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    Railway Related Book

    Hi All, I did an apprenticeship with BR back in the 1970’s. I am not sure how many guys here are quite as ancient as I am, but anybody who was with the railway at that time would probably remember that nationalised institution with a mixture of affection and wonder at some of the things that...
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    teeth on edge

    I had an MRI scan, they play you music through the headphones, but the scanner is so loud you can barely hear it. Didn't put my teeth on edge, though. What music did they play you? Maybe it was a boy band?
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    GWR UFO incident....

    Wouldn't that just be a fire? I mean why would ET's decide to rough up a loco, unless they were a skinhead division?
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    Now Playing....

    Sweet Home Alabama.
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    Are jokes funnier when told on a train?

    I often notice the same thing when chaps are out of the office, but still wearing their suits. I call it a corporate guffaw.
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    Football

    Not unless you count the old Footbal Specials. Do they still run them, or was the mortality rate too high?
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    Islamic backlash against American internet film and events that have followed this.

    You see a film you don't like, or most likely only hear about it, then you go out and kill some random people over it. Seems like a perfectly reasonable response to me. Nothing at all to do with hard-wired irrationality.
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    Inspector George Gently

    I have only watched one episode. Where is his accent from, is it Norwich? My wife saw him interviewed and said that was his real accent.
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