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Haven't ever had need to use one myself but was near when one was pulled on a Networker, a few years ago. The morning London commuter train had just left a station, there were a few seats left. A man in a suit and a man in a tracksuit were about to compete for the last seat. The man in the...

30s brigade! Although surely there must be some other women on here?

Season's greetings and many thanks and well wishes to all who run the forum and all who contribute! Massive thanks to those in orange also.

Hopefully ticket acceptance on Chiltern and a hop to Aylesbury could be arranged if you are stuck there.

It also looks now like the slows are blocked in and out of Euston this morning too, from the messages from LM and Virgin.

The housing would potentially be on top of the depot and therefore some of the cost of covering over would be part paid for by the developer- eg Westfield White City, above sidings there. Similar plans are also being looked at for Parsons Green on the District Line. Sadly if fares cannot be...

Yes- both! The case is a strong one (makes the phone quite big from its original size but that's ok!) and the screen protector is a plastic cheap "£2 for 5" Amazon type one which has lasted a long time! The phone feels a lot better when not encased, but I drop things or spill things often...

Other people do technology, but they have gone further than that and have entered a reality where words make no sense and spaffling them around is the order of the day.

As stated previously in the thread, there are no extra hours available other than 16 per week, Friday and Saturday nights.

On your MK one, Streatham is missing one 'a' - but this is really good and very useful for people who are familiar with Spider Maps! Excellent stuff.

I've taken advantage of the VTWC Seat Sale and got some First Class tickets for a few trips. Could anyone give me any idea of what the catering would be like on board these services? The Virgin Trains website doesn't explicitly say what time trains the different meals are on, or what hot and...

Mackerel baked with lemon and paprika, and a green salad.

Paprika and pork sausage tomato and mushroom pasta and slow-cooker rice pudding.

Eastcote (LU)

I applied for an LU rostering/timetabling position. Initial sift used SHL tests in numerical literacy and interpreting information along with CV check-over. At testing day, had a number of timetable based tests using different paper systems with multiple choice answers. Then a maths paper...