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From: Andy Bonwick on 21 Mar 2010 12:24
On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:36:09 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:40:02 +0000, Gyp <Gyp(a)gyponline.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Timo Geusch wrote:
>>
>>> We're not talking about luggage or similar here, but a rather more
>>> complicated bolt on that tends to cost rather a lot of money to make.
>>>
>>
>>It's OK Timo. You can say the word without us all sniggering [1]
>>
>>[1] This may not be entirely true.
>
>I'm really intrigued to know what it is now.

Probably a sidecar...
From: Simon Wilson on 21 Mar 2010 12:33
On 21/03/2010 16:24, Andy Bonwick wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 13:36:09 +0000, Champ<news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:40:02 +0000, Gyp<Gyp(a)gyponline.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Timo Geusch wrote:
>>>
>>>> We're not talking about luggage or similar here, but a rather more
>>>> complicated bolt on that tends to cost rather a lot of money to make.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It's OK Timo. You can say the word without us all sniggering [1]
>>>
>>> [1] This may not be entirely true.
>>
>> I'm really intrigued to know what it is now.
>
> Probably a sidecar...

The engine?

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From: Catman on 21 Mar 2010 13:28
Paul Corfield wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:09:05 +0000, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The
> Older Gentleman) wrote:
>
>> Paul Corfield <aooy65(a)dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Seascale
>>> is a request stop so tell the guard you want the train to stop!
>> How splendidly Victorian! :-))
>
> There are lots of stops like that in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. I
> travelled on several lines in Switzerland last year where they were
> effectively "hail the train" if on the platform or else "tell the guard
> / ring the bell" if you wanted to get off.
>

Freshford is like that, or was a couple of years ago. Terribly quaint.
Bloody good pub, too.

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From: DR on 21 Mar 2010 14:02
The Older Gentleman posted:
>Paul Corfield <aooy65(a)dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>
>> Seascale
>> is a request stop so tell the guard you want the train to stop!
>
>How splendidly Victorian! :-))

It's Cumbria. Open carriages, mind your clothes don't get covered in
soot from the engine, and no faster than 20 mph so your lungs don't
explode.


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From: boxerboy on 21 Mar 2010 15:30

> won't try to take photos of you on a BMW, either. Well, maybe one or
> two...
>
I would pay for a copy of one of those!

Boxerboy
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