On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:36:50 +0000 someone who may be Graeme Wall
wrote this:-

That's a bloody big if. I've not noticed spare turnouts lying about the
network just in case.

From memory of an article in one of the house journals there
are/were two suppliers of such equipment in the UK. If one wanders
around their yard one might be lucky and find a suitable bit. It may
need a bit of adjustment, which will take a day or so. If one is
unlucky there will be nothing suitable and it will take a fair time
to make. However, that is where substituting plain line is the thing
to do temporarily.

Overhead is quick and easy to install, even if masts have been
destroyed. One may need a speed restriction for a few days until a
proper repair is made, but that is a process that is easy enough to
manage.

So you admit the delays of days are not that unreasonable?

Nice try, but that distortion is not what I said. The speed
restriction does cause a short delay to trains, but the line is open
and services are running.


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On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 20:04:26 +0000 someone who may be Roland Perry
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What to the police do north of the Arctic Circle? Hibernate?

They are not in the UK and so have a more sensible attitude.

Even somewhat south of the Arctic Circle there is little daylight in
winter.


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On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:33:46 +0000 someone who may be Graeme Wall
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But what has that got to do with a murder investigation?

You told us about small pieces of evidence. I simply pointed out
large pieces of evidence which the police missed.


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Roland Perry wrote:

In message , Ian
Johnston writes
Or that the "resource" they are missing is floodlighting?

A very, very, very, very poor substitute for sunlight.

What to the police do north of the Arctic Circle? Hibernate?

How many busy commuter lines are there north of the Arctic Circle?

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In message , David Hansen
writes
On Mon, 9 Feb 2004 20:04:26 +0000 someone who may be Roland Perry
wrote this:-

What to the police do north of the Arctic Circle? Hibernate?

They are not in the UK and so have a more sensible attitude.

Even somewhat south of the Arctic Circle there is little daylight in
winter.

Like in Wick.




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Roland Perry wrote in message ...
In message , Ian
Johnston writes
Or that the "resource" they are missing is floodlighting?

A very, very, very, very poor substitute for sunlight.

What to the police do north of the Arctic Circle? Hibernate?

Make the best of a bad job? Seems to me that there is a weeny
difference between waiting a few hours for enough daylight to do a
good job and waiting several weeks or months.

if you came home at midnight and saw water coming froma blocked
gutter, would you immediately shin up a ladder - ather than wit till
the morning - because that's how they do things in Reykjavik?

Ian

In message , Ian
Johnston writes
if you came home at midnight and saw water coming froma blocked
gutter, would you immediately shin up a ladder - ather than wit till
the morning - because that's how they do things in Reykjavik?

I've been called out at 2am to inspect leaking gutters at the workplace
I was responsible for; if that helps.
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In message
David Hansen wrote:

On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 19:33:46 +0000 someone who may be Graeme Wall
wrote this:-

But what has that got to do with a murder investigation?

You told us about small pieces of evidence. I simply pointed out
large pieces of evidence which the police missed.



But what has that got to do with a murder investigation?

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(Ian Johnston) wrote in message . com...
Roland Perry wrote in message ...
In message , Ian
Johnston writes
Or that the "resource" they are missing is floodlighting?

A very, very, very, very poor substitute for sunlight.

What to the police do north of the Arctic Circle? Hibernate?

Make the best of a bad job? Seems to me that there is a weeny
difference between waiting a few hours for enough daylight to do a
good job and waiting several weeks or months.

if you came home at midnight and saw water coming froma blocked
gutter, would you immediately shin up a ladder - ather than wit till
the morning - because that's how they do things in Reykjavik?


Well, Reykjavík is a pretty bad example, it is not within the arctic circle.

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 01:09:21 +0000 someone who may be Roland Perry
wrote this:-

In the case of the trains, what is missing is
the "restoring normal operation" aspect.

I think the problem is that the trains are not considered important
by the police. The utterances of our unlearned friend Mr Hidden
don't help.


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