Hroth Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 One for the true pendents here. I have just done the first day of the Furness Model railway show in Barrow and half way through the show it was pointed out to me the the label printed for my 0-9 layout "Crackpot Mine" stated "7mm Gauge" rather than "9mm Gauge 7mm scale" Marc There's always someone..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted October 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 14, 2017 One for the true pendents here. I have just done the first day of the Furness Model railway show in Barrow and half way through the show it was pointed out to me the the label printed for my 0-9 layout "Crackpot Mine" stated "7mm Gauge" rather than "9mm Gauge 7mm scale" Marc How useful. And the pointer-out went home feeling he had advanced the state of Civilisation, no doubt. Sigh. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brack Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 One for the true pendents here. I have just done the first day of the Furness Model railway show in Barrow and half way through the show it was pointed out to me the the label printed for my 0-9 layout "Crackpot Mine" stated "7mm Gauge" rather than "9mm Gauge 7mm scale" Marc Just tell him it is, but with significant gauge widening on the curves. And that all the track is curved. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 14, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 14, 2017 2-6-0 Mogul. Vague, thought to be linked to the Moguls of India as an embodiment of power. 2-8-0 Consolidation. Built by Baldwin’s in 1866 for the Lehigh & Mahoney, consolidated with the Lehigh Valley the same year. 2-4-2 Columbia. Exhibited at the Colombian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. 4-4-2 Atlantic. Baldwin’s in 1895 for the Atlantic Coast Line. 2-8-2 Mikado. Baldwin’s in 1897 for the Nippon Railway of Japan. 4-6-2 Pacific. Baldwin’s in 1901 for New Zealand Govt. Railways, and shipped across the Pacific. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Where's Fred? Has his boss found him out and fired him? Has this publication folded as a consequence? Concerned Pedant of Biggar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2017 Where's Fred? Has his boss found him out and fired him? Has this publication folded as a consequence? Concerned Pedant of Biggar I was just thinking it was high time we had some more pedantry. Any offers? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 I was just thinking it was high time we had some more pedantry. Any offers? I guess it depends upon what time "high time" is. Is 6:18pm high time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2017 I guess it depends upon what time "high time" is. Is 6:18pm high time? Well past pre-grouping high tea time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Well past pre-grouping high tea time. Don't we have to wait until the sun is over the yard arm? Oh, no! Now I remember, that's for something else! Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2017 Have you put your clocks back up there or are you still on the Gregorian calendar? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted November 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2017 Have you put your clocks back up there or are you still on the Gregorian calendar? Says the man who lives not too far from Stonehenge... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2017 We’re still looking round for a virgin for next year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Rixon Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 I guess it depends upon what time "high time" is. Is 6:18pm high time? 06:18:00 TCB is definitely high time, being a system measured outside the solar gravity-well. 06:18:00 UTC is low-down and dirty. How high can you go? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Clocks go back next week here but its been snowing all morning. Any significance? Good luck with the virgins, they're in short supply this time of year. Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted November 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2017 (edited) We’re still looking round for a virgin for next year. You’ll find that difficult, as they don’t have the GWR franchise... Edited November 3, 2017 by Regularity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted November 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2017 "Help stamp out virginity!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2017 (edited) Have you put your clocks back up there or are you still on the Gregorian calendar? Just to get a bit of pedantry in here, I think you mean the Julian calendar. It's the Gregorian one we're all on now - civilised parts of the world since 1582, more Europhobic parts in 1752 or as recently as 1918. Ever wondered why the October revolution has always been commemorated in November? In the 17th Century, it was usual to indicate which calendar you were using by marking the date ns or os. I've found this piece of information very irritating while studying Atkins et al., GWR Goods Wagons, as there were two Lot lists, one starting c. 1893 and carrying on past the Grouping, and an earlier one running from c. 1870 to c. 1893 which they call the 'old series' and distinguish as os, so I keep thinking it is 'old style'. Before 1870 there seems to have been a Lot list by letter but that didn't last long... Edited November 3, 2017 by Compound2632 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Have you put your clocks back up there or are you still on the Gregorian calendar? Couldn't get the flame on my candle to go back up an hour! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Couldn't get the flame on my candle to go back up an hour! Thats almost as bad as trying to get the water to go uphill on my Clepsydra.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Regularity Posted November 3, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2017 "Help stamp out virginity!"Sounds like a quote from an MP, if the current moral furore is anything to go by... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meil Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Just to get a bit of pedantry in here, I think you mean the Julian calendar. It's the Gregorian one we're all on now - civilised parts of the world since 1582, more Europhobic parts in 1752 or as recently as 1918. Ever wondered why the October revolution has always been commemorated in November? Ever wondered why the tax year starts on 6th April? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Ever wondered why the tax year starts on 6th April?Because it was originally ‘Lady Day’ - the 25th March??? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted November 3, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2017 Ever wondered why the tax year starts on 6th April? ... because Lady Day (the Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary) was one option for New Year's Day and our mid-18th century accountants couldn't cope with a short year. Because it was originally ‘Lady Day’ - the 25th March??? Snap. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sp1 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 ... because Lady Day (the Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary) was one option for New Year's Day and our mid-18th century accountants couldn't cope with a short year. Snap. It’s amazing what an interest in genealogy fills your head with Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
meil Posted November 4, 2017 Share Posted November 4, 2017 ... because Lady Day (the Feast of the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary) was one option for New Year's Day and our mid-18th century accountants couldn't cope with a short year. Snap. Partly correct. Yes New year's day was 25 March (the Quarter Day of Lady's Day - which is 9 months from the Quarter Day of Christmas) but when the calendar changed from Julian to Gregorian you lost 9 days. The exchequer wasn't loosing 10 days so they extended it to 5 April. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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