I was there mid year in 1992 and the weather was a bit drizzly but not cold.

I too, took an ex wife and we ate veal schnitzel and declared it excellent.

We walked down the main street afterwards and watched all the local toffs in their evening dress on their way to the theatres and opera.

Very classy.

I really want the goat.

Behind the funny name of horny goat weed stands a time-tested aphrodisiac that increases libido in men and women, and improves erectile function in men. Known also as Epimedium or Yin Yang Huo, horny goat weed was first described in ancient classical Chinese medicinal texts. Today, horny goat weed holds an important place in Traditional Chinese Medicine and is gaining popularity around the world.

Used by practitioners for over 2,000 years, horny goat weed is several species of epimedium, a leafy plant which grows in the wild, most abundantly at higher altitudes. The leaves of the plant contain a variety of flavonoids, polysaccharides, sterols and an alkaloid called magnaflorine. And while the exact way that horny goat weed works remains unknown, the plant has long been employed to restore sexual fire, boost erectile function, allay fatigue and alleviate menopausal discomfort.

I haven't reached menopause yet.

And shouldn't it be called womenopause?

I was there mid year in 1992 and the weather was a bit drizzly but not cold.

I too, took an ex wife and we ate veal schnitzel and declared it excellent.

We walked down the main street afterwards and watched all the local toffs in their evening dress on their way to the theatres and opera.

Very classy.

a schnitzel in Vienna?...then it must've been a wienerschnizel...in the US they have a different idea; there useta be places called 'die wienerschnizel' (pronounced weenerschnizel) where they sold hot dogs with sauerkraut...not very good ones, I might add...

there is a connection in US gastronomy between vienna sausages and wieners...then there was the inevitable connection with the male organ as in the languid sex partner sighing: ' gimme yer weener...'

And weiner dogs, don't forget weiner dogs....

^That one looks a little underdone to me.

‎If you've ever worked with Chinese engineers you may understand the logic in the following.......

1. Open Google Maps (Get directions)

2: Type China as your starting point A

3: Type Taiwan as your destination B

4: Read step 48

‎If you've ever worked with Chinese engineers you may understand the logic in the following.......

1. Open Google Maps (Get directions)

2: Type China as your starting point A

3: Type Taiwan as your destination B

4: Read step 48

Oh, Gawd - don't talk to me about Chinese engineers. Worse than Thai engineers, if that's possible.

Example - last year.

A colleague on another power station asked my advice - about flues from a coal-fired plant being erected.

Normal way is to build the wind-shield first. This is a large concrete structure that contains several flues. It has internal platforms every twenty or so metres, up to the top, say 120 metres high. You put a winch at the top and insert the first can (hollow flue tube about 5m high and 2m diameter) in the bottom. Winch lifts it, slide in the next, lower the first back onto the second, join by welding or whatever, lift both, proceed till finished. Start on second flue, third, fourth. Finish. Simple.

The scheme from the Chinese involved adding a large chamber at the base of the wind-shield, with an air-driven lift. This would raise the can already inserted. I asked how they thought they'd get the next can in. They thought for a few minutes, then said they'd get back to me. I'm still waiting. The flues are not yet built.

^or they could erect the flues/ducts first then import 100s of coolies to put up the 150m concrete windscreen (laymen call it the smoke stack) afterwards using the usual bamboo scaffolding...100s perish, just like the railways in the american west...

:lol:

(not really, folks...it's just that I got a chinese sub-contractor responsible for a big chunk of the work on the project whose makin' my life a misery...)

Its called being innovative HB, not necessarily successful, however innovative.

Its called being innovative HB, not necessarily successful, however innovative.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm just a simple civil engineer ('simple' being the operative word) believing that if it ain't broke, don't try to fix it. And that the simpler you design something, the easier it is to make.