J. S. Bach

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

2 hours ago, AndyID said:

You should see it spinning at 78!Ah! Looks pretty convincing 😃

You should see it spinning at 78!

11 minutes ago, AndyID said:

Erm, why is there a 1/4 inch tape spool on the turntable?

Actually it is a platter mat, replacing the stock one.

2 minutes ago, Dave Hunt said:

Well, the weather did indeed put paid to my hoped-for trip to Attingham Park this afternoon. Instead I tried to fix our ancient Technics record deck of at least 25 years of age which refuses to do anything remotely connected with playing a record. Sadly I was unable to find what is wrong so transferred my efforts to looking for someone who can fix it. I think I may have found one in Nantwich, which is only about 15 miles away so I've sent an email asking whether they can, in fact, help and hope to hear from them on Monday. My sons think that I should embrace new tech and get an Alexa or something rather than persist with vinyl records and such but although I have gone as far as CDs and even iTunes I still like playing my old discs.

 

Dinosaur, me? I've even got an electric soldering iron!

 

Dave 

One of mine:

Wow! You admit to polluting the Thames?

6 hours ago, St Enodoc said:

Well, there is, but it involves words that aren't usually acceptable on RMweb.

One of them being "tea"!

Well, $15 (today's conversion rate) for me and very well worth it as it helps support the forum.

That makes it:

1.25 a month

0.29 a week

0.04 a day

Probably the second best train forum bargain on the 'net!

The first is the OGR* forum at $10 a year.

I do both and the enjoyment from them just can not be measured monetarily.

*O Gauge Railroading magazine sponsors it. There are at least two of us here on both.

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

4 hours ago, Winslow Boy said:

Don't want to pour water on your celebrations but don't you think they could have at least got the colour of the cake decoration correct.

Should be green!

BTW, a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Air Vice Marshall Hunt.

The first ship passed through sometime earlier today.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/26/first-ship-baltimore-bridge-collapse

My video preference is the Laserdisc format. I have a Panasonic the plays both side of the disc; at the end of side one, the video "freeze-frames" for a couple of seconds until the pickup mechanism flips to the other side then the video resumes playing. Not very distracting at all and sure easier than getting up to change sides manually.

1 hour ago, steve1 said:

Perhaps she’s been reading this thread…

 

steve 

Maybe. She does get on cat.net when I am not around. She must as my usage increases a bit even when I have everything turned off and disconnected!!

Just now, Tony_S said:

Whatever it is, it is my new favourite toy. No more being held back  by a trailing cable…

I, too, have a bunch of DeWalt 18v battery tools; so much more convenient, one battery type for six or so tools.

And a bunch of WORX 20v outdoor tools, even more convenient, and the same battery for each here also.

23 minutes ago, Tony_S said:

The new tracks,to connect  to,connect to storage tracks on my garage layout have to cross non scenic parts of the layout. This was the first thing anyone one notice looking at the layout. So,I thought I would disguise it and also experiment with a few scenic techniques. The scenery has various removable panels so I can retrieve derailments from the main lines. The removable bits are very thin plywood covered in scenic grass mat. I think,it might be a Games Workshop product that has been rolled up,in the garage for about 10 years. 
I had a play with different ballasting techniques.  I have decided two things. I don’t like the Copydex ballasting technique. PVA glue would seem to need  a best before date. Mine was a bit gloopy. I will buy some more before any proper ballasting gets done. 

 

The bendy mdf behind the glue gun is the rear of the layout backscene.

Glue gun or alien invasion space ship?

1 hour ago, Dave Hunt said:

I won’t go into detail is but the closest I ever came was landing a Phantom one night in Germany with the low level fuel light having been on for quite a while and about 250 lb showing on the gauge. There was a warning below the gauge that indications below 600 lb were unreliable. The next day the senior engineering officer told me that the amount of fuel they had put into the aircraft was the same as the book said it would hold. He reckoned that I must have had less than a minute of useable fuel left. I didn’t actually have brown strides but it was close.

 

Dave

And with the glide slope of the F4 .......................................................................................

2 hours ago, Dave Hunt said:

In German, “Zwei kleine Ente,” to which the reply is, “Flak, flak.”

2 hours ago, bbishop said:

almost ... zwei kleine Enten.

Sorry, but I prefer Eine Klien Nachtmusik.

I set this box down to take out for recycling:

The odd thing is that Raindrop has not done this before!

8 hours ago, jjb1970 said:

 

 ..snip...  but regular accidents such as allision and collision.

Thank you, I learned a new word today! I have honestly never heard it before. From Merriam - Webster:

"Allision is an obsolete word that means the action of dashing against or striking upon, or the running of one ship upon another ship that is stationary."

Night Owl from the Piedmont.

I once knew a cop that had a large belt buckle with P I G cast on it.

between the letters in real small print:

Pride Integrity Guts

3 hours ago, Tony_S said:

Happy birthday.

I can remember the TV series but I suspect I was in the room while my parents watched it rather than actively watching it. I  do remember the theme tune and also being intrigued that one of the actors had Jr after his name despite being an adult. Isn’t it odd what gets recalled.  

Efrem Zimbalist, jr. His father was a great recording star in the acoustic record era.:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efrem_Zimbalist

If looks could kill!

16 hours ago, The Johnster said:

 ...snip... It was a brass tap, well weathered and a bit battered.  ‘What’, I wondered to myself, ‘would happen if I turned it on?’.  I turned it on, and to my mild disappointment, water came out of it; I was expecting some sort of magical brew or something, water seemed most mundane, why would anyone hide that behind a door.  ‘I suppose I’d better turn it off then’, I continued my internal discourse; as I say it was a warm night and getting a bit splashed held no terrors for a ruffytuffy Canton goods guard!  
 

It was at this point that my control over events slipped a little; the tap was jammed open and could not be turned off.  ...snip...

Just what did you open it with?

Hmmm, saw the above in the forum jokes thread yesterday, post by "STRAY".

Night Owl from a rainy Piedmont.