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Yes, P.G. Wodehouse's writing is superb in the Jeeves & Wooster series

But Fry & Laurie play their roles brilliantly, as do the other actors. The series is also wonderfully directed and filmed.

 

Which was only found wanting when the £2 trillion estimate, submitted to the management for a faithful recreation of Noo Yok in the 1930's, was politely rejected.

Sir Hayden's wheels are bigger than Talyllyn's. It wasn't called "The Pram" for nothing.

I suspect Polly et al had long wheelbases to bridge the yawning connectivity gap in Series 3 track.

All I ever Wanted - Santana

I have the 4 cyl VAG TSi 1.2l in my Skoda estate. I have put about 40k on it in three years and it hasn't missed a beat. It is said to be 105 hp,

If adopted, the trucks in these conveys would not all be going to the same destination anymore than the goods in a conventional goods train are/were.

 

Three trucks collecting goods from, say the London area for delivery to Manchester, would be linked up merely for the motorway part of the journey. Grouped together north of London, going their own way after arrival on the outskirts of Manchester.

 

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Surely the checking, coordinating, marshalling crewing activities required at the termini would be as complex as putting containers on and off railway wagons.

All of my Heart - A*B*C

In the 1970's and 80's we were promised that the working week would get shorter, leave entitlement would increase and the retirement age would lower, because of the huge efficiencies that Information Technology would bring.

Oddly, that didn't quite work the way we expected.

Shoot me. Now.

Mary of the Fourth Form - Boomtown Rats

What a mess.

I think a projection of 5 feet only 9" deep could be constructed to self support. There would be steel beams inside perhaps 8" deep, clad with light weight panelling in polymer coated sheet steel, or composite materials. The length along the frontage of the building doesn't matter.

Don't forget to consider how the rain will be directed away from the pedestrians. In a model, that detail will be very visible.

Yup. That will work. You don't need anything resembling a bus for a short layout like this. Just keep the wiring tidy and sensibly laid out for reliability and maintenance. Get stuck in!

More Than a Feeling - Boston

Let me take you home tonight - Boston

Heart of Glass - Blondie

I don't wanna dance - Eddy Grant

Personally, if anything goes BANG I'd like it to be in a big, well earthed steel box than anything flammable like plastic or wood.

Incidentally the ex burglar alarm box had a cable restraint and a fused-phase, earth and neutral terminal block ready fitted.

Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones

There have been a few threads on superlatives recently, and I'm going to start another.

Which town or city in the UK has the greatest number of Railway Stations per capita of the population?

For this to be meaningful, London, Brum, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow are excluded, not because they are big, but they are really conurbations and defining boundaries is difficult and will lead to arguments.

My first shot is Falmouth. 3:- Docks, Town and Penmere. Population 21,797 (2011 census), one per 7,266 people.

GO!

I think some people just object because they can. It's one of the few areas in which people think they have power.

 

On the G/WR, when running through Bishop's Cleeve, there is no station, and the trains always seem to slow down to around 10mph. I assume this is to minimise noise for the local residents-can anyone confirm?

The Bishops Cleeve section is notorious for vandalism and fly tipping. That's why there is no station.

The man with a child in his eyes - Kate Bush

There is a list of compromises in the article, most of which are fixable, except perhaps the over-wide firebox (required for the Lima pancake I assume) which would be tricky to corrrct.

Probably line the card chimney with a metal tube. It would also stop smoke seeping out where it wasn't wanted.

Fanfare For The Common Man - Emerson, Lake & Palmer