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    From the country where police did nothing when the Prime Minister was egged in 1917, apparently a pancake is too much. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-24/nt-chief-minister-natasha-fyles-assaulted-nightcliff-markets/102895156
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    Shouldn't that be Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2?
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    Potters Bar tunnel, 16/10/1965 during testing between KX, Leeds and Hull.
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    I looked when this article first came out and most stories were pretty much the same. Probably a rough translation of an announcement in French.
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    The €49 pass covers unlimited journeys on TER regional services, intercity trains, and possibly even local bus, metro and tram travel. [But not TGV.] https://www.timeout.com/news/france-is-the-latest-european-country-to-launch-a-mega-cheap-rail-pass-091223
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    Shades of a certain cricket match in a certain 1953 movie!
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    My memory of Pablo was an extremely fine powder that was about 50% detergent to make it soluble!
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    If you're of a certain age you might remember something even worse than International Roast. You may shudder at the word.... Pablo.
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    I suspect this originated in Melbourne!
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    I had a quick look through the British Newspaper Archive and there are articles about Michael Bentine opening events at places such as the Great Western Society, NRM and Ruislip Lido Railway as well as the RH&DR from the late 1960s until the early 90s. I had no idea he was involved in railway preservation until this video came up as a random suggestion on YT.
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    Those cattle wagons are basically containers so the flats can be used at other times as needed. There's another famous location in Victoria where the railway runs down the middle of the main street.
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    This is from a 1993 episode of Highway. I had no idea that Michael Bentine had been a member since the early days of the railway. And was Spike really driving???
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    Going into the kits that were used to make Star Wars ships is another kettle of fish, but the short version is there are a LOT of Saturn/Apollo and Harrier bits in them.
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    The TB3 crew carrier may look familiar.
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    Two fascinating videos about the amount of Airfix and similar kits used in making Thunderbirds models.
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    From the government of Zimbabwe
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    It's an EF-18G operated by No. 6 Squadron.
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    Interesting view out of my office window today.
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    It was Gladstone and Disraeli. They genuinely hated each other and traded biting barbs all the time. Another classic Disraeli quote: "The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity."
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    Just needs "onna stick" to make it perfect. Those who get the reference will understand.
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    I was told about a decade ago that modelling Chinese railways is seen as a "politically acceptable" hobby for the growing middle class.
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