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I have to wonder why they haven't shown any intention to solving such a simple problem, with longer approach ramps. I struggle to avoid the cynical opinion that they consider that the loss of trucks and lives is a lesser cost to pay for, than prevention.

I'm guessing that Karl didn't continue with his line of thought..... Did he venture an apology???

Is there a convenient Runway somewhere nearby??... 🤠

Birds are remarkably similar to us, in that they articulate and shape change their wings - or perhaps, more accurately, we are similar to them??? https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/birds/inside-wing/

The "expected" results are shown if you scroll down to the end slides. I found it interesting to note that, even with the answer available, it was virtually impossible to see how the numbers were visible, where the colour-blind could see one and those with normal vision, couldn't.

Re. Marham, the soil was very light, as might be expected from it's location, which may have suited the Larvae of the May Bug, given that it spends several years in the soil, eating roots. My family home in Devon, did have some Bugs, too, but much less in number, perhaps because the soil there was good heavy Devonshire red. That leads to a slight conundrum, as the soil in Devon was very fertile, so had loads of roots to be chomped, but heavy to move through, whereas the Marham soil had been exhausted of nutrients from continued vegetable planting, which was eaten, without nutrient being refurbished. The first year I was there, I populated a good portion of the veg garden with some cabbage plants, purchased, by Dutch auction, at Swaffham Market. They did very well in the light soil and some gentle watering [remember 76??], reaching a size, rather smaller than a tennis ball on a stalk. Until, one morning whilst filling the kettle for the reviving first mug, a movement was noticed in the veggie patch. A closer look revealed no furry intruder, nor one of the feathered kind. As the kettle continued to approach the required level, another movement attracted the attention, then a couple more - as one after another the cabbage heads overcame the feeble support of the stems and simply fell to the earth, lacking strength to stand! Such was the lack of nutrient, that they could not progress beyond what the plants brought with them. Back to the May Bugs, I can only imagine that their Larvae must have been living in the relative comfort of the lawn, thriving on the grass roots and easy soil, it couldn't have been the barren vegie patch. Here in Salisbury, there have been few garden sightings of May Bug flights, despite reasonably light and very fertile soil - however, there are lots of very plump Starlings and piles of uprooted moss - umm!! 😉

Way back, I was stationed at RAF Marham, with a quarter on Windy Ridge [no, not a nickname, that was the road name - and a fact!]. Both years produced dozens of them around the garden. They aren't particularly skilful at flight and given their size, well worth ducking when they approached. Julian

Possibly insuring against supplying another offspring for the gallows.

The Continental Contact Plus seem to be a comfortable compromise of [mainly] road work, with good grip and comfort, with low friction at 40 - 45 psi. {Note - I'm about 11 St, so it may be worth a bit of adjustment of pressure, given your weight comment] I also agree with the comment that pressure, too high will pass on significant vibration to the bike and have experienced the same very significant, reduction in performance [and comfort] from too high pressure.

Thank you, that's very interesting, I read a great deal, around the 60s and 70s, which would seem to have had much more myth than fact. I should [...should...] still have the books, although magazine articles will be very long time gone. It will be interesting to look through them again, in light of what you said.

As I read it, the DCC Bus is what needs to be connected. As also mentioned, there are means whereby the connections can be done through the alignment dowels. Perhaps I may add the possibility of using the securing bolts as a second Bus. The +ve / red wires soldered to a normal steel washer on both sides of the join will conduct through the bolt when the base-boards are set up - likewise the -ve / black wires. Use of the dowels and the bolts will eliminate the need for unsightly dangling wires and plugs / sockets, on 2 x separate Bus circuits.

That may well have been an event...... 😁

Difficult to tell, as they are generally silent until they have their mouths full... Not very polite, to say the least; couldn't possibly be English. 😋

Won't stop the crocodiles, as they don't read English..... 🙈

Ooops! Was that the only award you got???....... 😇

Oxymoron comes to mind, given the support they have. 🙃

One might just observe that Wales, without having a similar separation line, would travel to Germany, with England, too... 🙈 You might start to dig free now... and you should be free by the time we re-collide with the Canadian Shield..... 👴

What made me curious were the 6 exhaust ports, which made me remember a {reported} comment from Bentley. Someone asked him why they were sticking with 4 cylinders, when other racing firms were increasing the numbers {6, 8, 10}. He replied, something to the effect that he was just working on "a bigger and better bloody bang". It worked, too, as the 4 1/2 Ltr blowers took several years of 1st, 2nd, 3rd places, ahead of the other makes. To give a broader look, it also depended, partly, on Bentley, managing to fit good, working front wheel brakes, way ahead of the competition. Not for nothing were they nicknamed "the world's fastest lorries".

I think that the Bentley may be a Chrysler Model 65, or similar, as Bentleys of that vintage were 4 cylinder not 6 and the radiator is much more Chrysler than Bentley. Plus, the number plate seems to belong to a Chrysler, too. That doesn't alter the effort to get it round the bend, that is well portrayed there. Julian

It looks rather like Eggesford, with that distinctive signal box and the crossing.

TY. Well, yes, I did think that you were joking initially, but then I rather overthought the meaning of the Icon. I was one of those, persuaded to use the "right" hand for writing, as I had been just using whichever hand was nearest the pencil, so was pointed to the... err... "right" way to do it. However, it was kindly done, but I do remember it being something of a teacher religion, elsewhere and less kindly done, too! It was still happening by the time I got to teacher training, although common sense had, by then, got through to the majority. I'm going to have to stop thinking too much, probably less painful, too! 👴

Umm... why would she want to do that, I wonder?

It was part of my School Geography course, back in the 50/60s. It was also a personal experience, working in the London Custom House, in the 80s, where the Spring Tides would attempt to encroach over the top of the quay sides - and succeeded a few times, despite the efforts of the Thames Barrier, to reduce the inward flow of the tides. That same quay side had enabled customs Officers to walk down gangplanks onto the decks of merchant ships, to check the cargos - whatever the tides. That constitutes a very significant sinking of the South East of the UK, because of the removal of the huge covering of ice experienced in Scotland, during the Ice Age. The English Channel has also gone from a marshy place to a major seaway for commercial shipping. Clearly the UK is moving with the times.....

Sadly, very true, fortunately, a relatively small number of those who, apparently, were qualified to do what I described. accompanied by their in-ability to recognise the talents of those of those who would benefit from being shown how to do so. The good news is that in the mainstream there are a huge number of very successful and appreciated purveyors of cerebral enhancement.

Talented young lady, giving the best of service to a customer, good or her!