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Where exactly is the taxi rank now - from the description 'next to wetherspoons' it's out the 'back' on that stupid bit of road that seems to do a figure-8 to block itself... asking for the wife as she will need to get a cab back next week. The few times I've driven there it changes every time...

I'd personally be concerned about any warranty on a new kitchen from them now if Homebase does disappear.

There is a (large!) PDF published on https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/autumn-budget-2024 - has numerous bits of East West rail in... see S3.19 on page 64 of the PDF linked from that website

Indeed, I had never been asked for my senior railcard except on LNER on our last trip where evidence was insisted upon.

That's a fair average. On an 80% charge mine (38kWh model) will do that. On a 100% charge and driven carefully I get closer to 180. Not really a good comparison due to the way I drive usually (!) but nice to see real world averages actually are real. Note I always have the aircon on.

I would hope the public would not be so daft! I've only been on strike once and I suspect that if we'd had to wait to be paid once the strike ended we would still be out.

Presumably the drivers will get paid regardless of if they need to work now they are not on strike?

I used to use that in Asda using the app on the phone until one time I got to the self-scan checkout and the app bombed. No way back. And the same thing happened again the next time, new phone, new install of the app, same bomb. Not used it since. For the hand scanners - tried it once, Asda...

The LNER website now says "Saturday 31 August and Sunday 1 September (timetable is confirmed and open for bookings, changes and refunds)" - not looked at the times as we're not due to travel until the 15th (typical, I changed our National Express tickets to later in the year as I wanted to go to...

Over the past few weeks the number of calls we got increased quite a bit, to the extent that I was ignoring 5 or more calls per day, all from unrecognised numbers. But since we upgraded our broadband we no longer have a landline and I only ever answer calls on the mobile to numbers in my...

Check your own house insurance too - ours had a clause whereby students possessions were covered while away at uni up to £10k (iirc). Not all our polices had this though.

Ah yes makes perfect sense - thanks. This is the older type of TC relay we have.

https://ks.echr.coe.int/documents/d/echr-ks/guide_prisoners_rights_eng - page 12 para 30 seems to suggest 3 sq m minimum personal space per prisoner, less if there is sufficient out of cell activities etc... so chuck them out occasionally. (I did wonder if there is mileage in the fact they say...

Those were for AC track circuits weren't they? DC is a lot simpler. Aster comes to mind too but way more complex than our heritage stuff, battery at one end and relay at the other.

Yeah that's the thing with the passes, you need to do enough trips. We only had the IC card for convenience, didn't get any area passes as it would not have paid off.

We're just back from Japan, not Tokyo though so can't comment on passes for there other than to say make sure you get your passport stamped 'temporary visitor' - by a human, the gates don't stamp. The reason is that some passes are available to foreign tourists only and you need that passport...

Hyundai Ioniq - same version as that posted by Harpers Tale by the sound of it - 21 plate, just had its first MoT. So far I've done just under 10k miles as I really don't drive much since retirement. My once a week trip to the railway is a 50 mile round trip and if that were all the driving I...

I finally had one of those 'this is your bank ... did you pay xxx, press 1 etc etc', from a Leeds number. Not my bank's fraud number, didn't say which bank and anyway I would always ignore such calls. But I was feeling left out having never received one of these...

Indeed. I checked mine against various SID boards in the area, all of which agreed that 22MPH on the speedo is 20MPH according to Mr SID. All may be wrong of course! Same for several 30MPH ones, 32=30 in my case (digital speedo). And the cruise control is no guarantee i.e. it sometimes goes over...

I've had front and rear cams for a while now and they produce interesting memories sometimes. As to 20MPH zones, our estate has been that for a while and generally it's been ok, except of course it's become obvious that the 20MPH limit does not apply to Royal Mail or numerous couriers (except...