the fact that a ‘temporary’ cash squeeze created so much drama shows that neither the Fed nor investors completely understand how the cogs of the modern financial machine mesh.
My Dad has a metal watering can with a swastika on the bottom, he got it from his father in law who spent the war in Blackpool working as a civil servant.
If you can..,find out if it faces to the left or the right,i'm guessing it will be to the left but you never know.
Could it have been made in India? The Swastika is very similar to the Diwali symbol.
How can anyone bring themselves to sit through a Party conference (of any colour)? I'm genuinely struggling to think of a worse way to voluntarily spend your time.
My Dad has a metal watering can with a swastika on the bottom, he got it from his father in law who spent the war in Blackpool working as a civil servant.
If you can..,find out if it faces to the left or the right,i'm guessing it will be to the left but you never know.
Could it have been made in India? The Swastika is very similar to the Diwali symbol.
I think his swastika is the nazi way round, will confirm when he is back. These replies intrigued me enough to Google and it could be South African. It does have 1.5 gallon stamped on it so from a country not on the metric system.
How can anyone bring themselves to sit through a Party conference (of any colour)? I'm genuinely struggling to think of a worse way to voluntarily spend your time.
Stapling your eyelids to your eyeballs? I think there are many worse options. A few days of snoozing would go down well right now. Occasionally waking up to hear what catastrophic decision has just been made and then going back to sleep in a hopeless attempt to turn it into a mere nightmare.......
How can anyone bring themselves to sit through a Party conference (of any colour)? I'm genuinely struggling to think of a worse way to voluntarily spend your time.
This is the paradox of politics: for democracy to work, the people who need to get involved are, pretty much by definition, the ones who would rather be doing something else.
To put it another way: no-one in their right mind would want to be involved. So the ones who get involved must, by definition, not be in their right minds.
How can anyone bring themselves to sit through a Party conference (of any colour)? I'm genuinely struggling to think of a worse way to voluntarily spend your time.
This is the paradox of politics: for democracy to work, the people who need to get involved are, pretty much by definition, the ones who would rather be doing something else.
To put it another way: no-one in their right mind would want to be involved. So the ones who get involved must, by definition, not be in their right minds.
Joseph Heller should have written a novel about it!
How can anyone bring themselves to sit through a Party conference (of any colour)? I'm genuinely struggling to think of a worse way to voluntarily spend your time.
Stapling your eyelids to your eyeballs? I think there are many worse options. A few days of snoozing would go down well right now. Occasionally waking up to hear what catastrophic decision has just been made and then going back to sleep in a hopeless attempt to turn it into a mere nightmare.......
bear in mind as well its not all electing new leaders/Brexit/invading countries its all the endless debates and votes about minor town coincil regulations and histprical in party regulations.
really frickin' boring stuff.
but its all about the networking and getting one over other people. and shagging other delegates in cheap Bournemouth/Brighton/Skeggy b&bs........
Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
How can anyone bring themselves to sit through a Party conference (of any colour)? I'm genuinely struggling to think of a worse way to voluntarily spend your time.
Stapling your eyelids to your eyeballs? I think there are many worse options. A few days of snoozing would go down well right now. Occasionally waking up to hear what catastrophic decision has just been made and then going back to sleep in a hopeless attempt to turn it into a mere nightmare.......
bear in mind as well its not all electing new leaders/Brexit/invading countries its all the endless debates and votes about minor town coincil regulations and histprical in party regulations.
really frickin' boring stuff.
but its all about the networking and getting one over other people. and shagging other delegates in cheap Bournemouth/Brighton/Skeggy b&bs........
That's part of the problem though, have you seen the delegates? Yet another reason to stay at home!
When I worked for the Council our Union reps used to love their all expenses paid trips to the TUC or Labour Party conferences though. Apart from one or two genuine ones it was the only reason they stood for the role.
How can anyone bring themselves to sit through a Party conference (of any colour)? I'm genuinely struggling to think of a worse way to voluntarily spend your time.
How can anyone bring themselves to sit through a Party conference (of any colour)? I'm genuinely struggling to think of a worse way to voluntarily spend your time.
It’s the same for any industry conference.
not really. mine are really good fun with some interesting really experienced people.
perhaps its just your industry Richard?
Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
They're nearing completion of electrifying the South Wales to London train line and will be using hybrid trains. The electrification starts at Cardiff, how do the trains join and leave the overhead lines?
They're nearing completion of electrifying the South Wales to London train line and will be using hybrid trains. The electrification starts at Cardiff, how do the trains join and leave the overhead lines?
Normally the gubbins (technical term) that connects the train to the overhead lines can be raised/lowered. Presumably the train has it lowered when not on the overhead section and then raises them when it joins?
You can fool some of the people all of the time. Concentrate on those people.
They're nearing completion of electrifying the South Wales to London train line and will be using hybrid trains. The electrification starts at Cardiff, how do the trains join and leave the overhead lines?
Normally the gubbins (technical term) that connects the train to the overhead lines can be raised/lowered. Presumably the train has it lowered when not on the overhead section and then raises them when it joins?
The Thameslink trains switch from overhead to third rail at Farringdon. There's some switching gear internally, but externally it's just a case of raising/lowering the pantograph (or gubbins). Lots of clunking and the odd really big spark.
1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Lots intriguing me this morning. This one has puzzled me for a while. I work from home a few days a week and the office the rest of the time and use a laptop that I put on an identical docking station at either end. For some reason, over the last year, everyone I've docked it in the office the computer doesn't boot up and I have to take the battery out then reinsert it. The laptop then boots up fine. I put this down to the battery coming loose in transit but it never happens when I dock it back home after the return journey.
Also, if I try reinserting the battery before the initial attempt at booting it up in the office it still doesn't load. I have to start it up first, leave it a few minutes while it doesn't get past the initial boot screen then undock it and take the battery out. Very odd!
They're nearing completion of electrifying the South Wales to London train line and will be using hybrid trains. The electrification starts at Cardiff, how do the trains join and leave the overhead lines?
Normally the gubbins (technical term) that connects the train to the overhead lines can be raised/lowered. Presumably the train has it lowered when not on the overhead section and then raises them when it joins?
The Thameslink trains switch from overhead to third rail at Farringdon. There's some switching gear internally, but externally it's just a case of raising/lowering the pantograph (or gubbins). Lots of clunking and the odd really big spark.
So does the gubbins just have to touch the wire rather than physically hook over it?
They're nearing completion of electrifying the South Wales to London train line and will be using hybrid trains. The electrification starts at Cardiff, how do the trains join and leave the overhead lines?
Normally the gubbins (technical term) that connects the train to the overhead lines can be raised/lowered. Presumably the train has it lowered when not on the overhead section and then raises them when it joins?
The Thameslink trains switch from overhead to third rail at Farringdon. There's some switching gear internally, but externally it's just a case of raising/lowering the pantograph (or gubbins). Lots of clunking and the odd really big spark.
So does the gubbins just have to touch the wire rather than physically hook over it?
Yes, there's no hooking involved. The pantograph is just pressed against the cables.
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Could be nothing or it could be bigger.
Bit older and more complicated than that...... (basically, everyone seems to have used it!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika
There's one dating to a few hundred years BC not far from me on Ilkley Moor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swastika_Stone
Oh, and keep your hat on - it gets cold up there.
W - (still at Atlantic boulevard). Neill broke his collarbone.
"Why are the tractors beeping in the night? I dunno woss goin' on"
Tricky, 9yo
It's never sensible to visit the Swastika Stone without a hat on. I read that somewhere.
Watch out for those Ducks too.
W - (still at Atlantic boulevard). Neill broke his collarbone.
"Why are the tractors beeping in the night? I dunno woss goin' on"
Tricky, 9yo
I think his swastika is the nazi way round, will confirm when he is back. These replies intrigued me enough to Google and it could be South African. It does have 1.5 gallon stamped on it so from a country not on the metric system.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit ... ighten_me/
Pinnacle Monzonite
Liberal metropolitan, remoaner, traitor, "sympathiser", etc.
Stapling your eyelids to your eyeballs? I think there are many worse options. A few days of snoozing would go down well right now. Occasionally waking up to hear what catastrophic decision has just been made and then going back to sleep in a hopeless attempt to turn it into a mere nightmare.......
To put it another way: no-one in their right mind would want to be involved. So the ones who get involved must, by definition, not be in their right minds.
Joseph Heller should have written a novel about it!
YouTube is owned by Google the ads are not served based on the show...
bear in mind as well its not all electing new leaders/Brexit/invading countries its all the endless debates and votes about minor town coincil regulations and histprical in party regulations.
really frickin' boring stuff.
but its all about the networking and getting one over other people. and shagging other delegates in cheap Bournemouth/Brighton/Skeggy b&bs........
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
That's part of the problem though, have you seen the delegates? Yet another reason to stay at home!
When I worked for the Council our Union reps used to love their all expenses paid trips to the TUC or Labour Party conferences though. Apart from one or two genuine ones it was the only reason they stood for the role.
It’s the same for any industry conference.
not really. mine are really good fun with some interesting really experienced people.
perhaps its just your industry Richard?
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
Which raises more questions...
I am not sure. You have no chance.
Normally the gubbins (technical term) that connects the train to the overhead lines can be raised/lowered. Presumably the train has it lowered when not on the overhead section and then raises them when it joins?
The Thameslink trains switch from overhead to third rail at Farringdon. There's some switching gear internally, but externally it's just a case of raising/lowering the pantograph (or gubbins). Lots of clunking and the odd really big spark.
Pinnacle Monzonite
Liberal metropolitan, remoaner, traitor, "sympathiser", etc.
Also, if I try reinserting the battery before the initial attempt at booting it up in the office it still doesn't load. I have to start it up first, leave it a few minutes while it doesn't get past the initial boot screen then undock it and take the battery out. Very odd!
So does the gubbins just have to touch the wire rather than physically hook over it?
Yes, there's no hooking involved. The pantograph is just pressed against the cables.
Pinnacle Monzonite
Liberal metropolitan, remoaner, traitor, "sympathiser", etc.
Thank you. I couldn't remember the name.
Pinnacle Monzonite
Liberal metropolitan, remoaner, traitor, "sympathiser", etc.