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Aadc82140 replied to the thread Should children be taught how to use public transport at school?.Before the days of formal PSHE teaching, we had a teacher when I was about 12 who went out of his way to explain how adult life worked...
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Aadc82140 replied to the thread SWR Class 458/4s: fleet status and withdrawal updates.Thing is, the 455s were headed for scrap, so the farewell tour really was towards rhe end of their life. There is still the possibility...
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Aadc82140 replied to the thread Taxing road users by mile.My PHEV has a range of 30 miles. That's about a tenth of the range of a full EV. So why should I pay half the rate of an EV, should it...
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Aadc82140 replied to the thread SWR Class 458/4s: fleet status and withdrawal updates.Which I guess is why they are being stored at SWR facilities. The early termination of the lease will probably cost the same as paying...
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Aadc82140 replied to the thread Reform UK discussion.And that is a great summary. First it was the EU. We left that, and nothing good has come of it, so now they move onto 'immigrants"...
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Aadc82140 replied to the thread Reform UK discussion.To rehash something that's often said: In the UK we don't vote for a Prime Minister. We never have done. We vote for a local MP, and...
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Aadc82140 replied to the thread BBC - are they worried?!.There is a subset of people, both on the left and the right, that get all hot under the collar when the BBC doesn't agree with their...
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Aadc82140 replied to the thread Made up excuses for lateness.Escaped Puma, Chessington North. 22 minutes late.
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Aadc82140 replied to the thread BBC - are they worried?!.The licence fee is flawed, but at the moment I can't think of a better alternative. Adding to general taxation would be hugely...
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Aadc82140 replied to the thread Severe Alert from the UK Government.I live within 6 miles of the New Forest fire. The perma-thick are still having BBQs and camp fires despite many local media warnings...
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Aadc82140 posted the thread "Sorry for any inconvenience caused". The most overused phrase in General Discussion.Didn't want to clog up any of the rail disruption threads with this. Am I alone in really hating the phrase 'sorry for any...
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Aadc82140 replied to the thread SWR Class 458/4s: fleet status and withdrawal updates.There is no mystery. There is a maintenance backlog as described in the 701 thread, and also units stuck the wrong side of the Clapham...
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Aadc82140 replied to the thread Natural phenomenon you have witnessed?.Are we all ready for the eclipse? I fundamentally won't trust any eclipse glasses bought online, so I'll be pinhole projecting the sun...
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Aadc82140 replied to the thread USB tethering question.The landline based Internet isn't worth having. Half the village has fibre, but not us, due to "difficulties". I'm using an all you can...
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AA little background: I have a share in a second home in France, and the Internet connection is woeful (about 256k on a good day)...