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My other forum does that - "New Posts" shows a list of threads added to since you last looked - clicking on a topic in that will take you to the first unread post in each thread- handy. Well, it used to - it has, for some unfathomable reason, started taking you straight to the latest post, so there is a risk of missing stuff, if you don't 'look up' to see if there's anything earlier that you hadn't seen. We also have "Recent Activity" - this shows each post, like, profile change, etc, in time order. It also shows, for a while, deleted posts, which can be entertaining - these are usually spam and unintended duplications - five insertions of the same post is the current record, if anybody wants to try to beat it...

Can you still get Brut Class 33..?

"Fog in the Channel - continent cut off"..?

I just entered the name of the town - and it's placed me between the 'main pub' and the chipper, That seems handy enough. My 'place of residence', in the legal sense, is on the Big Island, but I've been there less than half the time over the last three years.

I ventured out beyond the 5km today - up the bog road to survey Bridge 194. This would imply that there are three other structures between here and bridge 190 above. One of them, 193, presumably, is this nuclear-bomb-proof culvert next-door. I can see what looks like one other, non-public, structure via google maps, about half-way between 190 and 194. The 'girder' of 194 is an interesting structure - a corrugated plate, formed from z-pieces, rivetted to joining plates.

Mmmm... Would that include an NIR layout? Or even IoW? Or do they, perhaps, mean the physical location of the actual layout?

http://www.waterfordmuseum.ie/exhibit/web/DisplayImage/K0qfsMMKxRJps/1/Manor_Street_Railway_Station_Waterford_City.html;jsessionid=F97116E9EA89A5324353A6620110FB0A

What? Surely you have this on repeat in the car. Interestingly (perhaps), just before I started at Stafford Poly, Wizzard played there, supported by, of all unlikely people, Bob Marley and the Wailers...

Last Train To Charleville?

This is a good start? https://anticsonline.uk/Product/EFE-24107-Bedford-TK-Dropside-Crosville-NMB--176_N105208329

Would it be feasible/worthwhile/desirable to cut out a small amount of the backboard and place some sort of 'concave bush' there - or something similar?

A brief survey of the station, during the warm bit of the afternoon, revealed that the phone cabinet has been updated. Some details of the roof slates. I'm not sure I would advertise a lift as being 'non-stop'.

Is that mascara you're wearing? Or a black eye..?

In 1963, I was standing on the platform of Kingham station in Gloucestershire, with my father, who was off to Cyprus for three months. In those days, in the right circumstances, you could detect an approaching train much further away than is generally possible now. The bursts of smoke and steam as it passed under each bridge gave a good indication of its location and speed. Having spotted its approach, it seemed to me that it was unlikely to be able to stop at the station, but, there were many adults involved and I had to assume that they knew what they were doing. Eventually, it came into sight and hammered through the station at a good 60mph, in the violent manner that only an ageing steam train can, much to the surprise of everybody but me. When the smoke, steam, ash, smuts and other debris had cleared, we could see the stationmaster on the opposite platform, shouting "That was your train!" and pointing at where it had gone with his walking stick, as if we didn't know. It was pulled up in the next station and we went off and literally caught it by mean of the stationmaster's van.

When I meet a new person with a North American accent, I always ask them if they're Canadian. Canadians love it and US citizens are somewhat less happy - you can't lose.

Some very interesting shots around Abbeyleix here - https://www.facebook.com/LaoisHeritageSociety/posts/4021235487938102

Back in the old days, SPAD was a WW1-era aircraft manufacturer - SPAD had an interesting early history as an acronym - originally it signified Société de Production des Aéroplanes Deperdussin, but after some financial irregularities by Armand Deperdussin, resulting in his arrest for fraud and subsequent bankruptcy, the name was changed, upon the business being rescued, to Société pour l'Aviation et ses Dérivés, thus keeping the handy acronym and glossing over the unfortunate events.

Examination of the map led me to believe that I could investigate two further bridges on the Lisduff side of the station - 189 and 190, I think. They are on a side road of the type that you wouldn't use unless you were going there and, I presume, were originally accommodation crossings, possibly within living memory, although I can't remember and I definitely haven't been along there for over forty years. 189. The road between the two seems to have dual carriageway status - well, it has a central reservation... 190.

You have to 'sign up'. Once you're logged in, you can add to, or edit, entries. It is not an easy process, at least the first time, but it is possible. I've done a few corrections to things and additions where new events have occurred since an entry was created. Be prepared for some "issues", it can be a rather convoluted and frustrating process. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Editing#:~:text=How do I edit a page%3F,-Main page%3A Wikipedia&text=To edit the whole page,special markup language called wikitext.

Hopefully, "we" don't have a container on here - https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2021/0324/1205754-suez-canal/ - or any of the other ships that are hanging about as a result.

I had a proper job for twenty years, until it became a matter of what colour uniform was going to take me away. We had another of our annual clearouts and they asked for volunteers - I realised that, if they had asked for volunteers to stay, then I would not have applied - so I took the plunge. It was actually much easier to 'get by' than I imagined it would be - having a regular job has its costs, being free to set your own agenda lets you work far more efficiently. I still had thirteen years left on the mortgage at that time, but I got by OK - if I needed more money to give people, then it was a matter of getting it, and that was generally possible. That was 1993 - I'm weeks away from when I should have been a pensioner, of sorts, but the posh boys have added a further year to wait. It's not for everybody, but it is doable. As for retiring in the more normal manner, there is no best before date - do it, as soon as you can! For the first few years after my escape, people would often ask "Do you miss it at all?" - to which my standard answer was "Yes. First thing every morning".