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It did seem absolutely mad not to have one company doing both islands, you get reduced costs of operation, as you only have the one boat with one set of crew doing both islands plus you get an inter-island service thrown in basically for nothing. I know Condor had their faults (my big one was...

Yes, for what is a decent sized town bus operation is not exactly where you make loads of money.

And South West Coaches are pretty good down in the West/South West. Some older buses which are not in the best visible condition, but also some pretty new stuff. All services accept card and they even have their own smart card, and I haven't known them to ever not run a bus without good reason...

ABBA wore outlandish clothes on stage for tax reasons, though I think we are straying a bit from the topic there.

And what people forget about most of these comparison sites is that you don't get ATOL protection if things go wrong. Also when things go wrong you're usually in a much better place if you book directly with a hotel.

I known it all got a bit mad in Weymouth/Portland/Dorchester in the 90's with Weybus, Smiths and Southern National all running regular services to Portland, then Southern National got banned from operating the Portland service so used another subsidiary and the Dorset Transit name to operate...

Gives some parallels to the dodgy bus operators of old, routes that a big operator couldn't make pay, run with vehicles that would have been considered life expired a good few years ago who then run the service for a couple of months, realise it's not viable and just shut up shop with little...

And as I understand need a serious overhaul to remain in service, with a lot of rot removal that I think has not been done to the level the GWR units have been.

They were good (OMD) at the O² as well, plus (not to brag!) we had Howard Jones and his band as the support act, who were also excellent. Howard had done a CD/download of it which is a nice momento.

Build Trumps ego up then immediately knock it back down again.

My sisters Micra, however, needs no tools to replace the headlights, the rear numberplate lamp just needs a flat head screwdriver to unclip it.

Most recent, Scooter at Wembley Arena in November last year. Was a great show and a great audience. Sound and visuals were excellent with a decent amount of pyrotechnics. For a 30 years tour there was still tonnes of energy from the band. I doubt how much of it was live though.

Whn in actual fact the gambling companies are really saying, "we by law have to tell you to gamble responsibly but our shareholders and management would rather you didn't, you can just get another mortgage it will be fine "

Chard, in Somerset, seems to be another contender. If only Crewkerne had a few more residents, as whilst there is a Crewkerne station it's actually in the next village, Misterton, though the only thing that separates the two places is the sign for Misterton!

I can't see FM actually disappearing, primarily as the frequencies are not much good for anything else, there's just not the bandwidth plus reception requires larger aerials or which even a 1/4 wavelength probably wouldn't fit in the average smartphone. Of course the single point of failure...