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Next they'll be asking passengers to drive the trains!
Might help with regular driver shortages.
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"Good news for regular users of Euston Station in London! One day they will die. Then they won't have to go to Euston Station ever again." - David Mitchell
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« Reply #166 on: November 23, 2024, 14:16:26 » |
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Next they'll be asking passengers to drive the trains!
Might help with regular driver shortages.
I seem to remember back in the 1990s Great Eastern Railway having the idea of using commuters as guards although it never came to anything. |
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With some hesitation, I post here that today is ... erm ... squirrel appreciation day.  My learned friend Red Squirrel here on the Coffee Shop forum is obviously of our native variety, rather than those invasive grey tree rat intruders - although the author of that post, from the USA, interestingly chooses to illustrate it with an image of a red squirrel.  Please, have a good day, all red squirrels!  |
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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 #168 on: January 21, 2025, 10:20:02 » |
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Reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw many years ago in the States: "Preserve wildlife - pickle a squirrel". Colour was not defined.
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« Reply #169 on: January 21, 2025, 14:51:33 » |
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Reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw many years ago in the States: "Preserve wildlife - pickle a squirrel". Colour was not defined.
Together with the landlord at the Highbury Vaults, I've been working on that for years. |
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Things take longer to happen than you think they will, and then they happen faster than you thought they could.
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« Reply #170 on: January 21, 2025, 19:28:16 » |
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Reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw many years ago in the States ...
... which in turn reminds me of a bumper sticker I saw, online, many years ago. I can't find it now, but it was on the back of an Amish horse-drawn buggy and read, "How's my driving?", with a freephone number for responses. The Amish community have generally retained a sense of humour. |
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« Reply #171 on: January 21, 2025, 19:53:36 » |
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According to the BBC» , a guerrilla force of reds has been infiltrating Yorkshire. Oddly (given the known habits of media folk) they did not pick up on how propitious today is for the story. Red squirrel colony discovered in North Yorkshire source, Julie Bailey/UKSAJulia Bryson BBC News, Yorkshire 21 January 2025, 07:12 GMT A rare colony of red squirrels has been discovered on a tree plantation in the Yorkshire Dales.The endangered species was identified by Julie Bailey from the UK▸ Squirrel Accord (UKSA), a partnership of forestry and conservation organisations. Ms Bailey said she initially found four red squirrels in the North Yorkshire sitka spruce plantation after using thermal imaging cameras to survey the land.
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« Reply #172 on: January 21, 2025, 21:13:58 » |
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From the BBC» :
There are thought to be just 160,000 red squirrels left in the UK▸ , with their population now mostly restricted to Scotland, Ireland, parts of Northern England and the south coast.
They are also very active in Jersey (Channel Islands). I don't know about Guernsey, Albany or the Isles of Scilly.  |
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« Reply #173 on: January 21, 2025, 21:16:23 » |
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« Reply #174 on: January 21, 2025, 21:27:24 » |
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That is indeed what I meant: thanks, ChrisB. |
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« Reply #175 on: January 21, 2025, 21:30:53 » |
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From the BBC» :
There are thought to be just 160,000 red squirrels left in the UK▸ , with their population now mostly restricted to Scotland, Ireland, parts of Northern England and the south coast.
They are also very active in Jersey (Channel Islands). I don't know about Guernsey, Albany or the Isles of Scilly. There's a significant population of reds on the Isle of Wight* too. I'm a frequent visitor and have yet to see one there. The Isle is said to be grey free. I spent several months in Cumbria and the Lake District in 2022 as well, where there's also a significant population of reds. Didn't see one there either. Elusive beggars! *One of the HMP Isle of Wight sites is called Albany, CfN. Perhaps there are some reds doing bird there.  |
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« Reply #176 on: January 21, 2025, 22:14:16 » |
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They are also very active in Jersey (Channel Islands). *One of the HMP Isle of Wight is called Albany, CfN. Perhaps there are some reds doing bird there. Personally, I would prefer it if those were of the grey variety ... . However, in Jersey, when I visited that island for my aunt's funeral, there were dozens of the red ones, scampering all over the trees in the distance. |
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« Reply #177 on: January 22, 2025, 07:51:20 » |
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I now understand Trump's railings against socialist Britain. He has obviously been told that we keep inviting reds back here. Perhaps he has even spotted one on his golf course! |
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