8 Sep
2011
8 Sep
'11
1:45 a.m.
On Wed, 7 Sep 2011 18:55:44 +0100 (BST), ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony
Duell) wrote:
I hope not the overhead rack? I certainly wouldn't like to take an
No, fortuanely not. It was one of those '125' trains, with the
luggage
racks at the ends of the carriages. it went there, on a shelf of a
suitable height.
*Phew*
I bet. There is interesting reading at www.raib.gov.uk
Actually, I assuemd you'd seen at last one photo of me on the web
(thre's
one on the HPCC wrbsite in last year's confernce photos [1]), which
should indicate that I am truely a high mass hobbyist :-)
Yes, I have seen your photo, which is why I wondered about the
"carrying" bit... ;-)
However I might have done something as crazy as actually carry an AR88
onto a train myself, even though I have never worked out myself either
previously (I have to now, my back is too painful otherwise owing to
many years of working at a computer in badly conceived workplaces. A
herniated disc and a doctor finally convinced me exercise was the
only way to not be in constant severe pain).
45 kg is really heavy...
/Jonas
> An AR88
(RCA communcations receiver)
You *carried* an AR88 on a train??? They weigh, what, 45 kgs? You
must
Well, I didn't hold it for the netire journey, if that's what you
mean.
It sat on the luggage rack between Bristol and London... AR-88 down
from an overhead luggage rack, let alone putting it up
there,
and certainly not having it fall out if something happened...
Brrr...
Knowing the cosntruction of modern trains, an AR88 would prboably go
straight through the flooe :-)
I am insulted! I have spent my entire life avoiding
exercise, and
I
don't
intend changing that. I have never done any uncnessary exercise.
No offence meant! :-)
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