Trains Debate

[ContrifibulatoryFred]

Should Huskisson have been more careful?

[tuffers#1]

Sheldon would probably disagree .

[Omygawd]

He was pretty careless tbf. Mind you, something that comes at you at Rocket speed takes a bit of avoidance.

[WickfordO]

Lack of H & S.

[WickfordO]

It was all a smoke screen.

[Stowaway]

The first recorded incident of death by lettuce, I believe.

[slacker]

I’m only half getting this thread, and no idea why CF has mentioned it now.

[Constanza]

I heard he was Chuffed to bits

[ContrifibulatoryFred]

As we already have a ‘the trans debate’ I felt it necessary to offer an alternative thread for discussion of locomotive machines.
Admin was going to be the Fat Controller - but he has shed so much weight recently I had to swerve appointing him to monitor this discussion.

Huskisson died for political reasons by the way.
He tried to do a ‘Heseltine’ by resigning from the Duke of Wellington’s administration. However upon discovering that no one cared about him going, he then announced that his decision was a mistake.
The Duke of Wellington then responded and coined the memorable phrase (make no mistake) in the process: ‘There has been no mistake, there is no mistake, and there can be no mistake.’
Months passed with Hiskisson sidelined until he heard that Wellington was going up north to see the inaugural journey of Spehenson’s Rocket (1829). During the event Huskisson spotted the Prime Minister and rushed over in the hope of speaking to him to try to repair their rift. In his haste to reach Wellington, Huskisson crosses another rail track where he was struck and killed by another locomotive.
Hence, political shenanigans lay at the heart of this tragic event.
Have a nice day

CF

[Constanza]

When I was about 9 me and my mate Arnie decided we needed a hobby. So on Saturdays we went up to Worcester Foregate Street (sometimes Shrub Hill if we were feeling reckless) and went train spotting.
Writing down the numbers in our colour coded notebooks was fun for a while. Then one rainy morning we were surrounded by a bunch of Redditch lads who called us train sissys (early seventies equivalent of bus w*nker) who mocked us and punched us and threw my beloved books and red and green pens onto the tracks.
Never went again but decided to take up more manly hobbies. Still love baking to this day.

[ContrifibulatoryFred]

Sad that random acts of cruelty can stunt nerdyism in such a permanent way

[WickfordO]

When I was about 9 me and my mate Arnie decided we needed a hobby. So on Saturdays we went up to Worcester Foregate Street (sometimes Shrub Hill if we were feeling reckless) and went train spotting.
Writing down the numbers in our colour coded notebooks was fun for a while. Then one rainy morning we were surrounded by a bunch of Redditch lads who called us train sissys (early seventies equivalent of bus w*nker) who mocked us and punched us and threw my beloved books and red and green pens onto the tracks.
Never went again but decided to take up more manly hobbies. Still love baking to this day.

Fortunately I didn't experience that kind if laddish bullying when I went spotting and to this day my love of trains still exists though not in an anorakish, rivet counting way. So I do feel that you lost out there Constanza. I do hope you have some smouldering liking of trains.

[WickfordO]

As we already have a ‘the trans debate’ I felt it necessary to offer an alternative thread for discussion of locomotive machines.
Admin was going to be the Fat Controller - but he has shed so much weight recently I had to swerve appointing him to monitor this discussion.

Huskisson died for political reasons by the way.
He tried to do a ‘Heseltine’ by resigning from the Duke of Wellington’s administration. However upon discovering that no one cared about him going, he then announced that his decision was a mistake.
The Duke of Wellington then responded and coined the memorable phrase (make no mistake) in the process: ‘There has been no mistake, there is no mistake, and there can be no mistake.’
Months passed with Hiskisson sidelined until he heard that Wellington was going up north to see the inaugural journey of Spehenson’s Rocket (1829). During the event Huskisson spotted the Prime Minister and rushed over in the hope of speaking to him to try to repair their rift. In his haste to reach Wellington, Huskisson crosses another rail track where he was struck and killed by another locomotive.
Hence, political shenanigans lay at the heart of this tragic event.
Have a nice day

CF

Shouldn't that be because of political reasons, not for political reasons, or is that just about use of the English language.

[ContrifibulatoryFred]

Whatever

[slacker]

Choo-choo thought for the day: When it comes to 2-bob DMUs, I’d take a Pacer over a Sprinter any day.