DK123GWR Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 8 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: 0-6-0s were "duck sixes" - so I suspect that's the origin of Awdry's "Duck". I always thought it was because Awdry's Pannier had a waddle (like the one Duck was alleged to have). A Gaiety Pannier with a deformed wheel, according a few secondary sources: https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Duck/Behind_the_Scenes#Behind_the_Scenes 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 9 minutes ago, Compound2632 said: Also, 0-8-0s, especially ex-LNWR ones in the West Midlands, were known to spotters as "duck eights" - to distinguish them from 8F 2-8-0s; 0-6-0s were "duck sixes" - so I suspect that's the origin of Awdry's "Duck". Not quite. The story goes the original chassis of his Gaiety model waddled badly so his children nicknamed it Duck. Even after replacing the chassis the name stuck. One of the models he had for a proper model railway he had planned based on a GWR branch line. Later replaced by a K's Kit version. That's why only two regular character engines in the books are in normal railway guises, Duck and Oliver (also a K's kit as was the autotrailer). Jason 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rocor Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, Titan said: Well one of these magnificent machines could pretty much walk away with any train you cared to hang on the hook... "Because one of mine could pull two of their bloody things backwards!" I hope this little jape does not result in things becoming Sauvage, as the result of some cross compound fans. Edited January 28, 2022 by rocor 6 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Was going to post that last night but thought better of it.... Improved somewhat by young Mr Stanier. 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 It's good to know our schoolkids are being taught about safe sax. Even musical instruments need condoms. 2 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DK123GWR Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 The number of people interested in Midland Railway 1000 class locomotives used to be approximated by the equation i*(1.01^t), where i is the class' initial following and t is the number of years since the class was introduced. Now it is goverened by the equation. Now it is better approximated by i*(1.02^t). This is due to a rise in rates of compound interest. 1 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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peach james Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 17 minutes ago, DK123GWR said: The number of people interested in Midland Railway 1000 class locomotives used to be approximated by the equation i*(1.01^t), where i is the class' initial following and t is the number of years since the class was introduced. Now it is goverened by the equation. Now it is better approximated by i*(1.02^t). This is due to a rise in rates of compound interest. It's all OK- We are aware of the intermittent site speed issues at the moment. Please be patient and don't repeatedly click things as that compounds the issue. (as the current site header is...) James 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted January 29, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 29, 2022 18 minutes ago, peach james said: It's all OK- We are aware of the intermittent site speed issues at the moment. Please be patient and don't repeatedly click things as that compounds the issue. (as the current site header is...) Or as the man said, just hit your device with a mallet. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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peach james Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Have we exhausted this line of jokes yet? Or are there a few simple ones yet to be found ? Further Expansion on the issue might result in us spinning like a turbine. I may have to reheat my cup of tea before this is over... Stay tuned next week, when we go to Vauclain (not Vulcan) for expanded answers to all your questions on SCC, DCC (not Digital Command Control either), Uniflow, 241P's, and other magnificent machines ! James 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamiel Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 I’ve come up with an idea for a TV show, it pulls together two big hits and is called ‘Six Feet Under The Apprentice’. Each week we take one of the loathsome contestants from the Apprentice and re-enact one of the deaths from the ‘Six Feet Under’ pre title sequence. For the season finale we do it with Alan Sugar! As well as creating entertaining TV it would have the plus of ridding society of people of these people. A double win. OK, somewhat influenced by the late Bill Hicks idea for a TV show ‘Let’s Hunt Down and Kill Billy Ray Cyrus’. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 On 27/01/2022 at 17:46, CameronL said: Mind you, there could even be some Era 11 modellers out there who wouldn't know what a compound was if it hit them on the head while wearing a T-shirt that said "I'm A Compound!" on it. "What's a Compund? Well, you know what compund interest is? And I'm sure you'd agree that it's a jolly good thing. Well, that's what a Compund is..." - The Right Honourable James Hacker, MP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 4 hours ago, Compound2632 said: Or as the man said, just hit your device with a mallet. That just seems to Compound the self-server problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 3 hours ago, Jamiel said: I’ve come up with an idea for a TV show, it pulls together two big hits and is called ‘Six Feet Under The Apprentice’. Each week we take one of the loathsome contestants from the Apprentice and re-enact one of the deaths from the ‘Six Feet Under’ pre title sequence. For the season finale we do it with Alan Sugar! As well as creating entertaining TV it would have the plus of ridding society of people of these people. A double win. OK, somewhat influenced by the late Bill Hicks idea for a TV show ‘Let’s Hunt Down and Kill Billy Ray Cyrus’. Just don't tell Denis Leary..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian J. Posted January 29, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 29, 2022 "If prisoners could take their own mug shots, they'd be called cell-fies!" 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 15 hours ago, Jamiel said: I’ve come up with an idea for a TV show, it pulls together two big hits and is called ‘Six Feet Under The Apprentice’. Each week we take one of the loathsome contestants from the Apprentice and re-enact one of the deaths from the ‘Six Feet Under’ pre title sequence. For the season finale we do it with Alan Sugar! As well as creating entertaining TV it would have the plus of ridding society of people of these people. A double win. OK, somewhat influenced by the late Bill Hicks idea for a TV show ‘Let’s Hunt Down and Kill Billy Ray Cyrus’. Similar to a version of Celebrity Big Brother - take a whole load of vacuous Celebrities, lock them in a big house (or put them in a very remote jungle).... ....and leave them there. 7 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 hours ago, F-UnitMad said: Similar to a version of Celebrity Big Brother - take a whole load of vacuous Celebrities, lock them in a big house (or put them in a very remote jungle).... ....and leave them there. Good idea! Celebrity Lord of the Flies!!! Who will be the Conch Holder this evening? But the only problem is, without supervision, they might breed.... 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 Meh. They did that on Doctor Who about 15 years ago. But it was a space station and you were ejected or something. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Wolf When it was good rather than the current awful "woke", unwatchable nonsense..... 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 20 hours ago, Jamiel said: I’ve come up with an idea for a TV show, it pulls together two big hits and is called ‘Six Feet Under The Apprentice’. Each week we take one of the loathsome contestants from the Apprentice and re-enact one of the deaths from the ‘Six Feet Under’ pre title sequence. For the season finale we do it with Alan Sugar! Didn't Victor Meldrew do a prequel of that? 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
proton Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 hours ago, Hroth said: Good idea! Celebrity Lord of the Flies!!! Who will be the Conch Holder this evening? But the only problem is, without supervision, they might breed.... I don't think there's any doubt that vacuous celebrities will breed.... 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CameronL Posted January 30, 2022 Share Posted January 30, 2022 2 hours ago, proton said: I don't think there's any doubt that vacuous celebrities will breed.... For certain. Just look at the Kardashians. Apparently there's a proposal to use Kardashians in experiments instead of laboratory rats. There are three benefits to this - 1) They breed faster. 2) The laboratory staff won't get so attached to them. 3) There are some things that rats won't do ... 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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