Sign of the Times
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NO EXIT
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
I was thinking "ONE WAY"
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I was thinking "ONE WAY"
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STOP
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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STOP
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
CAUTION
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CAUTION
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YIELD ... >= 6'
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YIELD ... >= 6'
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NO EXIT
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Historic locomotive exhibition ahead - beware of steam clouds[^] 50+ years ago, we were running like crazy to get to see a real steam locomotive, close up! The kind of locomotives they used when grandpa was a boy! ... I think I have seen a real steam loc about five times in my life. Today, kids don't even know Ivor the Engine or Thomas the Tank Engine. The (very) few who do, make no associations to modern railroads - Ivor and Thomas are simply strange looking animated characters. You can see steam locomotives one place: On traffic signs. Makes me think of that mother telling about when she said to her son, pointing at the button on the screen with a floppy icon: I bet you don't even know what that is! And the son answered: Of course I do! It is a save button!
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YIELD ... >= 6'
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DEAD END
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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CAUTION
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WRONG WAY DEAD END
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DEAD END
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
DETOUR
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DETOUR
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NO WAY
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Historic locomotive exhibition ahead - beware of steam clouds[^] 50+ years ago, we were running like crazy to get to see a real steam locomotive, close up! The kind of locomotives they used when grandpa was a boy! ... I think I have seen a real steam loc about five times in my life. Today, kids don't even know Ivor the Engine or Thomas the Tank Engine. The (very) few who do, make no associations to modern railroads - Ivor and Thomas are simply strange looking animated characters. You can see steam locomotives one place: On traffic signs. Makes me think of that mother telling about when she said to her son, pointing at the button on the screen with a floppy icon: I bet you don't even know what that is! And the son answered: Of course I do! It is a save button!
In the UK we are blessed to have over 100 heritage railways, the vast majority using steam locomotion most or all of the time. Of the hundreds of preserved locos, around 50 are also mainline-certified; that is, approved to run on the national network. On the mainline they are limited to either 60 or 75mph (dependent on loco type), but there are occasional exceptions and only last year we experienced a steam loco running at 100mph on a major main line. (It was being approved for 90mph running, and as part of that certification had to exceed 90mph by 10%). We also have not only preserved steam, but new build steam locos, both narrow gauge and standard gauge. The first of these, Tornado, really captured the public imagination and boosted the profile of the heritage sector enormously. Since then, others have taken to the rails and there are probably around two dozen brand new steam locos under construction in the UK, which should see steam running for at least another 75 years. However, in the current crisis, all our heritage railways are closed. They have close to zero income as we enter the busiest part of the year when the majority of income should be flowing. However costs are not zero; for many, they are still paying rent, rates, insurance, and staff costs (to keep admin and personnel functions operating, and to continue skeleton maintenance tasks). When lockdown is over, there will be public resistance to travelling in enclosed carriages and revenues will not bounce back. There will be deterioration of assets that will take time and money to repair; boiler certificates have a fixed (normally 10-year) period and after that locos need overhauls, but won't have earned the funds to pay for them. All UK heritage railways are facing terrible challenges, and it's very likely that some will fail, and tragically that some preserved locos will be lost forever. I'm a volunteer at the Swanage Railway in Dorset, working as a porter (station staff), and also as a leader in the Youth Group. Youngsters joining at age 13 learn about safety, engineering, customer service, operations, fundraising and gain valuable personal skills. Many go on to work in railway, engineering, travel or hospitality careers. This is all at risk at present. See Swanage Railway[^] and feel free to donate!
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NO WAY
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
CONSTRUCTION ZONE >= 3m
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CONSTRUCTION ZONE >= 3m
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I give up :)
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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In the UK we are blessed to have over 100 heritage railways, the vast majority using steam locomotion most or all of the time. Of the hundreds of preserved locos, around 50 are also mainline-certified; that is, approved to run on the national network. On the mainline they are limited to either 60 or 75mph (dependent on loco type), but there are occasional exceptions and only last year we experienced a steam loco running at 100mph on a major main line. (It was being approved for 90mph running, and as part of that certification had to exceed 90mph by 10%). We also have not only preserved steam, but new build steam locos, both narrow gauge and standard gauge. The first of these, Tornado, really captured the public imagination and boosted the profile of the heritage sector enormously. Since then, others have taken to the rails and there are probably around two dozen brand new steam locos under construction in the UK, which should see steam running for at least another 75 years. However, in the current crisis, all our heritage railways are closed. They have close to zero income as we enter the busiest part of the year when the majority of income should be flowing. However costs are not zero; for many, they are still paying rent, rates, insurance, and staff costs (to keep admin and personnel functions operating, and to continue skeleton maintenance tasks). When lockdown is over, there will be public resistance to travelling in enclosed carriages and revenues will not bounce back. There will be deterioration of assets that will take time and money to repair; boiler certificates have a fixed (normally 10-year) period and after that locos need overhauls, but won't have earned the funds to pay for them. All UK heritage railways are facing terrible challenges, and it's very likely that some will fail, and tragically that some preserved locos will be lost forever. I'm a volunteer at the Swanage Railway in Dorset, working as a porter (station staff), and also as a leader in the Youth Group. Youngsters joining at age 13 learn about safety, engineering, customer service, operations, fundraising and gain valuable personal skills. Many go on to work in railway, engineering, travel or hospitality careers. This is all at risk at present. See Swanage Railway[^] and feel free to donate!
If you haven't yet picked up Requiem For Steam - The Railway Songs Of Dave Goulder[^] you might consider to do so - a really nice collection of folk songs (although most of the songs are his own, not traditional folk songs). This link is to a vinyl edition. I've got a CD, but can't remember where I bought it, years ago. Anyway, it is digitized from the analog recording; the sound is no better than from a virgin vinyl played on a high quality turntable. I haven't been playing that album for I don't know how long! I guess I will dig it up right now and listen to it!
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CONSTRUCTION ZONE >= 3m
Young enough to know I can. Old enough to know I shouldn't. Stupid enough to do it anyway! JaxCoder.com
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Historic locomotive exhibition ahead - beware of steam clouds[^] 50+ years ago, we were running like crazy to get to see a real steam locomotive, close up! The kind of locomotives they used when grandpa was a boy! ... I think I have seen a real steam loc about five times in my life. Today, kids don't even know Ivor the Engine or Thomas the Tank Engine. The (very) few who do, make no associations to modern railroads - Ivor and Thomas are simply strange looking animated characters. You can see steam locomotives one place: On traffic signs. Makes me think of that mother telling about when she said to her son, pointing at the button on the screen with a floppy icon: I bet you don't even know what that is! And the son answered: Of course I do! It is a save button!
I did metalwork in school (school school, not uni), and we had to make a steam engine (as in, make/cut/turn/cast every individual piece, not just screw Meccano-type st*ff together), and I've loved 'em ever since. I've taken car engines to pieces and put them back together (but working), but they're nowhere near as satisfying.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I did metalwork in school (school school, not uni), and we had to make a steam engine (as in, make/cut/turn/cast every individual piece, not just screw Meccano-type st*ff together), and I've loved 'em ever since. I've taken car engines to pieces and put them back together (but working), but they're nowhere near as satisfying.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark_Wallace wrote:
I did metalwork in school (school school, not uni)
The problem with universities is that there is too much theory and too little pratice. A cousin of mine turned 18 (the driving age in Norway) the spring before he went to University for Mechanical Engineering studies. So before summer vacation, he got himself an old VW Beetle. Then he covered his family's lawn with a sheet of plastic where he could draw numbered squares (and another plastic sheet to pull over it in case of rain), and started to dismantle the Beetle into pieces: Anything that could possibly be taken apart, he did take apart. Along the line, he drew between two and three hundred sketches to know how they fit together. Each piece was placed in a numbered square on the lawn, with the numbers indicated on the sketches. At the end of summer vacation, he had both disassembled and reassembled that beetle, claiming that he would be able to fix whatever went wrong with that car. I believe him. (This happened before cars were equipped with dozens of microprocessors and all sorts of electronics.) I think that was an excellent way to compensate for the lack of practice in his coming university studies.
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If you haven't yet picked up Requiem For Steam - The Railway Songs Of Dave Goulder[^] you might consider to do so - a really nice collection of folk songs (although most of the songs are his own, not traditional folk songs). This link is to a vinyl edition. I've got a CD, but can't remember where I bought it, years ago. Anyway, it is digitized from the analog recording; the sound is no better than from a virgin vinyl played on a high quality turntable. I haven't been playing that album for I don't know how long! I guess I will dig it up right now and listen to it!
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Mark_Wallace wrote:
I did metalwork in school (school school, not uni)
The problem with universities is that there is too much theory and too little pratice. A cousin of mine turned 18 (the driving age in Norway) the spring before he went to University for Mechanical Engineering studies. So before summer vacation, he got himself an old VW Beetle. Then he covered his family's lawn with a sheet of plastic where he could draw numbered squares (and another plastic sheet to pull over it in case of rain), and started to dismantle the Beetle into pieces: Anything that could possibly be taken apart, he did take apart. Along the line, he drew between two and three hundred sketches to know how they fit together. Each piece was placed in a numbered square on the lawn, with the numbers indicated on the sketches. At the end of summer vacation, he had both disassembled and reassembled that beetle, claiming that he would be able to fix whatever went wrong with that car. I believe him. (This happened before cars were equipped with dozens of microprocessors and all sorts of electronics.) I think that was an excellent way to compensate for the lack of practice in his coming university studies.
Member 7989122 wrote:
he covered his family's lawn with a sheet of plastic where he could draw numbered squares (and another plastic sheet to pull over it in case of rain), and started to dismantle the Beetle into pieces
That's pretty much what I did, the first time I changed a head gasket (but I used an area of a factory floor that wasn't in use, which had 12"/300mm terracotta tiles). The third time (of three times) I changed one, I just tossed everything into a cardboard box as I dismantled it.
Member 7989122 wrote:
I think that was an excellent way to compensate for the lack of practice in his coming university studies.
The main thing I learned from my time in uni was that lecturers are bitchy pr1cks who spend 50% of their time stabbing each other in the back.
Member 7989122 wrote:
(This happened before cars were equipped with dozens of microprocessors and all sorts of electronics.)
Another reason I'm glad I gave up driving. I had a lot of expensive tools, but a couple of million for diagnostics servers is more than I'm willing to spend.
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