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No, Windscale is where that accident happened. I forget where that is in relation to Sellafield, but I'm fairly sure it's not exactly the same place but with a different name. Surely they wouldn't try and pull the wool over our eyes by just renaming it? :wink:

Google's telling me that's a wrestling move. :s You couldn't explain that one, could you? Ta!

The codes aren't Pacer-specific, they're in use across the industry. Wikipedia has the following: 1 Stop 1—2 Close doors 2 Ready to start 2—2 Do not open doors 3 Set Back 3—1 Lock central door locking 3—2—1 Testing doors 3—3 Guard required by driver, or guard or driver to speak on the...

Are we talking pre- or post-Beeching? :wink: Post-Beeching, 13 miles to Durham, 15 miles to Newcastle. Pre-Beeching, about 200 yards. Which is a shame, because it would have made my commute an awful lot easier, especially if I could have got off at Manors, which I can see from my office.

Actually quite a long way from the A1, and besides the airport itself is awkward to get to, as you can't drive up to the terminal without paying.

And I thought Pacers were noisy enough without them making sonic booms as well as that awful flange squeal!

Possibly the single most cheerful member of staff I've ever seen was an XC guard, who went down the carriage greeting everyone with a "Hello" or "Hi" as she checked their tickets, and a cheery "Thanks!" before moving on to the next passenger. Encountered her a few times when I used to commute by...

Smiling can get you funny looks. I used to listen to a lot of podcasts, and it wasn't unknown for me to get to the point where I was shaking from the effort of stifling a loud guffaw.

The thing that I found astonishing was the number of minimum wage jobs advertised where they required previous experience. Of course, there's so many people looking right now, that employers know they'll find someone to fill them at minimum wage, too.

I can sympathise with the overqualified bit, although during my recent spate of unemployment, I did get around that a little by having a few variants of my CV - all of them completely truthful, but each highlighting various areas of work. There was also a version where I'd made it look like my...

I once saw two dispatchers on opposite platforms playing a game of imaginary tennis with their bats. Brought a smile to a few people's faces, that one. One could argue that point, depending on whether you're using additive (CMY) or subtractive colour mixing (RGB). The former works by...

I wonder if any of them use part-night photocells? They're quite cunning little blighters that turn the light on for a certain percentage of the night, based on how long the hours of darkness were the previous night.

There's also the issues that the T&W Metro have had, with scooter owners going straight across the car and out through the doors on the non-platform side!

Does it have anything set to make it come on at a certain time and do certain things, like Windows updates?

They're alright. Just a shame about the lack of wifi. And the fact that the carriages smell of toilet. And that if you're in the window seat with someone sitting next to you in the aisle seat, they're really cramped. And that they're really noisy. And vibratey (I don't care if that's not a...

I find myself wondering just how many of the home nations will be in the competition by lunchtime!

He could have been going the other way, though. That said, looking at the angle of some of the pictures, it's difficult to tell which side of the road he was on. The driver seems to prefer the middle, it would appear!

Playing devil's avocado for a second... Is there any chance the barriers could be at fault? Like if the timings on the crossing were set wrong, and the barrier started to drop at exactly the same time as the yellow light showed? How infalible are the control electronics on this sort of thing -...

I'm sure someone wiser than I may be able to comment on why this is. On Go North East buses, the machine will issue paper tickets when presented with a concessionary pass, but I have no idea what purpose they serve. On the other hand, my monthly ticket is loaded onto a proximity card, and the...

I'm fairly sure it is. I've noticed something that looks like a radome on the roof near the non-pointy end of the DVTs.