Re: Only 10%?
Am I alone in wondering what an emoji is?
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Osbornes
That is easy Ozzy and his manager, seen his band live in the 80s.
Cardassians
Antagonists in ST DSN, commonly called Spoon Heads, I think one of Spandau Ballet may have been one, well they did look like Dukat.
AFAIK Hilton is a porn actress, apart from that no idea.
So out of all of these I would recognise the ex Black Sabbath singer and the aliens.
Funny really, I just have a look to see what is happening.
Mail is not that bad really, you can access it unlike some of News International sites.
I ignore the gutter press (eg Sun).
Mail and Express are pretty similar and to be honest a bit funny, you cannot take them serilously.
Independant is turning into Metro, which is not as good as it was for one section Games Central.
Guardian is a bit up its own bum but OK. Telegraph is OK.
However BBC is one of the better UK news outlets.
But all news outlets do seem to be getting worse than they were.
Image Sensor & stuff <> Music publishers.
A few crooked Yanks screwed it up for the Japanese parent.
Let it rest.
And if you want to blame anyone, blame the people who bought the inferior video cassette format.
Yes that is why Sony bought into media, to make sure they could sell their hardware.
This is ONE reason why Blu Ray beat HD-DVD, Sony did not want a repeat of the sales failure of Betamax. It was a better format than Vhs, a LOT better.
(Owner of a few Beta decks, including an indestructable Sanyo HiFi one)
Why did they use the service name as a loco name?
The service was also ran by A4s like Mallard, and SNG, then Deltics named after race horses and regiments.
Then the HSTs SOME named, then the 91s. In between the hybrid sets with too much power.
Soon to be those new Hitachis things which seem like they may be a bit of a downgrade.
New locos. Yes they are North American and are nicknamed sheds.
I am a big fan of the 50s, had a few great runs behind them, those V16s sounded lovely.
The old EE 10" bore 12" stroke lump has to be one of the best prime movers in railway history.
For information, fitted to in versions ranging from 250bhp to 3300bhp
Most larger shunters, the LMS and SR prototypes, all EE locos except ones with Deltics.(20, 37, 40, 50, DP2), 31s, 56s, 58s, 73s
2 valve no turbo, 2 valve turbo, then 4 valve, then intercooling, then better materials.
So the engine in those 1930s shunters at 250bhp was developed into the standard shunter engine of 400bhp.
The LMS twins of 1600bhp (2 valve), 40s at 2000 (4 valve), 50s at 2700 (intercooled), then 56s at 3250 (better materials so rev higher), all same basic V16 engine.
I have only met one person who would match that description and......
1) Had social integration issues.
2) Not very bright, actually thick.
3) The rest of the spotters avoided him.
Most spotters were ordinary people who prefered machines to sportsmen.
I prefered jeans, heavy metal band T shirt, biking gear, and decent metal framed glasses.
If you were friendly and chatty you got to have footplate rides and learn about the railway.
Many happy hours spent watching trains and taking the piss out of passing mods on their scooters.