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This is a useful site, with a built in resistance calculator. http://www.hobby-hour.com/electronics/ledcalc.php Another site http://www.quickar.com/bestledcalc.php?session= Blown a few up myself in the past !! Brit15

Some old OOC shots on my Flikr album here 27 March 1970 - scroll down a bit. https://www.flickr.com/photos/136789710@N03/albums/72157677108141394 Brit15

Lots of info diagrams & photos on this post. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/67055-liverpool-central-signal-box/ Brit15

Philippine rail cars - every family has one !!! Hurry up there's a Pendolino coming !!! Brit15

All seems OK http://www.gcrailway.co.uk/unify/ Brit15

Trouble with nuclear is the de-commissioning costs at life's end. Lots of old nuke subs are presently stored in Russia, USA & I understand some old UK ones up in Scotland. Cheaper to store them than cut them up - just kicking the can down the road really. Brit15

The song !! Brit 15

Yesterdays alien news There are strange goings on in a quaint Northern town Which the folk there are trying to keep quiet It’d cause a sensation but they’re playing it down For they’re frightened of starting a riot ‘Cause they’ve pit men with arms that are thirty feet long And their heads are as smooth as boiled eggs And the man who sells pies has got three great big eyes And the rugby league hooker is green with six legs CHORUS: For the Martians have landed in Wigan And they’re wearing flat caps on their domes And they’ve paid all their subs to the working men’s clubs ‘Cause Wigan reminds them of home Now the Martians had lost all their bearings one night ‘Cause the compass had gone up the spout As they landed on t’slag heap the captain said, “Right We’re home lads, so let’s all pile out” Well they soon realised that they’d made a mistake So some digs for the night they all booked Where they’d trotters and hotpot and fresh Eccles cake And when they tasted black puddings, those Martians were hooked CHORUS: For the Martians have landed in Wigan… Now the Martians play bingo and speak local lingo Like, “Sithee,” and “Ey up owd flower” From the pier every day you can go t’Milky Way Or a UFO trip round Blackpool Tower So next time you’re passing through Wigan, look out And remember the things I have said Beware of the ones who have clogs on their feet And aerials stuck out the tops of their heads CHORUS: For the Martians have landed in Wigan… You see them round town every Friday & Saturday night - Can't miss em !!!!! Brit15

Air propulsion mentioned. Lea Bailey Light Railway Running on Air Part 1, May 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzGS4j1YQPs Brit15

Very good weathering & vegetation. Brit15

This looks bad !!! No trains Bolton to Manchester until Hadrian has made a visit !! Not having a lot of luck Network Rail are they ? Brit15

Had a day out in Liverpool bank holiday Monday. During the recent electrification of the Liverpool - Manchester / Wigan lines the section from Huyton through Roby to just short of Broad Green station was four tracked, with brand new platforms built / refurbished at Huyton & Roby stations. 4 tracks were laid, but the northernmost track was never connected at either end though the platforms were finished along with working lights, information panels etc. Electrification masts are also in and ready for wires over this track. This was a couple of years ago. On Monday I observed that the brand new platform walls & edges are being demolished right onto the new rail - a right unsightly mess !!!. I can only think there is some issue of clearance as both new platforms at two separate stations are affected. I also noticed new pointwork piled onto the track at each end so I presume the actual 4 tracking is imminent. Can anyone enlighten as to what is going on ?. Seems to me to be a massive waste of money building new platforms twice. Brit15

Quick enough for me - wont beat your Geeee Teeee Eye - but I'll be at the side of you again at the next set of lights, quite relaxed in my "Flying Armchair" !!!!! MPG - around 18-20, 21 max on a run. Doesn't bother me I only do around 500 miles / year - sometimes less. Most comfortable car I have ever had, that's just one reason why I have kept her since 1982. Anyone else had a car that long ? Brit15

My Rover V8 3.5 Litre is "only" 161 BHP. http://www.gbclassiccars.co.uk/rover_p5_p5b.html Quick off the mark, and quite happy in today's traffic, cruises at 70 no problem. Who needs BHP ? Brit15

My 1973 Rover P5B V8 Saloon was designed to use 5 star petrol. I have never put a gallon (or a litre) of 5 star in her tank since I bought her in 1982. She has run ever since on the cheapest petrol I could find, 2 star leaded and now I use just unleaded, always from Tesco / Sainsburys / Morrisons etc. I do however add (sometimes) a lead free additive (if I remember !!). No problems other than slight pinking under heavy load (I've adjusted the ignition to reduce it as much as possible), She's done this since 1982 though so no worries, MPG ? - don't ask !!!! She seems to start / run BETTER with modern unleaded than with leaded. By the way I've always used the cheapest (supermarket) fuel in all of my cars and never had any fuel related problems (touch wood !!). Brit15

Ahh !! - one law for "them" and one law for "us" T'was ever thus. Brit15

The Talyllyn railway IS a proper railway as one of its locos carries an ex Britannia chime whistle !! I know - I've heard it !! Locomotive inspectors. Brit15

Tailgating was made illegal just a few years ago https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-penalties-to-tackle-tailgating-and-middle-lane-hogging So just how will these trials get around this law ? Brit15

Agree Focalplane, Mother Nature can be very beautiful, and also very cruel, sometimes both at the same time. We are lucky in the UK that we are (mostly) spared from her most vicious manifestations. Thoughts with those over in south Texas tonight. Good luck folks. Brit15

Not like it was but worth a visit. Lots to see from the bridges on Slutchers Lane (wonderfull name !!!), I used to work in Warrington and visited often.I had a look there a few months ago, still interesting Bob, but like everywhere rampant vegetation. Better than Springs Branch though. By the way, did you visit there ?, how did you go on ?. Brit15

Tried to get to Cheshire Oaks shopping outlet yesterday (Ellesmere Port near Chester)- The M6 was chokka south of Warrington (severe delays a bit further south), and M56 same, so at last minute we decided to turn left on the M56 past Manchester Airport to (the dreaded) Trafford Centre. Traffic was fine on this bit, and approaching the Trafford Centre via the M60 from the south is far better than the other way (our usual route), parking is easier to find also. However on leaving to join the M60 north it was just absolute Chaos - well it was 5pm on a bank holiday Friday on what is stated to be one of the busiest stretches of motorway in Europe !! (what else could I expect ?). As usual, white vans and artics constantly changing lanes made it very unpleasant, I just idle along in the inside lane in these conditions, go with the flow - I have no death wish.I wonder how people would react to platoons changing lanes in slow moving (angry driver) conditions ? As usual its a fast race to the bottom for the average worker these days due to computerisation etc. (lorry drivers in this case). Platoons good for the environment ? Cheaper produce in shops ? - Cobblers, this type of thing is good for one thing only - lining the pockets of the 0.001% and those that facilitate them (you know, those we vote for every 5 years !!). You see these "people" quite simply never have enough - power and money that is. Their appetite for both is insatiable and will be satisfied by labour elimination. I'm not a complete Luddite but driverless trains, lorries, cars, aircraft while all technically possible today - just what will life be like for those younger people today in 2040 and beyond ?- AND the poor sods will still owe £££thousands on their student loans, and will have little or no pension - many no house of their own also. Platoons of lorries - such a sad thing to look forward too. Brit15

Brit15 (and nobody has yet twigged whats REALLY going on in the world with rampant job loss re computerisation etc !!!!)

Food good, beer good, Bye Brit15

By gum that's a grim grey industrial town - the tunnel looks particularly "scary" to walk (run!!!) through. Nicely modeled though. Brit15

Ahh!! Poggy, but down south there's none so blind as them that can't see - especially those who meet in the big posh buildings in Westminster. !! As a Lancastrian (Wiganer) I'm getting more than a little sick of London / South East concentricaty these days. They have everything and yet they always want more. Let them stew in it- at least up here we have our National parks and wonderful scenery. Time for a northern revolution !! Brit15