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« Reply #180 on: April 06, 2014, 19:33:42 » |
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So what about 00:20.00.00.00.00.00.00??
You will never ever get EXACTLY 20mins!!
Dont forget milliseconds, microseconds, nanoseconds, picoseconds, femtoseconds and attoseconds!!!!
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« Reply #181 on: April 06, 2014, 19:52:26 » |
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You will never ever get EXACTLY 20mins!!
Indeed. That's the 4" sausage argument of my old school teacher. (In packet of sausages with an average length of 4", none will be exactly 4" long). As the sign states in minute units only, isn't there an implication that the accuracy is to the minute - so that people may stop for a minimum of 19m 30s and a maximum of 20m 30s. Slightly more seriously ...I do wonder about 20 minute waiting zones for pickups. If it turns out the incoming train's running late, are you allowed to wait longer, or do you have to drive around the block or park in the paid area? |
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« Reply #182 on: April 07, 2014, 15:21:52 » |
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I would say that 20m30 would be rounded up to 21m. 20m29 would rounded down to 20m.
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« Reply #183 on: June 07, 2014, 15:28:46 » |
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Do FGW▸ supply lanyards to visibly display my driving licence or passport?  |
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« Reply #184 on: June 08, 2014, 11:42:09 » |
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Brucey, where?
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« Reply #185 on: June 08, 2014, 11:50:19 » |
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Plymouth - opposite side of the island from Platform 4
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« Reply #186 on: June 08, 2014, 23:24:13 » |
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Is it obligitory to hide one's means of identification on leaving that same area? And is it like the technical area in football, which is not really technical at all?
As a keen, if by no means expert, follower of Freud, I find that ID relates to a theory of Sigmund's:
"The id (German: Es) is the unorganized part of the personality structure that contains a human's basic, instinctual drives. Id is the only component of personality that is present from birth. It is the source of our bodily needs, wants, desires, and impulses, particularly our sexual and aggressive drives. The id contains the libido, which is the primary source of instinctual force that is unresponsive to the demands of reality. The id acts according to the "pleasure principle"^the psychic force that motivates the tendency to seek immediate gratification of any impulse^ defined as, seeking to avoid pain or unpleasure (not 'displeasure') aroused by increases in instinctual tension. If the mind was solely guided by the id, individuals would find it difficult to wait patiently at a restaurant, while feeling hungry, and would most likely grab food from neighbouring tables."
Do you need a special ticket to access the ID area? I can't wait to go back to Plymouth, where it seems I am on a promise - a free b*rg*r and a g**d sh*g (I'll settle for mediocre on either count, but onions on at least one).
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« Reply #187 on: June 11, 2014, 14:27:22 » |
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http://www.federationoffishfriers.co.uk/news/1352.htm?The North Yorkshire Moors Railway offers visitors a chance to escape the hustle and bustle of city life and step back in time to a bygone area and sink into a more relaxed style of life as you meander through the North York Moors National Park and to the coast on-board a steam engine. I looked carefully though the article which is about having fish and chips on the train to see if they were limited to a restaurant car, or if the exercise was likely to end up a train-cleaner's nightmare. And came to the understanding from the sentence above that the North Yorkshire Moors Railway will be conveying its passengers on board the steam locomotive!
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« Reply #188 on: June 12, 2014, 01:39:44 » |
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Indeed. It'd be a bit cosy on the footplate it that text was taken literally. And what exactly is a 'bygone area'?  |
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« Reply #189 on: June 13, 2014, 17:57:32 » |
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And what exactly is a 'bygone area'? Avonmouth. |
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« Reply #190 on: June 13, 2014, 22:54:17 » |
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"Level crossings are safe, unless they are used in an unsafe manner." Discuss.
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« Reply #191 on: June 14, 2014, 08:11:54 » |
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He may have a point... From the BBC» A waste recycling firm has been stripped of its permission to operate at Avonmouth Dock in Bristol.
The Environment Agency (EA) acted after ruling that the company, Boomeco, was responsible for a series of fly infestations plaguing nearby homes and businesses
The firm was storing bales of waste at the dockside prior to export.
The EA said the firm's actions had failed to solve the problem and permission had been withdrawn.
The company, which deals with tens of thousands of tonnes of household waste a week, had permission to temporarily store waste at the dock, provided they "met certain requirements".
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« Reply #192 on: June 14, 2014, 09:49:15 » |
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'Bygone', not 'flyblown'!
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« Reply #193 on: June 16, 2014, 17:46:25 » |
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Don't be too quick to judge me - I said that in love. Well, slight affection anyway.
It is only when you drive through Avonmouth and explore its side-streets that you realise how many people live there. Most have no direct connection to the port, other than it is on the doorstep. The port was the reason that some of the big industrial company like Commonwealth Smelting and that one that made carbon black for the tyre industry sprang up. Many have now gone, mainly overseas where wages and safety standards are lower, but the port area is left with this legacy of pollution, real or imagined. The town has the M5 above it, providing a 24/7 soundtrack, with the rumbling conveyor belt bringing coal from Portbury, and has now also had wind turbines dumped on it. So when someone goes to the council and says "I've got a money-making idea, but it attracts flies", Avonmouth is always going to get the gig ahead of Stoke Bishop.
I have been on cruises with Mrs FT, N!in the Caribbean, off California, and various round Europe and/or Africa jaunts. Few ports are things of beauty in themselves (although Funchal and Mykonnos are nice), but workaday conduits to bring goods and passengers in to spend their money further down the line. Avonmouth deserves better. But it won't get it.
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« Reply #194 on: June 16, 2014, 18:16:42 » |
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