Early Risers.

[Tony_S]

1 hour ago, Gwiwer said:

I felt my comments were becoming a little repetitive and were not offering empathy and support to others.

Not at all how I read your contributions. Please don’t stop!

Congratulations to the new doctor. And congratulations to you too. I too had quite a few years of being supportive while Aditi did her doctoral studies and research while she was working.

 

Tony

[Barry O]

Belated Fathers Day present from Dr Eldest Herbert

 

Baz

 

 

[Barry O]

Not sure that visiting a pub the Saturday is a good idea. The nuggets will be out causing chaos. Perhaps opening them on a Wednesday would have been better.

Baz

[Barry O]

Right you lot....

 

NO More Model Railways in the thread...it is as per why the thread was set up...

 

Otherwise the newly tested Intercontinental multiple warheaded flinging teady ( accurate to 1mm over 10,000 km will be fired!!

Its is called Chuck

 

 

The red item is noted as "remove before use"...

Baz

[roundhouse]

20 minutes ago, Barry O said:

Not sure that visiting a pub the Saturday is a good idea. The nuggets will be out causing chaos. Perhaps opening them on a Wednesday would have been better.

Baz

The pub we are going to is away from the town centre so we should be OK and we can walk back avoiding the centre. They will all be trying to get into Spoons.. It does seem odd to be opening them on a Saturday though.

An ex work collegue who drinks Stella or should I say throws it down his throat (we call him 'Wifebeater' as he looks the part but is actually the complete opposite) isn't venturing to his local till after things calm down as Croydon can be a bit lively. I could imagine Leeds wont be that pleasant on Saturday evening.

[Barry O]

57 minutes ago, roundhouse said:

The pub we are going to is away from the town centre so we should be OK and we can walk back avoiding the centre. They will all be trying to get into Spoons.. It does seem odd to be opening them on a Saturday though.

An ex work collegue who drinks Stella or should I say throws it down his throat (we call him 'Wifebeater' as he looks the part but is actually the complete opposite) isn't venturing to his local till after things calm down as Croydon can be a bit lively. I could imagine Leeds wont be that pleasant on Saturday evening.

The big drinks companies suggested saturday was not a good day..the drive for norality despite the cost could be problematical. It is a real problem as our local police have decided they are not getting involved in people who won't socially distance.. so it is 6 council workers v the eediot fraternity on Saturday.. fingers crossed for the A&E department  staff!

Did your form note GPDR? It is something which may cause trouble ...

 

Baz

Edited July 1, 2020 by Barry O

[45156]

Afternoon All

 

First and foremost, congratulations to Mrs Rick, and also supportive thoughts - hope the counselling goes well.

 

Now then, I've again had to skip as I've been minus my broadband since yesterday afternoon, when the phone engineer arrived for what we thought to be a minor fault, but which in the end turned out to be much more, and it was only resolved at 17.00 after a long period of no dial tone.

 

Back tomorrow

Regards to All

Stewart

[Coombe Barton]

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

Not sure that visiting a pub the Saturday is a good idea. The nuggets will be out causing chaos. Perhaps opening them on a Wednesday would have been better.

Yeah - but using disorder as an excuse to reimpose restrictions? Surely not!

 

Edited July 1, 2020 by Coombe Barton

[roundhouse]

17 minutes ago, Barry O said:

The big drinks companies suggested saturday was not a good day..the drive for nomality despite the cost could be problemattical. It is a ral problem as our local police have decided they are not getting involved in people who won't socially distance.. so it is 6 council workers v the eediot fraternity on Saturday.. fingers crossed for the A&E department  staf!

Did your form note GPDR? It is something which may cause trouble ...

 

Baz

Baz

 

Yes it does at the bottom. Loads of clauses about them not being responsible if anyone catches Covid whilst there etc. but I don't see that as their responsibility as its a risk of just going out the house.

 

many pubs we know aren't opening on 4th, some are opening on the Monday or a week later and others waiting to see how things go first. When we are in Bristol its early in the week and a while after 4th July, so pubs should be quieter  (fingers crossed) and we don't normally stay out late.

[iL Dottore]

Congratulations to Mrs Gwiwer on being awarded her PhD. Well done and what a long haul! (my PhD  took “only” 6 years ) I was so chuffed that, at the awards ceremony, when they called my name I stood up and totally spontaneously punched the air and shouted YES! Much to the amusement of all.

If you are indulging in a bottle of bubbly (Champagne, not an imitation, is the only fitting thing to drink) may I therefore recommend either the Louis Roederer Cristal Brut or the Veuve Clicquot La Grand Dame - both excellent. But I also heartily suggest the Heidsieck & Co Monopole Blue Top (very affordable and incredibly good, albeit a bit hard to find).

I’m sorry to hear that Mrs Gwiwer’s anxiety is being so problematic, I really hope that the counselling will be of benefit to both of you (one thing to consider is perhaps her anxiety is not directly due to the CoVID-19 situation but is a separate entity that overlaps with it). Having her PhD behind her will, I expect, be of benefit.
 I too, sometimes, overanalyse the data but with this Coronavirus the data is so immature and in parts so contradictory that I tend to give little credence to the outliers - both pessimistic and optimistic (i.e. “we’re all gonna die tomorrow” versus “it’s Just a bad flu”). Furthermore, I think the attached photo is a good guide to evaluating any data...

 

 

Now on to other matters, paperwork has been filed, contract signed and I’m waiting for my client to give me the kick off date (and data). In the interim it’s time to dig out the strat, the pedalboards and crank up the HIWATT. However, things have hit the buffers inasmuch as I have to update the firmware on the Line 6 M13 pedalboard and programme all the effects I need above what the Keeley Electronics “Dark Side” can give me (basically I need to add an overdrive, a compressor and a Leslie). I am facing a really, really steep learning curve. So much for “Instant Rock God” 

 

Have a splendid “hump” evening.

iD

Edited July 1, 2020 by iL Dottore
Typo, format

[AndyID]

8 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

 

As far as compounding being a stupid complication, it is a well-proven way of making a steam engine more efficient; the problem comes with applying it to steam locomotives within size constraints and the detrimental effects caused by running conditions when compared with stationary or marine engines. As with a great many attempts to improve on the basic Stephenson pattern locomotive the aim was to achieve better running costs by reducing fuel consumption rather than any consideration of 'performance' figures so beloved of present day enthusiasts.

 

 

I don't think any of the Midland Compounds were ever configured as simple expansion locomotives with the same displacement but I suspect if they had been Deeley and Fowler would have come to the same conclusion as Churchward.

 

(Note: This is about real trains, not models )

 

On a more topical subject the bar and restaurant at the marina just down the street was closed on Monday for "deep cleaning". One of the staff had come down with the virus. The way things are opening up here is, IMHO, effing stupid. Too many people are acting as if the thing had gone away and now after having very few cases we are seeing a big spike.

 

To make matters worse it's going to rain all day here but looking on the bright side that should help to prevent any major conflagration when the pyromaniacs get going at the weekend.

[Chris116]

4 hours ago, southern42 said:

 

Gimme five!

Need more than five Panniers for a really good layout!

[tigerburnie]

3 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

OK, plus the 14xx who was sad being left in the shed on her own

I'm sure there's an LMS Jinty in there....................................................

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. The wheelbarrow saga continues. I started putting the wheelbarrow from the second vendor and guess what, the parts don't fit! The two sides of the frame are in two parts, the handle and the legs. The two halves slot together and have a hole drilled through to bolt them together and to the tray. The problem is on one side the holes don't line up! I've contacted the vendors, who are local and awaiting their reply, hopefully I will be able to swap over the wrong parts. While I was putting it together there was a knock at the door, it was a courier delivering another wheelbarrow from the first vendor! They have told me that I should be getting a refund so I'll wait a while to see if they can cock that up as well. Not only the wheelbarrow saga but I contacted the shed people. My shed is still coming, but not for a couple weeks yet, but I've been offered a discount due to the delay. 

Edited July 1, 2020 by PhilJ W

[Chris116]

10 minutes ago, tigerburnie said:

I'm sure there's an LMS Jinty in there....................................................

It is a GWR 14xx.

[PhilJ W]

Nearly forgot, congratulations to Mrs. Rick, Sharon on getting her qualification.

[Compound2632]

12 hours ago, TheQ said:

Though the Jones Goods was so good it was used on express Passenger traffic as well, was 24555lbf against 21840lbf for the Johnson compound and went into service 8 years before without that stupid complication..

 

 

Tractive effort isn't the whole story, I'm reliably informed. The Highland's idea of express timings wasn't quite on a par with the Midland's and I don't think a Jones Goods - or any other Highland engine - could run at 92 mph. The W.M. Smith 3-cylinder compound design wasn't a "stupid complication" but an attempt to advance steam locomotive design. Chapelon's locomotives were compounds and are generally regarded as the pinnacle of steam locomotive design. The Smith-Johnson compounds were designed with a 100-mile non-stop run in mind, ideal conditions for compounding.

[Happy Hippo]

1 hour ago, Barry O said:

Right you lot....

 

NO More Model Railways in the thread...it is as per why the thread was set up...

Whilst my alter ego is trying to drown, unsuccessfully, in a skip full of cake mix, the serious me can finally get a word in.

 

Is it time that a new thread is created?

 

One where like minded folk can talk about non railway things but if it occasionally spills over into railway chat, then nobody will spring a hissy fit or make contributors feel threatened or put on the naughty step.

 

From a personal perspective, I enjoy the non railway chat, and, as one that does not have a blog, a layout thread, or any other specialised threads in my name,  I find that the occasional incursion into railways, both model and real, quite enjoyable.  After all, where else could I post my railway/model railway information, such as it is becasue it's rude to take over someone else's thread in an apparent ego trip, and I've not got the time nor the inclination to start one for what would only be very occasional updates.

 

My last two posts  with railway content were to answer Polly's request to 'Give me five', and then to add some historical 16 mm scale information to Dave's contribution about saddle tanks.  Certainly, if these had appeared anywhere else on RMweb, then I doubt I would have seen them.  Whether the respective threads would have benefited from my contribution is open to debate.

 

So the first question is: Where do I post my occasional stuff if I don't have my own thread? 

 

Second question is:   In the event of a new more inclusive thread being started, how many of the current ER fraternity would contribute to the new thread?

 

Third question:  Would it kill off the original ERs?

 

The slurping and belching indicates that you know who has nearly finished, so I'd better leg it before he starts demanding chocolate, whisky and a fry up..

 

 

 

 

[34theletterbetweenB&D]

Greetings, occasional visitor here. Congratulations where due, commiserations as required.

 

I had a clumsy day today, broke the alarm clock by knocking it off the bedside table (repaired) later fell up the stairs (don't ask) then cut two fingertips on the breadknife due to a little poor coordination while getting lunch together, and tripped over while leaving the house to give blood. (Wife driving as her plan was to drop me off and proceed to post office for a complicated transaction applicable to those holding LPA, to redirect her parent's mail from their shortly to be sold home.)

 

Wasn't allowed to give blood. Very anaemic say their tests, both finger prick drop in the green vial and then a machine analysis from a proper sample. Only 71mph instead of the minimum 135 mph required for male donors. Suspended from donating, must check in with GP. So, one phone consultation later, and the test form will be with the local hospital for opening time tomorrow.

 

Positive: Madam insisted she cooked the evening meal. Liver and onions, that'll fix it...

[polybear]

9 hours ago, Happy Hippo said:

Damn,

 

i'll just have to wait for the next food related comment about GW locomoitves.

 

 

 

Ninety yummy Jaffa Cakes hanging on the wall

Ninety yummy Jaffa Cakes hanging on the wall

But if one friendly Hippo should "accidentally" call

There'll be no yummy Jaffa Cakes hanging on the wall.....

 

 

2 hours ago, Barry O said:

Right you lot....

 

NO More Model Railways in the thread...it is as per why the thread was set up...

 

Otherwise the newly tested Intercontinental multiple warheaded flinging teady ( accurate to 1mm over 10,000 km will be fired!!

Its is called Chuck

 

 

The red item is noted as "remove before use"...

Baz

 

Consider yourself marked.....

 

[Coombe Barton]

Congratulations to Dr Gwiwer.

It's a long, hard struggle, but worth it in the end.

Isn't it?

[AndyID]

39 minutes ago, Compound2632 said:

Chapelon's locomotives were compounds and are generally regarded as the pinnacle of steam locomotive design. The Smith-Johnson compounds were designed with a 100-mile non-stop run in mind, ideal conditions for compounding.

 

But would they have been any less effective had they been simple expansion machines with the same volumetric expansion as the compounds? Without an "apples with apples" comparison we're probably not going to be able to answer that one

[Sir TophamHatt]

Well, didn't get those 45L boxes from the shop - even the one in the next town didn't have any!

 

So it meant today I sat and went through my photos, nearly all day.

Must have deleted about 1000 so far, mainly older ones of nothing interesting.

 

Keeping many of the ones in and around stations though, for prosperity.

 

But I did find a very nice and simple renaming program that allows me to rename all my photos by date. Some older mobile phone ones were just IMG_1234 or whatever (iPhone naming?) but I much prefer date order - IMG_20200701_201133 (date + 24 hour clock time with seconds).

 

It's whether I take the plunge and get it to rename all the SLR photos... a very big job.

However, my fate is decided on whether the camera can default name photos in the same way. If it can't, no point in changing the others.

 

Hurrah for tomorrow! 

[Coombe Barton]

1 hour ago, Sir TophamHatt said:

It's whether I take the plunge and get it to rename all the SLR photos... a very big job.

However, my fate is decided on whether the camera can default name photos in the same way. If it can't, no point in changing the others.

In Apple Photos (and some other applications) your can bulk prefix rename.It may also be possible in the Finder or directory. So select everything that, say, Pannier Tanks, and you can prefix them all with "PannierTank" or whatever you choose. I did loads of mine and now can't remember precisely how I did it.
 

[EDIT] I can now  - it's a feature of the finder in the Mac

 

 

Edited July 1, 2020 by Coombe Barton

[Andrew P]

Well done Ricks, Sharon, great news after so much hard work, time now for a BIG glass of something.