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  • R R Giskard Reventlov

    Train spotting?

    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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    OriginalGriff
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    Not exactly a challenge, from the inside. How about Zebra spotting instead? Ok, it's going to be difficult to read the serial number as the train speeds along, but you could always take a picture and scan the barcode later...

    Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
    "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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      A friend is bored on a long train journey, what can he do to entertain himself? Ali

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      musefan
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      Tell your friend to alert the conductor of a strange unattended package... when the conductor tells your friend it is another passenger, your friend should reply with one of the following remarks... 1. I think your job has started to effect your judgement. 2. So if I poke it then it won't blow up? 3. Why are there other people on my train? 4. Why are there other people on my plane???

      My opinions are right, and yours are wrong! (or at least that is my opinion)

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      • R R Giskard Reventlov

        Train spotting?

        "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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        What? Crawl in a shitty toilet :laugh:

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        • L LittleYellowBird

          A friend is bored on a long train journey, what can he do to entertain himself? Ali

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          PIEBALDconsult
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          Become an international man of mystery. (Trench coat required.)

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            Not exactly a challenge, from the inside. How about Zebra spotting instead? Ok, it's going to be difficult to read the serial number as the train speeds along, but you could always take a picture and scan the barcode later...

            Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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            Lost User
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            There was an April Fools joke in Derby a number of years ago that they were going to replace train numbers with barcodes, and platforms would have readers mounted on their ends, or train spotters could buy their own handheld units. There was concern that it would interfere with the tills in the nearby Asda.

            Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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            • L LittleYellowBird

              A friend is bored on a long train journey, what can he do to entertain himself? Ali

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              Last week I went back to Europe for business and then had to travel with a train from Sofia to the sea cost to visit my grandparents (aged 90 and 92). The summary was four airplanes – 20 hours in the air 30 with the connection stops and security and 18 hours with a train. 48 hours on a small seats and I’m 185 sm tall. How I handle to keep my sanity and live through all this? The answer is Kindle!

              There is only one Ashley Judd and Salma Hayek is her prophet! Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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              • L LittleYellowBird

                A friend is bored on a long train journey, what can he do to entertain himself? Ali

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                Clickety[^]

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                  There was an April Fools joke in Derby a number of years ago that they were going to replace train numbers with barcodes, and platforms would have readers mounted on their ends, or train spotters could buy their own handheld units. There was concern that it would interfere with the tills in the nearby Asda.

                  Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                  LOL!

                  Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                  "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                  • L LittleYellowBird

                    A friend is bored on a long train journey, what can he do to entertain himself? Ali

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                    Henry Minute
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                    I think that Deyan might have hit on the solution. Your 'friend' should convert all the wooden parts of the train into kindling. This has the benefit of potentially filling their spare hours for several months/years to come in addition to the current journey.

                    Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                    • L LittleYellowBird

                      A friend is bored on a long train journey, what can he do to entertain himself? Ali

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                      Roger Wright
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                      Invite you to join him. :)

                      Will Rogers never met me.

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                      • L LittleYellowBird

                        A friend is bored on a long train journey, what can he do to entertain himself? Ali

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                        S Houghtelin
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                        Audio books, that's what I generally use to keep my mind busy. If your friend is like me, I get headaches when reading while in a moving vehicle. People watching is always good, but only for so ling. :zzz:

                        It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                          I think that Deyan might have hit on the solution. Your 'friend' should convert all the wooden parts of the train into kindling. This has the benefit of potentially filling their spare hours for several months/years to come in addition to the current journey.

                          Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                          Single Step Debugger
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                          If I quote myself from a last week thread: “this one goes with a stripe suit, a lot of free meals and a horny cell mate who is taking Viagra and doesn’t have a serious relationship at the moment.”

                          There is only one Ashley Judd and Salma Hayek is her prophet! Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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                            Tell your friend to alert the conductor of a strange unattended package... when the conductor tells your friend it is another passenger, your friend should reply with one of the following remarks... 1. I think your job has started to effect your judgement. 2. So if I poke it then it won't blow up? 3. Why are there other people on my train? 4. Why are there other people on my plane???

                            My opinions are right, and yours are wrong! (or at least that is my opinion)

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                            Joe Simes
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                            musefan wrote:

                            2. So if I poke it then it won't blow up?

                            I believe you have the order backwards. ;)

                            The environment that nurtures creative programmers kills management and marketing types - and vice versa. - Orson Scott Card

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                            • L LittleYellowBird

                              A friend is bored on a long train journey, what can he do to entertain himself? Ali

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                              BobJanova
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                              Look out of the window! As long as I have a window seat (and it's not pitch black) I never get bored on a train ...

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                                A friend is bored on a long train journey, what can he do to entertain himself? Ali

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                                Joe Simes
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                                Years ago I took a train from Boston MA to Orlando FL. My seat was in the last car with the grandmothers and the screaming babies. 1 bottle of Jack Daniels 1 deck of cards Diner car 24 hours later => me => pissed in Florida! :-D Worked a treat!

                                The environment that nurtures creative programmers kills management and marketing types - and vice versa. - Orson Scott Card

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                                  Invite you to join him. :)

                                  Will Rogers never met me.

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                                  Single Step Debugger
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                                  Well we have “one mile high” club, why not also “on the rails” club or “the shaky train” club? Or “My first name is London and my middle name is To my family name is Paris because my parents find the love in the train’s lav…"

                                  There is only one Ashley Judd and Salma Hayek is her prophet! Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    The only problem with that is when you get the answer "Yes! I've been collecting them for years! I've got some from ..."

                                    Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together. Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."

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                                    CMullikin
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                                    Yeah, it could definitely create some problems if they are crazier than you are... but if you are able to stick with it without breaking character, you could probably have a pretty awesome conversation.

                                    The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                                      There was an April Fools joke in Derby a number of years ago that they were going to replace train numbers with barcodes, and platforms would have readers mounted on their ends, or train spotters could buy their own handheld units. There was concern that it would interfere with the tills in the nearby Asda.

                                      Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                                      CMullikin
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                                      Sounds like a perfectly reasonable idea to me... :laugh: :laugh:

                                      The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                                      • S Single Step Debugger

                                        Well we have “one mile high” club, why not also “on the rails” club or “the shaky train” club? Or “My first name is London and my middle name is To my family name is Paris because my parents find the love in the train’s lav…"

                                        There is only one Ashley Judd and Salma Hayek is her prophet! Advertise here – minimum three posts per day are guaranteed.

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                                        Lost User
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                                        I once made a bid for the mile under club in the channel tunnel (I know it isn't that deep really), but my girlfriend at the time declined the offer.

                                        Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                                          I once made a bid for the mile under club in the channel tunnel (I know it isn't that deep really), but my girlfriend at the time declined the offer.

                                          Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.

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                                          Nagy Vilmos
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                                          ChrisElston wrote:

                                          my girlfriend at the time declined the offer.

                                          ... as she was home in Burnley at the time. :laugh:


                                          Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett

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