Everybody, on all sides, is oversimplifying. Noel
That's not how science works - deciding based on people's credentials; those are supposed to be irrelevant. Who says something is not significant;...
I don't have a problem with getting rid of 'dark Satanic mills' - and London smog - but that has been ongoing for 70 years or so, now (and the...
Off-topic, I know, but I can't resist a quick reply: There are two independent bodies of evidence (evaporative deposits in caves, and sediment...
It's truly a pity that when these idiots glue their faces to the road, we can't just .. .. .. leave them there for several days. Noel
Right, but 'widely used' (one flavour of 'ubiquitous') is not the same as 'applied to many instances' (which I think is a more accurate...
Interesting question (one that's of special interest to me because of my involvement with the 'internet/Internet' controversy - although not...
It could also be a typo that the spell-checker didn't flag; these days, if people don't see a squiggly red line, they think it's OK. ('I'm going...
An interesting post, but it's a bit odd to find it in the 'Steam Traction' section! :-) Thread drift strikes again, I guess... Noel
For those who hadn't noticed, the GWSR Drainage Gang blog (now renamed to 'GWSR Estates Management — Drainage') has sprung back to life after a...
I've just noticed the several unused frogs in the line in the foreground there. Will they be retrieved at some point (for use elsewhere - I assume...
Well, clearly their model was incomplete (or inaccurate), since the axles did break! Now, it's true that: and maybe that's the whole answer, but...
While I agree that heritage lines have to be run in a 'business-like' way (e.g. keeping a close eye on income and expenses), they aren't...
The online 'cancel culture' mob comes to NR. Isn't the Internet wonderful? (Not!) Noel
Yeah, I had a similar thought, later. For instance, the crank axle failures: they didn't appear right away (I'm too lazy to look and see exactly...
Separate names with a comma.
