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A town in Norway, just south of Trondheim. Which British village should be twinned with Hell?

I've generally used 19mm for frames and 12mm L girders. Way back I used 3/4" pine for both frames (with folding legs) and girders, based on a Dave Lowery project that was featured in a 1980s home video. Anyone else remember that video narrated by Bob Symes?

To me it looked more like a curved version of Percy Street, which was modified by David Hampson to become Oldham King Street.

A few options for inventing names. Pick an obscure Scottish saint and add Kil- or Kirk- in front of the name, e.g. Kilmachan (Cill Machan) is church of (Saint) Machan. Pick a Middle Gaelic name of Norse origin or a random thing that might be seen in a field and add Achna- or Achin- in front, e.g. Achnagorry (Achadh na Gofhraidh) is field belonging to Gofraid/Godfrid/Godfrey and Achnashellach (Achadh nan Seileach) is field of willow trees. For the word Drumbrech a possible variation is Drumeach (Druim an Fhithich) which roughly means raven hill/ridge. Fhithich is pronounced "eeich" and imitates the call of a raven. Another fertile ground for fictional place names in that part of Scotland is the original Monarch of the Glen novel. While many of them were made up to sound amusing for an English audience (e.g. Drumstickit and Strathdiddle) there are some with reasonable translations. For example Strathdun (valley fort?) and Loch na Craosnach ("loch of the spear"). However I don't think Glenbogle actually translates as bogle/bogill is a Scots word of Germanic origin (bögge which became bogey and böggelmann became bogeyman). If you mix Gaelic and Scots it could sort of translate as valley of the bogeyman/goblin.

MDF will absorb atmospheric moisture over time and warp if there is the slightest thin spot in the seal. It's a lot more trouble than it's worth. Personally I would go for plywood (ideally exterior ply) for the baseboard and use the MDF for non-structural bits of scenery.

5 trestle bridges between Stanthorpe and Wallangarra were destroyed by the severe bushfires in the region, which at one point completely surrounded Wallangarra. The road bridge over the railway at Wallangarra was also damaged. Queensland Rail (which owns the line) has committed to rebuilding but access to some of the sites is very difficult so even surveying is likely to take several months. Southern Downs Steam Railway will only be operating to Stanthorpe for the time being. The main line Warwick and Stanthorpe only had very minor damage and reopened within a couple of days.

Richard Feynman put it best. I'm paraphrasing, but he said something along the lines of a child can understand the concept of "a number between 5 and 10" but it was taught like "the member of a set which is the intersection of a set of numbers with members larger than 5 and a set of numbers with members smaller than 10".

Sort of. SMP was very big on set theory, graph theory, non-decimal operations and a lot of other things useful for engineering and computing rather than the usual stuff taught in schools.

2002: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $120. How does Arthur Andersen determine that his profit margin is $60?

Someone send this to Geoff Marshall!

1970s: A logger exchanges a set "L" of lumber for a set "M" of money. The cardinality of set "M" is 100. Each element is worth one dollar. Make 100 dots representing the elements of the set "M". The set "C", the cost of production, contains 20 fewer points than set "M." Represent the set "C" as a subset of set "M" and answer the following question: What is the cardinality of the set "P" for profits?

I'd make a joke about kangaroos hauling Santa's sleigh but it would be in poor taste.

There is a very brief and mostly overlooked background gag in Carry On Doctor. A double reference as Peter Rogers, who produced most of the Carry On films, was married to Betty E. Box who produced the Doctor films.

There is a way to justify an HST short enough to fit the platforms. FGW ran 2+2 and even 2+1 formations as DMU replacements on the Cotswold line. There's always "see rule 1".

I do blame radio stations for airing those songs. And certain pubs at kicking out time.

On the flip side, there are some amazing reaction videos to Sabaton's cover of 1916. There were genuine tears.

FGW got the 57s from late 2003. Prior to that it was using 47s on the sleeper and on the last remaining Plymouth and Penzance loco-hauled day trains which ceased in 2002. Penzance in 1996 For your sort of station in the 90s and in the space available, a 37 and some Mk 2s from Bristol (or even Cardiff) wouldn't be too far fetched. Plus the usual DMUs.

And more. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-03/erin-patterson-court-murder-charges-mushroom-meal-deaths/103057914

Looks like a common garden skink. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_garden_skink

Depends where you imagine the terminus to be and where trains are going to and from. Weymouth saw class 37s from Bristol up to 1999. Fort William saw 37s on the sleeper portion (which could be as short as 4 coaches) until 2001, then 67s until 2019 and still sees class 73s! Although they are big stations, 37s with 4 x Mk 2 ran Cardiff-Manchester/Liverpool up to 1999 with a very brief revival to Manchester for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. On much longer trains, Holyhead and Penzance saw Virgin XC class 47s up to 2002. There is also the option of mail and parcels which in the late 90s could have very short trains. Then Holyhead got loco-hauled trains back in 2008. Not forgetting FGW ran a Saturday only Par-Exeter-Penzance with a 57 and the day coaches off the Night Riviera in 2014.

Latest on the mushroom saga. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-11-02/erin-patterson-mushroom-death-arrest-charges/102714436

Another thought, some modernised version of Uxbridge Vine Street might also work with mostly short multiple units. As for goods traffic, the mid/late 90s is a very useful but narrow window when EWS/Wisconsin Central was actively chasing wagonload traffic. You could imagine the station is next to an industrial estate. It would not be impossible to receive short trainloads, e.g. 2-4 VGAs or Cargowaggons.