1641 pts ยท June 26, 2013
This is your public profile. Write something about yourself! Umm...something about yourself..did I win?
When I was in the army, the first rule for guns I was taught was: Unless you've checked it personally, that gun is loaded and chambered.
In a way :) If you wanna score high in scrabble, the official technical term is not sand but Haftwertoptimierungsgranulat oO
Never got that far in Factory, but I play a lot of Anno1800 and sometimes Railway Empire.
Yeah, there are a surprising amount of train spotters all over the place. Mostly at stations, but many are out in the open as well. We call them "Pufferknutscher", loosely translated to buffer lovers :)
No, that never happened, but PZB scared the shit out of my some times :)
There are small pipes attached to the train that deploy some sand right in front of the wheels, if needed. May sound silly, but it provides a lot of additional traction and makes breaking a lot smoother.
Yeah, it's mostly really soothing.
The company logo kinda gives it away ;)
I'm public transport and our shifts are usually planned one year ahead, mostly 3-4 weeks early and the 3-4 weeks late and back to early. Starting times may vary 1-2h from day to day, but that's it.
Not at all :) Currently it`s only Rostock-Neustrelitz and back.
You're incorrect on that one :) All trains in Germany are required by law to have sand systems equipped, but it only gets you so far at some point. So sometimes you have to accept the fact that you can't go as fast as required (and also adjust your breaking behaviour accordingly), so you fall behind schedule a bit. But those occasions are rare, and safety is always first.
You get used to it pretty fast, plus the model pictured does not have that much power, roughly 2700 hp. We use others as well that have roughly twice as much power, and those are a pita to operate when it starts to rain.
No, there are parts where you put the pedal to the metal, so to say :) But since I work public transport and steel on steel does not provide that much traction, you usually speed up gently. Trust me, train wheels damage easily. Also, both me and the train are only allowed to go 160 km/h as max speed, so not too fast.
Distance is roughly 140km and one trip takes around 70 minutes. And yeah, this tour mainly goes through the countryside, so there is plenty of wildlife, mostly deer and some feral hogs. And they tend to be as stupid on the tracks as they are on roads :/
Coffee! But seriously, this kind of work matches my part of the spectrum pretty much. I like order and repetition and no interruptions, and I get to avoid customer contact most days as well, so it's a win.
No, there are indicators :) You have a timetable that includes how fast you may go where, as well as various signals that indicate the max speed allowed. You sometimes go slower than that to preserve fuel/energy if you're ahead of schedule (Yeah, sometimes that happens!)
Weird, 4 years later, and Cuckerberg is still online in the EU...
The German eequivalent of ooh la la would be Holla die Waldfee!
Schrippen! Das Wort lautet Schrippen!
For those aiming to win at scrabble: In german it's called Zweiwegefahrzeug :)
As a German, do these tariffs also kick in if I want to send somebody a "gift" of low monetary value? I know when I receive a "gift" from abroad here, I usually have not to pay any tariff no matter the origin of the package (back when imgur SS was still a thing, at least).
Late to the show, but why are people always eager to die for Panko?
*high-fives and misses awkwardly, as always*
Insert "What the Flick" joke here ;)
This was a few years ago already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus-Dieter_Flick
No complaints, 1 minor piece was missing but there were plenty of other spare parts to replace it. Everything fit and the manual was comprehensible.
I would pay money just for him to shut up!
Yikes, and here I was, preparing to withstand a .50 cal :(
When I was in the army, the first rule for guns I was taught was: Unless you've checked it personally, that gun is loaded and chambered.
In a way :) If you wanna score high in scrabble, the official technical term is not sand but Haftwertoptimierungsgranulat oO
Never got that far in Factory, but I play a lot of Anno1800 and sometimes Railway Empire.
Yeah, there are a surprising amount of train spotters all over the place. Mostly at stations, but many are out in the open as well. We call them "Pufferknutscher", loosely translated to buffer lovers :)
No, that never happened, but PZB scared the shit out of my some times :)
There are small pipes attached to the train that deploy some sand right in front of the wheels, if needed. May sound silly, but it provides a lot of additional traction and makes breaking a lot smoother.
Yeah, it's mostly really soothing.
The company logo kinda gives it away ;)
I'm public transport and our shifts are usually planned one year ahead, mostly 3-4 weeks early and the 3-4 weeks late and back to early. Starting times may vary 1-2h from day to day, but that's it.
Not at all :) Currently it`s only Rostock-Neustrelitz and back.
You're incorrect on that one :) All trains in Germany are required by law to have sand systems equipped, but it only gets you so far at some point. So sometimes you have to accept the fact that you can't go as fast as required (and also adjust your breaking behaviour accordingly), so you fall behind schedule a bit. But those occasions are rare, and safety is always first.
You get used to it pretty fast, plus the model pictured does not have that much power, roughly 2700 hp. We use others as well that have roughly twice as much power, and those are a pita to operate when it starts to rain.
No, there are parts where you put the pedal to the metal, so to say :) But since I work public transport and steel on steel does not provide that much traction, you usually speed up gently. Trust me, train wheels damage easily. Also, both me and the train are only allowed to go 160 km/h as max speed, so not too fast.
Distance is roughly 140km and one trip takes around 70 minutes. And yeah, this tour mainly goes through the countryside, so there is plenty of wildlife, mostly deer and some feral hogs. And they tend to be as stupid on the tracks as they are on roads :/
Coffee! But seriously, this kind of work matches my part of the spectrum pretty much. I like order and repetition and no interruptions, and I get to avoid customer contact most days as well, so it's a win.
No, there are indicators :) You have a timetable that includes how fast you may go where, as well as various signals that indicate the max speed allowed. You sometimes go slower than that to preserve fuel/energy if you're ahead of schedule (Yeah, sometimes that happens!)
Weird, 4 years later, and Cuckerberg is still online in the EU...
The German eequivalent of ooh la la would be Holla die Waldfee!
Schrippen! Das Wort lautet Schrippen!
For those aiming to win at scrabble: In german it's called Zweiwegefahrzeug :)
As a German, do these tariffs also kick in if I want to send somebody a "gift" of low monetary value? I know when I receive a "gift" from abroad here, I usually have not to pay any tariff no matter the origin of the package (back when imgur SS was still a thing, at least).
Late to the show, but why are people always eager to die for Panko?
*high-fives and misses awkwardly, as always*
Insert "What the Flick" joke here ;)
This was a few years ago already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus-Dieter_Flick
No complaints, 1 minor piece was missing but there were plenty of other spare parts to replace it. Everything fit and the manual was comprehensible.
I would pay money just for him to shut up!
Yikes, and here I was, preparing to withstand a .50 cal :(