As well as travelling on a 49 year old bus, I saw another stalwart of London's transport system at Victoria -- the slam-door train (visible in distance on photo). These are slowly being phased out "for health and safety reasons", which I think many commuters will see as a backwards step; certainly I'd rather be in a new slam-door style train than a more modern EMU.
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As well as travelling on a 49 year old bus, I saw another stalwart of London's transport system at Victoria -- the slam-door train (visible in distance on photo). These are slowly being phased out "for health and safety reasons", which I think many commuters will see as a backwards step; certainly I'd rather be in a new slam-door style train than a more modern EMU.
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Yet Another Earthquake Post
The BGS have a questionnaire about the effects of the Market Rasen earthquake that I'm sure they'd be chuffed if you filled out.
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451 Please accept T&C before sending mail
An amusing approach to fighting stupid semi-legalistic email signatures.
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A haunting sense that one is simply "Orthodox without beards"
I think that this can best be described in ilanin's words: 325 and all that (by
holyoffice).
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