Nice People Thread No. 15, a Cyber Summer

chris_m

Pyxis wrote: »

Why did Silvercar's son want to be one? :huh:
Confoosed.com!

Me too. A signal passed at danger is the only thing I know that gets that abbreviation.

Pyxis

Wiki gives these............



# Single pass albumin dialysis, a simple technique for liver dialysis
# Single-photon avalanche diode, a solid-state electronic photodetector
# Solar proton alarm detector, a device for detecting solar proton alarms Solar Mesosphere Explorer
# Soil-Plant Analyses Development, a device for measuring the amount of chlorophyll in leaves


# Special adviser, informal shorthand for a post in the British Government
# Self-propelled air defence, a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon
# Signal passed at danger, when a train passes a signal on red
# The Malay language acronym of the Land Public Transport Commission, of Malaysia

# Soci!t! Pour L'Aviation et ses D!riv!s, also Soci!t! Provisoire des A!roplanes Deperdussin and Bl!riot-SPAD, French aircraft manufacturer (1912–1921)
# SPAD VII, SPAD S.XII and SPAD S.XIII, French fighter planes of World War I produced by Soci!t! Pour L'Aviation et ses D!riv!s
# A-1 Skyraider, nicknamed Spad, an attack aircraft (1950s and 1960s)
# Simple Plastic Airplane Design, a type of radio-controlled airplane


The bolded out one seems the most likely!

chris_m

Signal passed at danger would predate all the rest methinks

That reminds me a a beautiful anomaly in the early Great Western Railway rulebook. Before the railways had standardised on signalling, etc, there were a few curious arrangements, often copied from harbour signalling.
Reading station had such a signal at the entrance, comprising a ball which was pulled up a pole when the station entrance was clear and lowered when it wasn't. The rulebook was vary clear about this - if the signal ball is visible, it is safe to pass it and enter the station. If the ball is not visible it is forbidden to pass it !!!
:rotfl:

PasturesNew

It always amazes me when people want to do jobs that ..... I have never, ever, heard of whatsoever before.

When I went to school the choices were simple. I was sat down for 2 minutes and asked: Do you want to be a nurse? a secretary? work in the factory? or work in a shop?

Boys were asked if they wanted to be a mechanic or join the army.

How/where do people even hear of these jobs .... ?

I still don't know what I want to do.

Pyxis

chris_m wrote: »

Signal passed at danger would predate all the rest methinks

That reminds me a a beautiful anomaly in the early Great Western Railway rulebook. Before the railways had standardised on signalling, etc, there were a few curious arrangements, often copied from harbour signalling.
Reading station had such a signal at the entrance, comprising a ball which was pulled up a pole when the station entrance was clear and lowered when it wasn't. The rulebook was vary clear about this - if the signal ball is visible, it is safe to pass it and enter the station. If the ball is not visible it is forbidden to pass it !!!
:rotfl:

Hands up anyone who isn't here! :rotfl:

vivatifosi

Hoorah! Congratulations to the nice kids!

I had no idea what a spad is too.

NPT, bearing the gift of random information since 2009.

PasturesNew

Pyxis wrote: »

Hands up anyone who isn't here! :rotfl:

I'm not sure if this microphone is working properly, so if you can't hear me let me know.

silvercar

DQWD. So elder did ....

LydiaJ

Pyxis wrote: »

That's interesting, because I'm the complete opposite! Names that I have, or have given to others are incredibly important!
It's one reason why I didn't change my name on marriage. (Just as well, as I'd have had to change it back on the divorce! Hahahaha!)
Even my pets have had names that were deliberated over for a while. They have to sound nice, mean something nice, have 'nice' letters in them, and look 'nice' when written down.

I spent forever choosing my usernames on here and elsewhere! :rotfl:

I know, I'm weird! :rotfl:

I'm like that too - apart from the visual appeal when written down - which isn't such a big deal to me. I am now curious to know how you chose "Pyxis" and what it means to you. So do tell, unless it would "out" your RL identity or otherwise compromise your privacy, in which case obviously not.

I seem to have initially overestimated how far DS had got along the "deciding" process. He is still considering and isn't sure how he's going to decide eventually.

Pyxis wrote: »

I have an smallish, old tin trunk that is my 'treasure box' and contains all my certifcates, and historic personal stuff, like my very first (little red booklet) driving licence and my expired passports, newspaper cuttings with me in, some primary and secondary school exercise books, and other stuff like that, meaningful and/or milestone stuff.
(Not financial stuff, not photos, just "My Life" stuff).

Your first driving licence was a little red booklet? You must be older than I have been imagining you!

Pyxis wrote: »

Wiki gives these............

# SPAD VII, SPAD S.XII and SPAD S.XIII, French fighter planes of World War I produced by Soci!t! Pour L'Aviation et ses D!riv!s

This was the only one of the list that I knew - comes of reading all my brother's extensive collection of Biggles books as a child!

silvercar

My (married) name is really short, yet people still get it wrong.

I've never had a problem with my birth and degree certificates being in my maiden name.

DS1 requested an extension to his dissertation deadline when my parent died, his lecturer asked for a copy of the death certificate. We supplied this, but of course the surname was my maiden name rather than DS's surname. The lecturer didn't seem bothered, so I guess any death certificate of anyone who had passed around that time would have sufficed!