kevinlms

The microwave is usually one of the easiest things to set the clock on. Some items such as ovens can be quite difficult to remember. I'm one of these people who can't stand clocks showing the wrong time (I don't mind a few minutes, but those hours out - no way). For non essential clocks, there is always the option, of black tape over them!

Here's another one in a series of defamation cases, by a media company which has lost, over a dog claimed to be stolen by a barrister. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/gina-edwards-awarded-150k-in-damages-defamation-cavoodle/103771666

Much easier to adjust for Daylight Saving!

You can check whether it's suitable for higher AC Voltages. Look at the capacitor(s) - the largish round things. If it says that they are 35 Volts or more, then YES it is suitable. If not sure tell us the voltage it says. Yes, increasing by a few volts will make a difference, because the result at a CDU is the peak of the AC input, not just the RMS (think of average value - although technically incorrect), which is the voltage a multimeter will measure. I realise it's hard, because it appears that you're getting something for nothing, but if you try it out, you'll find that it's true. This is because the output from a CDU is a momentary one and NOT a constant output, which would show it's true colours!

I would be very tempted to leave the current layout, basically as it is. When you are ready, start a brand new layout incorporating many new features, such as better looking points. It can be built over a period of time, with the old one still being available to use as required. To be honest, the work required to change the existing points, is a fair amount of work - but of course, that's entirely up to you.

Well I did expect some sort of CASH, but I do hope the NRM charges them a fortune and not just petty cash, because they've got some old deal going back years. Such as a fixed price years ago, to do as they wished, which seems to be the outcome.

I wonder what sort of arrangement Bradford Exchange has with the NRM, to allow them to come up with the tat, that they do for Flying Scotsman?

A NEW H&M Duette? I don't think so. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126348440406?itmmeta=01HWAYZ911FPQPZVQH324P7WWA&hash=item1d6af43356:g:ATYAAOSwrhFl23Mx

Increase the voltage to the CDU, using AC. I've never had to remove springs, but I guess you could try that on one, if it would make you happier. Remember the springs help to keep the blades over, not just to prevent the blades from moving!

So yes, you are only supplying DC to the CDU. If it was 16 Volts AC, the voltage at the output of the CDU would be more like 22 Volts DC. Having said that, the point motors should be at least attempting to throw. Have you a spare point motor that you can temporarily connect to the CDU output and see if that works?

Maybe, but that is up to the company themselves to decide. Some companies are also VERY particular about how their liveries are depicted and any slight inaccuracy, will attract a 'correct or else' formal letter.

Of course it's a guess, but almost certainly Australia would receive far more containers directly from the US, than central America.

Yes I know that they aren't native to the USA, but it was believed that they came via the USA. Here's the relevant quote from the same article. The ants were first detected in Australia in Brisbane in 2001 and it's likely the pest arrived in shipping containers from the US.

Can't you find a larger photo? We were watching the club cameras the other evening and almost immediately a spider crawled across the lens, filling the screen!

Yes, we usually have a couple of Huntsmen, running around the interior walls. Rather that, then when I go out the front door sometimes and get a mouth full of spider web!

He wants to end up on the motorcycle club's 'eBay Madness' thread sometime in the future, when he goes to sell it!

This rather kills off the idea that ANY entry level modelling, is better than going to a shop and buying the latest highly detailed new model.

I would avoid knowingly buying ANY product associated with Elon Musk. Do a search on X and the Bishop that was stabbed in Sydney, Australia. Musk refuses so far in removing the recording of the stabbing, even though a federal Australian agency has taken legal action against X. Wot a w****r keep calling it 'X' formerly known as Twitter'. Was it really such a bad business decision to rename it?

It's an HST in disguise! Let's see how many don't get that?

The one of the spider, reminds me of a late friend. If she saw one of those, she'd empty a whole can of spray on it, because she reckoned it was still moving - yes the blast of gas from the can, made it appear to move!

That's the problem, a lot of invasive pests have been brought in deliberately to 'solve' another problem and end up being worse than the original problem - although this isn't true of Fire Ants, they've sneaked in on containers, apparently. I'd rather the snakes, because most of the worst, are safely up in Queensland! The European Wasps are another nasty one, I was stung multiple times a few years ago and they are spreading too. Invasive too and their biggest problem, is that they can sting multiple times each, unlike natives and bees.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-24/canberra-prisoner-sentenced-pours-boiling-tea/103765608

But you're supposed to set up your navigation BEFORE you start the vehicle, not afterwards. At my club we recently installed a camera system and a short while ago, we had the police come to clubrooms. We had good footage of a 90 year old, being hit by a car driven by an 18 year old. The car couldn't have been driven more than 20 metres and went straight ahead across the grass, instead of around the bend. Police said she was distracted, so almost certainly setting up the navigation.

I believe that while they were included in that set, the vast majority were available separately.

It isn't like it's the first time this has occurred. Plenty of similar events of railway bridges.