JimLucas Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Talking of Legs,if your knees start knocking during a performance,if you clamp your knees tightly together it stops it. The only clamps I've found that are large enough to do that tend to get in the way of the concertina unless I play in a standing position, in which case the clamping makes it difficult for me to keep my balance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Madge Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 How about one of those triangular yellow ones that they use on cars? Is it true that when a railway modeller talks about a frog that he means the thing that a real railwayman calls a crossing or nose? Robin Madge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Timson Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Is it true that when a railway modeller talks about a frog that he means the thing that a real railwayman calls a crossing or nose? That wouldn't be the same thing as what a steel worker would call a rivet ... rivet? Chris PS Talking of rivetted actions ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Is it true that when a railway modeller talks about a frog that he means the thing that a real railwayman calls a crossing or nose?That wouldn't be the same thing as what a steel worker would call a rivet ... rivet? Chris, you may expect my solicitor to be contacting your solicitor regarding your rivetted action. Your only option for escaping dire consequences will be to retire to the top of a mountain and live as a Kermit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 How about one of those triangular yellow ones that they use on cars? Is it true that when a railway modeller talks about a frog that he means the thing that a real railwayman calls a crossing or nose? Robin Madge And when a builder talks about a frog he means the depression in the top of a brick - which should face downwards when the brick is laid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomylly Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Is it true that when a railway modeller talks about a frog that he means the thing that a real railwayman calls a crossing or nose?That wouldn't be the same thing as what a steel worker would call a rivet ... rivet? Chris, you may expect my solicitor to be contacting your solicitor regarding your rivetted action. Your only option for escaping dire consequences will be to retire to the top of a mountain and live as a Kermit. I knew a Chris Kermiet once. He was a hell of a good morris dancer and contra dance caller. He was also related to Jean Ritchie. Last I heard, he was in Colorado. Anyone find someone to help that fledgling morris team in Tulsa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 And when a builder talks about a frog he means the depression in the top of a brick - which should face downwards when the brick is laid. And if there's an impression in the bottom of the brick, which way should it face when the brick is laid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Madge Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 The bricks with the impresion on the bottom are for buidings that are constructed top-down. Can be prefered in the British climate, as this way you start with the roof so that you can work in the dry! Robin Madge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Stephenson Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Theo If a brick had a depression it would tend to look down a bit. Think I'll throw in the trowel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 If a brick had a depression it would tend to look down a bit. Wouldn't that make it masonic-depressive? Think I'll throw in the trowel. Aren't puns like these considered mortar sins? Well, I think this discussion has hit a brick wall. Perhaps it would be appropriate to go down to the pub get plastered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Stephenson Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 No Jim I'm sure there's mortar come......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Madge Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 It's nice to see the group bonding, whether English, Flemish or common or Garden Wall. Robin Madge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Stephenson Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 To quoin a phrase.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimLucas Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 It's nice to see the group bonding,... Yep, all nicely unionized... except for a few radicals, that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Madge Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 At a dance I was at last Sasturday the caller told the dancers that they had to form a representation of cyclohexane! Robin Madge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 At a dance I was at last Sasturday the caller told the dancers that they had to form a representation of cyclohexane! Robin Madge Just the carbon atoms? Or also the Hydrogens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Madge Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 The whole structure! I thought you would need four arms to be a carbon atom so he's wrong somewhere. Robin Madge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 The whole structure! I thought you would need four arms to be a carbon atom so he's wrong somewhere. Robin Madge Actually he's right. Remember that each carbon atom shares a bond with two other carbon atoms besides the two hydrogen, resulting in something like this: So now I'm really impressed! Especially considering the fact that the angle between the bonds are ca. 109 degrees (I think. Chemistry classes seem a little vague to me now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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