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  1. "Always look on the bright side of life - Da-do da-do da-doo-da-do-da-do"

  2. Is there any point in TPExpress having Newcastle on the timetable?

  3. After 32 years, in the same property, I now have a Mole in the garden. Answers on the back of a fag packet as to what to do about it.

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    2. andytrains
    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      Yep, that's me.

      I'm currently pondering a "trap" - although not bated with spaghetti. No, that's daft.

      Will noodles do?

    4. andytrains

      andytrains

      Swivell chair and a shotgun, perhaps?

  4. Simply the Best.

  5. I use: - "Prototypical", "Prototype for everything", or just plain "Rule1" for running!

  6. / ! \   This journey is not available.

  7. Ow ow ow, don't make me laugh or I'll end up in stitches. Hernia #2 & #3 done today. Not the hangover I was hoping for...

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      Oh go on, we'll have you in stitches....

       

       

  8. Looking at RTT for Stalybridge (SYB) it looks like %50 of everything is cancelled!  --  What's going on ?

  9. What's with the carnage on the TP route over Standedge today - anyone know?

    1. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      No TP Express services cause more traffic?

  10. Copenhagen to Odense - 140km, €42, 66 trains/day, first train 00:01 !

  11. " Well, hello there ! "

    RIP

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      "Left hand down a bit!"

       

  12. Which genius, displaying some ingenuity, came up with the ingenious solution of having inflammable mean flammable!

    1. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      To quote Bill Bryson  in "Troublesome Words" *:

      "Because the meaning of inflammable is susceptible to misunderstanding, there is an increasing tendency to use the less ambiguous flammable."

       

      *A jolly useful book.

       

  13. If you think like football "stats", then King Charles III is going to see more PMs then Elizabeth II did !

  14. OK, which barn-pot broadcast the general command for all mosquitos to ATTACK!

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      Has 633 Squadron fallen through a rift in TimeSpace again?

  15. Has just travelled from Athens to Θεσσαλονίκη - it's all Greek to me!

    1. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      Graecum est, non legitur.

    2. Allegheny1600

      Allegheny1600

      Kali taxi - I think!

      Enjoy Greeces second city.

  16. Wow! Look at that impressive ship overhead. Apparently it's called "FrightSpear". I hope they are friendly. 

    1. TT-Pete

      TT-Pete

      Quite probably. GCU So Minimal As to Be Actually Negative.

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Benign you think? It's 2 km long and covered in spines and spikes. Oh look, it's ben joined by its' sister ship the "Kiss the Blade"!

  17. The train from platform 9 & 3/4s should be here by now but it is still 93 milli-Sidereal days away!


     

    1. Sithlord75

      Sithlord75

      So a bit over 2 hours away then?

    2. Hroth

      Hroth

      Summer engineering work?

       

    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      TPE, Northern and Network Rail's in ability to run a railway 10degrees outside the national average accepted percentile range.

       

  18. "This service was cancelled due to a duplicate delay" !

  19. Why on Earth was the heating on full in that class156? (At least it made it though!)

     

    1. kevpeo

      kevpeo

      because it helps to keep the engines cool of course!

       

       

    2. vaughan45

      vaughan45

      From a driver on UK Rail Forums 'Pacer and Sprinter series trains have their heating supplied by waste engine heat by passing the coolant around the heating system for the saloons, this is 'topped up' by an Auxiliary (webasto) heater which burns diesel to supply heat and also a pre-heater for the engine in cold weather. The system is set to maintain a constant temperature - 20c if I recall rightly - and on Sprinters there is nothing to allow the crew to switch it off except for tripping the fans much which is frowned on'

       

      Probably just the waste heat from the engine, if the control thermostat has failed and providing a way of 'venting' the engine heat in extremely hot weather to assist the unit completing it's journey.

  20. Today's itinerary includes :-

    STR > AMS; AMS > BHD; BHD >MAN !

    What a mess !! 

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    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Well Belfast is canned after I missed the connection at AMS. Now on the 21:55 to MAN.

    3. SHMD

      SHMD

      There've just added another 40 minutes delay to KL1083....

    4. SHMD

      SHMD

      Made it home 6 hours late, KLM really are trying to help - not bad really.

      Totals: - 1 cancelled flight; 1 extra stop-off added (with €70 excess baggage charge); 1 55 minute delay; leading to 1 missed connection (No refund yet); 1 45 minute delay.

      I say this is typical, at the moment, but with KLM/AF being big - they can provide alternatives.

      Kev.

  21. I've lost count of all the flight flight delays an cancellations - 2 more today!

  22. Lemon tree very pretty, but the fruit far from sweet...

    1. Hroth

      Hroth

      Hmmmmm....

       

      Lemon tree very pretty,

      and the lemon flower is sweet.

      But the fruit of the poor lemon,

      is impossible to eat.

       

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      I Knew it was something like that.

      My son eats Lemons!

       

    3. Mallard60022

      Mallard60022

      The song is actually about a woman and her 'ways'. But you knew that?

      P

  23. For mash get Smash!

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    2. Tim V

      Tim V

      A very primitive people!

    3. NGT6 1315
    4. Hroth

      Hroth

      Ahhhaaaahhhaaaahhhhh!!!!!!

  24. Where did everybody go ?

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    2. Huw Griffiths

      Huw Griffiths

      I also didn't notice.

       

      Too busy watching the snooker.

       

       

    3. woodenhead

      woodenhead

      I was reading the latest Woodhead book all afternoon.

       

      I think I can accept there can be no more Woodhead books for me, they've all told the story in different levels of detail and sady the final chapter or volume in each had the same ending.

    4. toboldlygo

      toboldlygo

      I'm not saying it was Aliens, but it was Aliens👽

  25. Spargel mit der Stitzel mit der Worcester Source = Delicious.

     

    1. Kylestrome

      Kylestrome

      "Stitzel" ... ?

       

      "Worcester Source". Is that the source of the sauce?

    2. SHMD

      SHMD

      Ah. Try this instead: "Schnitzel Wiener Art"

    3. NGT6 1315

      NGT6 1315

      I can also recommend Schnitzel Wiener Art topped with asparagus, ham and melted cheese!

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