Snow joke ...

Indeed. Frosts and cold dankness yes, but not snow. Hopefully it is
just a temporary and shortlived aberration.

I think that's what's causing it Rog ...

 

snort ... you bad Bear

<fx:thinks> true


--
Steve Parry

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

http://www.arrivedeprived.org.uk/

K100RS SE
F650
(not forgetting the SK90PY)

 

Bring back the gulf stream!

 

Thats about the only thing stopping us emulating Scandanavian climates!

--
Steve Parry

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

http://www.arrivedeprived.org.uk/

K100RS SE
F650
(not forgetting the SK90PY)

 

It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Whinging Courier

You really shouldn't live in that van, you know.

--

Dave

GS 850 x2 / SE 6a
SbS#6 DIAABTCOD#16 APOSTLE#6 FUB#3
FUB KotL OSOS#12? UKRMMA#19 COSOC#10

 

Ice on car windows and my bike's saddle here in Watford. None on the
ground, thank goodness, but I guess there could be in some shadowed
bits.

--
<8P Wizard
Suzuki GS550 "I like that. Nicely shite" - TOG
Golf GTi 16v
ANORAK#17b BOMB#19 BOTAFOT#138 BREast#5 COFF#24
COSOC#8 DFV#11 STG#1

 

Jolly nice here (Brighton seafront) this morning. Sunny and clear; just
got back from the post box, no need for a coat.

 

Different bait, obviously.

"The wrong sort of cold weather"

 

The problem is icing on the conductor rail. A layer of ice causes
serious arcing - to the extent that the ice can actually isolate the
collector shoes from the rail head.

We used to have a couple of old 1936 built units converted to lay a
de-icing/water dispersant fluid on the juice rail the night before. This
prevented the bulk of ice problems.

As an aside: the driver's side window on the 1963 stock was tinted. I
initially thought this was a nice touch to prevent sun coming in but is
actually to prevent the driver suffering arc eye in the winter.

The new stock has a higher current draw than the old (more auxiliary
systems; air con, doors and the like) and is a lot more sensitive to
arcing.

Last winter the computers detected it as a fault and shut down the
traction packages; there was an "ice mode" override but this resulted in
the traction equipment permanently damaging itself and the units grinding
to a halt. Again.

Which would probably explain why the company are trying to get their
money back from Bombardier.

 

GBP 45 for a pickup load. Dunno about the weight of the load, but Tim
our log man delvers the same to all his customers. He stacks them up
around the back of the house too.

 

'Kin chilly here in the Far East. Brrrr.

 

Heavy frost here. I'm staying in building the new kitchen cupboards.

 

This is an upfront disclaimer isn't it.

 

Tell me about it. I had to ride back from Nottingham to Bristol yesterday
afternoon.

My Gore-Tex jacket surrendered[1] shortly after I got to the M5, so a large
coffee break[2] was in order.

Now that I think about it, *every* time I go anywhere near Derby, I get
utterly pissed on on the way home. I'm thinking of referring to it as
"Ginge's revenge".[3]


[1] As did the trousers where I have split the seam through excessive pie
consumption :-(
[2] Translation. Sit in motorway services, hang jacket off chair, leave
gloves on because you are too cold, and leave a 3ft wide puddle behind from
the jacket draining onto the floor.
[3] With a nice big LIGAF to the Apostrophe Nazis if I got it wrong...

 

Some petrol - my oldest brother is a tree surgeon and always has plenty
for the asking..

Phil

 

Hehe. 'Twas an "interesting" journey home. Mostly from memory.

Big flakes here, *really* big flakes.

<Smugly sitting at home this morning with the radiators cranking ....>

 

Get young Ben wrapped up and turf him out the door. Kids love snow.

 

sweller says...

Points frozen north of Stafford this morning.

What is it about train stations which makes them feel 10 degrees colder
than everywhere else.

 

One would also imagine that, of all companies, Bombardier could meet
that prerequisite.

 

With the double glazing, I can see the steam coming from his naked
back, but not hear his apparent joy ... I swear I can see the tears
frosting.