[Misc] Your NSC Specialist Subject

[jcdenton08]

What does tl;Dr mean??

Too long;didn't read.

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

Too long;didn't read.

Yes,thanks I just googled it.

 

[Madafwo]

The finer workings of railways in the southern region is probably my area of expertise.

 

[jcdenton08]

The finer workings of railways in the southern region is probably my area of expertise.

Tell me this;

1. What do you make of Great British Railways?

2. A mate of mine is an engineer. He says changing the franchise will do **** all, because all the guys actually making the decisions which hurt Southern and their service are the same people from the Connex days?

 

[jimhigham]

Emeka Ifejiagwa's immigration fubar.

I'll get my coat...

 

[Madafwo]

Tell me this;

1. What do you make of Great British Railways?

2. A mate of mine is an engineer. He says changing the franchise will do **** all, because all the guys actually making the decisions which hurt Southern and their service are the same people from the Connex days?

1. It has the potential to make a difference, a lot of the modern railways is based around the blame game as to whose fault a delay was but time will tell. I'm not looking forward to it though, I imagine massive jobs cuts and re-organisations are coming which is not great when you've got a mortgage and you're the only income as the wife gave up work to look after the children.

2. Pretty much, every time the franchise changes we get new uniforms but the staff stay the same and there will usually be a management reshuffle, the trains might change colour as well. When the current system came in we went back to the same CEO that we had when it was Connex.

 

[Questions]

I consider myself an all rounder - a box to box midfielder or if truth be known I know very little but about lots of things.

 

[The Clamp]

I have little specialist knowledge but tend to absorb a fair bit of info about the things that interest me. Right now I am getting into the symphonies of Gustav Mahler. A lot of this info dissipates after a while though. my memory isn't great. I'm very much on of life's laymen.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

I’ve not done it for years but I suspect I’m the only member of NSC who spearfishes. I gather I’m the most active motorbike track day rider too. Once upon a time I would have claimed winter sports as my area of expertise having lived in the Alps for a decade.

 

[pastafarian]

Tell me this;

1. What do you make of Great British Railways?

2. A mate of mine is an engineer. He says changing the franchise will do **** all, because all the guys actually making the decisions which hurt Southern and their service are the same people from the Connex days?

Wait, what?
Southern has a service?

 

[Rowdey]

I'm a very good repair/install engineer of Viessmann, Vaillant and (repairs only..)Worcester boiler's..

Much like @bn9_bha work dominates and happy to be a bit geeky about it - The role of a Gas Heating Engineer/Plumber will change a fair bit over next 10/20 years and we'll need to be ready to change/retrain with it.
It's even more about Eco and Emissions and the elec/hydrogen swap over will be interesting. Hopefully 20% Hydrogen blend (with Methane) by end of decade, and full H2 by 2035..
Just need Air/Ground source heat pumps to be cheaper for the masses rather than just those who have a spare £10/15k currently..

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

I did consider putting a niche aspect of wine - say, Syrah or Alsatian Rieslings, but I know there are at least two people here who are knowledgeable too, and I don't know what their particular strong points are. Knowing my luck, it'll be Syrah &/or Alsatian Rieslings.

How about Alsatian Pinot Gris?

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

The “didaktische Schauspiele” of Bertolt Brecht......... but I’d probably have to read them again.

 

[Gwylan]

The “didaktische Schauspiele” of Bertolt Brecht......... but I’d probably have to read them again.

I could probably match you there - I have them all on a shelf behind me. I wanted to do the Life and Plays of Brecht as my specialist subject on Mastermind, but they wouldn't let me as it had already been done

 

[clapham_gull]

Excel, I love excel.

Oh and monitors...since working from home, i've found myself reading more and more about them.

Both imply a lot about me. Nothing positive either

Excel, used to teach a bit but now have moved over to the power query way of working and now advise punters not to learn formulas cos 99% of the time you simply don't need them.

If you have access to remote data sources, like databases or cloud bases services (or other peoples spreadsheets) it's revolutionary.

I'm replaced evil macro based vanity formula nonsense with easily maintainable workbooks.

And if anyone wants to know about subtitles I'm your man.

 

[Pevenseagull]

out of date bioremediation procedures for contaminated 'brown field' sites in Eastern Europe

or Cystic Fibrosis

or guitar pedals

 

[Pevenseagull]

......

Oh and the game Deus Ex

Christ, I wish I'd seen your comment a year ago

 

[jcdenton08]

1. It has the potential to make a difference, a lot of the modern railways is based around the blame game as to whose fault a delay was but time will tell. I'm not looking forward to it though, I imagine massive jobs cuts and re-organisations are coming which is not great when you've got a mortgage and you're the only income as the wife gave up work to look after the children.

2. Pretty much, every time the franchise changes we get new uniforms but the staff stay the same and there will usually be a management reshuffle, the trains might change colour as well. When the current system came in we went back to the same CEO that we had when it was Connex.

Thank you.

 

[jcdenton08]

Christ, I wish I'd seen your comment a year ago

Check the username.

Are we talking original or Human Revolution era? Either way this is my Mastermind.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I don't have any specialist subject but I do have the ability to ramble on about a particular subject for hours on end.
Once I'm off I literally cannot stop talking,even when I can see the person I'm talking too is bored I still can't stop,and even when I'm boring myself I still can't seem to stop.
My ability also manifests in the workplace to,as I have lost at least 2 jobs because I spent too much time talking about not much in particular.
NSC is fortunate I am not too good with tech and my WiFi is slow,otherwise each post would be a couple of pages long if it's a subject I'm interested in.
So Im not a specialist but I am envious of those that are and I take my hat off to them.
Even more so if they are a specialist because of a hobby or interest away from their chosen profession.

Take a test to see if you are on the aspergers/autism spectrum. I did, 6 months ago (on Mrs T's prompting). I scored 27/32. 'Not on the spectrum' are scores from 0-8

Not sure what to do about this 'news' to be honest. It explains.....everything. But it isn't something that can be rinsed away, it seems.