Dave Halford | 09/03/2021 10:51:05 |
2536 forum posts 24 photos | Posted by Tom Sheppard on 08/03/2021 21:47:59:
Steam bent bamboo wrapped in carbon fibre tube electric scooter with regenerative braking and 25cc LPG four stroke range extending high voltage alternator feeding a switched mode charger supplying 120Volts at 3 Amps. How did you register it with the DVLA? |
Grindstone Cowboy | 09/03/2021 10:53:04 |
1160 forum posts 73 photos | Posted by Nicholas Wheeler 1 on 09/03/2021 10:40:29:
Going back to Tom's original complaint: many of the posters here are grumpy, opinionated, argumentative and pedantic, and the phrase 'model engineering' is a terrible description. But unfriendly is a big stretch. Well let me tell you, whether you want to hear it or not (and I'm right about this), you should have used double quotes, not single. Rob P.S. I don't know anything about model engineering, so you're safe on that one |
Hopper | 09/03/2021 11:01:14 |
![]() 7881 forum posts 397 photos | Posted by Grindstone Cowboy on 09/03/2021 10:53:04:
Posted by Nicholas Wheeler 1 on 09/03/2021 10:40:29:
Going back to Tom's original complaint: many of the posters here are grumpy, opinionated, argumentative and pedantic, and the phrase 'model engineering' is a terrible description. But unfriendly is a big stretch. Well let me tell you, whether you want to hear it or not (and I'm right about this), you should have used double quotes, not single. Rob P.S. I don't know anything about model engineering, so you're safe on that one Ah well, it depends on where you are. The Australian book publishing industry now uses single quotation marks as standard. So they could be right. |
Hopper | 09/03/2021 11:02:02 |
![]() 7881 forum posts 397 photos | Posted by Nicholas Wheeler 1 on 09/03/2021 10:40:29:
Going back to Tom's original complaint: many of the posters here are grumpy, opinionated, argumentative and pedantic, and the phrase 'model engineering' is a terrible description. But unfriendly is a big stretch. Speak for yourself. I'm not argumentative. |
Nigel Graham 2 | 09/03/2021 11:11:35 |
3293 forum posts 112 photos | Well, as a bus-pass age bloke in a shed, I use computers now, having been introduced to them at work at the ending of MS DOS and the start of WIN 3. When I retired the organisation was on WIN 7 Pro. I've even dived into the bewildering world of CAD, using that and spread-sheets to help me design my replica antique steam-wagon; ;though I am not good at learning complicated software. ' The branch, or more accurately brother, of model-engineering that has me in awe is clock-making. As well as the clocks being both beautiful and functional, the skill necessary is far beyond my metal-working, where a Thou' is more often of the Hand not Inch; and an 8BA tap is too small for its own safety. Ornamental Turning too, not least because it is good to see those lovely old machine-tools still being used as intended. I was a bit surprised though when one demonstrator admitted to me that often the deigning and planning are the interesting phases, but the machining can be very repetitive. You Ornamental Turners are in royal company too - King George III, who was physically ill but not "mad" in a psychiatric sense, became highly proficient at the craft. ' I use CAD - almost always only orthographic for its greater practical value. TurboCAD in fact - it gives you the direct orthographic/isometric choice. When I bought it from Paul (TheCAD) Tracey's stand at one of the model-engineering shows, it was the only engineering-biased and comprehensive CAD package readily available and affordable in a one-off purchase to amateurs. Looking at his web-site the other day, it seems that the present equivalent of my TC Deluxe 19 also follows those sales criteria; and I must admit I'm surprised most of the CAD-comparing threads on this forum don't mention it. TurboCAD was advertised in ME and MEW at the time, but it was my seeing the SolidWorks they used at work that showed me what CAD can do, although I did not use it there myself. My contact with the drawing office was emptying the shredders! I was introduced to computers c.1989 when I changed employment, in MS-DOS / WIN 3 days; so probably pre-CAD. In the previous employment, a "layer" was a pencil drawing under the one being drawn on tracing-paper, and the Head Designer's desk was identifiable as the parallel-motion board set horizontally and buried in paperwork. ' As for knowing that wherever you put something is never where you find it eventually find it, or forgetting the tapping-drill numbers for Lowenhertz Threads, it seems all these lock-downs have affected many people's mental sharpness and memory, because we have not been having the range and quality of the social and other activities keeping us alert. Even so, I reckon homes have black holes - tiny ones, but bigger than those the LHC might make and which terrify politicians. They must do. Invisible by definition, they suck in objects, then, too small to sustain themselves, dissolve into the aether and drop the items randomly. How else to explain my once being unable to find my calculator, then my slide-rule, in desperation using logs (for an awkward model-engineering design "sum" ) - then finding the lost sum-box three weeks after buying its replacement. I knew I could not have put it in the drawer in which I was looking for something else. ' Now... what was I going to do today... Oh yes. I remember. Try to repair a cock-up on my steam-wagon's chimney saddle. I don't fancy having to make a new one (fabricated, not cast). I'd tried welding over a weld-slag hole, and made the hole even bigger. |
Nick Wheeler | 09/03/2021 13:03:10 |
1227 forum posts 101 photos | Posted by Grindstone Cowboy on 09/03/2021 10:53:04:
Posted by Nicholas Wheeler 1 on 09/03/2021 10:40:29:
Going back to Tom's original complaint: many of the posters here are grumpy, opinionated, argumentative and pedantic, and the phrase 'model engineering' is a terrible description. But unfriendly is a big stretch. Well let me tell you, whether you want to hear it or not (and I'm right about this), you should have used double quotes, not single.
That's a style judgment, not a rule. And many grammar 'rules' are nonsense invented by people trying look clever. I could have used italics, or emboldened the text. Like all of these judgements, the thing to do is pick one, and always use it. I went with single quotation marks because each is one keypress, not two. |
Andrew Tinsley | 09/03/2021 13:09:59 |
1817 forum posts 2 photos | Yes, there are a minority of people here who are grumpy, pedantic and self opinionated plus the fellow who always gives most unhelpful answers and is usually wrong. Apart from this odd half dozen members, the rest of the folk here are always most helpful and well mannered, until some one turns up and starts slagging off the membership. Then unsurprisingly the majority of people feel very aggrieved. Andrew. |
Nick Wheeler | 09/03/2021 14:12:18 |
1227 forum posts 101 photos | Just because someone is grumpy, pedantic, opinionated and argumentative doesn't make them wrong. Just hard to deal with. |
Grindstone Cowboy | 09/03/2021 14:20:57 |
1160 forum posts 73 photos | Nicholas - I was only joking, I always find your answers helpful and well-written. Although I think I may have identified myself as that one fellow that Andrew mentions. Rob |
Tim Hammond | 09/03/2021 14:33:19 |
89 forum posts | Posted by Nicholas Wheeler 1 on 09/03/2021 14:12:18:
Just because someone is grumpy, pedantic, opinionated and argumentative doesn't make them wrong. Just hard to deal with. Funny you should say that - my wife says exactly the same thing about me! |
Nick Wheeler | 09/03/2021 14:41:54 |
1227 forum posts 101 photos | Posted by Tim Hammond on 09/03/2021 14:33:19:
Posted by Nicholas Wheeler 1 on 09/03/2021 14:12:18:
Just because someone is grumpy, pedantic, opinionated and argumentative doesn't make them wrong. Just hard to deal with. Funny you should say that - my wife says exactly the same thing about me! Yes, me too. Although I don't have a wife to do it. |
Oldiron | 09/03/2021 15:18:00 |
1193 forum posts 59 photos | Posted by Nigel Graham 2 on 09/03/2021 11:11:35:
Well, as a bus-pass age bloke in a shed, I use computers now, having been introduced to them at work at the ending of MS DOS and the start of WIN 3. When I retired the organisation was on WIN 7 Pro. I can remember way back using Gem desktop UI on I think an Amstrad IBM compatible machine. If I had a really good search through my old floppy's I might still have a copy. Or maybe I copied it to a cd when I was compacting my software library. regards |
Andrew Tinsley | 09/03/2021 16:21:45 |
1817 forum posts 2 photos | Hi Grindstone Cowboy! Whatever makes you think I had you in my sights? I find your replies to be interesting and very practical. Compared to the guy I am thinking about, you are an absolute angel! I bet no one has called you an angel for a very long time. I don't think anyone has called me that either! Regards, Andrew. |
Andrew Johnston | 09/03/2021 17:06:19 |
![]() 7061 forum posts 719 photos | Posted by Andrew Tinsley on 09/03/2021 13:09:59:
...........pedantic and self opinionated............... Andrew |
Grindstone Cowboy | 09/03/2021 17:27:13 |
1160 forum posts 73 photos |
Not for a very long time, and hopefully not as a permanent lifestyle change for a long time to come. Although I do get called a lot of other things... I am, however, starting to consider more carefully how much use I'll get out of tools and things that I'm thinking of buying now, a bit like the doctor's advice not to buy any green bananas. Is it worthwhile building that dream workshop for maybe ten or fifteen year's use and other morbid questions... Yes, I think I've definitely reached that certain age. All the best to everyone, Rob |
Howard Lewis | 09/03/2021 17:35:07 |
7227 forum posts 21 photos | Nicholas Farr, If there is one thing that I cannot stand, it is intolerance! Howard |
colin hawes | 09/03/2021 17:55:19 |
570 forum posts 18 photos | Went to my workshop this morning to repair the toaster which I had unplugged and placed near the door so I couldn't forget it then, full of self congratulation, I remembered to also take a data sheet from my desk that I had previously forgotten several times for another project. Almost got to the workshop then realised I didn't have the toaster and went back for it. Reached the workshop again and had forgotten the keys. So I went back indoors to have a coffee break and write down what I had to take with me. Toaster, data sheet and keys. Third time lucky. As a matter of interest the toaster fault was a solidified build up of breadcrumbs preventing an electro magnet from holding the toast down. Senior excuse..... Colin |
Ray Lyons | 09/03/2021 18:05:28 |
200 forum posts 1 photos | It looks as if I have stirred up a hornets nest. I checked again my HUD and found that the indicator for the range is wrong ( at least I think it is), it shows KM/M so I guess the K should not be there. Anyway it works in keeping me safely below the speed limit and is much better than having to glance down at the instrument panel. Although I did some work on computers before retiring, it is "old hat" by todays PC systems. All my computing on the PC is self thought and has some very big gaps. I have tried to learn CNC but without success and as fpr the 3D - forget it. I admire those who use these systems but fear that it is too late for me. I retired over 30 years ago and on a recent medical report was described as fragile. I have tried the smart phone and although it is useful, I can't understand why some people seem to have them fixed to their hands. As I took off from the car park this morning, I had to brake sharply to avoid a "phone carrier" who appeared from nowhere right in my path. A couple of years ago, I had a day out at our local seaside. As we left the car park, approaching us on a narrow pavement, came this telephone carrier. He walked straight into a road signpost,,almost bounced off it looking shocked and surprised,. Still holding the phone, walked past me without looking, still engaged. A couple of hours later, we were shopping, Leaving my wife to browse, I was outside sitting on a bench enjoying the sun. The pavement was quite wide and was at two levels with a few steps connecting the levels. Along comes a phone carrier on the upper level. On reaching the steps he did a paratrooper roll and still holding the phone, smiled at me and said "missed that one", got up, and walked off still on the phone. If either of those incidents had happened to me, it would surely have been a hospital job if not fatal. So for the moment, my smart phone sits on the table next to my arm chair. My only regret is that I did not have it with me the day both of those incidents happened. I could have taken a video and possibly earned some dosh by sending them to Harry Hill on TV. |
Bazyle | 09/03/2021 18:55:06 |
![]() 6956 forum posts 229 photos | Ah, tasty breadcrumbs. Reminded me of when my mother asked me to mend her toaster. I recovered the plug off it and bought her a new toaster ..... and a mousetrap. On radio 4 pm this evening there was a feature on the 'excessive' and "complicated" Engish grammar being taught to 7yr olds. I never had any of that. Not one iota << note use of latin, I did latin grammar but never realised English had grammar too. We just picked up how to speak and write it by experience. |
Terry Kirkup | 09/03/2021 19:45:58 |
![]() 108 forum posts 82 photos | Well done MIke Poole for getting a fairly entertaining thread back on track This morning I took a bottle of milk from the 'fridge, loped over to my cereal bowl and poured some onto my breakfast and some onto the worktop - no wonder I can't weld with these wobbly hands. Then proceeded to open the microwave door to put the milk back! And last night's dream - overclocking a Cyrix DX2-66. Sad. Edited By Terry Kirkup on 09/03/2021 19:46:19 |
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