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Remembering one of the post-disaster enquiries, there was stuff about being aware of complex signalling observation and knowing the quirks of particular spots.Pross said:Going back to the train driver issue, I'm intrigued to know what learning the route involves as I'd always assumed that the train ends up going where the points send it and that the points are outside the driver's control so other than knowing which stations they need to stop at what does that part of the training involve?
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I have been calling them the mediocre three for a while. At the other end of the table are the big three recent league winners and Liverpoolchris_bass said:Man United are averaging 1.25 points per game (past 20 league games), over 38 games that equals 48 points (i rounded up - feeling generous!).
that would have achieved 8th, 9th and 13th in the past 3 seasons!
Similar for Spurs puts them on 51 points (51.3 if you want to be precise) - Arsenal 2 points ahead of that.
The standard of the league this year is awful
If you are a fan of one of the mediocre three then it is hard times at the moment.0 -
Boils down to knowing when you must stop. If you wait until you can see something, it's too late.briantrumpet said:
Remembering one of the post-disaster enquiries, there was stuff about being aware of complex signalling observation and knowing the quirks of particular spots.Pross said:Going back to the train driver issue, I'm intrigued to know what learning the route involves as I'd always assumed that the train ends up going where the points send it and that the points are outside the driver's control so other than knowing which stations they need to stop at what does that part of the training involve?
And yet metro systems can run without drivers entirely. I guess at that point it becomes more like air traffic control with rails.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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I mean, be honest - would anyone here have the balls to actually drive the bullet, Maglev or TGV at full tilt?
I couldn't. Imagine the stopping distances.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Can you imagine using them?pinno said:I mean, be honest - would anyone here have the balls to actually drive the bullet, Maglev or TGV at full tilt?
I couldn't. Imagine the stopping distances.
The consequences are the same for passengers as well as drivers.
As for flying... 😉The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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No. I had a walk round it when it got sent back to Washwood Heath (where the Pendolinos were built) for the insurance investigation. I had nothing to tdo with that investigation but was on site regularly and someone kindly(?) showed me the aftermath.ben6899 said:
You were on site at Grayrigg, following the derailment? I'm intrigued to know what you do for a living.longshot said:Obviously I'm not being serious about the ease of driving trains. I've been inside the cockpit (or what was left of it) of the Virgin Pendolino that derailed in Cumbria and it still looked pretty complicated then.
I'm not sure what the acronym was for the training I received. I used to take people round a site that still had live 3rd rail on it and needed the certificate to be able to turn the power off and what to do/not do with anyone unfortunate enough to step on it
You can fool some of the people all of the time. Concentrate on those people.0 -
As a plastic Liverpool fan, BOOO!ben6899 said:Slight tangent, but the game has changed beyond recognition for me. I support United (not a plastic, before anyone starts)... heard a rumour that Saudis are interested in a buy-out.
I'm out, if that happens. Completely out. Not interested.You can fool some of the people all of the time. Concentrate on those people.0 -
I seem to remember one of our Intercity 125s takes well over a mile to stop from full speed. Some Googling reveals a TGV takes 3389 metres to stop from 320 kmh!pblakeney said:
Can you imagine using them?pinno said:I mean, be honest - would anyone here have the balls to actually drive the bullet, Maglev or TGV at full tilt?
I couldn't. Imagine the stopping distances.
The consequences are the same for passengers as well as drivers.
As for flying... 😉1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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And what to do in an emergency or in a fault which sends you up the wrong line (happens).rjsterry said:
Boils down to knowing when you must stop. If you wait until you can see something, it's too late.briantrumpet said:
Remembering one of the post-disaster enquiries, there was stuff about being aware of complex signalling observation and knowing the quirks of particular spots.Pross said:Going back to the train driver issue, I'm intrigued to know what learning the route involves as I'd always assumed that the train ends up going where the points send it and that the points are outside the driver's control so other than knowing which stations they need to stop at what does that part of the training involve?
And yet metro systems can run without drivers entirely. I guess at that point it becomes more like air traffic control with rails.
They're much smaller, mostly self-contained networks. Some extra thought is required at interfaces (Tube/Network Rail). Imagine automating the whole of the National Rail network and then managing interfaces between routes (and freight routes).Ben
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sorry I agree i dropped into a sweeping statement there:) its just been my observation thats been the way it is.but I totally agree true friends are rare and unique,thats what makes them specialpinno said:
Err...awavey said:...whilst blokes just seem to want someone to share the cost of buying a beer with
Mt two pence worth: True friends, you can count on the finger of one hand.
I have friends I made at College years ago, and I am still in touch and even if a month or three passes by that I don't speak to them, we pick things up like it was the day before.
No, i'm terrible at small talk so the friends I have made over the years all have the same trait and there's little we don;t talk about.
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I guess it would be the same for someone who was world famous or... Joe Bloggs in Scunthorpe. Only, if you were wealthy and famous, would you really know or would you be paranoid?awavey said:
sorry I agree i dropped into a sweeping statement there:) its just been my observation thats been the way it is.but I totally agree true friends are rare and unique,thats what makes them specialpinno said:
Err...awavey said:...whilst blokes just seem to want someone to share the cost of buying a beer with
Mt two pence worth: True friends, you can count on the finger of one hand.
I have friends I made at College years ago, and I am still in touch and even if a month or three passes by that I don't speak to them, we pick things up like it was the day before.
No, i'm terrible at small talk so the friends I have made over the years all have the same trait and there's little we don;t talk about.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
That Grayson Perry is a keen MTBer, used to race them.
Was on latest release of Richard Herring's RHLSTP podcast. Amusing and interesting.0 -
William Playfair invented the bar chart and did some other stuff. Lots of other stuff.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Playfair1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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Recently learnt a new method for cooking a joint of beef with the oven switched off. Courtesey of Eddie Marsan, looking forward to trying it!
Screaming hot oven for about 20 mins, then switch it off and leave it for 2 hours. don't open the door.Cube - Peloton
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Local lad here.rjsterry said:William Playfair invented the bar chart and did some other stuff. Lots of other stuff.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Playfair0 -
And a bit of a scally by the sounds of it.1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
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On a similar theme, in France a pie chart is called "Un diagramme camembert"rjsterry said:William Playfair invented the bar chart and did some other stuff. Lots of other stuff.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Playfair
apparently the wedges in trivial pursuit are also called camembertwww.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes0 -
US boxing ring announcer Michael Buffer trademarked his catchphrase "Let's get ready to rumble".
It has generated 400 million USD in revenue since 1992.
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How on earth do they calculate that?!tailwindhome said:US boxing ring announcer Michael Buffer trademarked his catchphrase "Let's get ready to rumble".
It has generated 400 million USD in revenue since 1992.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
someone must own the rights to it and it is how much they have been paid i guesswww.conjunctivitis.com - a site for sore eyes0
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Let's see.....
Let's get ready to rumble!
Anything?The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.1 -
Watch us wreck the mic...0
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The blanket may have been named after its inventor, Thomas Blanket, in the 14th century.0
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Johnny Cash didnt have a first name until he chose the name "John" when signing up for the US Air Force.
His parents couldn't agree on a name, so had "J.R." put on his birth certificate.
Courtesy of "Country Music by Ken Burns" on BBC4.0 -
RHLSTP!kingstongraham said:The blanket may have been named after its inventor, Thomas Blanket, in the 14th century.
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I learnt quie a while ago to check the Oxford English Dictionary.orraloon said:
RHLSTP!kingstongraham said:The blanket may have been named after its inventor, Thomas Blanket, in the 14th century.
Etymology: < Old French blankete, blanquette blanket, < blanc white + diminutive suffix -ette ; see blanchētus , -um in Ducange. Compare blunket adj. and n. (The Thomas Blanket to whom gossip attributes the origin of the name, if he really existed, doubtless took his name from the article.)0 -
Somehow I doubt that the blanket was 'invented' in the 14th century. Human beanz been around for a long long time.0
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No doubt there would be a caveman wishing he had copyrighted the fur pelt if he were still around...orraloon said:Somehow I doubt that the blanket was 'invented' in the 14th century. Human beanz been around for a long long time.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0
