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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Good Vic Mines classified as severe, in the past it's gotten so bad as to keep Me up for a while, My mind would just run and run or that is go over what had happened earlier over and over for a while until I finally got too sleepy and went to bed... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34253 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Good morning win. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Vic, if you regularly suffer from high anxiety levels, that is not unusual in this modern stressful world. Self managing stress is useful., otherwise I'm sure you could be prescribed some medication to help. Stress help It comes and goes, I once rode in a VW bus and the things don't corner too well, not like it was in danger of tipping mind You, although at the time it felt like it to Me, or repelling down the side of man made cliff face made of plywood, some things I just avoid today. I don't know if it's connected to My low thyroid output or not, pills on that were tried to little effect, My body temp went up, the pills were essentially a dud otherwise. Night. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29756 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
This you made the wise choice. I would not have stayed in it either. Night Vic, but I'll let you into a little secret. Last year I was on a local double decker bus, that was being driven exceptionally fast by the driver, and leant over quite alarmingly around corners. Now I knew that the C of G of these things is very low down in the heavy chassis, and that the legal limit is 28 degrees, but they are tested to 38 degrees tilt with various loadings. |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
Just in case the eagle eyed bus spotter notices that the bus in the photograph is a Routemaster, no longer used on London routes. The test is still carried out on modern busses and the tilt requirement is still 28º |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34041 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
One FORD Escort zx2 Hot Sport Coupe post, only made for 2 years from what I've read... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22160 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Both trains and trams have their own roll-over rules, not quite as aggressive as those for a bus, but still in the "quiet scary" category. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Bernie Vine Send message Joined: 26 May 99 Posts: 9954 Credit: 103,452,613 RAC: 328 |
Whilst I cant win, I think just avoiding electrocution is a win!! I was having a tidy up and deciding that there were far too many 4 way power strips. I have recently come by three industrial strips that are much better, as luck would have it I unplugged the old ones first, as I went to pick up one of the 4 ways it crumbled to pieces in my hand, to say I was surprised is an understatement. It one of those moments when you freeze in place thinking "I did unplug this, didn't I???! It didn't appear to be burnt and just old and brittle. The pick shows what was left!! I suspect it was a cheap one. I shall be testing my others. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22160 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
That is certainly one of the more extreme failures of those things. Glad to hear you found it before it started to emit its remaining smoke... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Yeah really Bernie, glad you got that one before that strip got You, over here I only buy ones with the UL marking, UL is Underwriters Laboratory... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34253 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Winning after watching formula one. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22160 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
UL is a good indication that a power strip is a "good one", however over here we see any number of power strips that carry the "CE" mark (the Europan equivalent of UL), that fall a long way below what you or I would expect of a "good quality" strip. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34041 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
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Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29756 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Winning after watching formula one. What! the season started? |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Winning after watching formula one. You snooze, You loose... The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
David S Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 18352 Credit: 27,761,924 RAC: 12 |
Train ride win. That's always a win. There's more to going around corners and curves too fast than just tipping. I read once of a passenger on an Amtrak train with bi-level cars who complained to the conductor that it was going too fast. The conductor was sitting downstairs and didn't notice any problem... until he went upstairs. Everyone and everything was getting thrown back and forth across the car. He immediately got on the radio and told the engineer to slow down. David Sitting on my butt while others boldly go, Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri. |
Julie Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34041 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 |
Train ride win. I also love train rides. The only disadvantage is the poor internet connection... rOZZ Music Pictures |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34253 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
Winning after watching formula one. Raikönnen. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 29756 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
Don't say any more. I didn't miss it. It airs here in 1 hr and 4 mins. |
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