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Now for something a little different. Here's a song by metal band Pantera, called "Fucking Hostile". This is somebody's enterpretation of the lyrics, as they sound on the record:
Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 18 Location: Pissing in a specimen jar
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 7:12 pm Post subject: Zappa
Big fan of Zappa here.
That bloke was way cool and experimental.
He even released some stuff under the name of Fransico Zapala as a total alias but would not admit it.
Nothing but cutting edge shit and ahead of his time.
His son Dweezl has a good band.
Can't think of it of the top of my head.
I think he named his daughter Moon!
I'm sniggering creepily
But Frank is up there with Mr Fear & Loathing.
Yes Hunter Thompson!
Dam good space cadets in my books.
Frank never had a fear to mix it up with a 100 piece orchesta.
He never rocked!
But was seriously a unique individual that ownly a old stoner good comprehend. _________________
Joined: 18 Sep 2008 Posts: 18 Location: Pissing in a specimen jar
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:48 pm Post subject: Hornsby to Central Video!
Go you tube.
Anyone with broadband is recommended to go the Hi quality version in the U-Tube window.
I think the song is suitable and piss funny to those who have to pay for a shiity rail ticket.
The last laugh is on me.
Enjoy!
-BF
Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 2544 Location: Belmore, NSW
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:47 pm Post subject:
biqua wrote:
I don't applaud the French for much, but I'll certainly applaud them on this. Looking on wikipedia, that's only a few Ks shy of the Maglev - 574.8 vs 581 - not bad given it's still on the rails and has the panto wobbling around like that - oh, and it's a double decker! How small are the flanges though - you wouldn't want to hit the slightest bump, or a stray cow, or any of the Cityrail network.
The Mbug uses some Alstom gear doesn't it? I wonder what that could be cranked up to on the right track ...
I've been reading up on this.
Apparently, whilst it's a gen-yoo-ine record, the Froggies cheated the fuck out of it, too.
- The flanges might look smaller because they used special larger diameter wheels, so as not to fry the traction motors (but also for gearing purposes, no doubt).
- The juice pumped into the overhead was cranked up from 25Kv to 31Kv.
- The train was way the fuck short.
- They picked a specific bit of line with gentle downgrades.
- They welded the points beforehand.
- The overhead suffered serious damage, and a lot of it needed replacement.
So, they won't be doing this often, I don't think. _________________ The idiot who, in railway carriages,
Scribbles on window-panes,
We only suffer
To ride on a buffer
In Parliamentary trains
I don't applaud the French for much, but I'll certainly applaud them on this. Looking on wikipedia, that's only a few Ks shy of the Maglev - 574.8 vs 581 - not bad given it's still on the rails and has the panto wobbling around like that - oh, and it's a double decker! How small are the flanges though - you wouldn't want to hit the slightest bump, or a stray cow, or any of the Cityrail network.
The Mbug uses some Alstom gear doesn't it? I wonder what that could be cranked up to on the right track ...
I've been reading up on this.
Apparently, whilst it's a gen-yoo-ine record, the Froggies cheated the fuck out of it, too.
- The flanges might look smaller because they used special larger diameter wheels, so as not to fry the traction motors (but also for gearing purposes, no doubt).
- The juice pumped into the overhead was cranked up from 25Kv to 31Kv.
- The train was way the fuck short.
- They picked a specific bit of line with gentle downgrades.
- They welded the points beforehand.
- The overhead suffered serious damage, and a lot of it needed replacement.
So, they won't be doing this often, I don't think.
Yeah, but the poms flogged the fuck outa Mallard to get the 126mph, so I don't think it reduces the significance of the achievement. _________________ I'm a pitiful sight, and I ain't all that bright
I'm definitely not chiseled from stone
I'm a cheat and a liar, no woman's desire
I'll probably die cold and alone
(kiss me I'm shitfaced, The Dropkick Murphys)
Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 2544 Location: Belmore, NSW
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:01 pm Post subject:
fireman dave wrote:
Yeah, but the poms flogged the fuck outa Mallard to get the 126mph, so I don't think it reduces the significance of the achievement.
For sure, and I don't want to really take anything away from the total fuck-off awesomeness of the efforts of either the Pomgolians or the Froggehs, but I think the British effort was a bit more natural. Mallard suffered some big end damage, but there wasn't so much in the way of preparation. Could you imagine the outcry if they'd fitted her with bigger driving wheels, for example? _________________ The idiot who, in railway carriages,
Scribbles on window-panes,
We only suffer
To ride on a buffer
In Parliamentary trains
Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 873 Location: Hanging out the door of a rattler
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:04 pm Post subject:
What was that German beast that ate the Mallard for brekky but the Poms wouldn't recognise the record? Just something I read on RP once. Awesome looking monster. _________________ 26 March 2011... can't come quick enough.
Joined: 11 Jun 2007 Posts: 2544 Location: Belmore, NSW
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:12 pm Post subject:
I'll have to check my copy of British Steam Railways, but I'm pretty sure the Poms won fair and square (not by much, mind), and that was a key part of the entire attempt. It had been presented to the railway for approval as "brake trials" (which was true in a way: see below).
What is also little known, is that the section of line they chose for the attempt was perfect for it, except for the fact that it was worryingly close to a terminus. Apparently, as soon as the record was broken, the driver DID NOT fuck about leaning on the brakes. _________________ The idiot who, in railway carriages,
Scribbles on window-panes,
We only suffer
To ride on a buffer
In Parliamentary trains
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