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Peter Mugridge

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HMS Ark Royal said:
No - I will give you a clue...

This person is now deceased and had a very famous father who flies his own planes
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Howard Hughes?

His father was a famous businessman.

Hughes flew aircraft he himself had designed.

He is deceased.


Don't know if he ever went on the Orient Express, though, but as an eccentric it would certainly be in character to have had a burger on board it.
 
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kevconnor said:
did mean Jett Travolta
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Correct - according to the Chef, Jett really wanted a burger and fries so he got it using a beef fillet steak and hand cut chips - although he might have felt sorry for him given Jett's medical condition

Only time in his cheffing career he has done that

Floor is yours
 
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The Attached images come from Google Street View and are of a former railway line. Name the line.
 

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Thanks.

Question about South America: defined as the countries of the continental land-mass east and south of the Colombia / Panama border.

At “rail peak”, many South American countries were served by a huge, basically interconnected and international (though multi-gauge) rail network (plus some isolated lines). Please list those countries in South America which at any time had public railways; but which were not, at all, on this interconnected network.

There is one country which it would seem equally valid to include in such a list; and not to include it. It will be reckoned correct either to include this country, or not.
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Calthrop said:
Thanks.

Question about South America: defined as the countries of the continental land-mass east and south of the Colombia / Panama border.

At “rail peak”, many South American countries were served by a huge, basically interconnected and international (though multi-gauge) rail network (plus some isolated lines). Please list those countries in South America which at any time had public railways; but which were not, at all, on this interconnected network.

There is one country which it would seem equally valid to include in such a list; and not to include it. It will be reckoned correct either to include this country, or not.
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(After some 36 hours -- anyone like a clue? Or do people just basically not do South America?
 
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