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    Why do you contribute to threads in the Disputes Section when sometimes people have deliberately broken the law?

    This is a general comment, which just goes to show how great the folk here are. If you posted a comment say on a software forum along the lines of "I have knowingly installed a cracked version of the software and want help from those who've paid the full price for the software to give me...
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    Photography at railway stations

    As someone who has a youtube channel which mainly features trains, often taken from platforms I've often wondered about that definition between personal and commercial use. My channel isn't monetised, but given their subscriber count, there are many that would be. As such I've wondered if they...
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    Predictions for SWR and ECML tomorrow 27/12/2023

    Just spent an hour or two at Hitchin and it seemed that there was only express services (Hull Trains, LNER and Lumo) that were running north via Peterborough. In the two hours I was there both of the delayed trains north bound terminated at Royston. Taxies were doing a roaring service taking...
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    Supermarkets discussion

    Finally managed to get some ASDA Cornflour. Every time I've looked the shelf has been empty, although the Brown & Polson brand next to it was taking up all the available shelf space and never seemed to change form week to week. Not surprising really when the branded product is £3 and the ASDA...
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    Insomnia and anxiety issues anyone?

    @DarloRich Thanks for opening up. Forums are good for this as it's faceless, so you don't have other emotions to overcome when getting things off your chest. Your post is also inspirational as often CBT and access to other support organisations are deemed a waste of time, or for others rather...
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    MiniDCC station - Own Design

    Thanks, Due to that this is around 15 - 20 years since it was conceived it has limited functionality, mainly as the developer was focusing on the device behaving much the same way as a 4 channel DC controller but under DCC operation. There is a Windows application that displays CV settings...
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    MiniDCC station - Own Design

    like most people in their 60's we all started our interest in model railways with an oval of track and controlling the locomotive using a rheostat type controller. Then Hornby brings out their zero 1 system where the track remained powered so lighting remained lit even when the train was in the...
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    ECML Disruption 02/11 - Huntingdon / Edinburgh

    I have no connection with the industry, but are these sort of issues a result of having one large central signalling centre that covers nearly all the signalling on the ECML, or would the same issues happen when they had three or four boxes between kings cross and Edinburgh. I believe there was...
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    Insomnia and anxiety issues anyone?

    Well if typing it out, but not posting helped then it's a positive.
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    Insomnia and anxiety issues anyone?

    ** Deleted ** - browser gave the impression the thread had been moderated !
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    Podcast: Signals to Danger - Railway disasters in the UK

    Excellent, will have a listen later this afternoon
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    Insomnia and anxiety issues anyone?

    Many thanks for your kind words. I'll be honest, when the **** hit the fan and it all came out I felt my world had collapsed, and I did find myself at that platform in the small hours once more... But I didn't step off the edge, and now, having managed to take on the role of chief cook and...
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    Insomnia and anxiety issues anyone?

    What's also changed these days is that mental health is recognized more and the stigma it used to have a few decades back is now a lot less, if not gone altogether. This thread (and similar threads like it) is testimony to that. Medication helps, but its not the "cure" for mental health. It's...
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    Insomnia and anxiety issues anyone?

    Setraline seems to be the favored anti-depressant these days. Like Dakta, I was given something else which didn't suit me and was switched to Setraline six years ago. The most common side effects most people experience when starting setraline (heightened anxieties, feeling sick, and no...
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    Supermarkets discussion

    But that's just it. Whilst its "only" 70p, if you multiplied that across all the shops UK wide they could be pocketing several hundreds of pounds each day.

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