Recent content by ian1944

A recent Dundee - Edinburgh journey saw me within sight of the digital speedo, which displayed a steady 65 where possible along, for example, the A90 to Perth, suggesting a speed limiter at that value. It seemed accurate at various lower values, agreeing with streetside "your speed is ... "...

Specifically on the 36 terminating at Ripon bus station, the stands there have shelters and individual seats so it would be no great hardship to demount and then take the return working. The standard layover time seems to be 14 minutes.

Re. the Stalinesque Billingham, I paid a visit sometime in the 90s when there was a NatX Manchester-Newcastle service along the Durham coast. The stop was on Wolviston Road, not in the town centre but close enough. At the time, Billingham had been described in some survey as the cheapest town in...

Traditionally, pewter was used for counterfeit florins and half crowns. At one time pewter contained lead, but apparently now antimony or copper is used to alloy the tin. Antimony isn't as poisonous as lead, but not a good thing to eat. You're definitely getting old if you remember half crowns...

Is it a demonstrable fact that staff at NB are "exposed to asbestos", known for decades as a major carcinogen? Is it present in the fabric? Is it exposed? Is it leaking? Are people inhaling it?

The P6 offering sounds like the bus station caffs I remember in my youth when travelling on a child's day ticket, with the difference that they had permanent smoke palls and everything was nicotine-brown, and probably the value for money was much better.

Yes, Haddington, and a splendid fingerpost it is. Pencaitland/Dalkeith, Aberlady/Gullane/North Berwick, Dunbar/Berwick-on-Tweed/And The South, Edinburgh/And The North. Most unlikely that anyone could have got all of the words without knowing the signpost, or from GSV, of course. Strangely...

Hardly, given where I live.

This doesn't fit into any of the Quiz categories, hence its placement here. The nice 4-way fingerpost is fairly near a closed station not too far from where I live, and its indicated destinations have been truncated to their initial letters, which on the signs from top to bottom and left to...

I concur in the recommendation of the Kirky Puffer, a nice pub in a nice town. I visited a few years ago by bus from Glasgow, combined with the Carrick Stone in Cumbernauld, which I also liked (the JDW, not the town - Cumbernauld town centre is an absolute hole, rivals Rhyl as the place where...

It would take someone more eloquent than me (Dunsbus?) to do justice to the shambles that was McGills in West Lothian after they bought First out and before they finally ratted off, citing competition (allegedly unfair, from a municipal operator, not named but clearly Lothian). They chose to...

I'm glad that Anderson reached 700, though he had to take one of the two remaining in India's first innings as, for sure, they weren't going to need a second. He'll never reach 801, though should overtake Warne if picked for this summer's home tests. Maybe he should just retire gracefully, as...

Many (obviously) years ago, I lived within earshot of the Manchester - Altrincham 1500 VDC electrics, not exactly subdued, and not only was their noise not obtrusive, it was welcome as an ongoing reminder of what a useful service it was (every 15 minutes in each direction). The line also carried...

!2.3 for 60, 4.8 an over. But what's your point? Why not take off all of the boundaries, or all of the scoring strokes? The bowler is a package and is judged on the entirety. OK, three lucky slashes (hypothetically) through the slips don't count as much, but the sixes in question were struck...

Anderson none for a lot at over 6 an over, including being swiped for 6, 6, 6. For quite a while, I've thought that the only reason for his continuing was to ensure Broad didn't catch up in wickets, so as soon as he retired our Jimmy should have as well. Maybe he'll stagger to 700, but he'll...