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    How busy have your trains been?

    Increases in property values do not make the owners “comfortably well off” unless they sell and buy something cheaper. Until then a house value is just a figure on paper.
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    How busy have your trains been?

    Caught a Peterborough train at FPK around 17:15 on Tuesday. Very busy with standing in some carriages. Cambridge trains however seemed much less busy with plenty of seats available.
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    Comedian Sean Lock dies aged 58

    He was absolutely brilliant in 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown. His bizarre mascots were gems, especially the cocktail made of a different drink for every letter of the alphabet. RIP.
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    Local Facebook Groups

    Yep. Dog poo, litter, bad drivers, electric scooters and lost cats make up the vast majority of posts on my village group. 1629226054 On my local group such an incident would be considered by some as indicative of criminal activity. :)
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    Trivia: Most unlikely places to go on holiday

    I had a holiday in Bradford in 1963 and spent a couple of nights in Grimsby the same year.
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Correct. Interestingly one was named after a fictional character invented by the railway concerned. The throttle is yours.
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    No.
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    No.
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    Your first car

    I had one of those but K reg. Not my first car though.
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Not that I'm aware of.
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    Thanks. What connects Abraham Lincoln, Ann Rutledge, Carl Sandburg, Henry Hudson, James Whitcomb Riley and Phoebe Snow?
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    Railway General Knowledge.

    1. Tank locomotive 2. OHLE 3. OHLE inspection car 4. Tender locomotive 5. Rack (and pinion) railway 5. Signalbox 7. Heusinger valve gear 8. ...............................
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    Current events in Afghanistan

    Sadly they have died for nothing.
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    Are there any gas lit carriages in preseevation and can they be run in service??

    Gas bottles for touring vans in the 60s and 70s were carried in a holder on the A-frame at the front of the van, behind the towing hitch.
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    Comedic "things you would ban": minor things that irritate you

    Event commentators. Generally too fond of the sound of their own voice so never know when to shut up.
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    Supermarket Self Service Tills

    I avoid self service tills wherever possible. Prefer to deal with a human being. Add to that the fact that the Co-Op membership card I have on my phone won't scan at a self service till as they have barcode scanners and not QR scanners, and the card has a QR code. Staffed tills have the correct...
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    Trivia: Routes that don't stop at any stations in a county they pass through

    KGX - KLN services that are first stop CBG stop in neither Herts nor Beds.
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    Trivia: Routes that don't stop at any stations in a county they pass through

    Many EMT services pass through but do stop in neither Beds nor Herts.
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    2020 Olympic Games in Japan

    Thoroughly enjoyed the Olympics. Some amazing performances in so many events. Just a shame they've finished.

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