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Recent content by dgl

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    Thoughts on the Trump presidency

    Nah, lake Epstein Files of course! Gets the media talking about the files again, Trump really won't like that.
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    Trivia: oldest station with the same rolling stock it had when it opened

    Further to the original question, what if we extended the question to include heritage lines? I bet Norden on the Swanage Railway could be in with a shout, there was never a station there originally and was built essentially as a park and ride as part of being allowed to extend the railway back...
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    Russia invades Ukraine

    The CIA chief has probably said to whoever he has visited in Russia, "I've come about the photos, how much for each one?"
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    Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon

    Southampton is also closing.
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    My Grans one ran off a small 4KG butane cylinder, we ended up using the bottle in exchange for a larger one when we got a gas barbecue.
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    Unexpected - but positive - anecdotal experiences on the railway

    A few years ago I got delayed coming back hoke from my Aunts due to an incident, put in a claim to GWR/FGW and ended up getting a reply saying that I wasn't eligible due to it not being their fault but got given a cheque for £30 as a gesture of good will, the £30 was more than the cost of the...
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    Supermarkets discussion

    Because, as I understand, it's the law and they can't sell alcohol free booze to under 18's so as not to promote drinking. They can, however, have an alcohol free drink in a pub when under 18.
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    And some mobile caravans, campervans and narrowboats will still have a fridge that can be run on gas.
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    This seemed to be just a push fit, not a proper bayonet connector. And as another poster said. Yes commercial stuff can still be gas powered but the heating part would normally be separate to the machine, or used for powering the dryers. All but one of our commercial dryers at work are LPG...
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    Things in living memory which seem very anachronistic now

    Here's something interesting seen in an antiques shop in Swanage, a gas heated but manually driven washing machine. Didn't think to get a close up of the instructions but was designed to be attached to the gas supply as and when needed, I guess like a bunsen burner would be.
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    Off the road at Paddington

    And I bet a luggage barrow is a lot lighter than a golf buggy, especially if the buggy uses lead-acid batteries.
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    Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon

    We're lucky in that we've got two Toolstation's, two Screwfix's, two The Range's, a B and M, Home Bargains, B&Q, three independent hardware shops, and various builders merchants within 15 miles if we want DIY stuff, plus a few garden centres if we want garden tools. It's rare, especially...
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    USB tethering question

    A WiFi extender should do the job, worked for me using my phone as the Internet connection. Another option if the phone can share the Internet connection to a USB to Ethernet adaptor would be to use a powerline setup, with an Ethernet to powerline adaptor connected to the USB to Ethernet dongle...
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    Freight train derailment caught on live stream - Pennsylvania, USA

    I think what they are getting at is you can't compare historical derailment figures as ours would be skewed by unfitted trains having a higher likelihood of derailing and not talking about more recent times with exclusively fitted freight.
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    Thoughts on the Trump presidency

    And when you thought he couldn't get any worse he's now wanting to limit children's vaccines, recols kids will be healthier without so many, really!? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3q5vl581wo

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