Danemouth Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 2 hours ago, New Haven Neil said: Absolutely. Panniers of the GWR type are my favourite loco but that is possibly the ugliest loco I've ever seen! Dave 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 17 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: The evening flow test has been done. I'm now recording in excess of 700...... The highest the chart reads is 700, so it's going to be pretty pointless! Still, I shall persevere. On a (very) good day I get up to about 320 so I an envious of your results 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 13, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2021 I think that swimming; diving and snorkelling, rugby and lots of other strenuous sports when I was much younger probably helped. If I'd not been very fit when I had the double pneumonia in my thirties, I have no doubt that the infection would have killed me. Even so it took over 6 months before I was able to run and pass the Army BFT (basic fitness test) again. But I was never as able afterwards and any cold I catch inevitably ends up on my chest as an infection. The one I have at present, for which I've not been given any medication, is certainly helped by the inhaler. I can go for hours without any problems and then suddenly catch my breath which leads to a barrage of coughing. Once it's stopped, which can take some time, using the inhaler seems to calm everything down again. However, my symptoms and the recovery is fairly quick in comparison to my brother in law who really suffers badly from both asthma and eczema. On more than one occasion, the poor bloke has ended up in hospital giving the appearance of a wheezing crisp. That is not me trying to make light of it, the condition in it's severe form, is a cruel and vicious attack on the human body that I'd not wish on anyone. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 My problem is that I have asthma which was misdiagnosed as bronchitis as a child. It was only diagnosed as asthma in my mid 20's by which time my lungs were scared and I am stuck with the result 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2021 I was relatively lucky following my pneumonia a couple of years ago as I was very quickly put on two lots of powerful antibiotics and just about managed to keep the fever under control with paracetamol and so didn’t require hospitalisation. However the permanent damage to my lungs is the opposite of asthma, my bronchi are saggy rather than constricted. The breathing exercises do make it sound as if I am sighing so I have to warn Aditi that I am huffing not sighing. Aditi has asthma (she got it for her 40th birthday) but not as severely as her siblings. I now have another blood test for tomorrow. My GP must have reviewed Monday’s result and posted me a letter asking me to have the Hb1ac (may have remembered exact name of test incorrectly) done. The one on Monday was just fasting glucose. Tony 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 13, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2021 All these differing medical conditions make me wonder if there is a single condition we all either suffer from or are free of? I'll wager that it is not the Duke of Argyll's! 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simontaylor484 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 I have had asthma since childhood i was hospitalized at 3 yo. I was given an allergy test a load of needles shoved in my leg (where my needle phobia came from). I have had further serious attacks and some milder ones. About 4 years ago i went to the drs with the start of a chest infection and sent away. 3 days later i was on the verge of pneumonia. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Morning all, As I have the day off from school today, (deep cleaning etc) I took some time after breakfast to go and film the attached video. Apologies for the shaky camera at times, and the sentient windmill... Douglas 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Florence Locomotive Works said: Morning all, As I have the day off from school today, (deep cleaning etc) I took some time after breakfast to go and film the attached video. Apologies for the shaky camera at times, and the sentient windmill... Douglas I do like German railways. My collection of items is so eclectic (totally random and unorganised!) I claim to model Ruritanian railways. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 13, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2021 1 hour ago, Tony_S said: I do like German railways. My collection of items is so eclectic (totally random and unorganised!) I claim to model Ruritanian railways. I did think of Transylvanian State Railways in the garden once. No need for any crews or passengers: As in all good horror films the trains would run as if by some form of remote control. 'Are you travelling 1st class Mr Harker? My Master is in the baggage car. He'll be along once it gets dark!' 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2021 I have had a peak-flow meter for about 25 years, I think. I tried it just now, first time in many years, and am just short of 500. I had pneumonia at the end of 2000, and added to lifelong asthma it was not helpful. But my asthma was better in 2020 than for 40 years. At 72, Covid might well find me out, but at least I am not overweight, which seems to be bad news. 5 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 13, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Oldddudders said: I have had a peak-flow meter for about 25 years, I think. I tried it just now, first time in many years, and am just short of 500. I had pneumonia at the end of 2000, and added to lifelong asthma it was not helpful. But my asthma was better in 2020 than for 40 years. At 72, Covid might well find me out, but at least I am not overweight, which seems to be bad news. I wonder if the improvement was due to the lack of pollution caused by the various engines we use for transportation? 6 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 9 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: I did think of Transylvanian State Railways in the garden once. No need for any crews or passengers: As in all good horror films the trains would run as if by some form of remote control. 'Are you travelling 1st class Mr Harker? My Master is in the baggage car. He'll be along once it gets dark!' A slightly related but totally unconnected story . A couple of years back myself and Mrs SM42 spent a long weekend in Pickering. A good pub and the station in walking distance, it was a perfect break. As one does in such a situation, a train ride to Whitby was taken All went well until just after leaving Whitby on the return journey and a commotion ensued at the far end of our carriage. The guard appeared checking tickets and was met with the cry of "There's a bat in the train" and sure enough there was indeed a real bat flapping about causing a commotion all around. Eventually it found its way out through the ventilator window (BR Mk 1 stock) which I thought was a very deft bit of airmanship. Given Whitby's association with Dracula, it was a rather spooky episode. Checking for puncture wounds then ensued but no-one had succumbed. Andy 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said: I wonder if the improvement was due to the lack of pollution caused by the various engines we use for transportation? Interesting association of circs, certainly. But I once had hay-fever and asthma on a Cross-Channel ferry. I am deeply rural here, yet in 16 years this was much my best, with no use of the prescribed steroids. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 13, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2021 Just now, Oldddudders said: Interesting association of circs, certainly. But I once had hay-fever and asthma on a Cross-Channel ferry. I am deeply rural here, yet in 16 years this was much my best, with no use of the prescribed steroids. That would have been Patrick on the cargo deck with his load of special hay for the racehorses. 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted January 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2021 8 hours ago, Danemouth said: Panniers of the GWR type are my favourite loco but that is possibly the ugliest loco I've ever seen! Dave It also defies the Whyte notation of wheel arrangement. Belgian, BTW. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted January 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2021 5 hours ago, Tony_S said: Snip< I now have another blood test for tomorrow. My GP must have reviewed Monday’s result and posted me a letter asking me to have the Hb1ac (may have remembered exact name of test incorrectly) done. The one on Monday was just fasting glucose. Tony HbA1c gives a blood glucose average over the last three months or so, Tony. Just had my result today of the latest, on target at 37 or 5.5% whichever units are used. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 10 hours ago, Happy Hippo said: 'Hey chaps, It's a pannier!' But not as we know it!' Isn’t that a box tank, or a saddle tank? 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 13, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, rockershovel said: Isn’t that a box tank, or a saddle tank? We are so absorbed with cake and medical dysfunction that this little gem slipped under the radar. Probably with a yawn and 'not another pannier tank' without even really looking. I'm now awaiting the onslaught from the red brigade (when they wake up). 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium New Haven Neil Posted January 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2021 Red? 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted January 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2021 "Stop knocking Neasden!" 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted January 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 13, 2021 Neasden depot used to be a really interesting place to go by in a train but now it is more interesting to see what is happening on the Chiltern line! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony_S Posted January 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2021 1 hour ago, New Haven Neil said: HbA1c gives a blood glucose average over the last three months or so, Tony. Just had my result today of the latest, on target at 37 or 5.5% whichever units are used. I did know what it is for (but not the correct order!) as it is one of the ones Aditi has for tracking her diabetes. Aditi thought if I had been requested to get it done it was because my fasting glucose was higher than normal for me. She said she hopes I wasn’t getting diabetic in addition to everything else. I think that if it has developed I would rather have it treated than not. It wasn’t difficult to arrange a test for tomorrow so I’ll have feedback fairly quickly. Blood test results get to the GP before the surgery opens the next day. I have had odd fasting glucose results and a high(ish) HbAic before but the Glucose Tolerance test suggested I wasn’t diabetic. Tony 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florence Locomotive Works Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Evening, I spent most of afternoon working on fixing a partially stripped gear and quartering problem on this 1940s but modernized Märklín Deutsche Reichsbahn E63 electric shunter. All seems to be well with it now, so I’ll allow 24 hours for the loctite to set and a test shall be had. Douglas 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Happy Hippo Posted January 14, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Florence Locomotive Works said: Evening, I spent most of afternoon working on fixing a partially stripped gear and quartering problem on this 1940s but modernized Märklín Deutsche Reichsbahn E63 electric shunter. All seems to be well with it now, so I’ll allow 24 hours for the loctite to set and a test shall be had. Douglas Neil, it looks like Douglas is being sub contracted by the Chinese to make our Class 14 locomotive chassis'. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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