The MrT
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I've just published the April edition of 'The MrT's Gardening Year' podcast which is at themrt.studio/gardening-year… and on many apps. I hope you enjoy it.




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@char1iewatts He’d also roll in his grave at the use of ‘Train Station’ for a ‘Railway Station’.
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@Eman_8282 I never give more than 10% and then only if the service is exceptional.
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My wife and I went out to dinner last night, and the bill came out to $125. I left a $20 tip on the table, thinking that was pretty reasonable. But the waiter looked at it and flat-out refused to take it.
He told us that if we weren’t willing to leave at least $50, we shouldn’t be eating out in the first place.
I was honestly caught off guard. I felt embarrassed sitting there, like we’d done something wrong. We weren’t trying to be cheap or disrespectful — I genuinely thought $20 was a fair tip for that bill. Now I keep replaying the whole thing in my head, wondering if I misjudged it and questioning whether $20 really wasn’t enough.

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Do you think Nigel Farage of Reform UK 🇬🇧 would be a good Prime Minister
Yes or No?
@reformparty_uk

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I have published the podcast of Jo Huddleston's about ‘Gladstone'.
We learn about the man who started his political life as a Tory and was elected as Liberal Prime Minister 4 times. Its at themrt.studio/talking-histor…
And on many podcast apps.

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I’ve published the podcast of Episode 17 of UK Rail Journeys where I complete my journey to Glasgow Central. I then walk to St. Enoch Square, the traditional Scottish home of the Thames Clyde Express.
Its at:
themrt.studio/uk-rail-journe…
And on many apps. I hope you enjoy it.




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@MrTimDunn @87027wolf @Marshrail @railandroad @belmond As Phil suggests passengers are not allowed to linger in the vestibules of charter trains. Possibly because Mk 1 and 2 have opening windows.
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@87027wolf @Marshrail @railandroad @belmond Hello. Phil suggested that this customer was hanging out of the window. I’m merely saying that that probably isn’t the case.
FWIW, I’ve never been on a train where i have been dissuaded from being in a vestibule.
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@railandroad @belmond Royal Scotsman seems to allow window hanging. But not other trains. Discriminatory Regulation?


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March is a month when Spring really gets going in The MrT's garden. Catch up with his podcast at themrt.studio/gardening-year… and on many podcast apps.




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I’ve published the podcast of Episode 16 of UK Rail Journeys where I travel through the rolling countryside of the Scottish lowlands between Dumfries and Kilmarnock.
Its at:
themrt.studio/uk-rail-journe…
And on many apps. I hope you enjoy it.




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The podcast of Peter Duffy's talk on ‘Post Napoleonic France' is out. It covers the period between 1814 and 1848 and how it affects France today. He draws on Les Miserables and the Count of Monte Cristo to show reality v fiction.
Its at themrt.studio/talking-histor…
And on many apps.

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He was brilliant in comparison
𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫@Matt_Pinner
Do you believe Boris Johnson was a better Prime Minister than Keir Starmer?
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