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Recent content by Ediswan

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    20 mph Zones - Extend or Eliminate?

    Interesting idea. Against, the scale would be cramped at 20 mph, so harder to read.
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    20 mph Zones - Extend or Eliminate?

    I once reached 56 mph on a long downhill. That was a touring bike, not a racer with skinny tyres. (It was a wide straight road with no potholes or side turnings.)
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    How do TOCs identify fraudulent railcards?

    This was discussed a while back. I recall the conclusion was that while there may be checks that the long passport number is plausible (format, check characters), there was no check that the details were genuine.
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    Redcar Level Crossing Accident (01/05)

    There was a whole thread about these barriers a while back. Maybe somebody will have more luck finding it than I have.
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    Anyone know what these mean ?

    Dendrochronology ?
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    Anyone know what these mean ?

    A friend bought similar sleepers. The eventual conclusion was that their markers were year and/or type of wood. It looks like they can have multiple meanings.
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    Donald Trump and the aftermath of his presidency

    No such thing. The Supreme Court can, and has, overruled its own previous decisions.
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    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    I was watching 'live' on iPlayer. The context was activity on the border between Rwanda and 'Congo'. Of the two, only DR Congo borders Rwanda.
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    Hertford N Line closed - tree down

    The National Rail page has Gordon Hill in the URL. Make of that what you will. https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service-disruptions/gordon-hill-20240423/
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    Thameslink double charging keycard holder

    Today I receieved an email about the introduction of KeyGo weekly capping. A 'week' is defined thus:
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    Rishi Sunak and the Conservative Party.

    The nearest thing I can think of is PIP assessments. Those do not have a good repututaion for speed, convenience, or accuracy. It could become another outsourcing gravy train.
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    You know you’re getting older when……

    ABBA, Waterloo, on Dial-a-disc.
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    Generational Smoking Bans

    The proposed ban, as linked in post #66, would apply to: (c) would be a bit of a nuisance. Cigarette papers are handy as very thin shims for model engineering. Rizla Blue are very close to 0.001". I note there would be a statutory defence that would cover this.
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    Keir Starmer and the Labour Party

    Do we even know if it was written or verbal advice ?

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