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Little related, SWR are holding a public consultation about a future new timetable throughout June. There will be in-person meetings at major SWR stations including Waterloo and Salisbury, and there are posters at stations with a QR code if you wish to add your thoughts.

Would this be a good time to remind Mr. Trump that the last time the UK asked for US help in one our little wars it took two years for them to get up off their a… posteriors? ;) (I am fully aware that there was a lot of co-operation before official US involvement in WWII, American volunteers in...

Well, no to the first, but I really wish bloody obvious things like this were pointed out to him more often. To the second... seriously?!

Presumably those playing the “WOKE NONSENSE!” card have failed to notice the person that has been depicted on the £50 note for some time (for international readers who may not be familiar with British currency, that person is Alan Turing, famous computer scientist and a gay man at a time when...

Properly packaged food can last a really long time; theres at least one YouTuber who specialises in opening and sometimes eating food from military “MREs’ (Meals Ready to Eat), some of which date from the 1940s (or in a few cases, even earlier). The YouTuber “Ashens” has also eaten, IIRC, tinned...

I guess its also arguable that videogame production involves skills that are a) if not easier, than at least more comfortable to learn for the inclined person b) the equipment required is more readily obtainable and c) the skills are more easily transferable to other related fields, such as...

As far as most “traditional” media and politics goes for video gaming, they’ve never really got over thinking of it as “kids stuff” (despite the fact that for a long time now, the average gamer age has been roughly middle aged), and anything related to it isn’t a “proper” profession. It’s a bit...

“Unregulated sexual economy” - and how Reform haven’t been laughed into space for devising that phrase - isn’t just about doing more breeding; its almost certainly in part directed to that other obsession of the right, LGBTQ rights. ”Unregulated sexual economy” isn’t so much a dog whistle as a...

Bit of a late update, but WoE services West of Salisbury back to normal as of Sunday 1st February.

There’s a couple of areas West of Salisbury that are prone to flooding and/or landslips; Feniton to Cranbrook and around Axminster and Crewkerne for example. Work has been done over the years but it seems the weather keeps levelling up…

If you’re referring to the SWR WoE line, if the flooding is bad enough on the levels then the amount of rain will likely have been enough to possibly affect that route too (as happened the other day during the worst of the rain). And unfortunately the signalling issues at Salisbury still aren’t...

Ongoing signalling issues Salisbury area today (29th Jan); a reduced service is operating between Salisbury and Exeter until further notice. Unclear at present whether this is will stretch beyond today.

Regards taxi claim back, this probably wouldn’t have helped much as the flooding badly affected a number of roads in the Honiton/Exeter area; the Police were advising not to travel by road in the Exeter, East and Mid Devon areas unless absolutely critical. Unfortunately theres signalling issues...

So I see, sorry, I saw “CFCs” mentioned but somehow missed the rest.

CFCs have already been mentioned, but I’ll add leaded petrol (introduced to reduce a problem called “knocking” in internal combustion engines) because they were invented by the same person - and possibly one of the front runners for the “We’d Have Been Better Off Without Him” award - Thomas...

Still a couple of cancellations and some knock-on delays but yes, normal working now.

Churchill, Manitoba, Northern Canada? In that the town of Churchill might not be able to continue existing without it, and the line that goes there serves a number of communities en route.There is an airport there, but there are no roads in or out of the town to the rest of Canada for...

There isn’t always a seat on Shinkansen services; I’ve stood on them before. However, this was at the tail end of “Golden Week” which is a holiday period when many Japanese travel back to their home towns. As a rule, the Japanese fares system is usually straightforward to understand but does...

If a water pistol doesn’t work, possibly try a NERF gun? They fire soft foam projectiles so shouldn’t harm the cat, but I guess there is a risk it would try and “play” with the incoming rounds…

I think it’s obvious by now Trump doesn’t have the slightest clue regards this subject; several years ago he was under the impression they give vaccines to babies using the same size syringes they use for horses. Kennedy has hitched his wagon to the anti-vax movement also for years now.