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  1. NGT6 1315

    A Möbius strip walks into a bar, sobbing. The bartender asks, „What’s wrong, buddy?“ The Möbius strip replies, „Where do I even begin?“

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      You'll only get one side of the story, though.

  2. gwrrob

    Anyone heard from @Miss Prism lately.

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Good to have you back among us! 

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  3. Graham_Muz

    Oh the joy of implied statements of fact or caution' expressed without any actual full research...

    Just because one hasn't seen something doesn't necessarily mean it didn't exist... 

    Happy Sunday and now I'm off on my holibobs. 

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      I'm not convinced that thinking you've seen something proves it exists, either.

  4. gwrrob

    Anyone heard from @Miss Prism lately.

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Most recently on RMWeb on 24 April. Somewhat concerning.

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  5. BachelorBoy

    You are a philosophy graduate. Do you know if anyone has seriously written about the philosophy of modelling (either in general or specifically about railways) ? 

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Participation in the God-Head through participation in the act of world-creation.

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  6. nigel newling

    Ian, I have tried to track down your image of a GW Sheet, referenced again recently in Compound2632 's "pre-grouping-wagons-in-4mm-the-d299-appreciation-thread" but, unhappily, it seems to have been lost in the RMWeb crash. Is there any chance you could put it back up again? I and, I am sure, many others would be very grateful.

    Thanks, Nigel Newling

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Thanks for that Ian - I never had the earlier version with the angel's wing before and it's more appropriate to my c. 1902 date, I believe.

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  7. nigel newling

    Ian, I have tried to track down your image of a GW Sheet, referenced again recently in Compound2632 's "pre-grouping-wagons-in-4mm-the-d299-appreciation-thread" but, unhappily, it seems to have been lost in the RMWeb crash. Is there any chance you could put it back up again? I and, I am sure, many others would be very grateful.

    Thanks, Nigel Newling

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      I have the relevant images adjusted to 4 mm scale, including a gallery of cut-and-paste digits, as jpeg files. These were manipulated from a download of Ian's original artwork and all done without his permission, so I would be reluctant to make them available. I use CorelDraw to assemble the sheet image but this could be done in, say, Word, although that would be more tedious.

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  8. Re6/6

    has had his evening spoiled by the God-awful shouting man on the inevitable bank holiday setee adverts! Such a con with all the 'reductions'🤢

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      There are no flies on these advertisers, you know. The psychology runs roughly as follows: you are sitting on your setee watching the ad. Your irritation with the ad leads to a sense of discomfort. To alleviate this discomfort, you replace your setee. It's a version of the shoe event horizon scenario.

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  9. 47137

    I have a parcel coming with a courier.

    They have sent me an email telling me the parcel is at their sortation facility.

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      sortilege the practice of foretelling the future from a card or other item drawn at random from a collection.

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  10. NGT6 1315

    Does Gravity Stop Working At The Edges Of Mountains When Moving Through Kashmir?

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Replaced by levity?

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  11. Graham_Muz

    Hopefully only one more day of people being self appointed meteorologists, metallurgists, Highway and fluid dynamic engineers... #heatwave

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      I'm not the one offended; those who were offering genuine expertise might justly be. I think you misjudged the tone of your post.

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  12. Graham_Muz

    Hopefully only one more day of people being self appointed meteorologists, metallurgists, Highway and fluid dynamic engineers... #heatwave

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      You don't know what expertise other posters actually have. There may be some who are qualified to comment authoritatively, others who are not; you've condemned them all with one sweeping statement; it is that, I think, that gives offence.

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  13. Graham_Muz

    Hopefully only one more day of people being self appointed meteorologists, metallurgists, Highway and fluid dynamic engineers... #heatwave

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Hopefully only one more day of self-appointed doing down of the opinions of others?

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  14. melmerby

    I passed an exam in Metrology.

    That's close enough innit?😉

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Close enough; and you wouldn't smugly denigrate the opinions of others, would you?

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  15. Ian J.

    Which is better, plumb duff, or duff plumbs...?

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      I suppose a duff plumb is one that doesn't hang true?

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  16. woodenhead

    Why the heck is anyone thinking about a return of imperial measurements for shops?

     

    Anyone else think this is a recipe for profiteering on customers by mixing styles on price per.

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Imperial units do not, and have not for a very long time, form a system of units independent of the SI. 

      By definition, 1 yard = 0.9144 m.

      By definition, 1 pint = 568.26125 ml.

       

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  17. Harlequin

    I hear that Swindon is going to apply for Nato membership.

     

    Or have I got that wrong?

     

    😃

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      There's more than a grain of truth in this rumour...

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  18. Captain Kernow

    There's nothing offensive about custard.

     

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      One of our most effective defensive deserts.

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  19. NGT6 1315

    Would it be unsportsmanlike to be playing for checkmate against your Czech mate?

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Will you take a cheque, mate?

  20. NGT6 1315

    Argent, an eagle displayed gules armed and wings charged with trefoils Or.

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      image.png.14c530d865d801d420fd13bc42f15313.png

      Brandenburg. Why?

  21. LNERGE

    Yay I’m a grandad! How long should I wait before buying my new granddaughter a train set? 

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Once she's crawling, you want the ELC Happyland Train. Here's an unboxing video: 

      twenty or more years ago, we had two sets, including points and a diamond (well, square) crossing. It could be set up with two trains circulating in opposite directions on a dog-bone layout with passing loop. With care, it could run for ages without a collision! You can probably get extra track or complete sets second-hand.

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  22. Mikkel

    Imagine the hobby without kits. 

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      The world is grim enough already.

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  23. Hroth

    Melius est a bove stabulari quam onagro

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Porrige mihi asinum tuum, bos stabulat meus.

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  24. Captain Kernow

    Vacca herbam edit.

     

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      Oves herbam quoque. @NHY 581?

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  25. Tim Dubya

    What does the panel think of using swede (that'll be neep to viewers up top, but who cares as they're rutabagas anyway) in a veg curry?

     

    The Mrs has gone off to meet her daughter in Malta for 10 days and left loads of veg that isn't pies, sausages, white bread or chips and I'm bu99ered if I know what to do with it!

     

    1. Compound2632

      Compound2632

      @Mikkel, he was referring to the root vegetable not your neighbours from over the Øresund.

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