Normally I'm pretty suspect on Big Pharma but I'll admit their brilliance on this one.
I'm just cynical enough about large corporations to believe this was only done out of someone perceiving the chance for a public relations coup.
And I'm just enough of a Tom Clancy fan to have the plot of his Rainbow 6 niggling around in the back of my mind.
Not that I think it's likely or anything, nor as far as I know is GSK headed by a radical environmental wacko, but they could have a different motive. And Clancy did foretell what happened on 9/11...
Nah, can't happen.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
BTW, the thread has just cruised past that Approach signal at 1 MPH less than the proper speed, and I can see a Restricting ahead, suggesting that we're lined into the yard. Tomorrow (when I will actually be out at the museum qualifying on the streetcar with its straight air brakes) I will make that 10 lb. set again and then lap the brakes. The yardmaster has told the U-man to line the switch into the proper track for us and I anticipate a smooth stop at the end of it.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
BTW, the thread has just cruised past that Approach signal at 1 MPH less than the proper speed, and I can see a Restricting ahead, suggesting that we're lined into the yard. Tomorrow (when I will actually be out at the museum qualifying on the streetcar with its straight air brakes) I will make that 10 lb. set again and then lap the brakes. The yardmaster has told the U-man to line the switch into the proper track for us and I anticipate a smooth stop at the end of it.
Are you trying to say this thread will be ending soon?
BTW, the thread has just cruised past that Approach signal at 1 MPH less than the proper speed, and I can see a Restricting ahead, suggesting that we're lined into the yard. Tomorrow (when I will actually be out at the museum qualifying on the streetcar with its straight air brakes) I will make that 10 lb. set again and then lap the brakes. The yardmaster has told the U-man to line the switch into the proper track for us and I anticipate a smooth stop at the end of it.
Are you trying to say this thread will be ending soon?
The dynamic brake fails and starts to shoot blue flames out of the grid. The engineer dumps the train into emergency and calls on the radio for help. The conductor grabs his lunchbox and rushes out the back door onto the walkway and calmly starts cooking hotdogs in the flames. Once the hotdogs are done he climbs down, throws a blanket on the ground and eats lunch while watching the loco burn to the ground.
No hotdogs were wasted during the filming of this story.
BTW, the thread has just cruised past that Approach signal at 1 MPH less than the proper speed, and I can see a Restricting ahead, suggesting that we're lined into the yard. Tomorrow (when I will actually be out at the museum qualifying on the streetcar with its straight air brakes) I will make that 10 lb. set again and then lap the brakes. The yardmaster has told the U-man to line the switch into the proper track for us and I anticipate a smooth stop at the end of it.
Are you trying to say this thread will be ending soon?
The dynamic brake fails and starts to shoot blue flames out of the grid. The engineer dumps the train into emergency and calls on the radio for help. The conductor grabs his lunchbox and rushes out the back door onto the walkway and calmly starts cooking hotdogs in the flames. Once the hotdogs are done he climbs down, throws a blanket on the ground and eats lunch while watching the loco burn to the ground.
No hotdogs were wasted during the filming of this story.
Scene of Crime Unit #4 is sifting over residues on the branch line. Some heavy haulage cranes are lifting mangled webs of metal onto flatbeds. Maniacal laughter emits from the divisional van, within which a cuffed man in railway uniform also cries out 'the perfect dog!' intermittently. This greatly puzzles the detective sergeant as he surveys the debris, and notes that no other vehicles were involved. No dog is evident either. A picnic has clearly been had trackside. He really does hate Mondays now and resigns himself to storing this one with all the others in The Railway Cases filing cabinet down at the local precinct.
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) How did the qualifying go David ?
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
The "No More Playing Chicken" Head-On Episode of '06
The Turntable Vomiting Mess of '99
The "I Said Whoa Not Go !" Crisis of '77
The "It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time" Tunnel Collapse of '94
The "No I Insist, You First" Level Crossing Debacle of '81
The "Who Ordered NitroCellulose ?" Bunker Orbital Insertion of '09
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) This one goes down as The Perfect Dog Mystery Fire of '14
( edit ) Just added a new toy to my consulting room collection : the JCB Loader/Backhoe ( IMHO an engineering classic )
... fully articulated in all the relevant parts, even the rear stabiliser pads. There's been some harsh pressure from the under 8 male demographic in my practice.
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
[quote ( edit ) Just added a new toy to my consulting room collection : the JCB Loader/Backhoe ( IMHO an engineering classic )
... fully articulated in all the relevant parts, even the rear stabiliser pads. There's been some harsh pressure from the under 8 male demographic in my practice.
RE: RE: Normally I'm
And I'm just enough of a Tom Clancy fan to have the plot of his Rainbow 6 niggling around in the back of my mind.
Not that I think it's likely or anything, nor as far as I know is GSK headed by a radical environmental wacko, but they could have a different motive. And Clancy did foretell what happened on 9/11...
Nah, can't happen.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
BTW, the thread has just
BTW, the thread has just cruised past that Approach signal at 1 MPH less than the proper speed, and I can see a Restricting ahead, suggesting that we're lined into the yard. Tomorrow (when I will actually be out at the museum qualifying on the streetcar with its straight air brakes) I will make that 10 lb. set again and then lap the brakes. The yardmaster has told the U-man to line the switch into the proper track for us and I anticipate a smooth stop at the end of it.
David
Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.
RE: BTW, the thread has
Are you trying to say this thread will be ending soon?
RE: RE: BTW, the thread
The dynamic brake fails and starts to shoot blue flames out of the grid. The engineer dumps the train into emergency and calls on the radio for help. The conductor grabs his lunchbox and rushes out the back door onto the walkway and calmly starts cooking hotdogs in the flames. Once the hotdogs are done he climbs down, throws a blanket on the ground and eats lunch while watching the loco burn to the ground.
No hotdogs were wasted during the filming of this story.
Phil
RE: RE: RE: BTW, the
That's good, I love hotdogs!!
Scene of Crime Unit #4 is
Scene of Crime Unit #4 is sifting over residues on the branch line. Some heavy haulage cranes are lifting mangled webs of metal onto flatbeds. Maniacal laughter emits from the divisional van, within which a cuffed man in railway uniform also cries out 'the perfect dog!' intermittently. This greatly puzzles the detective sergeant as he surveys the debris, and notes that no other vehicles were involved. No dog is evident either. A picnic has clearly been had trackside. He really does hate Mondays now and resigns himself to storing this one with all the others in The Railway Cases filing cabinet down at the local precinct.
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) How did the qualifying go David ?
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
Lol
Lol
Other notable cases on file
Other notable cases on file are :
The Fairy Floss Derailment Incident of '96
The "Where'd Who Go ?" Shunting Mixup of '03
The "Tickets Please" Massacre of '83
The "No More Playing Chicken" Head-On Episode of '06
The Turntable Vomiting Mess of '99
The "I Said Whoa Not Go !" Crisis of '77
The "It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time" Tunnel Collapse of '94
The "No I Insist, You First" Level Crossing Debacle of '81
The "Who Ordered NitroCellulose ?" Bunker Orbital Insertion of '09
Cheers, Mike.
( edit ) This one goes down as The Perfect Dog Mystery Fire of '14
( edit ) Just added a new toy to my consulting room collection : the JCB Loader/Backhoe ( IMHO an engineering classic )
... fully articulated in all the relevant parts, even the rear stabiliser pads. There's been some harsh pressure from the under 8 male demographic in my practice.
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
Goodnight everyone. :-)
Goodnight everyone. :-)
TimeLord04
Have TARDIS, will travel...
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[quote ( edit ) Just added a
[quote ( edit ) Just added a new toy to my consulting room collection : the JCB Loader/Backhoe ( IMHO an engineering classic )
... fully articulated in all the relevant parts, even the rear stabiliser pads. There's been some harsh pressure from the under 8 male demographic in my practice.