Now, that’s something I would happily do again!) The one cruise I might want to do is the one that Jamie has described just above, through the Panama Canal. Every year (this, of course being the exception), all the cruise ships that have been sailing out of Vancouver to Alaska all summer re-position to the Caribbean for the winter. There’s another fleet moves the opposite way in the spring. There are usually bargains to be had on these trips. Someone is positioning their ship to the US Northwest by a more novel route next year - via the Northwest Passage. The ship has a proper ice strengthened hull but the last time they tried to get one of their ships all the way through there was too much ice even in the summer so they had to turn back. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2020 (edited) Didn't they try to get a tanker through in the 70's? need to go Google..... Edit - SS Manhattan, 1969. Got through once, failed second time. Edited December 9, 2020 by New Haven Neil 8 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post iL Dottore Posted December 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2020 6 hours ago, Coombe Barton said: Also made by Pfizer? Indeed, sildenafil citrate (Viagra) was discovered and developed by Pfizer. However it’s not the only PDE5 inhibitor on the market and Pfizer executives admit they are facing stiff competition... 1 25 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted December 9, 2020 Share Posted December 9, 2020 Blast, just missed moaning, it's now affernoon So, somewhere along the way my ejumakashun seems to have been sorely remiss. In working on decoding various coded messages in our "solve a murder" game last evening, one of the encryption methods uses characters such as "*-&" etc to replace vowels. Off I went good as gold, trying to decode a message encoded with this method and was confused by a couple of words, until the Mrs pointed out that a couple of the letters that were hampering me were "y's"! "Y" isn't a vowel shouts me, whereupon I'm inform it actually is?? So did my schooling through the late '60s fail me? I've never before heard or been told that "vowels are a,e,i,o,u AND OCCASIONALLY Y"! After large amounts of texting with the kids and friends I'm assured I'm the village idiot and the entire world knows "y" is a vowel <sigh> Retiring to the corner with a dunces cap on. Nothing else going on - internet failed four times today, I glanced out the window and there, large as life, is "man" on a ladder up the utilities pole! Went and had a chat with him and they're replacing some dodgy equipment before there is a more serious failure - be nice if they had TOLD us??? -2 and sunny first thing, heading for 8. Back to work, hopefully my IT knowledge is better than my English, and not lacking some fundamental details 1 1 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 9, 2020 If I had tried to tell my English teacher that Y was a vowel she would thrown me out of the lesson. 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post BoD Posted December 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2020 Vowels are worth 1 point in Scrabble Y is worth 4 points Y is not a vowel Q E D * * ( 13 points) 8 6 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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