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« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2012, 20:55:57 » |
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Aargh! 19/20! So close yet so far!
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JayMac
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« Reply #16 on: September 04, 2012, 20:56:18 » |
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Pretty sure mine is lowest out of everyone (feel free to post it)
Annoyingly, looking at pictures again with the answers, things stand out and make me feel like an idiot for not realising at the time!
As you wish Ollie!    1. Mind blank, but I think it's an SWT▸ station
3. Bracknell (Extra points that you're standing on the Waterloo bound platform)
4. Swindon
13. Brighton
15. Reading looking at Platform 4 and 5
16. Bristol Parkway?
20. Blanaeu Ffestiniog
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #17 on: September 04, 2012, 20:56:56 » |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #18 on: September 04, 2012, 20:57:22 » |
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Aargh! 19/20! So close yet so far!
Yes indeed. Hard lines Rob T. A commendable effort just pipped by bobm. |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #19 on: September 04, 2012, 21:01:50 » |
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1. I've been there 2. You're on the platform? I should have got Falmouth too, as we both went there. also should have got Slough cos of the Blue building on right of the pic! Newport should have got as been a few times, I feel so silly  |
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Chris from Nailsea
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« Reply #20 on: September 04, 2012, 22:34:13 » |
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Don't worry, Ollie: I would have got very few right myself, if I'd been eligible to enter - and even having seen all of the correct answers, there are still a lot I would never have got! The standard of entries overall was very high: we had a winner with all 20 right, a runner up with 19 - and two others with 18 each, out of a total of 12 entries! Having set up a very robust tie-break procedure, thinking it surely wouldn't be used, we actually came very close to having to do so!  |
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William Huskisson MP▸ was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830. Many more have died in the same way since then. Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.
"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #21 on: September 04, 2012, 23:00:41 » |
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An idea for the next quiz could be something along the lines of charge ^1 for entry.
Therefore BNM doesn't have to pay for the prize out of his own pocket and also the more people that enter, the higher the prize!
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Here, there and Everywhere!!
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« Reply #22 on: September 04, 2012, 23:14:42 » |
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Well having basked in my 15 minutes of fame I'd just like to say my bit.
With or without the prize I'd like to see more of these types of quizzes rather than the "everyone have one guess in 24 hours" type. I enjoyed having the time to research the ones I didn't immediately know. A couple I thought I had worked out only to remember that the location I had guessed didn't have third rail or overhead etc so had to delve some more. The hardest one for me was Liskeard - didn't recognise it in the mist and fog!
On a wider point I enjoy the community we have here on the coffeeshop. I have learned things, I have been to places I have read about on here, I've saved money because of tips gleaned on here, I have met new friends both on and off line and on the odd occasion I hope I have added something to the debate.
Sounds like an Oscar acceptance speech - didn't mean it that way, but heres to more lively informed debate and more quizzes, although I promised Bignosemac I'll recuse myself from the next prize one!
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« Reply #23 on: September 04, 2012, 23:17:00 » |
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Liskeard!! I spent ages attempting to place it, to no avail - and i've been there!
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JayMac
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« Reply #24 on: September 05, 2012, 04:49:39 » |
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An idea for the next quiz could be something along the lines of charge ^1 for entry.
Therefore BNM doesn't have to pay for the prize out of his own pocket and also the more people that enter, the higher the prize!
It's enough of a business setting up, running and keeping track without asking for an entry fee as well. Charging would mean bank transfers which would mean responsibility for more personal information. A couple further legal aspects that I'd rather not deal with. The odd tenner or more a few times of year is no biggie for bignosemac, particularly as he now has gainful regular employment.  |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #25 on: September 05, 2012, 06:55:38 » |
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Well done, and very well said bobm. I think there's a few of us who wholeheartedly agree with your sentiments, even if we don't have the required tenacity to complete the quiz
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« Reply #26 on: September 05, 2012, 07:05:53 » |
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Well I knew I didn't have 20 right as I didn't have a Scooby Doo where number 3 was. Other than on the Southern, I did wonder if it was a SWT▸ unit but not on a SWT served line.
IIRC▸ I got number 1 wrong,
6 threw me for a while as it's NEVER misty at Liskeard only ever Dry or Raining.
Would BNM confirm my Score please.
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« Reply #27 on: September 05, 2012, 07:29:02 » |
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What a HUGE success! Many thanks, BNM for taking this quiz all the way through from inspiration to completions, and to all those people who took part and sent in entries. And I know there were many others who spent many hours pouring over pictures and trying to identify where the pictures were taken. |
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Coffee Shop Admin, Chair of Melksham Rail User Group, TravelWatch SouthWest Board Member
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JayMac
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« Reply #28 on: September 05, 2012, 07:41:28 » |
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Well I knew I didn't have 20 right as I didn't have a Scooby Doo where number 3 was. Other than on the Southern, I did wonder if it was a SWT▸ unit but not on a SWT served line.
IIRC▸ I got number 1 wrong,
6 threw me for a while as it's NEVER misty at Liskeard only ever Dry or Raining.
Would BNM confirm my Score please.
Of course. Right Here goes, my Answers are. 1 Salisbury 2 Lydney Town (Forest of Dean Railway) 3 I Give up 4 Swindon 5 Hoveton & Wroxham 6 Liskeard 7 Banbury 8 Paignton 9 Nailsea & Backwell 10 Norwich 11 Penzance 12 Severn Beach 13 Brighton 14 Falmouth Docks 15 Reading 16 Newport (South Wales) 17 Stourbridge Junction 18 Oxford 19 Bishops Lydeard(West Somerset Railway) 20 Blaenau Ffestiniog Well that's Smokey's best effort An excellent effort which tied for third place.  |
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"A clear conscience laughs at a false accusation."
"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
"Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity."
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« Reply #29 on: September 05, 2012, 14:04:22 » |
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I must say I had great fun trying to locate 2 and 5! More frustration for others! As a Cornish boy, Liskeard was one of the easy ones!
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