@DarrenMcLean_uk Stainless beads are not that much more expensive when taken in the context of the whole job. I suspect this was the work of a "flipper" who does not care what happens once the house is sold and they have their money.
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Metal corner beads outside are a bit silly.
What might be a very small chip, easily patched, becomes an expensive repair.
And the rust staining…
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@DarrenMcLean_uk @shepherdmg Special bricks are expensive. Builders don't like spending money these days on details like that :(
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@shepherdmg Yep, Shopping trolleys, deliveries, bikes. They aren’t robust in the slightest.
The modern obsession with sharp corners is weird. This on 250 or so years old and copes well
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@1701aStarship @ukrailadventure Probably jealous that you have a hobby you love and they don't and are living a boring life.
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@ukrailadventure Ignore all these sad people who will try to ruin a hobby you love. These people are just pathetic. They don't realise you have the the entire Railway Family on your side!.
Keep the adventures coming!
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3 months ago, Austin told me that he wanted a break from adventures. I didn't know why at the time but it turns out it was because someone had made fun of him for being into trains. This broke me tbh 💔 but after lots of deep chats, he's over it & going to ignore them. So.... 1/2
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Someone yesterday said I was "single by choice", this is laughable. I think people don't get how rare it is to find a man who is actually single and wants a real relationship, oh, and they have to be able to text back; that is where 99.9% of connections die.
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@Doug_Paulley @Tilsit @TPEassist Most UK trains have a shortage of luggage space. If there was enough luggage space to begin with then this would not happen.
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@Tilsit @TPEassist stupidly, on IET / class 800 trains there are no luggage racks in that coach. And no overhead racks over the wheelchair spaces either. So this was baked in.
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Then on board I'm met by this in wheelchair space, c/o @TPEassist. Again.
Doug Paulley@Doug_Paulley
Staff @NetworkRailMAN couldn't be bothered to take me to platform 14, told me to make my own way there and they'd meet me. Didn't tell me that the walkway broken either. Had to make my own way. Staff didn't turn up to unload wheelchair user or load me. Guard had to do it.
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So grateful to Gill Harper, who lives at Killingholme lighthouse. She gave us the tour and made coffee & biscuits!
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@MikeyCycling Just looks like a fish tank which has not been cleaned for ages....
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Kelly from Bridge Bike Hire kindly sent us this video!
Three generations enjoying the beautiful, world famous Camel Trail in Cornwall on their new ICE Trikes. You can hire trikes for the day and enjoy cycling and exploring from Wadebridge to Padstow and the beautiful Camel Estuary!
You may even bump into TV chef @Rick_Stein!
Thanks for sharing Kelly.
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#icetrikes #cameltrail #cornwall #bridgebikehire #ilovecornwall #bikehire #rickstein
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@jeremycorbyn @IslingtonTrib I do blame a certain minority for many of the problems with society, that minority being Billionaires, the ones which siphon off wealth into tax havens and the like.
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We will never descend into the gutter of blaming minorities for the problems in our society.
It is the unity of all communities that can take on the rich and powerful — and win.
My piece for @IslingtonTrib.
islingtontribune.co.uk/article/corbyn…
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@DarrenMcLean_uk @PastGlasgow Gosh, that's some ugly house! I especially despise windows with stretcher bond just running over them, could not even be bothered to at least do a soldier course over the windows. What's with that single window with cast stone around it, just looks weird.
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@PastGlasgow It could just be the way they use it.
Originally it was a substitute for stone. Now it’s basically bling, at least most of the time.
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Ok, hypocritical opinion here posed as a question.
Why is historic cast stone so pleasing, but new cast stone mostly looks cheesy?
And unlike historic cast stone, glaringly obvious.
Darren McLean@DarrenMcLean_uk
Cast stone is an interest (and my dissertation topic) of mine. I'm talking Historic cast stone, not Barrett's windows sills! The rebuilt Cayuga Court house 1922-24 is a great example, one readily taken for natural stone.
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@Doug_Paulley TBH, I would take no notice of the S*N, same goes for the Daily Hate.
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@juoig7799 @Doug_Paulley @SouthernRailUK @NetworkRailLBG You would have thought so. Heck I even have apps which allow me to track trains, the data is publicly available.
PA announcements can often be difficult to hear/comprehend in a noisy/crowded station.
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@VeloLee @Doug_Paulley @SouthernRailUK @NetworkRailLBG Platform alterations are announced over the station PA system, and surely railway staff have some sort of real time train tracker?
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Booked assistance working well at @SouthernRailUK @NetworkRailLBG as always.
Book for certainty, it makes such a difference and prevents assistance fail.
NOT
youtu.be/7W7SXIr8PV0?si…
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@Doug_Paulley @juoig7799 @SouthernRailUK @NetworkRailLBG Wondering if it informs them if there is a platform change? Seen a few videos where there has been a platform change but the assistantance were not aware of it resulting in situations like this: twitter.com/CrippledCyclis…
Heavy Metal Handcyclist@CrippledCyclist
For your consideration; What to do, if you're a wheelchair user on a train, it's your stop, your ramp has not shown up, and you don't particularly fancy a magical mystery tour tonight. @Tanni_GT @AnnieBtransport @flowergirl_lon @SW_Help @kingqueen3065
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@VeloLee @juoig7799 @SouthernRailUK @NetworkRailLBG Oh it exists.
It is shit, but it exists.
It just needs staff both ends to use it.
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@juoig7799 @Doug_Paulley @SouthernRailUK @NetworkRailLBG Greater Anglia have managed it with the class 755 so certainly possible. The fact that we are still having to Pratt around with manual ramps on most trains in 2025 is a national embarrassment. Especially with the newly introduced class 80x stock.
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@Doug_Paulley @VeloLee @SouthernRailUK @NetworkRailLBG A long term solution would be level boarding though. Roll straight on and back off, no assistance needed
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@juoig7799 @Doug_Paulley @SouthernRailUK @NetworkRailLBG You would have thought in this day and age of IT, the platform staff would all have a phone with a suitable app on it which would alert them to an incoming train needing assistance. It would not be hard to make!
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@Doug_Paulley @SouthernRailUK @NetworkRailLBG Surely they know when the train is coming in and if someone's booked assistance? There's no excuse!
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@SeriousRbbrBNDG Sorry to hear that dude. I know what you mean about antidepressants, tried some Prozac myself, found it did nothing positive for me.
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Apologies for lack of posts and usual content. Depressive episode hit at the beginning of March (first in five years) and it may take some months to get through it.
I am not seeing a GP - at best they will prescribe antidepressants which I stopped 5 years ago as they are awful.
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@_VN5 Taxi drivers don't need to. Some archaic law due to the threat of strangulation from passengers in the rear.
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The self-entitlement of certain professional drivers amazes me. Somehow thinking they'll get away with it, or get let off, as they're one of London's finest. 🤷♂️
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@PlanningShit Do the houses have some sort of restrictive covenant meaning you can only park blue cars on your drive?
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@DarrenMcLean_uk Are you sure about that? Chalkboards have been obsolete for 20+ years and I would have thought any chalk from that long ago would have long since been washed away by rain?
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These are school classrooms.
The teachers (nuns) cleaning chalk from the blackboard dusters, by hitting them against the wall.
Darren McLean@DarrenMcLean_uk
Anyone guess what the white patches are?
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@DarrenMcLean_uk Would a wooden road used by horses not eventually stink of horse excrement and horse piss since the wood would absorb the piss, unlike asphalt or granite?
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Recently saw something on here saying that wood block streets were cheap and low quality as they were laid on dirt.
Wrong. They were quite expensive to build, and 'being quiet' was waaay down the list of benefits.
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