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Recent content by Ediswan

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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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    Buy before you board…

    Yes. GoHenry is one example.
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    Keir Starmer and the Labour Party

    At the speed the legal process moves, is there any chance of being found guilty before the GE ?
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    Ticket machines: Why has QWERTY been abandoned?

    Is that a cross between the works of H.P. Lovecraft and J.K. Rowling ?
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    A scam phone calls and emails discussion.

    Apparently, my TV Licence has just expired, mid month, in the middle of the afternoon. That is the fourth time so far this year.
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    Ticket machines: Why has QWERTY been abandoned?

    Unlike QWERTY, there is no consistent standard ABC layout. There might be two rows, or three, or four, or five. Or even a hybrid as below. Every machine with ABC is a game of 'spot the layout'.
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    The "And in other news..." thread

    Forum rules call for:
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    Annoying television adverts...

    Ii get the analogy, but it doesn't work well, at least for me. A real Jack In The Box always contains something, the suspense is when it will pop up.
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    Passport Rules

    The BBC article quotes Simon Calder as saying "easily a couple of hundred people a day" are being affected. Some warnings are worth repeating.
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    Collision of cargo ship with, and collapse of, Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore (26/03)

    Ships have been hitting bridges for decades. I rather suspect there was a plan for closing the bridge to road traffic.

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