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  1. Ilove165's

    Which famous person have you met

    My mum has also aksed if the two girls from The Human League were from the Nolan Sisters to **** them off, and told a pre-Wham! George Michael that he was crap when he bumped into her and one of her mates in a nightclub...
  2. Ilove165's

    Which famous person have you met

    My dad once sold computers to East 17 many years ago (long before he joined the RAF), my mum has had drinks with Dale Winton, I've met Neil Warnock (ex-Sheffield United manager, now at Crystal Palace), seen Boy George in Trafalgar Sqaure earlier this year too..
  3. Ilove165's

    Which famous person have you met

    My nan nearly got run over by Sean Connery out in Marbella a few years ago...closest I've ever got to meeting someone who's played Bond :lol:
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    Which famous person have you met

    Lets see... Roger Black (athlete) Colin Jackson (athlete) Alan Ball (footballer) Daley Thompson (athlete) Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards (skiier) Lawrence Dallagilo (rugby player/coach) Lee something or other from Blue There aresome more, I just can't seem to remember though...
  5. Ilove165's

    Locals station names

    The amount of times I've had people ask me how to get to Swakeleys (Hillingdon in new money)...
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    What would your heritage railway livery be?

    Mine would be: NSE (165s, 168/0s(fantasy), 50s with matching Mk.2s) IC Swallow (37s, 47s with matching Mk.2s, HSTs, 91s with matching Mk.4s) Regional Railways (156s, 158s, 165s and 168s for a bit of fantasy...)
  7. Ilove165's

    Which spilt up train service would you most like to see reinstated?

    The old GCR before the Beeching cuts...it would make getting to Manchester a whole lot easier for me!
  8. Ilove165's

    Seen any famous people on trains recently?

    Not on a train as such, but me and a friend bumped into a grumpy looking Tim Shoveller at St. Pancras back in August. We didn't realise until my mate said 'bloody hell, that was Tim Shoveller!'
  9. Ilove165's

    errm....

    Indeed it did, all those problems are now being rectified
  10. Ilove165's

    What are you listening to?

    The Smiths - How Soon Is Now? Then: The Jam - News Of The World
  11. Ilove165's

    What are you listening to?

    Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express (with a 168 howling by as it goes past my house...)
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    Adverts that really "grind your gears" :P

    Those ads for turning gold into cash...maybe I should start one too, I'd be rich quick! :D
  13. Ilove165's

    What are you listening to?

    China Crisis - King In A Catholic Style (Wake Up)
  14. Ilove165's

    66841/66842

    One would presume the Colas house colours of dayglo orange and yellow
  15. Ilove165's

    Showers in Stations

    AFAIK Euston and EDB(?) has them for use by sleeper pasengers
  16. Ilove165's

    What are you listening to?

    CkY - As The Tables Turn
  17. Ilove165's

    Best/worse thing you have won?

    Try a poster of the Vulcan at Windemere after I was the only one to land it on the runway (using MS Flight Sim 04) at Leuchars airshow last month ;)
  18. Ilove165's

    Desktop thread

    Using my dad's laptop atm, but I thought I'd personalize it while I've got it... http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm258/jaguargr3/IMG_0897-2.jpg
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    Are the Virgin loco-hauled services still running, please?

    That was the 87s, there is a diagram for WB65 (hauled by a DBS 90) to run FO to Preston

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