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Good idea!

It will need some research, tough - it may come only in two months' time.

By the way - tough asdf is regrettably appears to be no more around, some might care on an update to what I have in the pipeline (check how I kept the original schedule).

I plan (or already have half-written) diaries on

  • Tunnels,
  • Failed Designs,
  • Fences,
  • Crazed Designs,
  • Railway Cathedrals,
  • Design Dictators,
  • Field Railways

The last is the one for you Alex; and I also disclose that no less than five will have French subjects. You may also notice my attempt to alternate between modern and old, as well as techy and more 'romantic' themes - dear readers, am I getting the balance right?

...oh, and once I can arrange a holiday I don't have to shelve for one reason or the other, I might post more digital photographs of my own...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 04:51:35 PM EST
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The "I am interested in the field I currently work in, even though I studied quasars and pulsars" sentiment is clearly filtering through to us!

Your diaries are concise and interesting, and the balance is just right.

Maybe the only thing missing is a take on rollercoasters and other amusement park trains :))

by Alex in Toulouse on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 04:58:45 PM EST
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Bah!!!!

To understand my outrage - has anyone seen Flight of the Phoenix (the original, not the crappy remake)? Do you recall the scene when the pilots (James Stewart & Richard Attemborough) learn what kind of planes the German engineer (played by Hardy Krüger) really designed, and confront him on that? Especially Hardy Krüger's facial expression?

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 05:12:15 PM EST
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I remember the scene, but not the German's facial expression.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 05:19:22 PM EST
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I'm only paraphrasing from memory,

"Toy planes?..."


*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 05:31:28 PM EST
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Which only goes to show that Attenborough's and Stewart's  characters had never heard of Reynold's number.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 05:33:51 PM EST
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Speaking of which, what is the equivalent of Reynold's number for train engines?

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 05:42:52 PM EST
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Hm... maybe the adhesion ratio.

(Or did you have something funny in mind?)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 05:53:22 PM EST
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The derailment coefficients also might fit the bill.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 05:54:59 PM EST
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I think my brain is turning to goo. Is that what you had in mind?

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 05:55:53 PM EST
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I don't know what is in my mind anymore...

...I think I best say good night :-)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 05:57:34 PM EST
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Here. I saw that. Krueger's expression too. I am an airplane model builder myself (not the flying stuff but a solid model plane). My experience tells me only the model builders know what it all takes to build a whole plane. Balance, power, finishing...

I will become a patissier, God willing.
by tuasfait on Tue Dec 6th, 2005 at 04:00:27 AM EST
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I wonder if Hardy Krüger even knows what a star this scene made him in some quarters... :-)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Dec 6th, 2005 at 07:06:18 AM EST
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*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Dec 6th, 2005 at 02:52:40 PM EST
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Names and faces - a bit funny that poster, aint' it?...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Dec 6th, 2005 at 02:53:50 PM EST
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The "I am interested in the field I currently work in, even though I studied quasars and pulsars" sentiment is clearly filtering through to us!

Hm, now that you say it, once this runs out, I might just start a Monday Astronomy Blogging... a series starting with the close, ending with the furthest away... you got me thinking!

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 05:17:37 PM EST
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Cool!

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Dec 5th, 2005 at 05:18:02 PM EST
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Can't wait. If railway stories are finished, please consider airplanes as your next topic. I love them too.

I will become a patissier, God willing.
by tuasfait on Tue Dec 6th, 2005 at 03:53:18 AM EST
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