RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted October 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2016 Never had lego, I went straight to airfix, first planes and tanks then once I had a model railway their railway kits... Lego is the best introduction to scratchbuilding there is, you have to think outside of the box, you missed something in your childhood. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Lego is the best introduction to scratchbuilding there is, you have to think outside of the box, you missed something in your childhood. Mike. Nah....... Meccano... Building cranes, bridges, vehicles with proper steering etc... (Well, 50 years ago, anyway!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted October 25, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 25, 2016 Lego is the best introduction to scratchbuilding there is, you have to think outside of the box, you missed something in your childhood. Mike. Well, it's a bit difficult to build a Lego set without getting it out of the box so you have no choice but to think of it outside of the box... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Well, it's a bit difficult to build a Lego set without getting it out of the box so you have no choice but to think of it outside of the box... Can it be both inside and outside the box? #schrodinger 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted October 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2016 Oh and a proper shop for those Xmas trips to London too image.jpeg A few doors down from the 'Book of Mormon' theatre too, and opposite the M+M shop if you need a sugar fix 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 As a small boy, I think I got most play value out of the bags of of assorted offcuts one of my great-uncles brought me from the sawmill where he worked. My first Meccano set was an 00 - I think I managed to make a wheelbarrow out of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceptic Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) last year.jpg We had an 'Anti-social Club' at my workplace. (An off-shoot of the regular company social club, which was too widely spread) Coach trips, Legoland / Thorpe Park / Chessington for the kids, Brewery tours, Boat-trips, (including Sea-fishing), Darts, Skittles. Snooker, Billiards, Ten-pin bowling, even Table-tennis, (Ping-pong) for the (So-called) 'Grown-ups' Great Bunch o' Lads... Edited October 25, 2016 by Ceptic 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold SHMD Posted October 25, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 25, 2016 ^ Very nice Tim but I think both sentences need to have the "Everything" replaced by "Some things". Kev. (2 + 2 = 4 etc... Just imagine I said it.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Waverley West Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 (edited) ^ Very nice Tim but I think both sentences need to have the "Everything" replaced by "Some things". Kev. (2 + 2 = 4 etc... Just imagine I said it.) Careful, Kev. Certain assumptions have to be made before you can say 2 + 2 = 4. You could for example say that 2 + 2 = 100. You did want the answer in binary, didn't you? Edited October 26, 2016 by Waverley West 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Budgie Posted October 26, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2016 Careful, Kev. Certain assumptions have to be made before you can say 2 + 2 = 4. You could for example say that 2 + 2 = 100. You did want the answer in binary, didn't you? Shouldn't that be 10 + 10 = 100? 2 is not a valid number in binary, being only valid in ternary or higher bases. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Waverley West Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Shouldn't that be 10 + 10 = 100? 2 is not a valid number in binary, being only valid in ternary or higher bases. You're assuming I believed the question to be in binary. All I said was that I was assuming the answer was needed in binary. I assumed the question was in base 10 and the answer was needed in binary, purely for illustrative/argumentative purposes. My post was merely to illustrate the assumptions made behind such apparently simple sums, assumptions which you've just made in your post. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 If I persist in saying that 2+2=4, will I get an electric shock? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 If I persist in saying that 2+2=4, will I get an electric shock? Is that a binary choice? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Is that a binary choice? Not to Winston Smith, it wasn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted October 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2016 Not to Winston Smith, it wasn't. Rats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted October 26, 2016 Share Posted October 26, 2016 Rats Rats! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted October 26, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 26, 2016 Rats! Cage round the head filled with rats? IIRC, long time since I read it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebottle Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Cage round the head filled with rats? IIRC, long time since I read it. Two rats - enough to break Winston. Actually, I was thinking of the 2+2=4, which he held on to, desperately, until O'Brien confronted him with "The worst thing in the World". In his terror, he abandoned Truth - and Julia ... "Rats!" was a quote from Charlie Brown, his euphemism for "Damn!" - I should have anticipated your riposte. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted October 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 27, 2016 Two rats - enough to break Winston. Actually, I was thinking of the 2+2=4, which he held on to, desperately, until O'Brien confronted him with "The worst thing in the World". In his terror, he abandoned Truth - and Julia ... "Rats!" was a quote from Charlie Brown, his euphemism for "Damn!" - I should have anticipated your riposte. You can see my reading type from my response it seems. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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