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"Economic stagnation grey"

He's treating the office of president as if it was a reality tv show, every day it's a "what the actual *expletive* has he done now?" The "ratings" are through the roof and that and money is all he cares about.

Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing.

A (sort of) airport rail service. http://www.lucannewsletter.ie/history/frailway.html

The Mary McAleese bridge is the only thing to my knowledge named recently after a non deceased person here. It's probably prudent to allow a number of years to pass after a person dies before naming things after them, if say it was discovered subsequently the person did unsavoury things.

The '66 namings were of their time, the choice of dead leaders everyone could get behind, papering over the cracks of the Civil War. I doubt we'll see further Rising/WOI namings on a large scale. Interesting to note the names that stuck in regular use (Kent, Heuston, Colbert) with the rarely used (O'Hanrahan, Casement, MacBride) Trends these days are naming things after people in the usual sports, literary and arts fields. But also formerly ignored Irish people in ww2 (helping Allied side obvs!), social issues, peace process, and much more of an emphasis on women.

In the grounds of a B and B, H van like, but perhaps older.

I'm totally stealing Mango Mussolini.

IE had those up to the 1990s aka The Bra.

Better not be anything made in China in there.

Don't forget, different batches of what are supposed to be the same shade of painted product will appear dissimilar when placed side by side. Learnt that in a previous life in the construction industry! It is the case in real life and models.

Lisbon's fairly hilly with old narrow streets and trams aren't fazed by it.

Is "Commuter" the navy/white/snot green livery?

Surprisingly decent prices for locos since overtaken by IRM's offerings.

Depending on where placed, the vinyl bleaches in sunlight. The Killarney one has lost its gloss and faded a little, it was only up for a couple of years before being replaced by the current green striped ones.