Recent content by Farang

@johncrossley - that was my understanding of the original intent as well. @Darandio - don't go there. @yorkie - thank you for the revision. It was the original wording that was flawed, not my understanding.

Indeed. Somone who criticises others for being cold hearted and writes "your existence is not appealing to many of us" needs to take a log, hard look at himself.

I wonder if SWR will ever paint paint all their rolling stock in the new pale blue colour scheme. I'm sure one of their trains at Clapham Junction today was a mixture of THREE colour schemes.

For me, bruised ribs. For weeks any sudden movement, like going over a speed bump or shifting in my chair, was agonising. But that's not in the same league as what happened to my brother: cactus needles in his eye - he fainted because of the pain. Does that count as a minor injury? He made a...

Llanfairpwll railway station.

Interesting. GWR used 180's for a while and they rattled something rotten. I much preferred the 125's. They didn't keep the 180's for long - maybe others felt the same way.

Thank you from me too - fascinating.

I am reminded of a scene in the 1970 movie of the battle of Waterloo which goes something like this: British officer: Sir, Napoleon has just ridden into range of our guns. Pemission to take a shot? Wellington: Certainly not. Armies have much better things to do than fire on generals.

And history.com says 'Historians now believe that the fatal severity of the Spanish flu’s “second wave” was caused by a mutated virus spread by wartime troop movements.' https://www.history.com/.amp/news/spanish-flu-second-wave-resurgence

Fascinating story here about how Cuba, despite being an economic basket case, developed its own vaccines and has inoculated 90% of the population. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/05/cuba-coronavirus-covid-vaccines-success-story The organisation which succeeded where the likes of...

Bangladesh have beaten New Zealand by 8 wickets in NZ! https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/05/cricket-new-zealand-bangladesh-first-test-report

The home of Dr. Edward Jenner, father of vaccination, is a museum. They are inviting people to contribute to their Covid 19 diary. https://jennermuseum.com/ Your question reminded me of the museum's existence, so thank you for posing it. I made a modest contribution to their running costs.

Apparently there is no memorial to the estimated 228,000 victims of Spanish Influenza in the UK. Across the world a handful of memorials and plaques exist, very few of them contemporaneous. It seems societies just wanted to put the ghastliness behind them, or focussed on remembering the victims...

100% this, but IMHO chromebooks have lost their way. It used to be possible to buy a budget chromebook with a decent IPS screen - not any more. And despite having 4Mb of memory, my latest chromebook hangs more frequently than older chromebooks with just 2Mb. There's no longer any incentive for...

I've had 2 AZ's and a Moderna booster. One of the side-effects of C19 is tinnitus - ringing in the ears. Having had tinnitus before, I'm VERY keen to avoid a rerun, so I'll take any booster that's offered.