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On Sun, 24 May 2009, Marc wrote:
The past is like a foreign country they do things differently there.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw Brilliant! Crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway so they can enjoy it as well. Lovely shot of the aerials at the NPL around 3:50, and a lovely section about the canal in the second part. Cyclists back then must have been made of cast iron. Nobody had anything more advanced than a Sturmey-Archer three-speed [1], and yet they still tackled open roads, hills, whatever. Makes my 27-speed setup seem a bit wimpish really. Belay that! In part two, they have to get off and push up a hill! tom [1] Some, of course, would deny that any such thing exists. -- Re-enacting the future |
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Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 24 May 2009, Marc wrote: The past is like a foreign country they do things differently there.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw Brilliant! Crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway so they can enjoy it as well. Lovely shot of the aerials at the NPL around 3:50, and a lovely section about the canal in the second part. Thanks. At the risk of being pedantic, the pictured MSF broadcasting array was about 100 miles away from the NPL which was, and is, in Teddington. |
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On 24 mai, 14:06, Tom Anderson wrote:
On Sun, 24 May 2009, Marc wrote: The past is like a foreign country they do things differently there.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw Brilliant! Crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway so they can enjoy it as well. Lovely shot of the aerials at the NPL around 3:50, and a lovely section about the canal in the second part. Cyclists back then must have been made of cast iron. Nobody had anything more advanced than a Sturmey-Archer three-speed [1], and yet they still tackled open roads, hills, whatever. Makes my 27-speed setup seem a bit wimpish really. Belay that! In part two, they have to get off and push up a hill! tom [1] Some, of course, would deny that any such thing exists. -- Re-enacting the future It seemed to me that more than half of the chaps had 4 speed derailier gear and one or two a double clanger. As it said , the station was Rugby, as were the vlf transmitters. The intriging thing was that a special train was laid on with special cycle cars and a buffet! It must have been very ancient days -- all those porters at Rugby! more than the entire WCML these days. |
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"John Rowland" wrote in message ... Tom Anderson wrote: On Sun, 24 May 2009, Marc wrote: The past is like a foreign country they do things differently there.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw Brilliant! Crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway so they can enjoy it as well. Lovely shot of the aerials at the NPL around 3:50, and a lovely section about the canal in the second part. Thanks. At the risk of being pedantic, the pictured MSF broadcasting array was about 100 miles away from the NPL which was, and is, in Teddington. Indeed it is - I work there! Incidentally, the MSF signal is now broadcast from Anthorn, in Cumbria. Ob Cycling: In a recent travel survey, something like 15% of the 750-strong workforce at NPL regularly cycle to work. -- MatSav |
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In article , MatSav
scribeth thus "John Rowland" wrote in message ... Tom Anderson wrote: On Sun, 24 May 2009, Marc wrote: The past is like a foreign country they do things differently there.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw Brilliant! Crossposted to uk.transport.london and uk.railway so they can enjoy it as well. Lovely shot of the aerials at the NPL around 3:50, and a lovely section about the canal in the second part. Thanks. At the risk of being pedantic, the pictured MSF broadcasting array was about 100 miles away from the NPL which was, and is, in Teddington. Indeed it is - I work there! Incidentally, the MSF signal is now broadcast from Anthorn, in Cumbria. Why's that down for maintenance so much?... Ob Cycling: In a recent travel survey, something like 15% of the 750-strong workforce at NPL regularly cycle to work. I would too but I need to cart a load of spares and test equipment around all the time being on call most all of the week;!.. -- Tony Sayer |
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"tony sayer" wrote in message
... In article , MatSav scribeth thus Incidentally, the MSF signal is now broadcast from Anthorn, in Cumbria. Why's that down for maintenance so much?... The broadcasting is sub-contracted to BT. Tx Maintenance is their call, not NPL's, so I can't tell you why it's down so often. However, 72 hours in about 17,000 hours for scheduled mainenance (less than 0.5% of the available hours) doesn't seem excessive to me. -- MatSav |
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"MatSav" matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot | com wrote in message ... "tony sayer" wrote in message ... In article , MatSav scribeth thus Incidentally, the MSF signal is now broadcast from Anthorn, in Cumbria. Why's that down for maintenance so much?... The broadcasting is sub-contracted to BT... Correction - VT. -- MatSav |
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On 24 May, 14:25, "MatSav" matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot |
pipex | dot | com wrote: Ob Cycling: In a recent travel survey, something like 15% of the 750-strong workforce at NPL regularly cycle to work. Why? are they a particularly poor paying employer? |
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"NM" wrote in message ... On 24 May, 14:25, "MatSav" matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot | com wrote: Ob Cycling: In a recent travel survey, something like 15% of the 750-strong workforce at NPL regularly cycle to work. Why? are they a particularly poor paying employer? No. The availability of facilities for cyclists (such as showers and secure parking) and the location (on the edge of Bushy Park) make access by bike attractive. Plus, believe it or not, some people actually enjoy cycling. -- MatSav |
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