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Pretty much all of the documented fire reports I can find involve batteries on charge. That's largely where the issue is and often this issue arrises with a problem with the charging equipement but manifests in the battery Magistrates are funny old things and are often reluctant to convict...

I think I would fancy a run in court with against a prosecution based on an ebike being a potentially dangerous item. I would also see if I could interest The Cyclists Defence Fund or similar in supporting it. I am sure I could have a good go at convincing a fellow ordinary man that penty of...

ELR Stay of Execution

Ah First Class. I'm looking at buying a couple of tickets for May Manchester to Hull & Return. I could buy a singles out for £26.20, or a First Class for an eyewateringly £223.80. For the pleasure of sitting in a slightly better seat in a 185. Does anyone buy these tickets? Why? Okay, I am...

Assertive, perhaps not. But clear and straightforward. The customer service bod answering the call will deal with many enquiries from many many people with diverse needs, requirements and desires. Add into that the many many peculiarities and unique features of the stations, trains, staff and...

Floppy and not so floppy disks. My kids have no idea what they are or for. I've just shown my 8 year old one and asked him what it is and he said "a book mark".

wow! My local wouldn't refill the same glass recently for cross contamination issues.

The next time I go to the pub I'll order 284.1ml of Costa del Salford and 568.2ml of Mad Dogs And Englishmen and let you know how I get on. * Bonus points for recognising the pub/brewery without googling I think the reason a pint has endured for things that are acquired in pints is because...

Manual Chokes on cars and the knack / skill of feeding it back in as the car warmed. Carphones I remember my dad getting one in his C reg Vauxhall Cavalier. The neighbours all came and took turns to sit on the drive and phone their wives in the house. Rabbit Phones 2 star and 4 star petrol...

Being early 40s I'm at a pretty unique age that I use imperial in metric mixed. measurements I can do either, through prefer millimeters for small stuff under an inch. Fluids depend on what it is, litres for paint, pints for milk, water, stock and beer, litres for fuel prices, miles for...

Overlooking the ELR https://parkfarmshopramsbottom.co.uk/ The other farm with 1ltr glass bottles is https://www.smithillsopenfarm.co.uk/products-from-the-farm/doorstep-deliveries/

Perhaps now there is some certainty they'll get some refresh love? I have to say the 156s now at approaching 40 look and feel less dated than the 101s did at 40 in the late 90s. Its a shame the 158s and 156s didn't get a more modern power train in the mid 00s

We have glass pints, well 568ml bottles, the foil caps are not embossed with anything. Being proper farmers they don't agree with spending brass where it can be avoided so buy second hand milk bottles. So we get bottles with all sorts of dairy branding from all over the country. The Milk is...

And so where is the incentive to improve.

Another thing I noticed is that the youngsters drink a cup of tea all up and don't leave half an inch in the bottom. I learned at an early age in the 80s to leave the dregs as that's where the tea dust not caught in the tea sieve from loose tea remains. There is a nother thing you don't see...

Lighting a pilot light (and relighting it when its windy) on the boiler. School dinner tokens Manual choke / glow plugs gas fires, but more so having a gas fire or wall heater in multiple room (bedroom etc) Using a Guzunder (goes under)

I'm the opposite 20yrs ago i used the 323s regularly on the Hadfields. They felt modern, nippy and suited to that task. Roll on to 2025 and I haven't used the 323 a fraction as much in the last decade. But I had got used to the 331s on the Bolton/Blackpools. While the 319/719 felt a definite...

I think that's is being alluded to there is the Beecroft family have left what was Land Recovery and involved themselves into DBI businesses, Holdings and Logistics. (as well as.a raft of other businesses )

You struggled to afford tickets but could cough up £4k for settlement and solicitor.... Please never get caught again.... Ever... That won't end well. *I'm not being unkind just looking at it how a fraud team or, prosecutor or court.... may.

My point was that that 15mins saved not faffing about changing locos or adding a shunter at the yard takes a hell of a lot of 90mph running over 75mph running to equal. It also consumes lot less energy. And you also have the savings of not having the other loco kicking around. I'm not sure how...