MrWolf
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25 minutes ago, kevinlms said:
On Australian TV, there was an ad for a car showing the latest safety feature. A soft foam top to the dashboard, to give your head a soft impact, in the event of contact.
HOWEVER, before your forehead came in contact with the foam top, it would have to smash it's way through the steel steering wheel! Rather a pointless innovation. Sorry, I can't find the ad.
This was way before wearing of seat belts, was even considered, let alone became law.
"Crash pads" began to appear in the late 1950s on more upmarket cars, they were really only designed to give the passenger a modicum of protection in a low speed bump, that being the most common accident, I guess the driver was expected to "brace for impact". Lap type safety belts began to appear as an option around the same time and were fitted as standard in all new British cars from around 1964. Three point mounts for belts having been fitted for optional belts from 1962.
Collapsible steering columns first appeared on the Vauxhall Victor FD in 1967.
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45 minutes ago, Coldgunner said:
I look forward to being impaled on that.
Where's your sense of adventure? 🤣
I think that the message was "Drive carefully or die horribly"...
Of course, car interior design has come a long way. Now we have soft steering wheels and driver airbags, ergonomic, tactile controls, blue tooth and heads up displays to take the eyes off the road etc.
Of course, it possible upgrade a classic to satisfy modern safety concerns, simply buy one these and paint it dull grey.....
I think that is what the car designers did?*
*Other styles are available.
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Other WWII RAF sites in the area were Predannack (Airfield) and Dry Tree (Chain Home Radar).
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7 hours ago, Mallard60022 said:
Sadly some of the Plymouth FB pages are full of excrement and several conspiracy, idiots along with a load of wazzocks that are laughing at people who are worried. There are, of course, blaming the Council, all these snowflakes, I'm not moving and armchair UXB idiots. Social media really is so often a mountain of sh1te.
Dockyard was cleared as well. Absolutely zero chances being take by the Navy Disposal Team and who would want to be involved in the transfer to the Torpoint ramp?
In fact the Council and partners have been brilliant at dealing with displaced residents.
It's a 500KG beast and must be really scary.
national news coverage this evening.
Janners are used to this sort of event.
Phil
I did have to laugh at some of the comments from armchair experts and conspiracy theorists.
They've obviously never been anywhere near an explosion, probably never even chucked an aerosol can in a bonfire, let alone seen a blast from Hexogen (RDX).
The pictures online don't really show what a huge device a German 500kg is. There's one on the left in this picture:
Picture: bombs away ltd.
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2 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said:
Don't forget the superb Citroen XM!
Mike.
Indeed they were. Where have they all gone?
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1 hour ago, KNP said:
What airfield??
Quite. The Bus Prevention Unit at Aston just drop into a bumpy field which is conveniently located behind the Kangaroo Inn.
Even the sheep aren't bothered anymore.
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I don't know if anyone has resurrected this idea yet?
"Teletouch" gear selector from 1958.
Image: Maynard's Garage.
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21 minutes ago, kevinlms said:
Nothing to stop you putting the handbrake on with an automatic too. I don't unless I'm going to be there for a while.
I suspect that is why older American cars (and Mercedes) had a kick down handbrake pedal and a fly off release lever just under the dash. It saved wear and tear on the transmission bands whilst you sat at the lights, particularly on hill starts.
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32 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said:
Where else can you grow them?
Mike.
I suspect that the conversation will sink to new depths if we're going to discuss ways of "growing a bollard".... 😳
Anyone found some overpriced rubbish on eBay?
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39 minutes ago, andyman7 said:
Browsing the 'bay for a copy of Stewart Joy's 1973 economic treatise on BR, this listing includes the most risible AI-generated cobblers I've seen yet. Yes, it's a book concerned with the railways but is an analysis of BR's economic performance from the 50s to the 70s and not "...a must-have for any train enthusiast....this book contains 160 pages filled with captivating information about trains....a fascinating insight into the world of trains, covering topics such as the history of locomotives, train designs, and the impact of trains on society. Whether you are a collector, historian, or simply a lover of trains, this book is sure to provide hours of reading pleasure."
If AI really is going to destroy society, it will presumably be by means of burying under a tidal wave of bullcrap!
As the Bromsgrove Standard put it:
"What a load of bollards"...
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57 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:
Don't think he could afford the import duties Neil.
Mores the point I don't think giraffes eat grass like sheep.
If they did, the neck and legs would be rather superfluous...
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54 minutes ago, John Besley said:
Will it need to duck?
Only if you employ a Triang giraffe as a driver.
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I've opted for a sans top feed pannier, just the basic DC version, no vynil roof, velour seats or 8 track player.
It should behave on equally basic Peco track that my relics run on.
I doubt that the release of a superior pannier is going to hurt the secondhand market too much, as there's plenty of modellers on a budget and a high demand for Bachmann pannier chassis to fit under other types of locomotive.
I've bought a number of panniers from eBay and just scouting around (whilst ignoring the loco breakers silly prices) shows that there's nothing for nothing.
Recent, (last 25 years or more) Bachmann panniers still command around £50-60 and even the early version or it's Mainline ancestor, both with the odd mammalian dome and washing machine full of nails mechanism fetching £30-40.
In contrast, if you want a basic 0-6-0 chassis to cannibalise, a late Hornby Jinty can be had for £15.
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Me too. I like the look of the DMUs with speed whiskers*
*Not sure who they were kidding with that.
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Coughs and Sneezles...
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There's an identical looking (but probably better made!) bakelite switch on a table lamp I have, which dates back to the mid fifties, still going strong after the wiring was replaced.
As for 240 Amps, someone definitely missed the decimal point, my welder only goes up to 180 and that's more than enough to stitch 8mm steel plate.
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7 hours ago, kevinlms said:
But never famous for his tantrums, like his 2nd grandsons wife!
She definitely wears the trousers in that relationship.
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54 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:
And 50's and 60's Rovers.
SAAB 96 "Flying slug". Great machine.
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It does seem to work though.
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19 hours ago, 57xx said:
Thanks Rob, it's nice to actually finish construction on a kit for a change (bar the paint). I really need to go through the half finished pile and get over the mental blocks that stopped work on them.
Neither of us use the phrase "mental block" in our house.
Not out of some fashionable new age approach to psychotherapy, but because if one of us says that they have a mental block, the other will say - I know, that mental block is your head, Charlie Brown...
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27 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said:
He was a fine one to talk, being a bubble himself!
But I rather enjoyed his little remarks .. "Do you still throw spears at each other?"
"I have never been noticeably reticent about talking on subjects about which I know nothing."
Although technically another Boche.
I'd just like to point out, lest any of you are getting the wrong impression, I've worked all over the world and there's only two kinds of people.
Those who would share their last slice of bread with you and those who would cut your throat to have yours as well.
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When I was a kid I couldn't stand DMUs, so dull and boring, but compared to modern offerings, they've now got a wonderfully austere, rattly Eastern Bloc quality to them.
Don't tell anyone, but I still have one of those old motorised Airfix kit railcars, it's smashed to bits, but unlike a lot of its superior modern brethren, (One of which I very nearly bought!) it still actually works.
I might just have to source another body kit and revive it, just because.
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11 minutes ago, The Johnster said:
He was famous for his charming comments, about all sorts of ethnicities…Can't fault him, no prejudices, we don't like anyone...
That's the trouble with the world.
People.
Don't believe for a minute that the other lot are saints, they're saying the same thing about you.
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Driving standards
in Wheeltappers
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I was taking the Mickey by the way...😉
It might actually save a few of the regular rush hour rear end shunts that happen on the M4 outside Cardiff as driver's gaze constantly flicks from speedometer to the overhead signs that change the speed limit every few seconds like some one armed bandit.