Early Risers.

[NGT6 1315]

20 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Years ago I had a Renault Scenic. The battery was under the driver’s seat and like Dom’s car there was a positive connection( under a red plastic cover ) in the engine compartment. I managed to convince a relative that  the car didn’t have a starter battery but that there was a big clockwork motor wound up as the car went along ready to start it next time.

Well, I guess flywheel energy storage devices might at least come close!

 

The customer service assistant at the garage said that as a rule of thumb, you should consider replacing the 12 V battery roughly every five years, but that like in so many cases, „it depends“, and that batteries lasting as long as ours aren’t that uncommon actually. I read that the battery must be able to provide a high short-term peak power boost for booting the control systems, and aside from that provides accessory power for interior lighting, audio and other such systems with the HE propulsion system inactive.

[Happy Hippo]

30 minutes ago, laurenceb said:

that is mean Mr Hippo!

Mean Mr Hippo has a certain ring to it

 

Should I get Andy Y to change my name?

[PhilJ W]

57 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Years ago I had a Renault Scenic. The battery was under the driver’s seat and like Dom’s car there was a positive connection( under a red plastic cover ) in the engine compartment. I managed to convince a relative that  the car didn’t have a starter battery but that there was a big clockwork motor wound up as the car went along ready to start it next time.

Thats a wind up.

10 minutes ago, Happy Hippo said:

Mean Mr Hippo has a certain ring to it

 

Should I get Andy Y to change my name?

There must be a lot of people after you then? (debt collectors, police etc.)

[Gwiwer]

How about the Rt. Hon. Hippo?

 

Life goes on. But as others have said we stand shoulder to shoulder as friends here when life is expected to be short. 

 

SWMBO has made it into work despite the bad night. Sometimes it helps having so much to do that there is no time to remember to feel unwell. Sometimes being unwell simply overtakes and clouds everything. 

 

We shall see. 

[Kingzance]

Mean Mr Mustard, Mean Mr Hippo and Polythene Pam got together one day to go Beatle hunting in the woods.....

[Smiffy2]

1 minute ago, Gwiwer said:

 

 

Life goes on. But as others have said we stand shoulder to shoulder as friends here when life is expected to be short. 

 

Well put. 

[NGT6 1315]

53 minutes ago, Kingzance said:

Mean Mr Mustard, Mean Mr Hippo and Polythene Pam got together one day to go Beatle hunting in the woods.....

You should be a writer of nursery rhymes!  Or are you?

[Tony_S]

1 hour ago, Happy Hippo said:

Mean Mr Hippo has a certain ring to it

 

Should I get Andy Y to change my name?

Interesting that how in maths mean and average are the same but quite different if a person is described as being mean or average. 

[Stubby47]

Today's lunchtime - weathering wagons

Tomorrow's lunchtime - adding iron bars to the couplings

Friday lunchtime - dunno yet, possibly starting the 'Industry Cakebox Challenge' entry, which of course will be in my usual odd style

Saturday  & Sunday - exhibiting Tinner's Forge at Bodmin.

[Kingzance]

13 minutes ago, NGT6 1315 said:

You should be a writer of nursery rhymes!  Or are you?

That would be another string to my bow Dom. I suppose I could do a politically correct children’s version and a somewhat more “racy” style to be posted in unmarked brown envelopes 

[The Lurker]

Greetings all from LBG, thoughts are with John and Sandy.

 

Another project has materialised. Apparently it has a 48 hour turnaround. Believe that when you see it!

 

Mrs  Lurker has a nasty cough but today is not a day she works so she at least has a chance to relax slightly without reception children coughing all over her!

 

Mother in law visits tomorrow - originally she was coming down to cover Younger Lurker for a training day on Friday but the TAs no longer have to attend (it seems that the idea of giving them all time off in lieu to attend is impractical because most of them provide 1 to 1 support. If they're off, the support is not there. And the head does not want to pay for them to attend; not when she can authorise spend on a number of 3d printers which have all sat unused since purchase.....!

 

Anyway it gives Mrs Lurker time to spend with her Mum and means I am not wondering how I will deal with a 48 hour turnaround when I can't be in the office!

[NGT6 1315]

13 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

Interesting that how in maths mean and average are the same but quite different if a person is described as being mean or average. 

 

This reminds me of how English "empathy" and Greek "empátheia" are linguistic cognates where the Greek expression but means essentially the opposite, i.e., malice!

[Ian Abel]

Continuing to wish John and Sandy peace and comfort 

 

Not a lot to report from Long Island, frenzy of issuing monthly, quarterly and various other statutory reports, all expected to change momentarily!

 

This weeks transport - a shiny Chrylser 300, I do love these vehicles and surprisingly "relatively" efficient in the US scheme of things.

Wonder if/when the rental companies will have EVs in their fleets, I occasionally get a hybrid when I can, but they are seldom available.

 

Jemma is off to San Francisco today (actually awaiting takeoff as I speak/type) on the first of two observation flights, before her first actual flight as First Officer on Monday.

 

10 and partly cloudy driving in, expecting 19 and heavy rain by mid-afternoon according to the forecasts.

 

Carry on.

[Kingzance]

12 minutes ago, Ian Abel said:

Jemma is off to San Francisco today (actually awaiting takeoff as I speak/type) on the first of two observation flights, before her first actual flight as First Officer on Monday

You have to be very proud of Jemma Ian. My 13-y-o grandson has in mind to be a commercial pilot too but we’ll see how things change over the next six or seven years.

[NGT6 1315]

2 hours ago, Tony_S said:

Years ago I had a Renault Scenic. The battery was under the driver’s seat and like Dom’s car there was a positive connection( under a red plastic cover ) in the engine compartment. I managed to convince a relative that  the car didn’t have a starter battery but that there was a big clockwork motor wound up as the car went along ready to start it next time.

I suppose it looked similar to this, Tony?

[Barry O]

Train to London delayed. Train broke down at Outwood.  The control team hung the customer service team at Leeds station out today. .no updates.

Eventually got to King's Cross on a lovely Mark VI set.

Trip to Harrods completed. Special Christmas pudding procured.  Cup of coffee purchased..it was HOW MUCH????  But it was nice. 

Now off on a very slow train to St Evenage 

Baz

Edited October 16, 2019 by Barry O
Spullchkcr

[AndyID]

2 hours ago, Ian Abel said:

 

This weeks transport - a shiny Chrylser 300, I do love these vehicles 

 

 

If it has a Hemi you can get some cream for that. 

[PhilJ W]

Afternoon all from Estuary-Land. Last week I had to miss club night due to a heavy cold. As the club had been closed due to building repair work I haven't attended for four weeks. Also I have some important information to give to the treasurer so I've got to get there tonight.

4 hours ago, Professor Yaffle said:

Can I just send my sympathy to Simon of the Rail Riders following his accident with the drill.

I don't know anyone else who would have been so ham fisted with a power tool....      ....oh wait....

But it may not have been caught on camera  

We of course know better. (Lifted from GMRC thread.)

4 hours ago, Kingzance said:

Mean Mr Mustard, Mean Mr Hippo and Polythene Pam got together one day to go Beatle hunting in the woods.....

What else did they get up to in the woods?

Edited October 16, 2019 by PhilJ W

[TheQ]

The hump. Is over thankfully..

Nearly forgot to deposit SWMBOs car for its MOT, its going to be expensive,  it's major service and cam belt time. 

 

Major system. Handed back, 

Only managed 2 of the large value resistors as there was a update of their spreadsheets required, requiring much line by line transfer of data using copy and paste... 

I must do the current shunts tomorrow,  then if I can find the time  I'll do the other two high value resistors Friday. 

 

Slightly happier with the return of those boxes to their owner,  my boss has had words with he who was doing the returning , and got him to Explain to the owner the problems with their boxes. 

 

Apple and blackbury pie made from produce of the garden with custard about to arrive... Bye for now.. 

[BSW01]

30 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

 

What else did they get up to in the woods?

I don't know, but there's a Norwegian who wood

Edited October 16, 2019 by BSW01

[Happy Hippo]

30 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

 

What else did they get up to in the woods?

Polythene Pam and Mr Mean, the Hippo they did follow,

 

He led them down a steep ravine and found a muddy hollow.

 

Need I go on?

 

I mean, for me the story ends right there!

[81C]

Afternoon All 

felt great this morning and have gone down hill ever since

My estate agent, problem there has been another house added to your wife's purchase chain.

Me, WHAT THE F### is going on.

My Agent, you need to speak to your wife

Me, OK

Me, what's going on with your house chain a new house has been added. 

Slapped A, don't know what you are talking about.

Me, you better talk to your solicitor.

Slapped A calls back, Oh we know all about that.

Me, you said earlier you didn't it's could affect our time scale on moving.

Slapped A, will get back to them, she calls back that's fine it won't affect either of us.

Me, It could make some effort and get a conformation that it won't (shoddy solicitor I've shot across their bow twice now for not giving information out )

Slapped A, get your agent to phone them every thing is becoming second hand.

Me, It doesn't even become first hand with that shower of #hit you are using thank god they are not dealing with our house sale and have a word with your agent they should be giving you the heads up on this 

get up of your a#re and do something you can't leave it to the idiots you have employed.

 

Another reason why we are divorcing she does nothing. 

 

Yours in wonderment .

 

 

[Kingzance]

Well, after much bovine sh!t from The Land Registry covering their ineptitude, we have got contracts exchanged and an end date for our huge loan!
 

That may leave me free to wander down to an arctic arboretum and spend time with some female company, knowing she would. Then again, progress on Kingzance has been almost non-existent recently (apologies for introducing a Railway modelling element into the conversation) and I might have to go for a prior medical if I was on such a promise.

 

None of that ignores the ongoing thoughts for those suffering and particularly the horrid stresses facing John and Sandy.

[The Stationmaster]

Evening all,

 

I have duly returned from the far from frozen (thus far) north.  My outward journey on Monday was made via GWR, then TfL (very interesting conversation at Edgware Road with a Motorman/Driver regarding H&S and Circle Line signalling and automatic operation) and finally LNER ( on a very heavily loaded HST, bound for Inverness, with a dodgy reservation system - grr - a pleasant passenger sitting opposite who had a low opinion of said HST [and a very high opinion of GWR's new IET] as our train rocked, rattled, and bounced it way northwards).  Nice hotel in York apart from being on the top floor with no lift to get me there.  

 

Breakfast yesterday was amusing because just as I asked a lady if it would be alright to take a vacant chair at the table which she (and her husband?)  were about to sit at said husband appeared with a cheery, 'good morning Mike' - you do meet RMweb members in the most unusual of circumstances.  He and I subsequently made our way to our business of the day at the NRM where we met several other RMweb members attending the same event, mostly in a more official capacity than us - the subject of which has a thread all of its own here - 

https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/148319-locomotion-rails-of-sheffield-announce-secr-d-class/page/6/

 

Apart from that I enjoyed various strolls around the city and listened to some superb bell ringing which came not from the practice at the Minster (none too good alas) but from St Martins in Coney Street.  And then today, with no other RMweb members at breakfast, and a return journey on a Cross Country train finishing off with GWR local services.  Definitely worth avoiding London and all the trains heading that way were very heavily loaded for whatever reason.

 

Thoughts with those who are suffering and those who care for them.

[New Haven Neil]

Evening.

 

John and Sandy, Debs and Sharon all occupying my thoughts.  I wish all as well as can be.

 

A miserable day (relatively, of course given the above) at work, two staff off poorly, half a delivery missing, etc etc.  Some days it is just      Some semi retirement.  The young offenders team was never like this.  Oh hang on...... 

 

On a more positive note the Dingham coupling pack has turned up, and a Zimo decoder for the pannier tank too. Whatever decoder I pinched from one of my US Diseasels doesn't seem to run so well in it.  Loco runs well on DC so a more sophisticaked decoder may be the cure.

 

Mrs NHN's old shape Picasso also had the battery under the seat and a positive pole connector under the bonnet for jump starting issues - never needed in 180,000 miles of motoring.  The new shape one...errrr never looked!  It's too new for me to get my hands dirty on is my excuse.