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Jimini's latest activity
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JJimini replied to the thread Companies That You Expect to Disappear Soon.They did my U.S Visa return from the Embassy a few years ago. Assume they still do.
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JJimini replied to the thread Severe Alert from the UK Government.It did help that both Sky News and the Telegraph breaking news alerts beat the government alert by about 45 seconds, so I could warn...
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JJimini replied to the thread Severe Alert from the UK Government.They go off a couple of times a week in the US, particularly on the west coast. Here’s an example from last year (photo is of a missing...
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JJimini replied to the thread Getting passengers to spread out along the platform.To be fair, trains that are five carriages or fewer are always advertised as platform X A/B, so you know well in advance which half of...
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JJimini replied to the thread Heat Related Disruption - 13 Aug 2026.I noticed that on Sunday as well. Fairly sure we’d slowed down a bit at that point; maybe a TSR / ESR is in place over it?
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JJimini replied to the thread Reading Buses and Thames Valley.Just going back to the air con situation on route 17 -- I was chatting to a friend of a friend yesterday who's a driver for Reading...
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JJimini replied to the thread XC new First Class menu.They were dishing out the weekend(?) snackboxes on Sunday when I last traveled (photos below):
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JJimini replied to the thread Heathrow Tunnel Partial Closure Monday 10/08.Looks like it's reopened now (based on Traksy).
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JJimini replied to the thread The years before you were born.My old next door neighbour, Bob, is a local legend. He's 92. Born and bred in Coventry. He was only six when the blitz struck Cov. His...
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JJimini replied to the thread Lumo running train with no toilets.Wasn't there a case not so long ago, where a bloke on a stranded train was forced to soil himself (pee), because there was a police...
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JJimini replied to the thread Platform Departure Screens with Wrong Carriage Formation.I do Reading <> Coventry on a semi-regular basis. I'd say that nine times out of ten, the XC formation displayed is correct, but it does...
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JJimini posted the thread Inquiry after BA jet stalls over London on approach to Heathrow in Aviation Discussion.Linky.
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JJimini replied to the thread What made you happy today?.Ah yes, that's a beaut. When I lived in Tooting I'd swim there with the South London Swimming Club. The Christmas morning races was such...
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JJimini replied to the thread Why should I trust rail travel?.Good point, that. Also worth noting that only one of the northbound Southampton services was a double unit, last Sunday. Bet the others...
