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eastender wrote:

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"Peter Masson" wrote:


What would be the point? You could hardly get M I Brunel (even assisted by
his son) back to dig you another tunnel under the Thames.

Yes, but I see a long dark tunnel ahead with the Tories.


You won't if the right wing get their way and cut us off from the continent.

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Graeme Wall

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On Oct 8, 6:52*pm, rail wrote:

You won't if the right wing get their way and cut us off from the continent.

In message
D7666 wrote:

On Oct 8, 6:52*pm, rail wrote:

You won't if the right wing get their way and cut us off from the continent.

But we will see a green navigation light on the right wing won't we ?

Or will they make it blue ?


It's*only the yellow filter on the window that makes it appear green...

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rail wrote:

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D7666 wrote:

But we will see a green navigation light on the right wing won't we ?

Or will they make it blue ?

It's*only the yellow filter on the window that makes it appear green...

I note that railway practice includes putting a blue(ish) filter in
front of a yellow(ish) light to make a green signal, but in general a
properly yellow filter in front of a properly blue light would appear
dark.

Sam

On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:11:49 +0100 someone who may be Sam Wilson
wrote this:-

I note that railway practice includes putting a blue(ish) filter in
front of a yellow(ish) light to make a green signal

With oil lit semaphores. Electrically lit semaphores and colour
light signals are different.


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In message
Sam Wilson wrote:

In article ,
rail wrote:

In message
D7666 wrote:

But we will see a green navigation light on the right wing won't we ?

Or will they make it blue ?

It's*only the yellow filter on the window that makes it appear green...

I note that railway practice includes putting a blue(ish) filter in
front of a yellow(ish) light to make a green signal, but in general a
properly yellow filter in front of a properly blue light would appear
dark.


There's always someone who has to bring reality into the discussion :-)

I was actually (deliberately) confusing additive and subtractive colour
mixing. I hadn't realise there was a proper railway connection.

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Graeme Wall

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In article ,
rail wrote:

There's always someone who has to bring reality into the discussion :-)

The price of pedantry is eternal vigilance.

I was actually (deliberately) confusing additive and subtractive colour
mixing. ...

Thought so.

... I hadn't realise there was a proper railway connection.

Terribly sorry old chap. Bad form to bring things on topic. I believe
I believe I left my old service revolver in the library desk. I'll just
go and clean it...

Sam

In message
Sam Wilson wrote:

In article ,
rail wrote:

There's always someone who has to bring reality into the discussion :-)

The price of pedantry is eternal vigilance.

I was actually (deliberately) confusing additive and subtractive colour
mixing. ...

Thought so.

... I hadn't realise there was a proper railway connection.

Terribly sorry old chap. Bad form to bring things on topic. I believe
I believe I left my old service revolver in the library desk. I'll just
go and clean it...


Trust you have the last of the 1746 brandy to drink first.

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Graeme Wall

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