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@mark395625 @NickHam42577274 @GWRHelp Working on three full carriages at £70 return I reckon about 136 return journeys should do it 😛. Of course assuming no money needs to go anywhere else!

@NickHam42577274 @GWRHelp New trains are about £2 million a carriage. You get a finance plan in place, you get new carriages.

Watch as our regional and suburban train fleet get a makeover! A three-year internal refresh programme, carried out by Gemini Rail Services, has our Class 165/166 Turbo fleet tidied up and looking lovely. Leased from Angel Trains the 57 units have been kitted out with new flooring, freshly painted surfaces, plus seat replacement and repairs.

@exchangebristol Ace, thanks!

@crispibits there's a few cables and chargers behind the bar and usb ports in the bar. we dont hire them out but just ask and if we have the right one you're welcome to use it

@exchangebristol Hello! Do you do phone chargers/banks for hire? Thanks muchly!

@theovandenhoff Just remember the nice ones - the shitty ones are normally just envious, old and bitter. I've never seen Skinny Puppy, only seen Sisters once, and that was last year :) Keep on doing what you're doing, 'coz you do it well. Love from a 40+ (well, 50+ actually) goth demographic

@theovandenhoff Blimey, that's some lineup! I don't think I've listened to FLA and Ministry since sat in my mate's bedroom above his parents' pub in deepest Hampshire in the early 90's. I didn't have dreads btw :) Enjoy

@andysc @bbcr4 It did make me smile. Said so deadpan, and completely true.

Loved the bluntness of @bbcr4 news: Poo Tin is expected to win a landslide victory, as all his opponents are either in prison, in exile, or dead.

@theovandenhoff Ah yes, that was back when Southampton were good, around the Pochettino years? I'm no great fan - I just grew up around there, so kind of inherited them as my team.

@theovandenhoff Theo Vandenhoff in 'Goth Likes Football' shock. More on this as we get it... True goths support Southampton as it's a never ending story of woe and disappointment :)

@easyJet I have been trying to book using my flight voucher. Am getting the following error. The online chat is (not surprisingly) not responding. Obviously if I don't use the voucher now it expires - any ideas?

@theovandenhoff My mate had one of those when they first came out - it was his upgrade from a Casio VL-Tone. I was exceptionally jealous.

@f1matty @GeorgieBarrat @BBCMorningLive If those things are on standby, the smart plugs probably draw as much power as the things they are controlling.

@GeorgieBarrat @BBCMorningLive That’s a great way to save energy. Every night we turn off everything that we don’t need. To make the task easy we have smart plugs that connect to Alexa and just have to say ‘Goodnight’. This turns everything off!!

Speaking about “vampire gadgets” on @bbcmorninglive - these are devices that use electricity when you’re not using them e.g. your telly when you switch it off using the remote. Anyone very diligent and switches things off at the mains? You can save around £150 per year if you do!

@theovandenhoff We can smell maple syrup from a mile off :)

@outofexistence @CrywankBand Well I went last night, admittedly with low expectations, but it was better than I was expecting. Eldritch has always been capricious - I guess we just got him on a good day. Backing band played ok, but vocals were woeful, sounded like monitoring let them down.

@CrywankBand As long as they’re aware! Awful, awful stuff.

@theovandenhoff Pieminister, the pride of Bristol. Good choice.

@theovandenhoff Just in case... twickets.live/event/16458919…

@theovandenhoff (probably not quite as good as you'll get in Ireland, but close)

@theovandenhoff If you have a day off in Bristol, I can recommend walking up to Clifton suspension bridge, walking down Stokes Croft to see the graffiti and have a bit of lunch in St Nicholas Market. You can take your lunch into Seamus O'Donnells pub where they do a really good pint of Guinness.

@theovandenhoff @CrywankBand Ah, that's a downer! I've been listening to them since 1986 - never seen them live before. Just hoping Eldritch is on form

@CrywankBand Just been introduced to @theovandenhoff 's music before seeing them in Bristol next week. The next night going to see Sisters of Mercy and there's a striking (and lovely) resemblance!

@acresofspace 'missed' is a strong word :p

@crispibits But.... you've missed all my hot takes on Arsenal!!!

I very rarely come onto this barrel-scraping trigger site any more, and having just doom-scrolled for a couple of minutes remembered why. I'd just like to say, if BBC staff are not allowed to be political, then politicians should be banned from all media. Seems only fair.