User talk:Jmb

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Welcome!

Hello, Jmb, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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[edit] A vs an

No, "an RAF" should be used rather than "a RAF". An is used rather than a before a word starting with a vowel or vowel sound. As "RAF" is pronounced "R", "A", "F", and not as "raff", and thus starts with a vowel sound, an is the correct form.

See A, an and compare google searches on "a RAF" vs. "an RAF".

Sc147 15:48, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cable landing point

I've replied on my talk page. WLD 12:08, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thank you

Thank you for all of the names of people who were diagnosed with breast cancer. I've added some of them and am still working on the many others.

Since you have been very kind to provide this information, I wonder if you could add a comment about the fact that certain people want to merge the List of notable breast cancer patients according to occupation and the List of notable breast cancer patients according to survival status. The occupation list is much more comprehensive, but that's the one that they want to delete. The survival status is more basic, but it serves a vital purpose in allowing anyone interested to quickly ignore those who have died and concentrate on the living - either for charity purposes or just for inspiration without depression as might happen if a person was viewing a list that was interspersed with the dead as well as the living.

It seems as though some people are voting to merge the lists without even indicating why and without even bothering to appear to read the reasons given for one or the other choice and responding to those reasons. I'm not that expert, but it seems as though it would be a total waste of time to just delete all of that vital information just because people, who probably have not been affected by breast cancer, don't realize the value of both lists.

I'm tired of arguing with some of these people over what appear to be petty issues when I could be actually working to make wikipedia more comprehensive. It makes me wonder if some of these people are just full-time critics rather than contributors.

Thanks again for all of your leads!Bcsurvivor 22:27, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Done. I put a long list from the DNB on your page then realised it was on the User Page rather than Discussion Page so deleted it though you can still get it from history. If you want more details on any of the names on the list then contact me and I can look up in the DNB. --jmb 23:10, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Thank you so much. I just read what you wrote re: the merge, and I really appreciate it. Also, I did find that long list of all of those names, and I was amazed. I have added a few, and I'm going to work on more tomorrow. I really appreciate it because it can be hard to find out who was diagnosed with breast cancer. Thanks again! Bcsurvivor 03:44, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dangerous Energy - List of ROF's

Hi Jmb, thanks for your comments.

I have Dangerous Energy - a great book, it was some 12 months late comming out due to the run down of the Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England and its absorption into English Heritage. I bought it full price in 2000, its now greatly reduced (less than 25% of list price). I also have Nevell, Roberts & Smith, and I'm listed in the Subscribers (but not as Pyrotec!).

I have to agree that ROF Capenhurst, etc, which are in Cocroft's list, are missing from the Wikipeda List of ROFs - Capenhurst became a nuclear site. I've tended to use the Official Histories of the Second War War, Civil Series, some of which I listed in some of the individual ROF pages; and they are not complete. It would have been easier to use Cocroft, I just got into the habit of doing it the way I'd always done it. I also discovered a remaindered book on 20th century Industrial Archaeology, by Stratton and Trinder, which includes some ROFs.

I started working on railways in Scotland, just for a change, but I'm coming back onto doing some more ROFs. Pyrotec 21:50, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

OK. I saw it later listed as a reference for one of the ROF pages. All the English Heritage books tend to be late out - there is one on WWII radar that has been promised for the last few years but still no sign of it appearing. I only came across the Civil Series when someone found one secondhandin a gift shop for a few quid! I am watching out for any others now as I would like to get some of them. I started mysewlf listing radar stations on a Wiki page, I think I have all the Chain Home stations and when I get time will add a list of Chain Home Low, perhaps later add pages with photographs for the ones i have visited. --jmb 22:48, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

I have Works & Buildings; Labour in the Munitions Industries; Factories & Plant; Contracts & Finance; and, Administration of War Production - but for 45 to 55-ish year old books, they are quite expensive from 2nd hand internet bookshops, and still a few more to get. Southampton Univ still has a complete set on its shelves! Pyrotec 22:07, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I take it that you have seen that there are some site visits to ROF sites on the Sub Brit website? --jmb 10:43, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the web link. I was a member of Sub Brit from about 1979 to 1985, but dropped out. I came across their ROF Sywnnerton visit a year or so ago, but lost their web link; I see they have also have Trecwn.

I was at ROF Chorley this Wednesday so I took a small number of photos, for possible uploading. Pyrotec 22:07, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Halliwell

Hello,

I was editing other things in the Halliwell Article, and didn't take notice of the Date of Death. I Googled him and the sources that give the 29th are mostly taking their info from Wiki. But the DNB date seems far more reliable. Please have the honor of changing it in the Article.

Regards,

Michael David 15:17, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

OK done, I put the full name of the hospice there as well. I don't know if you are aware but you can get online access to the DNB and other reference sources through many public libraries. Several give online membership even if you do not live in the area, including Bedfordshire and Manchester.

Thank you for the reference source tip - I am going to look into it here.

By the way, I, too, remember typewriters - I did all of my college work on one. Also, I'll do you one better on the rotary telephones; I remember when you would pick up the receiver and a voice would ask you "number please".

I also dream of visiting Scotland one day.

Be healthy,

Michael David 17:57, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I just found the thingies with the typewriter and rotary phone somewhere in Wiki. I only just gave up my rotary phone a month ago when I retired. Two weeks out of three I was on call 24/7 and found the bell on the old 760 rotary phone would wake me better than the bleeps of modern phones so kept it (the company paid the rental). If you join Bedfordshire Library you get your ID/password immediately, Manchester post the card. It might be worth checking your own local library as most just use their library card number. There are some very good sources available online through them. --jmb 20:07, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Jmb,

Is the E-mail address on your User Page still active; and, if it is, would you mind if I communicated with you that way - just to chat?

Michael David 21:35, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

If you follow the link to My Site you will find an EMail address. --jmb 23:26, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Burghead mast

Please see note at Talk:Burghead transmitting station re {reqphotoin|Scotland}. I was passing and am not sure if the image is appropriate. Ben MacDui 08:35, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

OK - thanks. I 've put the image on the article page. Ben MacDui 17:18, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Test Area

Commando Memorial	Sir Jimmy Savile	XLR-LNE Plug	Mince Pie
Mince Pie	Bungee cords	Group of XLR connectors	XLR4 connectors
XLR4 connectors	Inverlochy Castle	Inverlochy Castle	British Red Cross ESU and EMU in Inverness
Badge of 72nd, or Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders, Regiment of Foot	Caledonian Canal

Caledonian Canal

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[edit] Notes

^ Pether, John (1998). The Post Office at War. Bletchley Park Trust, 25.

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[edit] Tristan da Cunha

It was nice to read your comments about the article in the telegraph today. It's got me intrigued but I haven't read it. Perhaps you have time to put the information into Tristan da Cunha. SuzanneKn 21:40, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

I'll see if anyone with no knowledge of the place incorporates it into the main article. --jmb 22:42, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] TEST

Test

[edit] Poll options on Fred Dibnah's birthplace

I've started a poll on Talk:Fred_Dibnah with four options for his birthplace area. As you've left posts on that discussion page, I'm letting you know about this Poll and the chance to vote one of the options. Cwb61 (talk) 23:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Penmon / Puffin Island

I see you've carried out your suggestion for me already! Thanks again for your very helpful links to the NS pages - I can see myself doing little work this afternoon as I read through what's there! Bencherlite 13:26, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

The other historical site has a mass of information on it if you dig around. Other sites to check on historical stuff are Old Maps, RCAHMW, COFLEIN. You might find something at GENUKI, they often have old directories. I spent nearly a year at Llanddona (many years ago). --jmb 15:29, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RNGF Westhoughton

Hi Jmb, That was not a question that I had come across before. I did a search and found this [1]. So it looks like it is WW I era. I'll start looking at WW I, to see what else comes up; but I won't have much time to do anything in June. Pyrotec 01:07, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I found the same one in the Bolton Evening News which confirmed the name. This is the message that was posted.

I am doing some research into the Royal Naval Gun Factory with was at James Street Westhoughton. It was built around 1909 and I have here a booklet on the Particulars of the Factory which was to be sold by auction in 1924.

There were some houses built in Church Street and they were the Admiralty Houses, built for the employees of the Gun Works.

There were several large electric overhead travelling cranes and the factory was equipped with very sophisticated Power Plant for the time.

There are some references to Royal Gun Factories at the end of the 19th Century and nothing matches on RNGF in the TNA. I have suggested she ask the Museum of Naval Firepower to see if they know anything. --jmb 08:04, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] C vs BNC connector

Concerning the image PICT7389 trimmed-C.jpg and your comment "Restore page, incorrect removal of picture, They are C connectors, I took the picture and know the difference between a C and BNC." from the C connector page, the description of the picture states, "This shows the similarity between 50Ω and 75Ω BNC connectors.". If these connectors are C connectors, then they are incorrectly described as BNC connectors. Unsigned comment "04:24, 16 June 2007 Fl295 (Talk | contribs) (14,912 bytes)"

The picture on the C Connector is of 50 ohm and 75 ohm C connectors, the picture on the BNC connector page is of 50 ohm and 75 ohm connectors. They are two different pictures. They are in a Greenpar ISA box. I took the pictures because many people are unaware that are very similar connectors available in the two impedances - the red colour is just a way of displaying the difference on the ISA adaptors and not used on actual connectors. --jmb 07:59, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

I understand. My confusion came from the description on the picture's own page that was copied from Wikimedia Commons, "C Connectors. This shows the similarity between 50Ω and 75Ω BNC connectors. The red ones are 75Ω (only coloured because part of a kit of Inter Series Adaptors. It can be seen that the inner pin of the 50Ω plug is bigger than the 75Ω plug which causes damage if incorrectly used." Perhaps the image's description can be corrected? Fl295 13:37, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

Corrected (I think!). --jmb 17:37, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Image:131-3176 IMG 1 radar suit.jpg

Hello. The image Image:131-3176 IMG 1 radar suit.jpg which you uploaded is marked with a copyright tag which means you cannot release under a free license. The alternative would be to reupload the image without the copyright and release under an attribution license, something like {{Cc-by-2.5}}. Let me know if you need any help with this. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 03:48, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

I always select

"Own work, attribution required (Multi-licence with GFDL and Creative Commons CC-BY 3.0)"

because it is the only option including "attribution", I don't mind putting my photos on Wikipedia and else then letting people use them provided they attribute the source. I try to mark any pictures that I publish with my name to identify the origin if reproduced elsewhere. --jmb 06:53, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

Fair enough but per Wikipedia:Image use policy, watermarked images will end up being deleted because the watermark is distracting and potentially misleading. Note that the watermark itself would be trivial to erase for anyone intent on not attributing you as the source so the protection it gives is minimal. You have uploaded a number of quality images and I really hope that you can reconsider. Cheers, Pascal.Tesson 14:26, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] lancs elec power comp

Thanks for creating this topic. I rarely have the opportunity to visit libraries and as you can imagine info on such an old company is difficult to find ont'internet. If theres anything in your information sources about the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal, even if its just the location of the transfer of coal from the canal to the station, it would be fantastic if you could contribute to that. Parrot of Doom 17:16, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

If you want, I can scan some pages and send to you. The book was published by a company specialising in Lancashire history and is A4 with soft-cover, sort of magazine format so quite inexpensive. --jmb 23:05, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

That would be interesting reading. Please email me when convenient, theres no rush, you can contact me at the 'email this user' link address in the toolbox section. The canals are my main interest, but as I find more history along their length I find myself creating more and more articles on these elements... Parrot of Doom 13:04, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

I was trying to remember how you send a proper Email here! I will scan some pages later and send to you. --jmb 14:43, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Black Down decoy

Hi & thanks for your comment. I've replied on my talkpage.Pyrotec (talk) 20:02, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the reference, I now have a copy of Fields of Deception - there's some good reading in it.Pyrotec (talk) 20:25, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Invitation

Hello there

I see you are interested in the Life On Mars Television Series, as I am.

At the moment I have A Life On Mars Wikiproject currently up for approval by the Wikiproject Approval Council. As you are interested in Life On Mars I was wondering if you would be interested in adding your name and joining. If you are interested you can find it on Wikipedia: WikiProject Council/Proposals its right at the very bottom you cant miss it as its titled ‘Wikipedia: Wikiproject Life on Mars (Television Series)’. And after your name is added to Wikiproject propsals please add it to the main page Wikipedia:Wikiproject Life On Mars

If you are interested by all means feel free to join

Regards

Police,Mad,Jack —Preceding comment was added at 20:28, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image:J M Briscoe27 01 2008-15 56 16-03133 AQUA BOY.jpg

Could you upload Image:J M Briscoe27 01 2008-15 56 16-03133 AQUA BOY.jpg again without the watermark credits? As it currently stands, as it is a user-created image, it is in violation of Wikipedia's image use policy, and subject to deletion. SchuminWeb (Talk) 19:33, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Conversion

100 metres (328 feet)