Recent content by takno

I suspect the problem with them is that some people have no issue with them at all, but for people who do have a problem the problem is that they are extraordinarily uncomfortable, and can result in pain which can last for hours afterwards. I think for me it's probably the way that it actively...

Kensington Olympia has a split footbridge with paid and unpaid sides doesn't it? You can get in on either side, but you wouldn't need to leave and go back in to cjs he platforms

I think part of the problem is also that these were skilled jobs, and 25 years down the line there's hardly anybody left in the workforce who even remembers doing them at a senior level. I know there are people who still swear that mining is in their blood, but I'd really prefer at least a City...

They might as well just say they want to ban pride flags. Not much use in a dog whistle if everybody can hear it anyway.

That will deal with all the wicked people flying saltires and flags with dragons on them.

That certainly would be more of a factor, but we definitely had bags of Coop-branded frozen chicken sometimes at Iceland when I worked there, and the outside of the box was labelled right, so I doubt the depot would have been able to stop it.

Ahh okay. I knew it was more or less universal but I had apparently forgotten it was compulsory, in spite of talking to English teachers on an almost daily basis. The Scottish schools system by contrast seems to spit kids out into university before they're ready to be adults, and waste money on...

I don't think you have to stay in school past 16 in England or Scotland. There's just no support for you if you leave school at 16 and don't go into a job, and the overwhelming majority of kids stay on to 18 in some form.

Are you suggesting we kill the elderly, or send them to Rwanda or something? We all know that a shrinking population overall could have a number of financial and environmental benefits if a greater proportion of them are working productively, but you haven't put anything on the table which can...

The code D in CIF is used for diesel and steam haulage. Reversals and changes of motive power are perfectly doable within the timetabling system, so I'd guess it's just because steam is always a weird edge case which it isn't worth supporting another "normal" code for.

I don't think anybody seriously thinks Badenoch will see out the year, possibly including Badenoch although I haven't ever seen any indication that she thinks seriously at all. The problem they have is that there isn't really anybody better waiting in the wings. Jenrick is in many ways even more...

I think the interesting problem is the Green vote for Labour at the moment. As you say what essentially appears to be happening with Reform is that the right-wing vote is coalescing around them and they will replace the Conservatives as the main right wing party at the next election. Labour...

Start by looking at booking.com or Expedia. There are hotels in other countries which aren't on there, but not to the same extent as Travelodge or PI. For chains it's usually worth booking them direct from their own websites once you've found one you like. Bear in mind that the points can...

Paying the hackers isn't actually a solution. If data has been encrypted then often a decrypt key won't actually be available, and in any case the data won't be trustworthy once decrypted, and if customer data is being held to ransom then there's very little chance the attackers will delete it...

Not a massive fan of bookmarklets, but I'd suggest this modification: Which, when run, removes TOCs which aren't on the current page from the select altogether