Oh, I get it, it's the lowest part of the train wheel, below the actual contact point between wheel and track. Because the actual wheel is larger, the motion it makes is bigger than the actual forward motion, making part of it go backward , if that makes sense. I don't know how else to explain it really. I'm sure it has a name, I've heard it before, but can't quite remember it.
There is no darkness, there is no light, there is only Lasagne!
Yes indeed, you got itOriginally Posted by AimusSage
It makes perfect sense: The wheel rim (lowest part of the wheel in the attached picture) will pass below the rail surface and momentarily, once every revolution, move backwards.
/Claes
Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
I think Aimus is referring to the lower edge of the wheel, which rotates backwards as the train moves forwards.
EDIT: Why am I so darn SLOW??
Por una cabeza
Si ella me olvida
Qué importa perderme
Mil veces la vida
Para qué vivir
btw, the answer to my car riddle:
was NOISEWhat is that which goes with a car, comes with a car, is of no use to a car, and yet the car cannot go without it?
But Pendragon - your license plate answer was very good
Beneath the blue of oblivion, the sacred water
sings nothing - not your name, not mine(Lorca)
You're not, it's me being fast(Note the racing gear in my avatar picture
Seriously: Simultaneous posting... I must have beaten you to it by mere seconds.
/Claes
Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
Nice one, Claes. Although technically speaking, my reversed locomotive, which is normal for trains around here, (track runs within 1/4 mile of the house), met your criteria, and while it was not the answer you sought, it was a correct answer.
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Yes, I'll give you an extra point for that one
/Claes
Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."
Let me see if I can get this to post right: Read the following correctly:
STAND.....TAKE...........TO..........WORLD
....I..........YOU........THROW..........THE
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
A wild guess, perhaps.
I throw you to the world, take stand!
I know this one, but will not spoil it.
There is no darkness, there is no light, there is only Lasagne!
No, dear Maddie. Although word positioning does have a lot to do with how to read it at that!
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Well, Aimus, mon ami, you might as well have answered!
Look at the words, and notice how each is carefully positioned. That is crucial to reading this coded message. Then things become so simple: Thus:
I understand you undertake to overthrow the underword.
Now can you read these two--properly?
wurds
gege
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Did anyone even Try to do these? They aren't rocket science.
The first one is what? Misspelled words
The second one is what? Scrambled eggs
You make them too hard when they are really simple!
Read this, correctly:r|e|a|d|i|n|g
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
Reading between the lines.
But, of course! Very good, Maddie! Now a little picture quiz:
The bull in the picture just swallowed a bomb. Describe that in one word.
Unfortunatly, it exploded. This is all that is left. Describe it in one word.
And remember, nothing is ever what it seems....
Last edited by Pendragon; 09-14-2006 at 11:56 AM.
Some of us laugh
Some of us cry
Some of us smoke
Some of us lie
But it's all just the way
that we cope with our lives...
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