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No cards this year, saving money. ASDA indian meal for two...

The way I'd imagine dual voltage operation would be a retractable DLR style contact rail system while on Network Rail under 25kv wires.

Quite right. The article in the OP has everything to do with breastfeeding. The author of the letter can't attend the Olympics because they don't have a ticket for their newborn, which will require breastfeeding (if following the WHO misguidelines but conveniently overlooking the option to...

The other side of the food coin is self sufficiency. Plenty of scrub land going unused. One of the depots I used to manage had vegetable patches growing along the security perimeter. Land that would otherwise have just be gravel being put to good use. Flat roofs, sloping roofs too, could...

In accordance with with WHO guidelines... I had the misfortune to encounter the breast nazis. Hateful people. Really. They mean well, but seriously. No. But yes, disgusted that Michelle's enjoyment of this prestigious international sporting event will be ruined by the miracle of...

Intensive farming doesn't have to be destructive in the long term. Crop rotation and fallow periods can still be followed. Soil erosion can be avoided with natural vegetation windbreaks. With centrally managed food production, biodiversity can flourish away from the intense agricultural...

Maybe tie in to my fantasy Morecambe Bay transport solution. Two primary corridors that cross at Lancaster Bus Station. Heysham to Morecambe then down the old alignment to to cross the river to the city centre. A spur would run up to Lancaster station reinstated platform six. Then across...

Extend that to Heysham/Morecambe and you might just prise me from the M6 for my commute to Leyland.

I like to imagine anything Irish being dragged along NR metals for overhaul at some UK plant. I often wonder that had Ireland been standard gauge, would we have seen NIR and IR stock occasionally on BR. Boat trains like to Europe perhaps? I know some Irish stock has been transported by road...

The relaxed drinking laws are enjoyed and appreciated by millions without incident, while towns and cities have always suffered the drink related problems you attribute to the new rules.

I'm not sure you understand my point. The problems of scarcity have nothing to do with there not being enough. The practice of Set-Aside payments in the EU continues while millions live in food poverty. It costs too much to ship surplus grain to where its needed, in Africa, for example...

Most of the problems are political. There is enough cultivatable land, if my source was correct, in Africa to feed entire planet, if only it could be properly managed. I too am quite passionate about a sustainable future, and agree transport is a critical component. I am a techno-optimist...

NO ONE IS DEFENDING THE FARE DODGING SCROAT!!! Have those repulsed by the arrogant heavy handed intervention of the big heroic guy never been victims of crime? Rubbish! Some of us have been mugged, verbally abused, racially abused, had their property vandalised and seen their taxes paid to...

Make that two women, and hold the attractive...

Interesting question. I would like to know more too as I'm interested in the crossover period while Piccadilly was dual voltage. Have tried searching on the web, without luck, many times for images of a EM1 and an AL1 in the same shot. I would imagine though, that 1500v dc would have...

You have a very twisted view of what is right. OK. So we let Pollock get away with this and set a precedent. Next week you need to return your faulty goods to Comet, but the cashier won't honor the returns policy or your statutory rights. You demand to see the manager, he refuses. Your...

Whey Aye Five-O very funny. Top marks to a management team with a sense of humour.

Nah. Woodhead still open at 1.5kv DC and running a variety secondhand dutch locos :-) APT, IC 250 and displaced to the MML when the Pendolinos were introduced to WCML 10 years ago.

I think that they should be shot, and all guards be issued with cattleprods. Seriously though. I don't have the answers, and would never claim to. Step back from this particular instance though, look at the big picture and understand what you're advocating. Can you not see how it would...

You're amazed because you're not grasping the point of the opposing view and seem unable to separate the two very different issues. One issue is the abusive fare dodger make life difficult for the rail staff. The other is the excessive intervention of Pollock. Being appalled by the...