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« on: June 14, 2015, 19:57:33 »
Just occasionally "most recent posts" turns up some interesting threads if you (mis)read them as following on from each other.

Quote from: Palfers on June 14, 2015, 19:46:10
is it me or is this branch line getting really over grown the amount of trees and bushes that crash along the train certainly wouldn't stick your head out the window on a hst ouch. ....

Quote from: Surrey 455 on June 14, 2015, 19:44:27
The same has happened at Waterloo. ....

Is it just me that notices such things?  // Reminds me of a two Ronnies sketch!
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« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2015, 20:42:23 »
Interestingly, we're nearly at the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, where Napoleon received a rather good birching, so to speak.  Tongue Roll Eyes Grin
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context) 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.

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« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2015, 20:50:02 »
It didn't help my understanding that as soon as I read the title of this topic I thought it had something to do with Reading station being out of order!  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2015, 20:50:32 »
Me too Jo!  Grin
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« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2015, 20:51:05 »
And me, too!  Roll Eyes
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William Huskisson MP▸ (Member of Parliament, or Mile Post - a method of measuring the railway in miles and chains from a starting point - usually London, depending on context) 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 #5 on: June 14, 2015, 21:05:21 »
Moi aussi!
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« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2015, 14:03:27 »
Ditto
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« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2015, 14:05:53 »
De m^me.
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« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2015, 12:23:07 »
Following the confused theme, is this something to do with a pause while changing trains in Berkshire?
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« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2015, 10:35:46 »
Which reminds me of the story that an American lift (elevator) company was thinking of placing its UK▸ (United Kingdom) offices in Berkshire so the telephone operators could answer incoming calls with "Otis Reading"...

I'll get my coat...
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« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2015, 12:08:29 »
Then there's this:
 


Schindler's Lift.

I'll join you in the cloakroom...
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« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2015, 12:22:34 »
Quote from: bignosemac on July 17, 2015, 12:08:29
Then there's this:
 


Schindler's Lift.

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Damn you beat me to it Smiley But it's good for me to know I'm not the only sad person that takes pictures of lift control panels Smiley
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« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2015, 14:34:45 »
I do have a picture of a Schnidler's Lift, but not accessible from my phone. The one above came from a Google image search.
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« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2015, 21:55:58 »
This is getting silly.
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« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2015, 22:07:53 »
Quote from: grahame on July 16, 2015, 12:23:07
Following the confused theme, is this something to do with a pause while changing trains in Berkshire?



Reading used to be known as "Biscuit Town" due to Huntley and Palmers
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