Gary Fox
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@monacochick @SqSehrish Do the division first.
6 divided by half is 12
52 -12 =40
40+8=48
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@garywfox @SqSehrish 52-6=46
46÷1/2=92 because dividing by 1/2 is equivalent to multiplying by 2
92+8=100
100 is actually the correct answer
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@MichaelDnes1 @WilliamBarter1 Thanks, I misread that as meaning they would build 2b but not 2a. 👍
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How does the new HS2 Washwood Heath depot compare in suze and facilities3 with North Pole?
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@ChimeWhistle Oh, didn't know this - thanks for sharing. Do you happen to recall where at Crewe and/or any further details of the person and incident?
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There's a plaque for a shunter at Crewe station, who was killed while coupling up a train.
Nigel Harris@railnigel
Clear understanding sums it up. As a GCR driver I didn’t leave the cab window -ever - until I saw the fireman or shunter re emerge. And you never touched any of the controls whilst someone was under, either.
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@garywfox The way the points are set on the ground by the relevant point number to either normal or reverse for the direction of train travel.
Historically in the past I.e normal would be the required position for the main line
Reverse would be to deviate, join or crossover.
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Called out to a points failure at a set of unistar switch diamonds that are unique to Uddingston Junction.
Local control taken by myself and a reverse obtained to allow trains to be signalled normally over them.
Train services will be diverted via Bellshill in the meantime.
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Points have two positions - Normal and Reverse.
Say we have a junction heading to the left of the main line.
If the points are set Normal the train will continue along the main line. If the points are set Reverse the train will head onto the branch line.
It's a little bit more complex with more complicated paintwork (like switch diamonds) though.
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@garywfox @MakeVotesMatter That's not PR, it's preference voting.
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In Havering, Reform won 71% of the seats on 36% vote share.
In Ealing, Labour won 66% of the seats on 30% of votes.
In Westminster, the Tories won 59% of the seats on 35% of the vote.
In Sutton, 44% of the vote gave the Lib Dems 93% of the seats.
In Birmingham's Tyseley and Hay Mills, a Green councillor won on 20.5% of the vote.
Under First Past the Post, whoever wins, the voters lose.
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@MakeVotesMatter Name a PR system that doesn't return a member on less than 25% vote share.
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@daisygirlboy @constans A scientist who shut down the metrification board.
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There’s a scene in “The Crown” where the royal family is discussing Thatcher’s middling social origins as the child of a shopkeeper. someone chimes in, “but she went to Oxford” piquing interest until someone else mentions, “but she studied chemistry” & they’re back to disdain
Meh@hillme89
@smiley_moth @constans It’s long been a favorite critique of commentators that UK society and specifically the values of the British elite do not value science and engineering, instead prioritizing putting their best students into law and finance, and the idea is that has stunted UK economic growth.
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They always say The Beatles are overrated.
What's your thought on this?
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