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Not a happy bunny. Not in the slightest. Yesterday (Friday June 1st) I was due to meet a friend in London for seven hours. She was ill the morning so we almost called it off, but she said to press ahead anyway because neither of us knew when the next opportunity would be (she lives in Leeds)...

A brief history of the Advertising Standards Agency, from Wikipedia: (Note their use of the term "Authority" and not "Agency") In relation to their 50th anniversary, the ASA have released some statistics about complaints in relation to advertising. They have dealt with 431,000 complaints...

Yet another incident on public transport in London (remember this one on the Tramlink?) - and another person sent down. From the BBC: This country is sadly showing no signs of improving, particularly in London. Anyone who saw Panorama last night and believed the program's usual bias needs...

Last Tuesday, the Students' Union at my University had an incident in which everyone had to be evacuated because someone had suggested in some capacity or another that a bomb had been prepared for detonation! This sounds ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous. Only, it then got worse, because on...

Welcome to a special edition of RailUK's Prediction League competition: Euro 2012! There are a few differences this time around, owing to the nature of the competition: • Players submit eight results per round in the Group Stage, and then all results for each round thereafter • Standard...

I've just seen the trailer for Skyfall, and I have to say it looks pretty special: 24mTIE4D9JM One question (well, two) though - am I seeing things, or is that a 1995 Stock train collapsing through a wall somewhere? Does anyone know anything about this scene at all? I must commend the...

Relating to my returning to Southend in late July, my cousin and brother have challenged me to a Top Gear -style race between Bath and Southend. Needless to say, I will be travelling by public transport, whereas they will be bombing it (not literally I hope; that would be cheating!) down the M4...

I don't know why this has happened, but there has just been a mass-influx of Guests on the forum (most of which are probably Google Spiders or something). As a result of this, at 22:21 tonight a new record was set for the most users active at any one time! Good stuff RUK :) I just wish the...

Could someone please confirm that I am not seeing things and that it is cheaper to get a CDR from ASC to Temple Meads than it is to Parkway? Why would this be the case?

In relation to a recent thread about our preferred choices of stock (here), everyone knows my answer to the opposite statement would be 323, for about a zillion different reasons - almost all of which get countered by almost every other person on here. Never mind me though. What about...

I've just had a message in relation to problems with the English language (hence the title), and it has gotten me thinking. The word "take" for example is often used in English in a way that doesn't fit other languages. For example, in English we say "take a picture", whereas in other...

I saw an EWS rake of 6 66s passing through Bath eastbound just after 13:50 today. Does anyone know anything about this movement at all, such as origin and destination and the purpose of it? Is it simply a positioning move? TIA

Having seen deltic1989's thread about partners taking an interest in our collective hobby, I thought it might be interesting to provide a contrast between partners' interests and family interests. For me personally, most of it comes from my father, although it has waned a bit with him as...

Hi all, As part of my work in this thread, and in line with the requests made in this thread, with Administrator permission I am hereby holding an Art Competition! Your challenge is to create the best possible appearance for a generic Villain-of-the-Day character. This character would be...

Quick question guys: When does the service to Okehampton begin this year, and is it still restricted to Sundays? TIA :)

I've noticed that B&H have recently introduced a far more comprehensive Night Bus network: http://www.buses.co.uk/travel/night-buses.aspx Most areas of the city are now within reach of at least one service on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights (Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings), as...

Those of you who are familiar with Google Maps will know that if you zoom in far enough it shows a large number of labels, including among others station names. You will note that the attached screenshot of the centre of Birmingham illustrates this. However, I have noticed that New Street is...

This coming Thursday will see London voting once again - this time, for the title of Mayor of London. To those of you who are able to vote in this election, who will you be voting for (if anyone)? And if you aren't able to vote for whatever reason (e.g. too young; not in London), who would...

Hi all, As you may be aware - if you aren't, look at my signature or follow this link - I have been progressing with a large amount of creative work over the last while (there are various dates that can be considered the starting point), and it is getting to the point that I want some of it...

There are probably be 50 different views on this, so I thought it might be interesting to see what others think. Some people on here are highly secretive, with some not even revealing where they are from, never mind anything else. On the other hand, I have probably revealed far too much, to...