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"Entrance" sounds like an instruction to hypnotise someone.

EMT £10. Thanks, signed up. Explicitly says one voucher per person, unfortunately, so I won't be using multiple email addresses. I may ask a friend to get a voucher and buy a return ticket for me (NOT transfer his ticket to me, before anyone tells me that's not allowed!). For most...

Perhaps there are less than 50 people per train BECAUSE the service is so infrequent...

Not sure why we have to be so defensive on here. Your points are good ones (especially if it is difficult to get on or off the trains). By raising your points you are being constructive, not moaning. Let others say you are "moaning" if they want. We can draw our own conclusions about their...

I'm not in favour of English adopting Americanisms. But I agree that for people from LOTS of nations, Exit is more likely to be understood than Way Out. "Way Out" is a bit odd when you think about it. "Way In" is rather less common, and very very few places have signs saying Way Up or Way Down.

Back to language changes. To say "The tower is not called Big Ben" is ridiculous when that's EXACTLY what 99% of people call it. It's one of those things that marks out the pedant from people who love language, and don't use it carelessly, but recognise that it's a communication system, not...

We all have our pedantries (erm, is that a word - I'm sure I'll soon find out!). My pet one is Uninterested/Disinterested. They DO mean different things. Though eventually, when a large majority of literate people use a word differently to (THAN ? COVERS HEAD,...) yourself, you have to...

"Booked train only" WOULD be crystal clear. IF it SAID that. ON THE TICKET! "Why should Rail Companies Bother?" I hope whoever wrote that doesn't work for a rail company.

Once the restrictions are in a separate section, the general rule should be that a later restriction overrules an earlier one. Oh,and put newer ones at the TOP. And any easement must overrule any restriction. So if you want to make a partial exception to an easement, you can't just add a...

For each easement, how about a list of maps to which it applies?

"Train to Iona" is surely not unreasonable as shorthand for "Train that I need to get in order to travel onward to Iona". If you want language to be exact and mathematical, rather than a flexible tool for meaningful communication then I shall have no compuction in saying "Back here, you...

I am a little worried by the near-assertion by some people on here that the BTP is a private police force "paid for" by private train operating companies. In the past I have never been concerned that BTP would be impartial if a dispute arose between me and an official of a TOC. Some...

It's great that you have thought to consult us on this, JohnnyCache. ... after some of my "moany" posts on here it feels a bit like being told "put up or shut up". I hope we can rise to the occasion and make a meaningful contribution. I'm definitely not an expert, but I might be able to...

I bet TOCs love putting new stations between a main station and a junction, and then "forgetting" to put the new station in the routeing group. Suddenly loads of routes (usual exceptions apply) via the main station are barred because of doubling back through the new station. RPI heaven! How...

I know someone who works for a large organisation. The organisation will not allow him to travel on a £30 first class advance. But he IS allowed to travel on a £150 standard open single. This is to save money on First Class travel.

THe opposte of Abject Stupidity. Lets have some brainteasers where even the cleverest of us (ahem!:D) will get some wrong. INTERESTING ones please, not difficult sums or complicated puzzles that are easy to solve if you can be bothered going through endless repetitions of mechanical steps...

Well I didn't think NO-ONE would know it. But I did think those in the know would have enjoyed seeing some other answers first.... :evil: 1 minus 0.99999999999 (recurring) ? OK. Offtopic I'll start another one.

Portugal/Spain isn't ALL that dim. They were one country once. And ask any USA citizen about UK/England/Britain/Scotland/Wales/Ulster/N Ireland/Great Britain. Or most English people, frankly. How many English people think there is a country called "Southern Ireland?" And it's not that...

I doubt the police were taking it that seriously, but you can see their thinking. Suppose someone DID mount a protest which turned nasty, and the Daily Hate found out afterwards that the police had been alerted in advance and had done nothing about it.... Goes to show, though that you have...

The height sign is in proper measurements. But perhaps the military are metric now ("What's a foot, Sarge?" "Don't come all Shakesperian with me, laddie!")