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No I hadn't, thanks for that.

Yes, becoming more common now unfortunately. It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the fact the different companies all have the own apps so you have to download it there and then if it's not already on the phone. If not banned entirely, there should IMO definitely be a law that all app only...

Solo was the Mastercard version of Electron. My CoOp bank card did state Electron on the card when I first had it but branding was changed to standard Visa some time in the early 2010s, but still with the Electron restrictions. I think the logic was to remove the stigma around using one as it...

Not recent either, I had to apply for one of those types of accounts in 2005, it came with a debit card back then too (not contactless back in those days of course). The only difference was it was a Visa Electron rather than a standard Visa debit card which prevented you going overdrawn but was...

Not comparable. Headcorn is a small village, most people using the station would have been driving there anyway. Coventry is a city of over 300,000 people.

Happy isn't really the right word, more that will a majority of the cabinet reach the stage that they believe anyone is a better option than Trump? With Trump's behaviour steadily becoming more unhinged, that likelihood increases with each passing day. Bear in mind they're probably not Trump...

And gold. 1789993204 If he doesn't do an Elvis beforehand, I suspect the 25th amendment will be enacted not long after 20th January 2027. That's the point at which Vance could serve out the remainder of Trump's term and stand for two further terms.

Personally I always prioritise a direct flight over extra travel time to the departure airport.

I've a suspicion that when you go down to the fine detail, most of that big beautiful agreement is merely re-iterating long standing arrangements Denmark and the US have had since the cold war, but sold to Trump as if it's all down to him.

Aside from Musk, the other big reason I don't like Teslas is they take the touchscreens for everything principle to extreme lengths. As long as there are brands who continue to provide physical buttons for basic features like climate control, I'll stick with them.

That's good to know. In the case of the power cuts, they weren't specific to the property but affected the whole village. My dad's theory was the mains infrastructure hadn't been upgraded for decades and was unable to cope with modern demand (he lived there between 2000 and 2013).

Two more: When someone leaves a message on a landline answerphone you're hearing their message live so if it's someone you actually want to speak to, you can pick up there and then. With a mobile where you listen to the message after the event you have to call them back. No power supply...

I've only ever encountered one, a branch of Sainsbury's we visit once in a blue moon, the three other Sainsbury's branches we use don't have them. As for walking out without paying, I've (accidentally) done it a couple of times when I've been running on autopilot.

Now do the top 73 highest earners for a private company of broadly equivalent size and turnover.

SPLITTERS!!

Good to know, thanks.

Apologies if this has already been covered in this thread, but when a sleeper service is cancelled, such as the Fort William incident a few days ago, are affected passengers given the option of a hotel stay and a day train the following day or is a rail replacement bus the only option?

Not as long as some but still worthy of note, the A5230>Yeadon Way>Seasiders Way is built on the trackbed of the final 3.5 miles of the Marton Line to the site of Blackpool Central station.

As odd as it might sound, one of the reasons I prefer full sugar drinks to diet drinks is, to my tastebuds, diet drinks often taste sweeter than full sugar, I find many artificial sweetners have a distinctive sickly sweet taste distinct from drinks sweetened with sugar.

Agree. I was actually in favour of the tax when it was introduced, but I naively thought it would simply be a case of the soft drinks I like to drink being sold at a higher price rather than ruining the taste to get below the tax threshold.