Quincunx is a great word! My favourite world map is the Peirce quincuncial projection, which is conformal (angle-preserving) at all but four points 😁

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Nah, that's because in a year he'll have to change his name to The Man at Age 61.

It has subsequently been recontrolled from Victoria ASC into TBROC (note the signal number is now TVC682).

Perhaps 'G' was introduced at the recontrol to indicate a movement to VS72 (on the Down Kensington), to distinguish from VS78 (on the Up Kensington)?

If rain put people off doing things in Ireland, no-one would ever leave the house 😂

Oh okay, yeah, I missed the point here that MK Dons are now in a different league 😂

We don't know yet. Fixture dates for next season will be announced on Thursday 26 June 2025 at 12:00pm (BST), per efl.com/news/2025/ap...

Yeah, sadly that's the standard recovery plan for late running. It protects the up train from getting late and making everything across the entire line late for the rest of the day... at the cost of your train getting screwed.

If only there were more passing loops or double track...

100%. This is why I always check the water before squeezing the soap onto my hands 😅

I love little hidden nuggets like this!

One of the many difficulties the Conservatives faced in getting anything done was the endless churn of ministers. The DfT is really hard to get a grip on - let’s hope whoever gets the job next enjoys a longer run at it - the stuff it does really matters to people’s everyday lives.

I seem to recall it's also a fraud prevention measure? If someone were to make a fake ticket but use the standard month abbreviations, you can tell instantly that a ticket with DEC is fake.

I don't remember where I heard/read that, though, so take it with a pinch of salt!