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BR sending a class 89, 90, 91, 150/2 and two International coaches to Hamburg in 1988 for an exhibition.

I'm not sure if I stated it on here explicitly, but I predicted that the various unions would give up their industrial action with passengers / the government / other stakeholders being willing and able to hold out indefinitely. It hasn't quite panned out like that!

I've seen a John Lewis advert involving some sort of scary plant. Maybe I wasn't paying attention, but if it's meant to make me want to shop there, no wonder they're in the ****!

Everything around Musk seems to have a The Day Today-style surrealness to it! "Reactions to the new measures has been strong. So far, we've spoken to Kim Wilde."

Jolly good! That should be just enough to keep the in laws at bay again this winter, given they're petrified of COVID. Every cloud...

Glencote Caravan Park at Cheddleton is a few minutes' walk from the station on the Churnet Valley Railway, and right next to the line, too!

At the risk of sounding cynical, keeping things off the books?

Quite. For a business, accepting cash is almost always a downside: risk of theft / skimming, vulnerability to counterfeit notes, vulnerability to scam artists ("no, I gave you a twenty"), arguments about the wrong change, time spent counting it up, time spent paying into a bank, etc.

Quite. It's awful that people simply trying to buy a home are in this position, but it's the result of various governments trying to kick the debt can down the road ad infinitum. At some point, the music stops and there aren't enough chairs!

Who'd have thought that several years of emergency, near zero interest rates would result in this :rolleyes:

"Tonight's top story: Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament. Also tonight, Pope confirmed Catholic."

That honours list is corrupt. If I was leader of any opposition party, I'd just refuse to recognise any of the awards given in it.

But that's how it's supposed to work. All lanes should be used right up until the merge point, then you merge in turn. Hence the appearance in recent years of signage saying "use both lanes".

How odd. I was on the trackbed of the Oakamoor - Alton section on that day and the only traces of snow were in some nearby fields. I guess it shows just how different weather conditions can be in a small geographical area.

I suspected this would be the outcome. The BBC would probably have been taken to the cleaners if it had gone legal.

I doubt that my political views align with those of Gary Lineker. And while I do admire him quite a bit, I'm really enjoying the fact that one small action of his has unleashed a storm of what appears to be double standards and hypocrisy.

I once went out with a girl from Market Drayton, who always used the pronunciation "Shoesbury". Does that count?

Yes, there is a point to them: as graphic examples of what the phrase "race to the bottom" means.

Likewise. The other week, I told my new line manager that my approach to work is to aim to automate myself out of my job, given that even more work inevitably comes along for me as we look to outdo our competitors. It's a philosophy that's served me well for around 15 years.

I can't help but think if I ever met Elon Musk in real life, I'd turn into Joe Pesci in Casino.