red750 Posted January 25 Author Posted January 25 Very close. I took a still image, but a video would have been better.But some don't like videos. I have to pass up a lot because you need to see the associated action to work out the phrase. Anyone else want to have a shot at it?
red750 Posted January 25 Author Posted January 25 OK. It would have been easy if you saw the video of the little doll "rolling off the tongue".
red750 Posted January 26 Author Posted January 26 I thought this one was pretty easy. On the show it was covered with a grid as shown below. Each time a contestant got an answer, a panel was randomly remvoed to show the clue. mI guessed it after 3 panels were removed.
red750 Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 I enjoy having a crack at general knowledge contests, paticularly when they say they are hard. Here is the result of one I did. The only one I gi=ot wrong was about highways in the US.
red750 Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 I got this invite today so I accepted the challenge. I got 10/10.
spacesailor Posted January 28 Posted January 28 " brick arches " are a specialised brickie trade. Start on both sides of the road and , then meet at the Apex . One side stops the other falling forward . LoL spacesailor
facthunter Posted January 28 Posted January 28 (edited) You need something to hold them UP until they meet.. They often have a KEYSTONE in the middle and each brick is tapered when it's done properly. Look at the Roman Aqueducts. Nev Edited January 28 by facthunter 1
spacesailor Posted January 28 Posted January 28 or Lithgow . Aqueduct or railduck . Is there an " aquaduct " in Australia . Maybe an European thing . Boats in the sky . ( skysailor ) . As an aside :. there was no certified tradesmen brickie in NSW . That was skilled in building arches . So the TAFE COLLEGE. HAD TO EMPLOY A none tradesman to teach brickie students the Art ofARCH building . those ' tapered bricks ' are cut with the " brickie trowel " . spacesailor
onetrack Posted January 28 Posted January 28 The West Australian Govt Railways, and its former rail authority, the Dept of Works & Railways, had not a single tertiary-qualified engineer, until Ron Fitch, a UWA engineering graduate, was appointed to the WAGR - in 1929!! Yet the vast majority of WAGR rail lines and infrastructure were installed between 1880 and 1929 - without the oversight of any railways engineer! The men in charge of laying the rail lines were surveyors, and senior foreman, who all had practical skills in rail line construction - but not a one of them had any tertiary qualifications! Oddly enough, the W.A. Railway Workshops, initially established in Fremantle in 1886, and then moved to Midland in 1904 - which workshops were responsible for all West Australian rolling stock and engine construction and maintenance - appointed a Chief Mechanical Engineer in 1900! Obviously building, repairing and maintaining railways rolling stock and engines was regarded as VERY important job, that warranted the oversight of a Mechanical Engineer - but building the railways themselves, was obviously regarded as simply a foremans job! 1
facthunter Posted January 28 Posted January 28 Rivers crossing one another. . Never seen them cut with a trowel That would be tedious in the extreme. They usually don't bother tapering the bricks and just have the Mortar thickness varying. A good arch bridge wouldn't rely on mortar. The stones would be cut to fit. Nev 1
red750 Posted February 23 Author Posted February 23 Who can identify this car, where it was built and when?
onetrack Posted February 23 Posted February 23 (edited) A Devaux, hand built in Australia by one David Clash, and designed along the lines of classis 1930's European/French sportscar styling. I can't find out if they are still being made, but their website is still up. When available in the early 2000's they came with a Jaguar 6 inline engine or a GM 5.7L V8, and cost around $200,000. I have never seen one on the road, or on display anywhere. The few built, possibly reside in millionaire collectors garages. The man has great taste and style, and nothing is surer than the fact that the Art Deco era produced some of the most beautiful vehicles ever built. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devaux_Coupe Edited February 23 by onetrack 1 1
rgmwa Posted February 23 Posted February 23 (edited) On 28/1/2025 at 3:44 PM, onetrack said: The West Australian Govt Railways, and its former rail authority, the Dept of Works & Railways, had not a single tertiary-qualified engineer, until Ron Fitch, a UWA engineering graduate, was appointed to the WAGR - in 1929!! Yet the vast majority of WAGR rail lines and infrastructure were installed between 1880 and 1929 - without the oversight of any railways engineer! The men in charge of laying the rail lines were surveyors, and senior foreman, who all had practical skills in rail line construction - but not a one of them had any tertiary qualifications! Oddly enough, the W.A. Railway Workshops, initially established in Fremantle in 1886, and then moved to Midland in 1904 - which workshops were responsible for all West Australian rolling stock and engine construction and maintenance - appointed a Chief Mechanical Engineer in 1900! Obviously building, repairing and maintaining railways rolling stock and engines was regarded as VERY important job, that warranted the oversight of a Mechanical Engineer - but building the railways themselves, was obviously regarded as simply a foremans job! The brickwork in those workshop buildings is a work of art. A number have been converted internally to house medical facilities of various types as well as the WA Police Operations Centre. All the internal framing of the buildings has been left exposed even down to the railway lines in some areas. It’s a great example of how to re-purpose buildings in an intelligent way to preserve the past but make them useful in the present. Edited February 23 by rgmwa 1 1
red750 Posted Thursday at 10:01 PM Author Posted Thursday at 10:01 PM Find the spring in 10 seconds. If you can, reply Done.
facthunter Posted Thursday at 10:26 PM Posted Thursday at 10:26 PM I'm not one to skite and say it took 3 seconds. Where you look first has a bit to.do with it. I've also had a lot of practice. Nev
spacesailor Posted Friday at 02:51 AM Posted Friday at 02:51 AM Less than Nev . My eye's went straight to it ! . Lower centre . Can't miss it . spacesailor
facthunter Posted Friday at 05:18 AM Posted Friday at 05:18 AM I actually checked there wasn't more than one. . It's not a panic situation either. 100&1 ,100&2 ,100&3 takes a while. Nev
old man emu Posted Friday at 05:54 AM Posted Friday at 05:54 AM I usually can't see the forest for the trees, but my eye fell on the spring almost immediately. I wish I could find tools that I just put down on the bench as quickly! 1
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