Speaking of signs & portents here are four snaps taken within a 30 minute period on my way to work this morning* :
... which have told me to
- watch out for speed cameras,
- respect the majesty of even rainy weather,
- keep worshiping Diana the Moon Goddess,
- and where to buy my hay.
{ BTW yes, there is a Federal election here soon. We get to rank candidates along a scale ranging from least to most disgust. Dear Tony S. I feel he would do much better if he portrayed himself as Member For Donuts .... however the campaign has been declared a donut-free contest by all parties. This I consider to be a basic breach of our democratic processes, as I can't describe him as The Sitting Member For Donuts. His main opponent is rumored to have links to Krispy Kreme, whereas Tony denies campaign contributions from Wendy's**. Now you could look at The Australian Sex Party, but they have studiously avoided announcing their budget though. Will it be for more or for less ? }
Cheers, Mike.
* A little experiment of mine : to pay attention to what I am actually driving past. I think it was a success ! What you might miss if you don't bother looking .... :-)))
** Three whole committees of election scrutineers have died on missions to get to the bottom of this. The Coroner has provisionally marked them as 'death by carbohydrate misadventure'. We await the serum chocolate assays to confirm. But we aren't even sure if they were merely toroidal shaped or had jam fillings.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Export laws mainly. I'm onto Elon Musk at the moment
Nice perfume.
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perhaps a launch at Wimmera and a controlled landing in South Kent. Stayed tuned.
10-4 over and out.
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Wimmera is in South Australia
Er excuse me Doc, what about Woomera? The other one was a song by Karl Denver in 1961 "The lion sleeps tonight".
A Wimmera a Wimmera
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Also known as the Law of Diminishing Returns, which means that on average you get less just because. No reason.
Isn't that called a Labour Government?
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Watch the sky for signs and portents
Oh I did, all I got was no port and plenty of ents. Bit of a swizz really. I even consulted the runes, but they said please leave a message, we're off to Stonehenge for the Solstice. I then tried the prunes but got given the run-around.
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could you tell Annie for me ? She still seems a tad miffed about the whole Waffle Iron Rocket Incident.
Oh, I'm sure not. I have a fairly positive feeling in my water **Oh No... NOT again...** that I will be meeting Annie for lunch in the next week, so I will most certainly pass on your kindest regards for you.
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We get to rank candidates
:-)
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
[ This is worse if you are endomorphic ie. more interior volume with respect to surface area ( c/w ectomorphic ). Volume determines heat generation, surface area determines cooling rate.
Humans are evaporative coolers and one can misjudge the required intake. Days of low relative humidity give more fluid loss but better cooling efficiency ( for a given amount of water ) and the skin will feel dry because evaporation is rapid. Days of high relative humidity give less overall fluid loss, you will get alot more moisture on the skin ( it's not evaporating ) and thus less cooling. Air flow from fans aids evaporation thus cooling.
"that is go for plenty of light straw colored urine with barely a smell. If you go for over an hour without urinating then you won't know where you are with this."
Cheers, Mike
So this explains why I am more likely to be cold now then when I was heavier...COOL!!!
BTW my Nutritionist wants CLEAR urine, not even "straw colored will do for her!! I get nearly 100 ounces of liquids in per day and MOST of the time mine is clear. Sometimes I feel like the bathroom and I are way too friendly!!! BUT the weight is still coming off so it seems to be working!!
It's 7am, but I'm too tired to comment on anything here.
I didn't bother to call attention to my museum adventures this week, but I will now. Seti train thread Not only might it garner the professional attention (or at least fatherly concern) of our good doctor, but the reply I made to myself yesterday is noteworthy.
And with that, I think I'll win and go back to sleep.
Professional ForenSick Analysis
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then had to limp back to the shop with a broken leaf spring bracket
I've had broken leaf spring bracket in my left leg for years. There are strings you can get for tying them down properly. I use cable-ties.
Good thinking. I believe they used a chain to limp on. Then someone found some steel and started making a replacement.
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... started feeling my colon acting up ...
classic a**e-h**e misbehaviour.
Yep.
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... chomping on a leftover chicken sandwich ...
... that's why the PersiansGreeksClevelandNew Zealanders Romans lost the Battle of Cannae ! As in "I cannae get to the toilet quick enough !" Listeria ( hiss, booo ... ) loves non-chilled or re-heated meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy ....
Saturday evening, there was pizza in a plastic bag. Sunday morning it was still there, sitting out on the counter in the office. I trust someone threw it out.
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... I downed three large glasses of water and a margarita and still felt hot ...
I'd also had 4 or 5 bottles of water in the afternoon.
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Salt ! Salt ! Salt ! Specifically the correctly balanced electrolyte formulations aka Gatorade et al. Sweat is salt water and a good sweat gland can't help but excrete some salt. Low salt ( Potassium especially ) will give you I Feel Like A Piece Of Crap Wedged Onto A Stick Syndrome : lethargy, cramps,
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cognitive failure ( eg. voting left-wing ).
I've been doing that all my adult life (although it seems to have a slightly different meaning down there than here).
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The exact meaning of 'heat exhaustion' depends upon who you ask but the basic idea is that you run out of cooling fluid and one's core temperature starts to rise. This is worse if you are endomorphic ie. more interior volume with respect to surface area ( c/w ectomorphic ). Volume determines heat generation, surface area determines cooling rate.
Humans are evaporative coolers and one can misjudge the required intake. Days of low relative humidity give more fluid loss but better cooling efficiency ( for a given amount of water ) and the skin will feel dry because evaporation is rapid. Days of high relative humidity give less overall fluid loss, you will get alot more moisture on the skin ( it's not evaporating ) and thus less cooling. Air flow from fans aids evaporation thus cooling. Don't be shy to hit over one litre per hour of intake and gauge your status by urine color and strength of ( ammonia ) odour, that is go for plenty of light straw colored urine with barely a smell. If you go for over an hour without urinating then you won't know where you are with this. Typical urine production ( ie. by the kidneys ) for a well hydrated adult is 1 to 2 mls per minute ( where the bladder saves this up b/w pisses ).
Cheers, Mike.
I skipped my Invokana that morning to keep my kidneys from being artificially overactive. But I tend to drink too little when I'm on the streetcar because it's awkward to get away from it for a piss. The color and quantity of my urine when I do get a break have worried me a bit.
Somewhere around here, I have a 6V lantern battery with a cable for a USB powered fan. I just have to find it.
If you missed the further posts, I am now qualified on Illinois Terminal 415. Furthermore, 415 was the first piece of equipment to move under its own power at Union, and the 50th anniversary of that event is next month. There is talk of commemorating that event. I'm dispatching that day and might well hand write the train order: 415 is authorized to depart at 11:27 am, no meets eastbound, go to the Grove, no meets westbound, short turn at West Switch and return to Station Track 1. Or there might have to be a meet.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
But I tend to drink too little when I'm on the streetcar because it's awkward to get away from it for a piss. The color and quantity of my urine when I do get a break have worried me a bit.
That's tricky.
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Somewhere around here, I have a 6V lantern battery with a cable for a USB powered fan. I just have to find it.
Good move. You'd be surprised how much that will help. Water has this great capacity to take heat away during evaporation ( its 'latent' heat ).
Well done. Yet another pretty vehicle. At first I thought you were up for running an entire railway yard there !
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Here's an iconic Melbourne tram that was around some three decades ago :
... a few of which persist in an historic/tourist role. Of course being a largely sequential system then queuing occurs ie. timetables are more of an averaging estimate than a contract. This gave rise to the joke :
Q : What do Melbourne trams and grapes have in common ?
A : They are both green and come in bunches ! :-)
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Well done. Yet another pretty vehicle. At first I thought you were up for running an entire railway yard there !
This makes the 3rd car I can run around the Car Line. It's also the 1st thing I can take out on the Main by myself (i.e., without having a locomotive on the other end of the train with someone running it).
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Here's an iconic Melbourne tram that was around some three decades ago :
... a few of which persist in an historic/tourist role.
There are two Melbourne cars in San Francisco's historic streetcar fleet, a W2 and an SW6. Chris: There are also a couple of Blackpool cars. If you scroll down into the PCC cars, the ones in "tribute livery" are all from either San Francisco, Philadelphia, or Twin Cities, not the cities they're painted for (for example, *we* have the only authentic Chicago PCCs in existence). At the bottom of the page is a link to a complete roster including the out-of-service cars, among which is another Melbourne. On the operable Melbournes, it notes "Carries city of Melbourne logos thanks to support from State of Victoria government."
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Of course being a largely sequential system then queuing occurs ie. timetables are more of an averaging estimate than a contract. This gave rise to the joke :
Q : What do Melbourne trams and grapes have in common ?
A : They are both green and come in bunches ! :-)
Sounds fitting for Chicago buses too.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
and threw him into a black hole painted on a rock.
Their well water was never the same after that.
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cognitive failure ( eg. voting left-wing )
*v-e-r-y s-l-o-w b-l-i-n-k* Oh reaaarrly? *sweep nose into corner* Well all my cognitives are still functioning, and when they do fail... pencilled-in for some time this century, I'm planning to come over all communist :) Yes people, I am... and no one can stop me till they shoot me... no...
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Watch the sky for signs and portents,
Yes *nod a lot*
I couldn't have put it better myself.
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or more specifically rocket exhausts. BTW : could you tell Annie for me ? She still seems a tad miffed about the whole Waffle Iron Rocket Incident.
I don't do miffed *narrow eyes longitudinally* just scary *beam honey gaze ALL round thread* but only until everyone agrees with me :)
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I am now qualified on Illinois Terminal 415
Well done :)
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I will be meeting Annie for lunch in the next week, so I will most certainly pass on your kindest regards for you.
You can demonstrate that clockwise anti-clockwise thing after the regards thing too :)
Hello everyone else :)
edit: I was going to offer a one-day special today. I was going to be a minion to everyone else... but I've decided not to now. I hope no one minds?
;)
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Blackpool trams are No. 228 & 233 built 1934. I have been on trams along the Blackpool seafront but that was 25 years ago now.
The San Francisco Street cars in 2011 were magnificent! I'll try and find some pics.
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I was going to offer a one-day special today. I was going to be a minion to everyone else... but I've decided not to now. I hope no one minds?
Excuse me, don't loyal subjects get a look in here?
[Ladies Preparatory School]
AnnieT Minor!
Yes Miss?
Open your satchel
Yes Miss
What, pray, are all these minions doing in there?
I was practising for my future role in life Miss
Where's your homework?
There wasn't room for it Miss.
100 lines "I must put my subjects first!
Yes Miss.
[/Ladies Preparatory School]
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Not a good day on the Rock. Perhaps a win here? :-)
Yes. I read Spain has fresh plans for you? I'm sorry we've stuffed things up a tad, Mr Ffing. We're an island people as opposed to erm... rock dwellers like your um... good self... *examine self-dug anniet-shaped hole with mounting alarm* what I mean to say is, there's no telling what happens when we get a breeze between our ears
I'm not sure if this will cheer you up... but apparently - a few of us voted out who didn't really want us out. I know of at least one friend who voted out because he got into an argument with a French lady the day before. He's just had three contracts cancelled on him and is a little worried. I'm trying to be sympathetic :) but you don't have to be.
@Chris
"I must put my subjects first"
heh heh - this is going to be so easy with copy and paste isn't it anniet? Yes it is anniet... except you have to go and cook dinner now...
Did Mike double post earlier...? ;)
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Speaking of signs & portents
Speaking of signs & portents here are four snaps taken within a 30 minute period on my way to work this morning* :
... which have told me to
- watch out for speed cameras,
- respect the majesty of even rainy weather,
- keep worshiping Diana the Moon Goddess,
- and where to buy my hay.
{ BTW yes, there is a Federal election here soon. We get to rank candidates along a scale ranging from least to most disgust. Dear Tony S. I feel he would do much better if he portrayed himself as Member For Donuts .... however the campaign has been declared a donut-free contest by all parties. This I consider to be a basic breach of our democratic processes, as I can't describe him as The Sitting Member For Donuts. His main opponent is rumored to have links to Krispy Kreme, whereas Tony denies campaign contributions from Wendy's**. Now you could look at The Australian Sex Party, but they have studiously avoided announcing their budget though. Will it be for more or for less ? }
Cheers, Mike.
* A little experiment of mine : to pay attention to what I am actually driving past. I think it was a success ! What you might miss if you don't bother looking .... :-)))
** Three whole committees of election scrutineers have died on missions to get to the bottom of this. The Coroner has provisionally marked them as 'death by carbohydrate misadventure'. We await the serum chocolate assays to confirm. But we aren't even sure if they were merely toroidal shaped or had jam fillings.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: Export laws mainly. I'm
Nice perfume.
10-4 over and out.
Er excuse me Doc, what about Woomera? The other one was a song by Karl Denver in 1961 "The lion sleeps tonight".
A Wimmera a Wimmera
Isn't that called a Labour Government?
Oh I did, all I got was no port and plenty of ents. Bit of a swizz really. I even consulted the runes, but they said please leave a message, we're off to Stonehenge for the Solstice. I then tried the prunes but got given the run-around.
Oh, I'm sure not. I have a fairly positive feeling in my water **Oh No... NOT again...** that I will be meeting Annie for lunch in the next week, so I will most certainly pass on your kindest regards for you.
:-)
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
RE: [ This is worse if you
So this explains why I am more likely to be cold now then when I was heavier...COOL!!!
BTW my Nutritionist wants CLEAR urine, not even "straw colored will do for her!! I get nearly 100 ounces of liquids in per day and MOST of the time mine is clear. Sometimes I feel like the bathroom and I are way too friendly!!! BUT the weight is still coming off so it seems to be working!!
RE: RE: It's 7am, but I'm
Good thinking. I believe they used a chain to limp on. Then someone found some steel and started making a replacement.
Yep.
Saturday evening, there was pizza in a plastic bag. Sunday morning it was still there, sitting out on the counter in the office. I trust someone threw it out.
I'd also had 4 or 5 bottles of water in the afternoon.
Exactly.
I've been doing that all my adult life (although it seems to have a slightly different meaning down there than here).
I skipped my Invokana that morning to keep my kidneys from being artificially overactive. But I tend to drink too little when I'm on the streetcar because it's awkward to get away from it for a piss. The color and quantity of my urine when I do get a break have worried me a bit.
Somewhere around here, I have a 6V lantern battery with a cable for a USB powered fan. I just have to find it.
If you missed the further posts, I am now qualified on Illinois Terminal 415. Furthermore, 415 was the first piece of equipment to move under its own power at Union, and the 50th anniversary of that event is next month. There is talk of commemorating that event. I'm dispatching that day and might well hand write the train order: 415 is authorized to depart at 11:27 am, no meets eastbound, go to the Grove, no meets westbound, short turn at West Switch and return to Station Track 1. Or there might have to be a meet.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: But I tend to drink too
That's tricky.
Good move. You'd be surprised how much that will help. Water has this great capacity to take heat away during evaporation ( its 'latent' heat ).
Well done. Yet another pretty vehicle. At first I thought you were up for running an entire railway yard there !
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) Here's an iconic Melbourne tram that was around some three decades ago :
... a few of which persist in an historic/tourist role. Of course being a largely sequential system then queuing occurs ie. timetables are more of an averaging estimate than a contract. This gave rise to the joke :
Q : What do Melbourne trams and grapes have in common ?
A : They are both green and come in bunches ! :-)
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: RE: Somewhere around
Found it (and it's not dead).
This makes the 3rd car I can run around the Car Line. It's also the 1st thing I can take out on the Main by myself (i.e., without having a locomotive on the other end of the train with someone running it).
There are two Melbourne cars in San Francisco's historic streetcar fleet, a W2 and an SW6. Chris: There are also a couple of Blackpool cars. If you scroll down into the PCC cars, the ones in "tribute livery" are all from either San Francisco, Philadelphia, or Twin Cities, not the cities they're painted for (for example, *we* have the only authentic Chicago PCCs in existence). At the bottom of the page is a link to a complete roster including the out-of-service cars, among which is another Melbourne. On the operable Melbournes, it notes "Carries city of Melbourne logos thanks to support from State of Victoria government."
Sounds fitting for Chicago buses too.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: and threw him into a
Their well water was never the same after that.
*v-e-r-y s-l-o-w b-l-i-n-k* Oh reaaarrly? *sweep nose into corner* Well all my cognitives are still functioning, and when they do fail... pencilled-in for some time this century, I'm planning to come over all communist :) Yes people, I am... and no one can stop me till they shoot me... no...
Yes *nod a lot*
I couldn't have put it better myself.
I don't do miffed *narrow eyes longitudinally* just scary *beam honey gaze ALL round thread* but only until everyone agrees with me :)
Well done :)
You can demonstrate that clockwise anti-clockwise thing after the regards thing too :)
Hello everyone else :)
edit: I was going to offer a one-day special today. I was going to be a minion to everyone else... but I've decided not to now. I hope no one minds?
;)
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Blackpool trams are No. 228 &
Blackpool trams are No. 228 & 233 built 1934. I have been on trams along the Blackpool seafront but that was 25 years ago now.
The San Francisco Street cars in 2011 were magnificent! I'll try and find some pics.
Excuse me, don't loyal subjects get a look in here?
[Ladies Preparatory School]
AnnieT Minor!
Yes Miss?
Open your satchel
Yes Miss
What, pray, are all these minions doing in there?
I was practising for my future role in life Miss
Where's your homework?
There wasn't room for it Miss.
100 lines "I must put my subjects first!
Yes Miss.
[/Ladies Preparatory School]
Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)
Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now
Not a good day on the Rock.
Not a good day on the Rock. Perhaps a win here? :-)
RE: Not a good day on the
Yes. I read Spain has fresh plans for you? I'm sorry we've stuffed things up a tad, Mr Ffing. We're an island people as opposed to erm... rock dwellers like your um... good self... *examine self-dug anniet-shaped hole with mounting alarm* what I mean to say is, there's no telling what happens when we get a breeze between our ears
I'm not sure if this will cheer you up... but apparently - a few of us voted out who didn't really want us out. I know of at least one friend who voted out because he got into an argument with a French lady the day before. He's just had three contracts cancelled on him and is a little worried. I'm trying to be sympathetic :) but you don't have to be.
@Chris
"I must put my subjects first"
heh heh - this is going to be so easy with copy and paste isn't it anniet? Yes it is anniet... except you have to go and cook dinner now...
Did Mike double post earlier...? ;)
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