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« on: October 16, 2014, 12:26:19 »
Usually I avoid catching The Cathedrals Express from Reading to London in the morning as it's always very full.  However, today I was willing to make an exception!!!

Sadly they wouldn't let me on board!  Cheesy
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« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2014, 22:42:26 »

Be nice to see some soot on the underside of the transfer deck.

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« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2014, 08:10:53 »
Quote from: onthecushions on October 16, 2014, 22:42:26

Be nice to see some soot on the underside of the transfer deck.

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Is a "transfer deck" the new name for a footbridge? (In the same way as we must now call manholes "access chambers"?)  Huh
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« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2014, 08:15:22 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on October 17, 2014, 08:10:53
Quote from: onthecushions on October 16, 2014, 22:42:26

Be nice to see some soot on the underside of the transfer deck.

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Is a "transfer deck" the new name for a footbridge? (In the same way as we must now call manholes "access chambers"?)  Huh

Person-Chester United or Monarch Park Rangers anyone?
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« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2014, 11:18:00 »
Quote from: TaplowGreen on October 17, 2014, 08:10:53
Quote from: onthecushions on October 16, 2014, 22:42:26

Be nice to see some soot on the underside of the transfer deck.

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Is a "transfer deck" the new name for a footbridge? (In the same way as we must now call manholes "access chambers"?)  Huh

Genesis ch2:v19c, 20a.

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« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2014, 11:31:49 »
Quote from: onthecushions on October 17, 2014, 11:18:00
Quote from: TaplowGreen on October 17, 2014, 08:10:53
Quote from: onthecushions on October 16, 2014, 22:42:26

Be nice to see some soot on the underside of the transfer deck.

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Is a "transfer deck" the new name for a footbridge? (In the same way as we must now call manholes "access chambers"?)  Huh

Genesis ch2:v19c, 20a.

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Would that be:

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"Me, I'm just a lawnmower
You can tell by the way I walk"
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« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2014, 20:38:48 »
Quote from: onthecushions on October 17, 2014, 11:18:00
Quote from: TaplowGreen on October 17, 2014, 08:10:53
Quote from: onthecushions on October 16, 2014, 22:42:26

Be nice to see some soot on the underside of the transfer deck.

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Is a "transfer deck" the new name for a footbridge? (In the same way as we must now call manholes "access chambers"?)  Huh

Genesis ch2:v19c, 20a.

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He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.
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« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2014, 20:49:28 »
Quote from: Red Squirrel on October 17, 2014, 11:31:49
Would that be:

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"Me, I'm just a lawnmower
You can tell by the way I walk"

Silly me. Wrong Genesis.
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