PeaTear Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Hi all. Thought I would introduce myself. Just bought a spitfire mkiv thats going to be a running restoration for me, so prepare yourselves for plenty of questions 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Welcome fella. Excellent knowledge on here but not from me as I’m a noob too. Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qu1ckn1ck Posted April 16, 2018 Report Share Posted April 16, 2018 Hi and welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjit Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Just to answer your first couple of questions... It's probably a bad earth. They all do that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amphletize Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Welcome! I recommend getting familiar with the forum search, most of the things I've come across on my Spitfire have already been asked and answered in detail! Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Simon, Yes, the search facility is a bit "clunky" but persistence proves fruitful. I frequently recall that "somebody" said "something" about a particular topic but, can I find it?!! Well, yes, eventually. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amphletize Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Doug, I've found a good scroll through the results eventually turn up what you're looking for, it's actually quite good if you figure out the right words to put in! Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Simon, Yes, it's just me, I'm old, short tempered and with a limited attention span, there's no hope! Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Here's an illustration of how the forum works. The member needing the information is the red line and at the red circle he posts a question. The other forum members (black) converge on this spot almost immediately. For an amazingly short time question (red) and answers (black) are almost relevant, then the answers head away off on a strange path that goes nowhere near what we actually require to know, before finally being firmly brought back to intersect the red line again with a proper and hopefully correct answer. After that the thread disappears away off at an angle, never to return, while the original poster continues on his path with a lot of head scratching at what actually went on. People have got Nobel Prizes for less. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 49 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said: TPeople have got Nobel Prizes for less. Colin, Are you talking about Pete Lewis's Thread Drift Prize from the COM? Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTV8 Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 Welcome, enjoy your new car ! whatever the graphs say..... questions are good, ask away .... Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 17, 2018 Report Share Posted April 17, 2018 3 hours ago, dougbgt6 said: Colin, Are you talking about Pete Lewis's Thread Drift Prize from the COM? Doug No, I was talking about my intensive research and subsequent theory of post drift - move over John Nash - but as I can't give Pete a Nobel prize, I'll just give him a Nobel as a prize instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeaTear Posted April 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 Haha thanks guys, you lot are nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 I agree with colins graph apart from its upside down We always conned out of adverse trends by presenting graphs upside down as long as it went up there no questions And nuts we are not, old and senior moments prevail frequenly, prompted by over entusiasm and strong tea Its a great place to loose your sanity Thanks for the Noble but it dosnt do anything for me Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 18, 2018 Report Share Posted April 18, 2018 Ok, since you're going to be pedantic. Happy now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougbgt6 Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 On 17/04/2018 at 0:50 PM, Colin Lindsay said: Here's an illustration of how the forum works. The member needing the information is the red line and at the red circle he posts a question. The other forum members (black) converge on this spot almost immediately. For an amazingly short time question (red) and answers (black) are almost relevant, then the answers head away off on a strange path that goes nowhere near what we actually require to know, before finally being firmly brought back to intersect the red line again with a proper and hopefully correct answer. After that the thread disappears away off at an angle, never to return, while the original poster continues on his path with a lot of head scratching at what actually went on. Actually that graph more accurately fits what you said. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted April 19, 2018 Report Share Posted April 19, 2018 Only if you MUST read from left to right, as opposed to right / left. I was thinking of our international members too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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