lightengine

Not having purchased any emags before, I guess I can I print articles if I need a hard copy. Is that correct?

"Missing woman joins search party looking for herself"

 

Either I have deja vu or this story was circulating last year....?

29.08.2012 http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/missing-woman-unknowingly-joins-search-herself-165249353.html

Brilliant.

This tanker was emptying the septic tank at work!

I've just watched Spotlights view on re-opening the Teign Valley line as a diversionary route, some lovely archive film and some footage of a scrap metal train from Marsh Barton and a timber train on the last bit of the Teign Valley.

SS

Shed loads of timber waiting to be transported from Teigngrace.

What is going to happen to the wall that is front of  the road as nothing has been done yet to start building this up and most likely this will have to be done before the line is reopened.

 

Was it a fence before?

Iainp

 

It took me two years before I realized that you could click on the 'send' button or page button and it would shoot straight to the last post instead of scrolling right  down to the bottom - AND, I didn't realize that you could scroll down or up  fast and stop exactly where you want  by  moving the cursor up or down on the right - duh.

 

AND I didn't know that you could minimise the screen by clicking on those little overlapping squares to the left of the x top right but I've yet to find out what the  'dash' next to it does!

 

All this cos I was told never to click on anything that you aren't certain about and especially if it's free cos it won't be and it'll  screw up your computer big time - like the time I tried cleaning up my computer by restoring to its factory default - it cleaned it up alright, including ALL my files!!! and now the latest thing is Firefox, it won't let me go anywhere and keeps telling me that "This connection is untrusted" - even their own toolbar and options !!!

 

The 'dash' will minimise the page onto the task bar. You can bring it back by clicking on it.

 

Cheers.

Allan.

that looks spot on martin, unfortunately I've wiped the picture off the memory chip and the computer doesn't tell me what the F settings etc were on the picture but yes the camera was about 5 ft off the ground and pointing skywards as the signal cabinet it was sat on had a sloping top!

you can establish the settings with exif

Code 75 this time, or stick with code 100? Decisions, decisions...

 

Stewart

Then the final decision - D Sea or D Sea Sea?

Olddudders, I guess the above will translate to de sea cisions, de sea cisions!

Actually this week is cut week, it happens once a year where I remove vast slices of me with the Stanley knife. So far I've hacked two lumps off the right thumb and an impressive slice off my left. Today I'm going all out to remove as much flesh as I can before the week runs out.

 

Support your local slasher,has anyone got any spare bleed I can borrow?

 

Cheers.

Allan

I am sure that in the past skin has been used for making a variety of odd things. Maybe you can dry it and use it as glazing in models. A bit opaque but hey, its personal.

Running a B&B and cooking breakfasts incorporating eggs, dairy, bread, etc, it's surprising just how many people are having problems with food intolerances. Only one kiwi fruit intolerance so far. My biggest challenges were egg, dairy and gluten, and then a couple, who between booking and arriving became vegan. They were very apologetic not to have mentioned it to me when I put a full English in front of them - but we have become friends since

I'm allergic to certain beers and certain wines. Unfortunately the list of wines I'm intolerant to is expanding, but on the other hand it does mean that I get to try new ones in the name of science. Beer tends to be special occasion or when I think buggrit.

So mine's a Cherry B or a Snowball thankyouverymuch.[/quote

 

You didn't mention whether red or white, but if you drink red try finding the reds that dont contain sulphites.

Yes, they are quite high.

 

The main functions of these 'L' sections is to (a) retain the ballast/formation and form part of the new parapet wall. As I understand it, further concrete will be poured immediately outside the 'L' sections and then faced with stone masonry to closely resemble the original wall.

how high will the L shaped stone clad wall be from the seaward? Will it be higher than the wall was?

Dawlish town was full of people yesterday afternoon. My colleague commented on the masses and it was obvious that they were 'promenading' around the town and 'lawn' instead of the usual beach and sea wall.

LE

Thanks, asa... I'm glad your daughter has found the cause. Poor thing, having to have a lumbar puncture...ouch.  I did wonder myself if it was a food intolerance...fine as long as it's not an intolerance to red wine in my case... or my life would suddenly get a little bit more dull 

cheers,

Iain

Iain,

That would be a case of learning to live with pain. Similarly I have been told to avoid wine and spicy food because of reflux, but the pleasure out weighs the pain.

LE

Coping stones are not especially structural, they are more cosmetic and can easily be damaged without effecting the structural integrity of the wall. When I say damage I'm referring to structurally significant damage which effects the structural integrity of the wall leading to collapse, rather than the cosmetic loss of coping stones.

 

During storms, vertical sea walls cause a clapotis wave pattern to form, this wave pattern attacks the base of wall causing heavy erosion and eventual collapse.

 

Cheers,

 

Jack

(Pythonesquqe) obviously the Clapotis!

I rather meant any physical signs of damage and in particular the comparison compared to the wall at Dawlish. I understand wave power etc but the physical damage inflicted on the sea wall has been minimal in comparison with other times. I realise that the wind direction, sea strength etc etc all combine to create various and different conditions in different geographical areas.

Along the main beach the sand has been built up, whereas in past times it has been scoured away.

In the past I have seen the wall past Sprey Point where it has been undercut where the sand has been scoured away and holes exposed in the stonework at the base of the wall.

The concrete L sections are substantial enough for their position and as 47707 said they will be reinforced with steel. During rough seas it's the base of the wall that takes the most damage so the upper section doesn't need to be as substantial as the lower section.

 

Cheers,

 

Jack

At the Teignmouth sea wall, most of the damage done to the sea wall has been to the top. At the start of the sea wall, the damage was to the edging granite stones at the very top of the wall. Hardly any damage to any other areas. Along by Sprey Point the damage there was concentrated on the incline that leads from Sprey Point down towards the beach on the Teignmouth side.

Hi Lightengine,

Thank you for your reply

Are you a trader or an individual modeler, I ask because occasionally things come up that seem to be easily available in the UK but not here, it would really be good if I could find someone that would be able to supply them(I would always pay prior to dispatch). This would not be a regular and often happening but just on the odd occasion it would be really useful. I am particularly interested in the BR(ex LMS items)

 

Rgds....Mike

Hi Mike I pm'd you

Who were revealing

I have absolutely no idea what that's about... I think I might stop off there and have a closer look tomorrow...

It is curiously close by the bags of ballast, but in a fenced area. They must already know where the river runs under the station. Seeing as the station car park was made in the 70's when the dual carriage was built I would have thought that they knew what the underlying strata was.

The one good thing to come out of it is that Stagecoach have reduced their bus fares in the area.  These reductions make it possible for us under 65's to travel by bus now!

Blimey Allan you're really churning these out - do you ever stop to eat and drink?

I think he has a bank of 3D printers in his garage.

I suspect this ballast is destined for various locations between Teignmouth and Dawlish. There is a huge pile of ballast in Riverside Yard ('virtual quarry'), waiting to be taken to the site of the main breach by train. There is also a re-ballasting job planned next week at Smugglers, to deal with the site of last year's major landslip and the contaminated ballast at that location.

 

Good news re the 4th April announcement!

They are drilling in Teignmouth station car park at the moment. Some geo outfit, taking some samples.

Have a look.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=tWGxuPF7wNU

This is the 2nd of two large piles of pre bagged ballast amassed in the station car park at Teignmouth ready to go to 'The hole in the wall' at Dawlish

perfect ship parking there between the two others and didn't knock the smaller blue/white boat over.

 

 

 

unless he use to drive hovercrafts and forgot where he was

Reminds me of when I worked at Dover and upset the then Captain of the 'Normandie' by referring to his docking technique as similar to his car parking quayside, "Keep going til you hit something that stops you"

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/embed/QYltdonj2iE?wmode=transparent&rel=0&autohide=1&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=1

We frequently went into Dover stern first on the Bruges.

I haven't seen them South Australia yet..........has anyone else sighted them here??

 

Rgds.......Mike

I am sure we can arrange to send some. The model packed in its plastic with all the magazine and cardboard removed isnt too heavy.