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Forum: London Transport July 25th 08, 12:47 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 6,972
Posted By Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)
Man electrocuted after urinating on track

Tom Anderson wrote:
So, the word was coined (in the US) to mean execution, but within a year
it had shifted to mean killing more generally, even in the US.

Edison is believed to have introduced...
Forum: London Transport July 22nd 08, 10:58 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 6,972
Posted By Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)
Man electrocuted after urinating on track

Colin McKenzie wrote:
michael adams wrote:
"According to the Sun, the man was in Britain in an attempt to improve
his English."

/ quote

But not including...
Forum: London Transport June 21st 08, 06:19 AM
Replies: 337
Views: 49,162
Posted By Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?

sweller wrote:
Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney) wrote:

I find it useful (and frightening) to convert from decimal currency
back to old-fashioned pounds, shillings and pence; a small bar...
Forum: London Transport June 20th 08, 11:02 PM
Replies: 337
Views: 49,162
Posted By Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?

MIG wrote:
I was in a pub near Kings Cross with someone with a Scottish accent
who lived in Leytonstone who was most miffed when they decided to dump
some Scottish notes in his change.

When...
Forum: London Transport June 20th 08, 10:58 PM
Replies: 337
Views: 49,162
Posted By Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?

BH Williams wrote:
Whilst the French were still using the franc, most people of my acquaintance
in rural France still referred to land and property values in old francs
(which hadn't been...
Forum: London Transport June 15th 08, 07:33 AM
Replies: 337
Views: 49,162
Posted By Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?

wrote:
"Peter Masson" wrote in message
...
During WW1 the Treasury issued ten shilling and one...
Forum: London Transport June 10th 08, 07:31 PM
Replies: 337
Views: 49,162
Posted By Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)
How much was a ticket for the underground in the 60s?

Graeme Wall wrote:
Beer reached 2/- a pint around 1969, in London at least. So you could get
1/8 of a pint for 3d. £1.50 should get you a half now.

Waits for Northerners to die of shock at...
Forum: London Transport April 17th 08, 04:52 PM
Replies: 94
Views: 20,573
Posted By Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)
Crossing London tube tracks

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:43:30 +0100, "Jeff" wrote:
That is why 'serious' circuit breakers have compressed air blown onto the
gap to suppress arcing.

That beats the old system...
Forum: London Transport April 5th 08, 10:59 PM
Replies: 94
Views: 20,573
Posted By Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)
Crossing London tube tracks

me wrote:
Hence the advise....

Test if a wire is live by touching it to the BACK of the hand. The muscle
action is then to throw your hand away

Better still, test with a meter!
Forum: London Transport April 2nd 08, 10:32 PM
Replies: 94
Views: 20,573
Posted By Bruce Fletcher (Stronsay, Orkney)
Crossing London tube tracks

Charles Ellson wrote:
Up to around 3000v DC off a local generator IIRC (thus the dimming of
the prison lights as seen in many films is a load of old cobblers).
There was a DC v AC competition...
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