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    Originally posted by zeitghost
    Train on time at 30 seconds late. Class 150.
    Wikipedia informs me that the Class 150 unit weighs 35.8 tonnes and has a 286hp engine. It is commonly known as a 'Sprinter'. Is this some kind of railway humour?
    And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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      Collapsed person at exit to back lane prevented yesterday evening's hospital visit.

      Gardened instead & chopped up various brambles.

      Got urticaria from sommat or other, might have been nettles, might have been the goose grass.

      (It was probably the goose grass).
      Last edited by zeitghost; 25 August 2016, 09:43.

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        Originally posted by Mich the Tester View Post
        Wikipedia informs me that the Class 150 unit weighs 35.8 tonnes and has a 286hp engine. It is commonly known as a 'Sprinter'. Is this some kind of railway humour?
        That sounds like the ones they used to use on the Leeds to Manchester cross Pennine route.

        They never struck me as being designed for hilly routes.

        They had an automatic gearbox which took an age to change gear. On an uphill stretch you got to play the game of wondering whether the train would be going backwards by the time a higher gear was engaged.

        In the eighties that class of train had 2 stroke diesel engines, the advantages of which escape me at the moment.

        That Wiki article is a bit light on technical details*. It does mention the Self-Changing Gears gearboxes.

        * Where are Gricer and pals when you need 'em?
        Last edited by Sysman; 19 June 2014, 08:04.
        Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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          Holiday. Corpus Christi in fact.

          It's a Catholic only event, so might go shopping in a Protestant zone like Zurich.

          Overcast but sunny.

          Pleasantly warm but will get warmer this aft.
          Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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            Originally posted by zeitghost
            It's raining.

            I wonder if the roof has started leaking in the lab yet.



            <sing>Raindrops keep falling on my head </sing>
            "A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall" here.

            I wish it would hurry up because it's getting a bit close.
            Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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              Sultry weekend, uncomfortably so.

              It had a good belt down in the night and today is back to fresh but cloudy.

              The fans on the computer have gone quiet with the coolth.

              Got some stats programming to do, which isn't really what I want to do on a Monday morning.

              Stats. Monday. Bah.
              Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                It rained yesterday,

                Lots.

                Bob Dylan was right. A Hard Rain was gonna fall, and it did so yesterday.

                A lot drier today.

                Thankfully.
                Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                  Originally posted by zeitghost
                  Hot. 27 deg C in bedroom when I went to bed, 26.9 deg C in bedroom when I "woke".
                  Thankfully a bit cooler here, at least in the shade.

                  It'll be cracking the flags this afternoon.

                  Originally posted by zeitghost
                  But, bestest of all, thank crunchy it's Friday again, at long last.
                  I shall drink to that later.

                  Have a nice weekend y'all.
                  Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                    I for one will miss your updates, Zeitghost. Enjoy your break.

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                      Originally posted by I just need to test it View Post
                      I for one will miss your updates, Zeitghost. Enjoy your break.
                      WIJNTTIS
                      And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014

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