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« on: May 18, 2013, 12:46:48 » |
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It strikes me ... I travel to very many more places on business than most people. All of these taken on business trips - though often in the evening when I've had a chance to look around. Let's do this one a little differently ... guess at all ten and I'll tell you how many you have right! 1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  |
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« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2013, 13:28:54 » |
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I think 4 is a bit too easy, given the running in board on the platform, Grahame?
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grahame
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« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2013, 13:41:40 » |
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I think 4 is a bit too easy, given the running in board on the platform, Grahame?
Paul
Oh yeah ...  ... should mean that everyone gets at least one out of 10 ...  I think some are a bit harder .. and there's one in particular that's probably a lot harder! |
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« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2013, 14:11:54 » |
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4. Taunton.  |
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« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2013, 14:54:20 » |
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I think #4 should be called Bradford Under Wraps...temporarily at least! |
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Puffing Billy
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« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2013, 20:49:21 » |
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I would like to guess at a few of them, but am a bit baffled by the rules. If entrant 1 scores 9, then if entrant 2 knows for certain the one entrant 1 got wrong, even if he did not know the others, he just has to repeat the 9 correct answers plus the amended one. Have I got hold of the wrong end of the stick?
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grahame
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« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2013, 21:01:57 » |
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It's a team "game" (and a bit of an experiment) ... so say where you think all ten are, and I'll tell you how many are right, but not which. Then other can pick up from there.
So you may say:
1 Melksham
2 Shadwell
3 Pilning
4 Kyle of Lochalsh
5 Swindon
6 Peterborough
7 Norwich
8 Ludgershall
9 Rugby
10 Avonmouth
And I could say that you have 5 out of the 10 right. Others then have to work out which they think are the right five and have a go with a modified list.
By the way - I have not got five right in the list above - it's just an example.
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Puffing Billy
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« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2013, 22:04:17 » |
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OK - so in the spirit of the game I will try not to give away which ones I know for certain, and which ones are wild stabs in the dark :
1. Slough - I think I can make out Windsor listed on the departure board
2. Canary Wharf - the skyscrapers in the background look familiar
3. Paddington - The Grand Union goes right past it
4. Bradford on Avon - probably. If it is a fake, e.g. a film set, they have found some nice GWR▸ benches
5. King's Cross - platform zero sounds like a ghost story, but I think that this station actually has one.
6. Stevenage - I recognise that glass and brick monstrosity in the background
7. The Hague - with its unique yellow buffer stops
8. The disused swing bridge over the Sheepwash Channel at the north end of Oxford station. I only ever once saw the bridge closed.
9. Coventry - I remember visiting there as part of my manhole-cover research project
10. Wolverhampton - the old GWR station.
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grahame
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« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2013, 22:07:10 » |
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Many thanks, Puffing Billy ... you HAVE got five (exactly five!) right, which is a pretty good starter.
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grahame
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« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2013, 23:49:53 » |
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I remember visiting there as part of my manhole-cover research project
And I HAVE to ask about that research .... |
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« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2013, 08:20:57 » |
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1. Pass
2. Pomona - Manchester Metrolink
3. Pass
4. Bradford On Avon (Kicking myself for not noticing the platform board first time)
5. Kings Cross (only other station I can think of with platform 0 is Cardiff Central, and that's not NetworkRail operated)
6. Pass
7. Somewhere in Belgium or Holand
8. Pass
9. Pass
10. Liverpool (historic docks area) I was rather supprised to find GWR▸ stuff in Liverpool, did they actually operate trains to/from there?
For passes, use PuffingBilly's suggestions
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Don't DOO▸ it, keep the guard (but it probably wouldn't be a bad idea if the driver unlocked the doors on arrival at calling points).
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grahame
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« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2013, 08:42:08 » |
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For passes, use PuffingBilly's suggestions
That makes it rather interesting to mark ... and in doing so you now have seven out of 10 of the towns / cities / villages / stations identified correctly. |
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« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2013, 12:18:39 » |
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1. Westbury
2. Pomona, Manchester Metrolink
3. London Paddington
4. Bradford-on-Avon
5. London King's Cross
6. Stevenage
7. Den Haag Centraal, The Hague
8. Swing Bridge over Sheepwash Channel, Oxford
9. Stafford
10. Albert Docks, Liverpool
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grahame
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« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2013, 13:23:38 » |
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1. Westbury
2. Pomona, Manchester Metrolink
3. London Paddington
4. Bradford-on-Avon
5. London King's Cross
6. Stevenage
7. Den Haag Centraal, The Hague
8. Swing Bridge over Sheepwash Channel, Oxford
9. Stafford
10. Albert Docks, Liverpool
You're up to eight out of ten there ... now - can anyone spot which are the two that need amending? |
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« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2013, 13:49:53 » |
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Ok. Let's change 1. to Swindon....
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"Treat everyone the same until you find out they're an idiot."
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