Friday, September 17, 2010

1.21 jigawats...? GREAT SCOTT!!!

So you may know that the town I was born in back in the UK is Oldham in Lancashire; but what you may not know is that I grew up in Royton, a small suburb of Oldham.

The village of Royton stands halfway between Oldham and Rochdale, and comprises of a small shopping precint, a library and a public swimming pool.

Since a very young age, I've always thought some of the features of Royton were very familiar.

Allow me to explain:One of the main landmarks of Royton is the clock tower:










This is situated on the roof of the Royton Public Library, which lies next to a zebra crossing:















(I've highlighted the yellow of the crossing lights to give a clearer idea of exactly where the crossing is).

Now, the road which this crossing lies on is called Rochdale Road. It is a very straight, flat road.

Here is what I have always thought: I can use the zebra crossing (and its proximity to the clock tower) to travel through time.

1. I need to find a car that is fast enough and contains time circuits and a flux-capacitor, I'm thinking of something like this:
















2. I need to be able to predict when a bolt of lightning will strike the clock tower. I'm not sure how I will do this yet but I'm working on it. When I have this information, I will arrange for some electical cable to be ran from the clock tower down to a cable arranged between the posts of the zebra crossing.

3. I park the De Lorean at this junction:


















The start point is also marked on the 2 following photographs in yellow (with the clock tower highlighted in green):































4. I accelerate the De Lorean from the start point, and time it just right so that I hit the cable - and the bolt of lightning - when the car reaches 88mph. This will create a chain-reaction and will supply the 1.21 jigawatts necessary to achieve time travel. Easy really.























PS. Strangely enough, a few years back I played the Royton Assembly Hall - a stone's throw from the zebra crossing - with my old band Delta 7, and we did indeed play Johnny B. Goode. A bit like this:

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