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As long as the toaster itself can’t talk to people, holograms, robots or cats! Andi

Anything that stops money being siphoned out of the railways into shareholders pockets has to be a good thing. Andi

It’s car park barrier aka ped barrier. It’s designed to guide people not contain them. It is lethal and should NEVER be used in the front of a gig. They are not designed for a pushing load. If they go over the feet are sharp and will kill. There is a case on record where they were used as a gig barrier and someone got excited and jumped up and down on the lower bar which became detached from the rods. Some of the rods became detached at the top however and entered the rib cage of the person jumping. Pit barrier is a significantly better design with a large plate under the feet of the audience so they weigh the thing down, and diagonal bracing behind it to resist pushing forces. It also has a step in the back of it for the pit crew to assist people over it if needed. Each section is firmly bolted to the piece next to it. It will still move in case of surges though. (See video of the Manchester gig crowd surge Andi

Is it some variant on the “Swedish scrubber”? Andi

5000 were made but number 4472 is to be ceremonially thrown into the firebox of FS! Andi

A sound engineer friend had a punter at a gig say to him "what happens if I touch that button?" The answer "Your nose bleeds" wasn't what he expected! Andi

Electrostatic grass!

stud contact too! Andi

If someone leans on my layout then I reserve the right to paint the offending part of that person to match the scenery Andi

What decoder do they have fitted?

I presume you have turned the brightness of the lights down in the decoder settings? This is done by switching them on and off extremely rapidly. If you put them to full brightness they will stop flickering like that but will probably be too bright. The only real solution is to change the resistor values on the light circuits. Andi

Cow - Gene Loves Jezebel

The only skinhead 31/4s were 418 (which existed in unrefurb and refurb periods) and 444/450/461 which only existed in refurbed form Andi Edit: forgot one! thanks @Hairy Bear Digital

Ben Jones at Rails of Sheffield