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    Orange Email services ending

    in Wheeltappers

    Posted

    Buy a domain name, have your emails sent to that and then forward them to your ISP mail. Costs only a little bit and you can change ISP anytime you like. Done it for years. You can also set up specific email addresses for some uses if you don't want to give out your main address.

    Roy

    I have also done this for many years, but just need to check if there is any residual email coming direct.

     

      

    Well I've spent about a week or so changing my old Freeserve address over to Gmail, but still getting mail from places I didn't remember, and I've still got to do all the wifes FSmail stuff.

     

    She's had an email from FSmail to say it's closing and what to do, I'm still waiting. So glad the OP raised this topic.

     

    Stiil all my many email contacts to advise. :O

     

    Rob

    I have a few Freeserve acccounts, but have only received the termination notice on two. The first one prompting the post was quite some time ago now.

     

    Colin

    Orange Email services ending

    in Wheeltappers

    Posted

    I must admit, I've now no reason for staying with the EE brand. I expected problems after BT took over. Originally, I stayed with EE for the webspace and email as the way it was set up was very convenient for me. It will be a bit of a hassle reorganising the email as although I only seriously use two or three domain names and their respective email addresses, I need to cover a number of others, and the catchall setup with my new web hosting is playing up at the moment. I can see my email setup becoming rather complex. Still, I may be able to save a little money by rolling my broadband up with something else.

     

    Colin

    Stadler to supply new Merseyrail trains

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    Added to what Jason mentions above, are the parcel laden shoppers returning from a trip to Liverpool City centre. The spacing of the airline style seating better not be too tight or the Liverpudlian humour will lead to the application of some derogatory epithet.

     

    The airline style of seating will, without doubt, be a culture shock to Merseysiders who, so far as the electrified system is concerned, have always "enjoyed"(or not) face to face seating. Generally, being a chatty bunch, this has in my experience worked reasonably well.

     

    There was a (very) little longitudinal seating in the 1938 502s, but its wide application would be disliked.

     

    Assuming I live to see these units delivered, I will have seen 2 changes of stock in my lifetime(3 if you count the Ormskirk line compartment stock). I suspect that this will, as happened on the last changeover, be regarded as a detrimental one - largely because of the seating style and the pressure that will come from so many standing. I do, however, have an open mind and await the introduction with interest.

     

    I do feel that DOO is undesirable, in particular, on the underground sections, and maybe a second crew member should be carried on those sections. It probably won't matter unless and until the occasion of "extraordinary incidents", but at that time the extra person could be a life saver.

     

    Colin

    Stadler to supply new Merseyrail trains

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    There was far less gap from the 502s at their platform interface, Colin - and I believe their antecedents were even closer to the infrastructure with a full length step, or what looked very much like one.  Part of the PEPs' problem is their chamfered-off corner profile.

     

    I thought so. I was brought up close to the Liverpool-Southport line in the 502 era. I know the older(and original) L & YR stock was also very large, very square, and very American in style. I must admit I was rather thinking of the underground section of the Southport-Hunt Cross route in my comment, as that had to be designed to cope with the 502s, albeit only for a relatively short period. The 503s, running under the river, were smaller.

     

    I wondered, because of the design response(retractable steps) to the gap. whether is is, in fact, much worse than on other parts of the rail network because of the size of the earlier stock.

     

    Colin

    Stadler to supply new Merseyrail trains

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    Well journey times on the Merseyrail network could work out at over two hours if you are travelling between Chester and Southport. With plans to extend the network to places such as Wrexham and Warrington. As I've said the toilets in Central station and most other stations are often locked.

     

    The last time I looked this isn't a tram or metro system. The Southport line, line to Hunts Cross and the Birkenhead to Chester route were always classed as mainlines.

     

    But as I've said it's the 21st century and these things are going to be running well into that. With little improvement over the existing stock. But what do I know, I only have to travel on the damn things.

     

     

    Jason

     

    I must admit, when I first looked at the photos of the units and the mock ups of the interior, the thought that these were more like trams than trains went through my mind. That's just my personal feeling. My use of the trains now is normally out of peak times, so I don't expect to use them when they will be in sardine mode, and I would expect to be seated. I wouldn't fancy standing for too great a distance.

     

    As I've said already, I'll be interested to see the end product.

     

    Colin

    Windows 10 . Anybody downloaded it yet?

    in Wheeltappers

    Posted · Edited by antrobuscp

    I think Win 7 support finally ends in 2020, but that can readily be checked. I still use WinXP occasionally, and will continue to do so until I no longer want to use some very old programs. Would I use the machine for bank transactions, and similar? No, not by choice, as I have more up to date alternatives.

     

    Colin

    Stadler to supply new Merseyrail trains

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    Colin, the Merseytravel Fact Sheet (see #21) says there will be a mix of airline and group-of-four seating, although I wonder what the ratio of each will be. Hopefully everybody will be able to find the seat they prefer !

    Thanks, I did see that, but the images would suggest the majority will be airline style.

     

    I also noticed the "quad-art" formation.

     

    It will be interesting to see the finished article.

     

    The forward views would be good, but I could understand crew resistance.

     

    Colin

    Stadler to supply new Merseyrail trains

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    What's wrong with airline style seating ? Personally I prefer it as I normally travel alone and don't particularly want to be face to face with a complete stranger. If it also allows more seats in the same length carriage, that is good as well, given that one of the things 'everyone' knows about our trains is that they are always overcrowded.

    It is a personal preference, I accept. However, having lived all my life in Merseyside, this will be the first time that the 3rd rail electrified network has used this style of seating, and it has been mentioned in some of the launch material that a preference was expressed by many users for the existing style. For myself, I think the airline styles that I have seen feel more "closed in" and are definitely a disadvantage for family groups.

     

    It is difficult to square the circle of increasing capacity v cost reduction. I note that all the increased carrying capacity is standing rather than seated.

     

    Time will tell as to public opinion.

     

    Colin

    Stadler to supply new Merseyrail trains

    in UK Prototype Discussions (not questions!)

    Posted

    I don't think the airline style seating will go down very well with the Merseyside travelling public. From the design images this appears to represent the majority of the seating. The existing arrangements were retained, I seem to remember, when the 507/8s were introduced because they continued the popular style used in the last LMS stock. No doubt this is all about "sardine packing" and money.

     

    I wait with interest to see further details of the rolling stock.

     

    Colin

    Lime Street Station

    in Layout topics

    Posted

    I remember, as a child, queueing from Platform 8, out of the station into the small road behind the "Punch and Judy" and out to Lime Street whilst waiting to board one of the trains to Butlins at Pwllheli. This model brings it all back. Without doubt, arrangements should be made for the long term preservation and display of this whole layout. The sheer scale of the modelling at this quality is truly staggering - all the more because such praise is given "willy-nilly" these days in much less deserving cases. A sincere "Well Done" to everyone involved.

     

    Colin

    Windows 10 . Anybody downloaded it yet?

    in Wheeltappers

    Posted

    The length of time updating seems to bear no relation to the spec of the machine, the internet connexion speed or the download itself,

    Sometimes my slowest PC is one of the quickest to update!

     

    Keith

    Probably has as much to do with the pressure on the servers at the "other end". It can be frustrating, though, particularly if you leave it to get on itself and then come back to find that it stopped because some user intervention had been required.

     

    I did 3 machines last evening, 2 x Win 7 and 1 x Win 10, the latter being the slowest by a mile, and the highest spec.

     

    Colin

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