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The fat line.
December 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The fat line.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Weird to think the Mayor and GLA have now existed longer than the GLC...
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Weird to think the Mayor and GLA have now existed longer than the GLC...
Meanwhile it makes sense for Places for London to play down any theoretical future use for the land in the distant future, given their job is to maximise profit from property on behalf of TfL and they don't want to put off any would-be tenants over speculation of something that might never happen.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Meanwhile it makes sense for Places for London to play down any theoretical future use for the land in the distant future, given their job is to maximise profit from property on behalf of TfL and they don't want to put off any would-be tenants over speculation of something that might never happen.
Could still be a future proofing exercise in the absence of any actual plans. If plans are ever made for an overground interchange, they have the land; if they aren't, they still have a nice profitable little retail investment.
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Could still be a future proofing exercise in the absence of any actual plans. If plans are ever made for an overground interchange, they have the land; if they aren't, they still have a nice profitable little retail investment.
The Windrush Line is still part of the Overground, just as the Victoria Line is part of the Underground.
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Windrush Line is still part of the Overground, just as the Victoria Line is part of the Underground.
Should merge Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames into a borough just called 'Upon Thames'
October 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Should merge Kingston upon Thames and Richmond upon Thames into a borough just called 'Upon Thames'
What's the weird 'Oxford Road Corridor' sub brand and logo all about?
October 19, 2025 at 4:51 AM
What's the weird 'Oxford Road Corridor' sub brand and logo all about?
I remember a story years ago when all the mobile phone companies were Finish, one of the founders/CEOs or some such of one of them getting the world record for the most expensive speeding fine that ran into the millions.
October 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I remember a story years ago when all the mobile phone companies were Finish, one of the founders/CEOs or some such of one of them getting the world record for the most expensive speeding fine that ran into the millions.
Legit question: do you think he's running the show, or is he Mandelson, Blair &c's useful idiot?
I always assumed the latter but the sheer incompetence makes me wonder if it's the former.
I always assumed the latter but the sheer incompetence makes me wonder if it's the former.
September 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Legit question: do you think he's running the show, or is he Mandelson, Blair &c's useful idiot?
I always assumed the latter but the sheer incompetence makes me wonder if it's the former.
I always assumed the latter but the sheer incompetence makes me wonder if it's the former.
That video was Brill!
September 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
That video was Brill!
I think theres a second aspect too: a sort of 'hipster tourist' who wants to be able to brag to their friends they've gone somewhere or done something nobody else has heard of or done. And of course not be labelled a tourist even though they literally are.
August 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I think theres a second aspect too: a sort of 'hipster tourist' who wants to be able to brag to their friends they've gone somewhere or done something nobody else has heard of or done. And of course not be labelled a tourist even though they literally are.
Also, you never see iced fingers anymore, which is sad.
August 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Also, you never see iced fingers anymore, which is sad.
Well when he addressed parliament in the Royal Gallery he was surrounded on each side by big paintings of the Battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo.
July 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Well when he addressed parliament in the Royal Gallery he was surrounded on each side by big paintings of the Battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo.
Plus it's near-UV they omit, which is substantially less harmful than higher-frequency UV also present in sunlight. And also don't some white LED phosphor lamps now work off near-UV LEDs instead of blue ones? (with the same negligible risk as fluorescents)
July 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Plus it's near-UV they omit, which is substantially less harmful than higher-frequency UV also present in sunlight. And also don't some white LED phosphor lamps now work off near-UV LEDs instead of blue ones? (with the same negligible risk as fluorescents)
I could see a service to Stratford being extremely popular given how much shorter the walk would be to the Central and especially Elizabeth line platforms compared to Liverpool Street. And that's before you consider the Jubilee and two DLR lines.
So there probably would have to be station upgrade.
So there probably would have to be station upgrade.
June 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I could see a service to Stratford being extremely popular given how much shorter the walk would be to the Central and especially Elizabeth line platforms compared to Liverpool Street. And that's before you consider the Jubilee and two DLR lines.
So there probably would have to be station upgrade.
So there probably would have to be station upgrade.
Wow!
I'd only ever heard the variant where 'he went from Barking to Tooting in half an hour' but I like this version way more!
I'd only ever heard the variant where 'he went from Barking to Tooting in half an hour' but I like this version way more!
May 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Wow!
I'd only ever heard the variant where 'he went from Barking to Tooting in half an hour' but I like this version way more!
I'd only ever heard the variant where 'he went from Barking to Tooting in half an hour' but I like this version way more!
That could be the difference between life or death for somebody in a super rural location having a medical emergency in power blackout.
May 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
That could be the difference between life or death for somebody in a super rural location having a medical emergency in power blackout.
But it throws up a few issues such as compatibility for alarm systems - especially medical alarms, as well as for people who live in rural places with poor mobile coverage and higher risk of power cuts.
I'm sure all solvable problems, only nobody is bothering to solve them before switching off.
I'm sure all solvable problems, only nobody is bothering to solve them before switching off.
May 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
But it throws up a few issues such as compatibility for alarm systems - especially medical alarms, as well as for people who live in rural places with poor mobile coverage and higher risk of power cuts.
I'm sure all solvable problems, only nobody is bothering to solve them before switching off.
I'm sure all solvable problems, only nobody is bothering to solve them before switching off.
(I'm talking about the 'last mile' here, routing beyond the local exchange has of course been digitised for a very long time)
The main justification is the cost of buying replacement equipment for these lines
The main justification is the cost of buying replacement equipment for these lines
May 19, 2025 at 11:30 AM
(I'm talking about the 'last mile' here, routing beyond the local exchange has of course been digitised for a very long time)
The main justification is the cost of buying replacement equipment for these lines
The main justification is the cost of buying replacement equipment for these lines
Where's Americaland at with POTS?
Here in much of Europe, it's dying or dead. The UK's going to kill it in the next few years, in Germany and elsewhere it's already gone.
If you want a landline, you now need a router with a phone jack which basically emulates your local telephone exchange.
Here in much of Europe, it's dying or dead. The UK's going to kill it in the next few years, in Germany and elsewhere it's already gone.
If you want a landline, you now need a router with a phone jack which basically emulates your local telephone exchange.
May 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Where's Americaland at with POTS?
Here in much of Europe, it's dying or dead. The UK's going to kill it in the next few years, in Germany and elsewhere it's already gone.
If you want a landline, you now need a router with a phone jack which basically emulates your local telephone exchange.
Here in much of Europe, it's dying or dead. The UK's going to kill it in the next few years, in Germany and elsewhere it's already gone.
If you want a landline, you now need a router with a phone jack which basically emulates your local telephone exchange.
Shoplifters are usually people who can't afford to eat. Parking fines are usually for self entitled pricks who think they're above the law. Aside from the suggestion Labour is doing something right, I don't get what's shocking here
May 18, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Shoplifters are usually people who can't afford to eat. Parking fines are usually for self entitled pricks who think they're above the law. Aside from the suggestion Labour is doing something right, I don't get what's shocking here
Aaah that weird phase of the mid '90s where childhood nostalgia met with neat MD(M)A, and Geoffrey started bezzing it about around student unions up and down the land. Just thinking about it brings back the taste of Snakebite and black.
May 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Aaah that weird phase of the mid '90s where childhood nostalgia met with neat MD(M)A, and Geoffrey started bezzing it about around student unions up and down the land. Just thinking about it brings back the taste of Snakebite and black.
