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Clive

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Investigating how the truck became overwhelmed...don't they know already that the answer is something to do with the moon and some clot who clearly cannot read a tide timetable :)

p.s. Even the red tail light is working overtime as well!!

17 Sep 2014

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1120464/A-camera-Dawlish-Beach-captures-train-fire.html If you consider the fading light, and how bright the lighting in the carriages therefore seems to be, my best guess is that it is simply a weird trick of relative light exposure making for overdramatic appearances. If it really was as bad as it appears to be I would imagine the unfortunate ...

May I suggest that one of the best value for money deals out there are U3A events - 'University of the third age' Great healthy activities at low cost.

So if we can believe our politicians that crime rates are genuinely down, and add to that only 50% of sentence lengths are served, can someone wise me up why the prisons are bulging with inmates? Are police and justice simply more sucessful at catching and prosecuting or is there another factor at play here? @fannyann - hmm, kind of fits with what a retired policeman once told me - '...if ...

Not sure that is a distinction that needs to be made. - If you make it universal then firstly it is cheaper to administrate. - Assuming 'most in need' is a financial reference, then those most in need would make greatest use of it. - Those not most in need will probably be disposed to swan around in cars anyway.  So I would see it as inherently self balancing, to some extent at least.

Red Arrows
31 Aug 2014

Seems you folk got lucky? Unlike later shows :(  And no this wasn't a stunt.

Apparently one mistake solar panel planners make is to have most of them facing south.  Although intuitively this makes sense, they have found in Germany that it is better to have a mix of east, south and west facing panels to avoid a midday spike in the supply.

Am always amazed at how councillors plead ignorance, as some kind of line of defence. Surely it's a core part of their job to keep a close ear to the ground, 'the roof' or at least to have better lines of open communication with staff at these sort of facilities so as to be told straight away!!

I am all for free public transport for retired people wherever it can be introduced , helps them keep healthier and less likely to incur NHS costs!! However, I would say that the age should be 65+ to keep it more affordable and closer to modern expectations of retirement age.