Take a 2019 Tea Break with Delta

[Mike Harte]

Well, I cannot disappoint my reader!


However, to clarify, the edible panties were supposed to be for the lady's partner (male, female or anything between) in case they suddenly felt hunger pangs whilst otherwise engaged! Or maybe they could be described as the hor d’oeuvres!

As for the Chukka Panties, they had a fairly short life as far as I can remember. Again however, they still exist for medical purposes and, in fact, in the UK all hospitals usually require patients to wear paper based underwear when undergoing medical procedures and operations requiring the patient to wear hospital gowns.

[delta]

Originally Posted by Willmaz223

You dont get a huge amount of work at College.Only in 3 days a week.Every couple of weeks I get an assignment based on a topic that we've done and thats it.

Elders,who classes as one of those?

Mm I see this forum needs a cleansing or something,get out the rotten egg 😁.

I'm on this forum purely so I can keep up to date wih historics,socialise and to better my chances of getting experience in the World of work,whatever that is..!
Which have been quite good so far.

Left college early.Felt a pain/ache in my left arm like it was in the bone.Not nice... when listening to a tutor for a hour.
As my dad would say 'am I a snowflake'.
Anyway got assignment to do.I might put some questions on here,just for a laugh.

We like questions Will. Well Gordon does. Fire away.

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Merci beaucoup Lanc'svery kind of you. I can't explain why but placed several pre-paid orders on DT website and got nothing but refund after a while. A real pity because the catalogue is a pure phantasm!
Do you all use Aerocatch? Nice looking but pain in the neck to instal…

Never mind, Gerard. Perhaps you will find what you are looking for tomorrow in les soldes!!

[Lancsbreaker]

The son of one of my Alfa mates is responsible for the production of the Demon Tweeks catalogue......apparently he's pretty much unobtainable for most of the Autumn while he's compiling it......not surprising giving the hearty thud it always makes when arriving through my letterbox


As Wrexham is within an hour or so's driving distance of us we normally visit for any requirements, but fairly often not everything is in stock, but we do generally find that subsequent supply through the post is usually pretty prompt

[grantp]

Originally Posted by Willmaz223

Two construction officials working a traffic lights on the main road in Tonbridge.

Probably Brexit related then.

Mind you, were they genuine? Could have been people nicking traffic lights having moved on from lead roofing and mains power cables.

I assume this was scheduled work timed especially to clash with start of day travel?

Can't have been a light failure - unless the failure was a few weeks ago.

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by grantp

Probably Brexit related then.

Mind you, were they genuine? Could have been people nicking traffic lights having moved on from lead roofing and mains power cables.

I assume this was scheduled work timed especailly to clash with start of day travel?

Can't have been a light failure - unless the failure was a few weeks ago.

There's a fairly new trick here to use light-controlled pedestrian crossings in villages as a form of traffic calming. If they detect you are over the limit the lights go red. Irritating, but marginally better than having to clamber over sleeping policemen. Clearly not designed with pedestrians in mind either, as they can be red from one direction and green the other.

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by grantp

Probably Brexit related then.

Mind you, were they genuine? Could have been people nicking traffic lights having moved on from lead roofing and mains power cables.

I assume this was scheduled work timed especially to clash with start of day travel?

Can't have been a light failure - unless the failure was a few weeks ago.

There has been roadworks / constructikn for blooming months.They've redone/resurfaced the area around the Station.

[Peter Mallett]

I see the drones are back. Just like the daleks. Heathrow this time.

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by delta

We like questions Will. Well Gordon does. Fire away.

Here goes-
Just some random ones from different assignments.

1-Describe the operation,characteristics and function of an engine management of a engine coolant temperature sensor?

2-Two functions of an ECU on a car?

3-In terms of electron flow compare the properties of Insulators,Conductors and Semi Conductors?

I hope theyre not to easy as Im only doing lvl 2.I'll put some more on later.😁

I bet that got your noggin working hahaha!

[Willmaz223]

Oh dear ANOTHER drone related incident at Heathrow.Jeez

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

I see the drones are back. Just like the daleks. Heathrow this time.

Back with Vengeance,just like my stomach sometimes.

[Willmaz223]

Unfortunately my work experience placement has been cancelled for unfortunate reasons.I must confess I'm a little stuck on where to find some.I'm hoping I can help at some historic (or any for that matter? meetings this year which my mum suggested and I thought this was the best place (limited knowledge) for it to be shared/told.The date can be anywhere from now to June/July when my course finishes.

Will (for anyone who doesn't know).

[Mike Bell]

Going back to Gerard’s buying experience- one thing I learned years ago is that sellers such as DT try to ensure that any ‘lifed’ products like harnesses, seats etc, are sold out before the end of any particular year, then get new stock ASAP in the next year to sell in that ‘season’. That way the customer always gets maximum use. So quite possible they won’t have stock in early Jan....

I bought an extinguisher that was already a year into its life, and that taught me to always check before buying! Best not to buy such items from a website, but over the phone instead......

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

There's a fairly new trick here to use light-controlled pedestrian crossings in villages as a form of traffic calming. If they detect you are over the limit the lights go red. Irritating, but marginally better than having to clamber over sleeping policemen. Clearly not designed with pedestrians in mind either, as they can be red from one direction and green the other.

There is a street in Norwich with several sets of lights that are timed so that if you are travelling 25 mph they will all turn green as you approach. Speed and the next set will be red, and so on..... Think it’s common practice in London and must be elsewhere as well, but haven’t come across the French idea yet! Surely only a matter of time.

[GORDON STREETER]

Originally Posted by delta

We like questions Will. Well Gordon does. Fire away.

Depende de qué años las preguntas vienen de, cualquier cosa después de 1970 yo permaneceria saber!

[grantp]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

There is a street in Norwich with several sets of lights that are timed so that if you are travelling 25 mph they will all turn green as you approach. Speed and the next set will be red, and so on..... Think it’s common practice in London and must be elsewhere as well, but haven’t come across the French idea yet! Surely only a matter of time.

The Westward run out of Slough (A4 I think - it's been a while since I last went through there) was set up like that years ago - though a 30 limit iirc.


The only problem was when you ended up behind someone from Norwich who thought the correct speed was 25!

[bauble]

Originally Posted by grantp

The Westward run out of Slough (A4 I think - it's been a while since I last went through there) was set up like that years ago - though a 30 limit iirc.


The only problem was when you ended up behind someone from Norwich who thought the correct speed was 25!

Nice one Grant!

[Mike Harte]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

There is a street in Norwich with several sets of lights that are timed so that if you are travelling 25 mph they will all turn green as you approach. Speed and the next set will be red, and so on..... Think it’s common practice in London and must be elsewhere as well, but haven’t come across the French idea yet! Surely only a matter of time.

Yes, in London, at least 50 years ago, we did have stretches of roads that had what I knew as phased (traffic) lights, which if you kept to the speed limit meant that you could travel the whole stretch without stopping.

The one that I remember in particular was the one way street which became the start of the A41. It commenced at the side of the Dorchester Hotel (Park Lane, Hyde Park), crossed over Oxford Street and continued north west finishing just before the road beared left with Regents Park on the right.

[Gerard C]

Mike B, you're living inside my head! Yes, first trouble I got was about a Schroth harness, I wanted a grey one at a fair price if possible. I always got my money back, no worry about that. There are numerous things we do know impossible to get from any "oversea supplier", starting with liquids like octane stabilizer, oil and so on. Of course, FE are in the list. Imagine a child with a huge Christmas goodies catalogue being unable to get one!

[Peter Mallett]

Originally Posted by grantp

The Westward run out of Slough (A4 I think - it's been a while since I last went through there) was set up like that years ago - though a 30 limit iirc.


The only problem was when you ended up behind someone from Norwich who thought the correct speed was 25!

We worked it that it was green at 30mph and at 86mph.

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by John Elwin

If they detect you are over the limit the lights go red.

John, the first country I saw this kind of thing is Spain and it works fine there together with the automatic control of the toll gates.

It will be probably useless for people here, but you must know that our roads have now a limited speed of 80 kph, some parts being still 90 kph as were before… I gave up with this, and sticks to 80…*Modern world hein?

[grantp]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

We worked it that it was green at 30mph and at 86mph.

I had a feeling some higher speed might work but perhaps only if the vehicle could hit that speed very quickly. I never had anything fast enough.

Probably just as well for as I recall the local driving standards could often seem dangerous at 30. Or less.

(Something is niggling at the back of my mind that it was originally a 40 mph light timing but the speed limit was 50. There was something strange about the initial deployment but the detail of what it actually was escapes me.)

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

We worked it that it was green at 30mph and at 86mph.

Wonder if that would work nowadays....

[bauble]

Just for our Viva.GT Viv you might enjoy the first verse:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTUlNDhdSGU

[Peter Mallett]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Wonder if that would work nowadays....

We'd been studying surveying that week at college.